New Beginnings

Chapter 1

Rose's POV

"Rose," a voice whispers. "Wake up." My eyes flutter open to see my cousin gently shaking me.

"Where are we?" I ask blinking to let my eyes adjust to the sudden light exposure.

"We just landed," he tells me. "Welcome to LA." I nod. We both get up as I pull the sleeves of my hoodie down. He grabs my backpack, handing it to me. I slip it on before following him out of the plane. We make our way to baggage claim and wait for our luggage.

"Hey Anthony," I say. He turns to look at me. I pull him into a hug. "Thank you for getting me out of there."

"No problem kiddo," he says. I pull back to see him smile.

After five minutes of searching, my luggage finally appears. Anthony kindly grabs it for me while we wait for his. We soon find his bag. He grabs it and we make our way to his car. Once we're at his car, he proceeds to put both our bags in the trunk while I get into the passenger seat. Anthony makes his way into the driver's seat and starts the car.

"So, ready for a fresh start," he asks as we pull out of the parking lot.

"As ready as I'll ever be," I murmur. I notice that we take a different exit than where we usually go for when I visit.

"Umm, where are we going?" I question.

"We're making a really quick detour to the Smosh office," he tells me. "I'm sorry, but we did have a shoot scheduled for today."

"It's fine," I say. "It's been a while since I've been here, and I could meet the new Smosh Squad."

"So you do watch our videos," he teases.

"Hey, you're my cousin. I have to support you," I say. He chuckles. "Plus, Shayne is really cute!"

"Okay there will be no talk about anyone I work with being cute. I mean, you're not legal yet," he says as he pulls into the parking lot.

"I will be in four months," I laugh.

He rolls his eyes but laughs. "Anyways, you okay with having a sort of party thing tomorrow as a welcome to your new home thing?" he asks.

"Fine by me," I smile. "By the way, could you open the trunk so I could bring my bag with me?"

"One step ahead of you," he tells me. "You could use my computer in the office."

"Thanks," I say. We get out of the car and walk into the office. I quickly make my way into the Smosh Games office to see Mari, Flitz, Wes, and Sohinki getting things set up. "Woah, what's the occasion?"

They all turn their attention to me. Sohinki and Mari smile while Flitz and Wes look at me in a confused manner.

"When did you get here?" Mari asks coming up to give me a hug.

"Umm, I think my flight landed about 45 minutes ago," I answer.

"Anthony didn't say anything about you coming," Sohinki says hugging me as Mari releases me.

"That's because I wanted it to be a surprise," Anthony says. "By the way, Flitz, Wes, this is my cousin Rose. Rose, that's-"

"Flitz and Wes," I say pointing them out. "I watch your channels."

"So she's a fan?" Flitz asks.

"I guess you could say that," I say.

"Anyways, we'll leave you guys to film," Anthony says. "I'm taking Rose to see the Smosh Squad." I wave to the Smosh Games people before following Anthony into another office. We walk into see three people there on their phones. I stay hidden behind him. "Hey guys! I'm back."