L.A. Baby- Grayson Dolan

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We arrive at the beach almost an hour and a half later. Traffic was really bad today. We also have no idea where we're going. Maddy and I decided on taking a mental health trip to Australia. Our photographer/best friend, Kendall said she would meet us here but it seems unlikely now.

Maddy and I grab our bags and quickly change into our swimsuits. We find a decently quiet spot, but that doesn't last for long. Groups of people begin to gather around us, asking for pictures. We don't mind so we cooperate.

Maddy and I started our YouTube channel about two and a half years ago. We moved to L.A. after about a year of having it. Our channel got really popular, really fast. We've done collab videos will all sorts of other youtubers like Liza Koshy, James Charles, Jess and Gabe Conte. We make videos at least twice if not three times a week on Mondays, Wednesday's and Saturdays. We love our vlog. It's our passion.

About half an hour passes before we finish taking pictures with everyone but at least we finally have time to relax.

"Hey look over there." Maddy says pointing down the beach to another crowd of people.

"I wonder who else is here" I say putting my sunglasses on.

"I bet it's Kylie Jenner." Maddy says.

"Maybe." I say sitting back.

"We should go farther down the beach to that rocky place over there. I'm in an adventurous mood. We should cliff dive." Maddy says.

"Well that was awfully random. Plus that's really far." I complain.

"Come on, Kat it'll be fun. Send it dude." She says

"Whatever." I groan and stand up following her down the beach.

We walk for a while and we hike up a pretty steep hill. I'm not the hiking type in fact, I hate most outdoor activities. When we finally make it to the top, I look over the cliff and down to the water, a good 50 feet below us.

"Uh are you sure you wanna jump off this?"

"Heck yeah. I said send it." Maddy says putting her stuff down.

"As long as you go first, I guess." I say, standing back

"You're a whimp." She laughs

Maddy begins to walk away from the edge to give herself good running distance. I stand off to the side with my arms crossed. She looks and me with a smirk and begins to take off but before she even got halfway, we hear a voice from behind us. Maddy trips and I gasp as I whip my head around to find where it came from.

"Sorry didn't mean to scare you guys."
A boy, about six feet tall from what I observe, with dark brown hair and hazel eyes stands on a rock about 10 feet away from us.

"Dude I told you to make your presence known."
Another boy, who looks exactly the same as the other one, hops onto the rock next to the first guy.

"Twins." I head Maddy mumble next to me.

"Uh, I'm Ethan this is Grayson. Aren't you guys Kat and Maddy..." The first boy says.

"Woah we love your videos. You guys are pretty freaking awesome." The one named Grayson says.

"Yeah that's us. You two are the Dolan Twins, right? We love your videos." Maddy says.

That's where I know them from. They had familiar faces, but their faces are the same so I guess that threw me off a bit.

"Yeah I'm Kat. Wow, you two are nice." I say smiling at them.

"Uh nice?" Ethan says.

"Nice people. Nice to meet you." Maddy says.

I look at her silently thanking her for that brilliant save. She gives me the "you're welcome idiot" look and she begins talking to Ethan and Grayson again.

"So do y'all live around here?" She asks.

"Kinda, it's about a 30-45 minute drive. How about you?" Ethan asks.

Maddy and Ethan carry on a conversation and I look at Grayson. He's smiling and pretending to be invested in the conversation but I can tell he's the shy one. It's cute though. That's when I notice their other features. Like the toned abs and the v-lines. Wow are they attractive. My eyes carry me further down until Maddy snaps me out of my trance.

"Right Kat?" She asks.

"Uh...I uh yeah? Yeah." I say even though I'm not sure what the question was.

"We go cliff diving here all the time. We love it." Grayson says.

"It's our first time." Maddy says.

Maddy used to be so shy and I'd always do the talking. About a year ago, she gained a lot of confidence and now she talks to just about everyone she meets. Not that's its a bad thing I just feel overshadowed sometimes.

Maddy grabs Grayson's hand and turns toward the cliff.

"Take a deep breath, baby" she says winking at him

Maddy begins to run at the cliff as Grayson attempts to keep up with her. She throws herself over the edge and sure enough, Grayson goes with her. She squeals the whole way down. I look at Ethan as he begins to laugh. He extends his hand towards me and raises his eyebrows with a smirk on his face.

"Shall we?" He says.

"I guess we shall" I say taking his hand.

We run towards the cliff and we launch ourselves into the air and over the edge. I let a small shriek escape my lips as we fall.

We continued to climb up and jump off until the sun went down. I've never had so much fun in my life.