It was unusual to see the group in a place which wasn't Tyler's home, they were used to the wonderful view and open space the place had
But a change was very much healthy once in a while
They were all in the living room now seated and chilled, the room interior design was just like Tyler's except for the colors that gave the place a homey look
Cream white walls and brown wooden floor, the medium sized black couch was pushed back to the wall and another connected facing the wall length glass and a black table on the middle underneath it a one meter fluffy black carpet
Tyler sat on the couch facing the glass wall with Mte next to him, Molly sat next to Mte with Zack on where the couch connects next to her. The chain goes on with Jeanah next to Zack on her phone, then Lillian and Darren, Zack's best friend
They all sat there chilling as they waited for Alex who suggested they play a game but was currently in the kitchen looking for a snack
"What is she doing in there" Zack mumbled
"Probably looking for food" Mte said looking over his shoulder
"Oi! Menina come here we're waiting for you" Darren shouted
"Just a minute" she said in a muffled voice
"What is she eating in there" Zack said as he looked over to the kitchen
"Relax man" Jeanah chuckled without taking her eyes off her phone
"Molly made something for me, I left it to eat later man I can't let her eat that" Zack aired out his worries
Tyler snorted
"It's not funny T" Zack narrowed his eyes
"You think it's fun when you eat my food?" He raised his eyebrows
"Lexi's food" Zack corrected
"And who do you think bought the ingredients" Tyler tsked before a smirk surfaced on his face "let my girl eat man"
Lillian's head snapped at Tyler
"I didn't know you'd get this dramatic considering you're always shoving T's food down your throat everytime we're at his place" Mte said
Tyler shook as he fist bumped Mte
"Molly help me here"
"Embrace it Zack, she's going to finish all the food in there" Darren joked
"Tit for tat Zack just accept it" Jeanah said putting her phone down "guys I just made a friend and I wanted her to-"
"Wait are we going to ignore the fact that T is here not nodding and rolling his eyes but actually smiling and making conversations instead?" Molly pointed out the extraordinary
The group was silent
"You'd rather I stay moody like usual?" Tyler asked
"Wh-I mean no. .it's just" Molly chuckled "this is wow what happened"
"It's not new to me, I don't see why you're being dramatic babe" Zack said
"Well you're childhood friends" Molly said in a duh tone "he talks to you all the time"
"I still don't find it extraordinary Molly" Darren commented
Mte chuckled
Alex walked in the living room with a juice box in hand as she assessed open spaces to sit, her heart dropped when she saw the seat next to Tyler was taken
"It doesn't change the fact that he was depressed and that changed him to closed up Tyler" Jeanah added her point of view
"The fact that we stayed and put up with that still amazes me" Zack said
Alex walked aiming to sit next to Jeanah but Tyler had other plans, he grabbed her hand and pulled her on his laps
"Am saying" Molly added "I'd have dump him a long time ago if I were y'all"
"You guys he's right here" Alex caressed the back of Tyler's head
"Ignore them babe" Tyler whispered in her ear
Alex ignored the butterflies in her stomach as she bit her lip and looked at her friends
"Get room" Darren said
A few chuckles broke out
"Can we just play the game" Alex shyly said causing Tyler to chuckle lightly
"Well what are we playing?" Lillian asked
"Would you rather" Alex said excitedly
"I thought it was something fun" Lillian chortled
Jeanah low key frowned as she looked at Lillian
"Uh I-" Alex stuttered
"That game is for babies Lexi" Lillian rolled her eyes
Alex went silent
She never sat for a second and thought if the game would be an interesting one for her friends to play, letting it out now made her realize how lame the game sounded
"Hey" Tyler squeezed her thigh
"We're playing it either way" Molly shrugged
"Besides we could always spice things up" Zack wiggled his eyebrows
"Well let's get at it then" Mte said as he slid down to the floor "we sit around the table and spin the bottle as usual, whoever it lands on plays the game"
With that everyone got up and sat around the table. Tyler and Mte sat facing the glass wall,while Zack and Molly, Alex and Lillian sat opposite each other and Jeanah sat next to Alex
Alex spinned the bottle and the group waited
A few "oous" erupted as the bottle stopped on Tyler and Zack
"Sex or celibate?" Zack hit the nail wasting no time
Alex widened her eyes at Zack's question, she never thought he'd be so blunt about somebody's sexual life and not to forget whatever Tyler was going to answer was going to affect her in some way
She sat there nervous as Tyler smirked at Zack, she hoped people wouldn't laugh at what Tyler was going to say next
Alex was brought back to the morning when she stopped Tyler from taking off her panties, she told him she wasn't ready and that she'd wait for marriage
Yes she was serious, but was he?
Did he really understood her that da-?
"Celibate" Tyler cut her thoughts
"Celibate?" Zack tilted his head at Alex making her to look down at the table "Are you sure?"
Alex snapped her head up at Tyler to find him looking at her with a small smile
"Yeah" he said before spinning the bottle
"Ah no let's pause there a bit" Darren said in disbelief "you're telling me you'd be keeping her and legit not taste at all?"
"It's personal" was all Tyler said as he spinned the bottle
"Man" Darren ran his hand through his face "I don't think I'd survive that"
"You and me both" Jeanah commented
The bottle spinned and spinned before stopping at Jeanah and Mte
"Would you rather be a mind reader or be invisible" Jeanah asked
"A mind reader" Mte answered
"What? Dude imagine all the stuff you'd do if you were invisible" Zack said in disbelief
"Whole lotta benefits yeah but I'd rather choose the latter for personal reasons"
"Wow" Alex said
"So serious" Jeanah said as she spinned the bottle
Tyler sneakily slid his hand in Alex's dress and put his hand on his thigh getting her attention, she looked at him and he gave her a wink causing her tummy to summersault
She bit her lip looking down at the bottle
It spinned and spinned and stopped on Alex and Lillian
"Hmmm I don't know what to ask" Lillian let out a chuckle "ummm money? Or love"
"Love" Alex answered without a doubt
"Love? Girl rethink your decision" Molly chuckled
"Am saying I mean money's important too" Lillian added
"But love is rare" Alex defended herself
"So is money" Lillian commented "don't you think so?"
"Leave her be, that's a smart answer" Mte said
"Well Tyler has money, at that rate I wouldn't mind choosing love either she gets both at the end of the day" Lillian chuckled
Jeanah frowned as she looked at Lillian, she thought she was seeing things at first when Lillian was sneaking glares at Alex's way but her comment just smoked out the shade Lillian was desperately hiding
Jeanah wasn't going to let it slide
"What do you mean?" Jeanah asked
"Huh?" Lillian asked faking oblivion
"What do you mean by that"
"Nothing" Lillian shrugged "I mean isn't it a fact?"
Jeanah raised her eyebrows "That's stupid of you to think that, you should watch your mouth"
"Guys" Alex hushed them
She gave Jeanah a worried look, she didn't want an unnecessary fight ruining the mood for the day
Alex spinned the bottle ignoring Lillian's comment, she didn't know what was wrong with her today
Maybe she woke up on the wrong side of the bed
It landed on Molly and Tyler
"A quickie or nah?"
"Definitely not a quickie" Molly answered before looking at Zack seductively
"Amen to that" Zack said as he looked down to her
"Can never get enough of this" she pecked his lips and licked her lips smirking at her boyfriend
"Young love" Darren said in a dramatic dreamy tone
That earned a laugh from everyone
Alex sat there confused as she watched her friends laugh, they had lost her there
Leaning towards Tyler she whispered
"What's a quickie?"
It wasn't long before the group burst out laughing
"Just how innocent are you Lexi" Lillian laughed
Jeanah rolled her eyes
"So innocent it's sexy" Tyler smiled as she caressed Alex's neck slowly with his face letting her cent flood his nostrils
"I can't believe you don't know and I'm younger than you" Jeanah wiped the tears in her eyes as she laughed
"Hey I'm only months older than you" Alex defended herself
The group laughed some more before one of them decided to explain what it was
"Well a quickie is hmm" Molly got up and walked to her
Alex widened her eyes and covered her mouth as Molly whispered in her ear
"You're going to have fun educating her" Zack said
"You can say that again" Tyler smiled as he extended his arm to fist bump Zack
"Stop you'll make her more uncomfortable" Mte chuckled
With that the game ended as the guys found something interesting to talk about, they decided to make a U-turn and educate their friend of what they knew
Alex's face had formed all sorts of surprise and uncomfortable expressions all through the day
Tyler found it cute as he enjoyed watching her make cute faces, the fact that Alex knew nothing made him happy
It meant he was going to be her first for almost everything, it made him smile
The day went on with them chilling and laughing till the sun set, at some point the group decided it was enough and talked about another subject
They had reshuffled to the couches
"Wait so what you mean to tell me is that Fiona's missing???" Darren asked
"Yeah for weeks" Tyler sighed "I don't even know where to search-"
"Where was the last time she was spotted?" Lillian asked
"Angelo's"
Mte sighed
Molly raised her eyebrows as she looked at sleeping Alex leaning on Tyler's shoulder
"How did she take it?" Jeanah asked
"Bad, they happened to have beaten her brother up" Zack replied "wish I was there to land a few punches"
"Wait you knew?" Molly looked at her boyfriend with betrayal and disbelief
"It wasn't in my place to tell you babe" he raised his hands
Molly rolled her eyes
"How'd she take it?" Jeanah asked guiltily
Tyler sighed
"Not well" he looked at her
"Is that why she was staying at her brother's recently?" Lillian asked
"Yeah" Tyler replied
"So basically you guys have been together since the beginning of the sem?" She asked
"That's pretty obvious" Jeanah said in a duh tone
"I heard Lexi's uncle has a tech company and is good at tracing people, why don't we approach him though" Zack suggested
"I don't think that's necessary I'm sure she's fine" Jeanah said all too quickly
That caught Tyler attention
"What are you saying?" Molly asked confused
"I mean she could be fine wherever she was"
"How sure are you?" Mte asked
"Well I'm just sure" Jeanah shrugged "Can we drop this"
"Is there something you're hiding?" Darren asked in curiosity
"Wh-wh-whaaat me?" She chuckled "no there's nothing"
Zack raised his eyebrows as Darren and Mte studied her
Tyler looked at Jeanah as he realized something he should've thought when she found out Fiona was missing
He gave Jeanah a questioning look as she averted her eyes away from him
She knows
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