The Actor and The Athlete [A Kit Connor FanFic]

Chapter 5

She looked at herself in the mirror, she knew she looked more presentable now; with her brown hair falling along her shoulders and down towards the middle of her back, she was wearing minimal make up but it still made her face brighter than it would have been before, she had a comfy but dressy outfit on; her black cargo trousers, a dark green baggy t-shirt; which was slightly tucked into the trousers to show on at least some of her figure and her black and white Jordan Dunks, which she had managed to thrift from a charity store a couple of months prior. 

Will entered the room and stared at Ali as she did a 360 degree turn showing off her outfit 'ooo I love it; you look so cool and so pretty as always' Will said whilst smiling but ruined the mood by saying 'bet I know who you're trying to impress' whilst he winked at her. Ali gave him a hard shove and walked out of the room, 'William Gao, if I hear you make any comments like that tonight, I will be driving myself straight home and I won't be coming back' she said whilst glaring at Will who was holding his arm from where she shoved him, he gave her a cheeky smile and walked out of the apartment. Ali made it to the restaurant with barely any problems, she still wasn't the most confident driver even after driving for at least 6 months now, she parallel parked and her and Will got out of the car. Before Will could even step inside the restaurant Ali stopped him, she was nervous Will could tell but from the reaction his cast mates had of her earlier they were going to be even more blown away with her now. He grabbed her hand and dragged her inside to where the group were sitting.

'Hi everyone, sorry were late, Ali is really bad at parking, and it took her a good half an hour to straighten her car up with the pavement' Will said jokingly whilst sitting down next to Yas and Tobie, leaving one empty seat for her right next to, you guessed it... Kit.

'Oh don't be so mean Will, you don't even have a driving license' Corrina chimed in which made the whole group laugh. 'Yeah, you should be thankful Will, Ali's driving can't be as bad as Joes, he's nearly killed me several times' Bash announced throwing an arm around Joe playfully who jokingly shoved it off.

'By the way Ali you look so beautiful, I absolutely adore your outfit' Yas said as Ali took the empty chair next to Kit, Yas'compliment was also back up by the rest of the group.

'Oh thank you so much but I look like I've just rolled out of bed compared to you!' Ali exclaimed, she was never one who was able to take compliments or even give them really but she was genuinely being serious Yasmin looked like an actual goddess tonight, Yasmin smiled at her sweetly and got back to her conversation with Joe.

This left Ali staring at her shoes, she had not even made eye contact with Kit yet, why was this so awkward? Why was there such a weird tension between them? Ali could feel herself falling down a rabbit hole thinking of all the possible reasons as to why Kit wouldn't look or talk to her.

Then suddenly, Kit spoke softly

'Hey Alexandra, the waitress has just asked what you want to drink'

'Oh'

Ali snapped out of her thoughts 'I'm so sorry, I was a way with the fairies then, I'll just have an apple juice please', the waitress nodded and left the table, Will stared at Ali suspiciously with a certain look on his face that Ali couldn't decipher.

'Are you not having anything alcoholic to drink?' Kit spoke again, softly

'Oh no I can't I'm currently in training camp and one of the rules is no alcohol until after the camp is over, I don't drink very often anyway it's not really my thing' Ali replied matching the tone and volume of Kits initial question.

Kit suddenly caught her eyes and stared straight into them for a couple of seconds before stopping and averting his eyes elsewhere.

'That's cool, most people our age are out drinking every night, most of them are probably drunk right now' Kit said laughing, 'what are you in training for if you don't mind me asking'