Is It You? (Keaton Stromberg)

City of Angels

Warning, this is kind of a girl time chapter. Keaton will get mentioned but he really won’t be a part of it!

Claudia’s P.O.V

            I woke up the next morning around 10. I pranced downstairs and said good morning to my mom and dad. They both congratulated me on making it into the dance team, when Noah came downstairs. He added his congratulations and sat down on the table. Our kitchen was big, and open. With a big, black marble counter sitting in the middle, and another high table in the back. We sat on the high chairs eating the pancakes mom had made, it was a Saturday tradition. I mentioned that the girls were coming later so we could drive up to L.A. They agreed to let me go but I had to be home before 10 p.m. I didn’t have my car yet; it was being re painted back in Sequim. It was going to take another two weeks, because I bought it with my own money, so it needed to get some glitches.

I went up to my room while my parents and Noah talked about his first day at school. I cleansed my face and hopped in the shower, the water was warm and refreshing against my skin. I got out and let my hair air dry once more, while I tied it in a messy bun; I never really like to put a lot of heat on it. I wrapped a towel around my body and walked into my closet. I’d never had a closet this big but my parents both worked really hard, so they invested in a lot of things for the new house. I grabbed a pair of coral-pink skinny jeans, an ombré tank top that faded from cream to black, and used a denim shirt as a jacket. Paired it with my Marc by Marc Jacobs crossbody bag, with matching rhinestone flat sandals, soft pink feather earrings, gold accessories, heart shaped sunglasses, mascara, and my M.A.C “Reel Sexy” lipstick. I quickly grabbed my favorite perfume of the moment, Dot by Marc Jacobs. Then the door rang and I saw a note from my parent’s on the fridge.

“Went out to run errands. Noah is with Wesley, call or text when you get to L.A. We left your new credit card on the table next to the door. You know the rules, just control yourself. Love, Mom and Dad”

            Sweet a new credit card. I rushed to the door and Meg’s car was in my driveway. I hopped in and say my hellos. We decided we’d drive up to Citywalk instead, cause there was much more options. I was sitting between Kat and Mads when my phone buzzed; it was a text from Keaton.

Keaton: I really wish we’d got to hang today…

Claudia:  I know!

Keaton: What are you guys doing anyways?

Claudia: Driving up for lunch and shopping at Citywalk

Keaton’s P.O.V (I guess I kinda lied oops)

            They’re driving up to Citywalk? Oh crap.

Keaton: How far are you guys?

Claudia: We just left so like an hour away.

Oh thank gosh, I breathed out in relief. Wes, our band mate/brother/friend Drew, and I were in Los Angeles to go over songs for X Factor; we’d gotten through to live shows. Even though it didn’t start for another two months, we wanted to get a head start on things. So we booked a studio in L.A to practice. We hadn’t told anyone besides our mom, dad, Noah, Kyle, and our other band mate Kenny. They were also part of a band but they didn’t sing, we’re called Emblem3. Music is mainly the reason we moved to Huntington from Sequim. We wanted to pursue it seriously, and so here we are.

Claudia’s P.O.V

            Keaton and I were texting random emojis to each other when we reached Citywalk. Wow, that was an hour already? I texted him saying we were here, and that I’d talk to him later cause it was time for the girls and I. I slipped my phone back in my bag and caught up with the girls

As soon as we sat down at Johnny Rockets, Meg started the questioning.

“So Claude, who were you texting?” she gave me a wink.

“What?!” It really caught me by surprise.

“Come on, you were so into your phone you didn’t notice our singing” said Kelly.

“Oh no one…” Who am I kidding; they knew I was talking to someone.

“Spill spill spill” they all said at the same time. Seriously again?

“KEATON. OMG. I WAS TALKING TO KEATON” I interrupted their blabbering.

“WHAT?!” All in unison one more time, this is scary,

I told them how we got paired up for a project, and how I know him from Sequim. I begged them not to tell anyone. They found out my brother is best friends with Wesley. And even, better a surprise for me, Meg is dating Wesley. How amazing is that? I was asking her to lie to her boyfriend. I felt so bad, I knew I had to tell Keaton at some point, but I wasn’t ready for it. I knew I’d eventually tell him, but I didn’t know how he would react.

After learning more gossip on Acacia over lunch, we headed over to do some shopping. Apparently, she was Tumblr “famous, and she used this guy, Sam, I think was his name. That girl seriously had FAKE written all over her forehead. I couldn’t stand even the sound of her name. Seriously, what kind of parent names their kid after A PLANT? Any more embarrassing? In a way her name kind of made sense, Acacia plants are thorn trees that grow in Africa. They are full of ants on the inside. Well who would’ve known….

We hit up one of my favorite stores first, Francesca’s. I brought my polaroid camera with me, so we were making funny faces and trying the clothes on while I took the pictures. We bought a few things and continued to more shops like Fossil, Lush, Billabong, Abercrombie, etc. I said I wanted red velvet cupcakes for dessert, and the girls insisted I tried the ones from Sprinkles. I’d heard a lot about them, but I never had one before I moved here. They took me to our original destination, the Grove. We parked and they pulled me into sprinkles, where we ordered like a dozen cupcakes. I was guessing we were going to take some home, because it was a whole lost. I took my first bite out, and I was in heaven. I kid you not, best cupcakes in the whole entire world. We left Sprinkles and decided to do a little more shopping since the store options were better here. Nordstrom, Michael Kors, Topshop, Forever21, I was in heaven. Next time we drove up, we promised we’d go to 3rd Street Promenade. We bumped into Noah at the Apple store, where we were doing an Apple store dance. I seriously don’t have a single idea as to why he was here, but I caught him eyeing Katherine from far away. He had not seen me at this point, so I decided to give him a little scare. I walked up behind him.

“Take a picture, it’ll last longer” I told him. He flinched immediately

“Claudia what the hell!?” he scream-whispered to me.

“Well you’re perving on my friend over there!”

“She’s friends with you?”

“What’s so surprising about that?”

“Since when do you have friends?”

“Since when are you such a douche?”

Just then the girls walked up to us, I unfortunately had to introduce them to my idiot of a brother. Kat and Noah seemed to hit it off well, they’d make a cute couple. Oh lord ew what am I saying… Before I figured, Katherine was gone. I asked where she went, oh surprise, she was with Noah. They mentioned something about Geometry tutoring. It probably meant she was tutoring  him because when it comes to my brother and math, I think a koala has more chance of opening a coconut.

I got a surprise text from Keaton telling me that he was coming to City Walk for lunch. I told him we’d gone to the Grove for dessert, and he said he’d be here in 15 minutes. I told the girls Keaton and the guys were coming. The mood instantly got cooler as soon as we saw them from afar. Keaton looking perfect as ever.

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