L.A. For You

Chapter 2: I'll Figure It Out

Anna's POV: It is December 14th. I woke up early. I saw Grayson sitting at the kitchen table. I grab a cup from the cabinet and got water. I sat at the kitchen table.

"Ethan's never up early", Grayson said.

"Me neither, I was just tired yesterday and went to bed at 11, I usually stay up late though", I said.

"What's the latest you've stayed up", Grayson asked me.

"When me, Myah, and Anriel had a sleepover. We stayed up until 4am. It was my last day with them so I had to have a sleepover with them", I said sadly.

"You miss them", Grayson said. I just nodded. He's right. I do miss them alot. I miss the whole team. Good thing I'm traveling to Oregon in a few days to see them. I should tell Grayson and Ethan I'm leaving, but not yet.

*time skip, 11am*

The twins and I are out to have lunch somewhere. They chose a pizza place. Knowing them, I knew they would. They ordered a pineapple pizza and another type of pizza. I wasn't paying attention.

"Anna hello", Ethan said.

"Sorry what happened", I said confused.

"I was talking about does pineapple belong on pizza", Grayson said.

"Yeah", I said.

"What about anchovies", Ethan said.

"Ew no that's disgusting", I said.

"Ha Grayson loves anchovies", Ethan said.

"I just don't like them", I said.

"That's fair", Grayson said.

After lunch, we decided to go back to my house and chill. I put a movie on, but no one is paying attention to it. I was scrolling through social media, then Anriel texted me.

Anriel💖: you still coming to Oregon in a few days?

Me: yeah. I'm gonna leave a day early because it's a 13 hour drive.

Anriel💖: why drive and not fly?

Me: I don't have that type of money yet. I'm gonna figure out how to get money.

Anriel💖: ok. Just text me when you get to your hotel.

Me: I will. I'm not sure where I'm staying at yet. But I will text you. Oh and good luck today.

Anriel💖: thanks and ok. Byeee

They have a game today against Southern Miss. They're gonna win, I just know it. I'm just glad I have two friends I can trust in Los Angeles. Do I tell them about the Oregon trip? I can't, not yet. I really wanna go do something. The thing is I don't really know where anything is in Los Angeles. The twins probably know every single spot to go. I don't want to take advantage of them. I was about to speak, but I didn't say anything.

"Tell us about yourself", Grayson said.

"I graduated from Mississippi State early. I worked with the women's basketball team program. My major was psychology", I said.

"Why psychology", Ethan asked.

"I wanted to help people who have mental issues like depression, anxiety, and learning behaviors", I said.

"That's cool, any boyfriends? You don't have to answer if you don't want to", Grayson said.

"Its okay. No I don't. My last boyfriend cheated on me. He cheated on me with a cheerleader. I only know that because Anriel, my friend, caught him at a party kissing the cheerleader. After that him and I got into a big argument, and that was that", I said.

"Oh. I'm sorry", Ethan said.

"I'm sorry. Nobody should go through that", Grayson said.

"I'm okay though", I said like I was okay, but really I wasn't.

After we talked more, we decided we should go do something. We went to the Santa Monica Pier for hours. I really feel like the past couple of days, I've been bonding with the twins more. I just don't want to tell them I'm leaving. It's gonna be a really hard thing to do. I leave in 3 days. It's about 9pm. I'm letting the twins stay the night at my house. I tell them I'm using my dance studio and I just tell them to make themselves feel at home.

Grayson's POV: It's about 9pm, I didn't realize it was getting late, good thing I uploaded the video early this morning, I got Ethan pretty good. Haha wrapping all his stuff in wrapping paper. Anna tells us to make ourselves at home. She's using her dance studio. I wonder does she dance for real or does she just play around? I don't know. She's a cool person. I feel like Ethan and I have bonded with her over the past couple of days. She's so nice and fun. There's more to her life than what she told us so far. We will probably hear more of her life story when she trusts us and when she gets to know us better. You know I just can't assume. I just know there's more to her life. She will tell us when she's ready. She finally came out of the dance studio after 30 minutes. She went right to her room.

Anna's POV: After I came out of the dance studio, I went right to my room. I know, I should've told the twins what I was doing, but I was just going to shower and come back downstairs. That would've been awkward to tell them that. Anyway, I always put music on during my shower, so it's not as awkward. I put on my Fifth Harmony playlist, then hopped into the shower. After 20 minutes later, I got out. I finished getting dressed and went downstairs where the twins are. It's so awkward. We all got on our phones. I got a text from Grayson. I thought it was weird, because we are sitting right next to each other.

Grayson: hey. I know we're sitting right next to each other, but I didn't want to say it out loud.

Me: I'm confused.

Grayson: don't be. I wanna get to know you better. Wanna go to dinner tomorrow?

Me: As friends right?

Grayson: yeah

Me: ok. sure.

I started getting tired at 11:30pm. I went to my bedroom. I finally made my hotel reservations for Oregon. I'm leaving early on the 17th. The game is on the 18th. I will probably come back to LA on the 20th. That works. I texted Anriel what was going on with my Oregon trip, then I put my phone on the charger, and went to sleep.