We landed and Lauren, Taylor, Ethan, and Grayson called an Uber to get to the hotel. The hotel was amazing. I was lucky enough to get a room with Ethan. Our hotel was in Phoenix, and my relatives were in Tucson. "OKAY! Now! Does anyone volunteer to come with me to Tucson, we will be spending the night there!" I boomed through the lobby. I look around the crowd to see no one raising their hands then I seen Ethan. He had his hand raised like the dork he is. "Okay we gotta go to our room and pack." I said and he nodded. We made our way up to our room and we packed everything we needed. "Wait! Is is okay if I take a quick shower?" I say I hate having greasy hair. "Yeah sure I need to take one too so I think I'll join." Ethan smirked "I'm kidding." He said laughing "I wouldn't do that unless you were willing to babe." He finished with a smirk and a wink, then continued to pack like it was no big deal. I was still taken aback at his response. I headed to the bathroom as butterflies ate through my stomach. I got undressed and fully prepared to start showering. I mean yeah I'd be willing to take a shower with him (😏😂) but I'm only 15. I'm not willing to give up my V-Card yet. I finished showering, I got dressed, then applied minimal makeup. I left the bathroom and yawned. "Hey hippie lets go!" I shouted at Ethan. "Okay, okay!" He said jokingly and we were out!
We got another Uber and got directions to my cousins house. When we got to her house I marbled at how beautiful Arizona is compared to Michigan, Arizona is heaven. I looked up at Ethan and smiled "You ready?" He nodded and we walked up to the door knocking (Cause we is polite #throwback vote if you remember😂) Shelly (My cousin) answers and I hug her tightly. I sorta felt bad for Ethan because he was standing there awkwardly. "Oh my god! You've gotten so tall!" She exclaimed. "Yup! This is Ethan my friend." Ethan looked hurt but I'm sure he understood. "Sure honey." She said while laughing and guiding us in the house. I saw Ben (Which is Shelly's fiancé) "Hey Ben!" I say hugging him "Hello!" He said back I moved over to my Aunt Sue, her husband Jeremy, and Shellys sister Janis sitting at the dining room table. "Hello guys!" (Just to clarify something's Aunt Sue is Shelly and Janis's mother and Jeremy is their stepfather.) They say hello back and I introduce Ethan to them.
About an hour later dinner is served. Spaghetti, yas. We dig in and everything was going good. "So what are you gonna do for college Rachel?" My Aunt Sue asks. "Ummm I don't think I'll be doing to college." I say and she almost chokes on her food. "Are you kidding me? Your not even gonna try?!" She says in a aggressive tone. "Aunt Sue I already have a profession." "Oh yeah cause that stupid app you got "famous" on is going to last you long. Haha didn't think you were that stupid." She mumbled I stand up getting extremely upset about what she is saying. Ethan gets up and holds my waist loosely. "It's going good so far isn't it?! I'm on tours and I get to meet the people who love my videos." I fought back. She stands up as well. "It won't get you far." She says. "You'll probably get pregnant and be a total fail like you've always have been. You already have this boy-toy!" Ethan tightens his grip on my waist. "You always say you try to get people to appreciate you, well no one ever will. Your a mistake. Your parents didn't even mean to get pregnant. You just happened, not even sex was involved." I was now hyperventilating and Ethan's grip keeps getting tighter and tighter. "Remember when you were depressed and suicidal and you tried killing yourself? Well your family and friends couldn't care less if you died. You should have killed yourself." She says. A tear falls down my cheek and I quickly wipe it away. "Stay strong Rachel." I say to myself over and over. "I have had enough of bitches like you an-" "MAMA! THAT IS ENOUGH." Janis says standing up. "Mom please leave." Shelly says not daring to look in the fiery eyes of her mother. "I'm not finished yet!" Aunt Sue says with a psychotic smile on her face. "MOM LEAVE NOW." She says looking up and slamming her fist on the table. "Let's go Jeremy." Aunt Sue says while leaving. I stay there for a second, then I run into the guest room. I start sobbing uncontrollably, rivers were flowing from my eyeballs. Ethan comes in a second later and comforts me while I sob into his shoulder. After I calm down I just lay there with him. He was rubbing my back trying to make me feel better. "Listen, you are loved by so many people. You aren't a mistake, you were put on this godforsaken Earth because you are strong enough to fucking live it. You know old people, they don't know anything new about the Internet, she doesn't get it. You know what?! She is probably the only motherfucker who thinks that way about you. There will be haters yes, but you have an overwhelming amount of supporters who love you and I'm one of them, Lauren's one of them, Taylor, Matthew, Gray, Cameron, and so on." I started to tear up. "That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me." I say hugging him. My legs are wrapped around his torso, when we pull from our hug we look in each other's eyes and started to lean in. We kissed and sparks just flew around us like it was the Fourth of July. We finished and pulled away. I breathed out laughing slightly and he did the same. We both got ready for bed because we had to share one, which of course was okay with me. "Goodnight." he said squeezing me. "Ethan?" I say in a hushed voice. "Hmm?" He hummed "remember when we kissed before the show in California?" "Yeah?" "Well those were my fingers, I'm sorry I was scared." He didn't respond. Yup I upset him he hates me. He turned on the light and faced towards me and kissed me passionately. Then he turned back around and turned the light off. "There I got my kiss." He said. I smiled. "Rachel?" "Yeah?" "Promise me you'll never hurt yourself?" "I promise." I say. After that he snaked he is arms around me and we called asleep in each other's arms.
