Mallory looked down at her spinach omelette and her raspberries and blueberries that she had asked for before deciding to eat her chocolate croissant first.
"Have you ever been here?" Mallory asked Devin. "No, I've been to the restaurant across the street, they have great steak" Devin pointed to the big building across the street. They were having breakfast in the rooftop of the restaurant with a great view.
"Steak, I don't really like steak unless it's fully cooked" Mallory said. "Really? You should try their steak I promise it's mouth watering" Devin smiled
"So I never asked you this when we would hang out but did you ever date again after Avah?" Mallory asked Devin.
"Dated a few girls, nothing serious. You know I forgot you and Avah, Bellami and Cynthia were friends before she went off to college" Devin said.
"Yeah she was nice. I actually don't talk to Cynthia anymore though, I text her and she doesn't reply. I don't really talk to any of my friends only you and Liam" Mallory smiled.
"What was your senior year like without Liam and I?" Devin asked.
"It was okay, I met great people like my ex boyfriend Noah and his brother Elijah"
"Is that the guy who died with Jason?" Devin asked. "Yeah"
"I'm sorry for that loss, you lost two friends and you were already going though Zekes fake death" Devin said.
"I think you and Elijah would've been great friends if you two had met each other, you were both so quiet and shy. I mean how did you get Bellami to date you in middle school, you were so quiet and she was so loud" Mallory smiled.
"We were little I just thought she was cute and she thought I was cute so we dated but it's not like we had anything in common and after we broke up she started dating Ethan" Devin smiled.
"Yeah I guess it was the same with Dimitri and I. We liked each other because we found each other attractive the only difference is that him and I had been friends since elementary and you and Bella never even spoke before to each other" Mallory said.
"I'm just as surprised as you are that she even accepted to be my girlfriend" Devin laughed.
"well that was middle school but who did you like in high school? Like before Avah?" Mallory asked.
"Do you remember Layla?" Devin asked. "The girl that had red hair?" Mallory raised her brow as she ate a raspberry.
Devin nodded, "I liked her and then I found Peyton attractive too" Devin said.
"Why didn't you ask them out?" Mallory asked. "I was afraid of rejection" Devin shrugged.
"You know after Bellami dated you lots of girls wanted to go out with you but so then how did you ask Avah out?"
"Her and I had a class together and we exchanged numbers in case we needed help with homework but we talked every day and night and then I had the courage to ask her out" Devin blushed.
"That's cute" Mallory smiled.
"You should've asked Peyton out you and her would've made a cute couple"Mallory said.
"She liked Dimitri when you were dating him. You know a lot of girls liked him and the guys liked you" Devin said.
"Really? I thought nobody liked me because they never even talked to me but now that I think of it I think it was because I was mean" Mallory said.
"And because Dimitri made it clear to everyone that he didn't want them near you" Devin said.
"That's why nobody other than Jason and Scott talked to me when I was with him. Makes sense now" Mallory nodded. "You know when I started hanging out with you guys I thought you hated me and when Ezekiels supposed death happened I really understood why you didn't want me to be with him, I was putting him in danger. And then there was times when you were actually nice and for a few times I actually thought you were bipolar or something" Mallory said before grabbing her latte.
Devin chuckled. "I didn't hate you I was just always cautious especially in the beginning that Dimitri was still behind you even though you were with Zeke already. But Zeke made the choice to hang out with them when they asked him so it wasn't your fault" Devin smiled.
"Well I'm glad to know you didn't hate me" Mallory laughed.
"Yeah no I mean if we're honest now I actually had a crush on you" Devin laughed then got serious in realization if what he had said.
Mallory looked at him and they both laughed at the same time. "When?" Mallory asked.
"Before I dated your sister and when you were with Zeke and I had broken up with Avah" Devin said.
"Why didn't you ever tell me?" Mallory smiled. She didn't feel awkward being there with him now that he had confessed that because she believed that crush he had on her was long gone.
"I was way out of your league and you went from dating Dimitri to dating Zeke right away" Devin smiled.
Mallory smiled, "well that's cute to know and I think certain things don't happen for a reason but I'm glad we're friends because you really did help me out a-lot with the thing about my mother having a sister" Mallory smiled
"How's Bellami doing with that?" Devin asked.
"I don't know I haven't seen her since Christmas nor am I eager to see her" Mallory shrugged.
"You know I can't believe she had a baby with Dimitri. I like everyone else thought she'd end up with Ethan forever he was like really in love with her"
"Have you spoken to Ethan?" Mallory asked Devin.
"No, I have him on Instagram and saw that he's currently living in Amsterdam" Devin nodded.
Once they were done eating they continued talking as he drove her back to her apartment.
"Do you want to come in I have drinks" Mallory smiled.
"Sure" Devin nodded and went up to her apartment where they had drinks and played UNO as they talked.
"Why don't you call Liam" Mallory suggested. "I think he's still in Cambridge" Devin said but called him anyways.
Liam answered and said he was in fact still in Cambridge and wouldn't arrive until next week just like Noelle.
Devin received a call from his father asking him to meet him at the firm so he got up and thanked Mallory but said he had to go.
"No thank you for having breakfast with me and drinks by noonl" Mallory smiled.
"Anytime" Devin said as he walked to the door with Mallory behind him. Mallory looked at him just the way she eyed him when they were playing UNO.
"Devin, are you dating anyone?" Mallory asked. "No" Devin smiled.
Mallory leaned in and kissed him taking him by surprise but he still kissed her back and smiled when she pulled away.
"It wasn't the alcohol nor are you out of my league" Mallory said to Devin with a smile.
"Great to hear that" Devin blushed.
"Call me when you're free" Mallory smiled said before he nodded and left.
