Monday morning the guys were still asleep. No doubt from the alcohol the night before. Alex was up early like always and joined her mom out on the deck for their morning coffee. "Good morning. So, what did you think of the guys last night?"

Alex's mom set her tablet down, "I thought last night was fun. You know, they are just so wonderful to look at. I mean seriously, without makeup even. They're the most beautiful men I've ever seen."

Alex snorted into her coffee, "It's sickening isn't it? I'd kill for their skin."

"Oh, absolutely." Sabrina was staring out over the property. "I'm trying to decide how we should do the food. I need to go grocery shopping and get things together for the lake. Should we head down to the Asian and the Korean markets today?"

Alex nodded her head, "Why don't you take some of the guys? They should be up in a couple of hours. Yoongi and RM would probably go with you."

"Yeah, that should work. Man, I really need to clean the pool today though."

"I'm all caught up on work so I'll clean it while you guys are gone." Alex checked her phone to see the time. "I'll make the guys breakfast when they get up then you can leave after that."

Not long after, the family cat, August, started letting the world know he was hungry. He was an overweight orange fur ball that let you know when it was even a minute past his feeding time. Kat must have forgotten to set her alarm to feed him, as she was nowhere in sight and August was making his way down the hallway trying to wakeup anyone that would listen to him. One by one the guys started shuffling out of their rooms. Some headed straight for the coffee maker before making their way out to the deck where Alex and Sabrina were.

"Well good morning gentlemen, how did you sleep?" They didn't so much respond as grunt their answer. Sabrina tried to hide her smile. Some of the guys looked like they had a fight with a blow dryer. Their hair was a mess.

Yoongi came over to sit by Alex, "What was that hideous sound just now?" Alex chuckled.

Just then Kat came running up the stairs from her room, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I forgot to feed August. Did he wake anyone?" She looked out on the deck and saw all of the guys sitting there half asleep still. "Oops, my bad." She gave them a shy smile then ran off to feed August.

Yoongi looked over at Sabrina, "That bed is really comfortable, I may need to look into buying one like that."

"Like you need another excuse to sleep more." RM chuckled at him then turned to Sabrina, "What do we have on the agenda for today?"

She set down her coffee mug, "Well, I was going to head down to a couple of grocery stores to get food for the rest of the week. Aside from that it's a low key day really."

"I'll go with you if you'd like." RM offered just as Alex suspected he would.

"I will too." Yoongi also volunteered.

"Then it's settled, we'll leave after Alex cooks your breakfast." She looked pointedly at Alex, who had yet to get up from her chair and start cooking.

Alex rolled her eyes, "Fine." She went inside to make their breakfast.

Jungkook followed her in and hopped up on the counter while she set the pans on the stove then started cracking eggs. "What are we going to do today?"

Alex cut thick slices of bread and dipped them in the egg mixture then set them in the frying pan, "Not much really. I had an idea of something we can do tonight possibly."

"What's that?" Jungook grabbed a tangerine out of the bowl on the counter and started peeling it.

"Well, I was thinking we could go out to this small bar I use to play pool at, maybe play a few games and just hang." She plated the first slices of French toast then handed the plates to Jungkook to start taking out to the guys.

"OK, that sounds fun. Be ready for me to kick your butt." He smiled at her as he backed through the door to take the plates outside. She laughed to herself, "We'll see about that."

After everyone had eaten, Jimin and Tae cleaned the dishes while Yoongi, RM, and Sabrina left to head to town and do the grocery shopping. Alex decided to be the gracious host, and went to make all of their beds.

Afterwards, Alex and the rest of the guys sat around the deck. It was the perfect place to do nothing and enjoy the day without the heat of the sun beating down on them. Jimin and Hobi were playing a card game, Jin and Tae were on their phones, and Jungkook was taking a nap on the lounger.

Alex figured it was a good time to clean the pool, so she headed downstairs to change, then grabbed her towel. She brought out a speaker to play music while she worked and set out to clean the filter, then got into the water to attach the vacuum hose.

Jungkook had woken up from his cat nap and stretched as he watched Alex in the water. He walked down the stairs and over to the side of the pool. She was slowly pushing the vacuum across the pool floor so that she didn't disturb anything that had settled at the bottom.

"That looks relaxing." Jungkook was leaning against the side of the pool as he watched her, dipping his fingers in the water.

Alex smiled to herself as she looked down into the water, "You know what, it is actually." She stopped to look up at him and saw that Hobi and Jimin had joined him by the side of the pool, "It reminds me of Tai Chi, or Yoga, in a way. Slow movements and core focus so the water doesn't knock you off balance. Almost like a form of meditation. I love cleaning the pool."

"Can I try?" Jungkook looked intrigued.

"Sure, go change then I'll show you what to do."

"We can help, too." Jimin and Hobi hurried off with JK so they could change into swimming trunks.

Alex giggled to herself, "Suckers."

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Yoongi and RM helped unload groceries with Sabrina after they arrived back. They were going up the sidewalk when they saw Hobi in the pool with the vacuum, Jimin sitting on the top step waiting his turn, and JK was using the skimmer on top of the water from the side of the pool. Sabrina stopped when she reached Yoongi at the sidewalk.

"What in the hell are they doing?" Yoongi watched the guys as they quietly went about their new activity.

Sabrina chuckled then called out, "I see you boys are working on your meditation skills!" They all turned when they heard her and smiled and waved.

"We talked Alex into letting us help. It really is relaxing!" Hobi went back to his vacuuming.

They took the groceries into the kitchen to put them away, then went out onto the deck where Alex was sitting with Jin, listening to music while they watched the others in the pool. Sabrina smacked Alex's shoulder as she walked past her to sit down, "I can't believe you tricked them into cleaning the pool."

Alex and Jin looked at each other and snickered, "Oh come on, it's funny. Besides, they're having a good time so why stop them?" She looked over at Yoongi as he came to sit by her.

"That was quite ingenious, I would have done the same thing." He gave her a high five.

The guys finally finished their work out in the pool and started pulling in the rafts to float on. "Come on guys, the water's warm!" Jimin was waving them over to join them.

"Hang on!" Alex yelled to Jimin. She tossed her towel over the back of the chair to dry. "You coming with us?" She tapped Yoongi on the top of his head.

"Yeah, no, I'm good. I'll just watch from here." He tilted his head back to see her and smiled.

"Party pooper." She rolled her eyes at him as she walked off the deck.

"I may head out there myself in a bit, but first I'm going to enjoy a drink." Sabrina walked over to the fridge and pulled out a beer and some soju. "Anyone else want one? I can make something fruity also."

RM and Yoongi raised their hands for the beer while Jin and Tae requested something fruity. Sabrina whipped up their drinks and passed them around. She made four extras for the pool group and handed them to Yoongi. "Here, take these out to them so they don't feel left out."

Yoongi balanced the four drinks in his hands as he carefully made his way to the pool. "Float yourselves over here and get your drinks."

"Aw thanks, hyung." Jungkook floated over to grab two of the drinks for him and Hobi. Yoongi walked around the side to hand Jimin his, then went over to Alex.

"Here you go princess," He handed her the glass.

"Thanks, Boo." She leaned over and tapped his nose with her finger. He huffed out a laugh then shook his head as he made his way back to the deck.

"What time do we need to get ready tonight?" Jungkook was sipping his drink as he floated around the pool.

"Probably six-ish." Alex was hanging one of her feet over the side of the pool to keep her raft in place.

Jimin's head popped up, "Where are we going?"

"Alex is taking us to play pool, I told her she better be ready to get her butt kicked." Jungkook had sat up on his raft and sent Alex a wink.

She had a feline smile on her face, "You know, we could make it interesting and place bets."

Hobi and Jimin looked over at each other and nodded their heads, "You're on."

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Later that evening after they had arrived at the pool hall, Alex greeted the owner Maxine. "Hey there pretty lady, how have you been?"

"Oh you know, same 'ol stuff as always. Who you got there with you tonight?" Maxine nodded her head towards the guys.

Alex looked back at them and smiled, "Some friends of mine that I'm working with." She leaned in over the bar to whisper to Maxine, "Can we keep it on the down low? We'll grab a couple tables in back."

Maxine nodded her head, "You got it. Drinks tonight?"

"Just soda I think, we hit it pretty hard last night." Maxine took their orders and they headed back to some pool tables in the back corner. Alex set down the case she had been carrying and pulled out her cue stick.

"Wow, you have your own stick, that's pretty cool." Jin was looking at it as Alex racked the balls for the first game.

"OK, so, Hobi and Jimin thought it would be a good idea to place some bets tonight. I think I came up with the perfect idea." Alex looked at the guys one by one. "I bet that I can beat every single one of you. If I win, you all have to wear grass skirts and do the hula on a V Live."

"What if you lose?" Yoongi didn't look convinced that she could win.

"If I lose, each of you can choose something embarrassing that I have to do."

The guys looked at each other and smiled. Some rubbed their hands together ready for the challenge. "Let's do this."

"I'll go first." Tae walked over to the cue wrack and picked out a stick to play with. He grabbed the cue ball and got into position to break. The cue ball went speeding into the other balls and he sunk two stripes in. "I'd say that's a pretty good start." He smirked at Alex.

Alex grabbed her cue and chalked the tip as she walked around the table. She figured out her plan of attack and set up to sink her first ball in. She ran three more balls after the first one, leaving Tae and the others gaping.

Tae sunk two more balls before Alex finally finished hers off and beat him. "Next victim please." She smiled sweetly at the guys as they looked at her in shock. Hobi was up next, and he was only able to sink one ball before Alex ran the table on him and won.

"Next!" RM got up and took his turn. He never made a single ball by the time Alex beat him as well. It was the same for Jimin and Jin as they faced her. They never had a chance.

Yoongi was up next. As he bent down to get ready to hit the cue ball, Alex came up behind him and placed one hand on his arm and the other at his waist. She bent towards his ear, "Do you need me to show you how to shoot?"

He gave her a sarcastic look, "First of all, that's supposed to be my move on you, second of all, I don't need help, I know how to shoot." Alex laughed as she walked away. Yoongi focused on the cue ball again but forgot to chalk his stick. When he pushed the stick forward it glanced off the ball and he mis-cued. Alex walked back over to take her turn and sunk four balls before Yoongi was able to shoot again. He managed to drop two balls, but then Alex finished hers off and he was done. He glared at her as he went back to his seat.

Finally it was JK's turn, "Get ready, you're going down." He got into position and broke the rack. Three balls dropped in the pockets and they were all solids. He gave Alex a sweet smile as he bent down to take his next shot. He missed. Alex went up for her turn and dropped three balls then missed on the fourth one. JK came back and dropped another two balls before he gave Alex another chance. She sunk two of hers, then JK sunk two more of his. They were neck and neck.

Alex studied the table to make sure she could pull off the last two shots she needed. It would require her to sink her last ball in the pocket next to where she stood, but she would then have to shoot all the way down the table to sink the eight ball. She hated long shots. She chalked the tip of her cue and bent down to take the first shot, she sank it. She turned and squared up for the eight ball shot. She let out a breath and sent the cue ball rolling down the table. It tipped the eight ball into the corner pocket just as she had planned. She won. She beat all of them.

"Woohoo!" She jumped up in the air then did a little victory dance. The guys sat there shocked, she had just kicked all of their butts.

An older gentleman came up to Alex and gave her a hug, "Atta girl! I was watching you from over at my table. Been a while since we've seen you work a table around here. I can see nothing's changed."

Alex threw her head back and laughed, "You know I can't resist a game when I come home." She turned to the guys, "Everyone, this is Todd, my old pool partner. Todd, these are the guys."

He nodded his head at them, "Nice to meet you. So what did she bet tonight?" He looked at the guys.

"Just a little something they'll have to work on later. It was good seeing you. Good luck in the tournament tonight." She waved goodbye as he walked away then turned to the guys.

Yoongi got out of his chair and walked over to her with his arms crossed, "What else have you been hiding from us Alexis Lynn? First poker, now pool. Any other tricks up your sleeve?" He gave her a side grin.

"Guess you'll just have to find out." She winked at him then went to sit down and watch the guys as they took turns playing each other. They placed bets between themselves, little things that made her laugh. It felt good getting to share another part of herself with them. It felt even better knowing she had wrangled all of them into another fun V Live for ARMY.