Love Is A Strong Word

Part 5||Date Night

(PRETEND THE OUTFIT ABOVE DOESN'T HAVE A BAG OR WATER BOTTLE! ALSO PRETEND THE SHOES ARE PLAIN BLACK CONVERSE AGAIN!)

*OVER TEXT*
HOPE'S POV
(H=Hope. A=Alex. G=Gabbie. K=Kristen. L=Liza.)
A- Are you excited for our date tonight?
H- Yeah!
A-Dress like it's not a date at all.  Like, SUPER casual
H-okay!

I then realized I need help picking out an outfit!
H-GABBIE, LIZA, KRISTEN!
G-sup?
L-something wrong?
K-whats happening?
H-Come to my house and help me pick out an outfit for our date!
G-should we bring anything?
H-If y'all could bring makeup, that'd be great
L-I know a womans body so I will also be bringing a tub of ice cream
H-THANKS GUYS!

I wasn't going to eat the ice cream but that was really sweet of her.  About half an hour later, they were at my house.  
Gabbie walked into my room and started taking clothes out mumbling unknown words while throwing some things on the bed and some things on the ground.  Liza grabbed the ground clothes and started looking through them.  She would refold some or throw some on the bed.  Kristen was at my bed, looking at those clothes, throwing some on the ground and laying some out.  
About 15 minutes later, Kristen was helping liza fold the ground clothes, Gabbie was putting the folded clothes in the dresser and there were like, 6 really cute outfits on the bed.  I had brewed coffee in that time and was standing at the door with my own cup.  
Less than five minutes later, only the clothes on the bed were still out
"what the hell just happened?" I asked
"I threw clothes i thought were good for the date on the bed and less good clothes on the floor" Gabbie said 
"I double checked everything on the floor and if I thought it was date worthy, I threw it on the bed and folded it if it wasn't date worthy" Liza said
"I checked the bed stuff and matched them up.  I threw the ones I didn't think would match this date on the ground." Kristen said
"And at the end, Kristen helped me fold all the ground clothes because she had found all the outfits" Liza said"
"And I put the folded clothes back" Gabbie said
"You guys are awesome" I said in awe
"Thanks.  Coffee?" Gabbie said
"I brewed some so it's not Starbucks but...I also don't know how you like your coffee" I said
"I'll go finish our coffee and they'll help you decide which outfit is the best" Gabbie said
"Okay" I said
I looked at the outfits and said no to all the dresses 
"He said act like it's not even a date.  Like, real casual" I said
"Ah...that leaves three outfits left" Kristen said
"Hmmm...not this one" I said, gesturing to the outfit with words on the shirt.  I thought that wasn't good for dates
Gabbie walked in the room and said 
"Which one?" 
"I don't know" I said
She folded the no's and put them back
"Y'all vote" I said to the three of them
"ALL IN FAVOR OF LEFT?" Gabbie said

Nobody raised their hand
"RIGHT IT IS!" Gabbie yelled (outfit above)
"That only took 25 minutes" I said, confused
"We work together" Kristen said
"I saw" I smiled
"Let's do your makeup!" Gabbie said
I went into the bathroom and put the outfit on.  I walked out and they all wolf-whistled.  
"SEXY!" Gabbie yelled
I blushed.  They all gathered around me and Liza curled my hair so the brown and the rainbow was visible but without putting it up.  
Gabbie and Kristen did my makeup but they did it very light and all natural colors.  

"WOW! Thank you guys so much!" I say after 15 minutes of doing my makeup.  
"No problem!" They say
I didn't wear makeup because of the acid-like taste of my favorite lipstick and we realized if  Alex kissed me, he would NOT like the taste of the lipstick.  

We ate some ice cream, even me.  I grabbed a pack of mint gum and put it in my small purse.  
"When is the date?" Liza asks
"in 45 minutes.  He said he's picking me up in like, 15 minutes!" I say nervously
"YOU LOOK AMAZING! DON'T BE NERVOUS!" Gabbie says, just knowing I'm nervous.  This is why she's my bff.  
"YEAH!" Liza yells
"YEAH, YOU SLAYIN'!" Kristen yells
"Ooh, yeah, Hope, do you mind if we stay here while you're out.  We're just gonna chill and eat more ice cream.  Probably raid your fridge" Gabbie jokes
"Haha! No, I don't mind" I say, laughing.  I hear the doorbell ring

ALEX'S POV:
I hear Hope laughing as I am about to ring the doorbell.  It's such an amazing sound.  I ring the doorbell.  I hear footsteps and people saying "You look amazing, don't worry".  
Then Hope opens the door with Liza, Gabbie, and Kristen watching from the kitchen.  I hand her a single rose whispering "there's more later".  She smiled.  Gabbie walked over to me.  "So, sire."
"THAT'S SCOTT" kristen yells, laughing
"So, sir" Gabbie says, deciding that since Kristen is a little tipsy, it would be best to just not use her boyfriends last name.  
"Yup" I say, trying not to laugh at Kristen
"You will be back here by 12:30.  I will be here.  Waiting" She says sternly
"No problem" I say
"Good boy." She says, smirking
"And Hope, have an amazing night" She says
"We will" Hope says, grabbing my arm
We step out of her house and I look at Gabbie saying"toodles" knowing it will piss her off.  She slams the door.  
Hope starts to giggle.   
"Where are we going?" she asks
"It's a SECRET" I say, smiling at her
One she is going to love

We stop at our first destination after driving for about 15 minutes.
"Is this where our date is?" She asks, smiling
"Not quite" he says

HOPE'S POV:
This isn't our date? Then why are we here?
I can hear drumming from somewhere.  Then I hear singing.  I don't know who it is.  
As we get closer to the noise, I recognize the voice.  I don't know where I recognize it from.  I can faintly see where it's coming from.  Then it stops.  Alex looks at me and smiles.  He grabs my hand.  We keep walking.  The closer we get, I can see two figures walking towards us.  
I see their faces and I gasp.  
Alex smirks at me.  

"How?" I ask
"I don't know...what a coincidence.  What's that they're holding?" He asks, smiling at me
"I don't...know..." I say
Then, I see it.  They are holding a bunch of flowers.  
"You cheesy mother effer" I say, leaning into him as we walk
"For the beautiful madam" Tyler says, handing me a bunch of roses
"For Hope" Josh says, handing me more roses
I start to cry
I hug them both
And then I hug Alex.  
They walk into the woods, where I know their equipment is.  They start playing music.  After a couple minutes, they stop.  Alex and I are so far from them that I can't see them anymore.  Now I hear a new voice.  One that I also recognize.  But WHY DO I RECOGNIZE IT!
About two seconds later, I realize who it is
"NO!" I scream
"Yes" he says
We get closer and I see he's also holding flowers
"For you," Brendon says, handing me the flowers
"Thank you so much!" I say, hugging him.  He starts singing, walking into the woods. 
Then I hear another voice.  As we get closer, I start to laugh, realizing who it is.  
He's holding flowers as well.
"Have a good night" Scotty says, handing me the flowers
Then I see a big cliff.  We keep walking to it and it seems like I can see the world from up here.  
Alex starts singing "Lovestruck" to me
He reaches down, and grabs a bunch of flowers he had placed there earlier.  He hands them to me saying "for the most beautiful woman alive"
We reach the edge and I see the Hollywood sign.  We start walking down the hill.  
We reach the sign.  Behind the "H" is a picnic blanket and a basket.  
Alex opens the basket and hands me a sandwich.  He pours us each a glass of champagne.  When we finish, he gets out a Hershey's chocolate bar and gives us each half.  I hesitate to eat and he smiled
"Oh just eat it"

I eat the hersheys and he says
"Huh...one more thing in the basket."

He pulls out a single rose and says "I told you there'd be more where that came from"
And kissed me

A/N: SORRY IT'S SO CHEESY! SHE GOT TO MEET THEM(her favorite artists)! (except Bmike but that's cool)