Trust In Love 22 A Sign Of Victory?

"That's amazing"

"It is" she nodded in emphasis.

"Why are you two taking so long?" Alex interrupted. Arms crossed, she leaned against the kitchen's door frame. She already took the groceries out of the bag and tucked them away. In all of that, neither parties walked into the kitchen.

"Oh, Alex, don't be rude" her aunt scolded, "I'm having a nice chat with Logan. You haven't brought anyone here before. I'd like to get to know him"

Alex rolled her eyes. She figured her aunt was too excited about meeting someone from school that wasn't part of the faculty—even more so because of her mother's wishes. She must be thrilled to have something positive to report back to the mothership.

"Then, while you chat, I'll go to my room and do my homework" Alex made her way to the stairs. A rehearsal wasn't in her schedule today. If she was right, aunt Lilly would interview Logan to the heavens. Maybe it'd scare him off.

Alex popped a pair of earphones before starting her homework. It was peaceful, just the way she liked. The Math a.s.signment was done in no time.

She had began her Chemistry homework when she suddenly slammed her pen on the table.

She sat still, her eyes became wider with each second that pa.s.sed. She grabbed a stack of paper then, stood up and dashed out of her room.

The sound of her footsteps cut in the middle of her aunt's discussion with Logan. The two, who sat on the sofa, turned their heads towards Alex panting as she approached them.

"Enough chit chat" she said and kidnapped Logan away from her aunt. She held his wrist and dragged him to his feet and onto the island in their kitchen, "You want to practice? Let's practice! By all means, bring your script out. Time to decide on a scene"

Alex attempted to command the whole exchange. She brought Logan to one side of the counter then, she walked around to sit opposite of him.

When he still didn't, she gave him a pointed look. He obeyed immediately.

Logan wasn't sure what had gotten into Alex. One minute, he wanted to be as far away from him as possible. The next, Alex wanted to keep him for himself.

What an odd person, Logan thought. He didn't say anything about it and took out a copy of Romeo and Juliet from his bag.

"Maybe we should do something simple with equal dialogues. Something unique would be nice but if we don't deliver it right, it might bite us back. An overused scene could be good but we'd need to exceed others' performances" Alex thought aloud as she skimmed through the pages, "Did you already have one in mind?"

Logan snapped out of his daze and answered him, "Yes, I thought the tomb scene would be nice"

Alex's hands stopped moving. Slowly, her head tilted up to look at Logan's face. Her expression betrayed zero emotion.

"Excuse me?" she sneered, "How would that be even possible if Paris in that scene?"

A time bomb appeared in Alex's temple. Each beat was a tick of the clock.

Logan's forehead wrinkled. His focus was still on the scene he mentioned. It was the page he opened, "No, I meant after that part"

The timer sped up. Only a little more and it would blow up.

"Oh? You mean, the part where you would do nothing?"

The tone in Alex's voice made Logan look up. He frowned. Yes, he wanted to do nothing. He was Juliet. Why on earth would he want to do anything? It was the least he could have to save his dignity.

"You think pretending to be dead is easy?" he defended.

"You think pretending to be in love you is?"

Electric currents ran between their eyes.

Alex regarded Logan with contempt. How... just how could a guy be so difficult? The tomb scene was an iconic moment. It was a good choice.

It was just not appropriate for the two of them.

Alex's glare toned down to a lazy stare. Resting an elbow on the counter, she placed her chin and cheek on the palm of her hand, "Are you really sure you want to do that one, Logan?"

She was certain that Logan didn't think this through carefully. As Alex thought about it more, the idea grew on her. Neither of them would have to wait for the other to respond. Other than focusing on their own lines individually, there was nothing else to think about.

Except for one thing.

Logan's brows shot up. Was this a sign of victory? No, it couldn't be, he thought, Alex wouldn't back down that easily. He licked his bottom lip and said, "Ye-es?"

"Oh?" Alex smirked, "You wouldn't mind a rumor about two dudes kissing in cla.s.s?"