The Musician & The Movie Star - The Prequel

Chapter 4 - A Date and Birthday

August 26, 2016

LA, California

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POV: Ali

It was just before 1 in the afternoon as I pulled up to the restaurant that Halsey and I agreed on. I let the driver know I would call if I needed a ride and I headed inside. Just as I reached the door, I felt a hand on my arm and looked to see who the owner was.

"Hey!" Halsey quickly pulled me into a hug, placing a kiss on my cheek. "You sure about this? It can just be a lunch between friends..."

I smiled, rolling my eyes and pressing a kiss to her lips. I heard the tell-tale sound of cameras as I pulled away. "It's fine. Come on, lover-girl, I'm hungry."

We disappeared into the restaurant, and within moments my phone was blowing up. "Wow they work fast."

Most of the notifications were from Twitter and the various news outlets, but one text message caught my eye.

"Looks like my bandmates have notifications about me on... cause Mac just blew me the hell up." I muttered. "Listen to this. 'What the hell are you doing kissing on Halsey... What will You-Know-Who say?' Should I tell him that we are together? Speaking of, how do you wanna handle coming out? Just let it leak, or are we making an announcement?"

She took my hand and smiled. "I say we just get caught, like we just did. Once it fully comes out, we can confirm it. Is she ok with this?"

I nodded, quietly explaining what happened between Scarlett and I, minus anything to do with Rose. "She's more upset about how my god-daughter is gonna feel about this. The little one isn't used to me being with someone."

"Her daughter is your god-daughter?" Halsey questioned, arching her eyebrow. "How did I not know that?"

"Yeah. I don't ever actually talk about it. Her and I have been keeping our friendship on the DL for so long that no one knows that I actually know her, let alone her kid." I shrugged, looking at the menu.

We ordered quickly and moved on to other topics. The date was rather nice, and by the end both Halsey and I were comfortable with the more touchy topics. It was just a matter of getting more comfortable with the physically intimate things.

"So tell me, do you want to kiss and touch and if we end up going further, are you ok with that?" I asked, wanting to know what the limits of this was going to be.

"Hugging and kissing are fine. If sex happens, it happens. We both are adults and consenting, so I have no issues with it. We both agree this is a short-ish term relationship."

We finished our food and paid the check. Walking out of the restaurant, hand in hand, we headed down the street. "Did you want me to call for a car or do you wanna just walk for a bit?"

"Lets walk... besides there's paps across the street. Wanna freak them out?" Her voice was filled with mischief.

"Sure. What did you have in mind?" I asked, before she placed a hand on my cheek.

Without responding, she pulled my face to hers, kissing me deeply. I tangled my fingers into her hair and leaned into the kiss. After a few seconds, I pulled back and we heard the cameras clicking furiously.

"We should probably get going, before we get swarmed." I whispered, our lips still a fraction of an inch away from each other. We straightened up, separating a bit. I untangled my fingers from her hair and grabbed her hand.

"When do you leave for New York again?"

"Tomorrow." I replied. "You gonna miss me already?"

"I don't have to miss you if I go with you." She offered. "I know you are going there for something specific, but we can always make an appearance at a few places while you are there. I can entertain myself while you do whatever it is you are going to do there."