Coast to Coast: a House Fan Fic

Chapter Eight

            The three of us look at the list on my phone, and we split up the items by section. Kian, who thinks he's sneaky, says, "Everleigh and I will cover the meat and dairy sections, Corey and Gracelynn, why don't you two cover produce, and Bobby and Harper, you two can be in charge of the bread and snacks. That way we can get done that much faster." The other guys agree, and with that, we break off into pairs.

At the deli, Kian slings his arm around Everleigh. He looks down at her and smiles. "What," she asks.

"Nothing," he says, "I'm just thinking about how glad I am that you guys chose the apartment right across from mine, and that Grace is such a klutz. What would you say if I said I would love to take you out sometime?"

"I would say that I can't believe you want to go out with me, and you have no idea what you're getting into, but I would love to," Ev says with a smile.

Kian smiles, relief clearly taking over his body. He takes a couple running steps and jumps on the back of the cart, rolling down the rest of the aisle, shouting, "Whooooooooooo," leaving Everleigh to catch up as she rolls her eyes and shakes her head.

Over in produce, I suddenly feel an arm around my shoulders. I tense up a bit, which causes Corey to pull his arm down.

"I'm sorry," I say, "I'm not used to the whole concept of receiving attention form guys. Just bear with me. It's not you, I promise!"

"Relax, it's okay. What do you say we start by you coming over and filming a video as friends," he asks.

"What type of video we talking about," I ask with a smirk.

"How would you feel about a Truth or Tea or a Finish the Lyric Video," he suggests.

"I feel like I would whoop your sorry ass at either one. Bring it on, baby." I say with an eyebrow wiggle.

"Oh, trash talk. Everleigh was right, you are pretty much the girl version of Kian. Oh, what am I doing," he says mostly sarcasticly.

I giggle a bit, "We always said that, but I never thought I would actually experience it."

As Harper and Bobby walk down the chip aisle, Bobby says more to himself than to anyone in the vicinity, "You guys met on Look. That's so cool. I'm sorry, I'm just still kind of amazed that I had that sort of an impact."

"You have a much bigger impact than you think," Harper says, "you mean a lot to a lot of people. Don't ever forget that."

"You're so kind," Bobby says, "This is why I love the Smiley Crew. You are all such genuine, kind hearted people."

"Well, we have a good example," Harper smiles.

"Hey, would you want to have a movie night at my place sometime? I have this awesome Love Sac sectional couch thingy that is perfect," Bobby asks.

"I would love that," Harper says, "You even sound like a brand deal when not on camera." She laughs and Bobby nods, joining her as they finish the shopping.

We all finish getting the things on the list and meet up at the checkout. Ev, Harper, and I talk about our separate conversations with the guys and swap stories while in line. Eventually, we gather our bags of groceries and load up Kian's car. We pile back in, and put our groceries away when we make it back to the apartment. We all agree that we don't feel like cooking, and decide that we'd rather go to Maggiano's for dinner with the guys.