That Summer | Aaron Carpenter

fifty three

It was almost midnight two days later. The guys and I were all still awake, waiting for my album to drop. I picked a picture of Aaron and I from the night he proposed. He was on his knee and had the ring out, showing to me. I smiled at the picture and typed in the caption.

"Three nights ago, my best friend asked me to marry him. I have never been happier in my life and I'm so excited to spend the rest of my life with him. He is the best thing that has happened to me. He inspires me every day and he has heavily impacted my life. My album drops in only a few minutes and I want you guys to know that Aaron has inspired me to write and produce these songs. XOXO, Hallie."

I looked over to Aaron.

"Are we posting it?" He asked.

"Yes." I smiled and nodded. We both pressed post at the same time and smiled. He kissed my forehead.

"You album drops in three minutes!" Johnson said.

"I'm really excited for you guys to hear it." I said and refreshed my instagram feed. I saw Aaron's post and I scrolled to the caption.

It read, "A few nights ago, I asked my best friend to marry me. She has made me the happiest person in the world. She's done so much for me and for everyone around her. I can't believe I get to spend the rest of my life with her and Coops. Tonight she releases her second album and I couldn't be more proud of how far she has come and how far she's going to go."

I smiled at my phone, and then saw there was one minute to midnight.

"One minute." Whitesides said.

It finally hit midnight and I squealed.

"Everyone buy it now." Taylor demanded.

I chuckled as I shook my head.

"Can we listen?" Shawn asked.

"Duh!" I said.

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The next day I skipped all my classes as all the guys left. My dad, Taylor and Aaron decided to stick around for a couple more days.

"So what is there to do?" Taylor asked.

"I don't know." I said, running my hand over Cooper's head. "I don't leave campus."

"You're kidding, right?" My dad said.

"No, I'm in class or doing homework." I said.

"That's sad." Taylor said.

I tilted my head, "I'm sorry I'm doing things with my life."

"You've only made like two YouTube videos since you got here, why don't we make one?" Aaron suggested.

"What do you want to do?"

"We should remake vines!" Taylor said.

"Each other's vines or popular ones?" I asked.

"Each others would be fun." Aaron said.

"Oh hell yeah." My dad said.

I smiled and grabbed my camera. I set it up with the tri pod in front of my bed. I turned it on and sat on my bed with Taylor behind me and Aaron to my right.

"Hey guys!" I said. "Welcome back to my channel. I'm here with my brother and Aaron. Today we're going to be recreating each other's vines."

"How many are we doing?" Taylor asked.

"Well we could do three per person." I said. "So I recreated three of your vines and three of Aaron's."

"That's going to be a long video." My dad said.

"That's the point." I said.

"Okay." Aaron said.

"We're going to choose the vines and then we'll get started." I said and covered the lense, turning it off.

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"Okay, Hallie can go first, recreating Taylor's." Aaron said.

"Okay, turn off all the nights and hand me the camera."

Taylor shut off all the lights as Aaron handed me the camera.

"That moment when you don't want the lamp on so you turn it off." I said and flipped the camera, turning my lamp off.

I started laughing.

"I was so stupid." Taylor said.

"I've got two more." I said. "They're great."

"What's the next one?" Aaron asked.

"We actually need to go to the store for the next two."

"Oh god, I think I know what we're doing." Taylor said.

"Why don't we film the rest we can do here and then go?" Aaron asked.

"Okay."

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After we remade the rest of the vines, I sat on my bed and edited it on my laptop.

"The one where you sang You Belong with me is my favorite." I smiled, looking to Aaron.

"I love the one where you jumped in the bin."

"I love the remake of me in the yoga studio thing." Taylor laughed.

"I loved all of them." My dad said.

"I'm tired." I said.

"I'll take over." Aaron said. "Also, guess what?"

"What?" I asked.

"I have a song coming out." He said as he took the laptop from me.

"Wait, what?" I asked.

"I recorded it last month and it's ready to be released."

"Wait, you're singing too?" Taylor asked.

"Yeah." He smiled. "And I'm guessing you can guess who it's about."

"It's about me?" I asked, turning my body towards him.

"No, it's about Taylor."

"Oh hell yeah baby." Taylor said.

"I hate you guys." I said.

"That's okay with me." Aaron shrugged.

I laughed as I shoved him.

"I'm kidding." He laughed.

"You better be or you can take the ring back." I smiled.

"I'm heading back to the hotel." My dad said.

"I'll come with." Taylor said.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow." I said.

"We're going to the beach." Taylor said and pointed at me. "Do you have classes tomorrow?"

"No, I'm free."

"Good."

They walked out of the room and I took out my phone. I went on to snapchat as I put my head on Aaron's shoulder. He kissed the top of my head as I took a picture. I posted it on my story and went to instagram. I scrolled through and liked some edits and photos.

I stopped on one of Aaron and I. It was pictures and videos of the two of us. The song in the background was my song Camera Roll.

"What are you watching?" Aaron asked. I showed him my phone and he watched it. "That's really cute."

"It's because I'm in it." I said.

"Yeah, it is." He said and kissed me.