Aesthetic - Jaden Hossler

6.

Now Alice was nervous again.

She already knew their names and how they looked, and she had also talked to all of them. Expect Kio, he seemed quiet, just like her.

Until they arrived Alice wandered through her new apartment, happy to call it hers. She envisioned what she wanted it to look like, and what she will need for that. The kitchen, as well as the bathroom, were already furnished, well nearly.

She needed a new sink, why it wasn't there was unknown to Alice. She also needed a dining table but that was to be expected.

Thinking back Alice was happy that she had already looked for things and was careful that they had the right measurements. That way she could tell the others what to look for and they were done faster.

She could hear the group before they even rang the bell, they seemed to have gotten into the building, without ringing. When Alice opened her front door, they were a floor above hers.

"I'm here guys."

Addison turned around and sprinted in her sister's direction, tackling Alice in a big hug. The other girls followed which results in her laying on the ground and the others on top of her. Laughing the girls got up, Dixie went last and helped Alice up in the process.

"This apartment is small.", Alice had forgotten that the boys were there as well.

"Wow. You're short. Like really fucking short"

"Hey don't swear!"

"Sorry dwarf."

Anthony engulfed her in a hug. Even on the tip of her toes, Alice was shorter.

Josh who appeared behind Anthony grinned in a way that nearly made Alice uncomfortable. "You're only a bit taller than my girlfriend. Maybe an inch." And with that he hugged her as well, both arms on top of her shoulders, pressing her in his torso.

Laughing Bryce walked towards her:" I mean Addison told us that you are short but damn..."

"Okay, I get it now. I'm short. There are you guys happy now?" Griffin just laughed and hugged her in a very short manner.

Kio was shorter than the others, still taller than her but it made the hug more comfortable seeing as she didn't have to stand on her toes, suffocate or raise her head too much.

Jaden who was the only one left grinned at her before he actually bent down a little and put one arm around her torso and the other hand rested on the back of her head, pulling Alice close to him.

The black-haired girl started to whine "Jaden my hair."

Laughing he let go of her and walked towards Josh. Anthony who realized that every wall in the room was white took out his phone.

After all this hugging there were smudges all over Alice's glasses. Annoyed she took them off, only to notice, that her blouse wouldn't work to clean the glasses.

Charli took the glasses out of her hands and cleaned them wordlessly with her shirt before she gave them back. Thankfully Alice smiled at the younger, but taller girl.

 "Can we film a few TikTok's here. Ya know, gotta stay active."

"Sure, go for it." The boys started to brainstorm what they were going to do while the girl sat down.

"Give me your phone Allie, we will make you a TikTok account now." Without thinking, Alice gave her phone to her sister, who knew the password.

Alice's day would have been so much easier if she'd chosen the pants, none of the girls wore jackets so she had nothing that she could lay over her legs. Dixie pointed towards a pile of jackets.

"Just choose one, he can have it back when we leave." Alice walked towards the pile, not realizing that she walked through a TikTok, picked up a fluffy white Jacket, and walked back, again through the frame. Alice sat down with the girls, now able to cover her legs. She found herself petting the jacket because it was so soft.

While the girls were on the ground debating what the profile picture should be, the boys were standing in the middle of the room, deciding to just leave it at that and to not shoot again.

"Let's just wait a second until her account is created so that we can tag her." They all looked at each other for a moment before collectively nodding.

As more people joined on the floor the closer the people got until Alice was sitting in Dixie's lap.

"Okay, your name wasn't taken, so now you are @aliceeasterling. Okay?" Alice nodded confused by what Addison was doing because it was way to fast for her.

"She's following people. Mostly us." Griffin smiled at the short girl in his 'not really' girlfriends' lap.

Alice took out her checklist on things that she had to get. "Okay, can I divide these things and everybody gets the stuff on their list? That would make it faster I think."

"What about stylistic choices, like what color?"

"I already wrote it on the paper. The objects are also sorted in sections like bathroom or rugs."

Jaden smiled at her, noticing his jacket over her legs:" You got this all figured out, don't you?"

Josh who had just posted the video laughed. "At least one of us has everything under control."

"We are eleven people and we have four cars. I think that should be enough. If it isn't, is one of your cars able to pull a trailer?"

"Yeah, Jaden's car can."

"Nice, you want to get going or do you guys want to do something before we go?"

"Nah, let's just get going."

Alice locked the door after everybody exited the apartment. Her apartment. Excited she skipped down the stairs. Addison was concerned, there were many people here and Alice wasn't watching where she was going.

"Alice don't fall ag- oh well. Too late." Alice had tripped over Kio's extended feet and fell over right into Anthony's side who just laughed at her. Avani, who he was hugging, laughed as well before she grabbed Alice by her shoulders, pushing her back so that she now stood on her own two feet again.

"Oh shoot we forgot to carry the boxes upstairs..."

"You go ahead and unlock the door. If everybody grabs a box we should be done with that in a few minutes."

Alice sprinted up the stairs, unlocked the door and ran down again. She grabbed the box but Jaden, who was already back, took it from her.

"I got it don't worry."

Confused Alice stood by her car before running after Josh who had the last box.

"I put the key in your jacket pocket okay?" At the keyword jacket, she realized that she was still wearing the fluffy white jacket that seemed to be five sizes too big for her. Dixie noticed as well:" Just give Jaden his Jacket back when we are at Ikea, don't worry, he won't be mad."

They stood in a circle on the pavement, distributing the list and looking for the nearest Ikea when Alice's phone started to chime.

At first, it was only a few times and she ignored it but at some point, her phone just wouldn't stop.

Confused she opened her phone and saw that the people from Josh's video had found her. Not only on TikTok but also on every other social media platform she was on. "Oh wow."