BRENT RIVERA AND ME

Chapter 4

Few Hours Later

***MIA'S POV***

My phone rang. It was from Katie. I picked up to hear a no chill Katie, of course.

K: OH MY GOD MIA.

M: what...katie are you okay?

K: NO MIA YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

M: what? what is it? what's wrong?

K: MIA BRENT FOLLOWED YOU ON TWITTER!!!!!!!!

M: um okay...is that it?

K: MIA WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?? HE ONLY FOLLOWS LIKE 1,000 PEOPLE AND HE HAS ALMOST TWO MILLION FOLLOWERS! MIA HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

I thought about this for a second. Did Brent genuinely care about me, or did he just do this stunt just to get attention from me?

M: Katie, I don't know, we just talked for a bit and-

K: WHAT?!?!? OH MY GOD YOU'RE SO LUCKY! HOW???!?!? NOBODY GOT THE CHANCE TO TALK TO HIM BECAUSE THERE WAS ALWAYS A CROWD IN FRONT OF HIM

M: yeah well we have the same 1st period so...

We also had 7th period together.

K: WOW YOU'RE SO LUCKY! YOU SHOULD HIT ME UP WITH HIM YA KNOW

M: look Katie, we're not even that good of friends. Brent and I, I mean. And no, I don't want to do that.

K: aw okay. I'm sorry for bothering you so much. I'm just SO excited that my best friend is friends with a famous person! Wait-that doesn't mean he can replace me!

M: hahaha of course not. You're my best friend, how could anyone replace you?

K: Okay good. I need to work on homework! Bye Mia!

M: Alright bye Katie!

I hung up, and immediately checked my Twitter. I had a billion notifications. Brent did follow me. I followed him back. But then I noticed his most recent tweet. He tweeted it while I was on the phone with Katie.

@BrentRivera We should hang out! Starbucks? @MiaWilson

I gained like 200 followers in a few minutes, and I'm still gaining more. Before I could think, I replied.

@MiaWilson Okay fine. @BrentRivera

A few minutes later, Brent DMed me.

B: Mia, what's your number?:)

I sent him my number.

He then texted me.

B: Hey Mia! Let's go to Starbucks today!

M: Okay okay, but just because it's Starbucks.

B: Yay! I'll pick you up in an hour. What's your address?

I sent him my address.

M: Okay I'll see you then!

"MOM I'M GOING TO STARBUCKS WITH A FRIEND!" I called out.

"Who is it?" she said, walking up to me.

I didn't realize she was 10 feet away from me.

"Brent, he's a friend I made today at school," I replied.

"Looks like he won't be just a friend soon," she said with a wink.

"Mom..."

"I'm kidding sweetie. Well, kind of. But have fun! Do you need me to give you a ride?"

"No, he's giving me a ride."

"Alright," she said, and walked away.

I checked my phone. Katie texted me.

K: OMG BRENT ASKED YOU OUT!

M: haha I know! i said yes:)

K: awww

M: yeah, but, we're just going as friends, he didn't even as me out.

K: "Ok"

M: it's true!

K: Fine, but y'all are gonna date soon. It's obvious.

I thought about what Katie and my mom said. Are they right? Do I like Brent? Or do I just like the attention I'm getting?