The Hendrick Guys- what next?

Part 10

Your POV

You look at Chase who is looking down at his drink.
"I'm sure she's fine. I'll talk to her in the morning, just don't worry about it too much." You whisper to him and he slowly looks at you and smiles a little.

You get up and start clearing the table of all the bottles, cans and rubbish left behind and Chase gets up to help you.

"You know, another one of those cocktails would be nice..." Chase says and winks at you, you roll your eyes and laugh at him.
"Fine. One more drink and then we're going to bed!" You shout at him as you get his glass.
"We're?" He looks at you smirking.

You make the drinks and you go sit outside with yours and admire the view you guys have.
"It's real nice here, thanks for all this (Y/N)." Chase says from behind you.

You can't help but keep looking at him as you both stand in silence, he looks genuinely sad.
You grab his drink from his hand and put it down beside yours and you hug him, at first he doesn't react.
"You look sad... and I owe you this hug from a while back now!" You say and he hugs you back with a little chuckle. You stand hugging for a minute before you let go and look up at him, he smiles at you and you both just stare at each other for a second.

"Thank you. I needed that." He says awkwardly turning away, you smile and nod before turning away as well.
You look across at him admiring the view and lean in and rest your head on his arm.

"I can see you're not yourself, Chase. Cheer up! Another drink?" You ask and he chuckles to himself again.
"I'll be fine, don't worry. And sure, if you're making another?" You laugh at him and tell him to go inside with you and go to make another drink for you both.

You go inside and start making another drink, teaching Chase how to make the cocktail as you go along. You give him his drink and both go back outside and sit by the pool overlooking the city.

"Did I mention we're doing water sports tomorrow? Whole day of watching me failing at everything and ending up in the sea multiple times!" You say laughing to yourself.
"As long as you can swim, can't be bothered with the boys fighting over who saves you! Honestly, it'd probably end up me saving you, them two would be fighting still!" Chase says back laughing and you nod and laugh along too.

"Anyways... what's wrong with Alex? That's the reason we're all here isn't it? What's going on with him?" Chase asks, putting his drink down and leaning closer to you. You shrug and look ahead.
"Everything ok?" He asks you quietly and again, you shrug.

"(Y/N)?" He says your name with concern in his voice.
"I'm fine Chase, thanks. I'm just worried about Alex. Nobody knows what's actually wrong with him this season, not any of us, his crew, his mom, literally no one! I'm starting to think it's cause I..." You get cut off by Chase at this point.
"No! Don't even blame yourself! You being happy is not an excuse for him to be an ass! We've all noticed how much happier you and Will have been this season, it's actually really nice to see. So don't even try blaming yourself for him not being happy!" He shouts, you look down and can't help but smile to yourself a little.

"Thanks. But it is kinda my fault. He won't even look at me properly anymore. Did you not see how awkward that kiss was earlier?!" You shout and he raises an eye brow.
"So are you saying you wanted him to kiss you... properly?" He asks, still with an eye brow raised.
You freeze after he says that and out your hand on your head and shake your head laughing.
"I guess that's how that sounded... but no, I mean. I just expected it to feel different." You say with a questioning look, not sure if he understands what the hell you're talking about.

"What, like mine?" He says and you roll your eyes at him starting to blush and he laughs at you.
"Well?" He asks again, you quickly look at him realising he's being serious.

"I mean, honestly, I don't know anymore Chase. I miss Alex, I really miss him. He won't look at me or even talk to me the same anymore, that kills me! We used to be so close and then he just totally changed. I've offered to help him and go talk to a counsellor but he said no and I don't know what else to do, I feel like such a useless friend!" You tell Chase, breaking down after saying it.
Chase gets up and sits on the arm of your chair and puts his arm around you.

"Hey calm down, you're not useless! Listen, deep down he loves you, (Y/N). He won't let on that he does, but he definitely does! Don't blame yourself, all you can do is your best! If he won't take you up on your offer then that's on him! But stop dragging yourself down cause of the way he is! He'll come around eventually." He says and moves back and looks into your eyes holding your cheek and wiping your tears away.

"Thanks Chase. I just wish I could help him and he helps himself too! That's all I want!" You shout and hug him, he hugs you back before moving back.

"Is the offer still there?" You hear Alex's voice behind you and quickly turn to face him stood in the doorway.
"I heard everything, the window was open..." he says pointing up to the window, you and Chase look up and then to each other and he laughs.
"I'm gonna head up to bed, I'll leave you guys to chat. Hey Alex, I recommend one of these cocktails! Goes perfect with a good chat!" He shouts waving his glass walking through the door, you shake your head laughing at him and Alex sits beside you.

"You're not a useless friend, (Y/N). I heard everything you both said, is your friend still around back home to talk to?" Alex says quietly and slowly looks up at you, you smile at him and look down wiping your face.

"I don't know if she is still, but I'll get in touch with her tomorrow. If not, I'll go with you to see her? Like I did with Will." You say back to him and he smiles and nods.
"I'm sorry I've made you feel so down. I appreciate all you've done to try help me. Honestly, just being with you, or all of us together makes me happy." You smile when he says this and hold his hand, he strikes your hand with his thumb.

"Do you want a drink?" You ask him and he shakes his head.
"I'm gonna head back up to bed, you should too! It's late!" He says back to you and you give a half smile and shake your head.
"I think I'm just gonna sit up for a short while." You say quietly and he looks down at you and shakes his head.

"Come on, you're going to bed!" He nearly shouts at you and grabs your hand and drags you inside, you laugh at him and shake your head.
"Ok fine! Just let me put my glass in the kitchen first!" You shout back and he lets go to let you put your glass down.

You put your glass down and turn to see Alex right behind you, just staring at you.
"What?" You ask him pulling a face.
"Nothing. Just thinking about earlier." He says back and you look at him confused.
He grabs a bottle and lays it down spinning it, you just stare at him and watch him shrug looking at the bottle and then to you.

"Are you only doing this cause you heard me talking about it to Chase?" You ask with a raised brow, he shakes his head straight away.
"No. I wanted to when it landed on you earlier. But, I just didn't want to in front of everyone, It's awkward. Especially in front of your boyfriend! I still love you, (Y/N). I really really do. I wish I never fucked everything up between us cause, I really miss you too!" He says holding both of your hands, you look down at his hands to avoid eye contact until he holds your chin and lifts it to look at him.

"I love you, (Y/N)." He says looking into your eyes and kisses you again, this time, it felt like it meant something. This kiss felt like nothing had ever happened between you both and everything was fine, until he pulled away and reality hit again.

"I'm sorry, I had to do it again. I don't expect you to do or say anything, I just wanted to do that." He says awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck.
"Anyways, we should go get some sleep." He says quickly snapping out of his awkwardness and walking towards the stairs, you follow close behind.

He stops at his bedroom door, your in the room opposite from his and he looks at you.
"Again, I'm sorry for having you worry about me. I promise to try help myself and I'll see your friend when we get back home." He whispers to you, you smile at him and he smiles back.
"Good night." He whispers again and you quickly hug him,
"Night Alex, I love you." You whisper to him, kiss his cheek and walk back into your bedroom.