song for this chapter - taste by tyga
3 weeks earlier
october 3rd
the pile of clothes slowly turned into a mountain as i continued to shift through my closet.
why did he have to be throwing an all white party? i thought to myself, since only a small fraction of my clothes were white, let alone anything semi cute. i started to panic, realizing that i had less time than i thought to get an outfit together and rush out the door.
thankfully, i found the white satin bodycon dress i had in mind and slipped it on. i knew we'd be getting messy tonight, but i figured i would just be able to contact the owner of the boutique where i got it from for a new one, if bleaching it was too much of a hassle.
i quickly put on my matching white satin heels just as brandi texted me to let me know she was outside of my apartment complex.
i grabbed the small white clutch i had left on the coffee table by my front door, and checked my hair in the mirror above it one final time.
my hair was curled into soft, almost beachy waves, and i had parted it slightly more to the left rather than perfectly down the middle. i smoothed out the baby hairs that had gotten messed up while tearing apart my entire closet before i left to make my way to the elevator.
my apartment was probably my favorite accomplishment. it was one of the nicest and safest apartment complexes in downtown la, and it was only a couple blocks away from my school. the best part about it was that i was all the way up on the 24th floor, so the view of the city was absolutely breathtaking.
the elevator dinged signaling that i had arrived at the lobby. i stepped out and made my way to brandi's car, parked perfectly in front.
i had been begging brandi to move in with me for what felt like forever, and i finally convinced her to after this quarter of school since she was staying in student housing.
i opened the passenger side door and stepped into her red cadillac, travis scott blasting through the speakers.
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the space the event was at was insane. it looked like a museum, but instead of paintings and sculptures, everything was white. white canvas's on the wall, white chairs, white doors, white tables with white table cloths everything was completely whited out. the only exception was the purple LED lights lit up the room, which was probably my favorite touch of all.
we weren't the first ones to arrive, but we definitely weren't the last either.
"look who's over there," brandi said, gesturing in front of us in the distance.
i turned, and to my surprise, there stood the dolan twins.
youtube's "golden boys" as some people called them.
i was only surprised to see them because they typically don't go to parties and events. they were very much homebodies, when it came to things like this, anyway. but i guess it wasn't too much of a surprise that they were here, since it was one of their best friends launch parties.
brandi didn't point them out to me just because they were, you know, the dolan twins, but because of who they were with.
they were with ethan's rumored girlfriend, emma chamberlain.
no one knew for sure if they were dating or not, but it seemed as though all the signs pointed to yes.
they were all the hype on social media and had been for the past couple months, everyone speculating whether or not "ethma" was a thing.
"james is over there. he's talking to tana." brandi observed, taking me out of my thoughts as she watched the two friends in deep conversation.
"it's crazy that we've never met her. we've been at the same events at the same time but i've never talked to her face to face," i noted.
"i know, especially since we're all friends with james. i wanna know her though." brandi said, which resulted in me nodding in agreement.
we continued to mingle, saying hello to people we only ever saw at events like this.
"sisters! you made it!" i whipped my head around to see we were being greeted by the one and only, james charles.
"sis! we wouldn't miss it for the world!" i told him as we released from our hug, him moving over to greet brandi as well.
"ugh, where's ian? we need a pic together asap," james said as he started looking around for his brother. "sister ian!"
out of what seemed like nowhere, we heard a "brother ian," come from behind us. we turned around to be greeted by ian, james' younger brother.
"nice to see you liv, brandi," he said as he gave both of us hugs.
"ian, do me a favor and take a photo of us for snap," james said as he handed his brother his phone.
"anything for you, master," ian said sarcastically while the three of us chuckled, finding it amusing how james would always boss ian around.
"thanks for the invite, this place is so incredible!" brandi told him while looking around and admiring all of the details.
"how could i not invite one of the most iconic duos i know?" james asked as he wrapped his arms around both of us.
we all posed for the photos, ian switching back and forth between the camera and snapchat, making sure we had every photo we needed to flood our social media's with.
"that should be enough to get all three of you by for at least a month," ian said as gave james back his phone.
"thanks sister," james said, to which ian quickly corrected him, saying, "brother," as he usually did.
"there's tati! i need to go say hello, but i'll catch up with you guys later!" we both hugged james once again before he went to greet his other guests.
we continued talking and catching up with ian before he looked past us and noticed someone motioning him over.
"brandi, liv, wonderful to see you guys again but if you'll excuse me i've gotta get back to ethan and grayson," he smiled at us and made his way back to his friends.
i turned around and watched ian go back to his friends, noticing emma wasn't with the twins anymore.
"wanna go get drinks?" brandi asked me, causing me to turn my attention to her.
"sure," i smiled as we made our way over to a white table lined up with red coke bottles, all saying things like "morphe" "james" and "artist" on them, a cute touch that i knew was james's idea.
"those two are interesting." brandi noted.
"james and ian?" i asked, confused by her statement.
"no, silly. ethan and grayson. everyone says they're nice and like, i believe that but i don't know. they almost seem kind of stand off-ish. around girls anyway." brandi shrugged as she held her drink in one hand while picking up a cookie with the other.
"i mean, yeah, i guess." i had never really given it much thought, because i really didn't have a reason to. we were from two different worlds, two different parts of social media that only came together at times like this.
and even then, it's not like it was detrimental for us to become one.
i had never talked to them, or even been introduced to them from that matter.
"c'mon, james is about to take the stage!" brandi pulled my arm as she dragged me away from the snack table, but i did notice the twins looking over at me while exchanging words with each other.
there was something about them that i just couldn't put my finger on. or maybe it was only one of them that gave me such a strong vibe, but i couldn't tell, because i had never seen or been around one without the other.
i thought it was odd, but a few moments later james had my full attention.
"sisters! welcome, and thank you so much for coming to my palette's launch party!"
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the party ended, and we said our goodbyes to our friends, including james, who was getting in a large party bus with a few of his closest friends going god knows where.
the twins weren't part of that group, as his was mainly his friends in the beauty industry, but also because they had disappeared off somewhere, probably to their house, about thirty minutes prior.
we weren't too terribly covered in paint, getting the most on us when we hugged james.
the car ride home was quiet, brandi and i both being tired and just letting the lyrics from the music fade into our ears.
"do you wanna just sleep over?" i asked brandi sash got closer to my apartment complex right before the parking garage.
"why not. we haven't had a good old fashioned slumber party in a minute." she smiled as she pulled into the garage, parking in space number 81, one of my two parking spots.
we made our way up to my apartment, brandi sat at my counter and ate before taking a shower, saying I could take one first since i lived here.
i quickly showered and went to my bedroom, brandi following not soon after.
we stayed up for a little while longer, i scrolled through netflix until finding legally blonde, one of our favorite movies.
"every time i watch this, i wanna go blonde," i said, as we watched elle get broken up with by warren.
"i think you should, you've been saying that for years." brandi said, not taking her eyes off the screen as if this was the first time she was seeing it.
we continued watching, until brandi fell asleep half way in. i didn't bother to turn off the movie, i simply lowered the volume as i settled in my bed next to my best friend, scrolling on my phone.
i soon put my phone on the charger, and just as i was about to drift off the dreamland, the bright light from my phone caught my attention.
i lifted the device and was shocked at what the notification read.
Ethan Dolan (ethandolan) started following you.
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