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"cant lie, i totally thought you were gonna slap matt."

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A little less than a week had passed before Isadora was back in LA. She had spent a few days with her family in East Dennis, and the rest for the week they stayed in a cabin in Maine.

But Isadora was always excited to go back to LA. Especially when she has something to look forward to.

She had been talking to Nick a lot more, having daily conversations over instagram and snapchat. She had really started liking the idea of being on their channel, but didn't get her hopes up too much incase it didn't work out. But to her excitement, she was sitting in her car, outside of the Sturniolos apartment complex.

She sent Nick a message saying she was there. He replied 'come up whenever, we're ready'. She grabbed her bag, throwing her glasses case inside of it, and her water bottle. She got out of her car, locking and walking inside. It was only a 20 minute drive from Glendale, but she had taken about an hour to get herself hyped up enough to go in.

Her initial "crush" on Matt has passed, sure she did still think he was cute, but she knew she didn't want a relationship now. He'd just be nice to look at.

"Hey Isadora! Come in." Nick opened the door more to let Isadora in. They both walked up the stairs to the living room and kitchen. "Oh my god, I actually love it in here." Isadora said, setting her bag on the table. She heard footsteps from stairs and a door open. Chris came up from downstairs and Matt came from a room adjacent to where she was standing.

"Do you want a drink? We have soda, sparking water...?" Nick asked with the fridge open. "Yeah, I'll take a sparking water." Nick handed Matt a Bubly to hand to Isadora. "Thanks." She offered with a smile. "Is everything set up already Nick?" Chris flipped his hair out of his face and into a beanie. "Yep, I'm ready to head up. Just let me grab my phone."

"Oh shit, mine too." Chris said, running back downstairs. "I can show you the studio, if you want." Matt finally spoke. Isadora turned to him and smiled. "You lead the way."

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Isadora had been on many podcasts, but none made it right out of their house. The podcast video was about their growing up and different childhood events. The room had been filled with laughter and yelling from the beginning, and Isadora felt immediately comfortable with the boys. Usually she felt awkward while doing interviews and podcasts, but to her, it just felt like friends having a conversation. The conversation had been bouncing back and forth, everything from Chris winning the cake walk to the story of Isadora passing out on a roller coaster when she was 14.

"And my friend was like 'Isa, Isa wake up!' And she grabbed me by the sides of my neck and shook me like- Matt can I use you to show this?" Matt shyly grinned and turned to face Isadora. She grabbed the sides of his neck, and gently shook him. "And I still wasn't waking up, so she slapped me." Isadora pretended to slap Matt, letting go of him after, "And I don't remember any of this, but I guess I was like 'Did you just slap me?' after I woke up." The three boys laughed at her retelling of the story before Nick said "Can't lie, I totally thought you were going to slap Matt."

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