Celebrity Undercover

24. Everything in Silk

"I'm in love with the possibility of us." -Lauren Eden.

"I'm going to make more popcorn," I announce in the middle of Bad Moms. I stand up from the couch and walk towards the kitchen with the now empty bowl. It was already seven in the evening and our day was well spent lazying around watching movies, talking, laughing and eating.

As I was struggling to open the box of popcorn a hand firmly grabs my waist, making me jump up in surprise. I feel his body pressed up against mine and his warm breath on my neck.

"You're doing that lip thing you do whenever you concentrate," Alec whispers, making the hair on my neck stand up straight.

"What lip thing?"

"You pull out your bottom lip whenever you concentrate on something. I've seen you do that in school and it makes me want to do inappropriate things to it," his voice is husky, making my heart beat uneven. My breathing had become irrational and I was trying to understand the feeling I was getting at the pit of my stomach.

I gasp slowly when I feel a small feather-like kiss on my neck. I felt tingly and good.

I turn around, his hand was still on my waist, he places his other hand on the other side of my waist so they were on either side of my waist. He leans in closer to me and I think we're about to kiss when I hear someone clearing her throat.

Alexis!

I flush. She caught us in this position, she must know what we were about to do.

"I thought you guys were taking too long," she states, her voice small. I clear my throat and quickly open the box, "the box was giving me a hard time."

Alec opens the fridge and takes out two cans of Dr. Pepper. "I was just about to get these."

Alexis shrugs before taking a can from him, "come on, the movie is almost over." She takes his hands and pulls him into the living room while I wait for the popcorn. Once it was done, I open the paper bag, the smell of cheese meeting me and carefully spilled the contents in the bowl. Taking a few popcorns, I pop them in my mouth, making my way to the living room.

I snuggle in my space between Alec and Alexis, "popcorn?"

They all take a hand full of it and shove them in their mouths, their attention fixated on the screen. I smile to myself as I watch Alec. He looks engrossed in the movie as he absentmindedly takes popcorn from the bowl to eat. I thought he said they were sappy movies.

"What?" He asks as he looks at me with a grin, he casually wraps his arm around my shoulders. "What is it you're thinking about what's so funny, Miss Moore?"

"Just how sappy this movie is," I tease.

"I'm just counting the minutes until it's over so we can watch my movies," he answers, his eyes twinkling in amusement.

He actually thinks I'm afraid of horror movies.

Ha! Joke's on him.

Two and a half hours later, we had just watched the ring and I was bored to the core while Alexis was hugging her blanket as she peeks to watch the movie in horror while Alec just looks disappointed.

"Okay enough, we're scaring Alexis and I'm so tired," I say just when I yawn. I stand up and stretch myself. "I forgot my clothes," I mutter in realization. I knew I forgot something.

"You're sleeping over?" She asks happily.

"Yeah, I figured you'd want the girly sleepover thing where we do makeovers and talk about boys," I say awkwardly. She claps her hand happily, switching off the tv.

"Alec is also sleeping over?"

Alec looks appalled. "No way. I would walk naked in the streets before I spend the night doing makeup and talk about boys," he says in a horrified tone when he said the last three words.

I chuckle.

"You can go take one from the closet in my room. The last drawer," Alexis tells me. I nod my head before climbing up the stairs two at a time. I open her closet and open the drawer.

Silk.

Everything is in silk.

I just wanted a cami and perhaps a pair of sweatpants. I sigh frustratedly as I look at the red silk shorts.

I guess it's okay since Alec won't be here during the night. I choose a sky blue silk sleeveless top and shorts and slip them on.

I untangle my now dry hair, leaving them open. With a small yawn, I close the closet door and pad downstairs to the living room.

"I guess I should leave you girls with whatever freaky things you want to do," I hear him say. His back was facing me as he stretches up. Alexis smiles at him, "thank you for everything, especially the gift." She stands up and pecks his cheek. Alec stiffens, she doesn't stop there, oh no. She jumps to him and wraps him in a tight hug, Alec slowly recovering, he also hugs her back awkwardly.

I don't mind this because they're friends and i'm happy Alec is starting to loosen up to her.

Alec turns around and he notices me. His mouth drops open and I can hear his sharp intake of breath. His golden brown eyes darkened when he watches me, showing an emotion I can't decipher.

Why is he looking at me like that? It makes me feel all giddy and I know i'm blushing.

And then it downs to me, what I was wearing.

He walks towards me and grasps my hand, pulling me outside the living room. "Are you trying to make me stay, Miss Moore?" He whispers, his voice low.

I look up at him innocently, "w-what do y-you mean?"

"What you're wearing, and you even left your hair open."

I blush.

"Um.." Alexis' voice brings us back to reality. I've never seen this side of Alec before. I liked it though. A lot.

I look up at Alexis, blushing crimson.

"Uh bye," Alec says suddenly, shaking his head as if suddenly realizing something. He plants a small kiss on my forehead before he leaves.

"Do you guys have something I don't know?" She asks, quirking an eyebrow. I widen my eyes out, blushing.

Do we have something?

"I-I," I start saying, "No."

She visibly relaxes. "Oh."

"So let's start with your nails," she says excitedly, pulling me to her room. "I was thinking maybe the color, purple?"

"Um, I think black would be better."

She makes a face, "but that's such a plain color."

I think about it for a while before I got an idea. Alec loves it when I wear red for some reason, maybe he'd also like it if I were to paint my nails red.

"I want red."

She grins happily at this, "at least a color we can both agree on."

As she paints my nails she starts talking about how she wants to go to New York when she graduates. She plans on pursuing her modeling career no matter what it takes and if she fails at that, she'll try acting.

"I don't think I like working with anything involving the media. Don't you think you'll get tired of having to put up with everyone all over your business?"

She shrugs nonchalantly, "I actually like the idea, everyone wants to know you. Everyone wants to be you. I don't know, I think I was made for the celebrity life."

"Can't relate."

This makes her laugh and after a few seconds, I join her as well.

"Can I ask you a question?" She asks nervously, just as she finishes with my thumb. I glance at my hands, marveling at how nice they look. I've only applied nail polish when going to weddings, which is not much.

"Shoot."

"Do you like Alec?" She asks, making me look up at her. There was something about the way she asks that tells me she does not want to hear the truth. Maybe it was the hopeful look on her face or how nervous she looks.

"No," I murmur, my heart clenching because I did not want to lie to her. I don't get why I don't feel at ease telling her anything.

Her look of nervousness drops as a full on grin replaces it. "Remember when I told you I liked someone but I wanted to wait until it was the right moment to tell you?"

So the boy talk has started.

I nod my head anxiously. "Yeah?"

"It's him," she says, looking at me intently. My heart stops beating for a moment and my heart clenches painfully against my chest.

Oh no. Please don't tell me what I think you're about to tell me.

"Him, who?" I ask, my voice shaky.

"Alec."