"There you go," Miranda says with a bore, finishing Al's makeup.
He's Alice Cooper.
Miranda didn't do the best job on this one, but it hardly looks like Al. I laugh a bit when she leaves the room, and Alex shoots me a glare. "Don't even make a comment, Leah."
I laugh, and raise my hands. "Okay, vampire drag queen."
Alex squints his eyes at me. Matt comes into the room, wearing thick eyeliner, a red blazer, a bowtie and a top hat. "Who the hell are you, Matt?" Alex laughs.
"Brendon Urie," Matt scoffs. Nick walks in and leaves the door open. "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?" I bite my lip, supressing a laugh. Nick is wearing the Scream mask, but his hair shows through at the ends.
Jamie walks in, completely unamused. "Merry fookin' 'alloween, guys." He's in a bunny costume and I burst into laughter, falling off my chair.
We're in hysterics. "What's up with the bunny costume?" Matt flicks the bunny ears on his costume and Nick boops Jamie's nose. Jamie swats the hands away.
"ALEX dared me to if I lost his bet." Jamie huffs and sits on a chair but even though he's mad, it makes it funnier.
"What bet and why would you take it?" Nick laughs.
Jamie crosses his arms and wrinkles his nose, which has sharpie over it. "Forget about it. Let's just hand out the candy already."
"Aw, Mr. Bunny woke up on the wrong side of the bed," Matt teases.
"You're no better, you look like a panda at the circus," Jamie sasses.
"Aw, cheer up, 'ave a lil fun."
* * *
"So what do I do, just let the kids say 'trick or treat,' or whatever," Alex drawls, "and give them candy?"
"Yeah." I smile. "This is so exciting, this is the first time you've handed out candy. It's a halloween miracle."
Alex chuckles. "You never fail to amuse me."
I blush. We were throwing a party in one of the rental places in the small town, and had decorated it with a few pumpkins by the front door to let people know we were handing out candy. Nobody will know it's the Arctic Monkeys handing out the candy tonight.
The doorbell rings two minutes later. Alex looks at me a bit scared. "Go on," I whisper, pushing him towards the door.
"Trick or treat," two little kids scream at the same time. Both are in ghost costumes.
"Hey! Happy 'alloween," Alex smiles, and reaches into the bucket of candy we have to pass some to the kids.
One of the kids screams and runs off and Alex looks at me with the cutest fear stricken on his face. I can't help but to laugh, how much joy it brings me. I look to the kid that screamed. "It's just a costume, kid. Don't worry."
Alex bit his lip as he carefully put the candy in the kids' bags like he was avoiding setting off a bomb. I guided his hand a bit to speed the process up and then the kids ran off, easy as pie.
I closed the door. Alex scratched the back of his neck. "That didn't go as planned."
I laugh again. "No, it didn't."
"Did you scare the kids, Al?" Matt mocked. He playfully punched Alex's shoulder.
"You know what, Matt," Alex responds in mock, throwing a piece of candy at Matt.
Matt catches it and then slowly opens the wrapper, and eats the Aero. "Thanks, mate." He walks off.
Alex sighs. I shake my head.
* * *
Technically we had rented the place until eight in the morning the next day, but the rest of the band was too tired to use the extra hours we had when they went home at midnight. I didn't want to leave just yet. On his way out, Alex grabbed the extra candy we had and opened the door for me.
"Nah, I'm going to stay for a while," I say. Partly because I never got time alone anymore.
Alex furrowed. "In the dark? Alone? Why?"
I shrug. "I don't really know, I just feel like it."
Alex sighs and rubs his eyes, clearly tired. "Well not alone, you are. I'll tell the band to pick us up in the morning."
Until the morning? I only meant an hour or two. I open my mouth then close it. "There's a store right down the street. They'll probably sell pyjamas. It'll be a Halloween sleepover, of sorts," Alex lazily grins.
I smile when he leaves, but he comes back in five minutes, I counting the time until he gets back.
The doorbell rings and Alex tosses me a loose grey t-shirt and some pink flannel bottoms. "Girls like pink, right?" Alex chuckles. He walks in and closes the door.
I roll my eyes. "Stereotypically. I'm going to change. Thanks, by the way."
Alex smirks. "What, you can't change here?" He leans against the door frame and crosses his arms.
"You're a perv, you know that?" I laugh, and he laughs with me, and brush past him on the way to the washrooms. I quickly get changed but the pyjamas look enormously oversized on me. I shuffle out and Alex is still in the midst of getting changed. He has his shirt off and smirks when he sees me staring, then puts on the top and covers himself up.
I quickly notice how this looks, blushing, only us two in the dark, alone. “What did you have in mind to do alone?” Alex tempts.
I shrug. “Watch some TV, make a snack. The usual.”
“Sounds fun. You like popcorn?" Alex laughs, heading to the snack area of the building.
Like I haven't told the band this a million times before. "I like all food," I laugh. "No discrimination!"
Alex laughs too, and my heart flutters at the sound of it. "Alright." He pops some in the microwave and I go to turn on the TV, but Al stops me. "Why don't we play a few games instead?" He suggests.
I try to supress my smile, and end up biting my lip. "What do you have in mind?"
Just then the microwave beeps and he slides on the floor in his comfy socks to put the popcorn in a bowl. As he shakes it out, he gets an idea. He jumps onto the couch from behind and sits beside me. "We throw the popcorn back and forth, each time we catch it in the air we get a point. Sounds like fun?"
I nod. "Me first." I grab a fistful of popcorn and Alex shifts in the couch, eye on the kernel. I toss it to him and he misses. He pouts. "I'll give you another try," I laugh, then throw one at him again. It misses, one more.
"You know what, Leah, you're just a horrid popcorn thrower. I'd never reccommend you for the popcorn Olympics."
I fake heartbreak. "But that's been my dream since forever!" I mock.
Alex laughs and throws a piece of popcorn to me. It just hits my face and I blush, embarassed. Alex laughs again. "Maybe you're a terrible thrower as well!" I giggle.
"No, watch this." Alex tilts his head back and throws a piece of popcorn into his mouth. He catches, and deliberatley slow, he chews it. He raises his hands.
I make a face at him and throw some popcorn at him. "Cheater."
Alex laughs again.
Remember what Breana accused me of when we went shopping? Well, in that moment, I knew I was in love; with Mr. Alex Turner, the most adorable rockstar of the century.
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A/N: I cannot thank you guys enough for all of your feedback on this story i love all of you guys like I cannot tell you how much it means to me and it's so cool too the story hit 5K reads ahh. And note: so i know you guys really want the smut soon and it will be in the maybe next chapter or the chapter after that? idk but I don't know how explicit I should make it because... I don't know how old you guys are or if it will offend anybody... haha i'm such a loser sorry bye