closed minded; blake gray

18; soon

The next morning was super rough.

Nick left for a meeting that was 2 hours away, and he 'accidentally' took the handcuff key with him.

I would gladly drive 2 hours to get the stupid thing off of my wrist, but today was Sunday, and I wasn't going to miss family day.

Blake just had to come with me.

Since we couldn't change our shirts, there wasn't really much we could do. Blake kept his plain black T-shirt on from yesterday, but changed from his jeans to a pair of shorts.

I still had on my lace top from yesterday, but threw a tube top over it, which wound up looking like I had a cute bralette on underneath. I added jeans to that, and we were out the door.

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I opened the front door to my house, Blake right behind me because of the handcuffs. The dogs instantly rushed towards us, and me and Blake both bent down to pet the two of them.

We then proceeded to walk to the kitchen where my parents were cooking and my brother was setting the table.

When my mom saw me, she instantly grinned and came over to hug me, "I missed you so much, Bailey. I'm so used to you being home all of the time and it was so weird."

I smiled, hugging her back, "I missed you guys too."

My dad then came over to us as my mom greeted Blake, "Do I want to know why that's on your wrist

I laughed, "I guess you could say a YouTube video gone wrong."

My dad shook his head with a laugh, "Is it had that I'm not surprised?"

The food was done in no longer than 15 minutes, and all of us sat down at the table. Once we all got our food, my mom started up a conversation.

"So I see the two of you have been getting very close... is there something you two aren't telling us?" She asked with a smirk.

My cheeks heated up, and my brother took that to his advantage, "Yeah, you guys have anything to tell us?"

I kicked his leg under the table and cleared my throat, "No."

At the same time, Blake said, "Yes."

All of us turned to Blake who just had a very genuine smile on his face, "Well, I really like Bailey, and I plan on making her my girlfriend soon, if that's okay with you guys?"

My dad nodded, a happy smile on his face, "Of course. We really like you and trust you with our daughter, Blake."

Before Blake could respond, Serena walked in ever so dramatically, late as always. She had her award winning smile though, happily coming to sit down in between Carter and my mom.

"Hi everyone, sorry I'm late, traffic sucks around here," she said with a slight groan, starting to pile food on her plate, "Did I miss anything?"

"Nothing at all," o said, a small smile making it way onto my lips.

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I yawned, opening my eyes after accidentally falling asleep. I groaned and sat up, seeing that Blake was no longer next to me, and there were no handcuffs on my wrist at all... was all of that just a dream.

Just as I was about to declare myself crazy, Blake walked in my room from my connecting bathroom, "Sorry, i really had to pee."

I chuckled at him, "How the hell did you get the handcuffs off of us?"

"Nick dropped the key off but you were sleeping, so your sister went out and got it for us," he said with a yawn, jumping on the bed next to me, "It was safer this way anyway so you wouldn't kill him"

I nodded, "That's very true."

"So... I think I'm actually going to dye my hair blonde," Blake said with a grin, making my eyes widen, "All because of Niall?"

He shook his head, "not just because of Niall... I'm also kind of curious to see what I would look like with blonde hair."

I nodded, "I think it would look good on you. I kind of want to dye my hair back to brown, now that I think about it. I'm kind of over the highlights i have."

"Well, I think you look beautiful no matter what color your hair is," he said and I felt my cheeks go pink. I quickly covered them, which made Blake laugh, "you're so cute."

I turned around still covering my face, "Stop, you're making it worseee." I groaned, dragging out my words. Blake laughed again, but I felt him move closer to me this time. He placed a soft kiss on my shoulder before putting his face in the crook of my neck, "Do you want to go on a date with me on Friday?"

I smiled even though he couldn't see me, "If I don't have any plans, then I would love to."

He frowned, "Well, what plans would you have on Friday?"

"Well, my manager has been booking more things for me lately, but I'[ll tell her not to plan anything for Friday night," I said, turning around and laying on my back. Blake put his head on my chest and got comfortable, "Well, don't forget to tell her about you being on F-boy Kitchen this week."

I slightly laughed, "I wouldn't miss it for the world."

Blake wound up leaving a little bit later because he did have to go back to Sway after not being there the last few days. SO, I took this time to go downstairs, where my mom was doing some paper work in her office, my dad sitting in the chair next to her.

"Um, can I talk to you guys?" I asked the both of them, which caused them to look up and nod. I took a seat in one of the desk chairs and smiled, "I wanted to ask you guys something that means a lot to me, so please think about it. I want to join the Hype House."

My mom instantly grinned, "We're happy for you if that's what you want to do my love. It's good that you're finally getting out there and socializing like a normal teenager."

My dad frowned, "Does that mean you're asking to move into the Hype House?"

I nodded my head slowly, "Yes, but it would only be for the rest of the summer. You guys know that I really care about school, so I would 100% come back home once school starts again."

My dad sighed, "As long as your mother is okay with it, then I'm okay with it. It's just weird not having you around as often because you were our only child that actually liked staying home with us."

I frowned, going around the desk and hugging both of my parents, "I miss you guys, too, and I promise that I'll still come home on Sunday's and any other days that I have the time."

"We know you will," My mom smiled, "But enough about the Hype House, I'm so happy about you and Blake! You two are all over social media and it's so adorable!"

I groaned, "Oh god"

My dad laughed, "i actually really like Blake, B. He treats you really well and I trust him with you. And on top of that, it's obvious how in love you two are."

I shook my head, "We're not even dating yet, we're not in love with each other."

My mom laughed, "that's what I said when I first met your father, but even I was in love before I knew it. Trust me."