Welcome To L.A

Chapter 19

2 months later

"I can't believe you live here now" Ellie half shouted at me as we were making our way out of the third bar.

She arrived in L.A about 3 days ago, and since tomorrow is my first day off of 'work', I finally gave in to her whines about going out.

We took an Uber into Hollywood and chose different bars to go in to at random. Thank god I was 21, otherwise this trip would have been way more boring.

I laughed and rolled my eyes. "You've told me, 17 times now."

Ellie smacked my arm and stepped out onto the busy street. She looked down at her phone and looked up and down the road.
"Fucking Uber's." She moaned as she tapped her phone screen, as if that was going to make it work.

Since my chat with David, I went home and tried making it work, but I just couldn't help but miss the hustle and bustle of L.A life.

I was getting more work than usual at home, but it just wasn't like being here. I felt free here, not like I did at home. It sort of snapped me back into the negative side of my life, even David noticed I was different.

After getting my visa, I packed all my things and moved halfway across the earth. Obviously, it wasn't that easy, but I'm not going to bore you with the ins and outs of it all. The only thing that mattered now was that I paid my bills and kept on enjoying myself.

A black car pulled up and flashed its lights at the both of us.

"Fina-fucking-ly. Come on." Ellie grabbed my hand and pulled my over to the Uber, and we both climbed in to the back seat.

The car smelt like fresh leather, and a middle aged man turned around to greet us.

•••

We pulled up to Zane, Scotty, Todd and Jason's house. I smiled drunkenly at Ellie before getting out of the car, and we both walked (stumbled) to the front door.

Before we had time to knock, David swung the door open with a smile on his face.

"Ellie!" He greeted, pulling her into a close hug. I mean it's not like we're seeing each other or anything, but okay.

Ellie, being drunk, hugged him back tightly and started giggling. "Hey Dave."

David stepped back from the hug and winked at me. "Look at you."

I turned my head to hide by blush, but David pulled me in for a kiss.

Ellie fake gagged and pushed us both out the way so she could get further into the house, probably to go and get more alcohol.

"You look beautiful" David smiled.

"You don't look too bad yourself." I smirked, pinching his cheek.

I stepped into the house, closing the door behind me.

David and I walked into the living room, and I was greeted by the whole 'vlog squad'.

Ellie was sitting next to Zane and Toddy on the sofa, preparing shots for us all.

I laughed at her and then said my hello's to everyone, before taking a seat on the empty two-seater couch with David following.

I placed my legs over his and scooter down into the sofa in order to get more comfortable.

"So, how's the week off so far?" Zane asked as he passed me a drink.

I looked down into the red cup to inspect the brown liquid. I could smell the rum coming out of the cup already.

I took a week off of work in order to spend time with Ellie whilst she was over for a couple of weeks. She was staying with me at my apartment, so when I wasn't working she was doing her own thing. It's been good because it's given her a better opportunity to get to know my friends here, and she's been bonding well with everyone, especially David.

"Good," I replied, smiling back at Zane. "I'm missing work but it's nice to let my hair down."

Todd rolled his eyes and took a sip of his drink. "You're a workaholic" he half joked.

"Not all of us can make videos for a living" I frowned.

David placed his hand on his heart and fake gasped, causing me to giggle.

"Not you David, you're actually good at what you do" Ellie chimed in, causing everyone to laugh and Todd to slouch back into the sofa.

I took a sip of my drink and coughed as the liquid burned my throat. David reached to take it out of my hand and I defensively pulled it away.

"Get your own!" I moaned.

He stuck his tongue out at me and then kissed my cheek. I smiled and propped my head on his shoulder, taking another sip of the drink, trying to play down the strength.

"SHOTS BITCHES!" Shouted Zayn, as he started to hand out shot glasses to everyone.

"Here we go" David whispered, leaning forward to grab two.