G O L D E N | why don't we |

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"you're running, i'm chasing, i'm wilding and you're taming"- why don't we

Leylah was nervous. Though she had put on a smiling face for her friends who rode in the car with her, seeing the boys after all this time gave her butterflies in her stomach. 

Did Zach get cockier? Did Daniel lose the sunshine that just beams from him? Questions like those ran through her mind as they rode down the highway, music playing at a medium volume. Jonah had picked them up from the airport even though they had protested that they could get an Uber, he insisted, however, he did make them promise not to cry but Emilia had let out a few tears anyway.

"So what's there to do here in California anyway?" Jessie asked from the passenger seat, Jonah glanced away from the road to smirk at her.

"Well, much more than back home I can tell you that," Jonah responded coming to a stop at a red light.

"Okay, that tells us so much." Emilia says sarcastically and Jonah rolled his eyes, smiling to himself.Charlie leaned forward between the seats as she was sitting in the middle between Emilia and Leylah in the back seat, she looked at Jonah and Jessie and pouted.

"Seriously, we've been waiting to get here for so long, we want to explore. With you guys too of course." Jonah chuckled and began to drive again as the light turned green.

"Okay fine, the boys and I wanted us all to chill at the house and catch up with you guys but we could always just go to the mall and catch up there?" He suggested and Leylah nodded furiously.

"Yes mall please, you guys could even get us a home warming gift!" Leylah said and Jessie laughed, "The only gift they'd give us is some stupid prank that involves the removal of our eyebrows or something."

"Honestly where is the lie." Emilia remarked and Jonah rolled his eyes and said "You all always think the worst of us, I swear. Let's get you guys to your house to drop off your luggage, Andy's waiting and then we can talk going to the mall after, how about that?"

Andy Bershoff was the girl's' manager who they hadn't seen in a month due to him setting up their house for them. He had been running himself crazy as he prepared everything for their arrival and also preparing interviews and meetups so they could jump straight into work.

 Each of them looked at one another and smiled, it was really real and it was happening. No one complained to Jonah's suggestion and Jonah smiled turning the radio up. The song Paris by The Chainsmokers was playing and the girls all began to sing along, off key and all. Jonah began to sing with them, sounding better but still off-key.

These were his best friends, the girls that protected him from being picked on for his growth spurt in middle school, the girls who taught him how to talk to girls and who supported him through his musical journey when it got hard. Now they were following their own careers and looking around at them, he was happy to be rising to the top with them by his side.

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"Andy!" The girls cheered walking up to their new home,  Andy was standing on the doorstep with his arms open for them. They all ran to hug him and he gave them all kisses on the head.

"Welcome loves to Cali! I told you to believe in me and I would get you here and what did I do?"

"You got us here." they all said in unison and he chuckled.

"So let's get you stuff inside and what's this I hear about going to the mall? You guys in the Beverly Hills mall? You probably won't leave!"

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