After being Jimmy's best friend in high school, and his first supporter, Y/N gets invited to be in a dare video with the team. She meets a special someone there, but could it blossom into more?
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"Is it my turn to ask a question? Do you like me?"...
I woke up to Karl unhooking our fingers. The hotel was veiled above us and that only prompted me to think about how long I was asleep and how long Karl kept his pinkie finger in mine.
The hotel looked super nice...well what I could see of it at least. It was 9:00 and not many people had their room lights on. It was probably full of snooty rich people that were old and went to bed early. No matter, as long as I had free food and room service I was good.
Karl exited the car and stepped out with me following behind to grab our suitcases from the back. Since we were near the coast, the air was cooler. It was the type of cool that was still comfortable and didn't make you dripping sweat, but didn't call for a sweatshirt either.
The mixture of it all reminded me of waking up early when I was younger, heading for the airport with my family. The aesthetic of the excitement and anticipation of wherever we were going was fresh when no one else was on the road.
When we rolled into the hotel lobby, the lady working at the desk snapped her head forward to greet us rather tiredly. Karl checked us in as I lingered off to the side until he approached and handed me my room key. I guess Jimmy got us two separate rooms but I doubted that we would be needing them.
We rode the elevator up to the 7th floor. The elevator was glass that overlooked the lobby which made me nervous and intrigued at the same time. For our convenience, our rooms were the first two to the right once we stepped off the elevator.
I realized that despite my wish to go to sleep when we arrived, I took a nap in the car and was therefore wide awake.
"Karl, do you wanna chill in my room for a bit?" I asked and he nodded aggressively. Karl didn't even bother to drop his luggage in his room.
As soon as we entered, Karl and I both had the same idea. We beelined for the bathroom, running for the tiny shampoo bottles and soap to steal. I screeched loudly and shoved him away, snatching the supplies for myself and hoisting them up in victory.
"Go steal your own rooms toiletries," I said, still gloating a tiny body lotion that smelled like coconut.
"But I wanted double... to save money," he frowned.
"Bruh what do you mean 'to save money', you work at fucking Mr.Beast."
"Yeah but the little bottles hit so different," he replied. There was really no arguing that, but I still stuck out my tongue at him and stuffed the items into my bag.
The bed in the middle of the room looked so glorious. Perfect white sheets and a fluffy comforter. I ran my hand along the freshly made linen and sat down to test the mattress. I sinked down the perfect amount then quickly kicked off my shoes and scrambled under the covers.
I grabbed the remote and powered up the TV. It had some stupid introduction to the hotel thing that I skipped through before checking the channels.
"Dude, no way," I said when a particular service popped up.
"What?"
"THEY HAVE DISNEY PLUS!" I yelled and scrolled through the selection of the best movies and shows ever. Karl slipped into the bed with me and started hunting for the perfect thing to watch.
"Wait wait go up a little," Karl ordered. "What is that?"
The remote had landed on show that displayed two teenagers with a high school in the back.
"No way. Karl have you never seen High School Musical the Musical the Series?"
"THEY MADE A SHOW?"
"OF COURSE THEY FUCKING DID!" I excitedly clicked on the image and watched at Nini and Ricky appear on screen. I snuggled into Karl, ready to delve deeper into watching cheesy high school romance.
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By the sixth episode, I was slowly nodding off, even with the loud sounds and colors emitting from the TV. Karl was loving every second, shaking me awake at the exciting parts and narrating others like he had seen the show a million times. His eyes were wide while he watched with intensity.
"Y/N are you seeing this?" He asked, even though it was clear I was not seeing whatever it was. My eyes were closed and my head was buried into a pillow.
Karl must've thought I was asleep but I was really just resting. No matter the case, he got up and turned the TV and lights off which I was glad for since sleep was something I definitely needed. He kissed my forehead and tiptoed out my room with his suitcase dragging behind him.
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Not even five minutes later I heard a loud rapping at the door. I sat up, startled.
"Y/N," Karl whispered-yelled. "Y/N I cant sleep." He now said more impatiently. I only grumbled in reply and tucked my head back down. The knocking got more consistent, so I finally stumbled through the dark to reach the doorknob and let in a pathetic-looking Karl.
"You're such a fucking iPad kid."
Truthfully, his company made me feel way more at ease and we fell asleep in each others arms.
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