Take a bow

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It's funny how time flies.

It was January of the new year. I taped the last box of my stuff shut. I stood up and looked at the now empty room. It was crazy how things were changing. After both hitting milestones, Jada and I were leaving our small Bay Area town and heading for the city of angels.
Jada had been hired on to Maker Studios to be a full time lets player on YouTube. I was able to become a YouTube partner, making money for my videos. Both of us were able to make money doing what we loved.
"Hey, you ready? We're going to start loading the car." Jada comes in smiling. "Yep!" I smile back. "Just finished my last box!"
We start the process of loading our stuff into Jada's Honda. It takes only 30 short minutes to load everything we were taking with us.
We say our goodbyes, and start the 8 hour drive to our new home. I hook up my phone, and fall out boy begins to play softly from the cars sound system.
"I'm really excited." Jada says from the drivers seat. "I've always wanted to live in L.A."
"It should definitely be a new experience! Think about it- Disneyland every weekend... That one ice cream shop that has Thai tea macaroons... You get to spend time with your future husband..." I list off.
Jada blushes. "Bob might like me now, but he might get tired of me since now I'll be in L.A."
"Oh, please. You and I both know he's happier than a witch in a broomstick factory. Just make sure I'm invited to to the wedding." I joke. "I told you that ship was sailing, and you didn't believe me."
I had been right. By the end of Vidcon, 5 months ago, Bob had asked her to be his girlfriend.
"Well what about you and Mark, huh?"
Jada asks. I look at my best friend. "What about him?"
"Oh please, you know! You text constantly, have skype dates... It's obvious you two must like each other!"
It was My turn to blush!
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Mark and I are just really good friends!"
Jada looks at me sideways. "You guys totally made out! I watched that video! I saw how it was."
"That was just something we did for Benny and Rafi! We're just friends. Who happened to make out for a YouTube video. People do it all the time! Look at Shane and his videos! He makes out with all kinds of people, and he's not dating all of them!"
I sputter, very red in the face.
"Whatever you say. I give it a week before you two jump each other's bones. Just keep it down when you do, Bob lives with Mark and probably doesn't want to hear that." She smirks.
I continue to blush and say nothing. Sure, Mark was a great guy, and he was handsome, and amazing and someone who could probably make me very happy. We'd flirt innocently with each other, but that was it. We were like best friends. "Besides..."I think. "He lives in L.A. Which is basically the city of the beautiful people. There's prettier and better girls than me."
My phone vibrates. Picking it up, I smile, seeing a message from Mark.
"Hurry up and get here so I can hang out with youuuuu!"
I chuckle, and send back:
"Sorry, we can't just teleport there. No floo powder or port keys 😋 still 7 and half hours to go!"
I put my phone down. One of my favorite songs starts to play and I turn it up. Me and Jada sing along to "alone together" loudly. Life was good.
* 7 hours later *
"Whew! That's the last box!"
We had just finished unloading the car. It was about 4pm, and it was pretty chilly.
"We're only a few blocks away from Mark and Bob too! YouTubers stay close together." Jada is saying.
We both start to unpack, until Jada's phone rings. She answers and puts it on speaker.
"Hello?!"
"HIII!" Voices say.
"Bob? Is Mark there too?"Jada laughs.
"Yeah, he's here on the phone with me." Bob answers. "Hi Jada! Hi Zelda, if you can hear me!" Mark calls.
"Hi Markimoo!" I shout. "Hey Bob!"
"So what's up babe?" Jada asks. "Well, Mark, Wade and I were wondering if tonight you ladies wanted to go for a night on the town with us! There's a karaoke bar we figured we could go to. Have some drinks, embarrass ourselves singing, fun stuff like that." Bob tells her.
"That would be fun! And we can dress up!"Jada says, excitedly. "Great! Pick you up at 7? Mark and I are gonna carpool."
"Seven is good! See you then!" Jada says hanging up.
"So his names 'Markimoo' now?" She asks.
I blushed for the millionth time today. "That's one of the things I call him. Wanna fight about it?"
"Hey, you teased the crap out of me when it came to Bob, now I get to return the favor!"
"But that's because you and him are so obviously meant to be! Mark and I are just friends!" I insist.
"Okay, whatever you say. " Jada laughs. "I'm going to get ready."

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