I just need to tell you that me (bi woman) and my now wife (bi trans woman) used a line from one of your stories in our speech to our friends and family at our wedding last weekend. I know that sounds crazy but we met in the S&C fandom and you and silentexplorer18 were both of our favorite fanfic authors.
I’m sure with enough digging you could figure out who at least one of us are but I just came here to tell you how much this fandom (specifically on tumblr) has meant to us over the years and that I still read Notebooks from time to time.
“To say that either of you were easy human beings to love 24/7 would be such a hysterical lie you’d probably laugh so long you’d forget why you started laughing at all.”
Maybe one day I’ll be brave enough to post the video. Not a dry eye in the house.
I hope you continue writing one day.
WHAT?! This is so fucking cute!
I do believe I remember a message about you meeting your then girlfriend in the comments of a fic!
Y’ALL ARE MARRIED NOW?! I feel so old 😩🤣🤣
I love this so much!
@silentexplorer18 is still one of my favorite writers!
I hope you post the video one day! This is too precious!
I make new pages when I write for new people but if I ever get back to watching Sam and Colby I’ll try my hand at writing for Colby again.
Lie Detector - Colby Brock x Reader (self-love issues)
“Mike! You’re next!” Sam yelled, Colby slapping him on the ass when he went to stand up.
“This is fucking terrifying” Mike laughed, his hands already sweating. You had recorded a few videos earlier but now you were just messing around. The lie detector operator slowly got him hooked up to the machine and your whole group started throwing questions at him.
“Which guy in the room would you date if you HAD to date one of them” you asked, Mike being one of your best friends, you loved messing with him. He looked around and considered his options.
“I can’t pick Kevin. He’s hung like a horse. I don’t think I could handle that” Mike quipped, everyone in the room busting out in laughter. “Honestly? I’d have to say Colby. It would be like having a pet cat. All you need to do is put on some good music, feed him, and give him cuddles.”
“Why is that so accurate?” Sam laughed.
“I’m offended you think Kevin has a bigger dick than me!” Colby dramatically argued.
So im locking for a fanfic- its about 4 parts and its where sam, colby, kat, and y/n or a oc go on a camping trip for one of eltons videos. Theres a bunch of other people who all do this too. Its like a long challenge and you have to bring extra clothes and whatnot you can team up with one person. Colby and y/n or oc endup getting together durning this trip and completely wining the whole prise too-
Do you know what its called by chance?
Oh, my friend, you came to the right person for this one! I do know this fic, and I happen to have the url memorized by heart.
I think you’re looking for The Wilderness by @colbybrocksmolder. I’ll link the first part here and the masterlist here. It’s one of my favorite fics by one of my favorite authors (and my self proclaimed writer wife), so there’s no way I’d forget it! 😊
I believe it also collectively broke the tumblr fandom for a while 😂
Being a bigger girl comes with a whole set of life experiences that others may not have to deal with. As you grow up, you learn to live your life around them. You find ways of living in a skinny centric world.
For instance, fuck plastic or wicker chairs. Who invented that bullshit? Honestly, if your chubby ass is going to end up on the ground due to structurally unsound trendy furniture, why not just start out down there to begin with. The lighter humans can sit in their splinter filled basket weave while we pretend we’re sitting on the floor to play with the dog. It’s a win/win. The dog gets attention and the ugly 900 dollar “chair” stays intact with your dignity. You could always choose to stand, as well. Big girls do a lot of that in public places. “Oh, I’ve been sitting all day. Don’t worry. Just want to stretch my legs.” Girl.
See, big girls cope. You find cute ass accessories to shop for while your skinny friends drag you to stores full of clothes that come in exactly 3 sizes. You avoid clothes shopping right next to strangers because you know you can’t both fit between the racks that are crammed tightly together and some rude ass lady is bound to shove her way through anyways. You strategically avoid standing or sitting in areas you know you’re going to get walked into or side-eyed for being in. You learn to find subtle ways of letting guys know you aren’t flirting with them because for some reason EVERYONE thinks you must have a crush on them. Really, it just becomes second nature. Try not to take up too much space, try not to cause a scene, smile at the assholes giving you dirty looks…let me tell you, some of us have the patience of gods.
See, your normal chubby girl dance through life was going just fine…until you started dating the one and only Colby Brock. You’d met when your merch booths were next to each other at a YouTube convention. You’d really just hit it off straight away. You were friends for a few months before he finally asked you to be his girlfriend. Well, he kind of asked.
“Hey, y/n?” he’d said while you waited for people to exit the movie theatre. You always waited until everyone left so you didn’t have to fight the crowds.
“What’s up?” you asked, making sure you had gathered all of your trash and belongings.
“We’re like…kind of dating, right?” He asked, his shy expression turning into laughter at the look you gave him.
You closed your eyes and shook your head in confusion. “What?”
“See, normally when a boy likes a girl, he…” Colby started.
“Oh, Jesus, where is this going?” you laughed.
“Shhh.” He put his finger over your lips. “Hear me out.” He laughed. “Normally when a boy likes a girl, he does all of this cute shit for her. He’ll buy her meal or her movie ticket. He’ll invite her over to hang out and flirt with her and stare at her all googly eyed even when his friends are around…He doesn’t shut up about her to his friends. He’s got her name in his phone under something cute with way too many emojis.”
“Okaaaayyy.” You said, still very confused as to why Colby thought you were dating and shocked he was even interested in dating you.
“You don’t let me buy you anything, even when I insist.” He shook his head and shrugged dramatically like you were supposed to understand the problem. “You come over and hang out with me, but you laugh when I flirt with you. Rude, by the way. I’m fragile.” He laughed, putting a hand on his chest. “The last time you caught me staring at you, you threw a french fry at my face…but at the same time, all of my friends think we’re dating. And you let me cuddle you and hang all over you and you talk to me until 4 in the morning and you come over when I can’t sleep and you…”
“You’re serious?” you asked, setting your stuff on the chair next to you and turning back to Colby.
“Y/n! Yes! Sam asked when we officially started dating and he didn’t understand why I didn’t have an answer.” Colby laughed, grabbing one of your hands and intertwining his fingers with yours.
“I didn’t even know you liked me.” You laughed, rolling your eyes at the burgundy haired boy.
“I was kind of convinced you didn’t like me either.” He laughed. “That’s why I just had to come out and ask. I really, really want to kiss you and the last time I TRIED you asked if I was drunk.” Colby said, starting to inch his way closer to you.
“You’re 100% serious right now?” you said, your smile dropping into a more serious expression. “On our friendship, you’re not just fucking with me?”
Colby furrowed his eyebrows. “You don’t really think I’d ever do that to you, right?” He was so close, you could feel his breath against your skin.
“No.” you answered, knowing him better than that.
“Good.” He smiled, closing the gap between you.
His soft lips met yours and all of a sudden everything fit together. You realized that in your pursuit of not making waves and trying to keep yourself happy and safe, you’d made excuses for all of Colby’s actions. Colby ALWAYS had his arm around you or his hand on your leg or his head on your shoulder, but you’d told yourself he was just a cuddly friend. The two of you really did talk nearly all day every day, but you’d started out as friends, so it made sense. Friends talk. Colby ALWAYS offered to pay for whatever activity or meal the two of you were sharing, but he’s also much bigger on YouTube than you are. You figured he was just offering because he could.
“Sir? Ma’am?” The two of you broke apart hearing the theatre worker close by. “We’re setting up for the next movie.”
“Sorry.” Colby laughed, grabbing your hand. “We’re leaving.”
Your face was bright red at being caught by the employee. You grabbed your purse and your trash and followed Colby out into the hallway. “Well that was embarrassing.” You laughed, throwing your trash in the bin.
Colby shrugged, wrapping his arms around your waist. “It was worth it.” He smiled, pressing another quick kiss to your lips.
For the most part, your lives continued over the next few weeks as normal…but more fun. Now that Colby had permission, he continued to show you just how cuddly and clingy he was. And you loved it. You’d ventured into the realm of having mind blowing sex, but you still had your insecurities and hang ups. Colby never pushed you, though. Taking things as slow as you wanted to. One night, while you were both laying sprawled out on the bed trying to catch your breath, Colby had suggested that next time you ride him.
“Babe.” Colby turned on his side to face you. “You should be on top next time.” He said, his hand reaching across your body to dig his fingers into your hip and his lips leaving kisses up your neck. “I want to hold your sexy hips. I want to watch them move.”
While his words made you feel good, they also made you feel terrified. You couldn’t actually think of an answer that wasn’t going to either ruin the moment or make you want to run from the room.
When you didn’t answer, Colby pulled your face to turn towards his. “Just think about it?” he asked with a smile, kissing your lips.
You nodded, kissing him back.
To avoid the dreaded adventure of breaking Colby Brock in half, you found other ways to spice up your sex life. The shower is a great place for blow jobs. So is the car. He had a secret thing for being naughty in public, so he never said no to that one. Being bent over the kitchen counter also threw a new favorite in the mix. You’d also realized that doing it doggy gave you one of the best orgasms of your life. Colby actually asked if you were okay afterwards.
One day when you’d arrived at Colby’s apartment, he was sat on the end of the couch with Sam sat a spot down from him. He’d greeted you with a “Hey, baby” and patted his lap wanting you to sit and talk.
Instead of trying to sit on either side of Sam or crushing Colby, you went and changed into some more comfortable clothes you had left there. When you got back out to the living room, you sat on the floor in front of Colby and asked him to rub your shoulders.
When Sam finally left, Colby patted your shoulders with a “Come here.”
When you stood up, Colby was still sat on the couch with his arms open, waiting for you. You laughed and sat next to him, snuggling into his side.
“Why won’t you sit on my lap?” Colby whined, playing with your hair.
“I’m not saying this to make you feel bad or tiny or anything…but, Colby I would literally crush you.” You laughed.
“WHAT?!” He practically yelled, not expecting that answer at all. “Y/n, you aren’t going to crush me.”
“Yes I am.” You sat up looking at him. “I don’t want to break the person I love.” You laughed.
“Y/n.” Colby said, kissing you. “First, I love you too. Second, I’m a grown ass man. I may look 17 because of my chubby cheeks, but you know this body is all man. You ARE NOT going to crush me.”
You sighed, not wanting to argue. Or have this conversation, really. You leaned your head back against Colby’s shoulder hoping he’d just drop it.
“Is this why you won’t ride me?” he asked, realizing you really were convinced you were somehow going to hurt him. You were always so confident, so he never really understood why you were shy about that.
“It’s exactly why that is never going to happen.” You said.
“Y/n.” Colby turned and wrapped his arms around you. “Do you trust me to be completely honest with you?”
“Yes. Most of the time.” You said.
“Hey!” he yelled.
“Yes, Colby. I trust you to be honest with me.” You laughed.
“Stand up.” He moved to sit dead center on his couch. “Come here.” He said, running his hands up and down his own thighs before opening his arms for you. “I swear on my life I will tell you if you’re hurting me. Scouts honor.”
“Cooolllbyyy.” You whined.
“Y/n, straddle me.” He said in an almost demanding voice. “Your weight won’t even be on me, it’ll be on your knees and legs on the couch.”
You just stared at him, your anxiety keeping your frozen on your feet.
“Y/n, I know you’re worried, but you don’t need to be.” He assured you. “And I can’t comfort you if you don’t fucking come here.” He sat there with his arms still spread open.
“Okay.” You said in a small voice. You sat your right knee to the side of his left thigh, letting it sink into the cushion before straddling his lap with your left knee on the other side of him.
“See?” Colby said, wrapping his arms around you and pulling your body fully into his lap, flush against his. “God, I’ve waited so long to do this.” He said, kissing down your neck, his hands moving to pull at the hem of your shirt.
“Colby.” You said, your hands moving to either side of his face. You still had a worried expression.
“Y/n, I am more than fine.” He said with a grin, his hands grabbing at your hips. “Now ditch the shirt.”
“You’re bossy today.” You laughed, pulling your shirt over your head and throwing it on the floor.
“It seems to be the only way I can get you to listen.” He teased, continuing the line of kisses down to your breasts.
“It’s kind of hot.” You admitted, letting your head fall back as Colby sucked a red mark into your skin.
“Ooo, I get two new things in one night. I get to boss you around AND you’re going to ride me.” Colby said confidently, his fingers working on unhooking your bra.
Your eyes flew to his, still not completely okay with this plan.
“Don’t worry, baby. We’re going to do it right here. Stand up.” He said, standing with you and stripping out of his clothes.
When he ran to grab a condom, you stripped out of the rest of your clothes. Colby sat back down on the couch, completely naked and already hard. “I will never get sick of seeing you naked.” You smiled down at him, your eyes raking up and down his beautiful body.
“We’re a perfect pair, then.” He said, putting on the condom and leaning forward to run his hands up and down your sides. “I have literally had dreams about you finally doing this. I am mesmerized by your body.” He laughed when you blushed. “Come here, baby.” He said, leaning back and patting his naked thighs.
You kneeled back down onto the couch, sinking halfway down onto his erection. You groaned, letting your head fall against Colby’s shoulder. “This feels so different.” You said, feeling his arms snake around your waist as you continued to let him fill you.
“I tried telling you, you were missing out.” Colby said, pulling you tight against him and thrusting fully into you.
“Colby!” You cried out, raising yourself up and sitting back down on his girth. In this position, he hit that perfect spot every time.
“Keep going, baby girl.” Colby said, his hands firmly grabbing your hips and encouraging you to move. “You don’t have to be so gentle.”
You felt Colby burry his face in your breasts as you moved your hips up and down. Colby’s thrusts met your bounces and all of a sudden you understood what you were missing. You gently grabbed Colby’s hair, pulling his head back so you could capture his lips in a passionate kiss.
“Y/n, I’m almost there.” Colby said, leaning back against the couch. “Keep going.” His eyes wandered your body as you were both pushed closer to your climax. “God, you’re beautiful.” He said, watching your breasts bounce and your lips part as you moaned.
You could feel your orgasm building. You threw your head back, reaching down to touch yourself. “Colby!” you called out, your walls clenching around him.
“Fuck.” Colby said, pulling you to lay against his chest as he roughly thrust into you, filling the condom. After a few seconds of the two of you just laying there, he told you to stand on your knees for a second. You moved to get off of the couch, but he stopped you. “I just needed to ditch the condom. Come here.” He said, pulling you back to lay against his chest.
“That was…worth it.” You laughed, still trying to hold your weight up on your knees.
“Y/n, you really don’t have to do that.” He said, smoothing his hands over your legs. “Just relax.”
You let your weight settle on Colby’s thighs, your face tucked into his neck. “I love you.”
“I love you, too.” He said, kissing the side of your head. “Next time I tell you to sit on my lap, just sit on my lap.”
“I’ll consider it.” You laughed, pressing a kiss to the side of his neck.
The next few days played out very similarly. Elton called everyone together once a day for a small competition. You’d won a scavenger hunt and you didn’t think the mud wrestling was worth any prize, so you sat that one out. People kept asking why you guys looked so clean and happy. Colby always said you guys just packed a lot of clothes and you liked camping, not wanting to share your secret lake. You guys continued to enjoy clean clothes, bathing in the lake, and plenty of food. You’d even busted out the smore supplies and playing cards last night.
The competition was down to 4 teams and Colby was worried Sam and Kat were going to throw in the towel soon.
“You okay?” Colby asked Kat, offering her a protein bar.
She shrugged her shoulders. “I think I just want to sleep in my own bed.” She half smiled.
“Do you want one of our sleeping bags? I know Y/n wouldn’t mind.” He offered.
“No.” She laughed. “I mean I miss my apartment with my bed and my shower and my tv and my phone and my microwave and postmates and…”
“I get it.” Colby laughed. “How long do you think you’re staying?”
“I’m only staying for Sam.” She smiled. “It’s up to him.”
“Kat, Sam wanted to leave yesterday.” Colby laughed.
“Really?” She asked, shock evident in her voice.
“Sam!” Colby called. You and him were sat by the water, talking. You both walked back when you heard Colby call for Sam.
“What’s up?”
“Not that I want you guys to leave, because I definitely want you to stay…but you’ve both said you’re only staying for the other person and you both seem miserable.” Colby laughed.
“You don’t want to stay?” Sam asked Kat, sitting down next on her on the bin.
“I wanted to go home yesterday!” She laughed.
“So did I!” Sam joined in laughing.
“Awww, we’re going to be all alone.” You pouted, sitting on Colby’s lap.
“Don’t pretend like you’re going to be sad.” Sam teased. “You’re just going to walk around naked more often.”
“He’s not wrong.” Colby laughed.
“Do we even want to stay today?” Kat asked, looking at Sam.
“I’m out, dude. I want to ask Elton if we’re allowed to give them our supplies, but after that I want to go home and play Minecraft.” Sam laughed.
“I’m taking a bath and getting my nails done.” Kat said, looking at the one nail she had busted in half.
“Hey, Elton. This is Sam. I have a question.” Sam said into the walkie talkie, walking back out to the fire.
“What’s your question, young Samuel?” Elton replied.
“If someone were to hypothetically quit, they can give their supplies to another team, right? Technically it’s still considered trading goods?” Sam asked.
“Yup. Make sure to pack and bring back anything they aren’t going to use to the RV so it’s easier to clean up at the end of the competition, but you can definitely give them your food and flashlights and stuff.” Elton answered. “I know it’s going to take missing his flight or a lightning strike to get Colby to quit, so is it safe to assume you and Kat are going home?”
Sam laughed. “Yes. We’re tapping out.”
“I won’t announce it until you drag your stuff down here.” Elton laughed. “Do you need any help?”
“No, I think we’re good. We’ll be down there in a bit.” Sam answered.
“If you open that tote, we can put our snacks and stuff in it.” Kat said, pointing to the bin you were sitting on.
You hopped up, moving to help Sam pack everything up.
“Do you guys want the pillows?” Sam asked.
“I’m fine with what we’ve got.” Colby answered. “Y/n?”
“No, I’m good. Thank you, though.” You smiled at Sam, helping him pack the rest of the inside of the tent into the totes.
They ended up leaving an extra flashlight, the alarm clock, some snacks, and some toiletries. You got everything else packed back into the two bins and the both of you walked them to the RV. When you got back to your campsite, it looked weird without the second tent.
“I wonder why Elton hasn’t announced it yet.” Colby wondered aloud, holding your walkie talkie in his hand.
“He hasn’t announced our daily challenge thing either. Maybe he’ll do it at the same time.” You said, not thinking too much of it. “Let’s record a diary entry.”
“I’ll grab the camera.” Colby said, ducking into the tent and coming out with a blanket and the camera. “Can you grab the smore stuff?” Colby asked, shaking the blanket out to lay flat.
“Of course.” You smiled, grabbing the Ziplock baggie with the smore ingredients.
Colby turned the camera on. “Hey, guys. We’ve got a bit of a sad announcement this time around.” He sighed, turning to look at you.
“Sam and Kat decided to go home.” You said, leaning your head on Colby’s shoulder.
“I don’t blame them. They were kind of done with this whole thing yesterday.” Colby explained. “So, to cheer myself up, I’m going to make smores and cuddle with my beautiful girlfriend.”
You looked at him, surprised he just said it on camera. You placed your hand on his cheek, guiding his lips to yours. “That sounds like a great plan.”
“I agree.” He smiled at you, turning back to the camera. “I don’t know if Elton has anything planned for today since there’s only three teams left, but we’ll update you guys in a bit.” He turned the camera off and started making a smore.
About an hour later, you heard the announcement. “Hey teams! Looks like we’re down to three! I need everyone to meet down at the RV in about an hour! See you then!”
When you made it down to the RV, you noticed a big table set up with chairs surrounding it. “Ooo, what’s going on today?” You asked, Colby standing behind you with his arms around your shoulders.
“We brought our batteries and SD cards, by the way.” Colby said, pulling them out of his pocket.
“Sweet!” Elton said, grabbing them and running inside to exchange them. “And today is going to be a bit different.” Elton answered.
“Hey, hey!” JC called, walking towards you holding hands with Chelsey. “Who left?”
“Sam and Kat.” Colby answered in a sad voice.
“No way!” Chelsey said. “I thought they’d stay as long as you did.”
“I think we actually enjoy this more than them.” You laughed.
“Definitely.” Colby agreed.
Crawford and Franny joined the group. “HOW THE FUCK DO YOU GUYS NOT LOOK LIKE YOU’VE BEEN SLEEPING IN THE WOODS FOR 5 DAYS?!” Crawford practically yelled.
“They won’t tell us.” JC laughed.
“Your hair isn’t even greasy!” Crawford continued.
“Dry shampoo, brother.” Colby snarked back, making you laugh.
“One whole tote was dedicated to things to keep us camera ready.” You joked.
“You’ll find out everyone’s secrets when you watch the videos.” Elton laughed, walking to the table. “Okay! Today is going to be a little different. I’ve got Chinese food for us to share and I want to just talk. I want to hear your thoughts and your funny stories. I want this to be a camp-wide diary entry. Talk about how you’re feeling, if you’re enjoying this, if you’ve learned anything.”
“Fuck yes.” You said, letting your head fall back against Colby’s shoulder. “I could destroy some sesame chicken right now.”
“Lucky for you, its on today’s menu.” Elton said.
The 7 of you sat around the table, loading up your plates with food.
“Okay, First, I want to hear how everyone is doing. Physically, mentally, etc.” Elton instructed. The camera men were in different spots to catch everyone’s parts of the conversations.
“I’m great.” You said, shrugging your shoulders. “Seriously. I am loving getting to spend this time with Colby. It’s been great to hang out with Sam and Kat and get to talk without someone recording us or needing to leave to record something else.” You added.
“I agree.” Colby said, leaning over to kiss your cheek. “I mean, I ended up getting a vacation and a girlfriend in one fell swoop. AND I plan on getting that 10 grand.” He smiled at you.
“I wondered if you two were official.” JC said, reaching over to fist bump Colby. “Congrats, guys. You two seem to be really good together.”
The rest of the group all said their congratulations.
“I think we’re doing pretty good.” Chelsey chimed in on Elton’s question. “I’m terrified I’m going to start my period, but other than that I think we’ve enjoyed the break.”
“God, men have it so easy.” Elton replied, laughing.
“I think we’ve got a few days left in us.” JC added.
Crawford and Franny looked at each other. “We’re ready to go home soon.” Franny laughed. “Honestly, I’m just bored at this point. I didn’t realize how many things I use to pass the time until they were all 2 hours away.”
Crawford nodded his head. “I agree. It’s mostly little things I miss. We’ve talked and we want to stick it out a bit more, though.”
“That’s kind of why Kat wanted to go home. She just missed her normal everyday stuff.” Colby added.
“What is one thing you’ve learned out here?” Elton asked, shoving fried rice in his mouth.
“I think I need to remember it’s okay to unplug for a bit.” Crawford said.
“Same.” Franny added.
“I think I just needed a reminder that the world isn’t going to end if I’m not there to answer every text and every email.” JC said.
Chelsey nodded, leaning into JC. “I think it’s been good to realize that not everything is dire. We’re so used to having instant access to everyone and everything in our lives.”
“All good things.” Elton said, looking at you and Colby.
“I think I forget that taking a moment for myself isn’t wasting time.” You said, your chest heavy with emotion. “I think I’d convinced myself that it was lazy to take a day to sleep in or to argue to push a deadline back for my mental health.” You paused, taking a deep breath.
“Hey.” Colby said, pulling you into his arms. “You’re okay.”
You let him comfort you for a second, taking a few more deep breaths. “If I could honestly tell the people watching your series anything, it’s that you matter. And that doesn’t just mean to other people. You’ve gotta realize you matter to you. Ignoring stress and bad sleep patterns and your own need to rest and heal…You’re only going to make things worse.”
“I fully fucking agree with that.” JC said from across the table, reaching his hand out to hold yours for a second.
“Me too.” Colby said, his arm still around you. “I didn’t even know you felt that way which means you’re pretty good at hiding it.” He smiled at you sadly. “You were spot on with ignoring the problems because you don’t think you’re worth the time it takes to fix them. I do that all the time. I gotta get better at that.”
“We’ll help each other.” You smiled at him, pressing a quick kiss to his lips.
“It’s been years since I’ve cried while eating Chinese food.” Elton joked.
“That an old habit of yours?” you laughed.
“You don’t want to know.” Elton said, putting on a dramatic face. “In all honesty, though. That’s probably the best thing you could take back from this experience. Burn out is a real thing and it’s not just related to work.”
You guys talked for about an hour, laughing and telling funny stories. When you got back to your camp you went and mixed some of the sports mix with a gallon of water and put half your tampons in a Ziplock baggie. You added a trash bag and a pack of baby wipes to the Ziplock before walking back out of your tent.
“Do you know where JC and Chelsey are camped?” You asked, intent on giving her the supplies.
“I don’t, but Elton does.” He answered, looking at what was in your hands. “You’re quickly becoming the best human I know.” He said, pulling you into his arms. “Let’s ask Elton over the walkie talkie.
“Hey Elton, can you tell us where JC and Chelsey are camped? We have some supplies we want to give them.” Colby said after switching the batteries.
“You’re giving them supplies?” Elton asked.
“Don’t ask.” Colby laughed.
“Yeah, they’re closer to me than you if you just want to walk back up here.” Elton answered.
“I’ll be back.” You said, heading back down the path.
“As if.” Colby laughed, grabbing the flashlight and the walkie talkie. “Come here.” He said, grabbing your hand.
“Thank you.” You smiled over at him.
When you got to the RV, Elton pointed to where JC and Chelsey were camped. You could see the tent up the hill. “I’m gonna go by myself, okay?” you said, letting go of Colby’s hand.
“Be safe!” he called. “Watch where you’re walking!”
Elton and Colby watched you start your short hike up the hill. “You guys are kind of perfect together.” Elton said, looking over at Colby.
“I mean, I’m not going to argue with you.” Colby laughed, leaning against the RV. “But what makes you say that?”
“I know the only reason Sam and Kat stayed out here so long is because you guys helped them. Hell, Corey and Andrea would have quit day one if you hadn’t set their camp up for them. And here she is giving to another team when there’s 10 thousand dollars on the line.” Elton explained. “You’ve both got very giving hearts. You both know that people are always more important than things. You’re both just really good people.”
Colby smiled over at Elton. “You really think all that highly of me?”
“What do you mean?” Elton yelled, knocking Colby’s shoulder with his. “of course, I do.”
“Thanks.” Colby said, bumping his shoulder back into Elton’s. “I think I sometimes forget what got Sam and I started on this whole thing. It’s hard to breathe constant kindness through all the LA smog.” He joked, bitterly.
“Well I think a pretty good reminder for you just walked up that hill.” Elton nodded towards you.
“You’ve got that right, Uncle Elton.” Colby replied, seeing that you had just gotten to the tent.
“Chelsey?” You called. “JC?”
“Yo!” JC replied, crawling out of the tent. “What’s up?”
“I brought these for Chelsey.” You said, seeing her crawl out of the tent after JC.
“Whoa, why?” She asked, realizing you’d have to have hiked back to your camp and then all the way back.
“Girl, I am not about to let you suffer having a period in the woods with no supplies.” You laughed, handing her the bag. “There’s tampons, baby wipes, a few trash bags…” You pointed out different things in the bag. “And this will make sure you don’t get dehydrated as hell. It’s got electrolytes and shit in it.”
“Seriously?” JC asked, dumbfounded. “Can we give you anything for it?”
“Nope. We’ve got more than we need.” You answered, waving and walking back towards the RV.
“Thank you!” Chelsey called, running and pulling you into a hug. “Seriously, you’re so sweet.”
“No problem.” You laughed, hugging her back. “Really.”
When you got back to the RV the sun had completely gone down. “You ready?” you asked Colby.
“I am.” He answered, reaching out for your hand.
“Have a good night, guys!” Elton called, going back in his RV.
Colby clicked the flashlight on and lead the way back to your camp. “You did a very nice thing.” He said about halfway back to camp.
“It wasn’t a big deal.” You shrugged. “We still have more than we need.”
“That’s not the point.” Colby laughed. “Just wait until the series comes out. I guarantee you JC and Chelsey are going to talk about what you did in their diary entry and the comments are going to be filled with people thinking you’re crazy for helping the competition.”
“Think about it this way.” You said. “Would you want to win because one of your friends had to quit because of something you don’t even have to struggle with?”
“Not at all.” He answered, stopping in the middle of the trail to pull you against him. “It doesn’t mean what you did wasn’t a very nice and kind thing.” He leaned down and connected your lips.
When you broke the kiss, you laid your head against Colby’s chest. “I know we’ve been friends for a while, but we’ve been dating for less than a week.” You said, slipping your fingers under the back of Colby’s shirt to rest against his skin. “I know it’s way to early to ACTUALLY say what I’m thinking…So I’m just going to say I could really love you one day.”
Colby laughed, pressing a kiss to the top of your head. “I could really love you one day, too.”
Crawford and Franny quit the next night. And you had to wait three whole days to get the final walkie talkie announcement.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to announce that the 9th team has officially quit, and Y/n and Colby are our official winners!” You heard Elton scream into the walkie talkie at about 5 in the morning.
Colby grabbed the walkie talkie, replying. “Did you really have to wake us up for that? Also, if we’re the only ones left why did you say that like you were announcing it to the entire camp?” he laughed.
“Get dressed and head down here, guys.” Elton’s laugh could be heard through the speaker.
You grabbed the camera to record your ‘reactions’.
You yawned, looking over at Colby. “I think we just won.” You said, rubbing the sleep out of your eyes.
Colby sleepily nodded, kissing your forehead. “I think we did.”
“I need to pee.” You laughed.
“Elton can wait.” Colby said, looking at the camera. “We’ve got priorities.”
You turned the camera off and started getting ready.
“It’s kind of chilly out.” Colby said, peeking out of the tent. “Wear this.” He chucked you one of his hoodies.
“Thanks, babe.” You smiled, pulling it over your shirt.
You finished getting ready and made the trek back to the RV. By the time you got there, the sun had fully risen.
“CONGRATS!” Elton yelled, hugging both of you. JC and Chelsey were still there and they both congratulated you guys.
“Thank you.” You both said, your arms linked and your hands in your hoodie pockets.
“So, as you know…You get 10 thousand dollars to split and you get to pick a charity that I’ll donate another 10 thousand dollars to.” Elton said, two stacks of cash in his hands.
You leaned up to whisper in Colby’s ear. “For Sparta, right?” You asked, knowing that Elton was working his ass off on a charity all by himself.
“Oh, fuck yeah.” Colby said, kissing your forehead.
“What?” Elton asked, looking back and forth between the two of you.
“We’re giving the charity money to your charity.” Colby said, seeing Elton’s mouth drop open a bit. “You don’t get enough media attention or credit for the work you’re doing and 10 grand is a lot of money.”
“Are you fucking kidding me?” Elton asked.
“This is no joking matter.” You laughed.
“You know you don’t have to do that.” Elton said, making sure you knew.
“We want to, Elton!” you promised.
He pulled the both of you into another hug, handing you the other stack of bills. “Thank you.” He said, shaking his head like he still couldn’t believe it. “I honestly didn’t expect that.”
“With this one, you should have.” Colby teased, elbowing you.
“Do you guys know what you’re doing with your money?” He asked, remembering everything was still being filmed.
“I don’t know, actually.” Colby said, looking over at you.
“I hadn’t thought about it.” You shrugged your shoulders. “If it’s anything fun or crazy, we’ll make sure to film it for you.” You laughed.
“One last thing!” Elton remembered. “Do you want to tell Chelsey and JC why you were always so clean?” He busted out laughing before he even got the whole word out.
“Oh, yeah.” You chuckled.
“We found a lake.” Colby said, shrugging his shoulders. “It was a long ass hike every day to get down here, but it was totally worth it.”
“I KNEW it!” JC yelled, Chelsey laughing at him.
The cameras were turned off and JC and Chelsey walked back to their camp to pack up.
“Are you heading back down in the RV right away?” Colby asked Elton.
“No, actually. I won’t leave until tomorrow afternoon.” Elton replied.
Colby looked over at you. “Want to spend one last day up here?”
“As long as that means we get to go back to sleep for a few hours.” You laughed, wrapping your arms around Colby.
“Oh, for sure.” He replied, pulling his sleeves down to cover his hands and wrapping his arms around you. “Elton, do you mind if we stay and ride back with you tomorrow?”
“Not at all.” Elton shook his head. “We may come take a swim up by you in a little bit.”
“Sounds good to me.” Colby said, asking Elton to keep your cash prize in the RV for the night.
When you climbed back in your tent and stripped down, Colby pulled you to lay against his side. “I’m going to miss this.”
“I’ll miss it a little, too.” You said, dragging your fingers up and down Colby’s bare side. “But home is going to be a new adventure too. We get to do everything together for the first time.”
Colby smiled. “That’s very true.”
“And we’ve got 10 grand stashed away now. Maybe in a few months, You, me, Sam, and Kat can take a little trip.” You suggested.
“Another little break from the crazy.” Colby agreed.
“Exactly.” You said, snuggling further into Colby’s chest.
“I know you said it’s too early to say what I’m thinking, but I just want to reiterate that I am really going to fucking love you one day.” Colby kissed the top of your head.
You laughed, pressing a kiss to Colby’s neck before laying your head back down. “Well one day, I’m going to argue that I love you more.”
“WELCOME TO THE FIRST GROUP ACTIVITY” Elton said into the megaphone. “As you can tell, we’re down to eight teams.”
“I told you!” Colby said, nudging you with his elbow.
“I really can’t wait to watch this series so I know how everyone else did.” You laughed, leaning against Colby.
Elton continued after the crowd quieted. “There will be multiple prizes handed out today. I need everyone that got at least one BINGO to come forward.”
Only one team didn’t move forward. “How did they not get at least one?” Sam laughed.
“Okay, now I need everyone that got more than one to move to the left and everyone else to move to the right.” Elton instructed. There were people set up with laptops to confirm the single BINGO winners.
“This is where we part.” Kat laughed, her and Sam walking to the right while you and Colby joined JC and Chelsey on the left.
“YEAH!” Colby cheered, tackle hugging JC. You and Chelsey laughed at the boys.
“How many did you get?” you asked.
“Three.” She answered.
“Ooo, we got four.” You bragged, laughing at Colby and JC now full on wrestling.
“I’m impressed.” Elton said into the megaphone. “Who got what?” he asked, dropping the megaphone and coming towards you with a cameraman.
“We got four!” Colby said, dusting himself off.
“Damnit!” JC laughed. “We got three.”
“Let me see your BINGO cards and your SD cards.” Elton said, popping them into a laptop and confirming your win. “Looks like Colby and Y/n won this one!” He called out so the whole group could hear.
Elton moved back to grab the megaphone, everyone else’s wins having been confirmed. “Okay, so everyone who got at least one BINGO gets to pick one snack food out of that bin. Each person on your team gets to pick one, so two per team. That includes JC and Colby’s teams.”
Everyone cheered, rushing forward to pick their snacks. “Doritos or Oreos?” Colby asked, looking at you.
“Honestly, both.” You laughed. “I’ll grab whatever one you don’t pick.”
“Y/n, if I grab this jar of peanut butter can I trade you some for some Oreos?” Kat asked.
“Oh, hell yeah. Oreos dipped in peanut butter is the best.” You agreed, seeing Sam grab a family size bag of pre-popped popcorn. “Nice choice!” you told him, walking back to stand next to Colby.
“The second BINGO prize is a little better.” Elton said. “Both teams that got two BINGOS get one shower per team member in the RV during your stay out here.”
“Thank god!” JC laughed. “That’s going to add at least a day to how long I can stay out here.”
You leaned up to whisper in Colby’s ear. “We should ask if we can give away our showers.”
He shrugged, thinking it through. “We don’t really need it with the lake.”
“Elton, can we give our showers to another team?” You asked, laughing at the confused look on his face.
“You can trade any goods within the competition, so I guess. Yeah.” He replied.
You leaned back up to whisper in Colby’s ear. “Give it to Corey and Andrea.”
Colby busted up laughing. “Hey Corey!” Colby called. “Our showers are yours, buddy.”
Corey pretended he had just won an award, tears and all. He walked up to Colby and pulled him into a stage kiss making everyone laugh. “Thank you, brother.” He said, wiping away his fake tears and walking straight into the RV.
Colby leaned down and whispered in your ear. “Good idea, babe.” He put his arm around your shoulders.
“Each team that got three BINGOS…you’re both going back to camp with a large, hot pizza.”
Everyone else groaned, but you, JC, Chelsey and Colby cheered. “Fuck yes!” Colby yelled. “That’s the best prize we could have won.”
“I could destroy that pizza right now.” Chelsey laughed.
“And last, but certainly not least, Colby and Y/n are both over 21.” Elton said. “And for getting the most BINGOS, you need to decide between the two of you what bottle of alcohol you want.”
“WHISKEY!” You both said, laughing at each other’s quick answers.
“For YouTube monetization reasons, I need to reiterate that both of these adults are over 21 and will not be sharing their alcoholic beverages with anyone under the age of 21.” Elton’s stare moving between the two of you.
“Oh, for sure.” Colby’s eyes went wide. “We’re totally responsible adults that would never condone underage drinking.”
“What he said.” You added, laughing.
“Okay, that concludes this part of the event. Everyone remember to record yourselves and check in on the walkie talkie before you go to bed!” Elton said, most people waking back to their campsites.
“You four stay here.” Elton said to You, Colby, Chelsey, and JC.
Sam and Kat walked up with puppy dog eyes. “Friends…” Sam said, sticking his lip out in a pout.
“We’re going to share the pizza, you pieces of garbage.” Colby laughed.
Elton walked back out with a bottle of Jameson and two boxes of pizza. “This is yours.” He handed you the bottle and Colby the pizza. “And this is yours.” He handed the other pizza to Chelsey. “Congrats, guys.”
“I didn’t even know prizes were a thing when we signed up for this.” You laughed, sniffing the pizza box. “Let’s go eat.”
“Wait!” Sam said, grabbing the camera batteries and extra SD cards out of his pocket. “Can we just switch these out now so no one has to hike back to us tomorrow?”
“Oh, yeah.” Colby said, sticking his hip out so you could grab your batteries and cards out of his pocket.
“Hey, it saves us a hike.” Elton said, running inside the RV and coming out with fresh batteries and cards for both of you. “Anything you know you want cut out or bleeped yet?” He asked.
“Umm….” Sam said, his eyes going to Colby’s. He had recorded you two making out just a few hours ago.
“Nope.” Colby answered. “We’re all good.”
You smiled at him, following him back towards your campsite.
When the four of you got back and unloaded your snack prizes and camera supplies, you gathered around the fire, munching on pizza. Sam turned the camera on.
“Another alliance check-in.” Sam said, recording the half-eaten pizza and the four of you.
“This is hands down the best prize we won.” You moaned, sipping your sports drink and grabbing a second slice.
“We didn’t even win it.” Sam laughed, reaching for his second slice.
Colby looked at the camera. “Sam and Colby vs the world, brother!”
“True that. True that.” Sam agreed, getting a TMI close shot of him shoving pizza in his mouth.
“Grab me another slice?” Colby asked you, unable to move with you sitting in his lap.
“I don’t think many teams are going to make it past three or four days.” Kat thought out loud.
“I think we’ll be down to five teams by day four.” Colby agreed.
You could hear the walkie talkies going off in the tents. You ran to the tent to grab yours.
“I just want to thank everyone for participating today.” Elton continued. “We’re officially down one more team. That leaves 7 teams still in the running.”
“Holy shit.” You said, looking at Sam who was still recording.
“I bet it’s Kian.” Kat laughed.
“Maybe.” Colby nodded.
“I hope everyone left enjoys their snack prizes! Be safe! Remember to check in tonight!” Elton finished.
“Oh, no! It’s not Kian. It’s the team that didn’t have any bingos!” Sam said. “He said everyone left got snacks. That means the team that lost quit.”
“I didn’t know them.” you said, sitting the walkie talkie on the ground and sitting back on Colby’s lap.
“I didn’t either.” Colby said.
“When everyone finds out we found a lake they’re going to be pissed.” Sam laughed, remembering that you two gave your showers away.
“Yeah, one of the teams that was standing by us was super confused that you just gave your showers to Corey and Andrea.” Kat chuckled, grabbing a second slice of pizza.
“I’m shocked Corey made it this far.” You said. “After Witches forest, I assumed he peed a little every time he saw more than one or two trees at a time.”
“I’m not going to share why I think he’s made it this far on camera.” Colby laughed.
“Well, that ends our group check-in.” Sam laughed, turning the camera off.
“I think he likes Andrea.” Colby said, finishing his pizza.
“I can totally see it.” You agreed, getting up to gather the trash.
“Here.” Colby said, handing you the trash bag from last night. “We can burn the box and the rest can go in there.”
“I didn’t think about it, but I can totally see him and Andrea together.” Sam agreed after pondering for a minute.
“I can’t believe he took his shower right then and there.” Kat laughed, ripping up the pizza box to throw into the fire.
“That’s Corey.” Colby laughed. “He knew it’d get a laugh.”
“Do either of you have a watch or an alarm clock?” You asked Sam.
“We do!” He answered, reaching in the tent to grab the little battery-operated alarm clock. “It’s 3:30.”
“Anyone else want to nap for a bit?” You asked.
Colby walked up behind you and leaned his head on your shoulder. “Pleeeeeease.”
“I could use a nap, too.” Kat said.
“Sounds like a plan, then.” Sam said. “When should I set the alarm for?”
“Five?” You suggested.
“Works for me.” Sam agreed, setting the alarm.
“Remember to record another diary thing.” Colby said to Sam. “If we get them done early, the four of us can have some fun with that Jameson tonight without having to check-in drunk.”
“Good plan.” Sam laughed.
“I’m gonna go pee and I’ll meet you in the tent.” You said, kissing Colby’s cheek and grabbing the bathroom bag.
“I’m coming with you.” He said, grabbing the walkie talkie just in case.
“I can pee alone.” You laughed. “It’s daytime.”
“I won’t look, I just don’t want you going anywhere alone.” He smirked.
You sighed and walked in the direction of your bathroom spot, mumbling. “Boys.”
“I heard that!” Colby laughed.
When the two of you made it back to the tent, you kicked your shoes and jeans off and dove into your blankets.
“I think we’re doing pretty great so far.” Colby said, kicking his shoes and jeans off as well.
“I think we make a great pair.” You smiled at him.
“Now THAT I know.” He replied, grabbing your camera to record your check-in and joining you underneath the blankets. “It’s nap time, bitches.” He said, holding the camera above the two of you.
“I need a pizza nap.” You laughed.
“I think after we wake up we’re going to take a swim with Sam and Kat and then maybe play a game or two.” He said, looking over at you.
“Is it totally dorky of me to be excited about cleaning our clothes?” you asked.
“A little bit.” He laughed. “But I’m excited too. I like that we have to like, figure everything out on our own out here.”
“Yeah!” you agreed. “It’s obviously not convenient or glamorous, but it’s nice.”
“It is.” Colby agreed, leaning towards you and pressing a soft lingering kiss to your lips. “This whole thing has been very nice.”
Your cheeks turned slightly pink as you smiled up at the camera. “We’ll check back in when we go swimming.” You said, reaching up to turn the camera off and setting it on the tote.
Colby started kissing down your neck, his fingers grazing the skin underneath the bottom of your shirt. “I don’t really want to nap anymore.”
“Colby.” You laughed. “No funny business until I’ve bathed. We’re gross right now.”
Colby groaned. “Fine.” He laid on his back and pulled you to cuddle into his side. “But you’re gonna get it later.”
“I’m looking forward to it.” You snuggled into Colby, throwing your leg over his. The sound of the wind through the trees surrounding you lulling you to sleep pretty quickly.
“Y/n! Colby!” You woke up to Kat’s voice.
“I’m up!” you said, trying to sit up too quickly. “Almost up.” You said, falling back against the sleeping bag.
“Did you pack a bathing suit?” Colby mumbled, sitting up.
“I did.” You answered, sorting through your stack of clothes. “Here it is.”
“I’m just going to swim in my boxers.” Colby said, taking his shirt off.
“I’m going to toss our dirty clothes outside.” You said, adding the clothes the two of you were currently taking off to the clothes from yesterday. “Tie this?” you asked, turning your back to Colby so he could tie your bathing suit top.
“I don’t know.” He teased, pressing kisses along the back of your shoulder. “I think you should just go without it.”
“It’ll come off in the water eventually.” You laughed.
Colby tied the strings for you, leaving the tent so you could change into the bottoms. You two gathered up your toiletries and the laundry and headed towards where Kat and Sam were by the water.
“Is it cold?” you asked.
“Very.” Sam laughed, counting down from three before jumping in the water and shrieking.
“Is it really that bad?” Kat asked, recording Sam with their camera.
“When you first jump in it is.” Sam answered. “It’s not that bad, though.”
“Laundry first?” You suggested.
Sam hopped out of the water to run and grab their dirty clothes. You and Colby waded into the water, trying to get used to the cold. After you washed your clothes as well as you could, you strung the paracord rope through the pieces one by one, tying each end to a separate tree so the clothes could hang and dry. After everyone was done with that, you guys turned off the camera so you could relax before the sun went down.
You were floating on your back in the water when Colby pulled you under. “Brat!” you laughed, wiping the water out of your eyes when you resurfaced.
“Let’s move down the shore a little so we can get cleaned up.” He smiled, pulling you into a kiss.
“I don’t think getting clean is what’s really on your mind.” You laughed, swimming towards the land to grab your toiletries.
After cleaning your hair, you stripped out of your bathing suit, chucking it out of the water. You grabbed the bar soap and stood up out of the water a little bit to run the lather over your skin. You stood about waist deep. “You should let me do that.” Colby smirked, ditching his boxers. He reached out for the bar of soap you had in your hand.
You lathered your hands again so you could run them over Colby’s body, handing him the bar of soap. “I think you’re getting a tan.” You teased, cleaning the dirt and grime off of Colby’s chest, shoulders, and arms.
“We should lay out tomorrow.” He replied, his hands rubbing circles over the skin on your back. He leaned down to connect your lips in a slow, lazy kiss.
When you reached your arms around to wash his back, he pulled you tight against him, chest to chest. “I really hope he isn’t using his drone right now.” You laughed, slipping your hands down his back under the water, squeezing Colby’s ass.
He groaned, pulling you both under the water to rinse the soap from your bodies. When he stood back up, he pressed open mouth kisses down your neck. “It’s not nice to tease people, y/n.” he chuckled when he found a sensitive spot, causing you to moan. “We’ll have some fun when we get back to the tent.”
“Then let’s finish getting cleaned up.” You said, falling back in the water away from Colby.
The two of you hurried to get clean, throwing your bathing suit/boxers back on. You quickly ran your shaver over your legs, Colby asking you to get the few spots on his face that grew any hair. It was kind of cute. He pulled you into his arms after tying your bathing suit top. “Wrap your legs around my waist.” He said, his hands grabbing your ass.
“Someone feels excited.” You smiled, sucking a red mark into the skin at the base of Colby’s neck. He walked the two of you out of the water, your arms and legs tight around Colby.
Sam and Kat were sill swimming when you passed them and they didn’t pay you any mind. “Lets just throw these over the rope.” Colby said, stripping out of his boxers outside the tent.
“You’re the one walking them over naked there, then.” You laughed, stripping and handing him your bathing suit.
He laughed, looking you up and down. “Don’t worry, I don’t want anyone else catching a glimpse of this.” He pulled you into a quick kiss, his hand trailing down your side.
Colby quickly ran to the laundry line and hung up the wet clothes. When he walked into the tent, he found you curled up under the covers. He crawled into the pile of blankets laying his body on top of yours.
“Your hair faded a little bit.” You noticed, running your fingers through it.
“I kind of like it more that way, anyways.” He replied, ducking down to press open mouth kisses down your chest.
“Mmmm, me too.” You loved how physical Colby was. You lightly teased his back with your fingernails, causing goosebumps to appear.
“I want to take my time, but at the same time I just want to…” you could feel him teasing your entrance with his fingers.
“We can take our time later.” You moaned, feeling him tease your clit with his thumb.
“We’re in the middle of the woods, y/n.” He pumped two fingers in and out of you slowly, continuing to rub circles around your clit. “You can be as loud as you want.”
“But Sam and Kat.” You said, your nails digging a bit harder into Colby’s flesh.
“They don’t give a shit.” Colby smirked. “I had to listen to them fuck all the time in the TrapHouse.”
“Ooo, kinky.” You laughed, seeing Colby disappear under the blankets. “Oh, fuck.” You arched your back off of the sleeping bags.
Colby had quickly gone to work, assaulting your most sensitive area with his tongue. “Mmm” Colby groaned against you, sending shivers up your body. “You taste so good.”
You pushed the blankets back to watch Colby, the cool air hitting your body. “Jesus, Colby.” You cried out, your legs instinctively trying to close.
Colby’s hands held your knees apart as his mouth continued to push you closer to your climax. Your fingers moved to grip Colby’s hair, bucking your hips when he found that perfect spot. “Come on, y/n. I know you’re close. You’re practically shaking.” He said, increasing the pressure against you.
You cried out, your fingers tightening in Colby’s hair as you hit your orgasm. “Colby.”
He ran his tongue back through your folds, your body twitching through the aftershocks of your high. You tugged on his hair a bit, letting him know it was too much. “God, I love when you do that.” Colby looked up at you, leaving a trail of kisses up your body. He reached over to his bag and grabbed a condom.
You grabbed it from his hand, opening it and rolling it onto him. Colby leaned down to hide his face in your neck, muffling the groan that escaped him. You lined him up with your wet core and felt him slowly fill you. “I knew you were big, I did. But Jesus Christ, Colby.” You took a deep breath, feeling yourself wrapped around him.
He chuckled, his lips against your neck. “It’s not too much, is it?” He asked, terrified you were going to answer yes.
“God, no.” you replied, sliding your hands down his back so you could squeeze his ass. “Come on, Colby. Move.”
Colby moved to kiss you before pulling out and thrusting back in. Your hips moved in unison with his, encouraging him to move faster. “Y/n.” He moaned your name, ducking his head back into the crook of your neck. His teeth dragged across the sensitive skin there as his thrusts got rougher. One of your hands moved down to rub your clit as the other dug its nails into Colby’s shoulder. Colby’s breath faltered for a second, the pin prick feeling from your nails adding to his pleasure. “Harder.” He said, his thrusts losing their pace. When you felt your second climax pulse through your system, you dragged both of your hands down Colby’s back, your nails leaving angry red lines. He called out your name, filling the condom with a few clumsy thrusts. His body collapsed against yours, his twitching dick still inside of you.
You pressed a kiss to the top of his head, your fingers lazily dragging through his hair as you both caught your breath. “You’re amazing.” You blurted out, your fingers halting their movement for half a second.
Colby gently laughed. His laugh turned into a groan as he slowly pulled out of you, ditching the condom. “I could say the same thing about you.” He said, kissing your cheeks and then your lips, rolling the both of you over so that you were hovering above him.
“Let me see your back.” You said, kissing him and climbing off of him.
“It’s not that bad.” Colby said, sitting up and turning.
“Holy shit.” Eyes wide, your fingers traced over the lines.
“Actually, that does sting a little.” Colby laughed, shivering under your gentle touch.
You leaned forward leaving little kisses down the angry red marks. “I’m sorry.”
“Hey.” He said, turning and pulling you to sit in his lap. “I liked it. I’m probably going to ask you to do that a lot.” He laughed, his fingers wandering to tease your breasts.
“If we don’t get dressed, we’re never going to make it out of this tent.” You laughed, kissing him.
“You’re probably right.” He said, deepening the kiss.
The two of you got dressed, doing your final diary entry on the camera. You grabbed your Oreos, the bottle of whiskey, and your sports drink for chaser and went to sit by the fire. You grabbed a blanket so you could sit on the ground under the stars, setting out your snacks.
“We should play a game.” Kat said, sitting next to you on the blanket and opening the jar of peanut butter.
“Ooo, like Truth or drink?” You looked over at the boys, both of their eyes going wide.
“You sure you want to open that door?” Sam asked you, looking over at Colby.
“I’m down to play.” Kat said, looking at you.
“Oh, I’m totally in.” You replied, looking back over at the boys.
“Looks like we’re playing.” Colby laughed, moving to sit behind you, his legs on either side of you.
You grabbed an Oreo and dipped it in the peanut butter. “I hope Elton does more competitions. I like this whole prize thing.” You laughed.
“Who wants to go first?” Sam asked, grabbing a few Oreos.
“I’ll go.” You volunteered.
“Hmm…Is it true you and Colby are actually dating or are you just hooking up?” Sam asked.
“Does my boyfriend want to answer this for me?” You teased, looking back over your shoulder.
“I think you just did.” He laughed, kissing your cheek.
“I like playing this without a camera. I get to ask real questions.” Sam laughed.
“Congrats, by the way.” Kat smiled over at you two.
“Thanks.” Colby said, reaching over to grab some Oreos.
“Kat.” You moved on to the next question. “Where’s the kinkiest place you and Sam have fooled around?”
She hid her face in her hands, reaching for the whiskey. “I can’t say that!”
“I love how the only one here under 21 is taking the first shot.” Sam laughed, helping her open the bottle.
“Lemon juice. It’s just lemon juice.” You laughed.
“Ooo, that’s not too bad.” She said, reading the bottle.
“It’s one of Sam’s favorites.” Colby pointed out.
“Okay, Colby. We may have heard you two earlier…” She laughed. “When you yelled ‘harder’, what were you referring to?”
“Jesus, she’s a savage.” Sam laughed, opening the bag of popcorn.
“Can I tell them?” he asked you.
“I mean, you may as well show them.” You laughed, watching him turn and lift his shirt. “I need a shot and I didn’t even skip a question.” You said, grabbing the bottle and taking a swig.
Colby grabbed it after you were finished, taking a shot himself. “Sam…have you ever let Kat play with your ass?”
“What!?” Sam laughed, falling back on the blanket. “Oh, god. Give me the bottle.”
Colby shrugged, passing the whiskey. “I’m just curious.”
“I need to drink more before I can answer a question like that.” Sam said, taking a drink from the bottle. “Colby, do you have any fetishes?” Sam asked.
He thought on it. “I definitely have kinks, but I don’t think I’m into anything like, FETISH worthy. I mean, you saw my back.” He laughed.
“Reasonable answer.” Sam said, not fully believing him.
“Y/n.” Colby said, wrapping his arms around your middle. “What’s your weirdest hook-up story?”
“I’ve never just hooked up with someone.” You answered honestly. “I was in one other relationship and while he was super vanilla, he wasn’t weird.”
“Really?” Colby asked, a bit shocked. “I figured with the hair pulling and scratching you’d have at least one.”
“I mean, I think I scared vanilla boy away if that counts.” You busted out laughing. “I’m probably his weirdest hook-up story.”
Colby laughed. “Well good. That means you ended up here. With me.”
“Sam.” You said, thinking of a question. “How much older than you was your oldest hook-up/girlfriend?”
“She’s 27 now, so 5 years?” He answered.
“Not too bad.” You replied.
“Kat, is there anything you want to try in bed that you haven’t told me?” Sam asked, a smirk on his face.
She reached for the bottle again, promising to tell him later. “Y/n, what is your biggest kink?”
“I’ll take that.” You laughed, grabbing the bottle from her and taking a drink.
“Now I want to know.” Colby said, leaning his head on your shoulder.
“You’ll find out one day.” You teased. “Colby. Is there something YOU’VE always wanted to try in bed, but haven’t? If so, what?”
“Jameson is delicious.” He chuckled, grabbing the bottle from you and taking a swig. “Don’t worry, you’ll find out one day.” He used your words against you.
“Oh, I know.” You said cockily.
“Kat!” Colby said. “Did you and Sam do the dirty in any TrapHouse room other than his bedroom? If so, where?”
She looked at Sam, seeing him nod. “We did. The kitchen, the garage, and the pool.”
“Damn!” you laughed.
“I knew it!” Colby half yelled. “I said that was an ass print on the counter and no one believed me!”
“Now just who left the ass print is the real question.” Sam raised his eyebrows, teasing Colby.
“Oh, Jesus.” Colby laughed, hiding his face in your neck. “I ate waffles at that counter, Sam! Don’t taint my waffle eating memories!”
“I hear sausage goes great with waffles, though.” You teased, making Colby snort.
“OH, THE VISUALS!” Colby laughed, taking another drink from the bottle.
“Give me some of that.” You said, taking a drink as well.
“Okay.” Kat laughed. “Sam. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever caught Colby doing?”
Colby’s head shot up. “Oh, dear God. I don’t know if you’ve caught me doing anything weird, but I’m nervous.”
You laughed, looking at Sam. “Please tell me you’ve got something juicy.”
Sam looked at Colby. “Remember what I walked in on you doing about three weeks ago?” Sam smirked.
“You better take a drink of that Jameson, brother.” Colby raised his eyebrows.
“I want to know!” you laughed.
“I walked in his room…” Sam started.
“I can’t sit here if you’re going to tell this story.” Colby laughed, tipsily standing and walking towards the tree line.
“Hey! Don’t walk away drunk and alone.” You ran after him, pulling him into a hug. “You don’t have to tell me.”
“You’re going to laugh.” He said, pulling you into a kiss. “I was stalking your social media pages the day after I kissed you and freaked out.”
“So?” You furrowed your eyebrows. “What’s so bad about that?”
“Well, after staring at your beautiful face for about 45 minutes, I ended up with another problem and ended up…” Colby laughed, throwing his head back and yelling. “Gah! I can’t believe I’m telling you this. I ended up jerking off while scrolling through your Instagram page. Please don’t think I was being creepy. I had a fat crush on you and I remembered how soft your lips were when we kissed and it all just…”
You interrupted him, pulling his lips against yours. When you broke the kiss, you whispered in his ear. “Colby, at least half of my spank bank revolves around you.” You walked back to the blanket and sat down next to Kat. “He told me.” You laughed.
“The Instagram thing? He just told you?” Sam asked, eyes wide.
You shrugged. “It’s not that weird.”
Colby sat back down behind you, pulling you too lean against him. “So, Sam. You big bitch. What story did you tell Jake and I the other day about Kat’s birthday present to you?”
“Sam!” Kat shrieked, laughing when Sam stood up and ran. “I’m going to strangle you!” She yelled, getting up to chase him.
“What did she do?” you laughed.
“Oh, let’s just say there was a schoolgirl uniform involved.” Colby laughed.
“She shouldn’t be embarrassed. That’s tame.” You replied.
“Well aren’t you just full of interesting information tonight.” He laughed, taking another drink from the bottle and handing it to you.
“Why the fuck did you guys camp so far away from everyone?” Elton practically yelled, walking over the edge of the hill.
“The lake!” Colby laughed, watching Elton pan his camera over the whole scene.
“Dude, I don’t think anyone else knows this is even here.” Elton said, recording the four of you sat by the fire before walking around and showing your tents.
“Exactly.” Sam replied.
“You guys have a nice set-up here.” Elton said, turning off his camera after one final pan over the whole scene.
“Most of this is thanks to the boy scout right here.” You said, turning to smile at Colby.
“I wouldn’t have been able to pack everything we needed without you, though.” He rebutted, pressing another kiss to your shoulder.
“How DID you pack so much?” Elton asked, noticing you had more supplies than most.
“Vacuum bags.” You shrugged. “And not packing dumb shit we don’t need.”
“Touché.” Elton laughed, switching a new SD card for the one in Sam’s hand. “Remember to check in at some point tonight on the walkie talkie and try to film at least one update/diary entry each.”
“Will do!” the group confirmed.
“Here’s the first ‘event’, by the way.” Elton said, handing each pair a piece of paper and a pen. “We’re doing Camping BINGO.”
You looked at the paper he handed you. “Ooo, nice. Are there going to be prizes?” you asked.
“Oh, definitely.” Elton smirked, walking back towards the hill where he came from.
“Are the papers the same?” Sam asked, walking over to compare them.
“Looks like it!” Colby confirmed.
“Let’s go see how we did.” You said, climbing off of Colby’s lap.
You both crawled into your tent, sitting down on the comfy ‘bed’. “Let’s check and see what it says before we record it.” Colby said, reading the paper in your hands.
PACKED WATER – “Check” Colby pointed towards the gallons of water.
FOUND NATURAL RESOURCES – “The lake.” You said.
PACKED FOOD – “Who didn’t?” He laughed.
PACKED A WEAPON – “We have a bat and a knife.” Colby said.
TRADED SUPPLIES WITH ALLIANCE MEMBER – “We’ll trade something with Sam and Kat.” You suggested.
PACKED A FLASHLIGHT – “Multiple.” Colby clicked the one by him on and off a few times.
PACKED COOKING SUPPLIES – “First one we didn’t do.” You laughed.
PACKED PILLOWS – “Two in a row!” Colby pointed to the square.
PACKED A GAME – “We have playing cards!” You said, reaching in the tote and grabbing them.
MADE A FIRE – “Duh.” Colby bragged.
PACKED TOILET PAPER – “Thank god, because I’m about to need it.” He laughed.
PACKED SMORE SUPPLIES – “And you tried telling me to leave it at home.” You smirked at him.
FREE SPACE – “Self-explanatory.” You nodded.
MADE AN ALLIANCE – “Sam and Colby vs the world, bitch!” Colby said obnoxiously loud.
PACKED CONDOMS – “Check.” You said, moving on quickly.
“I knew you saw them.” He blushed, poking you in the side.
“Sweetie, I packed my own.” You snarked.
Colby’s eyes went wide. “I hope I was the person you planned on using them with!” he said sarcastically.
“I don’t know. Crawford is awfully cute. He’s got that whole Canadian thing going on…” You teased him. When you saw his smile drop, you couldn’t keep it up. “Colby.” You laughed, pressing a quick kiss to his lips. “I’m kidding.”
He smiled, pulling your lips back to his for a moment. “That was mean.”
“Not any meaner than you kissing me and then telling me it didn’t mean anything.” You raised your eyebrows at him.
He covered his face with his hands. “I knooooooow.” He groaned. “I panicked.”
“I didn’t actually sleep on the bus, you know.” You said, waiting for him to drop his hands. “I heard you, Sam and Kat talking.”
“So you know…Well it should be obvious…” Colby stuttered a bit.
“I like you, too.” You smiled, looking back down at your BINGO card.
SET UP A TENT – “Boy Scout for the win.” You laughed.
Colby leaned back over the paper, reading the next one on the list.
PACKED USB BATTERY PACK/S – “Nope. Worth it, though. I’m kind of excited not to have my phone for a while.” He confessed.
“Me too.” You nodded.
PACKED SOMETHING RIDICULOUS – “What is that supposed to mean?” Colby asked.
“I think I’ve got something.” You laughed, reaching for the nail polish and face masks. “Do you think these count?”
He laughed, grabbing the nail polish from you. “Definitely. Though, I’m kind of looking forward to using them.”
PACKED COMPASS – “Got it!” Colby said, grabbing it out of his bag.
TRADED WITH NON-ALLIANCE TEAM – “Maybe you and Sam can try and find someone to trade with.” You suggested.
PACKED FIRST-AID KIT – “Check.” Colby said.
PACKED CAMPING GUIDE – “We aren’t noobs.” You snarked.
RECORDED CONFESSION ABOUT PARTNER – “Ooo, this could be fun.” He said, kissing your cheek as you read the next item.
PACKED BUG SPRAY – “Fuck mosquitos.” You laughed.
CAN SEE RV FROM YOUR CAMP – “Well, at least Kian got one.” Colby laughed.
“We have 4 BINGOS.” You pointed out, marking the paper.
“Let’s get the trading ones done and record our confessions and we’ll be set.” Colby replied.
Sam and Colby both grabbed a few things to potentially trade and wandered off to find another team. You and Kat both recorded your proof that you had the supplies you checked off, including filming the lake, the fire, and the tent.
“This is for ‘trading with an alliance member.’” You said, both you and Kat recording. You handed her a 5 hour energy shot and she handed you a candy bar.
“Nice doing business with you.” She teased.
“Always.” You both laughed.
When you got back to your tent you turned the camera on yourself. “And now for my confession about Colby…Hmmm…I think I’m going to go with…He’s a really good kisser.” You smiled at the camera, slightly blushing.
When the boys made their way back, Colby crawled into the tent. “How’d it go?” you asked, wondering what he traded.
“Well, they hadn’t even gotten their tent up, so I didn’t need to trade any of this stuff.” Colby laughed, tossing it into the bin. “And I felt too bad to take anything from them, so I traded a shoulder rub for setting up their tent.”
“Oh, my god.” You laughed. “Who was it?”
“Corey and Andrea.” Colby laid down on the ‘bed’.
“Oh, no.” you said, feeling bad for them. “At least they weren’t the first to quit.”
“True.” Colby said. “What’s left to do?”
“You need to confess something about me to the camera, and we’re all done.” You answered, handing Colby the camera and starting to crawl out of the tent.
“Don’t leave.” He said, handing you back the camera. “You can record mine.”
“The whole point of confessing to the camera is that the other person doesn’t see it.” You laughed.
Colby shrugged. “I was going to tell you anyways.”
“Okay.” You shook your head, a smile on your face.
“This is Colby confessing something about my partner Y/n to the camera.” Colby said, looking at you before looking back to the camera. “I really want to take her out on a date.”
You tried to keep your laugh silent, turning off the camera. “Just consider this one big long camping date.” You said, smiling at the adorable burgundy haired boy who was grinning at you.
“I like the sound of that.” He replied. “We should probably film our ‘diary entry’ while we’re at it.”
“True.” You said, turning the camera back on and sitting it on the bin. You moved to sit next to Colby, feeling him put his arm around your shoulders.
“This is our first official ‘diary’ entry.” Colby said.
“I think we’re just supposed to share what’s going on so far and how we think we’re doing.” You said, turning to face him.
“Well, we’ve got this cozy little set up.” Colby smiled. “We’re pretty much pros at this.”
You laughed. “Compared to some other people out here it feels like it.”
“But honestly, I think we’re doing great. We’ve got Sam and Kat like 25 feet from us and we all get along really well, obviously.”
“We’ve got our rations worked out and some things planned to keep us from getting too bored.” You added.
“It’s crazy that someone already quit.” Colby laughed. “They must have like, found a snake in their tent and just threw in the towel or something.”
“That or they didn’t get along. Like, what if they got in a fight, you know?” you wondered.
Colby looked at you, pressing a kiss to your temple. “That won’t happen to us.”
You smiled. “Definitely not.”
Colby leaned forward and turned the camera off, the two of you crawling out of the tent to check in with Sam and Kat.
“You guys done?” you asked, seeing Kat poking at the fire. It was actually getting really dark outside.
She nodded, looking tired. “We’re getting ready to eat.”
“Speaking of, I’m starving.” Colby said, going back to the tent to grab some crackers and a few protein bars. He grabbed a gallon of water, too. “Here you go.” He handed you a bar and a pack of crackers, grabbing a trash bag out of the bin before sitting down on it. He gave you a ‘what are you waiting for’ look and patted his lap.
You laughed, sitting down sideways on his thighs. You opened the protein bar first, taking a bite. “Ooo, these aren’t bad at all!” you said. “It tastes kind of like a peanut butter cup.”
“I got the mint one.” He replied, reading the packaging. “It’s pretty good, too.”
“How many BINGOS did you guys get?” you asked Sam and Kat. They were currently eating beef jerky.
“One.” Sam answered. “There’s stuff I wish we would have brought now, though.”
“How many did you guys get?” Kat asked.
“Four.” Colby answered, laughing at the look on Kat’s face.
“What time is it?” you asked, realizing you had no way of actually knowing anymore.
“I…have no idea.” Colby laughed, wrapping his arms around you. “It’s kind of nice.”
“I agree.” You said, yawning. “I’m just exhausted and I have a feeling we’re going to have to hike those BINGO cards back to the RV sometime tomorrow.”
“Probably.” Sam agreed. “We should probably do bathroom runs before it gets super late.”
“I’ll go with Kat.” You said, hopping off of Colby’s lap and handing him your crackers. “I have a flashlight and a little baggie full of bathroom stuff.” You grabbed the bathroom bag out of the tent and turned the flashlight on.
“Please be safe.” Colby said, pointing in the direction he had scouted earlier. “You shouldn’t trip over anything that way. We’re going to go this way and we’ll all just meet back up here.”
When the two of you had both used the restroom, you walked back. The two boys were sat at the fire. “I think I’m ready for bed.” You said, standing behind Colby and wrapping your arms around his shoulders.
“Me too.” He agreed. “Sam, remember to do your final check-in with Elton over the walkie talkie.”
Sam nodded, joining Kat in their tent.
“We can just let this burn out, right?” You asked, seeing the fire almost completely dead.
“Yeah, we dug down a bit and we’ve got the rocks around it. We should be fine.” He agreed, standing up and following your lead by brushing his teeth outside the tent before following you in.
You handed him his sweatpants and grabbed your baggy sleep shirt. Colby was kind of surprised when you started changing in front of him, but he watched you with a smile the whole time. You’d taken your shirt and bra off, pulling your sleep shirt on. You ditched your shoes and socks, followed quickly by your pants.
When you turned to him to grab his dirty clothes, he hadn’t changed yet. “Okay, slowpoke.” You laughed.
“Sorry, I got distracted.” He gave you a cheesy grin. “Here you go.” Colby stripped down to his boxers, chucking his shoes by the door and handing you his dirty clothes. He slipped his sweatpants on and watched as you put all of the dirty clothes in a trash bag.
“Do you think we can try washing this stuff in the lake?” You asked. “Maybe we can hang them up to dry with the paracord.”
“Definitely.” He nodded, waiting for you to finish sorting everything. “I want to swim tomorrow, too. I feel grimy.”
“Tell me about it.” You made a ‘yuck’ noise. “This should help, though.”
You grabbed a pack of the baby wipes, pulling one out of the pack. You slid it over your arms, armpits, neck. You grabbed another one and lifted your shirt to slide it across your stomach and your back, moving to your legs.
“Here.” You threw Colby the pack of baby wipes, pulling out your toiletries bag. You put on fresh deodorant, Chapstick, and lotion, and grabbed a make-up wipe to clean your face.
“You’re a genius.” He said, wiping all of the sweat and grime off of his skin.
“Don’t use that on your face, though.” You said, grabbing another make-up wipe and moving closer to Colby. “Close your eyes.” You pushed his hair back from his face, wiping it over his forehead and down his cheeks…being careful when you gently dragged the wipe over his eyes and around his piercings. “You need Chapstick.” You laughed, cleaning the skin around his lips and across his chin and neck.
“Did you pack any?” he asked, smiling with his eyes still closed.
You leaned forward and kissed him, rubbing your Chapstick against his lips. “I don’t mind sharing.” You laughed, grabbing the used baby wipes and throwing them in your little trash bag.
“Hand me the walkie talkie?” Colby remembered he needed to check in still.
“Here you go.” You moved the walkie talkie pack to Colby’s side of the tent.
“Hey guys, this is Colby and Y/n and we’re getting ready to go to bed. I don’t know if Sam and Kat remembered to check in, but they’re crashing soon, too.” Colby unclicked the button and waited for a response.
“Okay, thank you! You guys are good to go! Check in tomorrow morning and around mid-day everyone is going to get an announcement to meet at the RV with your BINGO cards and the SD card that your proof is recorded on. Have a good night!” One of Elton’s team members replied.
Colby turned the channel back to the announcements one and set the walkie talkie to the side. “Lets record a thing before bed.” He said, grabbing the camera.
“Wait!” you said, reaching for the facemasks. “Let’s put these on first.”
You opened the penguin one and told Colby to look at you, lining it up with his eyes and his mouth. “It feels slimy!” he laughed.
“Well it looks adorable.” You chuckled, smoothing down the edges of the facemask before putting your own on. Yours was a cat.
“Hey guys, we’ve officially survived our first day out here. We’re just getting ready for bed and making plans for tomorrow.” Colby said, running his fingers over the cool facemask.
“We filled out this BINGO card Elton gave us earlier and I think we may win it. There were only like 4 or 5 squares we didn’t get.” You added, trying to remember what all had happened since your check-in.
“Oh! And everyone has officially pissed in the woods.” Colby laughed. “Kat said it was traumatizing.”
“She was only traumatized because she thinks she peed on a spider.” You laughed, explaining what had happened.
“Aww, poor spider.” Colby made a fake pouty face.
“Oh, shut up. Don’t tease her.” You knocked Colby’s shoulder with yours.
“I think we’re both tired enough that we’re going to pass out pretty quickly. I’m looking forward to how tomorrow goes.” Colby nodded, looking towards you to see if you had anything to add.
“How many people do you think are going to quit tomorrow?” you asked, raising your eyebrows.
“Oh, god. At least two more teams.” Colby said confidently. “I think we’ll wake up to an announcement that someone quit tonight, actually.”
“The forest does get spooky at night.” You agreed. “Okay, well we just wanted to check in.” you smiled at the camera. “See you tomorrow!”
Colby waved before leaning forward to shut the camera off.
You crawled under the blanket before turning your tent’s little light off.
“This is way comfier than sleeping in a sleeping bag.” Colby said, sliding under the blankets.
“This whole thing turned out better than I thought it would.” You said, turning over to face Colby.
“We did a pretty good job.” He agreed, his hands reaching out to find you in the dark. “Come here.” He said, his hands finally finding you. “What did you confess about me for the BINGO thing earlier?” he asked, pulling your body to lay against his.
“I think you’ll have to watch Elton’s series to find out.” You teased, kissing his cheek.
“Just tell me.” Colby dramatically whined, turning over to pin you to the sleeping bags, holding himself above you.
“You’re so needy.” You laughed, your hands finding his face in the dark.
“I hope that isn’t what you confessed.” He said, dropping down to gently kiss your lips.
You smiled, breaking the kiss. “Nope. I told everyone how great you are at this.” You said, pulling his lips back to yours.
“We’ve given Elton so much clickbait.” Colby laughed, moving down to snuggle into your chest. “You really said I’m a great kisser?” He asked, his fingers moving in little patterns on your sides.
“I did. And you are.” You answered, kissing the top of his head. “You’re not too bad at this whole cuddling thing either.”
“Oh, I’m a pro.” Colby teased, snuggling his face against your chest. “I’m about to fall asleep. Do I need to get off of you?” he asked, worried he was too heavy.
“Nope.” You answered, softly running your fingers through his hair. “Sweet dreams, Colby.”
“Night, y/n.” Colby mumbled.
The next morning, Sam was the one to wake the two of you up. He’d quietly opened your tent door, camera in his hand. He found the two of you laying exactly how you’d fallen asleep. Sam whispered to the camera. “Aww, I feel bad I’m going to wake them up.” He whispered a “1…2…3…” before yelling into the tent.
“Jesus” Colby said, nearly jumping to his feet.
“I vote we break the alliance and let them fend for themselves.” You mumbled, hiding your face back in your pillow.
Sam was laughing from the doorway. “The sun is about to come up if you want to catch the sunrise.” He said, turning off the camera and leaving the two of you alone.
“You may as well check in with Elton.” You mumbled, snuggling back into the blankets.
Colby laughed, thinking you were kind of cute when you were grumpy. His voice was thick with sleep when he changed the channel on the walkie talkie and checked in. “Hey, Elton. Sam is an ass and woke us up, so Y/n and I are checking in.”
“Your voice is cute.” You said, turning to face the sleepy boy.
Elton replied. “He woke you up but didn’t check in?” Elton asked, laughing. “Remind him to do his check-in and make sure you record at least 3 ‘diary entries’ today. I’ll send out the announcement for everyone to meet at the RV in a few hours.”
“SAM!” Colby called out of the tent. “You’re in trouble! You didn’t check in with Elton!” Colby laughed.
“Oh, shit!” Sam tripped, running back to his tent to check in.
“Record your diary thing too!” you yelled, moving to sit in Colby’s lap. You hid your face in his neck, feeling him wrap his arms around you.
“Good morning.” He said, one of his hands sliding up and down your thigh.
“Morning.” You mumbled into his neck. “Let’s record our thing so we can go watch the sunrise.” You said, pulling back to kiss his cheek.
“Hey guys.” Colby practically croaked.
“Are you losing your voice or do you sound like this every morning?” you laughed.
“It’s not normally this bad.” Colby laughed. “I think all the yelling yesterday for the series introduction didn’t really help.”
“Well, it’s cute.” You smiled at him, turning back to the camera. “Sam woke us up. The sun isn’t even up yet.”
“I’m kind of glad we get to see the sunrise, though.” Colby pointed out. “We’re right on the lake and it’s going to be beautiful.”
“We’ll make sure to record it so you guys can see it too.” You said, wiping the sleep from your eyes.
Colby turned off the camera and you guys got ready, changing clothes, brushing teeth, washing faces…After you recorded the sunrise so that Elton could time-lapse it, Colby got the fire going again. Everyone sat around it eating breakfast. This morning you had some sports drink, a 5 hour energy, and some trail mix.
Sam and Kat went on a short walk along the water, so it was just you and Colby sat around the fire. His arms tightened around you a bit, catching your attention. “What’s on your mind?” you asked, pressing a kiss to his temple.
“You.” He smiled, leaning his chin on your shoulder.
“I asked what was on your mind, not your lap.” You teased, booping his nose with your finger.
“I, uh…I just really want you to be my girlfriend.” He said, grinning ear to ear. “I feel like all of this happened out of order because I got shitfaced and kissed you. Then, for some reason, we’re living in the woods together for the foreseeable future.” He laughed. “But I really, really just want you to be my girlfriend.”
“It’s a good thing I really, really want to be your girlfriend then, isn’t it?” you had a soft smile on your face, leaning in to kiss Colby.
Colby deepened the kiss, one of his hands moving to rest against the side of your neck.
You didn’t break the kiss until you heard Sam teasing you. He even said it in a sing-songy voice. “I caught you kissing on camera.”
“I’m pretty sure we’ve already kissed on camera during our diary entries.” You laughed, crawling off of Colby’s lap to grab your water.
Colby nodded his head. “True.” He thought about it for a second. “We should do a check in together.”
“Like an update?” Sam asked.
“Yeah, our little alliance.” He said, looking for a place to set the camera. You guys settled on stacking the two outside totes as a tripod and standing far enough back that you were in frame.
Sam and Colby shared a funny look before Colby slipped right into their normal intro. “WHAT’S up guys, it’s Sam and Colby…”
“I feel like you’ve done that intro so many times that it’s just second nature at this point.” You laughed, slipping your arm around Colby’s waist.
“It really is.” He laughed, hanging his arm over your shoulders. “Okay, so we wanted to give you a little update as a group. We slept through the night, but THIS ONE” Colby pointed his thumb at Sam “woke us up super early. We already told you about that in our other update, but we don’t know what footage Elton is actually going to use.”
“You have to admit the sunrise was worth it.” Kat said, leaning into Sam.
“Oh, definitely.” You replied.
“I’ve managed to survive on crackers and protein bars so far.” Colby said, looking at Sam.
“I think we need to trade you some beef jerky for something because I’m already sick of it.” Sam laughed.
“Ooo, we can definitely make a deal. The more variety the better.” You said, glad you had packed some candy to mix things up.
“We wanted to ask you guys if you wanted to go swimming after we hike down to the RV.” Kat remembered.
“Yeah!” Colby replied. “We’re going to try to wash some of our clothes, too.”
“How did you guys sleep?” you asked Sam and Kat.
“Not too bad.” Sam answered. “It was kind of chilly in our tent.”
“I was fine after I layered up on hoodies.” Kat laughed.
You and Colby looked at each other. “We were fine.” Colby shrugged. “We’ve got like 4 blankets and we were laying on the sleeping bags.”
“Well if you feel people climb into bed with you guys, it’s just us.” Kat chuckled.
“They were cuddling half naked, I don’t know if I’d want to crawl into their tent in the middle of the night.” Sam teased.
“This kind of got derailed.” Colby laughed, pointing at the camera. “We’ll check in after the BINGO thing.” He said, walking towards the camera to turn it off. “Grab all of your used batteries and SD cards and we’ll switch them out when we get to the RV. Then we don’t have to worry about it for a while.”
“Good idea.” Sam said, ducking into his tent to grab them.
“Hello, hello, hello. In 30 minutes, everyone needs to be standing in the field by the RV with your BINGO cards and your SD cards.” You heard the Walkie Talkie go off, Elton’s voice coming through. “You can leave your cameras and your walkie talkie’s back at your camp sites.”
“Perfect timing.” You said, grabbing the BINGO card and watching Colby grab the used batteries and SD cards. “Let’s go.”
“You guys good to go?” Colby asked Sam and Kat.
“Let’s get a move on.” Sam answered, leading the four of you back down to the RV.
Uncle Elton – Colby, do you think you and Sam could come over sometime today? I have a TFIL video idea that I want to walk through with you guys.
Colby – What time? We’re just editing today.
Uncle Elton – Kian and JC are going to be here around 6.
Colby – What?? I’ll go talk to Sam. We’ll be there.
“Sam!” Colby called, walking into his apartment. “Elton wants us to head over to his place in like 2 hours.”
“What for?” Sam asked, hearing Colby climb his spiral staircase.
“He said he’s got a video idea, but Kian and JC are going to be there too.” Colby explained. “I have no clue what he has planned if he’s bringing other youtubers into it.”
“Ooo, he’s been talking about doing that ‘survive the wilderness’ series.” Sam reminded him. “Maybe he’s trying to hammer out the details.”
When the boys walked into Elton’s house, they noticed a couple people they knew and a few people they didn’t know.
“Hey, hey, hey!” JC called, walking up to the boys and partaking in the usual handshake/half hug. “We need to collab again, boys.”
“Hell yeah, brother.” Colby replied, walking past JC to find Elton.
“UNCLE ELTON!” Colby yelled, hearing a call back from the back yard. “What’s going on?”
“Give me a hand bringing this shit to the garage and I’ll tell you.” Elton bribed him.
When the two of them made it to the garage, Colby saw Elton’s whole plan charted out on one entire wall. “Holy shit.” He said, dropping the boxes Elton had him carrying. “How long have you been planning this?”
“Well, I was supposed to do it a few months ago, but Kian and JC were doing their reality series and we didn’t want to compete with each other.” Elton explained. “So, I decided they could go first as long as they competed in mine.”
“Dude, is this like survivor?” Colby asked, looking at all of the stuff Elton had laid out.
“Kind of. I want to have like 10 pairs of YouTubers see who can live in the wilderness the longest. The winning pair gets 10 thousand dollars for themselves and 10 thousand dollars donated to whatever charity they choose.” Elton started explaining, pointing at some plans and illustrations on the left of the wall. “We’d start out with 10 and everyone would get to bring ONE Rubbermaid bin each full of whatever they wanted.”
“Can’t you cheat, then? What are we allowed to bring?” Colby asked, trying to think of what he would bring.
“It could be 100 usb batteries to charge your phone or it could be 50 Pop Tarts. It doesn’t matter. Every individual person gets to bring one bin full of whatever they want.” Elton explained. “I’ll pair people up before they pack so they can talk about what to bring.”
“So, Sam and I are a team? I assume Kian and JC are a team, too?” Colby asked.
“Not exactly.” Elton replied, sounding a bit suspicious.
“Wait, who are the teams?” Colby looked over, hoping he was still paired with Sam.
“I want pairs of girls and boys.” Elton said. “Kian and JC are bringing their girlfriends. I’ll have Sam invite Kat.”
“Who am I supposed to bring?” Colby sighed, glaring at Elton.
“Well, you know Y/n is out there with Kian and JC.” Elton raised his eyebrows. “She wants to compete.”
Colby’s face immediately flushed pink. “I don’t think she’d want me on her team.” He said, ducking his head. “I kind of fucked up the last time we hung out.”
“Ummm, she told me she hopes she gets paired with you, so I don’t know what the fuck you think you did.” Elton gave Colby a confused look.
“Really?!” Colby asked, surprised. “I didn’t think she ever wanted to talk to me again.”
“What did you do?” Elton laughed, shaking his head.
“I was suuuuuper drunk and I kissed her.” He said, covering his face with his hands. “But the fuck up was freaking out afterwards and telling her I didn’t mean it.”
“So, what…you just stopped talking to her?” Elton asked.
“Not exactly. Kind of? It happened like 2 nights ago.” Colby said, looking up at Elton.
Elton walked to the door that led to the house. He opened it and yelled inside. “Y/N! Come to the garage!”
“What are you doing?” Colby whisper yelled, looking for the button to open the garage door so he could bail.
“Oh, don’t be a pussy.” Elton laughed.
“What’s up?” You said, walking into the garage. When you saw Colby looking flustered in the corner of the garage, you walked up to him. “Hey, you okay?” you asked, pulling him into a hug.
Colby hesitated for a second before wrapping his arms around you. “Not really.” He said, hiding his face in your neck.
“What’s wrong?” you asked, feeling Colby tighten his arms.
Colby looked up and realized Elton had left the two of you alone. “I, uh. I really fucked up the other night and I was nervous you’d never want to talk to me again.” He explained looking down at you.
“Because you kissed me?” you laughed.
“Well, more because of how I acted afterwards.” He said, cringing at the memory.
“Colby, we’re fine.” You smiled up at him. “You were wasted. I’m shocked you remembered any of it at all. I was actually trying not to laugh at you and make you feel worse.”
“Oh, god.” He said, ducking his face back down into your neck. “I’m sorry.”
“Want to make it up to me?” You asked, playing with his hair. You could feel him nod his head. “Be my partner in Elton’s crazy Hunger Games scheme?” you laughed.
Colby lifted his head and laughed. “They don’t stand a chance if we’re on the same team.” He said, kissing your forehead. “We’re gonna win this bitch.”
When Elton had finally found enough youtubers to fill all of the spots, he sent everyone an email explaining the rules.
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-No drugs
-No alcohol
-No one from outside the competition is allowed to bring you anything once it starts
-No switching teams
-No violence
-No stealing
-No destroying other teams’ property
-No bribing other teams with money or shout outs or anything outside of the competition
-You ARE allowed to make deals with other teams
-You ARE allowed to bribe other teams with supplies brought into the competition
-You ARE allowed to trade skills, supplies, etc
-You must check in every morning and every evening on the walkie talkie
-You must keep your walkie talkie on at all times and you will be given a supply of batteries only to be used for the walkie talkies
-You will have multiple SD cards and batteries and you are to use the walkie talkie to let me know when you need to switch out your batteries or SD cards.
-You must film your activities often. Not constantly, but enough to keep the audience updated as we move through editing.
-bribes/trades/deals
-building shelter
-cooking/meals
-interactions with other teams
-at least 3 daily update/diary entries
-trips you take away from your camp
-any talks showing progress or setbacks
-keep the viewers informed of where you are and how you’re feeling
Everyone will be updated when a team quits. An announcement will go out on the walkie talkies, but you will not find out who quit. If you happen to know who quit, it is up to you if you’d like to share that information with the other remaining teams.
You can set up your camp however close or far away from the RV as you’d like. You are not required to interact with other teams during this competition unless called to the RV for mandatory meetings/events. There is a ‘private property’ fence that surrounds about 28 square miles of land. You are not allowed to cross this fence for any reason.
Please note that I will be editing this series entirely by myself and that any nudity filmed will be blurred or edited out. For any of the women in this competition, if you know that something was filmed that you would rather a female sort through/edit, please just inform me of this. That is not an issue at all.
I would like you guys to feel comfortable filming your conversations. As I’m editing these videos, I will send out messages to people asking if certain names or information needs to be bleeped. On the same note, if you know you mention someone that you want bleeped or talk about something you want cut out, tell me.
Remember you can work with other teams. You can trade goods within the competition. This includes skills. If someone wants help setting up their tent and wants to trade food or other supplies for it, this is fine. Just film it!
The competition starts in exactly a week. You’ll need to meet at my house at the time and date specified where a bus will take you and your supplies to our camping space.
Emergency protocol and such will be explained on site.
Everyone has been given the same size lidded tub to fill with whatever they want to take with them. Each tub has a pull handle and two wheels so that it’s not too hard to drag it through the woods. These items and the clothes on your back are the only things you will have in this competition. If you want a tent, bring a tent. It must fit in your tubs. I’ve sent everyone a list of SUGGESTIONS, but you are allowed to bring whatever you want. You are not allowed to fill additional backpacks or bags.
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Colby – Hey, did you get the bin and email from Elton?
Y/n – YES! I’ve been researching all morning. I’m trying to be the smartest with our space. Do you want to come over and we can plan?
Colby – I’ll be there in 10.
The two of you spent the rest of the day and the entire next day planning out your supplies.
-You decided that you would be sneaky and wear as much of your clothes as you could so that they didn’t take up space in your bins. That included multiple undies, leggings under jeans under sweats, multiple pairs of socks with your vans, tank tops under t shirts under hoodies, and both of you wearing beanies under hats. You also both wore two belts knowing that they could just come in handy if something broke. You made the both of you a few paracord bracelets, as well.
You used vacuum bags to flatten out the rest of your clothes, 2 sleeping bags, and 4 blankets so that they barely took up any space in the bins. You bought a new tent since it would be pre-packed as tiny as possible and put it in one of the bins. You each packed a spare set of sneakers and some toiletry basics. Bar soap took up the least amount of space and you two could share a tube of toothpaste. You packed a first aid kit in a Ziplock baggy so that the case didn’t take up extra space. You decided you weren’t going to bring your phones at all, so you didn’t pack any chargers or usb packs. You packed bug spray, loads of high calorie protein bars, crackers, trail mix, nuts, and a few gallons of water. You threw in a few packets of sports drink mix in so you’d have some extra calories and you wouldn’t get dehydrated. You filled all the little holes between the other items as you went down the list including as many smore supplies as you could cram in the bin. You made sure to pack quite a few 5 hour energy bottles and some candy so that you wouldn’t go crazy eating the bland protein bars. You’d packed some supplies for a fire, 2 rolls of toilet paper, a notebook and pens, some playing cards, a LifeStraw water filter, a few other toiletries, trash bags, extra Ziplock baggies, baby wipes, lighters, flashlights, and some other random things you weren’t sure would fit until you packed out your bins. You’d both packed a few things the other hadn’t seen.
When the day finally arrived, the two of you weren’t really nervous.
“That’s not allowed!” Corey whined, pointing at you and Colby.
“What isn’t?” you asked, acting like you weren’t wearing 4 layers of clothes.
“Elton!” Corey yelled, walking over to you guys.
“They didn’t pack an extra bag and I said you were allowed the clothes on your back…I’m pretty sure they’re within the rules.” Elton said, smirking at Colby.
Colby stuck his tongue out at Corey. “Yeah, Corey. Don’t be a whiner baby!”
“Plus, we aren’t the only ones!” you laughed, pointing at JC and Chelsey.
“Ayy, looks like we had the same idea!” JC walked over to us, giving us hugs. It was pretty funny to watch since we were all wearing so many layers.
“See, Corey. You just didn’t think it through.” You chuckled, posing for a picture with Chelsey.
“OKAY GUYS!” Elton yelled, getting everyone’s attention. “We’re about to load up the bus to head out. We’ll have our introduction to the competition once we’re there, but I want each of you to walk up to someone with a camera and film your personal introduction. Let the viewers know your name, talk about how good or bad you think you’re going to do, and then make an actual guess as to which team you think is going to win.”
You walked up to one of the cameras and filmed your introduction. “Hey! My name is Y/n and I’m paired up with Colby Brock. We’re both pretty competitive so I think we’re going to do pretty well. Plus, we’ve been friends for quite a while. I know we’ll keep each other sane.” You laughed. “I honestly think we have a good chance at winning this. We’ve been scheming all week.” You made a cocky face at the camera, drumming your fingers against each other like an evil genius.
Colby walked up behind you, scaring you. “Did you finish your intro?” he asked.
“Yup, your turn.” You tried walking away, but Colby kept his arms around you, holding you in front of him. “My name is Colby Brock and we’re not leaving the forest until every other person quits.” He said confidently into the camera.
“I think we’re gonna win, too.” You said, half turning your head to look at him.
“Who do you think our biggest competition is?” He asked you, the cameraman still recording your conversation.
“Hmmm, Sam and Kat. We’re all super stubborn.” You laughed.
“Who do you think is going to give up first?” he continued.
“Kian and his girlfriend.” You said with a guilty look on your face. “I guarantee you they had no clue what to pack for this.”
Colby laughed. “I think I agree with both of your answers.”
Everyone piled into the bus, small team alliances starting to take place.
“Sam!” Colby yelled, calling Sam and Kat to sit with the two of you in the back of the bus.
“Are you guys nervous?” Sam asked, sitting next to you guys.
“Not at all.” You answered, looking to Colby.
“Me either, actually.” He answered. “I’m kind of excited. It’s like a little vacation.”
“How long do you think this is going to last?” Kat asked.
“Colby and I have 2 weeks worth of videos done for our personal channels and we don’t leave for our next series for almost 3 weeks. I doubt anyone would last that long, though.” Sam answered.
“I’ll stay out here until we actually need to fly out for that trip.” Colby said, sounding confident.
“I don’t think I could last that long.” Kat said, looking to Sam.
“I don’t want to be out here for 2 weeks.” He shook his head.
“We took a few pictures this week my friend is going to post for us on our accounts.” You said, leaning your head on Colby’s shoulder. “She’s got some tweets written out, too. She can post them as our weekly videos post just in case we really are out here that long.”
“You’d really stay out here that long?” Kat asked with wide eyes.
“I’m in it to win it.” You said, closing your eyes. You hoped to nap on the 2 hour drive.
“We don’t even have enough supplies to last that long.” Sam said.
“I think we do.” Colby laughed, looking down at you. “Come here, sleepy.” He said, putting his arm around you so you could snuggle into him.
You never quite fell asleep, but you definitely got to rest a bit. About halfway into the trip you heard Sam and Colby talking.
“I’m glad you two are okay.” Sam quietly said.
“Me too.” Colby said, his arm tightening around you a bit. “I really thought I’d fucked everything up.”
“Did you tell her you like her?” Sam asked. You weren’t expecting that question. You thought Colby’s mistake had been kissing you, not saying that it didn’t mean anything.
“No.” Colby sighed. “I’m hoping it’ll be obvious during this whole Survivor thing.”
Kat smiled at the two of you snuggled up. “I think it’s pretty obvious she likes you, Colby. You should definitely tell her.”
“We’ll see.” He answered.
When you finally arrived at the RV, everyone piled off of the bus and grabbed their supply totes. Elton was stood on the RV as everyone else gathered around it. “Welcome to The Wilderness!” Elton said through the megaphone.
Everyone cheered as the cameras moved around to capture the whole introduction.
“You guys already know the rules. If at any time you want to quit, you’ll use the walkie talkie you’ve been given to let my team and I know. There is a list of channels and what to use them for attached to each team’s walkie talkie pack. I’ve also attached some other helpful information, as well as a copy of the rules, to the same pack. When not in use, make sure everyone turns their walkie talkies to channel one. It’s where you’ll hear announcements and such from us. I have no clue how long this is going to last. I know some of you are in this for the long haul, but I kind of expect one or two of you to quit pretty quickly.” He laughed. “We’re going to be staying here in the RV. I’m going to be sorting through footage and editing this as we go so everyone please check in once they get their base set up. I’ll send someone out to grab your first SD card and mark where you’re staying on my map. I’ll be using drones throughout this series to keep track of where everyone is at and who is left. I don’t really know what else to tell you guys, so with that…Go set up your camps!”
You and Colby stripped out of your extra clothes and put them in one of the trash bags you’d packed. Sam and Colby decided that you and Kat would wait by your supplies while they hiked a bit to find a good spot. They wanted everyone else to get settled first so you guys could camp together away from any other teams. Colby also wanted to see if he could find a water source to stay by. They got back about an hour later having picked out the perfect spot.
Colby pulled the tote that had the water in it since it was the heaviest and you pulled the other one. “It’s like a 20 minute hike this way” he said. Telling you to follow his footsteps so you wouldn’t get hurt.
“Yeah, Colby found a little lake and no one else is camped anywhere near it.” Sam said, following behind Kat who was following you. He had a camera in one hand to record the trip to the campsite.
“Ooo, perfect!” You said, keeping pace with Colby. “Everyone we watched stayed kind of close to the RV.”
“Kian is literally camped in the field by the RV.” Kat laughed.
When you finally reached your camping spot, Sam ended the recording and started a new one. He set the camera down on the edge of the spot so it could record you guys setting up your space.
Colby set your tent up pretty quickly before helping Sam finish theirs. He had you and Kat gathering firewood and kindling for the fire. After the tents, him and Sam gathered some larger stones to make a circle for the fire. He set up the firewood and grabbed one of the lighters you packed and had the fire going a few minutes later.
Your tents were set up on opposite sides of the fire, each about 10 feet away from it. You dragged your supply totes to your tent and started setting up camp. You emptied out the bins so you could grab the sleeping bags. “Hey Colby!” You called from inside the tent.
He popped his head in the zipper door. “What’s up?”
“Do we want to use the sleeping bags as actual sleeping bags, or do you want me to open them and lay them down on top of each other so it’s softer to lay on?” You asked. “We could just share the makeshift mattress and use the blankets on top to stay warm.”
“Definitely option two.” He said, crawling in the tent to help you lay the open sleeping bags down. “This is going to be so much more comfy.”
“I agree.” You said, thanking him for helping you lay them out. “I’ll keep setting up in here.”
“Just call me if you want any more help.” He smiled over at you before leaving the tent.
You pulled one empty tote inside the tent to store stuff in and told him to pull the other one to sit by the fire like a bench. You folded your clothes and stacked them in one side of the bin, tucking your extra shoes next to the clothes. You put all of your toiletries in a gallon baggy so they’d be easy to use and keep clean. You put the food, drink mixers, 5 hour energy bottles, candy, and snacks in the tote next to the clothes and put the multiple gallons of water along the inside of one of the tent walls. The bug spray, LifeStraw, and emergency kit were right inside the door so they’d be easily accessible. You grabbed a gallon baggie and put one of the packs of baby wipes, a roll of toilet paper, and a flashlight in it so bathroom trips would be easier. The other flashlights sat next to the emergency kit and the extra batteries were with the food in the bin.
You sorted the other fire supplies, lighters, and a few outdoorsy supplies into gallon baggies and walked them out to where Colby was sat by the fire. “Hey, can you put these in the tote you’re sitting on?”
“Of course.” He said, grabbing them from you and standing up to open the tote. “How’s it going in there?” he asked, nodding towards the tent.
“Almost done.” You smiled at him, turning and walking back to the tent.
There were only a few things left lying on the sleeping bags. A blue bag Colby had packed inside one of the totes, the notebook and pens, the playing cards, a baggie full of trash bags, the paracord, a baseball bat Colby had insisted he pack to keep you guys safe, and a little bag you had packed with some ‘just in case’ supplies like condoms, tampons, your Epipen, some Benadryl, etc. You’d also packed some fun stuff like face masks and nail polish just to pass the time.
You grabbed Colby’s blue bag. When you opened it you saw a small camping knife, a whistle, a compass, a few other camping supplies…at the bottom you saw a box of condoms. You laughed, seeing that he had prepared like you had. I mean, you never know, right? Better safe than sorry?
“What are you laughing at?” you heard Colby ask, crawling into the tent.
“Oh, nothing.” You laughed, tossing him his bag.
He looked at you suspiciously, chucking his bag to the side. “Really. What were you laughing at?” he asked, smiling at you.
“Nothing!” You said, laughing again.
“Y/n, I’m gonna throw you in the lake if you don’t answer me.” He said in a playfully threatening voice.
You saw him creeping towards you, but you couldn’t jump out of the tent before he had tackled you against the comfy makeshift mattress. “I don’t want to answer you.” You laughed, trying to wiggle out of his arms.
He pinned you down with his knees on each side of your hips. His hands pinned yours above your head. “Tell me.” He laughed.
“Let’s just say we think alike.” You smirked, feeling the tension grow.
“In what way?” he asked, dipping lower towards you.
“Colby! Y/n!” You both heard Sam call your names.
“This isn’t over.” Colby laughed, climbing off of you.
“What’s up?” You asked Sam and Kat, climbing out of your tent. They were both sat on one of their totes on the other side of the fire.
"We’re getting ready to use the walkie talkie to let Elton know we’re finished setting up camp.” Sam said. “Are you guys done?”
“Just finished, actually.” You answered.
“Can I see in your tent?” Kat asked as the boys talked to Elton over the walkie.
“Of course.” You said, walking her over to it.
“You guys are way more prepared than we are.” Kat laughed, laying down on top of the blankets.
“Oh, god. I need to see your tent now.” You laughed, laying back against the blankets.
After a few minutes of you two just talking in your tent, Colby called you back outside.
“Someone already quit.” Sam laughed, putting his walkie talkie back in his tent. Colby sat yours on the ground next to the outside tote.
“How?” Kat asked, walking towards Sam.
“We don’t know.” Colby said, sitting down on the tote. “We don’t even know who it is, we just know there’s now 9 pairs left.”
“Damn” you said, sitting on the edge of the tote.
“Here.” Colby said, patting his lap and opening his arms instead of moving over.
“Just move over, dork.” You said, practically falling off of the bin.
“Nope, There’s not enough room. Just come here.” He gave you puppy dog eyes and held his arms open.
“Is this what it looks like when Colby Brock makes a move?” you teased him, sitting sideways on his lap.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about.” He answered, wrapping his arms around you. “Someone should be here to map out our camp site and exchange SD cards in about a half hour.”
The four of you passed the time by talking about your plans for at least the next few days.
“They’re probably going to be recording when they come to switch this out.” Sam said, looking at the two of you and holding up the SD card.
“That’s my cue.” You laughed, moving to get off of Colby’s lap.
His arms stayed firmly around you. “Would you actually care if people saw you sitting on my lap?” Colby asked.
“No.” You answered honestly, smiling at the odd expression on his face. “But…”
“You think I care if people see you sitting in my lap?” Colby asked.
“Yes.” You answered honestly, again. “You are never touchy feely on camera.” You shrugged.
“With women.” Sam added, teasing Colby.
The two of you chuckled. “I don’t care if this is on camera.” Colby said, his arms shaking you a bit. “I’m worried some of my crazy fans are going to freak out and send you hate.” He admitted, sighing.
“I’m not.” You shrugged. “Drama always passes, Colby. You can’t let it make decisions for you.”
“Then stay.” He gave you a soft smile, pressing a kiss to your shoulder.
Tumblr is…a mixed bag. You’d made some of your closest internet friends on this poorly run website, but you’d also received more than your share of crazy fangirl hate. What’s crazy though, is how easy it is to make friends in the Sam and Colby fandom on Tumblr. 99% of everyone you’ve met is super nice and the group kind of shuts down the haters pretty quickly.
This last round of drama kind of wore everyone down. It all started with a hate anon that your friend DaddyDobrock received. “If Sam and Colby saw half of what you guys wrote on here they wouldn’t want you as fans 🙄.” She handled it well. She laughed and told the anon to lighten up and fuck off. You guys were pretty used to petty hate anons and rarely answer them, but boy was this asshole persistent.
Absolute-randomness-forever replied to a similar message with “If you don’t like what we post, don’t follow us?” Again, not really feeding into any drama.
Sp00kybrock got one trying to get her opinion on the whole thing. “Don’t you think most of the Sam and Colby tumblr fandom is toxic? Like, I bet Colby would cringe so hard if he went on this site. 🙄” She defended her friends, laughing it off. “My friends and I aren’t toxic. We post memes and joke around, but we support the boys 100%.”
Jakeywebber commented on a few of the new posts. “Does this person even watch the boys? They obviously don’t know that their sense of humor is exactly like ours.”
The anons continued to come in, a few other people getting them but not replying. They always ended with 🙄. The problem with one toxic anon is that they attract others that want to feed into the drama, and soon the hate is taken too far.
Someone got an anon telling them to kill themselves. Eye rolling emoji included. The blog posted the anon with no comment other than “deleting now” and went offline. To say that the rest of you were up in arms is an understatement. Lightenupbrock, that-one-brock-boy, badassbrock, the-sun-is-dark, colbyjacksmack, rewindfridaynight, xplr-lurker, brockboytrashz…you all jumped in and defended your friend. You sent them messages making sure they were okay, trying to convince them not to delete.
*Twitter notification*
Colby Brock Tweeted : “FYI we see more than you think we see. Don’t pretend to be our fan and then treat other fans like shit. Especially anonymously. 🙄”
Daddydobrock posted “Anyone else see this?” with a screenshot of the tweet.
A few of the others reblogged it, adding comments. By the end of the thread, your group of friends was convinced that Colby either had a tumblr or occasionally lurked on it.
*tumblr messages*
Xplr-lurker : Hey, have you heard from the girl that got the kys anon?
You and Xplr-lurker had been tumblr friends for about 6 months. They messaged you after they saw how you interacted with the other blogs. You were always helpful, kind, encouraging…You had a reputation for being a sweetheart and Xplr-lurker had messaged you thanking you for it. You two became friends pretty quickly, asking how each other’s days went and such. Neither of you ever really posted your personal info on your blogs, but you knew a bit about each other. You both lived in Cali, you were about the same age, and you loved sending each other super emo tumblr posts when you were bored. Usually hella late at night. He knew you were a girl and you knew he was a guy. Other personal details kind of trickled through in your everyday interactions.
Y/n : Yeah. She doesn’t want to be online for a while, but she isn’t going to delete her blog. I gave her my phone number just in case she needed to talk.
Xplr-lurker : I figured you would 😊 I’m glad she’s okay.
Y/n : Me too.
Y/n : Hey, did you see Colby’s tweet? I think he saw all of this go down. I mean, maybe I’m just assuming too much, but he ended a tweet about anon hate with that stupid eye roll emoji just like the anon does.
Xplr-lurker : I mean, he said he checks his dms all the time. Maybe someone sent it to him?
Y/n : Maybe.
Y/n : Honestly, I’m just as mad for him and Sam as I am for the girl. How shitty is it that they have to watch the people who call themselves fans treat other fans like garbage? And they can’t do a thing about it.
Xplr-lurker : That sounds like it would suck.
Y/n : Right?
You had written a whole big post about how hypocritical it was for this toxic anon to accuse everyone else of being bad for the fandom when they were so willing to go out of their way to harm other fans. You reminded them about the videos Sam and Colby used to post about being confident and helping others. Their entire YouTube career started with them making videos wanting to help people. Just like every other post, you signed it with two black heart emojis. 🖤🖤
You had continued talking to xplr-lurker as you wrote the post. Venting a little bit about how frustrated you were.
*Twitter notification*
Colby Brock Tweeted : “Don’t worry, we know there are amazing fans out there, too. 🖤🖤”
Y/n : Dude. I think I’m paranoid, now.
Xplr-lurker : What do you mean?
Y/n : Nothing. I’m exhausted. I just need sleep, lol. You do too, nerd. You said you needed to be up by 9 and it’s already 4am.
Xplr-lurker : Holy shit, my friend is going to kill me if I’m falling asleep tomorrow, haha.
Y/n : Haha, good luck! I’ll talk to you later.
Xplr-lurker : Thanks. Sweet dreams.
See, it’s pretty common for social media influencers to have secret accounts. It gives them a way to like posts and follow fans without starting drama. After collabing with CrankThatFrank, Colby was convinced to make a tumblr. He picked Xplr-lurker so that it made sense for him to interact with his own fans. He mostly just reblogged cool edits and funny traphouse memes. He’d comment on funny posts and throw his two cents in on theories and gossip. For the most part, it was kind of fun. People on tumblr were brutally honest but fucking hilarious. He never planned on talking about tumblr or letting anyone he interacted with on tumblr know that he was behind the username…but then he found your blog. He’d contemplated telling you for a few weeks now. The two of you talked almost every night and he felt bad. He felt like he was lying to you.
He’d first messaged you just to say a quick thanks for being so positive in the fandom, but the more he talked to you the more he kept wanting to talk to you.
The 🙄 anon stopped sending people messages after Colby’s tweet. Your friends on tumblr were able to go back to posting ridiculous screenshots and cool photo edits over the next week or so. You’d reblogged a gif of Colby about to lose his shorts on a waterslide with the caption “I feel like Elton has been trying to get Colby naked in vlogs since the start of TFIL”.
Xplr-lurker : *sent waterslide post*
Xplr-lurker : This is a fat fact. Lol.
Y/n : Right? Hahahahaha
Xplr-lurker : I think he does it for views.
Y/n : Probably. It’s the same reason Colby gets shirtless in his own videos. He knows people will click the thumbnail, haha.
Colby sat on his balcony laughing. You were absolutely right.
Xplr-lurker : Is that why you clicked?
Y/n : Haha, nah. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a beautiful human being. You’d have to be blind not to see that. But I found Colby through TFIL.
Xplr-lurker : What made you keep watching him then?
Colby felt bad for baiting you out, but his curiosity got the better of him. As far as you knew, he was just another fan. This is when he’d get your most honest answer.
Y/n : A lot. First, he’s a huge goofball. Watching him and his friends do dumb shit to make each other laugh is the best.
Y/n : And everything him and Sam have done together? Those two dudes are fearless. They just remind me that I’m the only one holding myself back, you know? One day I’ll actually get out of my own way and make something of myself.
Y/n : He also seems super genuine. He never seems afraid to speak his mind or call something like it is. It actually bums me out watching some of his “friends”, If you know what I mean. I know that not everything they put out there is 100% accurate to how they actually are in real life, but I hate that slimy feeling I get knowing that a lot of them use Sam and Colby and don’t actually give a shit.
Y/n : I know I sound like a massive fangirl at this point, haha. I think I just needed to get that off my chest.
Colby sat there trying to figure out how to respond. He had a huge grin on his face seeing you spill your guts like you did.
Xplr-lurker : Haha, don’t worry about it. You just sound like you care. That’s not a bad thing.
Over the next few weeks, you guys continued to talk like normal, but it got a little more personal. He wanted to be able to call you a friend, but he was still afraid to tell you who he actually was. You two talked more about your passions and the things you struggle with. You’d always sent each other music to check out, but he’d confessed that he’d been dabbling in trying to write lyrics. He needed to find a way to talk to you as COLBY and not xplr-lurker.
*Twitter notification*
Colby Brock Tweeted : “You feel so close but in reality I’m sitting here on my balcony alone.”
One of your tumblr friends had screenshot the tweet, adding the caption “This is how it feels to have better friends on the internet than in real life.”
You reblogged it and tagged xplr-lurker. You added “I wouldn’t trade our late-night talks for the world.”
Xplr-lurker : *sent tagged post*
Xplr-lurker : Yeah?
Y/n : Duh. You know that.
Xplr-lurker : Same.
Colby sat there, his fingers hovering over the keyboard on his phone.
*Twitter notification*
Colby Brock Tweeted : “1 like = 1 ‘don’t be a pussy’ whispered in my ear.”
Xplr-lurker : Not to sound like a creepy internet person, but have you ever met any of your internet friends in real life?
Y/n : Haha, I don’t think you’re creepy. And yes! I’ve met a few of them. Why?
Xplr-lurker : I know we live in the same city and I’ve always wondered if you’d want to get coffee or something.
Y/n : That would mean that you’d get to see how awkward and clumsy I am in real life. I don’t know if I’m willing to put you through that, hahaha.
Colby laughed. That response was better than the “fuck off, creeper” he expected.
Xplr-lurker : Oh, shut up. You’d be the one dealing with me being awkward.
Y/n : Suuuuuuure. You don’t know what you’re getting yourself into.
Y/n : I’m actually walking home from my favorite coffee shop right now, haha. It’s called 101. They’re open until 3 am and they have the best food.
Xplr-lurker : WHY ARE YOU WALKING ALONE SO LATE AT NIGHT?!
It was well past 2am and the thought of you walking the streets of LA by yourself kind of had Colby on edge.
Y/n : I live like 5 minutes away. Don’t worry.
Colby pulled up 101 Coffee Shop on his phone. It was less than a 10 minute drive from his apartment. *We actually live pretty close* he thought, switching back to the tumblr app.
Xplr-lurker : Tell me when you make it home safe. LA is scary at night.
Xplr-lurker : Also, that coffee shop is not far from me. If you ever want to meet up there, I’m down.
Y/n : I just walked in my front door. Stop worrying, mom.
Y/n : And I’ll be headed back there tomorrow around midnight. My roommate’s boyfriend is obnoxious and he comes over every night around then. I usually hang out at the coffee shop and work on stuff on my laptop for a few hours.
Xplr-lurker : I’m glad you’re safe. I’ll definitely try to make it there tomorrow.
Y/n : I’ll be the one with the messy bun, laptop, and baggy Y&R hoodie, lol.
Xplr-lurker : If I don’t chicken out, I’ll wear an XPLR hoodie.
Y/n : Well I need to go to sleep. If I don’t see you tomorrow, I’m sure I’ll still talk to you on here.
Xplr-lurker : For sure! Have a good night!
Y/n : You too. 🖤🖤
“Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.” Colby said, sighing. This was it. He was either going to walk into that coffee shop and blow his cover or he was going to chicken out like a little bitch.
The whole next day he had a hard time paying attention to anything or anyone. He was too busy trying to figure out the best way to tell you who he was.
“Colby!” Sam laughed, waving his hand in front of his friend’s face.
“What? Sorry.” Colby said, shaking his head and turning towards Sam.
“You okay?” Sam asked. Colby just stared at him for a minute. “I’m going to take that as a no?”
“I’m not, not okay.” Colby answered, sounding cryptic.
“Okaaaayyy.” Sam said slowly. “Care to explain?”
“I’m just nervous to meet up with someone later.” Colby tried to sound casual. “It’s nothing big. I’m just anxious, I guess.”
“Who?” Sam asked.
“A girl I met online.” Colby said, waiting for Sam to tease him.
Sam furrowed his brows. “Like on a dating app?”
“No.” Colby shook his head. “She’s a fan.”
Sam made a confused face. “Not to make it sound like I think you’re stupid, but are you being catfished again?” He laughed.
Colby couldn’t help but crack a smile, hiding his face behind his hands. “No, actually. I don’t even know what this girl looks like.”
“What?!” Sam asked, confused.
“That’s not the weirdest part.” Colby said, peeking through his fingers at his best friend. “She doesn’t know I’m me.”
“Is this for a video or something?” Sam asked, not understanding at all what was going on.
“Nope. I made an account to interact with fans and we just kind of clicked.” Colby tried explaining. “We’ve been friends for like 6 months, but we only ever talk through our usernames. The more I say this out loud the crazier it sounds.” Colby laughed.
“Sooooo, you’ve never seen a picture of her?” Sam asked.
“Nope. Not for sure. I THINK I found her personal blog, but I could be wrong.” Colby answered. “I only know her name because it’s in her profile, but she’s never asked me mine.”
“Is she going to be mad?” Sam asked, trying to wrap his head around the whole thing.
“That’s kind of why I’m so nervous.” Colby said, biting his lip. “She told me where she’s going to be tomorrow night and I don’t know if I should just show up or if I should rip the band-aid off and tell her who I am in our dms before we’re supposed to meet up.”
Sam had a blank stare on his face. “I honestly have no idea how to help you.”
“Don’t feel bad. I don’t know how to help myself.” Colby laughed.
“Tell me how it goes?” Sam asked.
“Of course.” Colby nodded, zoning out again.
At around 11:30pm you’d walked to the coffee shop. You ordered a drink and your late dinner and sat down in the corner booth. You worked on some things you were currently writing and gone through and caught up with your emails. At about 1am, you’d convinced yourself your tumblr friend had chickened out.
Right around 12:30am, Colby was stood in front of the coffee shop he was supposed to meet you at. There were only a few people currently in the shop, so it was pretty easy to figure out which one was you. He’d taken a deep breath and walked through the door, darting to the counter when he started to panic. With his back to you, he ordered a coffee. *I don’t even like coffee* he thought to himself. He kept peeking at you from the pick-up counter while he waited for his order. You had headphones in your ears, mouthing the lyrics to whatever song you were listening to. When the barista called out his name, he grabbed his coffee and left the shop.
Xplr-lurker : I’m stuck.
Xplr-lurker : You’re normally the person I go to for advice, but I feel like it’s unfair to put this one on you.
Xplr-lurker : You’re beautiful, btw.
You looked up from your computer, searching for your friend.
Y/n : Thank you? Are you here?
Xplr-lurker : I was. I chickened out. I kind of panicked.
Y/n : Aww, I promise you have no reason to panic. So why are you stuck? I’m always here to listen and give advice when I think I can help. You know that.
Colby sighed, sitting in his car.
Xplr-lurker : I guess it’s better just to come out with it.
Xplr-lurker : My name is Colby.
You waited a few seconds for further explanation.
Y/n : Okay? I don’t get it.
Xplr-lurker : Like, I am Colby Brock. I made this account to interact with fans.
Y/n : Please tell me you’re just fucking with me as a friend and not a delusional fanboy that’s trying to actually convince me he’s someone he’s not.
*Great* you thought to yourself. Not only did you have to walk home at night by yourself in LA, now you had to keep an eye out for a crazy person who wanted you to believe they were Colby. You thought this person was your friend and now you were afraid to leave the coffee shop.
Xplr-lurker : Neither? I know I fucked up by not telling you sooner.
Y/n : Well, since whoever is on the other end of this message knows I’m here alone, I’m going to call my roommate to pick me up. You know, you were really cool. You were my favorite person to talk to. This really sucks. You didn’t have to be anyone but yourself.
When Colby tried to reply to your message, the chat said that he had been blocked. “Oh, fuck.” He said, jumping back out of his car. When he got to the door of the coffee shop, he could see that you were packing up your stuff.
“Y/n!” he called from the door, walking towards your booth.
Your eyes flew towards the boy walking in your direction, your hands frozen holding your laptop.
Colby slowly slid into the other side of the booth you were sitting in, putting his phone down with the tumblr app open. “I’m so sorry.”
“What the fuck?” you whispered, still not moving.
“You have every right to be mad at me and I swear I never meant to freak you out. I didn’t really think it through when I told you who I was. Is your roommate coming?” He asked, talking so fast you could barely process what he was saying.
You sat your laptop down and grabbed his phone. “My roommate wouldn’t come pick me up even if I did call her.” You said, looking at the tumblr app on Colby’s phone. You were the only person he had messaged.
“You were going to walk?” Colby asked, grabbing his phone when you handed it back to him.
“I was going to order an Uber.” You laughed. “This is crazy. You’re crazy.”
“Are you mad?” Colby’s face was apprehensive, waiting for you to tell him to fuck off.
“A little.” You nodded, laughing. “You asked me questions about yourself! I fangirled to you about you!” You remembered, covering your now blushing cheeks with your hands, hiding your face.
He laughed. “I feel the need to say this in person…You’re beautiful.” He watched as you peeked over your fingers. “And I’m the one that should be embarrassed about that, not you.”
“Why did you ask me to meet if you didn’t want me to know who you were?” You asked, remembering that this whole thing was his idea.
He laughed, reaching to grab one of your hands. “I’ve been trying to nut up and tell you who I am for over a month.”
“Why me? You didn’t even know what I looked like?” You were still trying to take in the fact that Colby Brock was sitting here in your favorite coffee shop holding your hand.
“I didn’t really care what you looked like. You’ve been a great friend to me since we first started talking and I was just some random person you met online…That has nothing to do with how someone looks.” He explained, blushing before continuing. “The fact that you’re also adorable is just an added bonus.”
You laughed, pulling your hand out of his so you could re-do your messy bun that was currently falling. “This is crazy. I want to re-read everything I’ve ever sent to you to make sure I didn’t make a complete fool out of myself.”
“Y/n.” Colby laughed. “You didn’t. I promise. There’s not a single thing you’ve told me that I don’t like.”
You stared at him for a moment, trying to figure out what the hell you were supposed to do now. “I have one question.” You said, leaning your elbows on the table.
“Ask away.” He answered, leaning forward the same way you were.
“What’s the REAL reason Elton always tries to get you naked in his vlogs?” You smirked, hearing Colby bust a gut laughing.
“Honestly, I’ve questioned it myself. The only answer that keeps me sane is clickbait.” He shook his head. “So, we’re good?” he asked.
“I mean, I don’t know WHAT we are, but I hope it isn’t bad.” You laughed.
“Well, we’ve been friends for over 6 months. I’d like to still claim that even though you know now that I’ve been a dumbass this entire time.” He smiled.
“I think I can deal with that.” You smiled back at him.
“Should I push my luck and ask you if I can buy you another coffee?” He asked, a shy look on his face. “I think coffee is disgusting, but I hear coffee shops make for great first dates.”
“You went from being afraid to show your face to asking me on a date.” You laughed.
“Well?” Colby said, waiting for your answer.
You nodded, your cheeks turning pink. “I’d love another coffee.”
I can remove any of the tumblrs I’ve used if you’re uncomfortable being mentioned. @daddydobrock @absolute-randomness-forever @sp00kybrock @jakeywebber @lightenupbrock @that-one-brock-boy @badassbrock @the-sun-is-dark @colbyjacksmack @rewindfridaynight @brockboytrashz
“MIKE!” Colby yelled from his room where he was currently setting up for the video.
“Yessir!” Mike popped his head in the door.
“I want the thumbnail to be you putting me in a headlock.” Colby laughed.
Mike popped his knuckles, walking towards Colby. “It would be my pleasure.” He’d put on a serious voice.
“Oh, shit. Never mind.” Colby leaned away from Mike, laughing.
“You two are ridiculous.” You laughed from the doorway.
Mike glanced at the camera to make sure the red recording light was on and tackled Colby onto the bed, pulling him into a headlock. “Don’t lie. You love us.” Your brother laughed, Colby flipping him over.
“Yeah, well…you can’t pick who you love.” You said in a dramatic sigh.
Colby looked over at you with a shocked look on his face giving Mike the chance to pull him into another hold. The two boys wrestled around for a few minutes before almost knocking the camera over. “Oh, shit!” Colby dashed to catch the falling tripod. “I’m pretty sure there’s a thumbnail somewhere in there.” He laughed, setting the camera straight.
“That whole thing needs to be at the end of your video.” Mike laughed, straightening his clothes.
“Oh, 100%.” Colby agreed, looking over at you. “Are you nervous?” he asked, sitting back down on the bed.
“Just because I don’t normally do this.” You said, pointing to the camera. “But not because of what we’re going to say.”
Colby nodded, understanding. “That makes sense. I wouldn’t worry about it too much, though. I think you’re going to be a natural.” He smiled, looking over at Mike who was settling down next to him. “You ready?”
“Very.” Mike smirked.
*GIRLFRIEND TAG! (not clickbait) [SERIOUSLY – this isn’t clickbait]*
The video opened with Mike and Colby sitting next to each other on the edge of Colby’s bed. They stayed silent just staring at the camera for a few seconds. Mike looked mad and Colby looked scared.
“Coooolllbyyyyy?” Mike said in a scolding voice, staring into the camera.
Colby’s eyes widened. “Yeah?”
“What did you do?” Mike looked over at him.
“I…I uh, I asked a girl out…” he said, acting like he was afraid to answer.
“What girl, Colby?” Mike pressed, crossing his arms and flexing.
“Umm…Her name is Y/n.” Colby answered, making sure to look anywhere but Mike or the camera.
“And how did you meet Y/n?” Mike started leaning over Colby in an intimidating manner.
“In Arizona?” Colby ducked, shrinking away from Mike.
“And who is she?” Mike asked, turning to stare back into the lens.
Colby turned to look up at Mike, squeezing his eyes shut before answering. “Your sister.”
Mike threw his arms up and yelled in an excited voice. “Colby and my sister are dating!”
Colby busted out laughing, clapping and falling back on the bed for a second. He sat back up. “I know you’re like the goofiest dude I know, but you can still be so scary.” Colby laughed.
“It runs in the family.” Mike snarked, looking over at where you were standing off camera.
“I am not scary!” you answered, Colby making a ‘really?’ face at you before turning back to Mike. “So, is there anything you want to say before I bring Y/n in?”
“Umm…welcome to the family?” Mike teased, half tackling Colby to the bed in a hug. “But seriously” he said, turning to the camera. “All of the Sam and Colby fans welcomed me into the Trap House friend group with open arms. Hell, the reason I’ve been able to keep making music and quit my day job is because of the same people watching this video. Y/n’s been my rock since we were little kids. She’s literally the best person I know and seeing these two together, you’re gonna get it. It’ll make sense. Just give her a chance.” He nodded, looking over at Colby.
“Thanks, brother.” Colby said, hugging him before Mike stood and pushed you towards where he was just sitting. “Here she is.” Colby was laughing looking at the terrified look on your face. He grabbed your hand and pulled you to sit next to him, his arm around your waist from behind.
You sat down and covered your cheeks with your hands for a second, gaining some composure. “Okay. I got this. We’re good.” You smiled over at him, closing your eyes when he leaned in to kiss your cheek.
“Yes, ladies and gentlemen. This is not clickbait. I’m no longer a single, lonely, emo boy.” He joked, looking over at you. “Like you heard in our little opening skit, this is Mike’s sister, Y/n.”
You waved to the camera. “Hola.” You looked back over at Colby seeing him staring back at you. “Oh, God. We’re so awkward.” You laughed.
Colby shrugged. “That’s okay.” He said, leaning in to kiss you. He turned back to the camera. “OKAY! I tweeted out earlier to you guys asking for girlfriend/boyfriend tag questions and we’re going to answer a few of them.”
“What’s the first one?” you asked, looking down at his phone. “Ooo, that’s a good one. It says, ‘Where and when was our first kiss?’”
“MIKE!” Colby yelled, laughing. “We need you one more time.”
“What’s up?” Mike said, ducking down into frame.
Colby held his phone up so Mike could read the question, laughing at the dramatic face he made. “This bitch kissed my own sister in front of me before even telling me he liked her!”
“You act like that was the dramatic part.” You laughed. “Mike jumped over my kitchen island, chased Colby around my dining room, out the back door, and then tackled him into the pool.” You explained to the camera.
“He wasn’t actually mad.” Colby clarified. “He kind of played match maker, actually. I found out later he literally invited me to see if we’d hit it off.”
“Sneaky bitch.” You said, sticking your tongue out a Mike.
“I’ll take that as a ‘thank you’”, Mike laughed, going back to the living room.
“Our first kiss was actually kind of cute, though.” You turned to Colby.
“It was.” He agreed. “I was terrified to kiss her, but I told her I really wanted to. She started listing all of the reasons It wasn’t worth it INCLUDING the fact that Mike was literally staring at us.”
“He surprised me.” You said, fixing a stray section of his hair. “He looked like he was going to walk away, but then I heard him say ‘it’s worth it’…he tasted like Jack Daniels.”
Colby blushed. “It was definitely worth it.” He said, looking back down at his phone. “Okay, next question…What were your first impressions of each other? You go first.”
“Mine is kind of in two parts. Mike had talked about you before I actually met you.” You explained, turning to the camera. “I knew that he was a good friend, laid back, a good listener. My brother was very grateful for Colby. Mike and I talk a lot, so I heard about it.”
Colby smiled over at you. “What’s the other part?”
“The phone call in the car. You said ‘my momma taught me better than that’ and I kind of melted a little. It was adorable.” You blushed, ducking your head for a moment.
“She called me country boy all week.” Colby said to the camera. “I guess my first impression started with the phone call, too. You sassed Mike and called me sweetie, I think.” He laughed. “but honestly, it was seeing how you took care of everyone the next few days that solidified it. I thought you were very…” He looked around, trying to find the right word in his head. “You made me feel very comfortable.”
“I’m glad.” You rested your hand on his leg, squeezing his knee.
“You pick the next question.” He said, covering your hand with his.
“Hmmm…Okay, here. ‘When did each of you know you actually liked the other?’” you read.
“Easy.” He said, turning to the camera. “I had a little crush on her from the moment I met her…but what made me realize I was in deep was the night I drunkenly stumbled into her like, art studio area. I was not having a good night and she made me sit down and talk. Actually…” he stood and walked over to where the necklace you had made him was hanging, grabbing it and joining you back on the bed. “She made me this that night. I was just super in my own head and I felt dumb for being so upset about some stuff I was dealing with and she just… She was so loving and genuine. And she actually listened. She made me feel like my frustrations were valid and that I deserved better.” He shrugged. “It ended up being the best night of the whole trip.” He smiled over at you.
You tried inconspicuously wiping the tears that threatened to fall at any moment, but when Colby saw your watery eyes, he pulled you to him. “You’re not allowed to put me crying in the video.” You laughed, taking a deep breath and making sure your tears were gone.
“Oh, it’s going in there.” He laughed, wiping his thumb over a spot you missed.
“Brat.” You smiled at him, turning towards the camera. “I definitely fell for him that same night.” You nodded your head in agreement. “We had a good long talk while I made that necklace. I didn’t think he’d ever actually want to date me, but I was happy I had met him.” You looked over at the soft smile on Colby’s face. “You’ve got a good heart.”
“This video started out funny and now it’s just cute and gooey.” He laughed.
“Pick the next question.” You said, laughing.
“Here’s an easy one.” He said. “How long have you known each other?”
“Three weeks? Almost four?” you said, raising your eyebrow in question.
“Holy shit. Yeah. It feels like so much longer.” Colby laughed.
“It does.” You agreed. “Okay, this one is cute. ‘What are your nicknames for each other?’”
Colby lifted his finger to point at the space on the screen where he would put a screenshot of his tweet. “She calls me Kansas.”
“I do.” You smiled. “And country boy, sometimes. I don’t think you have one for me, though.” You said, trying to think of one.
“Not really. I always answer the phone with ‘hey beautiful’, but I don’t know if that counts.” He agreed. “I have her as Mamacita in my phone.” Colby laughed.
You laughed. “Hearing you try to pronounce any Spanish word makes me laugh.” You said, handing him his phone so he could find another question.
The two of you answered a few more questions, sharing a few more funny moments and a few squishy ones.
“I think that about wraps this up.” Colby said, pulling you to lean into his side. “I know that a lot of you guys are going to be confused when you realize this video really isn’t clickbait.” He laughed. “You guys know that I’ve never introduced a girl as anything more than a friend, so this is new territory for all of us. I just…I want you guys to know that I’m really happy. If I didn’t actually think that this was real and going to last, then I never would have made this video.” He looked down at you. “Anything you want to add?”
“I don’t really know what to say.” You laughed. “I guess I want them to know that I love you. And that I understand that I’m this new scary stranger to them.”
“Guys, that’s the second time she’s said she loves me today.” He teased you, talking to the camera. You hid your face behind your hands. “I love you, too.” He said, kissing your forehead.
“I didn’t even think about it.” You laughed, leaning up to kiss his lips. “I guess it just felt right.”
“It does, doesn’t it?” he nodded, turning back to the camera. “Guys, if there are any videos you want to see us do together, let us know in the comments. I know you don’t know her very well right now, but the more you do the more I know you’re going to love her. I think we’re going to end this here, but make sure to check out Sam’s video tomorrow! We played a game during Pizza Night and Y/n surprised me. It was really cute and I know you guys are going to gif the hell out of it.” He laughed. “I’ll catch you guys later. Peace!”
“I promise I’ll come up there soon.” You laughed, replying to Colby’s whiny plea for your company.
You could hear Sam yelling in the background for Colby to hurry up so they could film. It was Pizza Night and Sam was getting ready to film a group “touch my body” challenge. What Colby didn’t know was that you were already in LA.
You heard Colby sigh. “I have to go.”
“Don’t be sad, Kansas. I promise you’ll see me before you know it.” You replied.
“I better.” He teased. “Text me if you’re up late tonight and I’ll call you.”
“Will do.” You answered, hearing him hang up.
Colby hadn’t told anyone back in LA about you. You said you were going to visit soon, but he didn’t want to be mercilessly teased about it just in case you decided it wasn’t worth coming. He decided to just introduce you to people if you actually showed up. When you headed to La, you called Mike letting him know you wanted to surprise Colby. The two of you decided you’d just show up at Pizza night. When Sam was talking to Mike about the “touch my body” video before Pizza Night, he knew the perfect way to surprise Colby. He made sure you understood the game and what to do.
When Colby walked back into Sam’s living room, everyone was on the couch ready to film.
“Welcome back to my channel!” Sam excitedly said, explaining the video. Each person would be blindfolded in turn. They’d have to guess who and what they were touching. Each person had 4 different people/places.
“I think Colby should go first.” Mike kind of insisted, making it seem like he was just messing with Colby.
“Alright! Colby, blindfold yourself and make sure you can’t see anything.” He instructed, making stupid faces in front of him to make sure he couldn’t actually see anything. “Okay, now someone is going to have you touch some spot on their body. You have to guess who it is and what you’re touching.” Sam laughed at the scared look on Colby’s face.
“Oh, god. I don’t want to touch Jake’s balls again.” He laughed.
“Hey!” Jake laughed. “It would be an honor to touch these balls.”
“Oh, god. This is going to get demonetized so quickly.” Sam laughed, watching Tara pull Colby’s finger towards her ear.
“Oooo, whoever this is has cold, small hands.” Colby thought out-loud. “I’m going to guess Tara…and I’m pretty sure she just made me pick her nose.” He busted up laughing.
Everyone in the room started laughing. “Close.” Sam said. “One point. It was Tara, but it wasn’t her nose.”
Colby made a confused face before speaking. “Ooooh, your ear.” He nodded his head. “That makes me feel better.”
Mike had text you when to come to the apartment and you were waiting outside the door. Two more people went for Colby’s round. Mike made Colby touch his tongue and Kevin stuck Colby’s finger between his toes. When his final round came up, Mike stood up and shook his hands to get everyone’s attention silently. With one finger over his lips in a “hush” motion, he held up his index finger on his other hand to indicate he’d be right back. He walked to the door and quietly opened it, pulling you inside.
Sam had a confused look on his face, only knowing you were Mike’s sister from his Instagram stories. Kevin and Aryia’s faces lit up. “Okay, one last round.” Sam said, filling the pause Mike had caused.
“Oh, god. This one is going to be the worst one, I know it.” Colby said, sitting on his hands in protest.
“Don’t act like your hands aren’t all over us when the camera is off.” Mike laughed, moving you to stand in front of Colby.
“Come on, hands out.” Sam said.
Colby hesitantly put his hand out and you simply grabbed it with one of yours.
“This is a trick.” Colby laughed, taking your hand in both of his. “This is just someone’s hand.”
“You sure?” Aryia said, a childlike excitement obvious on his face.
Colby felt your fingers and your rings. “Yeah, this is a hand…” he stopped moving for a second, his blindfolded eyes lifting to where he thought the person would be standing, lips parted. He felt around one of the rings for another second before standing, feeling up your arm to find your face. He placed his hands on your cheeks and smashed his lips against yours, blindfold still on.
“WHAT THE FUCK?!” Jake laughed, Sam staring into the camera with a look of surprise on his face. Kat and Tara both laughed/squealed in shock.
The three boys that knew about the two of you were cheering. “Just a hand, huh?” Kevin teased him.
“Care to explain?” Kat looked at Mike.
“This, ladies and gentlemen, is my big sister.” Mike was relaxed back against the couch, smiling at the two of you.
“AKA, the reason Colby came back to LA with a little pep in his step.” Aryia laughed.
When you finally broke the kiss, you slid the blindfold off of Colby. “It’s good to see you.” You smiled up at him.
“You have no idea.” He said, pulling you back into a gentler kiss.
“How did you know it was her?” Tara asked.
Colby sat on the couch, pulling you down to sit next to him. “This.” He said, holding your hand out. “I watched her make this in Arizona.” He fiddled with the ring on your finger.
Everyone leaned in to see the ring. “Are you the one that made his necklace?” Sam asked, the whole thing clicking together a bit.
“I did.” You smiled.
“That thing is rad as hell.” Jake complimented you. Colby had been kind of weird about explaining it when he’d asked.
“Thanks.” You blushed. “If everyone gives Colby the colors they like, I’ll make sure to send him back with a bunch of stuff for you guys when he comes down in a few weeks.”
“Y/n, you don’t have to do that.” Colby said, a soft expression on his face.
“When are you going to learn, brother.” Mike chuckled. “She doesn’t do anything she doesn’t want to do.”
You shrugged your shoulders and nodded your head, agreeing with your brother. “I’d love to make some stuff for you guys.” You said, pressing a quick kiss to his lips.
“So YOU’RE the reason he won’t be in LA that week.” Sam gave Colby a look. “You could have told me, dude.”
Colby ducked his head and blushed. “I was kind of nervous she wasn’t going to want me to actually come.”
“Of course, I do.” You softly laughed, standing from the couch. “I’ll let you guys finish your video.”
“Why don’t you just join it?” Colby asked, looking to Sam for confirmation.
“I mean, I don’t know how much of what we just recorded you want going in the video.” Sam laughed.
“You’ve never filmed anything with someone you’re seeing.” You teased him, remembering one of the long talks you’d had on the boys’ trip.
Colby sat there chewing on his bottom lip for a second. “Stay.” He nodded.
“Colby, I’m not going to be upset that you don’t want us on camera together.” You said, making sure he wasn’t making this choice for you.
“No, really.” He said, reaching out for your hand so you’d come back and sit on the couch, tucking you into his side. “I’ll edit that part of Sam’s video. I’ll leave the kiss in and the explanation of who you are so that it makes sense for his video.” Colby looked to Sam and saw him nodding in agreement. “And we’ll record one for my channel before his video comes out.”
“Girlfriend Tag. NOT CLICKBAIT!” Jake teased.
“Sounds about right.” Colby laughed, kissing your forehead. “Okay, lets finish this video. I all of a sudden have a lot to do tonight.” He said to the room.
Everyone teased him, the room filling with “ooo”s and jokes.
When the video was finished, you’d moved to sit with Kat and Tara. You’d watched quite a few of the group’s videos after Colby and the boys left Arizona and it kind of felt like you already knew everyone.
Colby followed Sam into his filming room to talk about how to edit the whole surprise/kiss. “Are you sure you want me posting this?” Sam looked over at his best friend.
“Of course.” Colby answered.
“I can always wait.” Sam suggested. “I can film something else for this week and post this one later if you guys come out as a couple.”
“Sam.” Colby laughed, looking over at him. “I promise, I want you to post it.” He saw that Sam’s face was still hesitant. “I’m sorry, by the way.”
“What? Why?” Sam asked.
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. Obviously, it only happened like two weeks ago, but still. You’re my best friend. I don’t hide anything from you. I just…I was terrified I had made it out to be something more in my head than it actually was.” Colby sighed.
“Hey.” Sam said, pulling Colby into a quick, but tight hug. “I get it. I haven’t seen you ACTUALLY caught up on anyone in like…God, it was in our first shitty apartment. I think that’s why I’m so shocked.” He laughed.
“That’s why its scary, brother.” Colby couldn’t stop the massive grin forming on his face. “She’s kind of amazing, you know?”
“I mean, she seems to fit in with our group faster than I’ve ever seen happen.” Sam smiled, hearing the group of girls laughing from the other room.
“She does that.” Colby nodded, remembering how you had handled the rude girl from the night he first kissed you.
“You’ve got it bad, brother.” Sam watched Colby’s blushy cheeks refuse to conform to anything but a huge smile.
“In the best way possible.” He agreed, grabbing the camera and moving to actually look at the footage they needed to talk about.
When the two of you headed to Colby’s apartment for the night, he closed the door and pulled you against him, tightly wrapping his arms around you. “I really was nervous you’d never make it up here.”
“Why?” You asked, slipping your arms around his waist. “I told you I’d come see you.”
“At the risk of ruining this by oversharing…I don’t think you fully get how head over heels I am about you.” Colby said, slightly swaying back and forth with you in his arms.
You couldn’t help but quietly laugh. “Colby.” You said, pressing a kiss to the skin of his neck. “I kind of figured that out when you kissed me on camera. In front of all of your friends. And then insisted Sam post it to the internet.”
“You make me do crazy things.” He said, pulling back enough to look down at you.
“Well you should know I’m in just as deep as you are.” You said, kissing him.
“Yeah?” Colby asked, smiling against your lips.
“Oh, definitely.” You assured him.
“Does that mean when people ask me why I’m going to Arizona, I can tell them I’m visiting my girlfriend?” He raised an eyebrow, trying to casually slide into that question.
“As long as I can turn the corner of one of your rooms into an art space so I can still work while I’m visiting my boyfriend.” You smirked up at him.
“You could turn the living room into your studio and I wouldn’t care.” He said, leaning back down to kiss you.
“I wouldn’t promise that, Kansas.” You laughed. “Michaels Crafts is having a sale on their beads and if you’re not careful you won’t be able to see your living room floor.”
“I’ll drive you there, myself.” Colby laughed, hearing someone knock on the door.
“I’m coming in!” Mike yelled. “Don’t be naked!”
“Says the person who is always exactly two and a half margaritas from nudity, himself.” You teased your brother, laughing and grabbing your bag from him. Mike had taken your keys and brought your stuff upstairs for you. “Thank you.”
“Don’t tell Colby my clothing kryptonite.” Mike said in an exaggerated whisper. “Now he can get me naked whenever he wants.”
The three of you talked about plans for a few minutes before Mike said his goodbyes and headed back to the Slap House with Kevin and Aryia.
“I am literally dead on my feet. I’m so tired.” You yawned, carrying your bag towards where Colby said his room was.
“Let me grab that.” He said, pulling the strap off of your shoulder. “Shower or straight to bed?” Colby asked, knowing how icky a long ass trip could make you feel.
“Hmmm…shower. Definitely need a shower.” You laughed, following Colby into his room and grabbing your toiletries from your bag. “Care to join me?” you asked, grabbing clean clothes.
“I wouldn’t miss it.” He smirked, grabbing your cloths from your hands and tossing everything but your underwear back into your bag. “But you’re not wearing that to bed.”
“Hey! Don’t diss the jam jams.” You gave him a fake offended look.
“Your ‘jam jams’ are cute.” He used air quotes and laughed. “…but I’d much rather see you in this.” He reached into his closet and grabbed one of his t shirts.
“Ooo, I’m already getting girlfriend perks.” You gave him a tired smile, leaning up to kiss his cheek.
“Don’t act like you didn’t steal my hoodie and my shirt out of my bag before I left Arizona.” He laughed. “You’ve been getting girlfriend perks since our first kiss.”
You smiled, dragging him to the shower. The two of you quickly cleaned off, Colby running his fingers through your hair to help rinse out the conditioner. He stared down at you, your eyes closed and your face relaxed. He could hear little moans when he’d run his fingers through your hair, massaging your scalp. “Y/n?” he asked, his voice quiet.
You opened your eyes to see his crystal blue ones looking down at you. “Yes, Colby?” you smiled, just happy to be back in the same space as him.
“You’re okay with the YouTube stuff, right?” he asked, just a tiny bit of worry settling in on his features.
“What do you mean?” you asked, reaching up to smooth your fingers over his tensed brow.
“Like, I’m about to tell millions of people that you’re my girlfriend.” He said, his hands moving from your hair to your waist. “I’ve never done that before. And whenever people even THINK I’m dating someone or getting close to a girl, some of them freak out. They post hate comments and stalk them and…”
“Colby.” You interrupted his worries. “I know some people are going to freak out. That’s okay. I’m not easily offended and I kind of understand why they’re obsessed with you.” You smirked, sliding your hands to rest on either side of his neck. “I’m not worried, okay? I’m not going anywhere unless you tell me to.”
He leaned down to press a gentle kiss to your lips before pulling away with a smile. “Just…if you’re ever not okay with something, tell me. Okay? Whether it’s a video or a picture I want to post or anything. I don’t want you pretending everything is fine if you’re not.”
“One day you’ll realize that I mean what I say.” You laughed, turning the shower off. “I’m not worried. And I promise you’ll always get the most honest version of me.”
When you finally got dressed and Colby pulled you into his bed, it only took you a few minutes to fall asleep. “I’m not setting an alarm for tomorrow.” Colby said.
“Thank God.” You sighed against his chest, snuggling into his body.
Colby could already feel your breathing level out as you started falling asleep. “Sweet dreams, Y/n.” he said, pressing a kiss to the top of your head.
“G’night, Kansas.” You mumbled, slipping into slumber.
Colby smiled as he stared up at his ceiling. His hand was idly playing with your hair. He reached over and grabbed his phone, making sure he didn’t already have any alarms set. When he closed the app he opened twitter. Since he was going to have you two record a ‘couple’ video the next day, he wasn’t really worried about there being rumors beforehand. He opened up a new tweet and typed out a simple, “She calls me Kansas”, before hitting send.
“Y/n!” Mike yelled into the car’s speaker. His phone was connected via Bluetooth.
“Hey, hey, hey, little brother. You guys actually make it out of LA before noon?” you asked, putting your phone on speaker. You were currently putting away all of the groceries you had purchased for Mike and his friends.
“We’re actually pulling into phoenix right now.” He answered, the rest of the boys in the car cheering. “With traffic, we’re right under an hour away.”
“Wow, and everyone sounds awake.” You laughed. “Are you guys coming straight here or are you going out? If you want, I can have some bomb ass Mexican food waiting for you.”
“Don’t make me drool in the rental.” Aryia said.
“We’ll head straight there.” Mike answered. “Just make sure to make some super white boy shit for Colby. He can’t handle spice.”
“Hey! My momma taught me better than that.” Colby reached forward to smack Mike. “I’ll eat whatever you want to cook for us.” He assured you.
“Oooo the new kid sounds like he has some country manners.” You laughed. “Don’t worry, sweetie. I won’t make all of it spicy.”
“Thank you.” Colby said, Aryia poking and teasing him for his blushy cheeks.
“We’ll see you soon.” Mike said, hanging up the phone.
A few years ago, you’d bought a huge house just outside the city and for the most part, you lived alone. More often than not, someone was crashing at your house, though. It’s how you liked it. Whether it was your friends, family, or your family’s friends…you liked having a place for the people you cared about to escape to. Mike made this trip a few times a year. Sometimes he’d come alone and sometimes he brought a few friends. The last few times he had dragged Kevin and Aryia along, but for the first time in a while he was bringing a new friend.
You heard the car horn in the driveway when Mike and his friends pulled up. You pulled the plates out and got everything set up for them to eat. When the door opened you ran to hug your little brother. “Put me down!” you laughed, Mike letting your feet dangle for a few more seconds.
“I don’t wanna. I missed you.” Mike pouted.
“It smells like heaven in here.” Kevin said, pulling you in for a hug when Mike finally let you go.
“Foods ready.” You said, moving to hug Aryia. “There’s even beer in the fridge.”
“You always spoil us.” Aryia said.
“And you must be Colby.” You said, moving to pull him into a hug.
“I am. It’s very nice to meet you.” Colby said, hugging you back. “And it does smell delicious in here.”
“Same to you! And thanks. Living out here, you get spoiled with good Mexican food.” You laughed, leading the boys back to the kitchen.
“I’m from Kansas.” Colby laughed. “I don’t even know what to look for in authentic Mexican food.”
“So you ARE a country boy.” You said, grabbing Coronas for everyone while they made their plates.
“Guilty as charged.” He chuckled.
“Mike, don’t put that on his plate.” You scolded him. He had put spicy serrano sauce on Colby’s food. “The last time YOU ate that, you cried and jumped in the pool.”
“Oh shit, I forgot about that.” Kevin busted out laughing. “I think I actually have that recorded on my old phone.”
You grabbed Colby’s plate and set it down on the counter, making him a new one with food you knew he’d enjoy. Colby laughed. “I need to see that video.”
“Here.” You handed him the new plate. “Nothing on there should be THAT spicy.”
“Thank you.” He smiled at you, grabbing a beer and heading to the living room where everyone else was sat eating.
After getting everyone settled in their rooms, the guys decided to go out and hit a few clubs. They spent the next two days doing pretty much the same thing. Hanging out at the house, drinking, relaxing, hitting up some clubs and bringing whoever they met back with them. On the third night they showed back up at the house at around 1 am. There were a handful of girls and a few of Mike’s local friends with them. Like usual, you were giving them their space. The boys had tried to drag you into their parties in the past, but you rarely joined them. You had another building in your back yard that you’d turned into an art space. You had all sorts of supplies. You could make jewelry. You could paint or draw. There was even a computer set up. Just your little escape.
You’d left the door and the windows open, letting the night’s breeze blow through. “Whoa” you heard from behind you.
“Hey!” you greeted Colby, turning back to work on the necklace you were making for Mike.
“This place is rad.” He said, walking around and looking at all of the obscure finished pieces and supplies. He had a bottle of Jack Daniels in his hand.
“I’m glad you like it.” You laughed. “Why aren’t you in there relaxing on your vacation?” you asked, tying the final knot in the necklace.
“Oh, sorry. I didn’t mean to bother you.” He stumbled towards the door.
“Colby.” You called, smiling over at the tipsy boy. “You aren’t a bother. Come sit.”
He hesitated at the door for a second. “You sure?”
“You’ll learn pretty quickly that I say what I mean.” You stood to hang the newly finished necklace up on a peg and sat back down. “Give me some of that.” You pointed towards the bottle.
Colby nodded, sitting down on the bench next to you and handing you the bottle. “Whiskey?”
“It’s my favorite.” You smiled, taking a decent swig from the bottle and handing it back. “Now are you going to answer my question?”
Colby just sighed.
“Here.” You started sorting through crystal pendants in a small box. “What is your favorite color?”
“hmmm.” Colby took another drink from the bottle. “Blue. And black.”
You grabbed a grey quartz pendant and strung it on a black suede cord. “This blue or this blue?” you asked, grabbing another container of stone beads.
“This kind.” He picked a light smoky blue.
“Perfect.” You said, starting to construct him a necklace of his own. “Now talk. What’s on your mind, country boy.”
He watched you work for a minute, trying to gather his thoughts. “I’m just different.” He sighed. “Mike is hands down one of the best friends I’ve made in LA, but all of them…they just.” He couldn’t find the right word.
“They cope differently than you?” you offered, looking into his soft blue eyes.
“That’s a good way of putting it.” He nodded, setting the bottle down.
You took another swig of whiskey, picking a few black beads to accent the stone ones he had chosen. “I’ve heard you’re quite the party boy yourself, though.”
“Can be.” He nodded, agreeing. “Sometimes it’s better than being alone. Sometimes it’s worse.”
“I feel that.” You agreed.
“They all came down here to hook up with girls and get blackout drunk.” Colby said, looking through a little box of things you had recently made.
“I saw you with that redhead last night. You seemed pretty interested in hooking up with girls and getting blackout drunk too.” You teased.
Colby blushed. “I uh…I didn’t sleep with her.”
“Colby, I wasn’t judging you.” You nudged him with your shoulder. “I was just teasing you.”
“She kind of invited herself to come back with us.” He said, turning to watch you work on his necklace.
“Well, we’re right next to a college town. There’s some wild kids living around here.” You held up two different beads to have him pick.
“I like those ones.” He pointed towards little black stones. “Don’t get me wrong, I do plenty of ‘socializing’” he laughed, using air quotes. “I just usually vibe with the person I’m taking to my bed. I haven’t really felt that with anyone in a while.”
“Well, I live alone for a reason.” You said. “I like people, I like company…Hell you guys are welcome here literally any time you want to come…but I feel you. I haven’t found anyone worth keeping around in a long time.”
“Mike said I’m jaded.” Colby laughed, taking another swig from the bottle.
“Mike just wants to cheer you up.” You smiled over at him. “He doesn’t like when people aren’t having as much fun as he is.”
“That’s true.” He nodded. “Your brother is a good dude. I’m glad he’s finally getting recognition with his music and stuff. He totally deserves it.”
“Well from what I hear, a big reason that is happening is you.” You said.
“Nah, it’s all him.” Colby shook his head.
“That’s not what he thinks.” You argued. “So, if you didn’t come down to the desert to party, what did you want to do down here?”
“Get the fuck out of LA.” He laughed. “A lot of amazing shit has happened for my friend Sam and I, but so many little shitty things have been just picking away at me.”
“Like?” you encouraged him to continue.
He sighed. “Everyone in LA wants to be your ‘friend’” he used the air quotes again, reaching for the bottle of Jack. “But the problem with that is you end up having more acquaintances than friends and if you let one of them in you take the risk of them completely fucking you over.”
“I could see that.” You agreed.
“Some people that I would have just sworn on anything that they’d be good people proved me wrong in the worst possible ways.” He sat, watching you work on the necklace. “Like, I had a friend…” he laughed, shaking his head and taking a swig from the bottle. “I shouldn’t use the word friend. I had someone spend two whole years telling me they appreciated me and that I was one of the only people in LA not to fuck them over…and the second they got a girlfriend they just switched. They started telling people things that I had told them in confidence. Shit that he knew I didn’t trust anyone with. His girl went and started talking shit about our whole friend group. Causing drama and treating fans poorly. And because we have a lot of the same fans, I can’t just call him out, you know? I can’t make a rant video telling people what a backstabber he is because then I look like the shitty person. I don’t even WANT to be the kind of person that throws him under the bus, I just wish he didn’t end up being a dick.” Colby sighed, letting his head fall back. “I just…I rarely get what I give. And it gets fucking old.”
“I can see why you and my brother get along so well.” You said, grabbing the bottle and taking a swig. “We’ve both been there. I think it’s just a little stickier for you because you have so many people watching you. If I want to tell someone to fuck off, I don’t have to worry that it’s going to be recorded or turned into a drama series on someone else’s channel.” You laughed. “And that isn’t really fair.”
“I don’t want to give up on people. It takes a lot for me to cut people out.” Colby said, leaning his head on your shoulder. “My mom keeps telling me not to entertain fools. I wish it was that simple.”
“I can already tell I’d love your mom.” You laughed. “First, that’s great advice and second, she’s raised a great son.” You messed up his hair with one of your hands. “But I agree. Nothing is ever that black and white.”
“Holy shit.” He said, lifting his head and looking down at his finished necklace. “That’s amazing.”
“I’m glad you like it.” You laughed. “Here” you slipped it over his head.
“Wait, this is mine?” he asked, turning the crystal in his hands.
“Duh.” You said, adjusting the length to fit him better. “I think it suits you.”
“Dude, how much do I owe you?” he asked, still in awe that you had just thrown it together.
“You don’t owe me anything.” You said. “Just try to get out of your head and have fun while you’re down here.”
He looked over at you with a soft expression. “Thank you.” He leaned in and gently kissed your cheek.
“No problem.” You smiled. “Let’s go inside.”
“You’re finally going to join the frat boy shenanigans happening in your house?” he gave you a smirk.
“That depends. How’s your beer pong game?” you laughed.
“I already spanked your brother and Aryia like 4 times.” He bragged, grabbing the bottle and standing up.
“Then I vote we aim for a 5th. Maybe even a 6th.” You stood, turning off the studio lights and heading inside.
“Y/N!” Aryia cheered, stumbling into Mike.
“You guys really aimed for ‘white girl wasted’ this trip, didn’t you?” you laughed, reaching for a Corona and sitting on the counter next to Aryia.
Mike walked up to Colby. “I wondered where you disappeared to.” He said, playing with the necklace that hung against Colby’s chest.
Colby blushed. “Is that a problem?” he shyly asked.
Mike shook his head. “I’m keeping an eye on you, though.” He laughed, walking back over to Kevin and a group of girls.
Aryia was telling you some wild story about a girl that tried to get naked in their Uber earlier when you turned and saw a girl hanging all over Colby. When she went to touch his necklace, he snatched it into his hand first. “I’ll be back.” He said to her, hurrying away and walking towards you and Aryia.
“You looked scared of that tiny drunk college girl.” You laughed, watching him take another swig of Jack and hop up on the counter next to you.
“She said she always wanted to sleep with a youtuber and then asked to wear this.” He adjusted the pendant to lay back against his chest.
“Oooo, big party fail. She’s probably too drunk to realize how trashy that sounded.” You laughed.
“Nope.” Aryia laughed. “She said the same thing to Kevin earlier and she was completely sober.”
The three of you started laughing, beer dribbling out your nose as you had just taken a drink. You started fanning your face, laughing even harder. “Paper towel!” you yelled.
Colby reached behind him grabbing the roll. “Here.” He laughed, ripping a few paper towels off and handing them to you.
“Thanks.” You tried to clean the beer out of your nose and off of your face.
“Mike!” Colby yelled. “Wanna see if your sister and I can beat you and Aryia at beer pong?” he asked, lifting his hands to challenge them.
“No fair! She hasn’t been drinking!” Mike whined.
“She’s had about half of this.” He said, raising the bottle of Jack.
“Wooooow, you trying to get my sister drunk?” Mike teased him, shooting him a fake glare.
You grabbed it out of Colby’s hand and took another swig. “You afraid, baby brother?” you asked, hopping off the counter and handing the bottle back to him.
“You kick my ass every time.” Mike laughed, moving to set up another game of beer pong.
Watching Colby relax and laugh while you absolutely destroyed the other two boys in beer pong made you happy you decided to join the party. “That’s three games in a row.” You teased them, turning to high-five Colby.
He threw his arm around your shoulders, giving Mike and Aryia a smug look. “You guys want to go another round?”
One of the girls that had been watching rolled their eyes. “You should let someone else play.”
“Grab a partner.” You said. “I bet you guys will beat them too.”
“I want to be on Colby’s team!” she quickly replied, trying to squeeze between you two.
“Nah, I’ve already got my partner.” He said, pulling you back from the table with him.
She rolled her eyes again. “I don’t know why you’re hanging all over THAT bitch.” She said under her breath.
“What?” Colby asked, knowing exactly what she had said.
“Colby!” Mike called, shaking his head no. Mike knew you could handle yourself.
“But she just…” he started, stopping when he felt you step away from him.
“Sweetie, listen here.” You said, staring the girl in the eyes with a smile on your face. “First, women being shitty to other women because they’re jealous of them is ugly. It’s not a good look. And honestly, it just lets the skeezy men that find it attractive off easy because they get to pick which disparate girl they want so they can hit it and quit it. You deserve better than the attention you’re attracting.” The girl’s face had gone ghost white. “SECOND, this is my fucking house. Everyone gets two chances. You just lost one. I suggest you grab a beer, find a friend, and have a good time because if your intentions were anything other than having a good time, I can order you an Uber.”
She had dropped her head and was staring at her feet. “I’m sorry.” She mumbled.
“Thank you.” You replied. “Now would you like to help me kick my brother’s ass in beer pong?”
Her eyes shot up to yours. “Really?” she asked with a skeptical look on her face. “You aren’t mad?”
“Oh, honey. You really are new around here.” You laughed, handing her a ping pong ball.
When you had spanked Mike and Aryia in beer pong for the 4th time, you left the girl and Kevin to play the next round. You walked back into the kitchen to grab a cold Corona from the fridge. “That was impressive” you heard behind you.
Colby had hopped back up on the counter, bottle of Jack still in his hand. “Making that sorority girl nearly piss herself or single handedly winning that round of beer pong?” you laughed.
“Well, both.” He chuckled, dropping down to stand in front of you. “But mostly the part where you turned that girl’s night around.” He pointed over at her. She was laughing, trying to chug the cup of beer Mike had just landed a ping pong ball in. Kevin was cheering her on. “She’s been a bitch all night and now look at her.”
You shrugged, taking a sip of the beer you had just opened. “I have my ways.”
“I saw that.” He moved a bit closer to you. “I really want to kiss you.” He said, smiling down at you.
“Yeah?” you asked.
“Yeah.” He stood there, refusing to make the first move.
“Well, you’ve got some choices to make, Kansas. Some things to consider.” You put on a pondering expression. “I live about 5 hours away from you, I’m quite a bit older than you, I’m stubborn, and my brother is currently staring at us.”
Colby tilted his head back and forth like he was considering everything you had said. “Yeah, it’s worth it.” He said, catching you off guard by smashing his lips against yours.
“Cooooooolllllbyyyyyyyyyyyy” Mike growled, trying to squeeze through the crowd that was watching them play beer pong.
“I’d run.” You laughed, pushing him away from you.
“SHIT!” He yelled, running around the kitchen island trying to dodge Mike.
“I told you I’d be watching you.” Mike said, not actually angry. This was more the ‘I’m a protective brother and I’ll beat anyone’s ass who messes with my sister’ formality.
“I know. And I’m probably going to get my ass kicked.” Colby squealed, running into the dining room when Mike lunged over the island. “But it was worth it.”
They were stood on either side of the table. “You sure about that?” Mike asked, moving to run around the table.
“YES!” Colby yelled, running out the back door of the house and around the pool, kicking his shoes off and chucking his phone in the grass knowing he’d eventually end up in the water.
You were laughing your ass off the whole time, Aryia and Kevin following them with you. “Why is Mike chasing Colby?” Aryia asked, not having witnessed it like Mike and Kevin.
“Colby kissed me.” You laughed, watching Mike tackle Colby into the pool.
“WHAT?!” Aryia practically shrieked.
“Mike said you two would hit it off.” Kevin laughed, taking another drink of whatever was in his cup.
“Really?” you gave him a weird look.
“Yup. He told me that before he even invited Colby.” He nodded at you.
“Don’t drown the boy!” you called out, seeing Mike pull Colby back under the water.
“Save me!” Colby laughed, reaching out for you.
Aryia took this opportunity to push you into the pool with the two boys. “Oh, you’re dead when I get out.” You threatened when you surfaced. “Mike!” you yelled, laughing.
Colby swam to hide behind you, his arms circling your waist. Mike was looking back and forth, staring at the both of you. “I don’t know if I like this.”
“Mike.” You laughed, swimming to hug your brother. “There’s not even a ‘this’ not to like.”
“He kissed you!” Mike chuckled.
“And? You’ve banged like 6 girls in my spare bedroom this year alone.” You laughed, kissing his cheek and swimming back to Colby.
“I’ll still kick your ass if you do anything stupid.” Mike pointed at Colby.
“Dude, your sister is way scarier than you are.” He laughed.
“Hey!” you smacked him.
“You may have chosen to be nice to that girl earlier, but you looked like you could have destroyed her.” He laughed, pulling you against him.
“My jeans are making it hard to swim.” You laughed, reaching for the edge of the pool to pull yourself out.
“Don’t leave me!” Colby pulled you back to him. “Oh, shit! I got this wet!” he said, pulling his necklace off.
“It’s fine.” You laughed, grabbing it from him. “It won’t ruin it. Kevin!” you called, handing the necklace to him when he walked to the pool’s edge. “Can you sit this on the table in there.” You pointed towards your art studio. You realized quite a few people had joined you in the pool. “I should go change into my suit.”
“Nah.” Colby smirked, his hands moving to unbutton your jeans.
“Wow, what happened to your country manners.” You laughed, batting his hands away and slipping your sopping wet jeans off.
“Jack Daniels happened.” He laughed, pulling his own shirt off and throwing it on the ground outside the pool.
“I’ll have to thank Mr. Daniels one of these days.” You quipped, pulling your own shirt off to join Colby’s.
Colby pulled you into a much softer kiss than your first one. “Do you come up to LA much?” he asked, as your hands were unbuttoning his own jeans.
“On occasion.” You smiled against his lips. “You’re gonna sink if you don’t ditch the denim.”
“I’m sure.” Colby said sarcastically. “That’s totally why I should take my pants off. It doesn’t have anything to do with you wanting to get me naked. Not at all.”
“What if it does?” you asked with a straight face, seeing Colby glance over at Mike while he stripped out of his black skinny jeans.
“I’d ask you if there was a lock on your bedroom door because I’m pretty sure Mike is going to try to suffocate me in my sleep.” Colby answered, looking back at you with wide eyes.
“He won’t.” you laughed, wrapping your arms around his neck. “And yes, there’s a lock on my door.”
“Mike said he’s coming back down here for a family thing in like a month.” Colby said, trying not to look directly into your eyes.
“You should definitely tag along.” You said, pressing a kiss to his lips.
“Yeah?” he asked, a bit breathless.
“definitely.” You smiled into the kiss.
When the boys were all packed up and getting ready to head back to California, you made sure to pack them a bag of snacks and force a few water bottles into their hands. “Drive safe, please?” you asked, Mike picking you up and spinning you around in another hug.
“We always do.” He answered, kissing your forehead. He looked over at the group of boys standing by the SUV. “You know, I really hope that works out.”
“What works out?” you asked.
“You and Colby.” He smiled. “I had a hunch you two would be good together.”
“Well, thank you for introducing us, then.” You laughed. “And yeah. I hope it works out too.”
“COLBY!” Mike called. “Don’t leave a girl hangin’.”
You shoved him, waiting for Colby to come say bye. “Don’t look so sad, Kansas.” You said, wrapping your arms around his neck.
“But I am sad.” He sighed, resting his forehead against yours.
“You can visit anytime you want.” You said, kissing him. “And I’ll come visit you guys before your next trip down, so it’s only going to be like two weeks before I see you again.”
“Really?!” he said, pulling you into a slightly rougher kiss. “Thank God.”
“Aww, it’s like you’re gonna miss me or something.” You teased, grabbing his hand and walking with him towards the other boys. “Between this one thinking my boring ass is cute” you said lifting your joined hands, “and Aryia barely coming up for air with that Charlotte girl all week…I think you guys are going to have to come down here a bit more often.”
“I agree.” Mike said, tossing the keys in the air and catching them. “Alright. We’ve have to head out.” He said, walking towards the driver side door.
“It’s always good to see you.” Kevin pulled you into a hug.
“You too.” You smiled, kissing his cheek.
“Charlotte lives in a dorm, so I may be crashing on your couch a lot.” Aryia laughed, pulling you into a hug.
“You don’t have to sleep on the couch, dork. There’s like 4 bedrooms you can claim.” You laughed, kissing his cheek as well.
“I’ll call you when we get there safe. Mike said he always forgets to.” Colby said, leaning down to kiss you one last time.
“Thanks.” You smiled up at him, fiddling with the necklace that was back around his neck. “I’ll see you soon, Kansas.” You said, turning to walk towards your front door.
