"He is not staring" I laughed with a small shake of my head.

"No but he is. And if I'm reading him right there seems like a hint of jealousy in there" he looked at Matt quickly before turning back to me seriously.

"That's it, you're not staying over at my place anymore" I started with a giggle as a confused look spread on his face. "You clearly didn't get enough sleep, you're talking nonsense"

"I'm being completely serious" he laughed. "But I wasn't thinking of staying at yours tonight, I was actually going to ask if you wanted to maybe stay at my place tonight?"

"Yeah?" I looked at him shocked and with question.

"We don't have to...you know, just thought it might be nice to have a chill night after all this" he explained making a smile grow on my face.

"Yeah" I smiled wider.

"Yeah?" He looked kind of shocked.

"Yeah, I'm in. I'm totally in" I ran my fingers through the hair at the back of his head.

"We can totally get ice cream on the way there too"

"I couldn't love you more right now" I giggled reaching up to kiss his cheek.

"Your boyfriend totally wants to kill me right now" he breathed a laugh.

"That's so not funny, he rarely even notices I exist"

"I'm pretty sure he knows damn well you exist tonight" he chuckled softly. "How could he not? You're the most gorgeous girl in the whole room"

"Anthony, stop" I breathed a laugh. "Don't hype me up like that over something that's not true"

"Oh it is." He moved to whisper in my ear. "I know it, he definitely knows it. Just look at him" he said softly, making me subtly turn my head to glance in Matt's direction.

He definitely was staring.

"I...I have to go to the bathroom" I stuttered out nervously. "Meet you back at the table?"

Anthony gave a small smile in agreeance, releasing me to walk towards the bathrooms.

As soon as I was in the bathroom I fixed my makeup quickly and then took a deep breath. I let my head fall down and my eyes clench shut in an effort to absorb everything happening and keep myself together.

I took one last breath in before picking up my head. Catching a reflection of someone standing behind me in the mirror made me jump with a small yell.

"Grace, you scared the hell out of me" I said through a small laugh with my hand over my heart.

"Sorry, I thought you heard me. Is everything ok?" She asked seriously.

"Yeah, yeah I just needed a breather" I gave a sincere smile turning around.

"Is it Matt?...Or Anthony? Both maybe?" She looked at me expectantly.

"What?" I said with a nervous giggle.

"You're totally into Martin right?" She asked seriously.

"Let's not say that too loud" I started anxiously.

"And then there's Anthony, your perfect other half that would give anything for you" she started before I cut her off.

"Anthony and I are just friends" I shrugged smally as she rose an eyebrow at me.

"The Anthony that you look at like you absolutely adore?"

"I do adore him, he's an amazing friend" she threw me an unconvinced look. "Seriously, that's it there's no feelings there"

"Ok, if you say so. But, if you need to talk about it you know how to get ahold of me" she giggled walking into a stall.

I took one more deep breath with a shake of my head and walked out of the bathroom and back to our table.

"Everything ok?" Anthony asked concerned the minute I sat back down.

"Yeah everything's fine" I smiled at him.

"You sure? You look pale, do you feel ok?" He asked feeling my face and forehead.

"I'm fine really" I pulled his hands off my face with another smile.

"You wanna just get out of here?" He looked at me seriously.

"No, of course not. I'm fine, this is your event and you're having a good time"

"I can't wait to get out of here" he chuckled softly.

"Oh, ok then, let's get out of here" I giggled along with him.

"Hey" he turned to Mat who was sitting at the table with us. "She's not feeling well, I'm gonna get her home"

"Yeah no problem, I'll let anyone know if they ask. Have a good night and feel better Y/N" Mat said friendly.

"Thank you" I gave him a small smile while standing up.

"See you later" Anthony added holding out an elbow for me to grab onto.

"Does the ice cream offer still stand?" I asked.

"Absolutely" he gave me a wide smile as I gripped his arm tighter.

"What?" I giggled when I noticed him giving me a smug look.

"You think he doesn't know you exist and yet his eyes followed you all the way out of this building"

"I would kill for your imagination" I laughed giving him a slight nudge.

We got our ice cream but decided to wait till we were back at his place to eat it so we were more comfortable.

"I'm stealing some clothes to change really quick" I called out to Anthony as I ran to his room to grab sweats and a shirt.

"Go for it, I'm changing out of this too" he laughed as I disappeared down the hall.

I grabbed clothes and instantly moved to get my dress off. It was difficult to get on as it was but now mixed with being tired there was no way I was getting my dress off by myself.

Anthony walked in, undoing the buttons of his sleeves, at the peak of my struggle.

"You need some help?" He asked with an amused smile.

"Please?" I looked at him with pleading eyes.

He made his way to me and started undoing the buttons on the back of the dress. He breathed a laugh when he finished undoing the last button.

"What?" I turned back to him confused.

"This is not at all how I imagined getting you out of this dress" he laughed again.

"I still don't see the big deal about this dress" I shrugged.

"Understandable, you didn't have to stare at yourself all night"

"What does that mean?" I asked cautiously.

"You didn't have to constantly see how incredibly gorgeous and sexy you are in this dress" he gripped at my hip pulling me to him.

"Still frustrated huh?" I giggled putting my hands on his arms.

"Extremely" he gave the tip of my nose a small kiss. "Get changed" he moved to walk away.

I gripped his arm and pulled him back and into a kiss, immediately going to work on the buttons on his shirt.

"You sure?" He asked pulling away.

"Absolutely, kind of our deal" I breathed a laugh pulling his shirt open and off.

He lifted me up, taking me over to the bed.

"You know I love this dress on you, but it needs to come off now" he whispered in my ear before working kisses down my neck and out onto my shoulders as he pulled the dress off.

"Anthony" I breathed out as he pressed his body against mine after laying me on the bed.

"Yeah?" He stopped looking at me worried.

"Our ice cream might melt" I lightly giggled.

"It's already in the freezer just in case" he smiled widely at me.

"You're one step ahead, I love it" I returned his smile pulling him back to my lips with a grip at his back.

Perfect distraction from everything else going on.