The black SUV pulls up in front of a random jewelry store in the shopping square.

Albeit it being four in the morning coupled with the fact that I am looking through a heavily tinted window there appears to be no paparazzi around.

No hidden ones pretending to be shoppers either.

I feel a hand being gently placed on top of mine that is currently resting beside me on the seat cushion.

"You okay?" I hear Hunter ask from beside me

I turn to face the raven haired girl a smile of reassurance making its way onto my face at the sight of her worried expression.

"I'm okay," I verbalize

She is silent for a few seconds as she tries to determine whether I am telling the truth or hiding my true feelings from her.

"Let's go before the paparazzi sniff us out" I smirk before I make my way out of the black SUV

I feel an unpleasant chill go up my spine as my converse clad feet meet the gravelly pavement of the parking lot.

Hmm...weird.

I choose to pass it off as the weather getting colder.

'This is Los Angeles, Delaney. The weather barely goes below seventy degrees.'

"Are you sure you're okay?" Hunter's voice alerts me

I glance up only to notice that the raven haired girl is now standing on the sidewalk, her hood resting against her upper back.

I assume this is because there is no one here who could pose as a threat to her safety.

"Yeah" I shut my door before quickly making my way towards her

As I reach said raven haired girl I feel her hand shyly reach out for mine with hesitance, prompting me to grab ahold of her hand.

"You're freezing" she chuckles as a way to lighten the mood

I smile at her efforts as we begin to make our way towards the jewelry shop.

"I know" I utter

I use this opportunity to pull Hunter closer towards me.

I bring my free hand up to grab ahold of her bicep, her body's warmth slowly consuming my colder one.

Unfortunately I am not attached to her for long as we soon approach the shop's glass door. Hunter reaches one of her hands out to open the door, I unwillingly remove my hand from her bicep so that I can grab ahold of the door.

The two of us enter the small jewelry store, the sound of the door's chime alerting the store clerk of our presence.

The older lady turns away from cleaning a display to face Hunter and I, her bright smile faltering as soon as her eyes land on us.

"Oh-" she does not even try to hide her surprise

I give her a polite smile, not wanting this to become awkward.

"Hi, we wanted to look at some rings" I inform the woman

The clerk silently nods her head, seemingly swallowing a lump in her throat.

"Right this way,"

She briskly leads us over towards a glass display that holds an array of rings. Anywhere from thin rings to wedding rings.

My eyes widen with surprise at all of the rings.

I do not think that I have ever seen so many rings in my life.

"I'll give you two a few minutes to browse our selection, if you need me I'll just be cleaning this display" the clerk smiles before making her way over towards the display she was cleaning before Hunter and I entered the store

I tuck a strand of my curled brunette hair behind one of my ears so that it is not in my face.

My brown eyes scan over the various rings in the white lit display.

They drift from the champion ring sized wedding ring to the more simpler looking wedding rings.

Not even thirty seconds later my eyes lock on a thin band with an oval shaped diamond in the middle.

It is so pretty.

Wait...why am I looking at wedding rings?

I am definitely not in the right mindset to even be thinking about marriage.

'It is a really pretty ring though.'

I turn to face Hunter so that I can see what is peaking her interest.

Maybe she can give me some ideas.

As my eyes land on her face I notice that she is already staring back at me.

It looks as if she was looking at me for awhile now.

"What?" I cannot help but ask

Hunter gives me a small smile but shakes her head.

"It's nothing" she assures me before glancing back down at the display of rings

I go to question the raven haired girl but inevitably decide to just let it go and just shift my attention over towards the more casual, everyday rings.

Her and I ring search for a few minutes until we are interrupted.

I am in the middle of looking at the various initial rings when I hear multiple knocks on the glass windows and door.

I jump from fright at the sound, my head swinging in the direction of the noise.

At the sight of my face multiple bright flashes begin to shutter from outside of the shop.

What the...

"How did they find us?" Hunter asks

I immediately turned to face her.

"I was going to ask you the same thing" I admit

Hunter and I detach our arms from each other before pulling our hoods up and over our heads.

Well this sucks.

"I was really hoping to spend some time alone with you. You know, off of set." Hunter reveals with a low tone

I feel an evident shift in the energy of this room.

I grab ahold of her hand that is closest to me, locking our fingers together.

"Do you want to come to my apartment?" I suggest

This offer causes an amused smirk to pull onto the raven haired girl's face as she turns to face me, again.

My eyes instantly widen as realization dawns on me.

"No!" I immediately shut her down with a firm tone

Gosh! I sound like I am talking to a dog.

A chuckle bubbles up Hunter's throat at the pointed look on my face.

"What I meant was that we could watch a movie or something and just relax" I rephrase

Hunter hums at my offer.

"So...you want to Netflix and chill?" She asks

My jaw drops at her statement.

What?! How- How did she possibly come to that conclusion?!

Her smirk morphs into a thoroughly amused smile.

As I continue to silently stare at her I soon realize that she is joking with me.

I cannot help but roll my eyes at her when I come to this realization.

"You're not funny," I try my best to hide my smile

Hunter brings my hand up to her face and presses a soft kiss to my knuckles.

I am unable to hide my smile at this point.

"You do know that there are at least twenty paparazzi outside who are most likely going to spin this out of context?" I question

The raven haired girl shrugs at my concern.

"I honestly couldn't care less about what a group of old ass stalkers have to say about what we could or could not be"

The latter half of her speech catches my attention.

'What we could or could not be.'

Oh that is one hundred percent code that she is interested in starting a serious relationship with me!

I cannot help the smile that breaks out onto my face at her words.

"My apologies for the delay. Has anything peaked your interest?" The clerk approaches us

I turn to face said woman as Hunter continues to search the ring display.

"Can I see that one?" I ask and point towards a ring in the back of the display

The clerk unlocks the display before retrieving the ring for me.

I can feel Hunter's eyes practically burning into the side of my head as I accept the ring.

This ring is more on the simpler side.

The band is a thin, gold one. At one end of the ring there is the letter 'H' that is lined with small diamonds while at the other end there is a larger diamond.

Surprisingly the ring fits perfectly with no bulging around the top or the bottom.

"I will take this" I smile at the woman

I slip said ring off of my finger and hand it back to the clerk.

It takes me no more than five minutes to completely check out.

As soon as I am fully checked out I slip the ring back on my finger, dropping the ring box in my hoodie's pocket.

"See anything you like?" The clerk shifts her attention towards Hunter

Hunter smiles politely at her.

"I'll take this one" she motions towards a ring in the display

I do not see which ring she motioned towards until the clerk reaches in and grabs said ring.

She got the same ring except hers has a 'D' on it instead of an 'H'.

Another smile breaks out onto my face as she just stares at the ring on her finger for a few seconds, a smile of her own on her face.

Hunter goes through the same checkout process that I did, even going as far as to put her ring on as well after she purchases it.

"Before you leave, my daughter would hate if I didn't get a photo with you two" the clerk begins to pull out her cellphone

Hunter and I agree to the photo before the three of us squeeze into the camera frame.

Just as we finish taking said photo there is a much harder knock at the door.

Grabbing my attention, I look over towards the door only to notice the bodyguard that Hunter hired.

"I think that is our cue to leave" I joke

Hunter and I bid goodbye to the woman before making our way towards the shop's door.

Hunter gently presses her palm flat against the curve of my back just as I push the door open.

This causes an immediate pandemonium.

There are camera flashes all around us.

Okay. There is definitely way more paparazzi here than I originally thought there was.

The bodyguard is immediately at my side the second Hunter and I step out onto the sidewalk.

Due to all of the bright flashes coming at us every which way Hunter and I have to use our hand to somewhat see.

That fact that it is pitch black outside also does not help.

"McKenna King and Delaney Carson have just exited the jewelry store!"

"Delaney! Hunter! Did you just buy matching rings?!"

"Delaney Carson and McKenna King just married?!"

"Just a mere twenty minutes ago photos of singer, Delaney Carson, and actress, McKenna King, got leaked onto the internet showing the two in...compromising positions. Let's see what their response is."

Excuse me?! What photos?!

"Climb in!" the guard yells over the loud paparazzi as he opens the SUV's back door

I waste no time as I do what he says, Hunter following behind me.

As soon as Hunter is in the vehicle the guard slams the door shut behind her.

"Do you know what photos they were talking about?" I ask with evident panic

The raven haired girl shakes her head at my question.

I notice that she retrieved her cellphone from her hoodie pocket.

"I'm checking right now" she says with an oddly calm tone of voice

I nod, deciding to do the same.

-

I am currently dressed in a black Calvin Klein sports bra that is covered by a cropped cream colored sweater. I paired this with a pair of black high waisted jeans and some converse.

As for my jewelry I am wearing some beaded necklaces as well as some normal chained ones that I chose to go with the rings that Hunter and I got a few hours ago.

Oddly enough I feel comfortable showing a little skin today.

I hear Hunter enter my bedroom just as I finish styling my still curled hair into a high ponytail.

At the sound of her shoes entering my bedroom I glance up at her through said mirror that I am standing in front of.

The raven haired girl leans against my doorframe as her eyes trail over my clothes silhouette.

This causes me to feel an ounce of self consciousness at how much I am choosing to show.

"Do not be a stranger" I joke with a small smile

She matches my smile before making her way towards me.

I am in the middle of fixing the frizziness of my loose curls when my costar comes up behind me, wrapping her arms around my exposed midsection.

A gasp of surprise leaves my lips as she lifts me up.

"Let me down! Hunter!" I shriek

I hear the raven haired girl chuckle near my ear.

"Hunter!" I yell again

"Okay, Okay" she chuckles before tossing me onto my bed

I scream with pure terror as I fly through the air before landing on my large bed.

Before I get the chance to yell at the raven haired girl again she jumps onto my bed as well, landing a few inches away from me.

The two of us lay in silence for about a minute before I ruin said silence.

"I still cannot believe four different photos of us got leaked" I sigh out

A few hours ago Hunter and I found out that multiple photos of us got leaked to the public.

Photo number one being one of me sleeping on Hunter's lap when I was exhausted from my pop up tour.

It looked like someone on set was standing at the door and took a photo of us.

Hunter is scrolling through her cellphone in the photo so she obviously did not see who took said photo.

Photo number two is a screenshot from Hunter's livestream on her private account when I was massaging her head on set.

Hunter said that she found a screen recording of me doing this while I only found a screenshot.

Photo number three is also from Hunter's private livestream, more specifically when I kissed her forehead.

This one I am confused with.

I thought that Hunter's phone was pointed up at the ceiling. I guess that she accidentally tilted it back towards us.

Photo number four is of Hunter and I exited the jewelry shop with our hands covering our faces, the problem with this photo is that the person who took the photo zoomed into Hunter and I's hands.

Beside the photo of us covering our faces are smaller photos that showcase our initial rings on our fingers.

The articles that went alongside these photos range from us 'having a fling' to us being 'secretly engaged'.

Also it does not help that they followed us to my apartment once Hunter and I got our cars.

They are most likely going to spin those photos in their favor as well.

"I can" she speaks up

I furrow my eyebrows at the actress, sitting upright on my bed.

"Excuse me?" I ask, hoping that I heard her incorrectly

The raven haired girl sits up as well, sitting so close to me that our knees are touching each other's.

"Think about it. The two of us absolutely hated each other for the longest time, then we got casted to play love interests in a movie together,"

"While filming said movie we are noticeably more closer with each other than we were beforehand,"

"If I were looking at it from an outside view I would think that we were secretly dating as well" she admits

I sigh at this. She is right.

"It is just frustrating how we cannot go on a simple shopping trip without someone catching on and following us with a camera" I express

The raven haired girl nods her head, agreeing with me.

I stand up from my bed a few seconds later, stopping in front of my mirror.

I stare at my reflection for a few seconds before deciding that I need makeup.

I get more than halfway through with applying said makeup before I feel a pair of arms wrap around my midsection again.

I ignore the raven haired girl as I finish applying my lip balm to my naturally reddish lips.

"What do you think?"

I place my lip balm down before turning around in her arms so that I can look her straight in the eyes.

The raven haired girl is silent as she just stares down at my lips.

'Great! You applied too much lip balm!'

I go to wipe some of the lip balm off only to freeze at what Hunter does next.

She takes me by complete surprise by leaning into me and pressing her lips to mine.

Due to my surprise I do not think to even kiss her back, the sound of my cellphone ringing breaking us apart.

At the sight of Hunter's obviously disappointed facial expression I immediately look away from her and break free from her grasp.

Shit...I totally just fucked that up.

'No shit!'

I like her! I really like her. I just- I was shocked that she actually kissed me! Like- she really kissed me...not on a movie set that is.

I retrieve my cellphone from my dresser before answering the phone call.

"Hello?" I bring said phone up to my ear

I feel the raven haired girl's brown eyes burning into the side of my head. I avoid Hunter's eye contact.

"Delaney, I need you to come down to my office asap!" Nicole's voice practically demands

I go to ask what for only for the woman to hang up.

I lower my cellphone from ear and slip it in my pocket before awkwardly turning to face the raven haired girl.

"That was my manager, she wants me to meet her at her office" I inform Hunter

The raven haired girl nods her head with understanding.

"Do you need a ride?" She asks

All the awkwardness that I was previously feeling slowly disappears into the air at her question.

She does not seem to feel awkward about it so why should I?

"Uh...yeah- if you do not mind that is"

The raven haired girl gives me one of her picture perfect smiles.

"I don't mind" she assures me.