A/N: I just want to thank all those who read and reviewed for the second chapter. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope you like this third chapter just as much.
Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own James and Alex Blake. I wish I did, but I do not. However, everyone else in this chapter is mine!
Moments had passed since Alex's last prank and since James had figured out that she was pranking everyone. He was now an accomplice in his wife's pranks. The two of them continued to eat their meals as they talked to each other. Not only were they eating and talking, but they were also waiting for the right moment for their next upcoming prank.
"So, we got any plans after leaving here?" Alex asked.
"I can't tell you. It'll ruin any surprises that I may have for you." James grinned as he carefully chewed a piece of his steak.
"You just know how much I love surprises." Alex took a sip of her wine.
"So when do we do our next little prank?"
"Soon, very soon. Just be patient." Alex informed her husband.
A couple of men at a few tables away, got up from their sets, leaving the rest of their group at the table. There were at least fifteen people sitting at that table. Alex then saw this as her chance and whispered to James, "Alright, now!" The two of them quickly got up and jumped into the now unoccupied chairs. Everyone else at the table were busily talking to each other, to even realize that Alex and James were now there. But there were a few people at the table who saw them and just gave them odd, weird looks. Pulling out three $50.00 bills, James whispered to the three people who were looking at him and Alex, "I'll give you each $50.00 if you play along and say that we've been here, this entire time." He motioned towards Alex and then himself.
"Hey? Who are you?" A woman asked, when she looked over and saw James and Alex sitting at the table.
Everyone at the table had stopped talking and looked over at Alex and James and had confused expressions. They too had wanted to know who Alex and James were. So, they waited for an answer from the two of them.
"What do you mean, who are we?! Don't you remember us, we're James and Alex! We've been here, this entire time!" James said.
"No you have not!" The woman said.
"Oh yes we have. See, that's what you get for inviting a bunch of people to have dinner with you. You forget who's with you." Alex explained.
"My group and I have been here for an hour and a half and none of us recalls the two of you being here." The woman said as many others at the table, nodded their heads in agreement.
"They really have been here, the entire time." A middle aged man had said.
"Yeah, it's like they said. There's a bunch of people sitting here, so it's easy for you to have forgotten who all you invited." Another young man had chimed in.
"Honestly, Aunt Maude, they really have been sitting there, this entire time." A teenage girl had said.
Maude, the woman who had been arguing with James and Alex about whether or not they had been there, the entire time, just stared at James and Alex for a few moments. They could tell that she was in deep in thought. While Maude was thinking, James and Alex gave a quick smile to the three people, silently thanking them. The three people smiled back at them.
"Well, but what happened to Lyle and Glen? Weren't they here?" Maude asked as everyone else was wondering the same thing.
There was some silence, until the teenager spoke, "Yeah, they were here, but they left, remember? They were sitting next to James and Alex. We all know that Lyle and Glen are the life of the party. That's probably why James and Alex went unnoticed, while Lyle and Glen were here."
"Olivia may be right, my dear. Those two could have been sitting there this entire time, but we failed to notice them because we were all too busy, laughing at Glen and Lyle's jokes." A man who Alex and James assumed was Maude's husband, had said.
"But Uncle Rupert, we don't recognize them." A middle aged woman had said.
Alex and James, who had been fearing that they've been caught, starting to rise from their seats, but thankfully, one of the men who was in on the prank, saved the day.
"Well that's what you get for disowning Aunt Gracie-Jayne, all those years ago."
"What does any of this have to do with Aunt Gracie-Jayne?" A woman asked.
"Don't you all see the similarities? They're her children. The twins, remember?!"
"I don't remember my sister Gracie-Jayne having twins." Maude said.
This little argument went on for a couple more minutes until James and Alex looked at each, smiled and realized they could no longer stand it. They both stood up and Alex announced, "Alright, you all caught us! We really haven't been here the entire time. We just saw your two friends get up and leave and we saw it as our opportunity to have a little fun with you. We're not twins. Hell, we're not even brother and sister and we don't even know who Gracie-Jayne is. We're husband and wife. And we just paid those three, to play along with us." She motioned towards the three people who were in on the prank.
"Yeah, what she said." James said. "And whatever Gracie-Jayne did to make you all disown her, it can't be all that bad. So maybe you should all just forgive her and move on. After all, she is your family."
"My thought's exactly." Alex said. She then looked her and James' three accomplices and said, "Thanks, you've all been really great during this. Well, James, it's back to the table for you and I." She grabbed James by the hand and dragged him towards their table.
"Nice meeting you all!" James said as he was being pulled away.
Everyone at the table, just sat there and stared. No one could believe that they had just been pranked. When James and Alex were seated back at their table, they could no longer contain their laughter. They spent a few moments, just laughing at what they had just done.
"I can't believe we just did that!" James said.
"Those poor people! We probably made them think they were losing their minds, for not "remembering" us!" Alex used air quotations for the word "remembering." "Thank God, we convinced those one three to play along with us!"
"Otherwise, the prank would have been one huge failure!"
The laughter had soon subsided and the two of them were quietly talking and eating their meals. The group that they had just pranked, left a few moments ago. James took a bite of fried okra, carefully chewed it and swallowed. Afterwards, he asked, "So what do we have planned next?"
"You'll see. Our pranks are not over, just yet." Alex grinned.
End of chapter three. Please leave me some reviews. I'd love to know what your opinions are about it. Chapter four will be up as soon as possible.
