Why Don't We Just...

Oakley

// May 12, 2017 \\

After arriving at the WDW house, I never thought that meeting Corbyn again would go this well. Three days ago, the night he first saw me, he apologized for overthinking and ignoring my feelings. I asked him about Lauren and he didn't want to talk about it but I insisted. He said that she's a lovely girl and he mentioned how he met her and everything.

"That's very sweet.", I said.

"Yeah." He looked down and looked up at me. "Hey uh, you cold?" He took off his suit jacket and draped it on my shoulders.

"Thanks. Corbyn, I don't want things to be awkward between us. If she makes you happy, then that's all I want; your happiness. I'm your best friend- at least I still hope I am." He smiled and nodded.

"Of course. I missed you, Oaks." We hugged and talked the rest of that night. He walked me back to the room I'd be staying in and we said goodnight. I couldn't sleep. All night, he was on my mind. No matter what I did- drinking warm milk, counting, playing rain noises, I couldn't shut off my thoughts on him. I wondered what would've happened if he never met her. I really hate this Lauren chick but there's nothing I can do. Boyfriend or not, I will always love Corbyn; despite anything that happened between us.

I woke up and took a warm bath, dried my hair and put on some mascara. Walking into the kitchen, I saw Nicole sitting beside Jack. They were eating oatmeal and writing.

"Hey guys. What are y'all up to?"

"Oh hey, Oak. And nothing much we're just working on chords."

"Yeah." Jack interrupted. "Tony called and he wanted us to write another song for a new album. "Something Different" will come out in a couple weeks or so and then we wanted to debut another one."

"Oh cool!" I said. "Has Corbyn woke up yet or-?"

"No not yet. Haven't seen him walking around.", Nicole said.

"Okay. Well good morning. I'll let you guys get back to your songs." They smiled and I ate eggs and toast before taking out my laptop and going to school. Unlike Nicole, I'm not sure what I want to do with my life yet. She dropped out and now she gets paid to take pictures. She wanted to be an artist but as soon as she picked up a camera, she skyrocketed. Her photography page has 400,000+ followers and her pictures on Instagram get over 12,000 likes. I was able to be there beside her and witness her success and it makes me happy that we've gotten the chance to become besties.

After my classes of the day we're completed, I decided to check on Corbyn. I went upstairs to his room and slowly opened the door- still asleep. Gosh, dude. It's 11:15... anyways, I saw Zach walk by and he asked if I wanted to go with him and Daniel to the store. They wanted to buy some snacks and then see what new techie things they wanted. I agreed and I ran downstairs to my room and dressed myself in light colored jeans and a pink floral blouse with white heels. Pink lip gloss and white eyeshadow accentuated my outfit and I curled my hair and brushed it, letting the waves fall down my back.

"Not bad.", I said to myself. I walked out and Daniel saw me. His eyes widened for a second and he shook his head and walked up to me.

"Wow, you look nice. Uh, ready to go?" He smiled and I caught myself smiling back. He wore a dark green shirt under a grey jacket, faded jeans and grey Yeezys.

"Thank you. You look nice as well, Danny. And yes, I'm ready. Where's Zach?"

"He's in the car already. I'll walk you out." He held out his arm and I laughed and grabbed it and we walked out. Corbyn came down the stairs and looked at us.

"Hey what's up?"

"We're going shopping.", Daniel said. Corbyn looked at me and at him. I rolled my eyes and smiled.

"Yeah, with Zach, too." Corbyn nodded and said okay. Daniel and I stepped into the car and drove to downtown Los Angeles. As we were shopping, Zach and Danny took some pictures for Instagram and while posing in front of lettuce, Zach asked me to take a picture with him.

"Ah I don't know, haha."

"Aw come on. Pleeeease?"

"Okayyy fine." We hugged and Zach picked up a nearby cabbage down the aisle and kissed it. I laughed and then I saw a flash.

"Daniel, you better not-."

"But you look so cute in it."

"Lemme see." I grabbed the phone and looked at the picture. I was slightly doubled over and my teeth looked very white, movie star white. My hair fell in front of my shoulders and I looked like I could've been in a clothing catalog somewhere.

"Ooh." Daniel and Zach nodded in agreement. I looked up and smiled.

"Post it."

We finished shopping after two hours; buying Cheetos and other junk foods, three pairs of Beats and myself a new laptop from Best Buy, to Gucci where we bought matching bracelets. We posed and Zach held out his hand in a girly way and I laughed. I had left my phone in the car, but when I grabbed it, it started buzzing, nonstop.

"Uh, Daniel.. what's happening?"

"Fans are what's happening."

"What do you mean?"

"Remember all the pictures we took? I tagged you in them. It must be fans from our pages following you and commenting."

"What?!" I opened Instagram and he was right- 700 new followers and over 2,000 comments flooded my account. I was able to read some of them. Many of them shipped 'Zoakley' or 'Danley', others commented on how pretty I was and others wanted to know if I had any other social media.

"Jesus.." Daniel and Zach laughed.

"Welcome to mini-fame.", Zach said.