I was currently sitting in my car, but I wasn't the one driving it. "You better be careful with my baby Colby"

"We'll be just fine" He grinned at me and I shook my head.

Usually whenever I was with them, Sam drove, but Sam was going to go pick up Kat, Xepher and Griffin, whilst I was trapped in the car with Colby and Nate. Plus I needed my car to get home, so here we are.

We were currently driving to get someone named Brennen.

"So who's all going?" I asked Colby who was stopped at a red light.

"Um, You, Me, Nate, Brennen, Sam, Kat, Xepher, Griffin, Aryia, Cassie, Devyn, Corey, Sarah" Colby listed but stopped and my eyes were wide, staring at him in the rear view mirror.

"Jesus Christ" I exhaled and he laughed.

"I know some people invited their own people" Colby said and I thought I was going to pass out.

There's going to be so many people I don't know there.

My social anxiety is going to be the death of me.

"AND YOU WOULDN'T LET ME BRING MY OWN?!" I shouted and he laughed really hard.

"You brought me!" He grinned and I glared.

"You literally didn't invite me, so technically, you brought me"

"Well I picked a good plus one" He said and I felt my cheeks get a little warm.

"Then why are we picking up your best friend?" I asked and Nate laughed.

"She's got you there Colby" Nate said, surprising me since he usually didn't enter Colby and I's bickering.

Colby had propped a camera up on his dashboard with some sort of car tripod, and I just realized it was recording.

"Why are you filming?" I asked, setting my phone down.

"I got to film some stuff for Explore Club" He said, pulling into a gas station.

"Explore what?"

"It's something Sam and I do. We put up exclusive content there. You'll see Sam and I recording random stuff all week"

Nate and I started talking about what we thought was in store for this week whilst Colby filled up my gas tank for me.

I opened my car door, making him jump as I handed him my card. "It's okay, I'm driving, I got it" He said, not taking my card.

"It's my car, let me pay for it" I kept it handed out and he shook my head.

"Consider it me paying you back for letting me drive" He said, and slid his card in

"So how long have you known Colby?" I asked, figuring if we were going to be left alone, and I wanted to try and get with him, I had to start somewhere.

"We grew up together. I've known him a long time" Nate grinned, seeming to be reminiscing on something.

"So you, Colby, Sam, and Jake grew up together?" I asked and he nodded

Nate told some childhood stories about growing up with them, until Colby got back into the car.

"What are you guys talking about?" Colby asked, starting the engine back up.

"I was telling Leighton about how we grew up together" Nate said and Colby nodded.

~

"ROMEO TAKE ME SOMEWHERE WE CAN BE ALONE I'LL BE WAITING ALL THERE'S LEFT TO DO IS RUN! YOU'LL BE THE PRINCE AND I'LL BE THE PRINCESS" I sang loudly.

"IT'S A LOVE STORY BABY JUST SAY YES!" Nate and I finished together

"You get the next line Colby!" Nate said and he shook his head, laughing.

"C'mon Colby! Don't be a loser!" I laughed and he rolled his eyes.

"SO I SNEAK OUT OF THE GARDEN TO SEE YOU!" I sang

"We keep quiet, cause we're dead if they knew" He sang back and I grinned, happy he chose to play along.

"So close your eyes" Nate sang back

"Escape this town for a little while oh, oh!" I sang back.

"CAUSE YOU WERE ROMEO, I WAS A SCARLET LETTER AND MY DADDY SAID STAY AWAY FROM JULIET BUT YOU WERE EVERYTHING TO ME, I WAS BEGGING YOU PLEASE DON'T GO" Nate and I yelled, ignoring Colby.

~

"Losing him was blue like I'd never known! Missing him was dark gray all alone! Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met! But loving him was red!" Nate and I sang, annoying Colby whilst we drove to Brennen's

"Someone tell me why you two are belting Taylor Swift" Colby asked and I grinned.

"Because you're driving my car, so I got the AUX, plus, you secretly love it!" I smirked and he rolled his eyes, but I saw the tiny smile in the mirror.

"Remembering him comes in flashbacks and echoes! Tell myself it's time now, gotta let go!" Nate and I kept singing and Nate looked towards Colby.

"But moving on from him is impossible" Colby muttered and Nate hollered "Yeah Colby!"

"We'll convert Colby to be a Taylor fan by the time we get there" Nate told me and I nodded, grinning.

"IN MY HEAD BURNING RED!" We finished, catching up with the song

After about 15 minutes, we pulled up into a driveway and Colby got out of the car to go get his friend.

"What song should we play to annoy him?" I asked, scrolling through my Spotify downloads.

"He hates country" Nate informed me and I gasped.

"I LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC!" I went to my country playlist, and hit shuffle, Nate turning it up.

I started playing Carrie Underwood, and I was appalled to know Nate didn't know it, meaning I was going solo.

Brennen opened the car door, and shut up causing me to laugh.

"Where are you going?" I heard Colby yell, and I heard Brennen tell him to open the car door.

Colby opened his door, and Two Black Cadillacs by Carrie Underwood was playing, causing him to shake his head.

"And the preacher said he was a good man! His brother said he was a good friend!" I sang, watching Colby get in the car and Brennen opened the door again.

"But the women in the two black veils didn't bother to cry-" I sang but stopped hearing the music get shut off.

"HEY!" I yelled and Colby smirked

"I let you play Taylor Swift for half an hour, your turn is done" He said and unplugged my phone causing my jaw to drop.

"This is bullshit! YOU CAN TAKE AWAY THE AUX BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY MY VOICE!" I yelled

"YEAH THEY TOOK TURNS LAYING A ROSE DOWN, THREW A HANDFUL OF DIRT INTO THE DEEP GROUND!" I yelled and felt someone's hand cover my mouth, and I licked them, making him pull it away.

"SHE LICKED ME!" Brennen yelled and I laughed.

"We don't listen to country in this car" Colby spoke up, ignoring Brennen and I.

"IT'S MY CAR!" I yelled, Brennen and Nate laughing.

"Wait, Leighton, hand me your phone" Nate said and I raised an eyebrow.

"Why?"

"Just do it" He said and I slowly handed it over.

He put the AUX back in and the next thing I heard was "It's country time bitch" and I saw Colby's eyes widen in the mirror.

"Hell no!" He yelled and Nate and Brennen started laughing.

Brennen pulled out his phone and started filming, zooming in on Colby's face in the mirror.

"Take my chevy for a drive in the night and town. Sisters with me in my ride and she's going down. On the country road, searching for our western bitch" Played the speakers and I was very confused.

"Who is this?" I asked and Brennen started cackling, pointing his phone at me.

"It's Colby!" Brennen laughed and my eyes widened.

"What!?" I yelled and even from the backseat, I could see Colby's cheeks redden.

"Going down this country road, don't know where I should go. Looking for that trixie hoe" I couldn't control the huge smile taking over my face as I heard his voice.

"OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS IS GOLD! TURN IT UP!" I yelled, laughing.

There was an unknown voice and Brennen said it was someone named Aryia. I bit my bottom lip, holding back a grin.

"Going down this country road!" Brennen and Nate yelled together, my cheeks hurting from grinning.

"PLAY IT AGAIN!" I yelled and Colby shook his head.

"Colby, you'll have more fun if you just accept your fate and sing along!" Brennen grinned and Colby was pursing his lips, trying to stop himself from smiling.

"Nate you're a bitch" Colby playfully grumbled. I could audibly hear the smile in his tone which told me he wasn't serious.

"Mr. I hate country music, has a country song! Oh my god this is golden!" I yelled

"Leighton do you have an Instagram tag?" Brennen asked and I shook my head, which led to me explaining why I didn't have social media.

~

"How much longer dad?" Brennen asked Colby, making me laugh.

"We'll be there in about 15 minutes" Colby said and Brennen playfully groaned.

We had been in the car for about 3 hours, taking a couple bathroom breaks, and I was very pleased that my baby wasn't murdering my bladder during this road trip.

"Leighton, want to take a photo?" Brennen asked and I shrugged, leaning in so I was in frame.

Brennen and I took a photo before handing his phone to Nate, having us take a group photo. Brennen and I leaned forward so our heads were peaking in-between Colby and Nate's seats.

We took a couple silly photos before taking a cute one, and I asked Brennen to send them to me, giving him my number.

It had been about 5 minutes, Colby and Nate were talking about something that they had seen whilst driving, when Brennen muttered "Everyone's talking about Leighton on the timeline" making me look at him.

"What do you mean?" Colby questioned with a confused tone.

"Fans want to know who she is, since she was in my story, and in yours yesterday" Brennen said and I saw Colby roll his eyes.

"Did you post any of the photos we just took?" Colby asked and Brennen said no.

"Well they can get over it. She's our roommate" Colby grumbled and I saw a sign with a house number on it, and that's when I realized this skinny curvy road was actually the driveway to wherever we were going.

When we parked, my eyes widened.

It was a literal Castle.

"Holy shit! I really am the princess and you're really the prince!" I shouted, Nate laughing and Brennen giving me a weird look.

"They were singing Love Story before we picked you up" Colby filled him in and Brennen laughed.

"YOU ALL MUST SING LOVE STORY WITH ME IN THIS CASTLE! OH MY GOD!" I yelled, opening the car door, and I saw someone pull up behind us.

"Aryia, we played Country Road for Leighton!" Brennen laughed, the guy joining him.

"I take it the girl is Leighton? I'm Aryia, you look lovely" He flirted and I blushed, thanking him.

I actually did like my outfit today.

I talked with Aryia for a while, catching myself flirting which made me a little nervous, but I decided the best way to get one boy out of my system was to mess with another. I just hoped it didn't go too far.

We walked into the house and I was in complete awe.

It was gorgeous.

"Was it worth me not telling you?" Colby asked, setting his bag down and I nodded.

"I should've befriended you guys sooner if it meant you were taking me to a fucking Castle!" I teased and he rolled his eyes, smirking.

"Only the best for our friends! Sam and Kat should be here soon with Xepher and Griffin. We should go pick our bedrooms before they get here" Colby picked up his bag and headed towards a staircase.

"Have you guys been here before?" I asked, following him up the stairs.

"Sam, Kat and I have for a video" Colby said, and I nodded, looking out the window that was near the stairs.

The backyard looked so pretty. I couldn't believe we were still in California.

Picked the smallest bedroom, not wanting to be in the way, and when I set my bag down, I heard Colby ask "Why'd you pick a bed in a broom closet? We could've made Aryia have this room" He chuckled, looking around and I shrugged, walking over towards the small window.

"Leighton, you could've picked the master, and you chose this tiny ass room with a twin bed in it?" He asked, leaning against the door frame.

"I don't deserve the master. I didn't pay for this trip, I'll be just fine in this, what did you call it? A broom closet?" I asked, sitting down on the twin sized bed.

Colby shrugged, before leaving since Aryia yelled for him.

I laid in the bed, my hands resting on my tummy. "Here's to an adventure little one" I muttered before picking up my phone and texting with my younger brother.

My mom was going home tomorrow, and I really wanted to be there for her, but she would've killed me if I passed up on this trip, so I made her promise me to have them keep me updated.

He recovery time was anywhere between 4 to 12 weeks so I was nervous to be so far away from her.

Landon was currently texting me about a cute date Braxton took him on, making my heart feel all warm and fuzzy at how happy my little brother was.

That's truly all I wanted.

My family and friends happiness meant a lot to me, and I loved hearing about all the fun things they were doing that brought so much joy to their lives.

Lexi was bombarding me about how Macy got a boyfriend and how Lexi needed one now so she didn't feel left out, making me roll my eyes.

I guess I had been laying in this bed for a while, because I heard Kat's voice ask "So this is where you snuck off to" making me move my phone out of the way.

"What do you mean snuck off?"

"Everyone's arrived. We're downstairs. Colby said you guys got here two hours ago" She said and my eyes widened.

"I've been up here for two hours?" I asked and Kat nodded.

"Come on! Let me go introduce you to everyone" She held out her hand and I took it. "Oh my god you're nails!" She gasped, making me pull my hand back in surprise. "They're so cute!"

"Colby did them" I smiled and her eyes widened.

"Colby did these!? No way!" Kat laughed and I nodded.

"We painted each other's nails" I smiled, looking down at my perfect manicure.

"Oh my god I need to see his!" Kat quickly left and I got up to follow her.

"COLBY BROCK LET ME SEE YOUR FINGERS!" Kat yelled and I swear the room stopped.

Everyone turned to look at her, and Colby's eyes were wide.

Kat snatched his hand and gasped.

"LEIGH THESE ARE SO GOOD!" She yelled, making everyone turn to look at me"

"Sorry" I mouthed to Colby who shook his head grinning.

"I don't know who I want to paint my nails, Colby or Leighton. You both did so good!" Kat said which caused quite the attraction.

Everyone spent the next ten minutes talking about our nails.

"I can't believe you got Colby to do something other than black" Sam laughed, inspecting my work.

"I've done white before!" Colby defended making a few of us laugh.

We all hung out for a while, when someone I didn't know asked what we all wanted to do for dinner.

I stayed quiet, feeling extremely out of place. I only knew those I lived with, and there were so many people here.

"What if we made a video out of it? Guys vs girls or something?" Someone piped up, and I started to notice a theme here.

"Do you guys make videos out of everything?" I asked Sam quietly, and he shrugged.

"Sometimes we just hang out, other times we film it. Why not film us having fun and then get paid for it? Not only do we get to keep the memories, but we can pay the bills" He told me and my forehead wrinkled.

"So are they your colleges or your friends?" I asked, confused.

"They're our friends" Sam said and I nodded slowly.

Okay...

"Does that girl want to be in them?" Someone asked and everyone looked at me, causing my heart to race.

It was this moment that it hit me... I was in a house FULL of social media influencers.

Maybe I shouldn't have come.

I didn't even have any social media, so what was I doing here?

"Leigh? Do you want to be in my video?" Kat asked and I couldn't even think, let alone reply. "If you don't want to, you don't have to be" Kat reassured me and I shook my head, opting to stay out of their video.

I didn't need people thinking I was using them, plus I was starting to feel tired.

Being pregnant was no joke.

I slipped out of the room, only Sam noticing, and made my way upstairs.

I wasn't even laying down for more than a minute when Sam walked in.

"Are you okay Leighton?" He asked. I shrugged, feeling kind of funny.

"Leigh?" He asked again, but I couldn't reply.

"LEIGHTON!" Sam yelled and my eyes closed.

~

"Please wake up Leigh!" Sam's voice spoke in desperation and my eyes fluttered open, being met with him hovering over me. "Oh thank god!" Sam breathed out. "Here, sit up! Have some water!" He helped me up and handed me a water bottle.

"What happened?" I asked and he eyed me weirdly.

"I was asking if you were okay, and then your eyes closed and you became unresponsive. When was the last time you ate or drank?" He asked and I shrugged.

"Probably not since this morning" I mumbled and Sam shook his head.

"Okay drink this and we will go get food, where are your shoes?" He asked and I pointed next to my bag.

Sam helped me up and handed me my shoes before we walked downstairs. Everyone was huddled at the door, confusing me.

"Are you sure you don't want to join Leigh?" Kat asked and Sam shook his head. "She's not joining you" he answered for me and Kat gave him a weird look, probably wondering what was going on.

Everyone walked out the door whilst Sam slipped on his shoes, grabbing his keys.

"Is everything alright?" Colby asked and Sam glanced over towards me before nodding. "We're going to go get her food" Sam told him and Colby nodded before walking outside.

When Sam and I got in his car, he let out a deep breath.

"Leigh, you have to take care of yourself. Don't get caught up with everything here. You need to eat, drink and rest for your baby! I can't have you passing out every day"

"I'm sorry! I forgot! It isn't like I can tell Colby to stop and get food when we ate before we left" I huffed and Sam shook his head.

"This is exactly why you need to tell him!"

"I will! Give me time! You're acting like he's the father and I'm keeping this huge secret from him! This baby doesn't even concern him" I grumbled and Sam ignored me, pulling into a McDonalds drive thru and ordered some food, Sam letting me know that they were making homemade sushi for their video, which I couldn't have since I was pregnant.

I got a 20 piece chicken nugget meal since Sam said I needed more than 10, and Sam got a Big Mac making me gag.

"What? What's wrong with a Big Mac?" he laughed and I covered my mouth with the back of my hand.

"Nothing, it just sounds repulsive" I mumbled

"Why?" He asked with a slight laugh, and I shrugged, Sam handing me my chocolate milkshake.

Sam and I ate in the parking lot and he googled snacks to help with pregnancy making me laugh.