Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Four Brothers. Only my own. :)

Author's Note: This story is based 4 years before the movie, however this story will go through the movie as well. Unknown Strangers is basically about Evelyn's niece coming to visit her during her Christmas break and during that week plenty of odd instances happen during her time of visit. I hope you all will enjoy this story and please Read and Review. Just so I know if I should continue on with this story or not.

Chapter 10.

Alex sighed on the other line while Marli was on the phone with her. "So how did it go last night?" Marli asked while Alex hid in her room to make sure no one could hear her. "Well he apologized and he's going to be taking me on a date sometime soon." Marli was silent for a moment and then finally spoke. "Really…? Well what are you going to wear on this date?" Alex shrugged, running her fingers through her hair.

"I have no idea. To be honest I'm kinda nervous."

Marli laughed on the other line.

"Well why don't we come over and take you shopping so we can get you all dolled up for the occasion."

Alex scoffed and rolled her eyes. "You sure Cordy will come? She was pretty pissed at him last night." Marli snickered as she spoke. "Please I'll make her ass come, you just go get ready and we'll be there in an hour." Alex sighed and slowly nodded. "Ok…" Marli sensed the hesitation in her best friends voice and couldn't help but ask.

"Hey Alex can I ask you something?"

Alex nodded on the other line. "Sure." Marli then finally asked. "Are you falling for him?" Alex was stunned by the question but knew that she had to answer honestly. "Hard… I'm falling for him really hard and it's scaring the hell out of me." Marli secretly grinned, thrilled with Alex's answer.

"Well ok then look we'll talk more but I am going to go get ready and grab Amy and Cordy so be ready in an hour ok?"

Alex smiled, so happy to have friends like her.

"Ok see you in a bit Marli."

Marli then responded.

"Yup see ya in a bit!"

And with that the two girls hung up the phone to go get ready.

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Alex came rushing down the stairs in a pair of blue jeans, wearing a white camisole with a black zip up Ed Hardy Hoodie. She had her dark hair pulled back and was wearing her favorite converse sneakers. As she finally made it down to the bottom she then walked in towards the living room to see Jack playing on his guitar. Alex smiled as she saw this and walked towards him.

"The tune sounds good."

Jack immediately looked up in complete surprise but as soon as he saw Alex he smiled. "Thanks… it's for a song I'm working on." Alex nodded as she sat down beside him. "Mind if I mess with it a bit?" Jack shrugged and handed her his guitar as she started to play his tune but added a little bit more to the tune to make it sound more fuller. Jack smiled at how she revised it and as soon as she finished she then looked up at him and noticed the large grin on his face.

"How's that?"

Jack's grin grew even larger as she handed him back his guitar. "Great! You weren't lying when you said you know how to play." Alex shrugged as she leaned back into the couch. "Eh I'm not great! But I know how to mess with tunes here or there." Jack scoffed as he sets his guitar down.

"You are really, really good Alex I'm not lying."

Alex smiled and laughed while she turned the T.V. on. "Thank you Apple Jack." Jack smiled over at her; he really liked Alex and in all honesty thought that she was a really great match for Bobby. However, he knew that with Bobby that she would probably get sick of his antics and would be gone like most of the girls he dated and to be honest Alex was the first girl that he actually liked that Bobby has metaphorically speaking brought home.

"Alex can I ask you a question?"

Alex nodded as she turned her body to face him. "What's up Jackie?" Jack sighed as he ran his fingers through his messy hair. "What is Bobby to you?" Alexandra was surprised by his question but knew that he was only trying to protect his older brother and in all honesty she couldn't help but smile at that.

"Bobby is a lot to me to be quite honest."

She responded, Jack slowly smiled as he turned fully to look at her.

"Alex, Bobby is a tough guy and has some really hard edges but there's one thing I know and he may not say it but Bobby really, really likes you. He's not good with women and in his own mind he thinks being flat out honest and telling someone off that he doesn't agree with is his way of protecting you. You are the first girl he wants to literally flaunt around; he never took his other girlfriends to his work or go out to clubs with just them with the intention of leaving with just them. For some reason you lit a fire under him and he honestly doesn't want to lose that. I think he's falling for you and he's falling really hard. It's just he's not the type of guy to just out his feelings on that department, he'll actually hide it until he feels he's ready to."

Alexandra slowly nodded, taking this all in. "Well that's very good to know." Just then Bobby came walking down the stairs, in a white wife beater and black sweatpants. He allowed out a huge yawn as he stretched his arms over his head, making his way over to Jack and Alex. "Morning little fairy." He said as he sat down next to Alex, wrapping his arm around her shoulders, while Jack glared at Bobby.

"Seriously leave it alone man!"

Alex then began to laugh.

"You really don't skip a beat do you?"

Bobby then sleepily smiled over at her and gave her a peck on the lips. "Nope." He then kissed her forehead. "How did you sleep last night?" He asked, while Jack arched his brow at the two, Alex smiled and gently shrugged her shoulders. "It was good, how about yourself?" Bobby shrugged as he smirked over at her. "Could've been better if you were next to me." Alex laughed while Jack rolled his eyes.

"Seriously…? That's the line you're going to go with?"

Bobby then glared over at Jack while Alexandra burst out into laughter. "Shut up you little fairy! You would be the last person to know how to pick up women." Jack glared at Bobby, sick of him picking on him. "Man you need to come up with a better joke! I'm not gay Bobby!" Bobby then chuckled, thrilled that he was getting his little brother annoyed. "Whatever you say Jackie O." Jack rolled his eyes while Alex playfully elbowed Bobby.

"Ow! What the hell is that for Alex?"

Alex then smirked at him as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Be nicer to your brother! Apple Jack here I'm sure get's plenty of women interested in him Bobby." Jack then triumphantly grinned while Bobby glared at him. "What are you grinning at?" Jack smirked at him and was about to say something until the doorbell rang. Alex then quickly rushed up to go open the door but Bobby then quickly grabbed her.

"Hey! Hey where do you think you're going Baby Girl?"

Bobby asked as he finally got her to sit on his lap. Alex smiled over at Bobby trying to pull out of his grip. "Out… Marli, Cordy and Amy are taking me out today to go shopping." Bobby arched his brow at her while the door began to ring again. "How long are you planning on being out?" Alex then shrugged nonchalantly.

"Not really sure why?"

Bobby then smirked at her and pecked her on the lips.

"Because I was planning on taking you out on that date tonight."

Alex happily smiled at him, surprised that Bobby was really going to go along with this and leaned up to give him a warm kiss, causing Bobby to chuckle against her lips. Jack rolled his eyes and got up to go answer the door. As Jack opened the door he saw the girls standing there.

"Hey Jack how are you?"

Marli asked with a large grin, while Cordy angrily walked in behind her and Amy silently following in tow. "I'm good how about you?" He asked, running his fingers through his messy hair as he closed the door. "We're good… Is Alex ready?" Marli asked while she and the other girls were now heading into the living room.

Jack's eyes widened as they head that way and was about to tell them that Alex and Bobby were there until they walked in on the two kissing each other rather passionately, with Alex's arms wrapped around Bobby's neck and Bobby's arms wrapped around her waist.

"Oh well Hi you two!"

Marli grinned while Alex and Bobby pulled away from each other and looked over at them. "Oh hey guys." Alex said shyly and quickly rose up from Bobby's lap and readjusted her shirt. "Sorry I'll go grab my coat, I'll only be a few." Marli couldn't help the large grin that was on her face while Alex ran off as Bobby rose up from the couch.

"I take it you convinced her to forgive you."

Marli smirked; Bobby smiled and shrugged his shoulders. "I'm still working on it to be honest." Marli laughed and gently shook her head as she walked over towards where Alex had ran off, Amy followed while Cordy was about to follow but Bobby immediately spoke up. "Hey Cordy can we talk?" Cordy turned around and glared at him. "What could you honestly want to talk to me about?" Bobby sighed and bowed his head, running his fingers through his hair.

"I'm sorry for last night."

He said slowly looking up at her. Cordy arched her brow at him and crossed her arms. "You're sorry that you were an asshole to me and rude as hell to my friend?" Bobby irritably nodded. "Yeah, yeah I'm sorry ok? I just didn't want some other guy to go at my girl like that and when I saw him I just kinda lost it alright?" Cordy frowned at him and slowly nodded.

"You really care for her don't you?"

Bobby then arched his brow at her.

"I don't know how that's relevant and all but…"

Cordy then cuts him off.

"You're a tough guy, judging by looking at you, you've had your fair time in jail, stole, fought, hurt someone before and you want me to trust you with my friend? I don't care if Marli and Amy trust you but I don't. I think you're using her because assholes like you are like that. You want her to think you care for her but you really don't. I'll be honest Bobby, Alex has been through a whole hell of a lot for the last 4 years with David and I'm terrified that you are going to be the same way with her. You already showed bits and pieces of him last night by smarting off to me and being rude as hell to Sawyer. If you really care for Alex you're going to have to change, she's leaving here in a couple of days to go back to school what are you going to do then? Are you going to visit her? Are you two going to make plans to make this work? Or are you going to just say hey baby this was fun and all but this is not going to cut it for us?"

Bobby frowned at the thought of this, he knew there was going to be a point where she would have to go back to school but he never realized how soon Christmas was on its way and after Christmas she would have to head back to her studies. He finally looked over at Cordy and sighed.

"We really haven't gotten to that point and if she's willing I'm willing to make this work between us."

Cordy smiled as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Maybe I am wrong about you." Bobby grinned at her as he placed his hands in his pockets. "Maybe you are." Just then Alex came walking in with a large smile on her face as she adjusted her leather jacket and flipped her hair out of the collar.

"Alright I'm ready to go."

Bobby smiled at her and walked up to pull her into a warm hug and gave her a sweet kiss. "Don't be too late ok? We're going out at 7:00." Alex smiled up at him and nodded. "I promise I won't be too long." Bobby then grinned down at her and kissed her forehead. "Alright then baby girl go have fun ok?" Alex nodded as she smiled over at Cordy and nodded her head towards the door.

"Alright let's head out!"

Cordy nodded and followed Alex out the door.

Once they all had gotten into the car Alex then smirked over at Cordy. "So I see that you forgave Bobby." Cordy rolled her eyes as she looked over at Alex. "Well he's quite the charmer I'll give you that and he's pretty head over heels about you too so I guess that's a good thing." Amy smiled as she turned around in her seat to look back at him.

"I think he's very nice."

Alex couldn't help the large grin that was on her face, she was so completely happy it was ridiculous. "Well I guess that's a good thing because I'm becoming pretty head over heels for him too." Marli turned around as she pulled out of the driveway, watching for traffic. "Well I'll be honest he's extremely protective of you Al be careful of that ok? You don't want him to get extremely possessive like David." Alex nodded as she pulled on her seatbelt.

"I know… we kinda talked about that and he seems fine and everything but I just think that he wanted to prove himself how much he cared and it backfired I guess."

Amy smiled and looked at her questioningly. "What are you going to get him for Christmas?" Alex's eyes widened in surprise. "Crap! I totally forgot Christmas is like two more days away! What am I going to get him!" Marli shrugged. "What about a new jacket that black one he wears doesn't look very warm and the way he goes out he probably would need a warmer one." Alex smiled at the idea as the headed towards the mall. "You know what? I really like that idea!" Cordy then smiled over at her. "Have you two talked about what you both are going to do when you go back to school yet?" Alex's smile then turned into a frown as the realization of their Christmas break was coming to an end so quickly.

She began to wonder what she and Bobby were going to do once she goes back, will he be willing to work it out? Or will they end up going their separate ways? She really didn't like the idea of them separating especially since they were finally coming to point of trusting one another but she knew that this point was going to come sooner than she would like.

Meanwhile once the girls had headed out Bobby sighed thinking over the same thing, he knew that Alex wasn't going to stay much longer but he really didn't want to go into thinking of that either and now that Christmas was only a couple of more days he realized that he would need to get her something but what?

Just then, Jack came walking back into the living room and smiled over at his older brother. "So um… you and Alex are getting pretty close." He summed up as he sat down beside his brother. Bobby allowed out a small laugh and slightly nodded his head. "Yeah Jackie I guess we are…" Jack noticed the look upon his brother's face and noticed that Bobby didn't look very happy and became somewhat concerned. "Why are you upset? You are dating one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in a long time! And she really likes and you're crazy ass on top of it! You should be jumping up and down in complete hysterics here!" Bobby scoffed as he slowly looked over at his little brother. "You do realize that she's going to be leaving here in two more days right?" Jack then shrugged. "So what go visit her! It's not that hard." Bobby then frowned.

"Jackie she's going to be a doctor. Not only just any kind of doctor she's going to become a surgeon! What the hell am I? I'm nothing but a fucking car mechanic! She'd be supporting my fucking ass before I support hers! She's going to realize how much of a deadbeat I fucking am and then she's going to leave my ass, yeah sure it's fun now for her but she's going to end up leaving and I don't think I can handle her breaking up with me."

Jack frowned as he turned his body to face him. "Why would you even think that she would do something like that? I don't think Alex cares about that Bobby! I think she really cares for you, I don't think she would just up and break up with you!" Bobby sighed as he crossed his arms. "I sure hope so Jackie I sure hope so… I don't even know what to fucking get for Christmas!" Jack then shrugged.

"I'm sure there's something she has mentioned that she likes you just got to think of it."

Bobby nodded as he stared at the screen of the T.V. just then a large smile started to morph on Bobby's lips as he quickly jumped up from the couched and headed towards the stairs. "Where the hell are you going?" Jack yelled as he watched his brother run up the stairs.

"Going to go get ready I have something I have to go do!"

Bobby shouted while leaving Jack in complete confusion.

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Later that afternoon the girls were still walking around the hectic mall trying to scramble for some Christmas gifts for everyone. Alex decided to grab a gift card for Jerry and his wife that she hasn't met yet and their new daughter and bought Angel a gold chain necklace and for her Aunt she bought her a purse. She had a secret surprise for Jack that she knew she was going to give him and for Bobby… well Bobby she was still working on.

After the girls had lunch and continued on their excursion they then finally walked into Macy's Department Store. As the girls all looked around, Alex decided to head to the men's department in hopes that she could find something that Bobby would like. As she sifted through a couple of racks she finally found a jacket that had caught her eye.

It was a Belfast reminder of a 1930s worn dark brown leather biker-jacket. It had flap-pockets, a stand-up collar, and a hidden zipper. The jacket she figured would rest down to Bobby's hips and it looked to be the right size for him. She honestly believed that he could wear this jacket and would be comfortable in it and in all honestly it did look like a jacket he would definitely wear.

Alex smiled as she held the soft leather and decided that this would be the coat she was going to get him. As Alex carried the jacket over to the checkout line Marli then met up with her and smiled. "Is that gift for Bobby?" Alex nodded as she held out the heavy jacket to her. "Do you think he'll like it?" Marli then nodded as she examined the jacket. "I think he'll love it and if not give it to me Mark I know would love it." Alex nodded as she paid for the jacket and watched the woman behind the counter pack it up.

"So you and Bobby… What are you going to wear on this date?"

Alex sighed and gave her a slight frown. "I have no idea! He told me to get really dressed up and I can't help but wonder where he's planning on taking me." Marli then smirked over at her while Cordy and Amy walked towards them. "Well first of all we're going to have to get you into something so incredibly sexy that he'll not know how to deal with himself." Cordy smugly grinned while Amy nodded. "We should put some volume in your hair too; it'll give off that look too." Alex then shyly smiled at the girls and shrugged.

"What do you say Makeover?"

Cordy and Marli then looked over at each other giving each other a devious little smirk while Alex looked over at Amy in slight worry.

Thanks for reading! I hope you all enjoyed the tenth chapter and promise more will be on it's way! :) Oh! Also don't forget to review! :)