Part 6||But Is It The Right Word?

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A/N: PRETEND THE OUTFIT ABOVE EXCLUDES THE HAIR! HOPE STILL HAS HER HIDDEN RAINBOW HAIR!

HOPE'S POV:
Alex took me home on time and while he was still there, Gabbie asked me how the date was 
"AMAZING!" I screamed
"Good job Alex.  You may go home"
"K" he said, leaving.  I followed him out and gave him a quick peck saying
"Thank you so much"
"Thank YOU" he said

He went to his car and I went back inside.  

"DETAILS"Kristen yelled
"Well, it was so cheesy but I loved it so much!  While we were here, Alex handed me one flower and said "there's more where that came from" and we left.  Then we got out of the car and I heard music from far away.  Before I could identify it, it stopped.  Then I saw two figures walking towards us.  I saw their faces and it was so exciting! They had a bunch of flowers.  Tyler called me madam and gave them to me and Josh said "for Hope" and handed them to me.  The two retreated into the woods and then I heard them keep playing.  They stopped after a couple of minutes, by which time I couldn't see them because we had walked so far.  Then I heard another familiar voice.  AND BRENDON URIE GAVE ME FLOWERS!"  I described every detail to them, even the kiss.  I was so happy!
"That sounds wonderful!" Kristen said
"How sweet!" Liza said
"AWW!" Gabbie said
"I KNOW, RIGHT!" I say
"Oh, also, you guys wanna crash here tonight?" I ask
"Yes please" they all say. 
"Would y'all rather share a bed or have your own or sleep on the futon?" I ask
"We can share" Kristen says, gesturing to her and liza
"Then you get the guest bedroom and Gabbie gets my bed.  I'll sleep on the futon" I said
"lit" Gabbie says

*TIME LAPSE TO THE (technically same bc she got home a little past 12:00 but we'll call it the next day) NEXT DAY*

I woke up and made more food for my friends.  I went to Starbucks and got them coffee.  I got back home and it was 10:00 in the morning and they were still asleep 
"WAKE UP" I screamed.  Gabbie shot up saying "what's wrong" and I just started laughing.  I could hear Liza and Kristen groaning in the next room. 
"FOOD AND COFFEE" I shout.  Gabbie and Kristen practically sprint to the table and Liza slowly gets up and starts inching her way to the table
I start laughing
"FOOD AND COFFEE" I shout again
"I'm on my way" she says, causing us all to laugh this time. We all eat and then get ready.  I let them wear my clothes because 1) they look cute as hell and 2)they don't have their own.  
I get ready and put on my Pride outfit. (LGBTQ+ Pride if ya didn't guess//outfit above)
"Why are you wearing your pride outfit?" Gabbie asks
"The pride parade is today....mmmm duhhh" I say, mocking helga
Liza laughs "are we doing that?" 
"Yes, Liza.  She does it every year" Gabbie smiles
"That's cool" Kristen says.  
"I like your makeup" Liza says
"And your nails" Gabbie says

  "I like your makeup" Liza says"And your nails" Gabbie says

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"AW THANKS! But wait

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"AW THANKS! But wait..." I say.  I grab my fanbrush and put a Pride flag on all of their cheeks.  
"CUTE!" Kristen shouts
I put one on my face as well.
"Let's go then" I say.  
We all leave and go to the vlog house.  I already know that everyone else is there.  
We get there and as usual, I have everyone else leading the way and I have my face down.  Kristen looks at me "wait guys" she says to the others
"HOPE! You are extremely self conscious and I am not going to sit here and force you to change the way you think but it is parade day! You need to express your love! If you have your head hanging down just because you don't like the way you look, people will think you're ashamed of your pride! Are you ashamed of your pride?!" She asks
"NO!" I shout
"Then go in there with your head up!" She says
"Thanks kristen," I whisper in her ear
"Anytime" she says.  We all walk in the door, loud and proud and Gabbie yells
"WHATSUP BITCHES" Causing everyone to look our way.  I start to drop my head when Kristen whispers
"Pride, Hope.  Pride"
So I lifted my head up. 
"You guys look cute.  What's the occasion?" Todd said
"Pride Parade today.  And we're going" Liza said
"And so are y'all" Kristen said
"We don't have any rainbow makeup" Scott said
I pulled out my fanbrush and handed it to him.  He put a rainbow on his face and passed it on.  Soon, everyone had a rainbow on.  
"Is that what's with the outfit?" Scotty asked me
I immediately knew he didn't like my outfit so I ignored Kristen and dropped my head
Kristen saw and said 
"IF YOU MEAN THE SUPER CUTE OUTFIT, THEN YES" 
"I did mean that.  I just thought you'd get mad at me for saying her outfit is really awesome" He smiled
I lifted my head when Kristen shouldered me
"Thanks" I mumbled
We all walked out the door and I drove them to the parade.  As a fun joke, Liza and Kristen held hands while walking around.  Alex and I held hands, too.  We were behind everyone because we knew they wanted to record and we weren't ready to share our relationship to the world just yet.  So they recorded Liza and Kristen.  Jokingly, Scott and Todd held hands as well.  
Then some asshole came up to me and Alex
"What the hell are you doing here, dressed like that?" they asked
"Celebrating pride, shithead" I said, my anger building up
"Pride parades are for gay people fucking idiot" he said
"Actually, dumbass, they are for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, genderfluid, asexual, nonbinary, and many more things.  How do you know one of us is not Transgender? Well, we're not but don't just assume.  I'm pansexual.  Also, is it so bad for a Straight person to come out to a parade like this and say 'I support the LGBTQ+ Community even if I'm not a part of it!'? No, it's not bad.  That's like saying a white person can't say 'racism isn't okay' well they can.  So backety back the fuck up before I bust your face in" I say angrily
"Jesus, psycho"
"I'm an athiest" I say, walking away angrily, pulling Alex with me.  
Once we've caught up with the group I look up at Alex.  He's smiling the BIGGEST smile I've ever seen on his face
"What?" I ask
"That was so amazing!" 
"..." I stand there silently
"You told him.  He was total jackass and you stood up for a lot of people by saying that.  Plus, like the table breaking, I thought it was sexy" He says, leaning down to kiss me.
We kiss for a few seconds when I feel a tap on my shoulder.  
It's David.  He and everyone else we know are recording us
"That's not going online" I say
"Not yet" David smiles
"You guys missed her being extremely sexy" Alex said
"I'm confused" David said
"This guy came up and said she shouldn't be here because straight people can't be at a pride parade but she TOLD him.  She was like 'actually, dumbass,' and then named a bunch of sexualities and genders and said 'the pride parade is for all of them.  And how do you know one of us isn't transgender? We're not but I'm pansexual so backety back the fuck up before I bash your face in' and he was like 'jesus, psycho' and she was like 'I'm an athiest' and she stormed off"  Alex retold the story extremely giddy the whole time
"Oh yeah, guys, she's extremely self-conscious but if someone is an asshole, she just doesn't care anymore because she has really bad anger-issues" Gabbie says smiling
Gabbie came back and Grabbed my hand and we walked, hand in hand, while David and Alex walked hand in hand.  

ALEX'S POV:
Scotty came over and grabbed my hand and David grabbed Todd's
"do you like her" he asked me
"yeah" I said
"Do you love her?" he asked
"Love is a strong word" I said
"But is it the right word?" he asked
"Uh...yeah, I think so" I said, smiling.  I came back and grabbed her hand as Gabbie went up to talk to Kristen

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