AUTHOR'S NOTE: hi, it's been awhile. Don't hate me, I've been having midterms and now I can FINALLY write on this story, again! And also, I've been going through a rough family time, so I haven't really felt like continuing, but now I am! :) (and I will start updating every saturday now)

Lea's POV:

After a wonderful day to the beach with Darren, we drove home and ordered some dinner. Chuck and I both agreed on Chinese, but Darren insisted on Italian, so we compromised and got both from a takeaway place. Darren and I were so ecstatic about being able to go outside together that we insisted on not calling for the food, but picking it up ourselves. A few people turned their heads when we walked past them on the street, and that made me smile. I didn't even know why, but it just did. I guess I was just overwhelmed by happiness in this very moment, and many people would probably think me weird for being happy about simply going outside with my boyfriend, but if you'd been through what I'd been with Ryan and Cory, you'd be happy too. As we were walking down the street, on our way to buy the food, Darren grabbed my hand and pulled me closer to his body. I looked at his face and saw him grinning at me.

"Isn't it weird that we're this excited over getting food together?" he grinned, showing his perfectly white teeth.

"Well to people who doesn't know who we are, probably. But frankly, I don't give a shit. I think it's perfectly normal for us to be excited over this," I said and smiled back at him. We kept walking until we reached the first store, that was where me and Chuck were getting our food from. Darren ordered it, while I sat outside by a table and waited for him.

"Twenty minutes, then it's ready," Darren said and he walked out of the store, folding his wallet and putting into his back pocket. He sat down at the same table I was at. Suddenly I thought of Ryan, and if he had seen the interview I did for E! He must've at least seen the news on the internet. How'd he react?

"Have you seen any articles on the internet with Ryan's statement?" I asked Darren, who shrugged. "I mean, he must've made a statement."

"I don't know, maybe not yet... it was pretty acute you did it," Darren answered, and looked at his watch. "And only four hours ago. Maybe he'll make a statement tomorrow."

I didn't really listen to Darren, I just pulled out my phone, ready to check the internet. I clicked the unlock button on my iPhone and noticed a message from Ian Brennan, who called Darren and I in for a meeting, tomorrow morning at 8. I screamed internally, because, of course did our happiness have to be ruined immediately. I sighed and passed my phone to Darren who looked at the message before looking up at me and going: "Oh."

"Yeah, what now?" I asked myself, and got my iPhone back. I went through all kinds of news websites, but found no statements from Ryan. After roughly twenty minutes, a chinese lady came out with a bag with our food in it. Darren thanked her and we walked to the place where he was getting food. We waited ten minutes there before we could go home to Chuck, who was half-lying on the couch watching TV.

"Hey! You're back, any news?" he asked, as if we had run into Ryan on the way, or something.

"Nah, we've just been called in for a meeting tomorrow," Darren told his brother, who looked surprised.

"Wow, I thought a resignation was enough for them to cut their bullshit out," he said, and went to get his food from the bag. "Ooh, they put in shrimp chips!"

"And fortune cookies," I told him when I discovered the fortune cookies in a tiny bag. I opened one and read it "good news from afar may bring you a welcome visitor."

"What does yours say?" Chuck asked me. I read it aloud. "It sounds so smart, yet so stupid."

The rest of the night just went by with talking, eating and watching stupid reality shows. Darren and I went early to bed, because we had a meeting at 8 already. I woke up at 7:01 AM, by Darren's arm right in my face.

"Darren, move your arm!" I yelled at him. He groaned and turned around, pulling his arm off my face. "You need to wake," I told him and poked him in the side. He screamed at jumped up.

"I'm awake! Jesus Christ, Lea," he said. I crawled toward him, sat on his lap and kissed him gently on the lips. "'Morning."

"'Morning," I said and kissed him again. He grabbed my neck and deepened the kiss, until I had to stop him. "We don't have time for that."

"Damn," he said, as I crawled off him. I tried to find my clothes in Darren's mess, which took a lot of time. He was quite messy. "If you're looking for your pants, they're in the bathroom. Where you took them off." His tone screamed sassiness.

"Smart ass," I mumbled, and heard him laugh. I went out to the bathroom and, like he said, there they were. I put them on and went back to Darren's bedroom, where he was on his bed, still not dressed. "Do you want me to make some breakfast?"

"Sure, but just grab us some cereal, that's fine by me," he told me as he pulled a t-shirt over his head. I went out into the kitchen, found two bowls and poured milk and cornflakes in both. I put the bowls on his dining table and started eating without him. After a few minutes he came into the dining room and sat down across me and began eating.

"You think Ian is pissed at us too?" I asked Darren. He just shook his head and grinned.

"I honestly don't think they knew about Ryan's 'plan'," Darren suggested, and ate the final cornflakes. I was way slower, I wasn't even close to finishing them yet. He took the bowl out in the kitchen, and then came back in. "You need to hurry it's 7:40 now."

"You're rushing me," I complained and hurried to eat the rest. When I was done, I put the bowl in the kitchen and ran to Darren, who gave me my coat. I kissed him lightly and thanked him, before we went out of the apartment and down to his car. The closer we got, the more nervous I got. I had nothing to fear, though, I just hated conflicts. And maybe it was stupid of me to say, on TV, that I resigned from Glee. It wasn't just a job, it was like my whole life. Darren looked very calm and collected as he drove the car into the FOX parking lot. I quickly got out of the car, and went to his side of the car, to grab his hand. He could sense my nervousness.

"Nothing's going to happen," he whispered in my ear, when we were outside Ian's office. Inside were Ryan, Ian and Brad, all sitting on different chairs. They had two chairs arranged across them for me and Darren to sit on. I let go of his hand and went to sit down. After Darren had sat down Ian broke the silence.

"Good morning," he said and offered a crooked smile. "We saw your report on E!news yesterday, Lea. And, I have to say, it was quite a surprise to hear what Ryan has been doing."

I cracked a smile, for the first time in the same room as Ryan. It was him they were pissed at and not me. I sighed in relief, and they all noticed.

"Of course, we don't accept your resignation, Lea," Brad cut in. "It's not your responsibility, it's clearly Ryan's."

"So everyone at FOX has agreed to fire him," Ian took over again. "And we've asked Ryan to come here, for the last time, to apologize, formally to you and Darren."

Darren and I looked at each other, and then at Ryan who just sat there looking incredibly angry. Ryan apologized to us, and we accepted it, and then he left the room.

"We hope you both still want to keep your parts on the show," Brad said, and we both nodded. "Well, that was it, really. I'll see you on Thursday then."

We all said bye and when Darren and I got back to the parking lot, I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him.

"I've never been more relieved," I told Darren, who agreed and kissed me on my forehead. We went home to Darren's apartment and found out that Chuck wasn't awake yet, so had some time to be alone in the bedroom. We started kissing in the hallway and kissed all the way into his bedroom, where he threw me on his bed and kissed my neck. I started to pull at his t-shirt, attempting to get it off. Finally, he took it off himself and threw it across the room. He started unbuttoning my blouse and when he finally had done all the buttons he lifted my body to get it off me. He threw it to the floor, and then continued to kiss me from my neck down to my breasts. I grinned and ran my fingers through his flawless hair. He kissed my stomach, down to where my pants began, then he stopped to unbutton them too. He started to pull them off and grinned as he kissed my legs all the way up to my panties, where he stopped and switched positions.

"Your turn," he smirked. I smiled, and began to kiss his lips, then I moved down to his neck and kept moving more and more down until I reached his pants. I quickly unbuttoned them and pulled them off. I could see his hard-on through his boxers, and bit my lips, and then crawled on top of him and started to kiss him, hungrily, on the lips.

"You don't know how much I want you," I whispered in his ear. He wrestled me down and started to kiss me all over my body. I moaned quietly, knowing that Chuck was in the next room, sleeping. He put his hands under me, undid my bra and pulled it off. He gently caressed my breasts, while kissing me on my lips. My hands were running all over his back, rubbing him. He went down to my panties and pulled them off, and then let me pull his boxers off him.

"You're so beautiful," he told me, just before entering me. I moaned, a little bit too loud. He groaned when he started to go back and forth. I moaned as he said my name. He went faster and faster, and it all seemed like I was floating in ecstasy. Sex with him was amazing; like no other I had ever experienced before. It was times like these I really believed we were meant for each other. He pulled out of me, suddenly and turned roles, so I was on top of him. I sat on his penis and started bouncing up and down. Finally, we both reached climax, and he pulled out of me before he came inside of me. I laid down next to him, and put my head on his chest. He put his arms around me, and kissed me in my hair. This was absolutely perfect.