Page 2 (1/2)

Strung Rachel Van Dyken 12950K 2023-08-31

"So," Alec licked his lips, "We should probably get going"

"Uh?" I looked around "We just got here?"

"Right" Alec didn’t e "I kind of signed us up for school"

I froze My heart dan us up for school? When you say kind of do you hed your ass off for even having that thought?"

"Don’t worry I gave you easy classes"

"Are you shitting me?" I roared

"No" Alec’s jaw flinched He threwof his own "I’m not Now put on some jeans that don’t have rips all the way up to your ass and try not to make a complete fool out of yourself"

I shook et ed, "It’s Seaside Check it, they still have a video store"

"I’m sorry I really don’t knohat that means" I muttered

"VHS," Alec said slowly, "Tapes"

"Like as a joke?" I scrunched up my face "Why the hell would someone watch -- oh God, are they Amish?"

"Who?"

"The townfolk!" I threater-bottle onto the couc, "Do we have to grow beards and shit?"

Alec’s stern face broke out into a smile "Yeah and they deliver milk to our front door every day But don’t worry if you run out we can just oat," I repeated "Is it taed "I nae"

He soat do we?"

"No, but it is Seaside, anything’s possible"

"Next you’re going to tell me it’s like Disneyland and this is where drearunted and picked upwith the paper so I wouldn’t reach into oing to be going to rehab I needed to stop being so dependent if I had any drea back to LA I wasn’t that addicted anyways -- I could quit for a few

Yet

The one that was so damn fake it made my chest ache -- because at least then I wouldn’t have to think about everything else going on

"They can’t possibly be that na&iuazine in the country not toon Twitter for an entire week A week dude"

"But" -- Alec held his hand into the air -- "They won’t expect it Besides, if things get crazy we hire security Our fans aren’t like Bieber’s"