I looked out my plane window as it took off. As it went higher and higher I thought about how beautiful Canada is. I knew I was going to miss it. I probably wouldn't be going back. After graduation I worked my ass off to get enough money to move to LA so I lost pretty much all contact with my highschool friends. The only thing I had left there was my mom. But I could care less about her; she probably didn't even realize I left. As I left I made sure I was very quiet not to wake her, but then I realized she was either passed out drunk or not home so I didn't care. Sometimes I felt like I didn't really have a mom, and I knew I didn't have my dad. My parents divorced when I was ten. Dad and Ricky moved to North Carolina right away and my mom and I stayed back. She was okay at first. The divorce was a long time coming and she knew that. Four years later my grandparents died in a fire, and she lost it. She became a raging alcoholic and drug addict. Sometimes she would leave for days at a time, and once I didn't see her for a whole month. So ever since then I've pretty much had to take care of myself. I wanted to move to North Carolina with my dad and Ricky, but I was really the only thing keeping my mom in a house and fed, so she wouldn't let me leave. As soon as Ricky turned eighteen he moved to California to start his YouTube career, dad found a new girlfriend, had some kids with her, and no one has heard from my dad since.
I couldn't stop thinking about Ricky; I missed him so much! Sure we would Skype and facetime and stuff, but it was not the same as seeing him in person. I was supposed to go to LA for thanksgiving, but in true form my mom went MIA for a few weeks. I ended up eating McDonald's alone in my room watching reruns of Friends. Then at Christmas, Ricky was supposed to come to Canada but he couldn't afford the tickets. I was going to go there for his birthday, but I couldn't afford the tickets… It was a constant struggle, but finally I was able to move to California. And I couldn't wait.
"Holy shit, what is that?!" Kian screamed in disgust. The three other guys came running to the kitchen where Kian was cleaning out the fridge. Jc took a closer look and laughed.
"Dude, remember that Taco Bell run you made like a month ago and Connor wasn't here so you put it in the fridge? I think that's it." Kian freaked out and threw the mouldy taco at Connor.
"Hey, it's not my fault I wasn't here to eat it! You should have told me!" Connor exclaimed throwing it back. Just as Kian was about to yell back Ricky cut him off.
"Guys stop! I have to go get Veronica in an hour and we aren't even half done cleaning the house!" he said exasperated.
Kian picked up the taco and threw it out, sticking his tongue out at Connor. Connor rolled his eyes and went back to vacuuming the living room. As he was vacuuming he started to think some more about Veronica. What was she like? Does she know about O2L? She must, she's Ricky's sister. He made a mental note to ask Ricky. After he finished and turned off the vacuum, he was about to ask about Veronica, when Kian voiced his thoughts.
"So Ricky, tell us a bit about Veronica, what should we expect?" Kian asked with his head still in the fridge.
"Well," Ricky thought about his sister and all their hilarious insiders while sweeping the kitchen. "She's practically a younger girl version of me. She's the same age as Kian and Sam, but I usually forget that she isn't my twin. She acts way more mature than her age, but she basically had to fend for herself at a young age… But when we're together she's filled with energy, very talkative, and when she really gets into her stories she can talk suuuuper fast! So just be aware of that. She gets really excited over everything, like when she comes here she freaks out over Taco Bell, there's none in all of Saskatchewan. So she might just live off that for a while, but so do we, so she'll fit in perfectly! Oh and awhile back when Jack was having his follow spree she got a follow, and she literally freaked the fuck out! She texted me and was like, 'guess who followed me!' all in caps, and I was like, 'WHO!' and she texted back 'THATSO FUCKING JACK' with a bunch of random random letters, fangirling as girls do. And I told her, you know if you just told me your username I could have asked him and whoever else you want 'hey mind following my sisters fan account?' but then she went off about how its secret for a reason and blah blah blah…" Ricky didn't want to see the other guys' reaction to what he just revealed so he continued quickly while watching the broom. "She doesn't want me to know what it is because she wants to earn her follows just like everyone else. An odd one she is!" Ricky waited for the other guys to say something, and when they didn't he looked up to see Kian and Connor staring at him with huge grins on their faces, and turned around to see Jc's head poking out of the bathroom also grinning like an idiot.
"So she's a hard core fan hey?" Jc asked excitedly as Ricky rolled his eyes.
"Oh yeah, but don't treat her any different than you would a friends sister okay? Don't treat her like a fan and she won't treat you like a God. Even though she is pretty excited to meet a certain one of you… But I wasn't even supposed to say anything so let's just drop it!" As Connor, Jc and Kian excitedly argued about whom the favourite was, Ricky tried to clean up as much as possible. After some time the boys gave up and returned to cleaning.
Ricky glanced at the clock and realized he had to go now if he wanted to get there early enough to be waiting with her favourite drink, Baja freeze blasts from Taco Bell. He yelled at his friends that they better be done by the time he gets back. Just as he was about to leave, Connor yelled out his name from upstairs.
"Connor, I'm leaving now, whatever it is can wait until I get back!" before he even finished his sentence Connor ran down the stairs to him.
"Where is she going to sleep?" Connor asked between pants, out of breath from running down the staircase.
Ricky hadn't really thought about that. "Well I would say she could sleep in the guest room but we don't have a bed in there yet, and there aren't any extra air mattresses… She can just sleep in my room and I'll take the floor or a couch or whatever. Not a big deal." All at the same time the guys were saying things like, "no let her take my bed!" and "I like couches better anyways!" Ricky was so grateful of his friends' kindness and gave them each a huge smile. "Thanks guys, that really means a lot, but it's okay, I haven't seen her in a year and a half, I don't mind sharing a room with her! We'll just have to figure something else out soon." The guys all nodded and said goodbye to Ricky as he left.
As soon as Ricky left they went back to cleaning, all thinking about Veronica, and what she'd be like. After a few moments of cleaning and thinking in silence, Jc was the first to speak, "I still think I'm the favourite!" Connor and Kian groaned and threw whatever was accessible at Jc as he laughed.
