Bae || n.g.

Chapter 2

"I'm upstairs!" He yelled after a few minutes.

I sprinted up the stairs and into his room.

"What's wrong? Who died?" I said as I sat on the edge of the bed.

"Nobody died...I can't tell you," he said quietly.

"Okay, what happened? Seriously," I said.

"Just come downstairs," he grabbed my hand and pulled me down the stairs then to the basement. We had a movie theatre and a few guest rooms and a kitchen, but nothing really important. What could have happened?

"Ok so-" I started but was cut off.

"SURPRISE!!!" I heard about 20 voices yell.

"What!?' I yelled back.

"Happy 2 million, Ireland!" Hana came up behind us and hugged me.

"You guys did this just because I got 2 million followers?" I asked.

"Uhm, yeah, we weren't just gonna brush it off," All of my friends came and Miranda grabbed me to get in a group hug.

I saw all of my friends, Hana, Cyprus, the twins and my parents.

"You guys are home!" I said as I ran to them to hug them both.

"We told you we would be home today. We just caught an earlier flight!" my mom exclaimed.

"It's so exciting, baby cakes," my dad said.

The small party went on until everyone left around 9. I was cleaning up the trash and putting away the food when a pair of hands covered my eyes.

"Koko, I love you, but I can't see at all," I said.

"Awww, you love me? That's a first, you brat," he pulled away his hands from my eyes.

Koko and I had this weird love hate relationship like about 99.9% of siblings do. Ours was a little more special. He started helping me clean up and then we went to bed. I showered and did my usual night routine-prepping my face for the next day and scrolling through Tumblr and Instagram as if my life depended on it- then fell asleep at the same time I always do. One o'clock in the morning.

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BEEP BEEP BEEP

BEEP BEEP BEEP

BEEP BE-

SLAM! I washed my face, used the bathroom and picked out my outfit. A pair of light-washed, high-waisted pants with a plain, tight, white crop top, a black and red flannel and then my red Converse. 

My mom was making French toast while I made my chai. I'm don't eat eggs so I skipped that and ate some strawberries and milk instead. I met the twins in my car and it took us 5 minutes tops to get to the school.

"Ireland, why didn't you tell me?" Miranda came up behind me.

"It's nice to see you too, Miranda. Tell you what?" I asked.

"That you're dating Reef?" she asked as if to jog my memory. I don't remember telling anyone that. Or dating a guy named Reef.

"I'm not," I said. 

"Then why does your Twitter say that you're dating Reef Ridgerator?And that it's what's on the inside that counts?" She said. I started laughing. Like, tears laughing. Nothing was coming out of my mouth, just this light wheezing sound.

"Really, Andy? Reef Ridgerator isn't an actual guy, he's my refrigerator!" I pulled out books between laughs. She looked confused and glanced down at her phone, then started laughing herself. The bell rang and we went through our whole day.