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OLIVIA SMITH RETURNED TO LA AFTER LIVING IN NEW YORK FOR 2 YEARS. Her previous relationship's abrupt ending gave her the idea to move away completely. No more benders or spiralling. No more bruised wrists or stinging cheeks. A clean slate. Stassie and Kelsey invited Olivia to live with them immediately after hearing about her return. After she settled they decided to take her to a club to meet some of their friends, unaware that one of them was Olivia's brother.

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Olivia walked into the club with Stassie and Kelsey, slightly buzzed after pregaming at the house to try and eliminate her nerves. Stassie ordered a round of shots for them and pulled out her phone to text one of the friends on their whereabouts. Olivia didn't tend to an anxious person, but after Chris, meeting new people was a nerve racking experience. Olivia discovered that men put up a 'perfect' facade until they had her wrapped around their fingers.

"They're in the VIP Room" Stassie said, tapping Olivia on the shoulder. Kelsey grabbed Olivia's hand giving it a reassuring squeeze as Stassie lead them to the VIP rooms. Her heart began to pump faster as she saw a boy with a malicious grin, wave and signal them over to his booth.

Olivia dared to look at the group, as she hoped to get a gist of what their vibe towards her before she spoke to them. Her investigation was short lived as her jaw hit the floor as Olivia's eyes landed on an all too familiar someone. Her brother, Toddy, who she hadn't spoke to in months, was casually sprawled out against the leather booth, chatting to the guy next to him.

"Guys they're here" David announced, and a few waved and smiled at Olivia. Todd finished his sentence to the man next to him and locked eyes with his sister, who was the last person he was expecting to see.

"Liv?" He questioned, quickly getting up from his seat to greet his sister. Olivia pulled him into a tight hug as she pushed away the memory of their last interaction. The hug was broke and silence washed over the siblings, the tension between them thickening as Todd was filled with guilt.

"I thought you were in New York with the basketball guy" Todd muttered, trying to ignore Olivia's beating eyes that were looking into his expectingly. Todd could never look her in the eye directly when she looked at him like that or he knew he would cave and give her what she wanted.

"We broke up" A large smirk appeared on Todd's face as he tried to hide his internal celebration, he hated Chris with a passion mostly because he couldn't stand that Olivia chose him instead of her own brother.

"Finally" Todd confessed, quickly looking away from Olivia's glare.

"Oh come on" She whined, pulling him into a headlock and ruffling his hair.

As much as they fought and rebeled against each other they didn't realise how much they missed each other. Olivia grinned as Todd broke out of the headlock and wrapped his arm around her.

"Guys this is my baby sister, Olivia" Toddy proudly declared to his friends.

"We know, we just watched the family reunion" Jason said as the group broke out into laughter.

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Olivia downed several drinks as she became acquainted with the group of friends referred to as the 'Vlog Squad'. According to the ring leader, David, the entire squad were huge fans of Olivia but had no idea she was Todd's sister. Across the night everybody immediately got along with Olivia and it was like they had know her for years. Olivia and Zane were getting on especially well, bonding through their love for drinking.