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how you met (jaeden)

"today is the day!" i exclaim as i jump out of bed with enthusiasm. i run to my mirror and laugh to myself as if i was in an overrated disney original movie. my outfit is folded up neatly on my window sill as i grab my romper, boots, and jewelry. even though the con wasn't for another 5 hours, i got changed immediately with serotonin coursing through my veins. a sudden ring made me jump as my best friend called me.

"omg hey!" i screech as i zip up the back of my romper and reach for my hairbrush.

"are you ready to meet your future husband?!?!" my best friend, emily, blurts through the phone. emily has been my best friend since the beginning of 6th grade. we both are obsessed with it, and mainly the it cast. she's coming with me to our local comic con to meet the it cast, but i know she's more excited to meet wyatt.

"ugh, he's not gonna be my husband- we're gonna have a small conversation, and hopefully we talk after, but that's never gonna happen. besides, why would he want to be friends with an ugly roach like me?" i chuckle, knowing that nothing will happen, so i won't get my hopes up.

"well, ima finish getting ready, i'll be at your place in an hour, okay?" emily remarks as she hangs up the call. i look at myself in the mirror and sigh. "now where is my concealer...." i mutter as i frantically scramble throughout my bathroom to find my makeup bag.

after an hour, the doorbell rings. i finish touching up my lip gloss and sprint to the door. i open it with relief as emily barges through.

"okay i didn't eat breakfast so i'm stealing your fridge. be right back." emily laughs as she makes her way to my kitchen. i shake my head and smile as i look for some bracelets and earrings to complete my outfit.

it was finally time to head to comic con. emily and i leap into our seats and buckle up. sonic who? as we're being driven by my dad, we fangirl about all the possibilities and how this could be our wattpad fanfiction moment. the building of our dreams inches closer and closer until the car makes a stop. emily and i thank my dad for driving us and we head into the comic con.

after a lot of lines and waiting and security, we are finally free. free to make memories. free to be in a real life wattpad fanfiction. free to make our dreams come true. i spot the table jaedens sitting at, and wyatt is across from him.

"it's wyatt. THE wyatt oleff-" emily whispers as blush spreads across her face like a wildfire. i glance over at jaeden as he takes a picture with another fan. suddenly, he locks eyes with me. i feel lost in his eyes as time slows down. after bouncing back into reality, i look down and think 'oh shit.'

emily interrupts my mid-teen-life crisis and says, "i saw that," as she winks at me. "anyways, ima make my way over to wyatttttt, so uh, i'll see you when i'm done with our photo ops." she smirks and sprints in line. a wave of anxiety rushes over me like a thunder cloud as i slowly stride over to jaeden's line. the line is overall pretty short since most people already took their photo ops with him. being 15th in line isn't too bad in my opinion.

soon, it became 7th in line, then 5th, then 2nd. i inhaled deeply as i stepped up to jaeden.

"h-hi." i stutter and think in my head that i already ruined it for pulling a bill denbrough. jaeden chuckles and says hi back, and asks how i am. i tell him i'm doing great and laugh. he laughs as well and asks if i bought the photo op. i nod quickly.

"hold on, one second..." jaeden scrambles to find a sticky note and pen and jots something down. i cannot see what he wrote, but i'm curious.

"okay anyways..." jaeden stands up with the sticky note folded up in his pocket. we make our way to the photo ops area. "what pose should we do?" i ask as jaeden thinks for a second. "maybe a hug?" he asks, and i tell him sure.

when he hugged me, time slowed down once more. if not, slower then when we locked eyes. he definitely is the best hugger.

i zoom into reality as the photographer tells us to say 'cheese'. a few bright flashes were shot at us and the pictures were taken.

"uh, it was so nice meeting you!" i wave at jaeden and smile as i slowly back up.

"wait-" jaeden interrupts as i look at him in confusion. he hands the sticky note to me. i thank him and he smiles back as i walk away.

emily is waiting impatiently near wyatt's table. i run over to her quickly.

"emily how did it go?!" i exclaim. "um, it went fine. he complimented my dress though!" emily says as she glances at the sticky note in my hand.

"what's that from?" she inquires as i look at the folded up paper. "jaeden gave it to me-" i stutter, exasperated. "well god damn, open it!" emily screeches. i shake my head and open it. i stare in awe at the ink scribbled on the paper. emily looks at me in confusion. "well, what is it??" i am speechless. "he-" i manage to collect my words and spit it out. "he did not-" emily remarks as she stares at me. i turn around the sticky note and showed her what he wrote.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE HE GAVE YOU HIS NUMBER OMG-" emily screams as we are calling that night. "i know- i still can't process this..." i mutter as i stare at the string of numbers. "well... ima leave you to text him, besides, i'm getting tired. i'll have my notifications on if he texts back, so just spam me if he does. goodnight!" emily announces as she ends the call.

i inhale sharply and slowly dial the numbers into my contacts. i name it "jaeden 👉🏻👈🏻" and open my imessages. my thumbs fumble around as i think of a message to type. i come to a conclusion that i should write a simple "hey, i saw you at the comic con earlier! is this the right number that you gave me?" i hesitate before i hit send. i finally come to my senses and hit send.

it's on delivered for a few minutes, but suddenly it says 'read 9:45 pm'. i can't believe my eyes! i then see the three dots coming from jaeden. i lunge forward and sit up straight, with billions of thoughts coming through my mind. finally, a message was sent from him.

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jaeden 👉🏻👈🏻

hey, i saw you at the comic con earlier! is this the right number that you gave me?

yes! it's jaeden, hru doing?

lmao, i'm doing great. today was super fun!

glad to hear! by the way....

yeah?

jaeden 👉🏻👈🏻 is typing...

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i close my eyes and smile, with butterflies swarming through my stomach. my heart nearly leaps out of my throat knowing that i am texting the love of my life. i am so excited for the future and what awaits me, because after all, this is just like a wattpad story i would read.