My alarm clock continued to beep as I crawled out of my bed, attempting to grab my phone from the desk with my eyes half open. Eventually I stopped the horrific noise from torturing me even more, jesus why didn't I pick a nice ringtone.
That's when it kicked in, the realisation of going to meet Emma and her friends today.
"Shit!" I hissed, turning my phone on again to see what the time was, 9:30AM. "An hour and a half, that's ok. I can do this." I reassured myself as I rushed over to my closet and scanned my clothes to see if I could find a cute outfit.
*20 minutes later*
After I put on my outfit, I looked at myself in the mirror and immediately felt a wave of confidence wash over me. I looked good. After appreciating my work, I began to focus on my hair by braiding it into two high plaits. Once I finished, I skipped downstairs to eat my breakfast, a classic banana. Recently I haven't been very into breakfast, I don't know why but it has just happened. I have somehow lost my love for toast and other foods, including cereal which I try to eat even though I am never in the mood.
While scanning through stories on Snap, I look over to the clock and my eyes widen when I see that it was 10:30AM. Immediately, I threw the peel away and jogged up the stairs and into the bathroom, grabbing my toothbrush and toothpaste. Toothpaste covered my teeth as I brushed them in a slightly violent manner, tapping my foot as I waited for the timer to go off. I didn't want to be late today, I couldn't be late today, if I was then what would Emma think?
The timer went off, signalling that three minutes had passed which made me rinse my mouth and put my toothbrush away after washing it.
I returned to my room once again to start on makeup, debating whether or not I should do a full face. I decided not to purely because of laziness, not because of the fact that I had ten minutes to get ready. In the end, I put on a bit of concealer and mascara.
It was all happening so quickly that I didn't notice that it was 10:45AM. "Time to go." I stated before grabbing my white backpack with my phone, keys and money. It took a few seconds for me to rush down the stairs, across the living room and out of the door. All I could think to myself as I got into the car was, god I hope I am not late...
*15 minutes later*
Bloomingdales was right in front of me as the clock in my car screen read "11:00", causing nerves to creep inside of me and gradually build. To my luck I found a parking spot without any problems, but finding Emma was a challenge. She did say to meet her in front of the mall, but there wasn't a specific entrance. My mind assumed that she meant where the escalators were and headed there, jogging across the car park while trying not to get hit.
But she wasn't.
"Uh where are you?" I whispered to myself as I scanned the area, Emma not in sight. Maybe she stood me up?
I was so close to calling her, when I heard a yell from behind me. In response, I screamed and turned around to view the coffee addict herself.
"You're late, twinkle toes." She laughed as her eyebrows began to rise. "It's 11:02."
"I apologise your excellency! Is there anyway I could make it up to you, maybe a thousand coffees?" I asked, walking towards her.
"A thousand coffees sounds nice...but I think hanging out with you is good enough."
I couldn't help but place my hand on my chest. "Awwwwwwwwwww you are so nice."
"Eh." She responded before grabbing my hand and walking towards the escalators.
"So where are the others?" I asked, taking a step on one of the platforms behind Emma.
"They are upstairs, couldn't be bothered to wait for you." Silence fell upon us. "I'm joking dude, James just wanted to check something out and the others wanted to go."
"James, huh?" I wiggled my eyebrows at her, causing Emma to fake gag.
"Dude, he is sexy but, he is gay."
I couldn't help but blush and place my hand on my forehead. "I am so sorry, shit."
"Yo it's fine, you didn't know. I just won't tell him."
"Omg thank you!" We brought each other into a quick hug as we reached the top of the escalators. Once we got off, Emma and I strolled across the level of the mall while browsing around shops, trying to find Emma's friends. "I don't even know why I am searching for them, I don't even know what they look like!"
"They are probably in Sephora, James said that he wanted to shop for new makeup since he was running out."
"Is he a makeup artist?"
"Yeah, has over seven million subscribers on YouTube."
"Holy shit, that's insane. How many do you have?"
"Over three million, do you have a YouTube channel?"
"Yeah, but not as many subscribers as you guys though."
"You should be in the video with us! We are buying outfits for each other."
"I don't want to intrude your collab-"
"You're doing the video with us, this is going to be so much-"
"Emma!"
In sync, Emma and I turned around to see three guys, one wearing wearing makeup (who I assumed was James), one wearing a red crop top and ripped jeans and one wearing a plain grey t-shirt with jeans. The two other guys looked like twins, yet they also looked different.
"Guys, this is my new best friend y/n, the one I've been telling you guys about." Emma points to me as their eyes follow the direction of her hand.
"Hi." I waved at them, noticing that my cheeks felt slightly hot.
I looked at each guy, taking in their appearance. First I noticed James, who was wearing a really cute bodysuit with black Yeezys. His hair looked perfect as well as his full face of makeup. Then I looked over to one of the twins who was wearing the grey shirt. Unlike James, his hair was really messy but it looked amazing at the same time. He had small facial hair with a mole on his cheek, and a really good jawline. Finally I laid my eyes on the other twin, who was slightly smaller than the first. His hair was the best out of the three, with faint blond highlights pushed back to reveal his face. God that face. He was more tanned with a mole on his chin and no facial hair, his arms were very built with muscles that looked tense, I could look at them for days. But the aspects that were the most breathtaking about him were his eyes and smile, it made him look like a child somehow. His pearly white teeth contrasted with his skin as well as his big beautiful eyes, hazelnut with hints of light green.
"It's nice to finally meet you, y/n." I heard the other twin say, causing me to snap out of my trance and shift my eyes towards him. "I'm Ethan, but you can call me E."
I nodded at him, followed by a smile.
"It's nice to finally meet you sister! I'm James."
"Sister? Do you usually call people that?" I asked him.
"He calls everyone that." Emma stated.
My gaze then focused on the attractive guy once again.
"And I'm Grayson, my friends call me Gray."
"So what should I call you?" I asked, slightly raising my eyebrow at him as he lightly chuckled. It was adorable.
"Whatever you like." He answered, sending me a small smirk.