"Lex, wake up! We have to get ready to go!" I wake up to a voice I know all too well, Avery Miller. Avery and I had been best friends since 5th grade.
Today is the day that we meet Matthew Espinosa. Avery has been obsessed with him for three years. I like him but I'm not obsessed like she is.
We live in Virginia (where Matt lives) but the closest location he was visiting was in North Carolina. So we decided to go to that one.
I went into her bathroom to wash my face. Then I touched up my already-straightened hair and went to pick out my outfit. I picked out a pair of jean shorts, a white floral tank top, and my black vans. I went back into the bathroom to brush my teeth and I could hear Avery freaking out and mumbling to herself.
I walk out still brushing my teeth. I give her a look asking if she's okay since I can't talk. "No! I can't find anything to wear!"
I hold up my pointer finger signaling that I'll help her in a minute as I walk back into the bathroom. I spit out the leftover toothpaste residue and walk back into her room. I go through half of her clothes until I found a black romper. I took it off the hanger. "How about this?" I ask her. "Too dressy. I don't want to look like I'm trying to impress him but then I don't want to look ugly."
"Avery, it's a just a romper." But I keep looking through her closet. "How about this?" I say jokingly as I hold up her Halloween costume from last year.
"Seriously Alexa?"
I can't help but laugh. "Okay okay." I put my hands up in surrender and keep looking.
I pull out a pink blouse and jean shorts. "I'll just go with the black romper." She says.
"You can't be serious? You made me go through your whole closet three times just to pick the first outfit." I say, laughing. "Yes." She says, also laughing.
"Now what shoes?" She's asks. "Sandals."
She puts on the romper and the sandals and heads her way over to the mirror. She looks at herself over and over, turning to one side, then the other. After about 3 minutes of checking her outfit in the mirror, she turns around. "I feel like I'm missing something."
I walk over to her dresser and pick out a silver infinite necklace. "Here." She puts it on.
"Better. Now let's go!!" She squeals. We both grab our purses and go outside into the car. She's driving and I ride shot gun. We made a rule that whoever is in the passenger seat, contorts the radio or aux cord. But since we both like the same music, we don't really argue. I take the aux cord and plug my phone into it. I play "Doing it right" by Jack and Jack. I'm obsessed with their music. I know all the words to all of their songs.
Me and Avery both sing the lyrics. "OKAY YOUR MOMMA'S TALKING TO YA SAYIN CLEAN UP THE BASEMENT WHILE THE MONEY'S TALKING TO ME, THATS PERSONIFICATION."
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We've been driving for an hour and a half, still listening to Jack and Jack. It's a two and a half hour drive from where we live to North Carolina where Matt's meet and greet is. "Tides" from Jack and Jack plays. "WHEN THE TIDE HITS YOU STRAIGHT IN THE FACE LIFE IS GETTING HARDER TREADING WATER, GOT NO WHERE TO GO."
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"5 MORE MINUTES AND THEN WERE ARE THERE!" Avery screams. She kept planning what her talk with him was going to be like.
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"WE MADE IT! WE'RE HERE!" She screams. We showed up somewhat early and managed to be like the 20th people in line.
{SKIP TO 40 MINUETS LATER}
We are next in line. The people in front of us are just about to leave.
"Are you nervous? Because I can't feel my legs." She says.
"No. He's just a guy." I laugh.
"NEXXXTTTT!" The security guard says.
"Hi!" Matt says to both of us. "Hi!" Avery and I both say.
"What are both of your names?" He says. "Avery." She smiles. "Alexa." He reaches out his hand for both of us to shake it. "How old are you guys?"
"16." Avery says. "17." I say.
"Do you guys want a picture?"
"Yes!" Avery says and hands her phone to the assistant to take the picture.
"Say espinosa! 1..2..3.." The woman says.
"ESPINOSA." We all shout. "Thank you guys! I love you both!" He smiles and hugs each of us.
We leave the line and start to walk off. "Hey I need to pee." Avery says. "Okay. I'll wait here." Avery walks off to go to the bathroom. A couple minutes later, a security guard comes up to me. "I have a message from Matt Espinosa." I stare at him blankly. "He says he wants to meet you here at 7:00." He continues and hands me a paper with an address on it. The man walks off.
"What's wrong? It looks like you just saw a ghost." Avery says coming back from the bathroom. "Oh. It's nothing." She stares at me suspiciously. What am I going to tell her? "Hey I was thinking about staying in North Carolina for the night. Do a little sight-seeing?" I say. "Okay, I'll go look for a hotel."
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We arrive at the hotel. It's 6:45. "Hey I'm going to look around for a restaurant to see if I can find something for dinner." I lie. "Okay. I'll be binge watching Netflix."
I get into the car and put the address in my GPS. I wonder why Matt wanted to meet me.
