Coast to Coast: a House Fan Fic

Chapter Twelve

 Shortly after Everleigh and Kian leave for the Lawley LA tour, I decide to take Kian's advice and choose to start Orange is the New Black. Harper tells me to put it on the TV in the living room. About an episode in, we hear a knock on the door. Since Harper is busy organizing the kitchen, I get up and open the door revealing Corey.

"Hey Corey! What's up," I ask stepping aside to let him in.

"Oh hey Gracelynn! Just the girl I was looking for. What were you guys' plans for the day," he asks, "What's up Harper?" He walks in and joins me on the couch.

"Well, my plan was to watch Netflix or YouTube all day and ignore all my responsibilities like a good adult," I say.

"Yeah, and I'm planning on getting cleaned up and organized so that we can settle in here," Harper says.

Corey clears his throat, "Well, I was thinking about our talk that we had, and I was wondering if you'd be down to film today?"

"Well, what did you have in mind," I ask with a raise of my eyebrow.

"We could go with either a Finish the Lyric or a Truth or Tea," he says, "I'll let you decide."

"I will beat your ass at either, but I suppose a Truth or Tea will help us get to know each other better. Besides we can always do a Finish the Lyric later," I say with a grin.

"Well would you wanna come back to my place and we can film for a bit," he asks me.

"I mean, I'm down. But Harper, are you gonna be okay here all by yourself? I would hate to leave you alone," I say with concern in my voice.

"I'll be fine," she reassures me, "Besides, I always organize better by myself anyway."

"Okay, well, I guess ill be just in the other wing at Corey's if you need me for anything," I say grabbing my bag, phone, and keys. Corey and I walk to his apartment and while he starts setting up the camera and lights, I come up with five questions.

When he's finally all set up, he sits down on the couch next to me. "You ready," he asks.

"Oh, I was born ready Baby," I say with a smirk.

"Okay then. Here we go," he says as he covers the lens with his hands. He pulls them away with a swooshing sound, "What's up guys, and welcome back to my channel! Today I'm joined by friend Gracelynn. She just moved in across the hall from Kian, and we've been welcoming her and her roommates to LA. Thanks for being here."

"Well, thanks for having me, and for helping set up our furniture," I say with a smile.

"It was totally not a problem Girl," he says scooting a bit closer to me on the couch, "So today, I thought I'd initiate Gracie into the world of YouTube by doing a classic Truth or Tea."

"Well, I'm a coffee addict, and really don't like tea at all, so I'm pretty sure I'll beat you," I say.

"It's not exactly a competition," he says with a chuckle, "but you do have to answer at least three questions. Since you're the guest on my channel, I'll let you go first."

"Oh, how chivalrous," I joke, "Okay, so remember how you said the oldest lady you ever slept with was thirty-three? Well how did you manage to land that one?"

"That's your first one," he asks.

"Yep, answer the question or drink up," I say with a giggle.

"Oh man . . . I think I'm gonna have to sip tea on that one," he says.

"See I told you I'd win," I say giving him a little shove.

"Woah, woah, woah. Slow down. It's my turn. We're starting off on the hard side. What's your body count in 2018," he asks with a smirk.

"Pshhh! That's starting off hard? My body count for my whole twenty-three years of existence, not just 2018, is zero," I see Corey's jaw drop, "Yes I know what your thinking, and that is, in fact, the truth, my friend. I'm never the prettiest one out of my friends, so I never get the attention from guys, which is not necessarily a bad thing because I avoid the creeps and sleaze balls. Plus I'm not exactly looking to get involved with someone and then have my heart broken."

"I think that's awesome. It's so rare to find girls in LA that know what they want, and are genuine and willing to protect themselves," he says with a smile as I look at my hands.

We continue to ask each other questions until we both reach five. As Corey finishes answering his last question, he says, "I can't believe you asked me some of those things!"

"See, I told you I'd win," I gloat just a bit.

"Again, not a competition, but I'm impressed. Anyway, thank you guys for watching! Be sure to give it a big thumbs up. You can follow Gracelynn on Instagram and Twitter, I'll leave those linked below. She doesn't have a channel yet, but if you think she should start filming leave a comment below. I think she'd be great."

"Oh, I doubt that, but thanks for the vote of confidence," I say.

"Comment below if you think she should do it! Okay, byeeeee," he shouts as he covers the camera, "That was great. You really should start your own channel, you're a natural in front of the camera."

"Are you kidding? I'm the most awkward human alive, especially when I'm on my own! Besides I have no idea how to work the equipment, let alone edit any of the footage. Harper wants to start a collab channel with us girls, but I would have no idea how to pull my weight," I protest.

"Well, we'll see what the comments say, but until they roll in, why don't you stick around and I can show you how to edit on our video," he says.

"I'd love to! I've always wondered about the behind the scenes. But can we get some food first? I'm starving," I say starting to raid his cabinets.

"Oh, you definitely won't find anything in there, but we can Postemates some Chick-Fil-A if you want," he offers.

"I would love that," I say. We curl up on his bed and watch an episode of Orange is the New Black while we wait for our food. When we finish eating, Corey gets his laptop and shows me how to edit, while I curl up on his couch next to him.

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