Anna was nervous. She always got nervous when she and Dak decided to have real dates. They didn't have many but they always went the same. Dak would make reservations under an assumed name, he would text her the name, she would go to the restaurant where she would be escorted to a back room meant for VIPs and then Dak would meet her there. Once they finished their meal Dak would sneak out she would wait a while and then leave on her own. It wasn't so much the getting there that made her nervous it was the leaving. That was always where the most danger of being caught was.
When Dak finally showed up some of the nervousness abated for a while. At least until a waiter came in a whispered into Dak's ear.
"Dak? What is it?" she asked as she saw his face drop.
"Apparently the paparazzi found out I was here eating with someone." Dak told her looking upset. "Looks like I might have to cut this short to shake them, make them think it was a business meeting or something."
"Oh", Anna's face dropped, "Okay, well when do I get to see you again?"
"I should be able to meet for dinner Thursday." He said checking his schedule on his phone.
"Kay." Anna said.
Dak got up leaving his plate half finished, leaned over and gave Anna a kiss before he left.
Anna sighed and pushed her food around her plate. She hated to admit when Bennett was right, but she was beginning to think he might have a point about her relationship, not going anywhere. It was hard to really feel like she was Dak's girlfriend when they had half dates and had to schedule things weeks in advance. She also was really beginning to resent the fact that they couldn't so much as see a movie together, because she had decided that they shouldn't be seen together. Truthfully it was almost entirely her decision that they were being so quiet. At first Dak had been okay with it all, not wanting the pressure of Hollywood to get in the way, but it seemed like it was anyway.
Anna sighed and put down her fork. Enough time had passed that the paparazzi should have wandered off by now, so she gathered her things and headed outside. As she walked down the street she was confident that once again she had gotten away with another date.
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That night James jumped over the couch and grabbed the remote out of Carlos' hand.
"hey!" Carlos shouted, but the yell went un heard.
"TMZ time!" James said as he took over the TV.
Carlos rolled his eyes but made no move to change back to the program he had already been watching.
"Tonight on TMZ, we caught Demi Moore on her way back from filming in Chicago, Lindsey Lohan's back on the party scene and who's the girl leaving a secret rendezvous with Dak Zevon?"
Though Carlos had only been passively watching the show the second Anna's picture had flashed on the screen he shot forward paying with rapt attention.
James' jaw just about hit the floor. "Oh this is bad." James managed to say.
"What's bad?" Kendall asked walking over from the kitchen.
"Anna was caught with Dak." Carlos said.
Kendall pooled all of his acting skills, "Oh crap. LOGAN COME HERE!"
"What?"
"Anna got caught with Dak, it's on TMZ."
Logan ran over and they watched waiting to see how bad it was.
"We caught this girl leaving Café Reginald's VIP room, 20 minutes after Dak Zevon. Clearly not old enough to be an agent, this had to have been a date. Sources from inside the restaurant say this isn't the first time these two have been in either. So it looks like Zevon's got a secret lover. "
"Oh this is bad, this is really bad," Logan said as the people on TV moved onto another celebrity scandal.
"This is going to tear them apart." Kendall said, trying to keep the smile out of his voice.
"I'm gonna text her, see if she saw it." Carlos said going to grab his phone.
Kendall got out his own phone and texted Bennett. 'plan worked.'
