After their eventful night, team Lyle went to the view point where you could see the Golden Gate Bridge, it was just starting to get lighter out and the view was beautiful. No one else was there, just them, probably because of how early it was.
Yo-Yo was flat out on top of a picnic table and Neha was sat near him, in case he'd wake up and throw up, again. Nick and Stuart were talking to each other about something Cora couldn't make out from where she was sat on the other bench with Billy.
"Did you have fun?" Billy asked her, taking his eyes off the view.
"Hmm? Oh yeah of course-" Cora stopped talking so she could yawn. "Yeah, yeah it was great."
"Okay good I'm glad, that is if you're telling the truth of course?" Billy nudged her shoulder with his, and she shrugged and sighed.
"I am telling the truth, I was having fun one hundred percent of the time." She nodded her head, she then gazed over at Stuart and was amazed at how he still looked good after staying up all night. He also had a black eye from being punched in the face and he had a split lip, but he seemed completely fine.
"Nope." Billy laughed. "No way, ninety percent." Billy argued.
"What?" Cora turned back to face him and frowned. "What are you talking about?"
"I mean, you weren't having fun one hundred percent of the time. You were having fun ninety percent of the time. The other ten percent? You were looking at him." Billy said, he then nodded towards Stuart who was currently laughing at something Nick had said. Cora turned around and by seeing him smile it made her smile herself.
"No." Cora shook her head quickly. "I wasn't."
"Don't deny it Cora, just admit it. You like him. You'll be better off just admitting it to yourself. I can tell anyway." Billy almost laughed.
"What? Is it really that obvious..." Cora sighed and looked down. She knew she had some sort of feeling for Stuart but it was nothing huge, she'd only known him for, what? A week? Stuart didn't have the best personality out there, he was pretty antisocial and rudely sarcastic from time to time. But Cora thought she could get him to change for the better, and that's what he needed. It's like when you don't know why you like someone, there's no reason to, but you just like them and it's a weird feeling, but, it's nice.
"Ha! So you admit it!" Billy cheered really loudly, which caused the others to look at them with confused looks, including Stuart.
"Billy! Shut up!" Cora whispered harshly.
"Oh shit- sorry dude. My bad!" Billy covered his mouth quickly and started whispering.
"Anyway, yeah I guess I admit it. I mean, it's nothing huge I just like him a little more than a friend but I don't really know how I'm feeling I just-" Cora let out a frustrated sigh and put her head in her hands, she was just so confused.
"Oh my god this is amazing Cora! I totally ship you guys! Is that what the cool kids say? If it is then I totally do." Billy rambled excitedly, still whispering. Cora just laughed at him.
"Neha would know, ask her she's into all that stuff." Cora said and they both looked over to Neha who looked busy assisting Yo-Yo as he threw up into some bushes.
"Maybe later..." Billy laughed. "You make up names right? Like mash them together or something? Cuart? No... Mwomphly! Or Stora!"
"Okay okay Billy calm down I doubt it would ever happen." Cora sighed and looked down to her fingers.
"Yes it would! You just gotta get rid of Graham first, and trust me, that plan is about to go into action very soon my friend." Billy smirked and rubbed his hands together.
"No, it's not that it's just... He doesn't like me." Cora glanced over to Stuart who touched his eye and then winced.
"Oh there's a lot you don't know and when you find out it will blow your mind." Billy was literally jumping up and down in his seated position like a small child, he was quite the opposite.
"Like what...?" Cora said worriedly.
"Go talk to him."
"No!"
"Yes. Right now. Off you go." Billy pushed Cora off the chair and she squirmed but it didn't work because Billy was three times the size of her.
Meanwhile, Stuart and Nick's conversation was some sort of parallel to Billy and Cora's.
"Look at that view. Come on you're not gonna see that on your little four inch screen!" Nick said, they were both sat on the barriers to the edge and looking at the view. "You gotta look up!"
Stuart just snickered and shook his head, his phone was in his pocket and he was actually looking up for once. "Okay buddy you were an animal out there tonight."
"Nah, no I wasn't." Stuart shook it off like it was nothing.
"No, you were! Did you have a good time?" Nick asked hopefully, as Stuart looked bored most of the time.
"Yeah it was alright." Stuart shrugged.
"Yeah it was alright." Nick mimicked in a mocking tone and shook his head. "Why do you do that?"
"What do you mean? Do what?" Stuart looked confused, his arms were crossed and he was looking straight ahead of him.
"Lowball me like that! I'm not gonna take away your cool guy card if you admit you give a shit about something or god forbid you had a great time." Nick reassured Stuart, and he rethought what he had said.
"Alright it was fun." Stuart admitted.
"Oh Stewie."
"What?" Stuart ignored the nickname for once.
"Come on!"
"Alright, what do you want me to say? It was the best night of my life?" Stuart rolled his eyes.
"Only if it's true?" Nick pushed with a hopeful facial expression. It was quiet for a bit whilst Stuart thought again.
"Alright it was the best night of my life." Stuart turned to nick as a small smile crept onto his face and he nodded.
"My noogler!" Nick said excitedly and put his fist out for a fist bump.
"My noogler." Stuart repeated and gave Nick the fist bump.
"By the way, does that hurt?" Nick asked, Stuart assumed he was talking about his bruises on his face.
"Not really, it was worth it though." Stuart laughed.
"Hey I saw you and Cora in that water box thing! You were totally winning her over man." Nick nodded his head and laughed to himself.
"Wait what? What are you talking about?" Stuart was confused and he raised his eyebrow at Nick.
"Oh you don't remember?" Nick said. "You were dancing with her and everything it was amazing."
"Oh god I can't imagine what I would've said." Stuart put his hand on his forehead and sighed.
"Why you worried dude? Oh my god-" Nick realised halfway through his sentence. "You like Co-"
"Nick shut up." Stuart slapped him on the arm. "Okay I guess a little bit but I don't know okay?"
"Go talk to her man." Nick pushed, Stuart shook his head.
"Nah I'm good."
"Don't lie Stewie! Off you go!"
Stuart gave in and walked over to Cora who was already sat away from Billy and on the grass a bit further up. He sat down next to her and she smiled up at him.
"What's up?" Cora asked him, trying to keep her hair down because it was blowing in the wind.
"Just wanted to come and say hey." Stuart shrugged, and pulled his knees into his chest.
"Your eye looks awful." Cora pointed out and she reached towards him and gently touched where the bruise was, his glasses were off though, he winced but made no effort to move away. "Sorry."
"Thanks for pointing that out smart ass, and don't worry about it it's not that bad." He shook his head and looked down with a small smile on his face.
"Where are your glasses?" Cora asked him, he looked really different without them on.
"Here." He said, and then pulled them out of his pocket. The arm was bent in a weird direction. "They got a little broken."
"Give me them." Cora said and then took the glasses from Stuart, she started examining them. "Can you even see without them?"
"I can see but it's all just blurry and it's giving me a headache." Stuart rolled his eyes. "Oh maybe that's the black eye."
"Yeah, maybe." Cora laughed, and tried to bend the arm back into place.
"I have another pair at the apartment so it's okay-" Stuart started to say, but Cora had already managed to bend it back into place and she gave them to Stuart. "How?"
"I'm just strong, stronger than you." Cora smirked as Stuart looked at his glasses in amazement. He put them back on and smiled because he could actually see.
"Oh shut up, but thanks, I can actually see." Stuart smiled widely and it made Cora's heart feel all warm, like it used to be covered in ice but seeing Stuart smile made it melt and her heart warmed.
"I prefer you with your glasses, it's weird seeing you without them." Cora returned smile and Stuart could actually see it for once and it made him really happy. His phone wasn't even on his mind at this moment.
"My face feels weird without them." Stuart gestured to his face with his hands. "It feels all bare and naked."
"I can imagine." Cora agreed.
"Did I say anything stupid to you last night?" Stuart wondered, and he grew anxious for the answer to come.
"Hmm." Cora thought, taking extra long just to annoy Stuart. "I think you called me Cors and princess, but that's all I remember." She did remember the rest, but she chose to keep the rest to herself for Stuart's sake.
"Oh." Stuart laughed. "Better than smart ass right?"
"Right." Cora repeated. "Do you think we actually have a shot at winning this thing?"
"I don't know." Stuart sighed. "I mean, we don't even have an idea for an app and it needs to be done in five hours."
"I think we have a chance though, if we think of something really amazing." Cora tried to be optimistic.
"You got any ideas?"
"Nope."
"Me neither." Stuart agreed, Cora yawned and then rested her head on Stuart's shoulder and he lightly placed his arm around her, and the two of them just watched the sun rise slowly over the bridge.
They both felt so peaceful with each other and they had a sense of security, they felt safe and happy and they wanted to stay like this forever.
"Lyle!" Nick yelled, which caused Cora and Stuart to snap out of their half asleep states. "Looks like you hit it off with Saffron!"
Lyle came out from the bushes singing a song to himself, Nick was talking about the girl Lyle was talking to last night at the club. Everyone made their way towards Lyle to hear what had gone on.
"I'm texting her that I love her and I'm sending her this picture of little Lyle when he made pee in the bushes! Look he's winking." Lyle slurred, he was still drunk. He turned his phone around to show them all but Billy stopped him.
"No, Lyle Lyle Lyle!" Nick started. "That's a horrible idea please don't do that you're drunk of your ass."
"I appreciate your concern but I'm flyin' baby!" Lyle sing songed.
"Okay Lyle you're not flying, but what's seventeen squared?" Billy asked him to prove to him that he was drunk.
"Two eighty nine, why?" Lyle shrugged as if it was nothing.
"Okay come on give me a harder question than that I'm riding with this." Billy asked the rest of the team.
"Maybe the square root of seventeen." Stuart asked Lyle.
"Four point two three maybe?" Lyle asked, and Nick got an idea.
"That's the app." He said. "That's the app we should do right there."
"What?" Billy asked, confused.
"Some quiz question you gotta answer before you send a drunk text or drunk email or drunk phone call. Something to protect you from yourself!" Nick suggested, and everyone started smiling in realisation that this idea was a great idea.
"That's good can we do that?" Billy said excitedly, obviously he'd forgotten about exchangeagram.
"Hell yeah we could do that!" Neha cheered.
Yo-Yo lifted his head from the table, he still looked half asleep. "Are you shitting me I could program the shit out of that bitch on the bus ride home." He then put his head back down after he finished his sentence.
"I'll take that as an overwhelming yes then!" Billy yelled.
"Come on then let's get back to HQ!" Nick joined in and everyone started to walk off, except Stuart.
"Hey well wait." He said and everyone stopped walking. "Let's stay like five minutes, you know? Enjoy the view a little more?"
"Wow, amazing." Cora said as she was so surprised that Stuart would suggest something like that, and everyone else seemed to feel the same.
"Wow, yeah." Nick said, and everyone slowly sat back down. Cora sat next to Stuart and put her head on his shoulder again.
"You've changed." She commented.
"For the better."
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Authors note~
Okay so I added a cast and Adelaide Kane is playing cora and she also played cora in teen wolf and I sort of see cora in this story as her. And I may have shipped stiles (aka dylan, aka stuart) and cora a little bit so I thought she'd be the perfect person to play her. Anyways, I hope you're all enjoying, bye!
-erin