wildest dreams | b.e

I'm back | 044

                                 Alana's POV

                           Two years later, 2023...

Today, I'm moving back to California. New York has been amazing, but I miss home. Los Angeles will always be my home, so it's time to head back.

I wish my girlfriend could come, too, but she has to stay to help her parents. They're really struggling right now and her mom is sick. My poor girl's family.

We talked out long distance and it's going to work out great.

As for me, my life is amazing. I just released a new album and it's doing so well right now, the best my music has ever done before. Steve actually ended up moving down here with me after about a month, but now he's moving him and his family back to LA for me. I feel bad, but he insisted he would. He's truly a great guy.

Steve and I are on the plane to LA right now. Rocky and my car are getting shipped back up to California, so I'll have them back soon.

I pull out my phone and see I got a text from my girlfriend. She's such a sweetheart.

iMessage:

                                          lia <3

hey baby

did you get on your plane
safe?

                                                            yes i did my love 🤍

i'm so glad

text me when you land, okay?

                                                                                of course

i love you

                                                                               i love you

Irl:

So, like you may remember, Lia was the "sexy barista" as Olivia said, but now, she's much more than that.

When I moved to New York, we got super close. After a few months, we started dating. I love her more than anyone.

I still talk to Liv and Conan all the time of course and our friendship is still amazing. I'm so excited to finally be able to see them whenever I want again, though. Long distance is annoying.

"You excited?" Steve nudges me, starting a conversation since it's pretty quiet. "I'm so excited. I miss LA so much, Steve." I say to him. "I know, honestly, me too." He nods in agreement.

"Are your wife and kids flying down soon?" I ask him. "Yeah, Sarah said she wanted to finish packing and not rush to get back home, so she's got the kids for now and then they're coming back to LA soon." He tells me.

Sarah is his wife. I've always been pretty close with his family. He has two daughters, Briana and Layla, who are 13 and 16, and a 6 year old son named Lucas. They're all really sweet kids.

"Oh, that makes sense." I nod and turn back to look out the plane window.

                                             ~

"Fucking finally, my ass hurts from sitting for so long." Steve groans as we walk off the plane.

"Mine too." I laugh while we walk to baggage claim. I'm not getting bombarded by paparazzi because no one really knows I'm here yet, so that's nice.

I came to LA a few weeks prior to me moving because I bought a house. It's not huge since it's just me living there, but it's super nice. I was tired of paying rent every month at an apartment, honestly.

I already decorated and bought furniture for it, so I don't have to worry about doing that now.

We grab our bags and walk outside of the airport. "Can you order an Uber to my new house?" I ask Steve and he nods. He pulls out his phone to get one. Neither of us have our cars right now, so Uber will have to do for now.

Once the driver gets here, we get in and I give him the address. God, I've missed it here.

It doesn't take super long to get there, but when we do, I see a familiar car in the driveway. "Oh my God, Steve, did you tell her my new address?" I gasp as I see Olivia's car in my driveway.

"I sure did. Conan is here, too. Go inside and see them, I'll grab our bags." He says. "Are you sure?" I furrow my eyebrows and he waves me off. I get out of the car and run inside. I see them sitting on my couch and my jaw drops. "Liv, Conan!" I run over and hug them.

"Holy shit, I've missed you so much." Liv tells me. "I've missed you both a ton." I say to them.

"We literally saw you a few weeks ago to help you move in?" Conan laughs. "True, but whatever." I shrug and pull away from the hug.

"Guys, it feels so fucking good to be back in Los Angeles." I sigh happily as I sit down on the couch.

"I'm so happy you're back." Conan smiles at me. "I know, me too." I laugh.

"Jesus, did you pack bricks in this suitcase?" Steve says as he walks in the house. "No, I just have a ton of clothes." I roll my eyes and grab my suitcase from him. "Well you need to get rid of some." He grunts as he puts one of the other suitcases down.

"No, I love my clothes and that's not even all of my clothes. Most of them are already here." I say to him as I drag my suitcase to my bedroom.

I sit down on my bed and pull out my phone.

iMessage:

lia <3

hey baby i got home safe

was your flight good?

mhm!

that's good :)

i'll talk to you later babe, okay?

alright 🤍

i love you

i love you

Irl:

I've missed it here so badly.

Life is so good right now.

holly speaks 🤍

im too lazy to try and find where alana was talking about olivia's new album guts in the book to edit it out i think it was one time but it might've not been so let's pretend it wasn't out then for the sake of the book and what's to come because i didn't realize what i was gonna do for the timeline until now but i'll try and edit it out sometime idk 😭

love youuu