faded lies. {georgenotfound}

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[CW: drinking, underage drinking]

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She didn't even bother asking Meredith if she wanted to come with her, she could practically hear meredith snoring in the next room. The time was only 10pm and she waited outside the hotel room for gabby and jenny. Her outfit of choice for night one was a black two piece, and high rise boots to complement it with a simple slick back look. She saw her friends walking down the hall in the same type of attire, they looked at lani with a large smile and ran up to her hugging her.

"I feel like i haven't seen your face in so long," Gabby chuckled as she squeezed lani. "Yeah i just needed time alone, but i'm back and ready to party," lani laughed as the girls began cheering as they walked down to thw lounge. "So ladies, we drinking and having fun?" jenny asked, looking over at the other two girls. "I actually have some people i have to meet," lani responded as she looked up at both of them to see them turn their heads quickly. "Did you get a boyfriend during this break too?" Jenny teased as lani smiled nervously. "No it's the people i did the stream with, i told one of them we were gonna hang out," lani responded with a nervous chuckle.

"Some of them are actually pretty cute lani," gabby nudged her. "Yeah some of them actually are," jenny laughed in agreement. Lani couldn't help but begin to laugh as she looked at the both of them. "Are you guys serious? Which ones?" she was still laughing as she asked the questions. "Well for starters Sapnap I think his name is? I seen him on my twitter feed," jenny responded, "no no i think karl is the cutest thing, and hes just so pretty," gabby swooned. "You know which one is good looking, cute and pretty all at once?" Gabby asked, she looked over at Jenny who was nodding in agreement.

"Which one?" Lani asked as she awkwardly scratched the back of her neck. "George," they said in unison causing Lanis eyes to widen. "I didn't know you guys knew them that well," lani laughed nervously as they continued down the long corridors. "Hard to miss them when they are everywhere on social media," Jenny responded looking over at lani. "What she said, but which one is the one your hanging out with?" Gabby asked, looking at lani who immediately put her head down. "I just want to keep it on the low it's not like that at all," lani responded as they finally made their way into the lounge.

The music blasted and the smell of a fruity alcohol filled the room. A whiff hitting lanis face as she walked in, she felt her nose scrunch at the scent but continued forward as to not loose her friends. She couldn't help but look around in hopes of seeing some of her internet friends, her eyes locked with a familiar face. "No way!" he shouted as he walked over to her, "Josh!" Lani shouted as she approached him giving him a hug.

"Didn't expect to see you here," josh said as he squeezed her before letting go. "Yeah first time out in a while," lani laughed as she looked up at him. "Wanna grab a drink? They might not believe you're over 21 though," he teased as he looked down at the girl. She scoffed as she took out her id, she showed it to him as she flipped him off and headed for the bar, josh following close behind.

"Let's do this thing i used to do it at home, it's called a ball buster, take four shots, and then chug an alcoholic chaser of choice," josh suggested, he could almost see a light ignite in lanis eyes as she nodded in agreement. "4 shots of tito's and 4 fireball," lani shouted to the bar tender. He nodded before setting out the glasses, lani grabbed her card and passed it to him, "open my tab and keep it open until 3 please," the bar tender then asked for hers and joshs id and held onto them as well.

"And there are your shots," the bartender smiled at the two as he passed them a plate with the shots lined up on them. "What if we just shot gun at the end, like a truly or something?" lani suggested, she looked at Josh who nodded in agreement. Lani then asked for two strawberry lemonade trulys and signaled for josh to grab the plate, they looked around for an empty table. Josh being the extra guy he always put himself out to be he called on a crowd to "cheer on the ball buster," as he shouted, a group began surrounding them, lani grabbed her key from her pocket and place it on the table in preparation for the shot gun.