An aspiring photographer and a social media influencer share; a hotel, adventures, and intense feelings...
"what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!"
started: August 2nd, 2017.
completed: December 24th, 2017.
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Nick explains the beef as simply as he can to my tired mind. We're walking the strip and though it's only 2 P.M the tourist spot is dripping with excitement. I'm walking, nodding and sipping a smoothie that we bought at some random cafeteria on the way. He finishes with a sigh and turns to me causing me to stop walking. He asks my opinion and I drink my smoothie, deep in thought. I come to my conclusion and relay it: I don't know who to believe since I barely know Alissa and I barely know Jake. He nods respecting my opinion, and I am thankful for that. I offer him a sip and he takes it with a toothy smile as we continue to walk the strip. Being us, we take pictures by the landmarks and the important tourist sights because we've only seen these things at night.
He takes me for gelato and then we uber back. I don't know why his plan was to fatten me up today, but I love food and he paid so a girl cannot complain without seeming like a bitch! We go back to the hotel and I feel like collapsing from all the sugar, he notices and laughs at my sluggish demeanor. He asks me if I'd be a gentlewoman and walk him to his room, I give a laugh and ask if they're still mad at me. He says no and I give him a look. He insists wholeheartedly, so I shrug and take his arm. We skip through the lobby only stopping to laugh once at the elevator. He takes videos of me being weird in the elevator and I can already tell my sugar high is here and is going to end in a bad, bad crash in the next hour. We get into the room and I'm surprised by all of Team 10 standing by the door with a little bundt cake that says "Sorry!"
"Sneaky, Crompton. Sneaky, sneaky..." I wiggle a finger at him with a grimace. He shrugs and laughs, I join in on the laughter and face the group again.
"I apologize- WE apologize for blowing up and cornering you and Alena... We know you don't know our beef and barely know us, we were immature and we're sorry." Jake makes a sad face and motions the cake towards me, everyone nods in anticipation.
He says the exact same thing I told Nick and I laugh at how literal they kept it. If Nick sent them exactly what I said couldn't they branch out and say something along those lines instead of my exact quote? Beats me, I just know I get more sugar and that I love bundt cakes. I accept the apology and immediately cut myself a slice. Everyone enjoys their own slice and we all joke around with each other. Every single one of them has an expression that oozes anxiety, they obviously want to ask what Alissa, Banks and Rice said but don't want to anger or annoy me. I catch Jake looking at Anthony with a look of unease so I take the chance to bring it to my attention.
"What's with you and Toner?" I nudge his arm and raise an eyebrow.
"Huh?" he looks down at me, "Oh, uh.. we're in a prank war and he cut the rest of the cake... I might be dead soon." He narrows his eyes in Anthony's direction.
I laugh and think nothing of it, since they're always in prank wars for the sake of youtube videos. Ray comes over and of course we engage in our fake flirty behavior... or is it fake? He notices me in thought and whips his phone out to take a selfie, I give my award winning toothy grin and watch as he snaps the photo. He also encourages me to kiss his cheek for a second selfie and I oblige. Despite them not putting me on any kind of social media, but getting mad that someone else will, they never take more than one picture with me like y'know... how friends do. I do have pictures with Nick but not as many as me and Ray. Anthony strictly stays behind the camera, like the rest of them.
