So... I'm aware that there will probably be no more readers of this story and I'm really sorry I haven't updated in a while. I do have a general storyline, but I did suffer from a writers block which I'm sorry about. From now on I'm writing smaller chapters, but hopefully updating more. If you're still here thank you so much! Enjoy!

Chapter four: The paps suck and no one can convince her otherwise

"I am going to hunt down every single one of those paps and kill them," Alex said, pacing around the room.

She looked at Kaiden—who was sitting on the couch looking completely at ease—and threw up her hands.

"How are you so calm?" She yelled, looking as if she was about to kick something.

He laughed—actually laughed—at her.

"It doesn't matter Alex. Who cares what the world thinks?"

She glared at him, "I do!"

For twenty minutes every single device that belonged to Kaiden and Alex was buzzing. On every single social media platform, they were getting tagged. In what? In photos—of them two—on a 'date'. It was terrifying, enraging and downright annoying! Alex was in a firm case of denial when it came to her feelings for Kaiden. They were just friends and that is all. Kaiden had switched off his phone to ignore the problem, but Alex had dived right in. She was looking at the pictures and the thing was; they did look very couplie. Alex huffed and threw her phone onto the floor—not particularly caring about the safety of it. Kaiden sat down in front of her, putting her hands in his.

"Alex, it doesn't matter if people think we're dating. Think about it, there are more pros then there are cons."

Alex thought about it- he was right, but it was still annoying. Why couldn't the world just leave them alone?

She sighed, "I know. It's just annoying. I want my own personal life, I don't want to be in every single gossip column in America. I don't want my phone constantly blowing up. I just want to be normal for once."

He squeezed her hands tightly.

"But we don't lead normal lives, the quicker you accept that, the easier this'll be for you."

Alex glared at him, hating him for being right.

"Who said you were aloud to be so wise?"

He chuckled and stood up, walking back to his seat.

"No, seriously. I've been doing this for five years and I still know nothing."

Everyone laughed at her. Did anyone ever take her seriously? Kaiden seemed to see her real frustration because he smiled encouragingly at her. That seemed to automatically put her in a good mood. She smiled.

"Oh, Bear. I forgot, Dix and Jordan are coming over to sleepover."

Bear nodded, smiling at Alex now that she was calm again.

"Do you guys want to stay?" Bear asked the boys.

Alex nodded in agreement.

The guys looked at each other, before all of them shouted. The general gist was 'yes they could stay and they were very excited.' Alex and Bear laughed.

"I think they're using us for our gaming system." Bear staged whispered to Alex.

Alex shrugged and whispered back, "And we're using them for views."

She was then bonked on the head with a pillow. Everyone laughed.

"Don't conk me on the head with my pillow in my house." She said, looking at Declan who was the culprit of the pillow throwing.

Brendan gawked, "Conk is not a word."

"Uh, yes it is." Alex said, looking at him incredulously.

"I think you meant bonk. Don't bonk your head with a pillow." Kaiden corrected.

Alex scowled and poked her tongue out at them. She texted D.C. and Jordan, letting them know that the boys were staying. They didn't mind, and said they were on their way. Alex watched as all the boys were—well, being boys. They were stupid and dumb, yet mildly amusing. However, when the doorbell rang Alex was more than happy to get it. Jordan and Dix were standing there, holding—literally—ten boxes of pizza and five bottles of ice tea. They went inside an dropped the pizza in the living room. As soon as her hands were free Alex threw herself into D.C.'s arms.

"I was stuck with animals. Terrible, horrifying animals." Alex said, ignoring the glares the boys were sending her.

Judging by the way Jordan was already tearing into the pizza and introducing himself to the others Alex suspected Dix had added another animal into their mix. She sighed, sitting down next to Dix. Alex draped her legs over D.C.'s lap. The boys had already started being dumb again.

"Did you see?" Alex asked quietly.

Dix smiled comfortingly and nodded.

"I didn't think you'd be happy."

"I'm not."

"I know."

"Just because he's good looking doesn't mean I like him."

"No one ever said you did."

"Yeah, no one except all of social media."

"He's a good guy Alex, is it really the end of the world that people think you're dating?"

"No. I guess not, but still—"

"Yeah I know."

The two often had conversations like this, where they didn't have to particularly make sense to understand each other.

"Do you—" Dix started.

"Yes." Alex answered.

"And that annoys you because?"

"I've only seen him in person three ti—"

"Why does that matter?"

"It could just be a five minute fanta—"

"But it won't be."

"You can't know that."

To them the conversation made perfect sense, Dix was asking if Alex liked Kaiden. Alex did and that annoyed her. They were in their own little world, completely oblivious to the boys who had stopped their game to listen to the nonsense the girls were talking.

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Kaiden smirked, he'd been listening to the whole conversation. It didn't take a pure genius to fill in their gaps.

"Does anyone know what they're on about?" Sebastian asked, looking around.

Alex and Dix turned to look at him, before smiling. Their conversation halted and Alex grabbed a slice of pizza. Bear and Jordan shared a look.

"We hate it when they do that. It's like they're speaking in code." Jordan said, Bear nodding in agreement.

By the look on Dix's and Alex's faces they probably did have codes that they used sometimes. Kaiden chuckled lightly and leaned in to grab a piece of pizza.

"Can we do something other than playing games?" Alex asked, looking bored.

Dix gasped, "Let's pla—"

"No, we are not playing truth or dare Dix, don't even start." Alex interrupted, holding up a hand.

D.C. pouted.

"How do they do that!?" Jordan exclaimed loudly.

The two girls just laughed. Kaiden's phone started vibrating, he pulled it out of his pocket.

"Hello."

"Hello Kaiden, it's Jarvis. I have just finalised tour dates for you. Your album has topped the charts so Akarnae record company has decided it's enough to fund the tour. The tour will be called 'all for you' and we expect you to start advertising it soon. We also want a special guest, someone who can entertain the audience while you do costume changes and such. We are in the middle of contacting Alex Rose and her team, who we believe will be amazing publicity."

Kaiden paused, wow. It was a dream come true, absolutely amazing.

"Wow, thank you. That's amazing. What are the dates?"

"It will start in December 2019 and end in May 2020. You will get a break for Christmas and New years, then continue around America. If this goes well then there could be a possibility for you to go on an international tour, but let's take one step at a time. You will have to come to the studio tomorrow so you can sign the paperwork."

"Thanks Jarvis, I'll be there." Kaiden said, smiling at his friends who were now looking at him curiously.

"My pleasure Kaiden, see you then."