It was really all Carmella's fault. Far too observant for her own good.

Sami had dragged his nearest and dearest friends over to their local record store, full of more enthusiasm than usual. He'd been searching for a particular vinyl for weeks now, and the store clerk had assured Sami that, yes, they had it in stock and yes, we'll hold on to it for you. Finn hadn't taken much convincing, Bayley was always keen to hang out with her favourite boys and Carmella had been dragged along since Enzo and Cass were hitting the gym that afternoon. Carmella's reluctance was somewhat satiated by the promise of coffee and sweet treats afterwards.

Sami and Finn had been huddled around the vinyl section for a little too long, Sami looking a little frantic as he searched through the records whilst Finn looked on in bemusement. Bayley, naturally, had migrated towards the pop section, with Carmella wistfully glancing outside at a nearby café. A sudden movement caught Carmella's eye, she quickly glanced over to see Sami throwing his hands in the air in defeat…Finn trying to catch the attention of one of the store clerks for help.

Carmella hadn't known Finn and Sami as long as Bayley, but every time the gang hung out…it just seemed that they always got lost in their own little world so easily. Not purposely trying to exclude everyone else, not at all, but…hmm…

"Bay, can I ask a quick question?" Carmella turned back around to her best friend, who was glancing at some compilation CDs from the 80s, "About Samuel and Finn."

"Oh, you have to let me be there when you call Sami 'Samuel' to his face," Bayley grinned, putting the CD back down and giving Carmella her full attention, "Right, ask away!"

"Like…I don't know if I just missed the memo on those two or not…but…" Carmella looked back over to the two boys, still huddled together awaiting the clerks return, "They're totally a couple, right?"

Bayley let out a small giggle, trying to keep the boys from overhearing, "What? No! They're just besties and roomies. What makes you think they're together?"

Carmella didn't even try to hide her surprise as the denial, "You don't see it? Just look at 'em! They might as well be co-letting their personal space!"

Bayley frowned slightly, trying to look over at Finn and Sami without being too obvious. Judging by the fact that Finn grinned and waved over at her suggested she failed. She meekly waved back, before turning back to Carmella.

"I mean…they are looking through the same section over there," Bayley reasoned, "'Course they're gonna be next to each other for that…"

"They're leaning into each other!" Carmella countered, "Finn's practically resting his head on Sami's shoulder!"

"Well, like, maybe he's a bit tired?"

"Finn has his hand on Sami's lower back! That's the couples' spot!"

"Okay, that's just silly…" Bayley sounded far less convinced than she was letting on, "Sure you're not just seeing things?"

"It just looks obvious to me, s'all," Carmella shrugged, watching a rather sheepish looking clerk approach the increasingly frustrated looking Sami, "Though I guess if you're not lookin' for it…apparently Cass and I were kinda the same deal before Enzo pointed it out to us. Might have still been dancin' around each other if Enzo hadn't told Colin to man-up, like."

"You're saying that they might more-than-like-like each other, but haven't realized it yet?"

Carmella thought about Bayley's question for a second, before nodding in agreement, "Maybe…just seem like they fit together too well to be just buddies."

"Huh. Wow, I guess that does kinda make sense," Bayley grinned, totally aboard with Carmella's way of thinking, "So…uh…what now?"

"Good question," Carmella tapped the side of her face thoughtfully, "How do we get those two idiots together?"

"I mean, should we interfere?" Bayley tilted her head, thinking about it for a second, "We probably shouldn't interfere. Sami's the kind of guy who'd probably be against that. Finn would definitely rather figure that out for himself..."

"And then hum-and-haw and do nothing about it until it's too late?"

"…yeah, actually…" Bayley sighed, "Let's give it a while yet, okay? Just to make sure it's more than your hunch speaking."

"Fine, but you owe me a caramel latté for figuring this all out for you."

Bayley began to object, but a distinctly Canadian accented groan distracted her from her thoughts. Carmella and Bayley both looked over to see a very crestfallen looking Sami Zayn sink down to the floor, with Finn immediately kneeling down beside him, comforting hand already on Sami's shoulder.

"Oh dear."

"They said they had one copy left in stock, Finn…" Sami mumbled despondently.

Finn rubbed Sami's shoulder in support, "They did."

"Said they'd hold on to it for me…"

"They did."

Sami actually growled at that, "No, they didn't…sold it the second I was off the 'phone, probably."

Finn nodded solemnly, "Bastards."

"Absolute bastards…" Sami muttered in agreement, looking up at the sound of footfalls. He internally winced as he saw it was the ladies, "Ah, sorry for the language faux-pas."

"5 Brothers, and my boyfriend's best friend is Enzo Amore," Carmella replied flippantly, "Nothing you can say will shock me."

"Oh, right, gotcha," Sami nodded solemnly, looking up towards Bayley, "Looks like you get the solitary apology rights this time."

"No worries," Bayley joined Sami and Finn on the floor, "I take it they don't have the record after all?"

Sami's groan of disappointment was the only answer Bayley was likely to get from him.

"S'okay Sami, you'll find it eventually," Finn soothed, gently massaging the crook of Sami's neck.

"Should've had it today…" Sami sighed, realization painfully setting in, "They lied to me."

"See if we come back here again," Finn defiantly looked around, eyes locked on the retreating store clerk, "C'mon Sami, no point staying in this house of lies any longer."

"'kay…"

Finn stood up first, offering his hand to help Sami up. Sami took the aid gratefully, hoisting himself off the floor before heading towards the exit, a dejected tone to his gait. Finn rushed over to catch up, once again setting a comforting hand on Sami's lower back. Sami immediately leaned into the touch as the two headed off towards the café. Bayley stood up soon afterwards, dusting off her knees and trying very hard to ignore Carmella's knowing glance in her direction.

"Still just a hunch, huh?" She grinned wickedly at Bayley, who rolled her eyes in response.

"Just looking out for each other?" Bayley offered her desperately weak response.

Carmella chuckled softly as she began to walk off after the boys, "Whatever you say, Bay. C'mon, caramel latté time."