scene: lea & cory, cory’s house.

she knew that she had pushed this too hard. loved him too much, let herself go too fast. she wanted things between her and cory to be the way she thought he wanted them to be. but that’s where she was wrong. he wanted her, but not the way she wanted him. things were different now for them and lea really did wonder if she would ever have him back in her life. if not as her boyfriend or her lover, but just as her best friend. she missed him in every way possible and the more he pulled away from her, the more lea realized that she was never going to get that back. watching him with those girls, knowing that she was sharing him had been the wake up call. he was done with her and it didn’t matter that he came back to bed with her on some nights, he was moving on and he was just doing this to keep her happy. she needed to find someone to keep her happy. happy the way cory used to make her feel. maybe she was asking for too much, maybe she wasn’t asking for enough.

she put her sunglasses back on and closed her eyes as he said her name again. why did that one word have to sound so painful? like he was struggling to say it. she hated where they were at that point. taking a deep breath, she stepped back into the house and shut the door, dropping her bag and glasses on the floor as she leaned against the door and looked at him, waiting for him to speak. she knew that whatever came next, they’d have to deal with it because in a few months, they were going to be working together, pretending to be this happy in love high school couple, when clearly it was a one way street when it came to the two of them. shoving her hands in her pockets, lea shook her head and straightened up, “if we’re going to fight, cory, i don’t want to. i just want this to end on a semi-normal note, because it’s already hard enough getting through the day knowing that you’re off with someone else.” she dropped her eyes to the floor and dabbed at her eyes.