Chapter 2

Alicia was sitting in the lobby. Sitting, reading the magazine that had her face plastered on the cover of. Her long, dark brown locks were curled to perfection. Her eyes were dark brown. She was a classic beauty. And boy, did she know it. She grinned with satisfaction at the sound of the elevator doors opening and of Kendall sprinting towards her. "Alicia!" he called.

"Yes?" she said. She put down the magazine and crossed her legs.

"So, um, yeah, how about tomorrow night?" he asked, out of breath.

"Tomorrow night, what?" she acted clueless.

"Lunch? Um, that one little café down the street. You did say you liked coffee?" he struggled.

"Sure." She smiled sweetly and batted her eyelashes a bit. Kendall let out a big sigh.

"Okay, I'll see you in the lobby at noon." Kendall started walking away.

"Oh no, wait Kendall!" Kendall stopped in his tracks. "Don't tell James okay? He may be upset, and I don't want us to get in the way of your friendship, you know?"

"Okay, Alicia. Got it." Kendall grinned. Although he was looking forward to rubbing it in James' face, he was willing to give that up. Kendall sauntered over to the elevator and got on. At the same time the other elevator opened, and James ran out.

"Alicia!" he called. He slowed his pace to a walk when he saw her waiting on the couch. James fixed his hair a little bit, and tried to catch his breath from running. He was next to the couch. "Hey." He did the whole head nod thing.

"Hi." Alicia greeted him in a small voice.

"So I was thinking. You and I go grab a bite to eat tomorrow night. Say that Italian restaurant downtown?" He smiled, giving her a flash of his white teeth.

"Sounds great, James!" she exclaimed. James was surprised. He must have run faster than he thought and beat Kendall to her.

"Good. I'll meet you here, at 5:30 tomorrow." He gave her a wink, and started walking away.

"Hey James?" she stopped him. "Don't tell Kendall okay? He may be upset, and I don't want us to get in the way of your friendship, you know?" She smiled sweetly.

"Of course." He smiled. "5:30."

"5:30." She echoed him.

James walked into Apartment 2J. Kendall was sitting on the couch. James sat down next to him. Relief washed over him. He had beat Kendall, once again. This was to be expected, James thought.

Kendall, on the other hand, was just about to break his promise to Alicia to not tell James about their date. But, he had to. He was lucky she even agreed to come, thought Kendall.

It was around 10 o' clock by now. The boys were exhausted. Dance rehearsal all day for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade performance. Millions of viewers; they had to be impressive. Logan and Carlos were already asleep.

"So…what are your plans for tomorrow?" questioned Kendall. They had been staring blankly at the TV for at least an hour now.

"Oh, you know. Stuff." James said, with a hint of smugness in his voice.

"Yeah, me too…Well, I'm tired." Kendall stood up and began walking towards their bedrooms.

"Same." James said, following Kendall.

That night, the two went to sleep thinking about their dates tomorrow. There was just one problem…they were with the same girl!