"Good morning" I mumbled, messing with my hair as I entered the kitchen.

"Good morning Colby! Would you mind waking Leighton? We made French Toast!" Her Aunt Ginger motioned to the plate, Cynthia filling dog bowls making a clatter sound echo throughout the kitchen.

I walked down the hall, looking at the family photos that lined the walls before reaching the guest room she was staying in. I knocked on the door but got no reply, so I walked into the room to see her snuggled into the blankets, fast asleep.

It felt weird to look at her sleeping. She was always awake before I was, so I've never just stumbled across her sleeping.

Even when she would go take naps, she was always in her room, so walking in here to see her passed out felt like I was intruding on a personal moment.

I lightly touched her shoulder, not sure how to wake her up without scaring her.

"Leigh?" I spoke and saw no movement.

"Leighton?" I tried again, shaking her shoulder lightly and I watched her eyes open and she scrunched her face up, hiding her face in the blanket.

"Go away" She grumbled, turning her head away from me.

"I can't. I was told to wake you" I laughed and she grumbled something I couldn't make out. "They made French Toast" I told her and she slowly sat up, pulling the comforter to her chest.

"Can you hand me the bottle on the dresser?" She asked and I reached over and grabbed it.

"What are those?"

"Vitamins. I take the prenatal at bedtime but I take these in the morning. You're supposed to take prenatal vitamins on an empty stomach, so my doctor recommended it at bedtime. These are just daily ones I gotta take to stay healthy" She popped open the bottle, taking out a couple pills of different things.

"Can you toss me those socks from the dresser?" She pointed to where I had gotten the pill bottle from.

"Why are you putting socks on?"

"Their floors are cold as hell" She grumbled and she slipped her legs out of the comforter to put on the ankle socks.

She was wearing an oversized t-shirt and socks now and I watched her get up and reach for sweatpants.

I left the room for her to get dressed, feeling kind of awkward about watching her put on sweatpants.

Leighton walked into the kitchen and I couldn't help but smile at how Leighton dropped down to her knees to give the younger dog attention.

"Good morning Dakota!" She loved up on the dog as I was handed a plate.

"Are you guys taking the dogs out today or is Garret taking them today?" Aunt Ginger asked Melissa and Leighton.

"I'm taking Bentley with me to pick up Lincoln from the airport" Melissa spoke up and Leighton turned to look over at me "Well, we could take the dogs to that hike trail that goes to the barn?" Leighton suggested and her aunt's eyes widened.

"You want to go to that rusty dusty crusty barn?" She asked and my ears perked up.

"I want to go to the rusty dusty crusty barn" I chuckled at the adjectives, feeling excitement surge through my body at the idea of an adventure.

"I mean, we can go. Does Uncle Garret still have the code?" She asked and Aunt Ginger nodded.

"Alright, let's get the dogs and go."

~

"Hey guys it's Colby. Welcome back to my YouTube channel! I don't know if I will post this video, but I wanted to document this experience, even if it's just to show Sam. I'm currently with Leighton, our roommate, and we are exploring where she's from. I would've made this a Sam and Colby video, but Sam is currently celebrating his anniversary with Kat, in Hawaii.. so Leigh, you're the new Sam. How do you feel?" I asked, and she laughed.

"Glad I'm Sam, and not you"

"What! Why?"

"Sam's the better half of Sam and Colby" she smirked and my jaw dropped.

"WHAT?!"

"Who was a dick to me for the first 3 months I lived with him?" She asked and I rolled my eyes.

"That's not making it into the final cut of the video"

"Ah, gotta be a cookie cutter youtuber huh. Can't let them know you can be a douche?" She asked and I glared.

"No! Fine, it can make the cut, but now I feel the need to explain myself" I huffed

"Why? You could've just said I was a big fat liar. You've just exposed yourself!" Leighton snickered and I groaned.

"FUCK! Alright, maybe one day we'll do a video together and explain" I laughed and she shrugged. "I swear I'm not a douche!" I told the camera and she laughed.

"Says the douche" She muttered and I shook my head, turning the camera off.

"Well if you're making a makeshift YouTube video, do you want to film the explanation, or do you want me to just tell you off camera?" She asked and I turned the camera back on.

"Okay, so Leighton, where are we going?" I asked her and she laughed really loud, and I saw one of the rottweilers head poke up in frame. "Oh yeah! I forgot to tell you guys, we got Jake and Corey with too!" I showed the dogs and Leigh shook her head, stopping for a stop sign.

"These are actually Leighton's.. pets? What would you call them?" I asked her, moving so the camera could see her.

"What do you mean what do I call them? They're dogs. They're my aunt's dogs" She nodded her head, turning away from the camera to look over her shoulder before turning.

"If you guys saw my Instagram story, which honestly was more chaotic than a night out at the club" I laughed, "These are those dogs. We got Captain, who is the star of my stories, and Dakota!" I announced and her head popped up.

"Colby and I want to kidnap Captain, he's the sweetest boy, I love him. I keep reminding myself that Logan has Nova at home, and we can just kidnap her. No one tell Sam!" Leighton giggled.

"Oh yeah! Logan is Leighton's brother, and he just got a new puppy that we met, what.. a week ago?" I asked and she nodded. "If I get permission, I'll show a photo of Nova. She's the cutest little puppy ever. She's got floppy ears and ugh! I love dogs" I expressed, forgetting the whole reason as to why I was filming until Leighton reminded me. "We turned the camera on to say what we were doing, and now we're just talking about the dogs" She laughed, turning down a dirt road.

"They're the stars of the show. People will tune in if you put a dog in your thumbnail" She grinned and I raised an eyebrow.

"Oh is that how that works Ms. YouTuber?" I asked and she nodded.

"Yep!"

"What if all my viewers are cat people?" I asked and she frowned.

"Cat's are okay, but for now the only cat I'll allow in my heart is Katrina" She said smugly and I laughed, shaking my head.

"You know, I have a Best Cat Dad shirt" I told her and she laughed.

"You're a cat guy now?"

"I don't mind cats, anyway, where are we going? Why does it look like we are entering a horror movie?" I tried again and she sat up straighter as I filmed the creepy road we were driving down.

"We are going to an abandoned barn my family owns. Can you call it abandoned if you own it?" She asked and I shrugged.

"Well, is it looked after?" I asked and she pursed her lips.

"Um, sort of? It's kept up in a way? You'll see. It used to be my grandparents. It isn't too far from the ranch that my family used to live on. Now some other family lives there, but we kept the barn since it was on different property. When I was little, before the barn became a shit show, I used to think it would be pretty to get married there. I almost want to get married in the destruction of that. Really symbolize the beauty in abandoned" She said, surprising me

"Why would you want to get married in something your foot could fall through?" I chuckled and she grinned, shaking her head again.

"It's not that bad! I don't know. Good memories. I like the way it looks and I don't know.. I think it could be pretty. Clear it out to make a wedding set up, but leave the destruction on the sides? Maybe I'm weird. Oh well. My ex wanted a church wedding, but I'm not that religious so.." She trailed off. "Have you thought about your wedding?"

"Nope, not really something a guy thinks about. I more so think about how to propose to someone, than like cake tasting" I admitted and I saw her interest peaked.

"You wouldn't want to go cake tasting?" She asked and I shrugged, not really getting the hype over wedding planning. "Why? You get to eat cake all day! Honestly, it sounds like a dream right now. We should get cake today" She laughed and I rolled my eyes.

"We just ate breakfast! Guys, she literally brought a container of French Toast with her" I showed the box of plain French Toast that she had brought with the snack on.

"I'm pregnant Colby! I eat all day long! I got two people to feed here!" She defended.

"Alright fine, maybe I'll do cake tasting at my hypothetical wedding" I give in.

"How would you propose to someone?" Leighton asked, circling back to the previous conversation.

I thought hard for a moment, forgetting we were even filming.

I could cut it out of the video anyway, so I wasn't too worried about it.

How would I propose to someone?

"I think it would depend on who I was dating? I never really saw myself as the marrying type" I admitted and her mouth parted.

"No?" She asked and I shook my head. "Hm. I guess.. I don't know. I guess I was just raised on that's what you do. I don't think it's everything though. Like how people say they date to marry.. I think I did that. Or tried to. I should date to be happy" Leighton spoke to herself, her hand sliding down the steering wheel as she sat more comfortably.

"Yeah? Why's that?" I asked and she shrugged.

"I'm only 20. There is no need to be stressed about getting married. I think the idea of my parents being married young, made me feel pressured to do the same? I don't know. I'm focused on my baby right now, and if a man happens to come along the way, then so be it" She turned her head away from me again to watch a car go by.

"So I heard you've got yourself a boyfriend?" I asked and she rolled her eyes.

"I have myself a boy friend. Not a boyfriend. He's a sweet guy. I could see myself being happy with him, but we'll see. It's still early" She confessed and I nodded, looking out the window.

It was then that I noticed the camera was running, so I turned it off and rested it in my lap.

"Have you only ever dated your ex?" I asked and she nodded.

"I've had some like.. stupid middle school crushes and or relationships, but like.. long term, yeah. You?" She asked and I nodded.

"I really only count the one girl as my only girlfriend. I've tried with others, it just never works out" I admitted and she nodded. "Do you regret dating him in High School?" I questioned and I watched her shoulders tense a little.

"Yes and no. I try not to regret things, because I know I can never change them. Why I try to be honest with myself, and with the people around me. I learned a lot from it. We had our days, but it was okay. We were both stupid teenagers. I still am a stupid teenager" Leigh laughed.

"You're 20, not a teenager" I reminded her and she rolled her eyes.

"God I'm getting old" Leighton muttered.

"I'm older! I turn 24 in a couple months!" I defended and she laughed.

"I turn 21 tomorrow and I can't even do a shot!" She glanced down at her stomach, and I did as well.

Her stomach looked bigger when she sat down, especially when she was driving, and it still felt weird.

The whole concept of pregnancy was strange if you thought about it.

"You could do a shot of apple juice?" I suggested and she rolled her eyes.

"I always had this idea in my head that when I'd turn 21 I'd have my first shot. I never drank in High School. I just had weed laced with shit like a dumbass" She muttered.

"Are you excited to turn 21?" I questioned, wondering how she felt about hitting such a big milestone.

"I'm more excited to get my bronze chip" Leighton confessed and turned to look at her.

"What's that?"

"My one year of sobriety. That's more of an accomplishment to me than turning 21" She confessed and I sighed, leaning back against the passenger seat.

"I still think we should celebrate" I told her, turning my head to look over at her, and she rolled her eyes.

"That's one thing about sobriety that I love. Everything is my choice, not yours" She said in a slight snippy tone, which really should've told me to back off, but I couldn't help it.

"But it should be celebrated! That's a huge deal!" I expressed, slightly annoyed that she was downplaying such a big accomplishment.

Leighton didn't reply, and the rest of the car ride was silent, which left me to tortuously replay everything that had just happened.

~

"Okay, so the road stops here, and it's about a 15 minute walk to the barn. It's down the trail on our left" She said, opening the car door, letting the dogs out whilst I grabbed my camera, looking at the forest surrounding us.

"Come on pups!" Leighton called, starting the slight trek towards the barn.

I started filming again, explaining what we were doing as we walked down the dirt path.

"Don't fall on your ass!" I shouted, watching her walk down the slight hill.

"I'll try not to! I texted you the nearest hospital" She said and I shook my head.

"You'd think her being pregnant, she'd send me first or make me help her, but look at her! She's just walking down the hill like she isn't almost 15 weeks" I showed the camera and Leighton flipped me off.

"It's not that steep! You're going to make them call me a bad mom" She frowned.

"It's actually not bad" I told the camera, knowing she was right and my comment section would be ridiculing her over things they had no insight on.

I showed the dogs running down the trail, joking that we were the slow pokes.

We made it through the trail and I saw the barn come into view.

"This is so cool!" I filmed us walking up to it, showing the details I was noticing as we got closer.

"If you do post this, just know that this is no trespassing. There is surveillance and there will be a price to pay. We put surveillance in for a couple reasons. One, people like to break into things. Two, if someone got hurt. And three, to know who comes and goes" Leighton informed.

Leighton typed the passcode into the barn doors lock whilst I filmed the puppies running around.

"Guys I want to steal Captain. He has like the best old man energy" I zoomed in on the older rottweiler sniffing some bushes. "I'm not going to lie, I miss having a dog around. After a while you get used to it, but being here with them makes me miss it. I always had pets growing up and my old roommates had dogs so I miss having them around all the time. It's going to be weird going back to California and walking into our quiet house" I spoke out, not really expecting Leighton to pay attention as I talked to the camera nonchalantly, myself more so focused on the dogs who were running around and sniffing stuff.

"You told me we could get a dog at the new house!" She piped up, and I filmed her opening the barn door.

"We travel too much for a dog though" I told her and she frowned.

"I don't travel"

"You're also broke" I noted and she glared.

"You could pay for it" She shot back and I shook my head, filming the inside of the barn.

"This looks cool Leighton. You said they're going to fix it up?" I asked and she shrugged.

"They want to, but at the same time we have no need for it. I guess unless I get married" She joked. "They want to clean it out, but that takes time and energy, and there is no need for it."

"Why don't you sell it to the people who live on the ranch?" I asked and she shrugged.

"I doubt they'd want it"

~

There honestly wasn't a whole lot to see. It was still really cool, and I found some cool stuff, but definitely not enough to make a Sam and Colby video out of.

It was more so a good place to take some photos, or even find some hidden gems and sell, but nothing too extravagant that would get us millions of views.

It was still fun to look through with her though, and do a mini photoshoot for Instagram.

We headed back to the house since it was already 2, and dropped the dogs off because what Leighton wanted to show me was in the city.

We drove for a little while and before I knew it, we were in Minneapolis.

"What are we doing?" I asked, and before she could reply, a gigantic spoon came into view.

"What the fuck is that?" I asked with a slight laugh, extremely confused

"It's a giant spoon with a cherry! We're in Minneapolis now, it was a must see! I got some stuff you need to see before you leave, and this was top priority!" She declared and I shook my head.

"Why?" I laughed, stepping out of the car.

"Because why not? Now you can say you've seen a giant spoon!" She grinned and I shook my head.

"Hand me your phone, we need tourist photos!" She made grabby hands. I decided to just accept everything that was happening, and I took some tourist photos with the spoon, and even got her to take some with me.

When we got back in the car, I opened up my Instagram story and filmed a quick video.

"Guys, if I die, tell Sam he sucks for taking his girlfriend to Hawaii for their anniversary and not me! Leigh is taking me to explore, and she's driving!" I recorded.

"You'll be fine! I texted my aunt where we were going and I texted you the closest hospital to each of the places. I'm prepared! We are even going shopping for snacks!" The video ended and I tagged Sam before posting it.

"Have you been to Mall Of America before?" She asked and I shook my head.

We pulled up to a gigantic mall and watching Leighton try to find parking in the above ground parking garage was quite the experience.

"Take a picture so we can find it again" She grumbled, reaching for a piece of her French Toast.

Someone was stress eating..

We entered the mall and I was in utter amazement.

"This place is huge!" I muttered, looking around at how there were four balconies, and escalators everywhere.

"They don't call it America's biggest mall for nothing! Come on, I want to show you some stuff!" Leighton started walking like she knew this place like the back of her hand. "I'm taking you to the amusement park first" She said and my eyes widened.

"I'm sorry, what?" I laughed and before I knew it, a Nickelodeon theme park was in front of me.