You’re a fan of Brooklyn and me?”
Grinning
from ear to ear, she shakes her head up and down telling me yes. “I absolutely
love you guys, and your boyfriend Kayden!”
I
raise an eye brow at her as Kayden’s name comes out of her mouth. Is she a fan
of us because I’m Kayden’s girlfriend? And Brooklyn is my best friend?
“I
swear my friends and I have watched your YouTube video like a thousand times!”
Ohhhh,
it’s now coming together. She must’ve watched the video of us singing in
Vertigo, back in Houston. I was in complete and total shock when Reagan texted
me one day telling me to check out the video on YouTube. It had, in a matter of
a few days, hit one million views. It’s been making the rounds all over the
internet. Paparazzi hounded me for days after it went viral asking if I was
going to follow in my parents’ footsteps and make an album.
“You
two were awesome when you sang the Pistol Annie’s song ; then you guys singing Billy Jean with
Kayden! It was insane!” She explains enthusiastically. “My friends and I have
it as our ringtones.” She admits shyly. It’s too cute seeing someone so excited
over meeting me. I’m used to running into my parents fans.
“You
are so sweet! What’s your name sweetie?” I wave to Brooklyn, letting her know
to come back over to our cabana.
“Rachel.
And my friends Jamie, Kenzie, Luca, and Tray are over there.” She says pointing
over the teenagers by the pool. “We’re here on vacation for spring break with
our parents. We flew all the way here from Rhode Island.”
“Well,
it’s very nice to meet you Rachel. Why don’t you go get your friends, and we
can all take a picture together. Just give me your email and I’ll send the
picture to you? How’s that sound?”
Jumping
up and down, squealing she nods her head yes and sprints over to her friends.
They’re all exploding with excitement as they make their way over.
“What’s
going on?” Brooklyn asks, flopping down onto the lounger.
Nodding
my head at the group of teenagers heading our way, I tell her, “We have some
fans who want a picture with us.”
Brooklyn
gives me a puzzled look, “Fans? Of us?”
“Yup!”
I answer emphasizing the P. “And not because of your acting, or my parents,” I
laugh. “Get this…they are fans because of our videos on YouTube singing at
Vertigo.”
“Really?
That’s so awesome.”
Brooklyn
stands up beside me, greeting the other kids and giving them all a quick hug. I
can’t help but laugh to myself as the two boys with Rachel look like they’ve
died and gone to heaven being hugged by Brooklyn and me.
I
ask one of the Cabana boys to take our picture with my iPhone. I use an app on
my phone so Brooklyn and I can sign the picture using our fingers by drawing on
the screen. After getting Rachel’s email, I send her the photos we took and
forward it to Kayden’s phone telling him about the fans we met at the pool.
“As
you know, my fiancé owns this hotel, so I’ll talk to the front desk and let
them know that you guys, along with your parents,” I say waving over to their parents
sitting at a patio set by the bar, “can have dinner on the house tonight at the
hotel restaurant.”
Saying
goodbye, they all head back to the pool and Brooklyn and I head back to the
water. I’m in desperate need of cooling off before we head inside to get ready to
have dinner.
~~~
Walking
out of Planet Hollywood, Brooklyn and I climb into a cab and head back to our
hotel.
“Have
you heard from Kayden?” Brooklyn asks, while applying a fresh coat of lip
gloss.
Glancing
down at my phone, I see no missed calls or texts while we were at Peep Show.
“Nope.
Not since he texted me back earlier when I sent him the picture of us with
those kids by the pool. He just said it was cool and said they we’re hanging
out at the track with Chase before going to gamble some more. He said ‘ I
love you’, which is a good thing I guess.”
Popping
her lips, and
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