I'll Help You | Colby Brock

Chapter 4

We started driving but I couldn't stop think about if he was playing me or not. But I really hope he isn't. I need to stop thinking like this.
"So Alisha. Tell me something about yourself" Colby said.
"Um like what?" I asked.
"Anything. What do you like to do?" He asked.
"Well I like playing playing music. Not singing but just playing all sorts of different instruments" I said kinda embarrassed.
"That's actually really cool! What are you best at playing?" He asked genuinely interested.
"Well probably the Piano" I said.
"That's really cool. I used to play clarinet" he said smiling.
"Really?!?" I asked smiling.
"Yep. In high school. I was in band" he said laughing.
"That's pretty cool! But what about you? What do you like to do?" I asked still smiling.
"Well I like exploring. And so does Sam. We made a YouTube channel out of it! It's great!" He said smiling. I could tell he was happy.
"Really? You do YouTube? And you explore?!? Gosh I'd be to scared! You know of getting hurt, getting arrested! So much stuff could go wrong! Especially if it's haunted! Gosh How are you not scared!?" I said rambling a bit.
"Well," he laughed "first of all, yes I do YouTube, over 3 million subscribers! And second of all, we are kinda careful, and we haven't got badly injured yet. I mean we have gotten arrested yes but-"
"YOU GOT ARRESTED?!?" I cut him off.
"Well Yeah. Fun fact about that, I was wearing a Justin Bieber shirt that day! Bad decisions were made!" He laughed.
"Colby I cant beli- what a second. You were wearing a Justin Bieber shirt?!" I snorted.
"Yeah. I didn't plan on getting arrested" he said laughing.
"This is why you don't do dangerous stuff Colby! Especially if your wearing a Justin Bieber shirt!" I said hitting him playfully.
"Aww I'm sorry" he smiled.
"And did I here you correctly when you said you had over 3 million subscribers?!" I asked.
"Yep!" He said proudly.
"Gosh that's so cool. How do you do it? I would die if that many people watched me. I wouldn't be able to handle it! I wish I could. Gosh I'm tired of being like this!" I blurted out.
"You get used to it after a while! Plus it's great 'cause they're mostly people who support us! And you know what Tayla?" He said.
"What?" I questioned.
"I'm going to help you" I said smiling.
"Help me what?" I asked confused.
"Get over your fear of well, people" he said.
"R-r-really?" I asked still processing what he had just said. No one has ever done that for me.
"Yep! We'll start by re-introducing you to the Traphouse. And I'll get you to start talking with them. And eventually we'll start moving forward and going for bigger crowds. Maybe I'll even get you to film a video with me. I'm going to help you Alisha. Trust me!" He said smiling.
"Thank you Colby. But in all honesty, I'm scared. What if I can't?" I said.
"Don't worry Alisha. I'll be right beside you" he smiled.

And then we stopped at the mall.
"On second thought. Why don't we start today? We can go to the house and start hanging with them?" He asked looking at me.
"I-I don't know. What if I can't?" I asked staring into his eyes.
"Then we'll leave" he smiled.
Could this boy get any cuter? Did I just call him cute.
"Ok" I whispered.
He just smiled and started driving.
"So. What's your favourite animal?" He asked.
"Ooooo hedgehogs!!! They're so cute!! Gosh I want one so bad! But my roommate won't let me get one" I said all excited.
"I'll get you one and keep it at my place" he smiled.
"OMG CAN YOU?!!?" I screamed really excited.
"Mmm maybe" he smiled.
I just pouted.
"Pleasssssseee" I begged.
"You know for a girl that's so shy around people you have quite the personality" he smiled.
"Hey I never said I wasn't fun person. All I said was that I don't do well around people I, a) don't know, or b) don't feel comfortable with. Other than that it's nearly impossible to get me to shut up" I smiled.
"I like it. And so does that mean your comfortable with meeeee?" He said childishly.
"Maybe" I just smiled.

We kept messing around for the rest of the drive. Before I knew it, we were at the house.

"You ready?" He asked.
"I don't know" I sighed.
"Well common. I'll be there with you. If at any point you can't handle it just tell me. Ok?" He said reassuring me.
"Ok" I slightly smiled.
We got out fo the car and started walking towards the door. Colby quickly grabbed my hand and squeezed. When we got to the door he let go of my hand and turned towards me.
"You ready?" I asked.
"No" I said.
"Too bad" He smiled and opened the door.