Hey guys, in this chapter you might be able to tell that I have been watching a certain film in preparation to see it's remake in October. Sorry but I couldn't resist; I felt it gave this chapter a little bit of a twist. Much love RSD xoxoxoxo

Evie invited me and Sam to have dinner with her and Doug that evening. Both me and Sam were both tired from our flight but we both decided a meal with Evie and Doug would be nice. Sam wanted to hear more Mal and Evie stories and Evie was only too happy to tell him. I knew that she was watching mine and Sam's every move in the car going to the restaurant; but I was just going to let her think what she wanted for now. She obviously wasn't listening to what I was telling her but she would know soon enough anyway.

"Isn't this nice" Evie said as Doug helped her into her chair and pushed the chair towards the table. I smiled at this exchange; Doug always was a true gentleman and treated Evie like a princess.

"It's like a double date" she quickly added.

"Evie" I warned her.

"I've already told you" I added. I watched Sam smirk at me and I knew that he was going to joke and play along.

"It's ok Mal. If Evie wants to set us up; we both have to play by certain rules" he teased as he winked at me.

"Ha ha" I answered back sarcastically.

"What rules?" Evie asked.

"Private joke" I stated.

"I see" she replied.

"Have you been here before Mal?" Sam asked as he opened his menu.

"She loves it here" Doug answered.

"Oh well you can recommend something to me" Sam said smiling at me.

"Just have whatever you fancy" I suggested.

"Now isn't that just grand!" Sam mocked.

"What a first date this is!" he laughed.

"You'll never get into my pants this way missy" he said sarcastically.

"Sam!" I exclaimed.

"Sometimes I really worry about you" I muttered.

"Ditto" he said before moving closer to me so he could mutter in my ear.

"Sorry for winding you up dear" he muttered.

"It's ok" I muttered back.

"I know what game you are playing" I added. I watched as Sam pulled a funny face which I couldn't help laughing at. I saw Evie's brow burrow together and I quickly stopped laughing and pursed my lips together.

"Sorry E" I said.

"It's ok" I said and I watched as she quickly looked from me to Sam and back to me again.

"It's just Sam is being a goof" I teased.

"There's strike two" he warned.

"Strike three and I'm walking from this date" he teased.

"Really?" I joked.

"Yeah" he confirmed.

"Don't let the door hit you" I said sarcastically.

"Well I never!" he said and he dramatically turned away from me. He then span around and gave me a high five.

"First date over?" he asked cheekily.

"Yeah I'm sorry it's not meant to be" I teased.

"I will cry myself to sleep tonight" he laughed.

"Was that just for my benefit?" Evie asked.

"No" I said shaking my head.

"Sorry Evie we are just joking. A lot of people think we are a couple" I explained.

"Are you?" she quickly blurted out. My face turned blank for a few seconds before I answered; in all honestly I didn't know why I was reacting the way I was.

"Erm" I started.

"No" I quickly added.

"Evie why don't you tell me another Mal story" Sam said trying to get Evie's attention away from me.

"Really?" I asked.

"Is that all you are going to talk about? Me? I am sitting here you know" I said sarcastically which made Doug laugh.

"I know but Evie can tell me other things about you that I don't know" Sam teased.

"I could share some stories as well" he added with a wink.

"Don't you dare!" I warned him.

"Like what?" Evie asked smugly.

"Has Mal told you about when we went to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show?" he asked. I rolled my eyes; he would go for this particular story.

"No" Evie said as she smiled as she noticed my reaction.

"Sam!" I exclaimed.

"Behave" I warned him.

"Well we all went as the characters. I went as Riff Raff" he explained.

"The Handyman?" Doug questioned.

"Yeah" he confirmed.

"So who did Mal go as?" Evie asked eagerly.

"Sam!" I exclaimed as I watched Sam open his mouth to speak.

"Mal you looked amazing" he stated.

"Mal who did you go as?" Evie asked. I rolled my eyes and braced myself for Evie to shriek.

"Dr Frank-N-Furter" I muttered.

"What?" she exclaimed as her eyes widened.

"I've got photos" Sam said smugly.

"Don't!" I whined as Sam pulled his phone out and started to scroll though his photos.

"I can't believe you went as that" Evie said as Sam handed her his phone and Evie started to look at them.

"Neither can I" Doug said as he started to look at them.

"It was so funny Evie because after the show they did a competition for the most realistic Dr Frank-N-Furter" Sam informed.

"No way" Evie said.

"Just kill me now" I whined which made Evie laugh.

"Mal ended up on the stage didn't she?" she asked.

"Oh yeah; singing, strutting the lot" Sam said smugly as he looked at me.

"I'll show you later on" he stated.

"No you won't" I spat. I looked back down at my menu but I saw Sam mouth 'yes I will' to Evie.

"Why didn't you say anything?" she asked me.

"Kind of embarrassing" I admitted.

"You shouldn't be" Sam said he wrapped his arm around my shoulder and he pulled him to me.

"Evie she is an amazing Dr Frank-N-Furter" he said looking at her.

"How did you even get into being him Mal?"" Doug asked.

"We were messing around and for our Halloween party I said as a joke that I would go as him and it stuck. That and I was very drunk" I admitted as my mind started to replay the memory.

"So the photos on your Facebook-" Evie started.

"Yes" I confirmed as I knew that she was about to ask whether they were the photos of me as Dr Frank-N-Furter. I hadn't seen Evie since I had done this and in all honesty it could have been a fancy dress party for all she knew. I was hoping to leave it that was; but obviously Sam has other ideas.

"Mal I need to see this with my own eyes" Evie stated.

"Did you win?" Doug asked.

"Yes" I admitted.

"Eeeek!" Evie shrieked. I suddenly started to feel uncomfortable as neighbouring tables started to look at us.

"I don't know whether is a good thing or a bad thing that I won. They were basically saying that I looked like a man" I stated.

"It was the performance that you put on dear. Not how you were dressed" Sam said lovingly.

"You're wasted as an artist" he added.

"You need to be on the stage, strutting about and doing your stuff" he continued.

"Thanks" I added.

"So are you looking forward to tomorrow night?" Doug asked as he changed the subject as he looked at me. I smiled at him as he obviously saw how uncomfortable this was making me I saw him wink at me before I answered back.

"Yeah it will be nice to see everyone" I replied.

"It will be nice to finally meet you all; I've heard so much about you" Sam added.

"I wish we could say the same about you" Evie said as she threw a glance in my direction.

"I can't believe you didn't tell them about me Mal" Sam said playfully shoving me.

"It's ok; in Mal's defence she hasn't been saying very much lately" Evie added.

"I see" Sam said.

"Living a secret life Mal?" he teased.

"Of course not" I said.

"I just haven't had much to say" I said as I looked down at the menu. I noticed out the corner of my eye that Evie quickly looked at me and then threw a glance to Doug who cautiously looked down. I decided to leave this; I knew that Evie was trying to figure me out but I was just going to let her get on with it for now.

"Are you ready to order?" the server said walking up to us.

"Erm" I said looking at Evie, Doug and Sam. We all looked at Sam as we all knew we were going to get what we usually got when we go to Liberty Square Market.

"Yeah" he said looking at me.

"Do you know what you want?" I asked him.

"Yeah" he said nodding.

"Well I have an idea anyway" he advised. We quickly ordered our food and drinks and we enjoyed the rest of our evening laughing and joking about various stories. Yes I knew that both Doug and Evie were watching me and Sam; but I hoped they didn't jump to too many conclusions...yet.

"Mal" I heard Evie say as we were about to walk towards Doug's car.

"Yes E" I answered.

"Can we talk?" she asked.

"Yeah" I answered as we both stepped away from Sam and Doug. They both continued to walk on aimlessly talking about everything and anything.

"Is everything ok?" Evie asked when she saw that Doug and Sam were a safe distance away from us so they couldn't overhear us.

"Yeah" I repeated.

"Mal please don't lie to me" she begged.

"I'm not" I stated.

"Ok" she said.

"You just seem different, I feel that something is wrong and I want to help you" she said sadly.

"Evie everything is fine" I said, hoping to pacify her.

"I'm just nervous that's all" I admitted.

"Why?" she asked.

"Well-" I started.

"With me not seeing everyone for nearly six month I'm nervous in seeing everyone" I admitted.

"Mal there's no need to be nervous" she said reassuringly.

"I know that but I can't stop feeling this way" I answered nervously.

"Mal is something wrong?" she questioned again.

"No" I told her again.

"Would you tell me if there was?" she urged.

"Yes" I lied. I felt bad for lying to her; but I had my reasons and she would know in a couple of days any way.

"Nothing is wrong; I always feel nervous coming back. You all have seemed different to me as well" I advised.

"I can't wait for you to come back properly" she said.

"Same" I agreed.

"I've missed you all so much" I said sadly.

"We've missed you to M" Evie said as she pulled me into a hug. Over Evie's shoulder I saw both Doug and Sam looking at us; Sam nodded at me and I nodded back. Fingers crossed my plan would work... hopefully.