The Adventure of My Dreams {Colby Brock}

Fifteen

Just as Colby and I walked back inside of the restaurant we noticed that the food was being brought out, it was perfect timing. I sat down and wondered what it was like for people that lived here and came into contact with celebrities so much on a daily basis. Do they wait to be in private and fangirl, or does it not even phase them?

If you told me three days ago before I came to California that I would get a tour from Zak Bagans, investigate with Sam and Colby, meet their entire crew, makeout with Colby, and sleep in his bed... I would've laughed in your face. None of this seemed real. I was expecting to wake up next to my ex and see this was just a long and elaborate dream that I was having.

I ate my food quietly as I just took in conversations that everyone was having. Even Angelina was deep in conversation with the other girls. I just wanted to sit back and take all of this in while I got to be here and around them. I never wanted this to end.

After we finished brunch we headed outside to say our goodbye's. I didn't know what everyone else had planned, but me and Angelina were going back to our hotel to relax for the rest of the day. I was still tired from the night before, but I wanted to have a chill girl's night.

We took turns hugging everyone goodbye, Sam and Colby each giving me an extra tight hug. "I'll text you later, okay? I want to talk more." I nodded my head and flashed him a smile. "Sounds like a plan."

We got in the car and waited until everyone else pulled out and went on their way before I followed suit, turning the opposite direction from them. I let out a quiet sigh and focused on the road as I followed the gps directions to get to the hotel.

"Soph?" Angelina called out, and I just shook my head lightly. "I'm fine, Ang. I don't want to talk about it right now."

"I'm not going to push you to say anything, I just want you to know that I'm here for you. I can tell you're going through it right now. You should be ecstatic after what has happened the last few days, not this upset. You know I want the best for you, Sophia."

"And you know what? You're right. Coming to LA meant the entire world to me, but in three days my life has changed so much since coming here. I didn't actually expect a sign when I asked for one. Being here proved to me that sad little Denver isn't my home anymore. Evan was my home, but at the same time he really wasn't. He was holding me back and I didn't want to move on. Colby brought out a whole different perspective to my life. I don't want to go home, I really don't.."

At this point I had to pull over because I knew fully that I couldn't get through this conversation without crying.

"I love my friends to death. I love my family to death. But maybe it's time for me to put myself and my life first. This breakup has shown me slowly over time what I deserve in life. I mean seriously, how does Colby fall for me in a day? Love at first sight, I didn't actually expect that statement to ever ring true in my life." I let out a frustrated huff as I roughly rubbed my hands over my face, which was from all of my crying. "What if Colby was all I could ever need in life? What if some crazy way our paths were destined to come in contact with one another? Since when were random occurrences meant to mean something like this?"

"Soph, breathe for me please." She reached out and rubbed her hand up and down my back. "You know I love you, girl. Nobody would be mad that you moved away. If you need a change of scenery, do it. If you need to restart your life, do it. If you met someone here and have feelings for them this fast, act upon it. I know you would never ever do that, but after all these signs and how you're feeling, doesn't that count for something? If you come here, you're following your dreams and your heart, and like I said, nobody would be mad at you. Besides, you know everybody would be down to come visit you here."

"I really have to do a lot of more thinking." I said as I pulled back onto the road. We weren't far from the hotel, but pulling over was very necessary when I felt unsafe from driving, just for the fact I knew at some point I would be crying line a baby. How was he making this much of an impact on me?

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We arrived to the hotel and I parked in our designated spot. We went inside and took the elevator up to the third floor, I unlocked the door for us to get in and change. Angelina wasn't going down to the pool with me because she wanted to video chat her husband and tell him about our time here so far.

I went into the bathroom and changed into my signature red bathing suit and grabbed a towel from the bathroom. I exited from there and went into the main area of the hotel room and grabbed my phone, spray sunscreen, my AirPods, and a bottle of water.

"You know where I'll be if you need me!" I said, waving to her before leaving the room. I took the elevator down to the main lobby and took the side door that led out to the pool. There wasn't many people out being it was going on 6 pm. The good time for sun tanning was getting close to pass, but I was willing too take a chance on it.

I set up at an empty chair and reclined it back and laid my towel out the length of it. I set my bottle of water on the ground, my phone on the chair and slipped my AirPods into my ears. I sprayed my body all over with the sunscreen, then picked up my phone and laid down on the chair. I opened my music app and put on the song Levitate by Dua Lipa featuring Lil Baby. Just what I needed was some upbeat music to lift my spirits, and maybe distract myself from my thoughts for a while. I wanted to really say that I didn't know what I was going to do, but in reality I knew that I was bound to be here.

I hummed along to the song and tapped my feet against each other, my eyes closed and I soaked up the warm sunlight. Next 7 Rings by Ariana Grande came on and I really felt myself wanting to let lose to the music. That's not a typical feeling I had in public.

I was humming along to the chorus when the song came to a halt and raised my phone up to see that I was getting an incoming FaceTime call from Colby. I smiled softly and answered, where he screamed lauding in my ear "What's up guys, it's Sam and Colby here!"

I rolled my eyes and turned over onto my back so I could get a better sight of him on the screen. The sun was in an awkward position right now.

"Brock, I am really going to need you to refrain from doing that when I have AirPods in." I said, letting out a giggle. "Oh god, I'm so sorry!"

"It's okay. But I haven't been gone that long, you know."

"I know, I know, but I have a valid reason for bothering you already!" He said, shooting his hands up in defense. "Colby, Colby... calm down! And you say that like it's a bad thing. But forreal, what's up?" I asked.

I looked down at my phone and felt a grin form on my lips as I looked down to see a cheesy grin on Colby's face. He was so adorable.

"I was calling because I came up to my room to watch the first part of the video that Kevin edited together. It's probably going to be a four part series. But anyways!" He paused, reaching down and pulling a case up into the frame. "Oh god, did I leave my camera there?"

He nodded his head. "Yeah you did. But I figured it would be the perfect opportunity to invite you guys to come to Spahn Ranch tomorrow. We're going to spend the night, so just text me later and let me know if you're down or not." I nodded my head, and I couldn't help but smile once more.

"I would be down, but I'll have to talk to Angelina about it. You will surely hear from me later, I promise. Virtual pinky promise?" I asked, and he nodded.

I held up my pinky and kissed it and watched my phone to see he did the same thing. I didn't think he would actually do it, but it was cute. Whatever kind of relationship we had, even the smallest things he did made me incredibly happy.

While I was here, all I wanted was to make the most of my short time with him in my life.