behind the scenes [completed]

Chapter 14

Please Excuse Any Mistakes

"Cameras rolling!" I yelled to Carter as I walked back into his room. I went to the camera and held my hand out in front of the lens to focus it quickly. I clicked record and hurried over to Carter's bed. I jumped onto the bed and quickly sat up. I tried to blow away the hair that landed in my face but failed, per usual.

I looked into the lens and smiled. I nodded and clasped my hands together waiting for Carter to come.

After a few moments, I rolled my eyes and sighed, "Carter isn't here... So hi. Uh I'm Lacey and uh ya." I said, deciding to start the video instead of wasting time, "So, uh Carter and I decided on doing a challenge type video thing and uh... It's-- Ok so it's like a challenge but we're taking only dares from you guys and if Carter would hurry up, we could get started"

I bobbed my leg up and down and groaned, "Carter come on! I'm not waiting to start the challenge, video, thing, forever!"

In a few seconds, Carter tripped into the room. He fell into his place next to me and quickly sat up again. He looked over at me, "Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to work the washing machine. But, I probably did it wrong. My mom is gonna kill me if her clothes are messed up" he shrugged and fixed his black jacket. He straightened out his grey shirt and looked up to the lens.

I rolled my eyes and readjusted myself on the bed, "You prepare so much for these videos" I said.

He shrugged and smiled "Sorry, but I gotta look good for the camera" his smile grew as he looked back to the camera. In an over exaggerated way, he clapped his hands together and started, "Hey guys! It's Carter and Lacey, my partner-in-crime, and we are bringing you another video" he slung his arm across my shoulders and continued "Lacey here, came up with the idea of doing a "dare challenge" video thingy. So anything that happens here is because of Lacey," he moved closer to my ear and said, "If I die, you are gonna have a lot of explaining to do to my mom so be selective with the dares"

I rolled my eyes and looked back to the camera. Carter quickly went through explaining what we were doing and grabbed my laptop from next to him. He looked at the screen intently while he tapped the side of the laptop.

Eventually, he looked up again and grinned, "Lacey's dare, "let Carter take your phone and either post a photo or post something on your social media accounts"" he said. He kept grinning  and looked over at me. He raised his hand and held it out, waiting for my phone. I sighed and grabbed my phone from next to me and placed it in his hand.

He went to posting something and kept smirking as he did so.

Eventually, he looked over at me and stood up. He put my phone in front of the camera and focused it on the screen, "I don't know if you can see this but I'll ask Lacey to put in a a picture". He came back over and sat down. He handed my phone back to me and I looked down at the screen.

The screen showed that Instagram was open. It was a picture of Carter, Evan and me from around when Carter first met us both.

Carter was wearing a black tee shirt along with a pair of shorts. His blonde hair was long in this photo. His hair almost covering his eyes, already covering the top half. He was smiling proudly between Evan and me. Evan was standing on Carter's left sporting a neutral expression and a similar outfit to Carter's but a red shirt.

The only unusual thing in the picture was me.

Big surprise there, huh?

I was standing on Carter's right with my arms crossed over my chest. I was frowning because of an obvious reason.

Maybe the ice cream smashed on top of my head?

The ice cream was dripping down my long brown hair and going down my shoulders, collecting in my purple tank top and not reaching my jean shorts. My hair was braided to the side, also collecting the runaway ice cream.