The Piano || 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬

|22| Yo Colby! Who's the chick?

Author's Note-
> Guys!! This just reached 1k votes, thank you so so so much!

> Also, you might have noticed that I didn't post a chapter last Thursday. Due to the fact that I will be going on vacation soon (without wifi for a few weeks lol), I'm changing the updating schedule to every Monday instead of Mondays and Thursdays. The chapters will automatically upload so I won't be there to reply to comments.

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"I'm, like, genuinely terrified," Jerry stated after the video ended. "And that's all real?"

"Every bit of it. I have no clue how anyone could've faked it. And I mean, on video, it's still relatively tame. I was freaking out after my ring reappeared," Ashley laughed while sending Colby the OK to upload it. He responded quickly, saying that they would upload it Sunday evening, which meant tomorrow.

"And then you agreed to stop, finally," Jerry said, sighing. Ashley made a grimace.

"Well, they had to convince me. I'm relieved they did, though."

Because the boys would upload the video soon, she decided she would start dropping hints and opened her Instagram to post a picture of herself in XPLR merch. Sam had taken it in the hotel. She captioned it, "You guys are in for a treat this weekend.". Soon, comments started raining in.

There were the usual ones from haters, but most of the comments had guessed what was going on. As soon as the Sam and Colby group account commented the side eye emoji, there was no doubt to her followers anymore, and they were freaking out. Especially since the two boys reposted the post on their story.

Jerry was still sitting on the chair next to her, not even pretending to be about to leave her room. He was scrolling on his phone too, chuckling as he saw all the fuss about her post.

"Now that you've made a video with them, are you going to record anything for your channel?" he asked.

"Yeah, didn't I tell you?" Ashley looked up from her phone. "They're coming over next week, Monday, I think."

"And what are you filming?" Jerry asked. She stayed silent. "Come on, seriously? You haven't planned anything?"

"I have two days left, there's enough time to think of something!" she defended herself. He just rolled his eyes and got up.

"Whatever you say," Jerry scoffed before leaving the room.

Ashley hadn't scheduled a stream for the evening, instead planning on treating herself nicely and going out to eat. She was relieved about it as her phone rang in the evening just before she put on her coat. Smiling when she saw the caller ID, she picked it up.

"Hi," she greeted Colby, stopping in her tracks.

"Hey there," he said, inevitably smiling as well.

"Is there any special reason you're calling me?" she asked, glancing at the time. Not that she wasn't happy about it, she just didn't want to go out too late alone.

"Not really," he said hesitantly. "Are you busy?"

"I was just about to get myself something to eat," Ashley replied.

"You're going out alone?" he asked, sounding surprised.

"What, is that so unusual?" She chuckled, sitting down on the bench at the apartment's entrance.

"Yes... Well, no. If you prefer to be alone. But if you don't, we could get something to eat together? And later go to a party? I know a friend who hosts one that should be close to your place," he offered. "Sam can't today, and I'm not in the mood to go alone."