"Chris?"

"Lora? Did I wake you?" Chris asked on them opposite end of the phone.

"No I just got out the shower what's up?"

"I can't sleep."

"How come?"

"I don't know I just cant and its pissing me off cause I'm really fucking tired."

"Chris."

"Hm?"

"Get your shoes on I'll be there in 20 minutes."

"But-" Chris started.

"No but's just get your shoes on and I'll be right over," Alora said before hanging up the call.

Quite frankly Alora didn't think she'd be able to fall asleep herself, no matter how heavy her eyes felt. So she grabbed her keys and ran down to the garage to go get Chris. LA was mildly quiet. You could only assume that the people awake and driving at this time were on their way to work or maybe they were in the same situation as Alora. Driving to go pick up the boy she might as well be half in love with at ungodly hours of the night to do whatever the fuck could come to mind.

Within the last three weeks Alora found her mind to be consumed with Chris. Every single aspect of him haunted her no matter what she was doing. The worst part was that Alora didn't mind it. She loved it. And she adored Chris. Wholeheartedly adored him.

Not too long later Alora was in front of the Sturniolo house watching and laughing as she witnessed Chris tiptoe and sprint out of the house as if he had just committed robbery.

"Well Chris care to explain why you just came out of your house acting like you were a 16 year old girl sneaking out to go see her secret boyfriend?" Alora asked while still laughing.

"Cause that's almost exactly what I'm doing," Chris smiled as Alora's face dropped to a dark shade of red. "Well where we off to?"

"I have no clue. I was kinda hoping you'd have an idea," Alora replied as she pulled away from his house.

"I'm drawing blanks here."

"Do you wanna just go back to my place? We could watch a movie or some bullshit," Alora put the idea out there.

"I don't wanna have to drag you back out of the house to bring me home though."

"I don't mind. Either I can bring you home or you can sleepover if you want."

"You sure?" Chris questioned.

"Yes Chris I'm sure."

The rest of the car ride was filled with silence but not that suffocating silence, more so a comfortable silence that made the air feel light. A kind of silence that the duo had grown to love. "Hey Lora?" Chris piped breaking the silence.

"Hm," She mumbled back to him.

"How are you?" Chris's question was so simple yet it still managed to catch Alora completely off guard.

"What do you mean?" Her response was stupid she knew it but she already it put it out there for him to hear so what does it matter.

"I mean how are you? You know I have seen you everyday for the last month yet I haven't asked since maybe the second day of knowing you."

"I'm good Chris. Like I am genuinely doing good."

"Why?"

"I think I've finally found a place for myself. I have good people surrounding me. I'm working on song and will probably drop an album in the next few months. I had song break a few records. My songs are reaching more people. Life is good and I can say that with full confidence."

"I'm happy for you Lora and I'm proud of you."

She stole a glance at Chris to see him smiling at her and she swear she caught a look in his eye but she couldn't tell what it was. Little did she know it was admiration. Chris admired everything about Alora, but especially now, seeing her talking so highly about herself and the things she done in less than a month. "Thank you Chris. That means more than you'll ever know."

"You said you're working on new music right?" He asked.

"Yep I have a few now."

"Can I hear one?"

"When we get back to my place I'll play you a something, under the condition that you carry my guitar upstairs."

"DEAL DEAL DEAL." Chris yelled which caused Alora to laugh.

Before they knew it they were back in Alora's apartment, both sitting on her bed. "Remember when we hung out one on one for the first time?" Alora asked.

"Yeah of course I do," Chris replied.

"Remember that chorus I wrote?" To which Chris replied with a nod of his head. "Yeah so I finished it. Wanna hear it?" I asked.

"The floor is all yours," He said which allowed for her to start strumming.

Alora zoned out and away from her head and kept her eyes on the guitar she was holding as she started to sing, "Lips meet teeth and tongue. My heart skips eight beats at once. If we were meant to be we would have been by now. See what you wanna see, but all I see is him right now. I'll sit and watch your car burn. With the fire that you started in me. But you never came back to ask it out. Go ahead and watch my heart burn. With the fire that you started in me. But I'll never let you back to put it out.
Your love feels so fake And my demands aren't high to make If I could get to sleep I would have slept by now. Your lies will never keep I think you need to blow 'em out. I'll sit and watch your car burn. With the fire that you started in me. But you never came back to ask it out. Go ahead and watch my heart burn. With the fire that you started in me. But I'll never let you back to put it out.
When you call my name Do you think I'll come runnin'? You never did the same. So good at givin' me nothin'. When you close your eyes, do you picture me? When you fantasize, am I your fantasy? Now you know. Now I'm free I'll sit and watch your car burn. With the fire that you started in me. But you never came back to ask it out. Watch my heart burn. With the fire that you started in me. But I'll never let you back to put it out. Never let you back. Let you back, let you back. Never gonna let you back, let you back," Alora looked up to see Chris wide eyed and a little jaw dropped.

"Holy shit," Was all that came out of his mouth as Alora laughed and put her guitar back in it's case. "How the fuck do you come up with that shit?"

"it just comes to me naturally, I guess I can thank Cillian for one thing at least," Chris gave her a puzzled look, "The ability to make great songs due to his shitty loving problems."

"Ah yes. Thank god for his incapacity to love?" Chris questioned.

"Exactly!" Alora cheered as Chris laughed. "Anyway what do you wanna do?"

"Movie?" Chris asked in which Alora responded by pulling out her computer.

"Your choice babycakes," Alora said as she slid the computer into his hands.

While Chris found a movie Alora had gotten under the covers of her bed. Chris picked out some random movie before throwing the computer between them and laid down too.

They had barely gotten halfway into the movie before Alora had knocked out. Chris hadn't realized until his arm got pulled. He looked to his left to see Alora had moved to use his arm as a pillow, despite having about 5 real pillows surrounding her. He took it to himself to shut off the movie and lay down too, leaving his arm out, not wanting to disrupt Alora.

"Goodnight Chris," Alora whispered as she moved once again, this time turning to face Chris.

"Goodnight Lora," Chris replied.

He reached up to her face and moved all the hair that was sprawled across her face.

The next thing they both knew Chris's phone was repetitively ringing. Chris's face was dug in Alora's shoulder, and his arm was wrapped around her waist. Alora was closer to the nightstand that Chris's phone was on so she reached over and grabbed it.

"You can answer it," Chris groggily told her as he dug his head deeper into her shoulder.
"Hello?" Alora answered.

"Chris? Bro where the fuck are you?" A frantic Matt asked on the other side of the phone.

"Matt it's me. Chris is at my place."

"Oh shit hey Alora. How did he get there?"

"I picked him last night. I didn't mean to kidnap him from you guys."

"No don't worry its all good. He just didn't mention anything so Nick and I kinda panicked."

"Yeah he's here, I'll smack him for you when he wakes up."

"Thanks Alora. I'll come pick him up whenever. Just tell him to call me when he wakes up."

"Will do. Bye Matt!"

Matt said a quick goodbye before Alora hung up and put the phone back on her nightstand.

"What did Matt want?" Chris asked as he lifted his head a bit.

"You gave him and Nick a heart attack dumbass," Alora replied.

"They'll live," He said before dropping his head back down.

Alora let him lay on her as she mindlessly brushed her fingers through his hair. 

She sat there for another hour as Chris slept a little longer, not moving, just thinking. What the fuck are Chris and her considered? Technically nothing had happened between them since the beach, but they slept in the same bed almost every night, so they couldn't be considered just friends right? Alora let out a sigh a little louder than she anticipated which caused for Chris to stir awake.

"You good Lora?" He asked her.

"Yeah I'm good," She replied.

"What's the matter?"

"Nothing Chris, I'm just thinking."

"About..?"

"What are we?"

Alora caught Chris completely off-guard with that question, "Oh um."

"Cause listen Chris I like you and I think those feelings are reciprocated, but then again its hard for me to tell," She told him, "And if you don't like me back then that's okay too! I just gotta know. We haven't talked about the kiss at all, it just kind of happened, and I'm not saying that we have to take anything to the next step cause we don't but..."

"Alora please stop talking, I like you too," He told her and the worry on her face disintegrated, "I just didn't know how to bring it up cause I didn't know if you wanted to talk about it, but I promise the feelings are reciprocated."

Alora smiled before stating, "Okay I can work with that."

"Do you want to change anything or do you like the way things are going?" Chris asked her.

"I like the way things are as of right now."

"Okay cause me too, now if you'll excuse me I gotta piss," Chris said before jumping out of bed and running to the bathroom.

The two hung around for a little while longer, the air seemed a little lighter after their conversation this morning. But before they knew it Matt and Nick were knocking on the door needing their brother back, and reality struck Alora once again.

There she was stuck in her pretty much empty apartment having to figure out where to start with putting it all together.

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Hi guys! Sorry for ghosting you all for so long, but it's been a rough last few months, but I'm back and ready to finish where I left off. Since the last update we've hit over 7k reads??? That's absolutely insane to me and thank you all so so much.

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