Lights Out

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"So as soon as you get settled in your room can you message me so I can meet you out here in the hallway?" Payton smiled as he watched me pull the keycard that Trent had given me down in the lobby and wave it in front of the door handle. The door clicked and the little light turned green signaling the door was unlocked. I pushed the heavy wooden door open and slid my suitcases inside before turning back around to look at Payton.

"Sure. Why do you want to meet in the hallway though?" I questioned, raising my eyebrow in suspicion. He smirked and shot me a wink before turning and walking further down the hallway toward his room.

I giggled before turning and walking further into my hotel room. For this stop I had the entire room to myself. Cynthia and Madi both decided to spend the night with Chase and Chris leaving me to fend for myself. This was something I definitely would not be complaining about though because I could really use the extra sleep that being alone would bring me.

I had questioned asking Payton to stay with me, but it didn't seem right. It seemed way too quick. I didn't want him to get the wrong impression from me.

The room was open with two queen sized bed pushed against the far left wall. It had a balcony that overlooked the pool and hot tub and also looked out toward Newport Beach. The hotel grounds looked beautiful as I took in the sights from the balcony.

I was finally here. Ever since I was little I always asked my parents to take me to California and they never saw the hype that I saw. Now here I was, on my own, in California, less than an hour away from Los Angeles where I one day hoped to live.

I walked back inside my room and picked my iPhone off of the bed where I had laid it down when I walked in. The screen came to life and I smiled at the picture Payton had set as my wallpaper; a picture of him and I that we had taken earlier today at the show. I was on his back, kissing his cheek, a huge smile plastered to his face.

Pay💙

hey p. im ready to do whatever you have planned?

okay. meet me out in the hallway in 2 minutes!

Setting my phone back down onto the bed I walked up to the floor length mirror and checked my reflection. We had been in the van for almost two hours and my shirt had gotten seriously wrinkled. I quickly threw my one suitcase up onto the bed and pulled out the first top I saw. It was a long sleeved plain black tshirt. It fell longer than my shorts but I didn't care. I slid my feet back into my black and white checkered vans and walked back out of the hotel room door into the hallway.

The hallway was lined with ugly green carpet and an equally ugly tan wallpaper. The hotel was absolutely beautiful but their choices of decoration were questionable. A door closing caught my attention and I turned to see Payton walking down the hallway toward me, a smile lingering on his lips.

"Hey, B," he smiled as he reached me, wrapping his arms around me and pulling me into a hug. I buried my head into his chest, breathing in his scent. He always smelled so good.

"Hey, P," I mocked, as I pulled back to look up into his eyes.

"You ready?" he asked and I shrugged my shoulders.

"Sure, I guess. Even though I still don't know what I'm ready for exactly," I giggled. He grabbed onto my hand, lacing our fingers together and pulled me down the hallway toward the elevator. He pressed the down button and we waited as we watched the numbers above the moving box move as it reached our floor. The doors slid open and Payton pulled me inside, my body crashing into his. He laughed as he unlaced our fingers and pulled me against him, wrapping his arms around my small frame.

"You look beautiful," he whispered next to my ear and the elevator began to make its journey to the lobby. My body immediately erupted in goose bumps as his breath hit my ear. I bit my lip to try to control my reactions to him, but he literally made me melt. "Come on," he grinned, grabbing back onto my hand and pulling me out of the doors that had just opened.

I followed as Payton led me through the somewhat busy lobby and out into the parking lot of the hotel. A black Escalade was parked to our right and Payton pulled in the direction of the large SUV. I gave him a questioning look but all he did was smile at me and open the door. He asked the driver his name and when he figured out it was out Uber and told me to climb in. Payton leaned in between the two front seats and told the driver where we needed to go then settled back into the seat beside me, our fingers still laced.

The SUV pulled away from the hotel and began turning down random streets. The closer that we got to our destination the more crowded the streets became and I was beginning to feel nervous. What if people noticed who we were and stopped us? We hadn't talked yet about if we were going to tell our supporters about us or not.

The Escalade slowly came to a stop and I gasped as I looked out a long stretch of beach. Payton opened the door, thanked our driver, and pulled me out. I followed behind him as he walked down onto the soft sand. I smiled, as he stopped and dropped his bookbag down onto the sand, pulling out a blanket that he had shoved inside. We both slipped off our matching Vans and he took my hand in his as he walked me down toward the water.

"You said you always wanted to visit a California beach and get your feet into the Pacific Ocean," he laughed as the waves rolled up onto the shoreline where we were stood and I let out a small shriek as the cold water hit my toes.

"You remembered," I grinned, thinking back to one of mine and Payton's many conversations we had on Facetime.

"Baker, I remember everything you've ever told me."

Payton reaches out and pulls me into a hug, his lips landing gently on my forehead. From my left I can see a flash and nervously jumped away from Payton. I turn to see Donnoven standing there, his camera held up to his face, as I smile spread across his lips.

"I figured you'd want pictures to remember you're first time here so I asked Donnoven to meet us here," Payton smiled and I jumped up into his arms, wrapping my legs around his waist. Without taking another second to think it over I gently placed my lips onto his. Payton didn't hesitate to hold onto me tighter as he gently moved his lips with mine.

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