The Road Trip (Colby Brock)

Chapter 17

( Colby's POV )

The room was huge, nice job Sam. There was a full kitchen area to the left and a little living room type area to the right with a couch, a recliner, and a tv. Straight ahead were the beds and bathroom. "Welcome to your new home until Wednesday" I said dropping the bags, how much did she pack? That shit was heavy. "Wednesday? This is ours for three days?" she said surprised "Yep" she turned and walked to the beds and claimed the one closest to the sliding glass door. She opened it and walked out onto the balcony. It was only 4:00 so we had time to hang out before either of us was too hungry. She came back inside, grabbed her bags and started taking stuff out. "You're unpacking all your stuff for just three days?" I asked confused. "No, I'm just getting the stuff I know I'm gunna need" she laughed so I got some of my stuff out too. When she finished she laid on her bed and I sat on the edge of mine. We watched tv for an hour and a half in silence.

"Spill" she said breaking the silence "What?" I was confused "We're here and it's been almost two hours, so tell me." oh yeah, that. I can't tell her the real reason so I had to make something up. "Right, I forgot. So you know me and Sam have a youtube channel right?" "I knew he did but I never really looked into it" "Oh, well we have a lot of fans and some of them are protective." that's not a lie. "Okay, what does this have to do with me?" damn it. "Some of them will attack any girl I'm seen with, you moved in with us so you're gunna be in a few videos most likely." also not a lie. "Okay, that doesn't explain why you acted like that" uhhh. "I thought that if I made you hate me, you would stay away from me and there wouldn't be a problem." not the full truth, but technically not a lie. "You could've just said that in the first place dumbass, you didn't have to start anything or be an asshole." ok, she had a point. "I wasn't thinking okay? I'm sorry" I felt bad and I really was sorry. "I'm hungry. Wanna go somewhere for dinner?" she asked changing the subject. Thank God. "As long as they have alcohol, I'm down." I don't mean to sound like an alcoholic but whiteclaw, and maybe I could tell her later. "I'm not drinking tonight, you have fun though. Unless you find a place with alcohol and chicken tenders." I laughed but I had a feeling she was being serious. "I'll change in the bathroom" I said grabbing his bag and closing the door behind me so she could get ready. The bathroom was nice, it had a double sink with vanity lights around the middle, a huge shower separate from the bath, and a little room for the toilet. I put on a pair of black jeans and a pocket chain, my red and black striped button up shirt, and my usualy chain. I walked out as y/n was putting on shoes. She was wearing black ripped skinny jeans and our XPLR merch, cute. She was staring when I walked out but I pretended not to notice. "I like your hoodie" I said laughing, she looked confused. "Thanks, Sam gave it to me" "That's our merch" I laughed again. "Where are we going?" she changed the subject again. "You wanna just walk until we find something?" I suggested because I wasn't sure of anywhere to go. "Sure but not too far" "Alright lets go." She looked good in my hoodie, even though it wasn't MY hoodie.

"Finally, I was beginning to think we wouldn't find anything" I said dramatically. It was only 6:45 when we went inside and were sat at a booth, y/n sat across from me and we ordered our drinks. I got whiteclaw and y/n got Dr. Pepper. "You're gunna need a lot of those if you wanna get drunk, there's not a lot of alcohol in them" "I know, but they're good." We got our drinks and were ready to order, she got chicken tenders and fries and I got a steak and salad. She really wasn't kidding about the chicken tenders. The fries weren't that good so she stole my salad but I didn't care. After we ate I wanted to go to the bar, I wasn't drunk enough to feel like I could tell her yet, but I still wanted to be able to remember telling her. "Sure you don't want anything?" I asked making sure. "I'm good, have fun" I was already feeling pretty drunk but I wasn't super drunk which was good. After a few more whiteclaws I didn't completely finish and some random conversation I was ready to go so we walked back to the hotel. It was 9:30 when we got back and I was tired but I followed y/n out to the balcony. "I lied earlier" I said, fully aware of what I was saying. "What? About what?" "Why I was mean to you" "Well, will you tell me the truth?" please don't hate me for this.."I was mean because I like you, a lot, but I wanted to protect you from the hate. So I tried to make you hate me" welp, I said it. "Colby, you don't know what you're talking about, you're drunk. I'm going to bed" yes I do, I'm not that drunk. "Night princess" "Don't call me that" she laughed and went back inside. I stayed outside for a little while enjoying the view and missing the nights when I could sit on my balcony. When I went back inside y/n was asleep, she looked peaceful. Her face was soft but she looked happy. I pulled the blanket up a little more and I got in my bed. I checked my phone and had a text from Sam.

hey brother, hows everything going?

I texted back and told him everything was fine. I put some music on and went to sleep.