KAITLIN
"maddddssss.", i say for the fifth time. by this point i'm hanging off the edge of the couch, trying to get her attention.
she was in the chair across from me in my living room, and ever since she'd gotten here she'd been scrolling on her phone.
"MADISON.", i say as i rise to my feet.
after she still doesn't pay attention, i walk over to her and snatch her phone from her hands. i turn it around to see that she was on instagram.
"who...is this?", i ask her after i realize she's on the page of a guy.
"uhh, so while i was at the store, i kinda ran into this guy. and...", she sighs.
"iknowwepromisednottotalkaboutguystonight BUUUUT, he'sreeeealllycuteand--", she says all at once.
i blink a few times.
"madison, do you know english?"
"ughhhh. okay, so when i was getting my olives, there was this reeeeeally cute guy on the aisle. ethan. so i typed in ethan on instagram, and he's like in the first few to show up. and he's sO CUTE, KAIT I-"
"true, he is..", i say as i look through his profile.
"who's this though?", i raise an eyebrow as i click on one of the pictures. him and a girl.
"lemme see?", madison takes her phone back.
"ohhh, that's just his friend emma. yeah, they're one hundred percent just friends. so far it really doesn't look like he has a girlfriend. he does, however, have a twin brother an-"
i grab the phone back immediately and jump up onto the chair's armrest.
"oooooooh!, he's so cute oh my gosh. MADS HOW DID YOU FIND THESE PEOPLE?", my eyes go wide as i click on a tag in one of ethan's photos, graysondolan.
"oh, wait. who are they?", i ask her.
she tilts her phone towards her so she could see the picture.
"uhhh, that's grayson's girlfriend, jessica, and thaaat...is ashlynn. his best friend."
"you've done some serious stalking, haven't you?", i laugh.
"no, not stalking. just deep investigation.", she shrugs seriously, and then laughs back.
i hand her back her phone and she follows them all. ethan, grayson, emma, jessica, and ashlynn.
GRAYSON
"ETTHHHAAAN!", i yell from upstairs.
no answer.
"EEEEEETHANNNN!", i yell again.
still nothing.
"wow."
i get up and walk downstairs into the kitchen.
"um, hello?", i say from the doorway.
"oh, hey gray.", he looks up from his phone for like two seconds, and then immediately looks down again.
"what's her name?", i roll my eyes.
he looks up.
"i don't act like that about you and jessi, do i?"
"well, jess and i are actually dating, first of all. and second of all, stop being jealous. cause i know you are.", i wink.
"i am not, grayson.", he huffs and leans against the sink.
"our fans stan jayson more than they stan you. and you know it's true."
"shut up.", now he rolls his eyes, and i laugh under my breath. "but, i met this girl earlier at the store...madison. she just followed me on instagram, she followed you too."
"ohhhh, i saw that notif, i didn't pay attention to it though. she followed jess, em, and ash too."
"yeah, i know. wait...you don't think she thinks em and i are like, dating, or anything...right?"
i laugh.
"bro, you just met her today, it's too early to be whipped. besides, she's probably not desperate enough to talk to you again anyway.", he sticks his tongue out at me.
"funny how she followed me first."
"whatever, i don't care anyway? jayson's real, and that's all that matters. now, shut up, and get some olives on my pizza."
"why am i supposed to be making your pizza?", ethan asks.
"i mean, you're always saying how amazing of a chef you are, so you can do it."
"ummm, you're the only one that's gonna be eating it, so why do i care if it tastes like burnt ravioli or not?"
"ash is coming over in a few, i'm gonna go facetime her right now actually. and she actually understands culinary art, and the art that is olives on pizza."
"okay, but pineapple is the bes-", he starts, but i interrupt because i don't feel like having another pizza debate. it gets exhausting always being right and having to explain why you are right.
"just shut up and cook."
