The First

Chapter Ten

"I'll show you out." Becky smiled at Joel as he put his shirt back on after breakfast.

They had woken up before Ali so Becky was grateful she wouldn't have to deal with an interrogation about what happened after Ali went to bed. She had made Joel breakfast thinking that if Ali did wake up and see them together, she could pretend that she made him breakfast after he came back to pick something up that he left behind.

"Thanks." They walked towards the door together in silence until Joel spoke, "I had a lot of fun last night."

"So did I."

"Maybe we could do it again?" he asked so casually that Becky wasn't sure if it was a genuine question.

"Mmhmm." she acknowledged smiling.

"I'll text you." he winked, looking her up and down and walked out the door.

The smile on Becky's face grew as she closed the door. She took a deep breath trying to slow down her increasing heart rate and she turned around smiling. Unfortunately for Becky, Ali was standing right behind her smirking.

"He had a lot of fun last night hey?"

"Oh shut up." Becky rolled her eyes, her cheeks burning up as she pushed past Ali.

"Did you sleep with him last night?"

"No! Of course I didn't. We just actually slept together in the fort."

Ali's eyes soften, "That's so sweet!" she exclaims.

"Did he just-?"

"Yeah. He just asked you out. Well kind of. He definitely will ask you out soon. It was the pre-asking you out asking you out."

Becky looked at her confused but knew what she meant. It had been close to a week since Joel and Becky had seen each other again. They had texted almost every day. He would send her funny memes like they were just friends and other times she would wake up to a simple love heart. Becky had been booked by a few other artists to produce some music so she hadn't seen any of the boys. Ali and Clara teased her the whole week but they had finally pulled her aside to talk as best friends.

"Seriously Beck, if you're into him, you should go for it." Ali smiles pouring some more wine.

"You both know I'm not that girl. I'm not the girl who tells a guy how she's feeling. I much rather just wait for him."

The girls spent their night talking as well, trying to watch movies but failing as their talkative nature overtook them. They had stayed up until the early hours of the morning which probably wasn't the best idea because all of them decided to go clubbing with the boys. When Becky woke up she had a text from Richard.

'I thought tonight was a date, now we have a crowd.'

Becky chuckled at the message and sent a brief response.

'Don't worry. I'll only dance with you.'

The eight of them decided to meet at Richard's house before they went to the club. His house was closest to the club and he had an amazing bar. Becky wanted to take photos with her girls, she looked great, felt confident and she wouldn't pass up on the opportunity for a quick instagram flick. When they arrived, they walked through the door, Richrd usually left it unlocked if people were going to his house.

"The party's here!" Clara shouted.

Richard popped out of the room next to the front door wolf whistling. "Damn! You all look like straight fire." he spins his finger, wanting them to all twirl. Becky spins so quickly her dress moves with her, the other two girls are wearing fitted outfits but Richard smirks at all of the girls. "We are going to be walking in with the hottest girls."

"Damn straight." Joel walks towards them from the same room. He bites his lip looking at Becky, "Hey you." he kisses her cheek, his lip making the connection at the corner of her mouth. He throws his arm around her, almost marking his territory.

Becky blushes, "Hey."

"Shawty, remember the text you sent me this morning?" Richard mentions it for two reasons. The first was he wanted Joel to know that he wasn't the only one making moves on Becky and the second was to remind Becky that tonight she was his.

"Yeah. I remember. Why?"

"Just wondering what you're doing with that fool then?" he jokes pointing to Joel.

Joel's face hardens as Richard takes Becky's hand and pulls her away walking into the bar with the rest of the boys.

"Getting jealous there Joel?" Clara jokes.

Joel ignores Clara and Ali's gaze as he follows Becky and Richard into the room.

"There she is." Chris winks.

"Our beautiful girl." Zabdie smirks.

Erick just bites his lip looking at her like she was a dessert he wanted to eat.

Becky was embarrassed but their compliments just made her feel more confident throughout the night. So did the amount of alcohol she consumed.