Chapter three: A date that's not a date

Soraya was a darling, none of the boys cared that they had to stay and take care of her. Plus, they got to stay in a really cool house. When Kaiden had first saw it, he was amazed. It was quite big considering it was just Bear and Alex living there. Inside was quite modern, the hallway was painted white, but when you got to the end of it there was a dark charcoal grey feature wall. They'd been there for two days. Alex and Bear would be back the next day. Kaiden was excited to see Alex again, he wanted to get to know her more. She seemed like a really good person. The boys were playing Bear's video games while Kaiden sat there scrolling through Instagram. He wasn't much of a gamer. Kaiden was bored out of his mind so, he decided to do a livestream. He went into the kitchen and sat on one of the stools. After setting up his phone against the counter Kaiden started the stream. He said hi to everyone and started talking about random things. A couple of the comments were saying, 'are you at Alex's house?' —which he promptly ignored—before deciding to order Starbucks. He shouted to the boys.

"Do you guys want Starbucks?"

No one replied, they were all to busy playing the stupid games. Kaiden shrugged and ordered himself an iced tea. Alex joined the live. Everyone started going crazy, Kaiden couldn't help himself.

"Wow, good going Alex."

He could imagine her scowl. Her comment came through quickly, 'you're the one live streaming at my house when I'm not even there. I just wanted to make sure the house wasn't up in flames.'

Kaiden laughed and shook his head. Everyone was going crazy, saying how cute the two were and how they wanted them to date and all that jazz. Alex said she was going to go and Kaiden nodded. He smiled and said goodbye. His Starbucks came, he streamed for another hour before ending it. The rest of the stream was about Alex. The media was really annoying. Very annoying.

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The next day Alex and Bear were back at the house around midday. To put it bluntly: Alex looked like she'd been to hell and back. Her hair was a mess, her clothes rumpled, and she had mismatching shoes. Kaiden couldn't help but laugh at the way her and Bear were arguing as they walked in.

"Are you kidding me?" Alex yelled, seemingly unaware that anyone was watching them, "you made me drive. Then you tried to be a backseat driver, of course I'm going to get annoyed at you."

Bear just grunted at her and smiled at the boys, who were all watching amused. She smiled at them.

"Hey guys, how was Soraya?"

Declan smiled. He'd been the one to take care of her the most.

"She was good. Absolute sweetheart."

Alex smiled. "Soraya!"

The dog in question ran over, pouncing on Alex. Alex laughed, scratching Soraya behind her ears. Alex walked into the kitchen, Kaiden followed.

"How was the trip?" Kaiden asked.

Alex was making more coffee. There was no doubt in Kaiden's mind that she was addicted to it. She turned and smiled at him.

"It was good, the girl we met is actually the sweetest. She was so kind, and she's been through a lot."

Kaiden nodded politely.

"Thanks again Kaid, I owe you one."

Kaiden shook his head, "it's okay. I like dogs and Soraya is really well trained."

Alex smiled again and nodded her thanks.

"Gosh, I'm hungry." Alex said, stopping the coffee machine, "I'm going to a nearby café, wanna come?"

Kaiden nodded, "sure, why not?"

She walked out of the kitchen, throwing on a hoodie and a pair of sunglasses, trying to look incognito. Kaiden grabbed his own hoodie and threw it on.

"We're going to a café, be back soon." Alex said to no one in particular—they were too busy playing games.

They walked down the street, chatting about different things and getting to know each other better.

"Imagine if the paps see us, oh god. That would fuel the rumours even more." Alex said, slipping her hands in her pockets.

Kaiden chuckled, "it would be. But why do you care so much? You know they're rumours, and I know that. That's all that matters."

Alex nodded, "I guess you're right. It's just annoying, we have no personal lives."

They entered a small café and lined up. Kaiden nodded in agreement with her. His eyes suddenly lit up.

"Imagine if the paps found out that we met at Walmart and I was the person you were talking about."

She groaned, laughing.

"Imagine if the paps…"

And they were off, playing 'imagine if the paps'. Each imagine was getting crazier and crazier and by the time they were at the front of the line they were both laughing hysterically.

"Hi, can I please get an iced caramel latte and a blueberry muffin?" Alex asked, after calming down.

She looked at Kaiden.

"Can I please have a peach iced tea and a turkey salad sandwich?" Kaiden asked, smiling slightly.

The cashier smiled knowingly at them - it became apparent that she knew exactly who they were. But instead of saying anything she just gave them two larges for the price of two smalls. They both thanked her and sat down. Kaiden loved fans like her, the ones who gave them some personal space and didn't cross any lines. They were still humans after all. Their orders came quickly. Kaiden made fun of Alex for her caffeine addiction—to which she leant over the table and smacked him before laughing herself. They were enjoying themselves. After an hour of sitting there talking, the two got up and left. They walked in on the boys, in the exact same spots, playing the exact same game. Kaiden wondered if they'd even realised the two had left.

After looking at one another and laughing the two went back to the kitchen.

"Kaiden, what if that girl thought we were on a date." Alex blurted out quickly.

Kaiden rose an eyebrow at her, "Were we on a date?"

Then chaos struck.

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Hey, so this chapter was short, but I wanted to leave it on a cliffhanger. So… yeah, sorry, not really that sorry. Anyways, I'll be going camping for the next week so I probably won't update for a week and a half I am actually sorry about that so yeah.

:) graevy out!