Alex's POV

'Alex! Wait!' I had no idea why she was following me but I wasn't about to stand around and listen to excuses. I walked up the stairs prepared to just keeping going but something in me made me stop. I needed to know why.

'You want to go to the premiere?' You said that. That's an invitation.' I snarled at her. The blond looked up at me a moment, her face contorting in confusion and discomfort.

'It was really more of an observation, like '–you- want to go to the premiere'?' She had a point; I hadn't actually come out and said I wanted to go with her. I had mentioned if she was going I might make an exception.

But Hazel's smug attitude still burned in my veins, there was no way I was going to admit to anything. Especially since a) I had thought maybe Paige might actually want to spend time with me and b)I had opened my big fat mouth to Jay and told him I was going with Paige. That killed me.

'I thought you were serious. Whatever. I'm out of here.' I turned and began walking up the stairs again ready to take down anyone that got in my way.

'I'm not standing for your whole 'I'm Alex. I'm gonna ignore everyone for a week' act.' I paused and turned around knowing that again, she was right. Damn her and the pull she had on me.

'So I wanted to go to a premiere once in my life. Crucify me.' Well, wasn't that just a pathetic display of whining on my part? God, why don't I just say 'Hey Paige come here I want to fuck you against the lockers.' That would be less embarrassing.

I left her standing there but I couldn't resist another peak over my shoulder at her. I watched as her shoulders rose up, her palms flattening out as though she was trying to smooth something out. I'd seen her do that at work after dealing with a particularly rude customer. I was almost sorry I made her feel that way but the memory of telling Jay and the way Hazel had smirked at me kept my feelings of guilt at bay.

Sitting in MI and listening to everybody talk about the premier as I pretended to read sucked hard and just seemed to emphasize the fact that I was feeling like a pathetic loser.

'Here.' She breezed by dropping the ticket in my lap. I couldn't help the pleased grin on my face and I wondered what she had done to get her hands on another ticket. This was why I liked Paige, not because she gave me stuff, but because she made an effort to be nice.

I looked up as she placed her own ticket in my hand.

'And bring a guest. Kevin cut me out of the movie, hence I'm not going.' She turned her chair away from me to face the computer. I knew that was her way of trying to hide her disappointment.

'So what you're just gonna sit at home?' I queried setting aside my magazines as I tried not to let my own disappointment show. Not to mention the part of me that was upset on her behalf.

'I was thinking of lying actually uh in bed with ice cream.' That was bad. Paige rarely ate sweets, so concerned was she that she would tack on another .2 oz of weight to her body.

'Uh uh.' I grabbed her chair and spun her around forcing her to look at me. 'You're going.'

Paige put on her 'blank' face. The one I had come to associate as her about to be stubborn. 'This isn't debatable.' And there it was. Ah, but I had an argument of my own.

'Paige it's not like actress is part of your 10 year plan.' I wasn't mocking her; I just wanted to divert her attention and talking about her plans always got her in a happy mood.

'Neither is humiliation.' Damn it. The girl was irritating when she got like this. Time for Plan B.

' Me and you are hitting that red carpet tonight and we're gonna make Kevin so regret cutting you out of that film 'cause we are going to look hot' I had slid off the desk to stand in front of her shimmying just a little. Grabbing her hands I pulled her out of her chair. 'and I don't mean up-do, pearls, pink prom dress hot. I mean hot. Hot!' I grabbed the end of her scarf as I turned my back to her and slid down the length of her torso and back up again. I felt her twitch a little and looked back at her. She gave me her soft, crooked smile and that's when I knew I'd won. She was going to go with me and I would do everything to make sure she had a good time.