When I read the note, I immediately smile. That was such a sweet gesture. This guy truly is a good one. I wonder if he has a girlfriend, because if he does then she is officially the luckiest person ever.

I decide to check my social medias since I've been inactive in the past fifteen or so hours. First, I check TikTok of course.

I double click a relatable video about when someone compliments your eyes- which is truly the best compliment.

However, when I scroll I am shocked to find an edit of me and Colby. Colby carrying me out of the party.

Not going to lie, we both looked great in the edit and it was amazingly done, but what the fuck??? People are shipping us now?

I check the comments. If there is already edits of us, I have to see what the world has to say.

Colbylover702: did y'all hear she was seen leaving his apartment this morning?!
Ilovecolby.hi - replied to colbylover702: Say you're kidding. Omg no she's so pretty she's gonna take my man 💔
Samandcolby999: SHIPPPPPPPPP
Leenasfav.20: OMG NO WAY MY 2 FAVS 🥹
User082929: Oh hell no. Ew.
Tallula.leena.loves: THE COUPLE WE NEVER KNEW WE NEEDED.

I was glad to see there were mostly good comments. Not that I was planning on being with him, but it just can cause a lot of feuding and drama when fans don't like a couple together. We'll just have to let them know that we aren't together and it seems that the fans will be happy with us being friends.

I feel the car come to a stop so I put my phone back in my bag and tie it up. As we walk in to our apartment, I explain to Tallula what I just found on TikTok. Meric and Shawn, though they are right beside us, couldn't care less enough to listen.

"Oh my God, so the world thinks you're a thing?" Asks Tallula, pressing the up button on the elevator.

"Pretty much. I need to talk things over with Colby before I say anything about us, though." I respond, just as the elevator dings.

"Don't worry about that. You've had a rough week. We should have a girls night!" Tallula exclaims excitedly as we step into the elevator.

"I don't know, I feel bad for dragging you along in all of this," I say, bouncing my leg up anxiously.

"Leena, you're my best friend. If you didn't drag me along in any of this I'd be mad. Not the other way around,"

I laugh. "Okay, well what do you want to do?"

"Don't you worry. I have a whole day planned. All I need you to do is get dressed in a cute winter outfit," says Tallula just as we step off onto our floor.

"Should I bring my camera?" I ask.

"Duh."

•••••

I do as Tallula says and put on my cutest simple winter outfit. A blue and black Northface jacket with white jeans and blue and white Jordan 1s

"So cute!" Tallula says, like a mom in a shopping mall. She's wearing a black jacket, blue jeans with white polka-dots, and black and blue Jordan's.

"Thanks, you too!" I say.

"Now get in the car, let's go."

We grab our purses and walk down to the car. She drives, since I don't know what we're doing. Which is weird since normally I drive.

She didn't even end up getting her license until last year because she slacked on getting her permit as a teenager.

Our first stop was Starbucks. She surprised me when she parked and had us go inside, rather than going through the drive through like normal.

"What are we doing?" I ask.

"I just figured we can chitchat over some coffee," she answers. "You always used to beg me to go to Starbucks with you and sit a table and talk about life when we were teenagers."

"You never wanted to," I laughed.

"Yup, well I figured it's better late than never with fulfilling your wishes," she says this in a happy, innocent tone as she swings the door open and holds it out for me.

We order coffee- the winter drinks, of course. I ordered a peppermint mocha latte, though I'm never normally a latte drinker, I decided to switch it up. Peppermint mocha frappe is my favorite drink of all time, so I knew the latte would be just as good. I just don't normally drink hot coffee, so it's different for me.

She ordered a toasted white chocolate mocha. Which I've never had, but it sounded promisingly delicious.

We sat at a booth in the middle, with a great view of Christmas lights decorated all around in the store. It was dark outside, and you could see the other Christmas decorated houses nearby the Starbucks. Lights of all different colors shone bright as they were twirled and twisted around the buildings.

"So," Tallula says, taking a small sip of her latte. "Our plan kind of backfired,"

"Kind of?" I giggled.

"Okay, extremely. But if you ask me, having a handsome man knock that dumbass unconscious and sweeping you off your feet like your own Prince Charming was an even better turnout,"

I nod. "It wasn't the worst outcome. But he is not my Prince Charming." I point at her with the end of my straw I didn't even know why I grabbed.

"Sure," she rolls her eyes. "Did you get his number?!"

"No," I sigh. "But it doesn't matter."

"Are you kidding? I'd be devastated. That man is your soulmate, he has to be!"

"Okay, now we're being a little dramatic." I laugh. "Are you almost done with your coffee?"

"Yeah. I finished mine a few minutes ago,"

That makes me giggle. "I'm about halfway through but I low-key want a to-go coffee if you're down?"

"You know it."

We ordered another coffee, and this time we both got an iced drink. I finally finished my peppermint mocha whilst waiting for the iced sugar cookie I ordered.

After we got the drinks we went outside on the street and had a sweet old lady take a quick picture of us.

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leenaashley: my fav girlie 💓

mericashley: bring home some pizza 😡
shawnwaters replied to mericashley: I second that!
tallulagallic: wouldn't want to spend this winter with anybody else 🤍
colbyyyyyy44; COLBYS GF POSTED!!!
leenasbae: where's Colby???

She said she still had another place she wanted to go, and we spent a lot of time in Starbies.

We arrived at the mall, which is easily my favorite and least favorite place at the same time. I love the idea of malls, but I cannot stand how crowded they are.

First we entered Barnes and Noble. I wanted to get a few new book. I do a couple of different things on my YouTube channel, according to the day of the week. My schedule is quite complex.

Sunday- vlogs
Monday- GRWM + story time
Tuesday- book reviews of the week
Wednesday- collab days (only occur once a month)
Thursday- filler (whatever I come up with)
Friday- a video with Tallula (usually us doing dumb challenges or talking about stupid things)
Saturday- conspiracy theories/scary stories/mandela effects

Yeah, so my channel can be reached to a lot of different audiences. I know it seems like a lot, but it's really not. Especially since I live with 3 other YouTubers that can also edit and will help me out if I need it. We all help each other.

After Barnes and Noble, we went to Lululemon and a bunch of other clothing stores. We had pretty much been shopping for three hours at the point we had 10 bags in our hands, so we decided to go home after we left Bath & Body Works.

"Thank you for this day, Tallula," I say, driving through the snowy roads. "This is really what I needed."

"You're welcome, babe. Anytime," she smiles at me. There's a moment of silence before she turns on music and we begin singing our hearts out.

Hi guys! Welcome to the end of part 4. I hope you all are enjoying! I am open to suggestions if you have any! Thank you so much for reading. I really appreciate it :)