Living Under A Paper Moon (All Time Low Fanfic)

Chapter 2

We were in L.A. three days, everything was so different. The heat especially from rainy, wet, cold Ireland was amazing but hard to adjust to. The second day a box of my clothes arrived and Hannah's too. Just some of the random clothes that I packed for spares, nice one dad. Hannah and I decided that we'd share all our clothes, make-up, everything because we didn't have much at the moment.

"Hey Shithead, can I borrow some hairspray?" Hannah strolled into my room. 

"No sorry Sweetie didn't come yet and I used it all yesterday!" I replied searching through the box on my bed to make sure I actually didn't have any.

"Okay I'm gonna run across the road to that shop we saw yesterday, do you need anything?"

"No I'm fine thanks," I smiled looking up from the box for the first time "Wait do they have Taytos in America?". She laughed and walked away.

Unpacking seemed to be taking ages and I was getting so bored. I walked into our little kitchen/sitting room to get something to make some coffee, we still were slightly jet-lagged but were getting used to the time difference. Just as the kettle boiled my phone started to ring so I ran over to get it. Who would ring me? My dad and Hannah only knew my number. Fuck what if Hannah was lost or in trouble! It was an unknown number. I hesitated before picking it up. 

"Hello?" I said slightly anxious of whoever it could be. 

"Hey, is this Sophie?" Oh my God. OhmyGodohmyGod. Oh. My. God. It was Alex! I had completely forgotten about him! How had I managed that? To be honest I thought it was a dream at first. Apperantly not. I realised that I'd been quiet for at least a minute now. Why did I keep fangirling and acting so stupid?

"Yes, Sophie here. Umm Alex?" Why did I say that? Fuck fuck fuck.

"Haha cool I was wondering if we could have that date, tomorrow night maybe?" his voice was perfection.

"Friday, yeah? Yeah no problem! Sounds great!" I sounded overenthusiastic now.

"Awesome! You can bring that friend of yours if you want, keep Jack busy. We'll just go out for drinks at this club I know. How old are you?" he laughed slightly. 

"I'm 19, I can drink in Ireland but...."

"Don't worry, I'll sort you out" he laughed. "I'll pick you up at eight if you send on your address."

"Sounds great!" I smiled to myself jumping around the apartment.

"See you, Sophie." he hung up and I screamed. I ran over to my docking station and started to dance to 'Lost In Stereo'.

As soon as Hannah came home with a can of hairspray and lots of other junk we didn't need I ran at her and jumped into her arms. Surprisingly she could lift me even with the three inch height difference. She just stared at me blankly after I told her about our double date with Jack and Alex.

"Really?" was all she got out in barley a whisper. I nodded over excitedly. "OH MY GOD!" she screamed as we both jumped and danced around the sitting room.

What I hadn't thought through was the fact that I only had a quarter of my wardrobe with me and the rest had to be shipped. I only brought comfortable clothes like shorts and t-shirts because I only thought I'd be unpacking for at least the first two weeks, never mind going out with probably two of the hottest band members ever. Most of my stuff wasn't unpacked and had made a nice home in piles on my floor. Luckily, one of the many reasons I loved her, my amazingly organised best friend had her wardrobe colour co-ordinated, in order of season, and different items of clothing. Her OCD paid off at times I guess. I borrowed a black and white stripy loose short sleeved t-shirt and my own dark denim shorts and black Converse. That was decent enough for going to a club right? I straightened my naturally wavy hair and put on a small bit of make-up. I looked over at Hannah who was wearing something similar, a black sleeveless top denim shorts, black tights and Converse. Her blonde hair was tied in a sleek ponytail and she smiled at me. I just realised this was her first time out with a boy since her and Michael broke up a few months ago because of us leaving. She wanted him to come with us but things didn't work out and she was left heartbroken. There was a knock at the door and the two of us looked at each other in excitement. We took a deep breath and walked towards the door of our apartment.