iwontgive^up
Chapter^2

I had a boyfriend.
But I still went to my first guitar lesson.
Michael wasn't very excited about that.
But me and Cory were just friends.
Right?
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"Five, six, five, six, seven, eight!" Olivia barked out numbers at me as I glided across the stage in our local auditorium. I was on tonight. Actually, I've been on since my first guitar lesson. Cory was really nice and patient. With musical instruments, I'm pretty hopeless. But he walked me through the notes, gently guiding my hand to the correct strings.
When I told Michael the reason why I was home late, he got mad. He accused me of cheating, lying, all the bad stuff. Long story short, I cried and he finally believed me. He still doesn't like the idea of me hanging with another guy in his bedroom, but once I told him that Cory had a girlfriend, too, he started to feel better about it. Sort of, but not really.
"Turn, down, arms up! START THINKING ABOUT DANCE!" Olivia yelled and clapped to try to get me back in the groove.
As the music faded and I stuck my last stance, Olivia motioned to the Sydney, the light/sound girl, to silence the music.
"Oh crap. I need to get going!" I dashed towards the side of the stage.
"Wait, WHAT?! You can't leave now. We have at least another hour's worth of practicing to do!" Olivia screamed as I ran to the back of the theater and towards the doors.
"I'll see you tomorrow!" I sprinted out of the lobby, still hearing Olivia's nagging yelling reviberating through the building, following me as I walked down the sidewalk.
I was late for a double date.
With Cory.
Yes. With Cory AND his girlfriend. Cory and I had a practice scheduled today, but Michael insisted that we have a date-night. When I told him about the lesson that night, he went all crazy and yelled again, so I compromised.
As I opened the door to the pizza place, I ran right into someone.
Yup. Cory.
Again.
"I'm so sorry!"
"We've got to stop meeting like this!" Cory smirked at me.
"Ugh, like I said, I should have better coordination." I looked at the ground.
"Hey, it's alright. I was actually just coming out here to look for you," Cory smiled at me. "I guess I found you!"
I laughed. "I guess so!"
Cory led me into the restaurant and over to a table where Michael and Cory's girlfriend, Tahlia, were in deep conversation.
Tahlia is a very beautiful girl. She has long, wavy auburn hair and bright chrimson eyes. Her eyelashes and legs are super long. But, she's a very selfish person. Her personality doesn't quite match her looks. Personally, I have no idea how she snagged Cory. Cory's so nice and sweet and she's so, well, not.
"Well hey there," I said as I pulled up a red chair.
Tahlia flashed me a dirty look and Michael barely looked at me at all.
I must have looked a bit confused because Cory looked at me and said, "They've been talking since I came in. They were both early, I guess. Pretty awkward, they wouldn't even say hi to me."
"Yeah, that's really wierd. Michael usually has a hard time opening up to new people." I opened the greasy pizza menu.
"Nothing I said could get their attention. I tried everything. Asking questions, telling Tahlia how beautiful she looked, saying I think I was having a siezure. Aaaaand, nothing. Nothing at all." Cory took a sip of his pop.
"Huh. Well, let me try." I looked over at Tahlia and Michael, who were now sitting closer together. "Michael, I'm sad."
Nothing.
"Michael, I love you."
Nada.
"Tahlia, I love your dress!"
Zippo.
"Tahlia, you're rather ugly."
Zilch.
"Michael, I want to break up."
STILL nothing.
"Wow. You went even farther than I did," Cory looked impressed.
"Haha, thanks. But I don't know if this is a good thing.." I looked over at Michael and Tahlia, who were staring into one another's eyes.
"Hi! My name's Stacey, and I'll be your waitress today. Is there anything that I can start you all out with today?" A blond waitress stood by our table expectantly.
"Uhm," Cory looked at Tahlia and Michael, who still didn't look up, and then back at me. "Yeah, we'll have two large sausage-pepperoni pizzas. And I'll have a strawberry smoothie with whipped cream, please." Cory flashed the waitress a smile.
"Yeah, me too," I looked up at the waitress.
"Ah, I see. One straw, then, I'm expecting?" The waitress smirked at Cory and I. "You two are such an adorable couple."
"Wait, what?" Cory's eyebrows bunched together.
"Those two are pretty cute as well, but not nearly as much of a match-made-in-heaven as you two," The waitress winked at us.
"Oh, no. We're not a couple," I told the waitress. "I'm actually with him." I pointed at Michael, who was moving closer to Tahlia by the minute.
"Uh uh. No way. You are so much better with him," The waitress motioned towards Cory. "And those two look deeply in love," she pointed at my supposedly 'boyfriend' and Tahlia.
As the waitress walked away, me and Cory bursted out into laughter. We were practically rolling around on the ground. And yet, Tahlia and Michael STILL didn't look up.
Cory and I started to talk about everything and anything. Especially my dance life and his guitar.
Suddenly, Michael and Tahlia nodded at eachother and stood up.
Cory and I stopped mid-conversation and watched them walk outside.
They didn't turn around to say they were going to be right back or where they were even going, so Cory and I got up and followed.
We walked for a long time before we found the outlines of their bodies in the park by Annalyne Lake. Cory and I ran as fast as we could, being as quietly as possible, and snuck up behind a bush to watch.
Then, we saw them.
Cory just opened his mouth in shock.
A small yelp escaped my lips when I saw.
And all I saw was their lips joined as one.

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