Lights Out

oNE.

"Awe, thank you so much Hailey for the 'I'm Very Rich!' everyone go follow Hailey! Okay so onto my news, as you guys have probably guessed I am going on tour this summer! So what I need for you guys to do is head over to my Instagram, click the link in my bio, buy some tickets, and pick me who you're most excited to see! Come see me and some of my best friends and hang out!" I giggled as I watched all of the excited comments roll in to my live stream on Tik Tok. I had been waiting all day to make this announcement and now that it was out, I was ready to leave for tour like yesterday!

I watched a few more comments scroll across my screen and answered a few more questions before closing out of the live stream and laying back onto my bed. I was finally going on tour! This was something I had been working toward for the last year and finally I had been invited on the Lights Out Tour to be the special guest announcer. I was getting my own meet and greet time too to meet all of my amazing supporters. And to top it all off I was going to be meeting a ton of people who turned into my internet best friends over the last few months.

I felt my phone vibrate next to me and picked it up to read the incoming message.

Rilee

R: I'm on my way over to help you pack!

How do you know I'm not already
packed and ready to leave?!

R: because I know you and I know your
suitcase is laying empty on your bed
just crying for you to fill it!

Well.. you aren't wrong.

I laughed as I put my phone back down onto my bed and got up to stare at the empty suitcase. What was I supposed to pack for an entire summer on tour? Surrounded by cute boys and gorgeous girls I knew I'd compare myself to.

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BakerBree this thing is just begging me to pack it. what does one pack for two months away from home?

iitspayton hurry up girl! cant wait to see my baby love!
user1 ahh baker im seeing you in Orlando!
RileeRose oh honey ill be there in like 2 minutes to fill that thing!
user2 @iitspayton baby love huh? You two would be soo cute!
cynthiaparkerrrr see you in two days baby!!
BakerBree @iitspayton @cynthiaparkerrrr omg you guys I may cry when im finally with you! soo fkn excited!

I smiled as I closed out of Instagram and ran out of my bedroom and down the stairs to my front door to wait for my best friend, Rilee. She was, I swear, a professional packer. In her 16 years of life she had traveled more places than I can even remember. Me on the other hand, we barely went anywhere. The furthest I had ever traveled before was to the beach three hours away. I had no idea where to even begin with packing for a two month tour. Would there be washing machines I could use anywhere? Would I just have to buy new clothes when I run out of clean ones?

I watched Rilee's bright blue Jetta pull into my driveway and I swung my front door open to let her in. She giggled as she stumbled out of her car and ran to the door.

"Let's go! You leave tomorrow and your suitcase is bare! Please tell me you at least did all of your laundry and have all clean clothes ready to pack," she jumbled her words into one mashed up sentence without taking a breath. One thing you should know about Rilee is that she gets very excited very easily.

"Yeah, all my laundry is done and put away," I told her, starting to climb the steps to my bedroom.

"Well there was your first mistake. You're going away for two months, no clothes should be put away. They should all be packed in your suitcase!" She exclaimed, throwing her hands up into the air. Such a drama queen that one.

"Ri, you know some of my clothes are hideous. I need to dress to impress, not dress to embarrass myself!"

"Oh Bakes, Payton is going to find you drop dead gorgeous no matter what you wear," she tells me and my cheeks immediately flush.

Payton and I had been messaging each other back and forth for the last couple of months. I had dueted one of his Tik Toks and his supporters went crazy shipping us and everything. A few days later he dueted one of mine and well the rest is history. He messaged me on my Instagram, we exchanged numbers and we've talked every day since. I still believe he's the one that pushed for me to be added to this tour. We just really want to meet each other. I also want to meet everyone else but there's just something about Payton that gets me.