Behind The Screen

The 3 Day Trip

Its been about a month since we first met Bailey, Noah and Evan. We all are attached to each other like no other. We all text each other 24/7, we all facetime each other, and we even plan together. Our plans? I’m glad you asked. Evan and the guys live somewhere in Louisiana, and me and the girls live in Maryland. We’re pretty far away from each other but we all want to see each other. And not through a screen, or through the phone, I mean in person, holding hands, cuddling, all that lovey dovey crap that everyone talks about so much. Evan and I have been talking about it for weeks now and so have the girls and their “baes.” I’m laying in my queen size bed thinking to myself about what would we do if we actually met each other. Then something came to me. Winter break is coming up, and we were already planning on a road trip to Austin Texas, so why not stop in Louisiana and see them. Either way we go through there. OH MY GOSH!! This is the best idea I’ve ever had. I have to tell the girls. I grab my phone from the charger to call Casey. I called her and told her my idea and she freaked out. We leave in 5 days, I’m driving most of the way, and were taking my parents black ford pick-up truck. I didn’t wanna be the one to tell the boys, at least alone. So Casey was coming over. For some reason Jc wasn’t at school today again and she wasn’t answering her phone so we decided we would tell her later. Casey finally arrived at my house and we went straight to the living room. I texted Evan asking if they could facetime. He had mentioned he was with the other two so we figured we should tell them all at once. When he said they were able to facetime I called him. On the second ring he picked up. “Hey baby girl.” He greeted me smiling. “Hey Evan.” I said laughing and smiling back. Casey came in view of the camera, pushing me in the process. I fell off my bed with a grunt. “OMG! I’M SO SORRY!! I DIDN’T MEAN FOR YOU TO FALL LOLA!!!” Casey screams grabbing me and pulling on the bed. “It’s fine, you idiot.” I said smacking her on the back of the head. “Ow you slut.” She said rubbing her head. “Would you two stop abusing each other and tell us what this oh so amazing news is you’ve been talking about?!” Baylie says grabbing the phone from Evan’s hands. “Hey Bailey.” We both say at the same time. “Hey. So now, what’s this news??” He questions again while propping Evan’s phone up somewhere so we can see them all. “Ok. Well, as you all know we are leaving in 5 days for a road trip.” I start but get interrupted. “Actually no, we didn’t.” Bailey says. “Oh, well we are. And we are driving to Austin Texas. And since Louisiana is on our way, we were thinking of making a pit stop to see you three fools.” “Wait! Are you serious?” Noah gets really extra close to the camera and has a glint of happiness in his eyes. All of the sudden I hear my front door slam and a bag being dragged across the floor. I turn around and see Jc with her bookbag and a duffel bag on each hand. “Can I stay here?” she has a raspy tone in her voice. I get up and go grab her bags from her hands and put them on the side of the couch. “What happened to you?” Casey is now standing right next to me and looking at Jc with concern in her eyes. I look back at Jc and see tears filling in her eyes. “He’s back.” She says in between sobs while I pull her into a big hug. “Justin. He’s back. He came back four days ago, I just couldn’t bare to leave my room. He’s been staying with us. Him, his parents, and..” She paused and pulled away from the hug and looks down at the ground. “And CeCe came with.” my eyes shot open and I looked at Casey who looked at me. We looked back at Jc, who was now on the ground leaning on the couch, hugging her knees. “Wait who’s Justin? Who’s CeCe?” We hear from behind us. Casey and I turn around to see all three guys looking at us in concern. “Nobody. We’ll call you guys later.” Casey says and hangs up, not giving them a chance to reply.

 

We decided that since it was thursday and we only had one day left of school before break, we all called our parents to see if we could leave on our road trip early. We had gotten everything ready and packed, we planned on getting up early and leaving. It was late, both Casey and Jc were asleep. I was about to fall asleep when my phone started to vibrate under my pillow. I pulled it out and saw that Evan was calling on facetime. I answered it and walked out of the living room and up to my room. “Hey Evan. Sorry about earlier. It was something we had to deal with.” I said giving him a weak smile. “It’s fine princess. I have to ask though, who’s Justin?” He questioned me and stared straight at me. “He’s an old friend. Don’t worry about it. Besides that, I have some good news.” I said smiling wide and bright. “Oh yeah?” “Yes.” “And what would that news be?” “We are leaving tomorrow for our trip instead of in 5 days.” “I can’t wait to see you” he starts to smile and I can’t help it but smile back. “I have to go. We have to get up early” I see the smile start to fade from his face and I sorta feel bad for him. “Ok sleep tight. I love you” he says really sweetly. I don’t know what to say. I don’t know if I do love him or if I’m just telling myself that. I start to sweat and get nervous cause he’s just staring at me with his beautiful blue eyes that I can’t stop staring at. “Lola?” he waves his hand in front of the camera and I snap back into reality. “Night Evan.” I hang up the call and throw my phone halfway across my bed. I lay back and pull the covers over my head and try to tune out Casey’s loud ass snoring.

 

I finally fell asleep like 3 hours later. I couldn’t stop thinking about Evan. Does he really love me? No, he couldn’t. I’ve only ever had one boyfriend and it didn’t turn out so well. Zac was his name and he was my prince charming, he was everything that I ever wanted. He played me just like Justin played Jc. It was the worst summer of our lives. I couldn’t bring myself to have sex with him because I loved him but his love was just a lie. I guess I’m just waiting for the right guy. Maybe I found him. Maybe I didn’t. Why is love so difficult? I was snapped out of my thoughts by the sound of Jc yelling at Casey to turn up the music. We had already left at around 8 in the morning and we were already in Virginia. We stopped in DC to get some food and use the restroom. Jc was in the backseat sprawled out, Casey was in the passenger seat with it all the way back laying down, and then there’s me, I was driving. I hate the fact that we took my parents most expensive car, the deal I made is even dumber. I had to drive it, not Casey or Jc. They trust them sure, well I’ve been best friends with them since pre-school, and we never fight. My parents adore them and basically think of them as their other kids.

 

We have been driving for hours. It’s now 1 am and I need to sleep before I fall asleep driving. I see a motel coming up so I pulled into the parking lot and parked in front of the main office. “Hey guys” I say trying to wake them both up. “Yeah? Where are we?” Jc asks sitting up and yawning. “I need to sleep and since you guys aren’t allowed to drive we’re gonna stay here tonight.” They both agreed and got out grabbing fresh clothes for tomorrow. “Casey grab me some clothes for tomorrow too please!” I called over my shoulder walking into the office. “Hello. How may I help you?” a girl about middle age asked me. “One room please.” “Sure. Here’s your keys. Room 24.” She hands me the keys. “Thanks.” I say walking out of the main office, back outside to where our room was with the girls trailing behind me.

 

Three Days Later

We have been driving for three days and I have never been so tired in my life. We were now in Monroe, Louisiana and we were looking for the right hotel. Tomorrow we were waking up and meeting Evan, Noah, and Baylie down in the lobby. They said they wanted to show us around to spend time with us. I can’t believe tomorrow is the day I get to finally meet Evan. I have never been so excited in my life. We haven’t really talked within the last three days but I’ve been driving. I can’t really text while driving. Casey was checking into the hotel we were going to stay at tonight while I texted Evan this: Lolzzz20:Hey babe, we are just checking in to the hotel now. Can’t wait to see you. I sent the message and put my phone in my back pocket and grabbed my bag following behind Jc into the hotel. We got a two bed bedroom. I told them I wanted to sleep alone since I’ve been driving and I didn’t feel like having no space. Those girls are the biggest bed hogs ever. I flopped down on my bed thinking about what it’s gonna be like meeting him for the first time. I change into my pjs and cuddle up in my blankets listening to the sounds of Casey texting, and Jc’s music blaring through her pink beats headphones. After thinking about meeting them tomorrow I fell asleep into a deep sleep thinking about Evan.