Thirty Days In December

Nine

Harper

I never knew this place would be so crowded. We had to sneak in early so we wouldn't be held hunted down. Since I'm not expecting anybody to meet me, I just stay on the living room couch, eating all the donuts they provided. Maybe now would be a good time to update my vlogging YouTube channel. I whip my phone out and begin walking around. I did mention I was at the meet and greet, but I wasn't going to say I came with them. My secret stays a secret. Basically I walk around everywhere, talk about my day, the usual. I was ready to finish, but at that moment I feel a grasp on my hand. Matt tells me that there are some people who actually want to meet me. They actually want to meet me. By now that know to just accept reality and do things, so I go to the extra booth and get ready to meet and greet. Sure, there were only about five people, but that means I can spend extra time with each and every one of them. I love how they call me by my alias, Pickles. Afterwards we sit at a table and I continue my vlog, adding them in. I even manage to know all their names! All was well until the girl with the Polaroid camera, Jessa, asks me a weird question. "So are you and Matt dating?" I give off a slight flinch as I reanalyze the question. "What do you mean?" I stammer. Who. What. When. Where. Why. How. She replies in an unfazed manner. "Oh, the pictures of you two at the carnival. You can't possibly mean to tell me you haven't seen the PICTURES?" she asks. I have no fucking clue what she means, so she insists I open my Twitter and look up the trending tags. This is the part where I choke on my water. The fist trending tag is #mattpluspickle. Who. What. When. Where. Why. How the hell did this happen? Meanwhile all the girls fill me in on this scenario. "Here's what I think happened," said Lucille." so apparently there were people who caught you and Matt......and then first the picture was on Tumblr, then it just exploded everywhere. Like, I swear, that picture is on like, on every social media site." Huh. "No," barges Kelsey. " I swear I saw it on someone's Snapchat first, then it became a screenshot, then that happened." She gestures toward Lucille. "Matter of fact, why don't you tell us what happened?" said Elspeth. Well, I mean, I know about the kiss, but I don't know how this got passed around. I look at my phone. The trend just gained five hundred thousand posts in ten minutes. I wince away small tears and turn off my phone. "So I want to hear it from you; are you and Matt dating?" quizzes Elspeth. Let's just say, my mouth got the best of me....