Equals ft. Logan Paul

Thirteen

"Hey my name is Brooke Ray." I shake the hand of the first girl. I can tell she's nervous, even if  she tries to cover this fact up with a smile.

"I'm Samantha."

The first thing I notice when she sits down is that she's really shy in front of the cameras, not wanting to look directly at them.

I look at Josh and Lydia as a 'this is not going to work.' Lydia nods.

After a few questions we send her home already.

"I really hope we find someone, she really wasn't fit to be on camera." I sigh.

Then Lydia brings the second candidate in, the only boy in the bunch.

"Hello I'm Sam, nice to meet you." He walks in with confidence and a firm handshake, which is always good. He has hazel brown eyes and wavy hair, he's wearing Livi jeans paired with a basic white shirt. 

I gesture for him to sit down on one of the two chairs, in front of us. He looks around at the camera's, but not avoiding them. That's a good sign.

"Are you ok with being in the vlog?" I ask him. If he says no it's an immediate rejection, that's not mean It's reality. A part of the job is of course being comfortable in front of the camera and appearing in the vlog from time to time. He nods as a confirmation. Ok let's get started.

We start with some serious questions. "What did you major in college?" "Why are you applying for this job?" stuff like that. Of course this is not entertaining content for my vlog so we go on to some more 'entertaining' questions.

"Do you see yourself more as an apple or as a mango?, and please explain your choice." Lydia has a hard time keeping a straight face at this part of the interview.

"I have to say an apple, because I'm sweet and very good for your everyday life." He smiles. hmm smart.

Other questions are, "Can you please imitate a tea kettle?" "Who do you find the hottest disney character?" "Justin Bieber or One direction?" "If you would buy me underwear what underwear would you buy me?" "Are you a spy for zoella?"

Sam is a good sport, he's spontaneous and seems to have his adult shit figured out. That's what I need. Someone to be an adult for me. Hehe.

The other candidates aren't nearly as qualified and nice as Sam.

One girl is way too pretty to be my assistant, I mean if I'm gonna be living in a house with three twenty-something year old dudes I don't want them drooling over my assistant, ok?! Also I want to be the prettiest girl in the house. Don't blame me, you would've done the same thing.

The other two were either too dumb, too young or too much of an annoying vegan.

Lydia calls Sam back in after all the interviews.

"You have the job, Sam. You can start tomorrow, if you're available? Because I'm moving and that's a shit load of work. For now congratulations." I smile and give him a hug.

"Thank you, Booke! I won't let you down." He says with a smile.

I grab my main camera and pass it to Josh so he can film us. "Everyone this is Sam, and he's going to be my new assistant. You'll be seeing a lot more of him in the future."

Sam waves hello to the camera.

I thank Sam and ask him to meet me at my apartment tomorrow at eleven. Before Lydia and Josh talk him over all the tasks that are included with the job. For example keeping my calendar, booking appointments, dealing with brand deal offers and packages. Basically make my life a whole lot less stressful. And I'm really thankful for that.

All the other candidates are send home, one girl is crying her eyes out. Apparently she was a fan, oops...

It's crazy to think that there are people working for me, actual people. I'm just a girl who wandered around the earth posting pictures on the internet. And now I'm making a living off of it and creating this entire 'movement'. And not to forget, soon to drop merch shop.

I wanted something original for my merchandise, not just my name printed on an overpriced t-shirt. I want something that's not just merch, but fashion too.

When everyone is gone we tidy up a little bit, I go on to take all the footage and send it to the editor. His name is William he's really good at what he does. We Skype a few times a week to talk about the editing-work. Other times he comes over to my house to work. He's a nice guy, we're not really close though. Josh however knows him really well, they're cousins. I think that's why he urged me to hire William but it's fine he's really good at his job.

"Brooke?!" Josh wakes me from my thoughts.

"What is it?!" I ask surprised.

"I asked, if there's anything else you need?" He chuckles.

I shake my head, "No I'm good, overall it was a great day guys! Thank you for being here Josh and thank you for setting all of this up Lydia." I give her a hug.

Josh decides he's done here and that he needs to get to business. More work, always more work. I walk him to the door, it feels weird walking to the door of this gigantic house that is now my home. "Oh I called Jeff this morning who talked everything over with Logan in Dubai, about the contract and everything."

"Yeah?"

"The second master bedroom is currently the bedroom of Evan, his best friend. The contract says you're entitled to it so-" He says while typing an email when I interrupt him.

"I don't want to take his room, imagine how it'll look towards the fans." Evan is my friend and... also I don't want to live with three dudes anyway, damn it!

"No don't worry about it, Logan will talk to Evan about it and I'm sure everything will go smoothly. I will hear back from Jeff towards the end of the day and then you'll be ready to move in by tomorrow. Don't think I will let my little superstar sleep in a guest room." He laughs at his own joke.

I smile watery. "Ok well, I'll hear from you later then!" I kiss him twice on his cheeks before he leaves.

"Lydia?! Lydia are you there?" I yell around the house. When I realize she isn't here anymore. Apparently she is off running some errands, and then I know I'm all alone in the big mansion of Logan Alexander Paul! We can have some fun with this...