NEIGHBORS • Why Don't We

Chapter: 28

Chapter song: I can be somebody by deorro ft erin mccarley

Friday

Aria's POV: 

Its around 10:45 p.m. when we pull into our driveway. I see Naomi grin beside me. We walk in and Max and Diaz hit it off right away. I show her to her room, which is right beside mine as Val goes in her room and shuts her door. 

"This place is amazing, and it's all happening so quickly" Naomi smiles. I nod in agreement. "you can wear anything from my closet until we can go shopping. Anything you need, it's yours." I say sincerely. 

We chill in my room for a little and talk then I hear the doorbell sound through the house. I go to the monitor and see the boys. I buzz them in and walk downstairs, Naomi following behind. We come into their view and they look at us in awe. 

The boys quickly regain composure but Daniel sits there looking lovestruck. "Dani close your mouth sweetheart, you'll catch flies."  I say, giggling. He snaps out of it and his cheeks turn red. I look over at Naomi who had the same look on her face. 

"Guys, Naomi. Naomi, Daniel, Jack, Corbyn, Zach and Jonah." I introduce them and then we sit down outside on the patio. We talk about random things until 2 a.m. then the boys go back over and we go to bed. 

Saturday

I wake up to max licking my face. "Alright, alright. I'm up." I mumble sleepily. I slip my glasses on and slide my slippers on. I walk out of my room sleepily, only to be greeted my Naomi practically mirroring my actions.

"Diaz woke me up." She yawns. "Max woke me up too." I smile. We go downstairs and let the dogs out then sit at the island. "I could go for a pink drink." I say.

She nods in agreement. "I think the boys have tour rehearsal today so maybe later we can all do something. For now, we're gonna get you all set up." I wiggle my eyebrows.

We both giggle then go upstairs to get changed. Once we're ready to go we hop in my Mustang and drive to starbucks, then The Grove. We walk around and enjoy the weather while shopping. We hit up the Sephora and Mac, my go-2's, and then we look for clothes. 

Turns out we like a lot of the same stores and brands. I don't think I've ever felt this complete in my entire life. I have my family, finally completed, and I'm building a fanbase made of such amazing people.

I used to think that life was only full of dread and sadness, but because I held on a little longer I finally got to see the light at the end of the tunnel. A few months ago I would have never guessed I would have the life and happiness I do now.

I'm so grateful to be surrounded by people that I can count on and fill me with positivity. I smile to myself as we walk to the car and drive back to the house. We get back around 5 and set up Naomi's room, getting her stuff put away.

An hour later the boys come over and we hang out for a little while before getting bored. "I'm bored." Zach groans. "And hungry." Corbyn says, his stomach growling. "Do you want to have a family meal or go out?" I say.

"We haven't seen Logan in a while so why don't we just call him over and make something." Daniel proposes. We nod in agreement. We decide on making pizza's so I make enough dough for 4 different pizza's and then we get the different sauces ready. 

I look over to see Dani and Naomi throwing peppers at each other while laughing and I smile to myself. I'm glad to see that they are hitting it off. Logan walks in and I introduce him to Naomi. We get the pizza's in the oven and I put the projector down so we can watch something once the food is done.

Manager Jeff stops by to discuss when I'm going to record my song for the Bedstock music festival. We make plans to do it tomorrow and I get excited. I can't believe I'm going to record my song for a festival. 

Jeff said once I record the acoustic session I'll go to the studio and record. We eat our pizza and watch a movie until the boys leave for a meeting. After a while, Naomi and I get bored so we decide to do a video for my channel.

It's kind of more of a sit-down update video, but it's okay. I still haven't really come up with an intro so I just go right into discussing whats been happening over the past week.

" So I've been getting a lot of dm's and tweets over the past week about where I've been. The last thing you guys saw was me flying home with Jack to graduate. Well, I graduated. But it didn't end there. Later that evening I received a call from Manager Jeff telling me that my parents had been in a terrible plane crash and were flown back to my hometown, which that in itself was terrifying for reasons I'll explain in a later video. My parents had been away on business, as they usually were. After four days of sleeping in a hospital, feet away from my parents, they passed away. My mother first, then my dad. My father had told me I had a twin sister that the gave up for adoption when we were born, but that's all he told me. My Aunt Val flew in from South Africa to stay with me until I turn 18. We flew home and the next day she had found my sister and arranged to meet up with her in New York where she lives." I explain. 

Naomi pops into frame. Tears well in my eyes. "This is my twin sister Naomi. She came home with us last night and she's here to stay so I want you to make her feel welcome. I'll have her accounts linked down below so go follow her. I can't even begin to describe how grateful I am to have found her." I take a deep breath and sigh, composing myself.

"That being said, If any of you are ever having a rough time and you feel like that there is no possible way anything is going to get better, know that one day it will get better. I promise that with everything I have. Just hold on, because you will see the light of day again. Sometimes you just have to be patient." 

And with that I sign off, feeling the last bit of weight on my chest lift.

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Hi loves, hope you enjoy the chapter. Tomorrow marks one year of WDW!!!!!

Stay cloudy loves

-McKenna ((Sept 26th, 2017))