Chapter Six
( Why is it things in Hollywood always move so fast? Sex, Relationships, all of that just pops up way too quickly. Sometimes it's a good thing though. I'm sure as hell not complaining.) -Alexis
Dylan steps out of his truck walking around to my side to take my hand. He smiles and interlocks our fingers before opening the door for me.
"Thank you" I smile and blush.
"You are very welcome" he smiles following me inside. Daniel and Tyler follow behind us as we are seated.
"So when is everyone else supposed to get here" Tyler says looking over the menu.
"Um soon Id suppose." Dylan replies glancing at his watch. He looks up seeing Paul and his wife come around the corner with Bryce and Joseph in tow, "we'll there's most of the gang"
I stand and run to my sister and she squeezes me tightly, "I have so much to tell you"
"And I have so much to tell you!" She smiles slightly. Joseph pulls her chair back then slides it in as she sits. Wow a true gentleman, his type is hard to come by these days.
"You start!" I say breaking a breadstick and sharing it with Dylan.
"Well... Ian and I are still fighting... But Joseph here has helped me every step of the way. He's a real sweetheart. And we have an announcement to make..." He smiles and Joseph takes her hand.
"We've decided to become best friends" Joseph says in his heavy British accent and Bryce squeals fanning herself. I can't stop the laugh that rolls out of my body along with the relief.
"Whew I thought you were gonna say something else, But congratulations!" Everyone cheers and Bryce and Joseph shrug and smile. They're gonna be very close I can already tell.
Daniel constantly sneaks looks in Bryce's direction and I smile evily. If Ian is gonna be an asshole I might as well play mystic matchmaker and set them up.
Paul stands and nods to Dylan, "I'm gonna go wait for Ian and Nina, they should be here any time now" he smiles walking away.
"So Bryce, you're not seeing anyone are you?" I say smiling and glancing at Daniel.
She looks at me with a quizzical look on her face, "um no.. Why?"
"Just curious is all" I smile then notice Paul walking down the corridor with Nina and Ian in tow.
"Finally! I thought vampires were fast" Dylan stands pulling Ian into a hug.
"Good to see you man" He slaps his back. I glare at him then look in the other direction. Nina and Him take there seats on the other side of the long table. Sadly the order was arranged really crappy. It was Torrey, Joseph, Bryce, Daniel And Me on one side. Then Paul was across from his wife at the end,Tyler was across from Joseph, Ian was across from Bryce, Nina sat across from Daniel and Dylan was across from Me of course. Ian sighs sitting down doing his best not to look at Bryce who seems to be flirting with Daniel. I smile in triumph realizing I have officially gotten the Daniel and Bryce ball rolling.
"I can't believe I'm meeting you! I love your character Isaac so much" she smiles and Daniel returns her smile.
"Thank you so much, it means a lot. I've heard a lot about you from this little lady over here" he pokes Me and I smile, "heard you're running with the vampires, when you should be with the pack" he smirks nudging Bryce with his shoulder and I notice Ian glare at him.
"I think Bryce is content with the vampires actually." He chimes in shooting daggers at Daniel.
Bryce looks at him, a jumble of emotions on her face and it takes everything in me not to lash out at him.
"Actually my favorite animal is a wolf. So I'm pretty fond of them" she never takes her eyes off his. That is until Joseph puts his hand on her leg. I notice Ian look away towards the waiters who are bringing us our food and he grinds his teeth. Hah! Serves him right the douche bag. Mmm food. I smile at the waiters as they place our dishes in front of us.
"So Lex, how are you and Dylan?" Bryce asks smiling.
"Well... I also have an announcement" i smile at him, "Dylan and I are officially dating!" I say all giddily and Dylan kisses my cheek. Bryce smiles and glances at Ian, I follow Her gaze and look at Him as well. He soon finds himself smiling back at her. She sighs and looks over at Daniel who's telling the group a story about Tyler falling off the stairs on their set when he was attempting a stunt. I'm lost in my own little world gazing into Dylan's eyes, until Ian stands.
"I'll be back" he says walking towards the bathroom.
Paul nods, "don't be too long" he turns his attention back to Tyler as he grips Torrey's hand tightly.
Bryce stands a second later and walks towards the bathroom and I glare at her. She better not be messing with my brilliant plan. I will not let that asshole touch my sister after what he did to her. She's been hurt enough.
"So Daniel, are you seeing anybody?" I ask and Dylan looks at me weird, I lean over and whisper in his ear, "for Bryce honey". He smirks and nods.
"I was gonna say, nobody can have you now." He grins and kisses the top of my hand. "Then again, I could I'd just be upset. Probably become depressed and stalk you." He shrugs.
"Oh no biggie I got plenty of stalkers"
"Oh? Then I'd be the number one stalker and create the Alexis Folk stalker club. We'd organize meets where we go over everything you've done that day.." He nods, "very crazy stuff"
"I concur..." I nod and then slap his arm laughing. I feel so lucky. Last night when he said goodnight to me he asked if he could continue to date me. Of course I said yes, I barely slept at all because I couldn't stop giggling and smiling. I couldn't believe Dylan wanted to date me. He's perfect. He gets me and my sick sense of humor. Hell he has a pretty odd sense of humor himself.
"Baby you alive in there?" Dylan nudges me.
"Oh! Yeah. Sorry. What's up?"
"Daniel asked you if you'd be interested in going bowling sometime this week? Maybe a double date? Him and Bryce and you and I?" His eyes crinkle as he smiles and I feel my insides turn to water, "What do you think about that?"
"Yes. I would love that" I smile and look over at Daniel. Then over to Joseph and see him staring at something. I follow his gaze and see Bryce walking back with Ian, both of them smiling. My insides boil. He probably told her some bullshit lie about how it was an accident or something and she ate it up. Well I'm still not allowing Ian to have her. It just won't do. They sit down and I smile at Bryce.
"So Bryce what did you and Joseph do all night? Did you get your needs satisfied?" I giggle then looks at Ian and my face drains of emotion.
"Oops.. I mean..." I try my best not to smile knowing I just hurt him as bad as he hurt my sister.
Ian grips the table, "Joseph stayed the night with you?" He whispers staring into Bryce's eyes. Her mouth drops slightly.
"I swear Ian nothing-"
"You were that upset... I hurt you that bad you had to go and open your legs to another man." He stands yelling.
Tears fill her eyes and I stand putting an arm around my sister.
"I'm disgusted... Enjoy your night, don't open your legs too wide" Ian let the poison roll off his tongue like velvet as He throws his napkin down and pushes his chair back.
I lean over the table and slap him across the face as hard as I can, "Don't you ever speak to my sister like that!" I rub my hand then turn and look at Bryce. Ian regains his composure and storms out of the restaurant.
"Bryce are you-"
"What is wrong with you?" She stands staring at me.
"Excuse me?" I stare right back at her.
"You said that on purpose, do you know what you've done?! You ruined everything!" Bryce looks up at me through teary eyes and Joseph wraps an arm around her.
"Come, love.. We should go"
"He apologized to me, Lex! He told me what really happened! Everything was finally okay and you had to ruin it!" She shakes her head.
"He's not right for you Bryce you said so yourself"
"Who are you to tell me what's wrong or right for me? Yeah, he's completely wrong for me. He's nothing I would normally go for. But I want him. I want him in the worst ways" she wipes her eyes, "He keeps me on my toes, he watches my every move, I feel safe with him. I feel loved.. By him" she closes her eyes and lets Joseph walk her out of the restaurant, leaving me speechless and an awkward silence filling the air. People staring In our direction mumble about us and I sigh. Dylan stands and nods to Paul.
"Well I think this is our cue to leave, thank you for having us.. I hope we can do it again sometime minus the crazy breakdowns and bitch slapping of vampires" he nods and takes my hand, "come on ill drive you home" we walk out to the truck and I notice Ian sitting in his car. His eyes red and puffy from what I could only assume to be crying. I feel terrible. I hurt Bryce. She was right, I ruined her shot with Ian.
I sighed stepping up into his truck, "Thank you Dylan" he nodded and closed my door. Once he got in and started the truck up and looked over to him, "am I a bad person?"
"Well, you're not an amazing person right now... It was kinda harsh what you did, secretly plotting against them... But in your defense you were only looking out for her" he shrugs, "then again I'm sure she can take care of herself"
"Thanks honey. You're a big help"
Dylan smiles and puts his hand over mine. I relax a little as we pull up to the hotel. He gets out and walks to my side opening my door for me.
"You know I'm never going to et tired of this right?"
He laughs and I take his arm, letting him guide me to the elevator and up to my door.
"Well... Goodnight" he leans down and kisses my forehead.
"Um... Would you like to come in? Just for a bit?" I open my door and Dylan smiles.
"Sure" he walks in and tosses his hoodie on the end of the bed. "Wow, it's still clean, pretty surprising" he smirks and I glare at him.
"I keep my room clean thank you very much..."
"Oh really?" His eye brow raises.
I put my hands on my hips, "as a matter of fact, yes really"
"Is that why theres a card from house keeping on your nightstand saying they cleaned your room an hour ago?" He tries to hold in an laugh and I attack him.
We land on the bed and I straddle his waist, "take it back!" I yell and he laughs.
"Never!" He grabs my hands and holds them firmly. I look into his eyes and smile. Leaning down I kiss him softly, my eyes fluttering closed. He releases my hands and places them on my hips.
"Babe?" Dylan manages to say between kisses.
I ignore his question and let m hands roam his chest.
"Alexis" he says, his breathing clearly labored.
"Yeah? What's wrong?" I look down at him and he props himself up on his elbows.
"I'm... Um.. I just don't know if I'm ready" he says rubbing the back of his head as his face turns pink. I look down at him and immediately feel bad.
"I'm so sorry, I'd never push you Dylan-"
"No it's not that, I just don't think we're ready for this step yet. I want to make sure everything is perfect. We sorta had a rough night." He shrugs slightly.
"Yeah.." I look down.
"Can I sleep over?" He asks pulling me out of my thoughts.
"What?!" I look at him.
"Would you mind if I slept over?" He repeated himself and said it slowly like I was retarded and I slapped his arm laughing.
"Sure." I roll off him and walk over towards my suit case.
"Awesome. I gotta be up early though, need to be in the studio by 7 sharp or Ty will kill me" he says taking off his shirt, but leaving his pants on. I look at his body and bite my lip, noticing the way the light from the lamp contours to his muscles. I sigh softly and he looks over at me.
"You okay?"
"Mmmhmmm" I smile and walk into the bathroom to change. As soon as I walk back I need to grab onto the wall for support. Dylan is in my bed, shirtless. His arms behind his head as he just waits- starring at me. He smirks and motions for me to 'Come here'. I crawl into bed beside him and lay my head I his chest. His arm curls around me and I giggle feeling his finger tips run along the small of my back.
"Goodnight baby" he kisses my forehead then turns off the light.
"Goodnight" I smile nuzzling into his side. It may have been a crappy day, but it ended as an amazing night.