𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞 ⸻ coda norris ⋆｡°✩

𝐧𝐚𝐳 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬

I WOKE UP TO to a pounding headache and an aching neck. i started to stretch but then realized there wasn't any room for me to. through squinted eyes, i looked at the time on my phone. the time read 3:20 am. that meant i had been asleep for around 4 hours. it felt more like 4 minutes. i groaned and restrained myself from banging my head against the side of the plane. i had 11 more hours left on this flight and i knew that getting to go back asleep was going to be hard. worst nap ever.

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i walked off of the plane looking like a disheveled mess. my hair was probably tangled and frizzy, i knew i was breaking out, and i was exhausted. time zones are weird. it was 7 in the morning here in australia but my mind still couldn't comprehend that. before i boarded, i made sure to text naz telling her when i would be landing. she told me that they would be waiting outside the airport for me. now, i wasn't exactly sure what that meant but still, i somehow made my way out and started looking around for the family 8, who was surprisingly not easy to spot. you would think with all of them it would be easy, but no! as i walked around, i was getting more frantic. nazzy and biggy both weren't answering my calls and i had no clue why. i sat down on one of the benches, deciding just to text nazzy and let her know where i was.

nazzy the ratty 🐀✨

naz

did you get my calls?

i called you like a thousand times and you didn't pick up

well i just sent u my location and i'm sitting on a bench, scared and alone

jkjk

but seriously, i'm all alone, come pick me up soon please

ty love u

i waited for a response that never came. i wasted time by getting my camera out to start vlogging. i let everyone know that i was finally in australia and currently waiting at the airport. i was still confused on where everyone was until i head my name, loud and clear from a voice laced with an australian accent. i immediately turned around, smiling because i knew exactly who it belonged to.

"gianna freaking rae!"

"naz freaking norris!" i shouted at the girl who i've only seen through my phone and computer. i clamped my hands over my mouth as soon as i realized how loud my voice was. i made sure she was in frame as i held my camera up to her. she ran toward me and pulled me into the sweetest hug ever. we were spinning around in circles, probably looking like two lunatics. it didn't matter though. it felt like i've been waiting my whole life for this very moment.

"i can't believe it's you, gigi," she said, looking up at me. i had a few inches on her, so i looked right back down and smiled. "i can't believe it's you, nazzy."

we pulled out of the hug after a long moment, just processing things, and as soon as i looked up, i came face to face with biggy norris.

"hey gia!" biggy said, camera in hand, giving me the same hug nazzy gave to me. i hugged him right back. it felt just as special as the one nazzy and i shared.

"hey biggs!" i smiled as we pulled out of it. biggy and i were about the same height though, so i didn't need to look down as i did for nazzy. he smiled back and once he did, i realized he had something resembling a posterboard in his hands, but he was attempting to hide it behind him.

"what's that?" i asked, curious. my eyebrows were scrunched together.

"oh this old thing?" biggy said, removing it from behind his back and showing me what it read. i looked down at it and it said, welcome gia! in capital, colorful letters. there were little drawings and messages that it seemed everyone wrote for me.

"awe guys! this is the sweetest thing ever!" i gushed, kneeling to get a look at it. as i was looking, the rest of the norris family finally found us. everyone was there but the babies, who i assumed stayed home with fliz. i think it was so there would be enough room in the car to drive back. i greeted the rest of the family with hugs and spoke to the camera brooke was holding.

"hi legends! i honestly can't believe i'm saying that, oh my gosh," i smiled, looking up at brooke.

"we're so so happy you're here, gia!" brooke smiled back at me, giving me yet another hug. the vlog stayed on as justin and sockie helped me with my bags. everyone asked me how my flight went and an assortment of travel questions.

"i'm sorry we didn't answer your calls gia, we wanted it to be a surprise when we got to you," nazzy explained.

"i forgive you, only because you guys made that poster though," i said, jokingly. nazzy grinned. the posterboard was tucked under my arm and i knew i was going to hang it up on the wall of whatever room i was staying in. it was the perfect welcome gift.

before i knew it, we were in the airport's parking garage and at the norris' car. my bags were loaded in and soon enough, so we were. brooke sat in the passenger seat, sabre and sockie in the middle seat, and naz, me, and biggy in the back. i was squished between the brother and sister. before we left, i took a .5 of the three of us. i opened it up to look at it and soon realized that biggy ruined the picture by making the stupidest face possible.

"are you serious biggy?" i said, pretending to be exasperated. he couldn't get any words out through his laughs.

"what did he do?" nazzy said, rolling her eyes. i showed her my phone, and she laughed too.

"typical biggs," she said while looking over at me with a knowing look. i grinned back at her.

i knew the drive back was going to be a little long, but everyone seemed to be in a good mood. we were all talking and everyone took their turns asking me questions. i could tell their vlog was still running.

"what are you guys filming today?" i asked, not exactly talking to anyone in particular.

"well we've all been filming for my norris nuts do stuff video on meeting you," nazzy answered first.

"and we'll probably post one about you getting here on our normal channel too!" sabre added.

"oh that's so so cool, got it!" i smiled.

"oh hold on gia, we've been busy all day so we're planning on starting to film another video this afternoon. if you don't want to be in it, that's totally fine, but it's going to be something like pulling an all-nighter. you're probably really jet-lagged though, so don't worry about it," biggy added.

"wait no that sounds so fun, of course i wanna be in it!" i exclaimed. i couldn't believe that the first norris nuts video i was about to be in was going to be a challenge video. "but i might not actually be able to stay up the whole night, you were right about me being tired."

"we honestly probably won't be able to stay up the whole night, we can try though," sockie clarified for me.

"yeah, you guys definitely aren't going to be allowed to stay up," brooke said, scanning the whole car. even so, she wore a smile on her face so i wasn't fully sure if she was being serious or not.

the whole car got quiet after a few moments, everyone in their own world. after a few minutes of scrolling on my phone, biggy turned to me and leaned in to whisper something in my ear.

"you really want to be in the vlog, like you aren't feeling pressured or anything?" biggy asked seriously. i looked at him and nodded enthusiastically.

"ok then," he returned my smile and suddenly australia (almost) started to feel like home.

― 𝐳𝐨𝐳𝐨 *ੈ✩‧₊˚
hey everyone!! soo the next chapter (chapter 5) is going to be based off one of the norris nuts more recent vlogs (PULLING AN ALL NIGHTER WITH 6 SIBLINGS). i really loved that vlog and thought it would be fun if i could use the vlog in this book. anyways, i know it took a while to post this chapter, i'm sorry for the long wait! nevertheless, i hope you loved chapter 4. <3