Jace's eyes fluttered open. He looked down to see a sleeping Riele against his chest and smiled. Rubbing his eyes, he looked around his room to see it was bright as day. His eyes widened as he checked the time on his phone.

8:48.

Dammit, he thought. He nudged Riele, trying to wake her up gently. She groaned in her sleep, turning away from Jace.

"Riele, wake up," he said softly.

"Five minutes..."
"It's 8:48."
"What?!" Riele immediately shot up. "Why didn't you set an alarm?" She jumped out of bed, grabbing her bag and running into the bathroom.

"I forgot?" he replied, getting up as well.
"They're going to kill us!"
"Not kill us, Ri. Fire us, maybe."
"Oh my God!"

A minute later, Riele was out of the bathroom, having brushed her teeth, splashing her face with water and throwing a black tank top on and some denim shorts.

"I'm borrowing a shirt," she called while opening his closet. Jace just shrugged and went into the bathroom. A minute later he was out and changed into his joggers.

He was met with his costar hurriedly throwing over his dark green flannel and tying the bottom of it up to her waist. He couldn't help but stare at her. Riele wearing his clothes sent a warm feeling through him, casting a smile upon his face.

"What?" she asked when she turned around.
"Huh? Oh, n-nothing," he stuttered.
"Then let's go!"

Jace grabbed his keys and the two flew out the door.


"Lunch!"

Everyone shuffled off set. Riele craned her neck to try and find Jace, but her height (or lack there of), led to no luck. Suddenly, she felt a pair of hands cover her eyes from behind. She laughed as she felt her cheeks grow warm from his touch.

"You're so cheesy," she said while pulling his hands from her face and turning around to see her blonde friend.

"You're so short," Jace noted. She glared at him.

"I'm aware."

"Back to set in two hours!" shouted Nathan.

"So where do you want to go for lunch?" Jace asked as the two walked out of the studio.

"You pick," she replied simply, stepping into his car. Jace grinned.

As he started driving, Riele connected her phone to the Bluetooth speaker in his car and selected Broccoli by D.R.A.M. from her playlist.

"Ain't no tellin' what I'm finna," they sang. "Be on!" They burst out laughing.

Riele turned to watch and laugh at Jace as he goofily bopped to the beat behind the wheel. She pulled out her phone to record him, causing him to perform a whole show.

"Wow, Jace," Riele teased as she posted the video to Snapchat. "Didn't know you had that you."

"Thank you, I try." Soon, a more relaxed song came on, and the two sat in comfortable silence.

Riele looked over to the blonde beside her. She admired the dark sunglasses on his face and the way his lips were slightly tugged into that cute little smile of his. She noticed how his shirt sleeve was rolled up to his elbows, exposing his toned arm. She watched as he involuntarily ran a hand through his hair, making it messy but just messy enough so that it only fit Jace and for some reason messy hair was just so attractive on him.

She couldn't help but smile.

"Like what you see?" Jace asked suddenly, peeking at her from the side of his sunglasses. Riele instantly looked away and out the window, feeling her cheeks grow warm again and refusing to let Jace see her blush because she knew she'd never hear the end of it.

"Pipe yourself down, Jace, your ego is getting in the way of reality," she retorted. She heard him chuckle.

"Where are we going, anyway?" she asked, trying to change the subject.

"We areeee," Jace said while dragging out the word and pulling into a parking lot. "Here."

Riele looked up to see that they were outside of her favorite café in L.A. Her jaw dropped in surprise.

"You know me so well." She jumped out of the car. Jace laughed and shook his head before following her into the restaurant.

Already in line, the two contemplated on what to order.

"Should I get the grilled cheese sandwich or mac n' cheese?" Riele asked.

"Uh, I don't know, whichever you prefer?" he answered. She glared at him.

"You're so helpful, Jace."
"I know, right?" She rolled her eyes.

"What do you want?" she asked.
"The mac n' cheese."
"Okay, I'll get the sandwich and just steal some off your plate." She grinned cheekily at him.

The two ordered their food and sat by a table nearby. They scrolled through their phones as they waited.

"Whoa, Jace, did you check your Instagram?" Riele asked suddenly while looking at her phone.

"No, why?"
She showed him the photo he had posted yesterday. There were over 200k likes on it and counting.

"Damn," Jace said, taking Riele's phone.

"Your fans love me more than you," she joked.

"Actually, I think they love us," Jace said while scrolling through the comments. They were flooded with "#jaele" and "are you guys dating?"

The waitress then came, their plates of food in her hands. The two thanked her, and Riele took a bite of her sandwich the second she left. Jace chuckled.

"What?" she asked with her mouth full. "I didn't eat breakfast, okay?"

"Neither did I," he replied.

Just then, Isabela walked in. Riele widened her eyes, trying to signal Jace what was going on without telling him. He failed to look up from his mac n' cheese. She rolled her eyes, then kicked his shin from underneath the table.

"Ow! Riele, what the-" he started. She widened his eyes at him, then nodded behind him. Before he could turn around, she kicked him again.

"What?" he whispered, rubbing his shin.

"Be subtle." He rolled his eyes. Still, he pretended to drop a napkin behind him, then turned around to pick it up. Sure enough, his ex girlfriend was there, waiting in line with Griffin on her arm.

"Great," he said sarcastically when he turned back around. "Do you think she saw the picture of us?"

"Maybe," Riele said. "But she should see this one. Here," she handed him his phone. Jace smirked before pulling up his camera.

"Pose," he joked. Riele laid the back of her left hand underneath her chin in a ""grace face" pose and looked to the ceiling, causing Jace to laugh.

"Take it," she said while laughing but not moving from her pose. "I'm supposed to be your beautiful date."

"My pleasure." Jace grabbed her free hand from across the table, ignoring the spark he felt go down his arm as soon as he touched her.

"Ooh, a gentleman!" Riele exclaimed. "Good one." They laughed after Jace snapped a picture. He typed "my date :)" ️for the caption before posting it. Suddenly, Riele burst into laughter.

"What?" Jace asked.

"She left!"
"Really?" He looked around the restaurant.
"Yup." They both started laughing.

"We're horrible. We have to stop teasing the fans," Riele mentioned.

"Oh, please, they love it," he replied. The two joked and laughed for the rest of the time until they finished their food.

"Okay, we should be heading back now," Jace started, getting up. He stood next to her and offered his hand.

"You know she's not here, right?" Riele asked him, talking about Isabela.

"I know." He stuck his hand out further towards her. Riele looked at him confused, hesitantly taking his hand and getting up. Jace moved his fingers so they would intertwine with hers.

Riele's heart started racing so fast she worried he could feel it in her pulse.

Jace smiled down at their hands, causing Riele to blush.

"Let's go," he said softly, looking down at her.

"You're such a dork."

The two walked out of the restaurant hand in hand.


Chapter 3! Sorry for the wait!

Yay more Jaele lol. I promise things will start to stir up soon. I'm taking this story slow, I want it to be longer and not as rushed as my first multi-chap.

Thanks for the feedback! I really do appreciate all the comments. :)

Updating soon! Thanks for reading :)