Chapter 2

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"What do you mean we're moving to LA?!" You said in an exasperated tone. "We can't just up and leave Jenn. I have a job here."

Jenn, your roommate, pouted at your sudden outburst. "Come on y/n," She whined grabbing ahold of your arm. "LA is full of companies that want writers. I already paid rent for the first month of living there so we can't back out now. I can't pay the rent without you."

You rolled your eyes and sighed. Of course she did. There's no way out of this situation. Even if she did leave, you wouldn't be able to pay for this apartment on my own. "Fine," She squealed in excitement but you held your hand up. "only if you pay for the next convention we go to. I missed the last one because I was too busy."

She had a huge grin on her face and nodded her head frantically. "Fine, okay!" She squealed and gave you a huge bone crushing hug. "This is going to be so awesome!"

And that's how you and Jenn started your journey to LA. You've never been outside of your home town, let alone all the way to L.A. but having this new experience gave you a combination of excitement and fear. But all your fears just seemed to float away as soon as you saw the house you and Jenn were going to be staying in. It was huge. 4 bedrooms with a bathroom, two hall bathrooms, a dining room, a fireplace in the living room with an attic upstairs. Jenn insisted that the house was in your price range but as you curiously peeked into your walk in closet, it all seemed really far fetched.

"How much is the rent Jenn?" You yelled down to her from the railing of the stairs.

"Almost 1 grand," she yelled back. That's less than the amount the both of you had to pay for the apartment you were living in before. Compared to that awful apartment, it was like you were living in a castle.

"I'm calling bullshit," you yelled again walking down the hallway. When you looked into the hallway bathroom, you nearly died. The bathtub was huge and had power jets. You turned on the water to test it and it worked perfectly. You were almost positive that it was brand new. "There's no way in hell it's that cheap Jenn. Our bathtub has fucking power jets. POWER JETS Jenn!"

You heard her quickly making her way upstairs to where you were. When she saw the tub, it was like she was going to take off all her clothes and jump in. "We're never moving out." You gave her a sharp glare and she sighed. "Okay, so I might have flirted with the realtor." You groaned and covered your face with your hands. "She was really cute. I couldn't help myself. Please don't be mad y/n. You're scary when you're mad."

You uncovered your eyes and she literally looked like she was going to start crying. How could you say no to a face like that? When you smiled at her, you instantly saw her body relax. "You may have completely fucked us, but I trust you to not get us kicked out."

There was a ring from your new doorbell and you both jumped. That's going to be something you need to get used to. The two of you raced to the front door like little kids but she was faster and opened the door. It was your realtor, Quinn, and in all honesty, she was really hot but her personality was a complete spitting image of Jenn. Right down the annoying squealing when she was excited.

She gave the two of you a quick tour of the house that you both were just looking through and throughout the whole tour, her and Jenn were constantly flirting or making really gross sexual innuendo's at each other. You were so close to just walking out the door and going somewhere that wasn't near them. After the tour was over and the realtor left, you both grabbed boxes and started to unpack.

The two of you spent most of the morning moving furniture into the kitchen, dining room, and living room and unpacking boxes that for those areas. When it came to your rooms, the both of you just carried the boxes that had you names on it to your rooms and called it a day. The two of you were too exhausted to do anything else but lay in your beds and sleep.

The next morning, you decided to finish unpacking you items in the left over boxes in your room. Posters, clothes, figurines, and some other personal things were put away in their rightful places. Then you laid back down to get a few more hours of sleep. But, as soon as your head hit the pillow, Jenn's high pitched voice called out from down the hall.

"Y/N! Get dressed, We're going out for breakfast!"

You groaned and sadly got out of your comfortable bed again. After taking a quick shower, you got dressed, grabbed your purse, and hurried downstairs to meet with Jenn. After driving around for a bit, the two of you found a Starbucks. You ordered your usual drink and Jenn ordered tea and a muffin. It was packed but you still managed to somehow snag a seat.

"Okay," Jenn said after taking a sip from her green tea. "I already applied for a few journalism companies here in LA but we still have to find at least one place that will hire you."

You nodded and brought out your tablet from your computer bag. "Luckily, we're living in an area where people are always looking for 'the next big thing.'" After searching for a bit on Google, your eyes immediately lit up when you saw an opening for the famous gaming company Game Grumps. "Jenn, look at this."

She took a sip from her her tea and looked at the tablet. "Cool," she said enthusiastically. "An opening for a job that plays video games. What's so important about it?"

"Jenn!" You gestured to the screen again blatantly showing off the name. "It's isn't just some company that plays video games. They have an amazing fan base and they entertain people because they love to do it."

She still had that unamused look on her face so you gave up and groaned in frustration.

You still applied for the job.

After finishing your food, the two of you decided to go shopping. After driving around for a bit, you finally found the mall. Your eyes wandered the various stores. Of course your eyes were caught by GameStop. You looked at the games while Jenn had her back on the wall near you looking at her phone.

"Resident Evil or Silent Hill?" You pondered looking at the two game cases. Jenn's phone suddenly rang and she excused herself to answer it. So you were left in the store by yourself to look around. You bit into your bottom lip and looked between the two games you were holding in your hands again. You liked both of the franchises but you only had the money to buy one of them.

"Pick Silent Hill." 

You yelped in surprise and nearly dropped the game boxes you were holding when someone whispered in your ear. You turned around and saw Mark laughing his ass off. You playfully hit his arm. "You almost gave me a heart attack."

"Sorry," he said wiping a stray tear from his eye. "I saw a perfect opportunity and I took it."

You smiled at him and put the games back. "What are you doing here? I thought you downloaded all of your games off of steam. I didn't really expect you show up in a GameStop of all places."

"Well," he rubbed the back of his neck and laughed nervously. "I saw you from the window of the store and wanted to see if it was actually you."

You giggled at his confession. "So, I have a stalker now?" He blushed at you accusation. "I'm just teasing you. I'm glad you remembered me though."

"How could I not? We spent almost two hours talking to each other. And it's kind of hard to forget a face like yours."

"Maybe you don't have to," You grabbed your notebook out of your purse and ripped out a blank page. After writing your number on it, you held the paper out to him. "You can call me whenever want to hang out with me."

He hesitated for a moment but took the paper. He was about to say something else but Jenn came over to you and grabbed your arm with a huge smile on her face. "Y/n, we have to go. I have to go home and get ready for a date." You didn't even have a chance to say goodbye to Mark before you were dragged out by your strong-armed friend. You looked back to give him a small wave and an apologetic smile before he was lost from your line of vision.

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