Cole went back down to the apartment to tell the others.
"What happened?" They all asked as he walked in.
"Guys give me some room" Cole a little overwhelmed.
"Come on back off guys" Cooper said.
"And girl" Rosalina added.
Nat just smiled and winked at her before turning back to Cole.
"Well we got up there and he was going at it hard" Cole said, before seeing the smirks on the bands face and adding "I think if we were any later he would have broken the world record for the most soda consumed in five minutes, then Juanita took the drinks off him and sat on him"
"Alex always had his way with women, he must have learned of me" Quassim said laughing
Nat just rolled his eyes. "So then what happened?"
"Juanita refuse to get off him until we talked." Cole added, "I think those two are made for each other"
"Yeah they're both stubborn," Rosalina laughed, "How did Alex take it."
"He was pissed, we managed to calm him down and get him to agree to get off soda." Cole said somewhat pleased though trying to hide something.
"You did? That's great!" Cooper said surprised.
"What did it take?" Nat asked sensing Cole was hiding something.
"Well I told him he could take my place in the band," Cole said avoiding the real issue.
"But we were always going to give him that," Nat said.
"Yeah but he didn't know that," Cole said still avoiding the issue.
"Anything else?" David asked.
"Yeah Juanita said she would go on a date with him" Cole said.
Nat who was drinking a glass of water sprayed it out, "She did what!?"
"Yeah I know…" Cole said running out of things to stall with, "He also said he wanted Tony to go with him…"
Silence fell around the group as they looked at Nat.
Nat looked more hurt than ever. Rosalina put her arm around Nat and began to hug him. "Don't worry he can't stay mad at you for ever… he'll see sense." She said and kissed him on the lips.
"I hope so," Nat said dejectedly.
"I'm sorry Nat…" Cole said quietly.
"It's not your fault" Nat replied automatically "It's mine"
"Nat it's Alex's fault as much maybe more than it is yours" Quassim said trying to console Nat.
At that moment the door open and Juanita Alex and Tony entered.
Juanita could see the smirks some of the band had on the faces, and gave an icy glare as if to say 'one word and your dead'
"So ah Alex I here your going to ahh get off soda," Rosalina said trying to break the silence.
"Alex just stared at the ground to avoid looking at any of the bands faces. "I don't want to talk about it," he mumbled.
Another awkward silence fell over the room.
"Nat can I just go to bed?" Alex asked still looking at the floor.
Nat looked like he swallowed a lemon. "Alex it's not even midday."
"I know" Alex said still looking at the floor.
Nat sat round for about 30 seconds.
"Go knock yourself out" Nat said disappointed.
Alex slowly walked up the stairs and went into the room.
"You don't think he has any soda up their do you?" Rosalina suddenly asked.
"No, the only reason Alex left the room is because he ran out up there." Nat said quietly.