"Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Los Angeles International Airport. Local time is 4:01AM. ...... On behalf of  Finnair Airlines and the entire crew, I'd like to thank you for joining us on this trip and we are looking forward to seeing you on board again in the near future. Have a nice day!"

I. Am. Finally. In. Los. Angeles.

Dreams do come true.

As I finally checked out the airport, I checked my phone to see the time it's 4:41AM, and I immediately texted Todd.

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I went outside with my suitcases, as I searched for my brother. Todd and I haven't seen each other in person ever since, this is our first time seeing in person ever!

I finally saw Todd with his group of friends, and of course, Olivia was here too.

"Heyyy! There she is!" Todd exclaimed and I ran to his arm and hugged him tight.

"I'm so happy to finally see you!" I exclaimed in happiness. I pulled out from the hug and turned to Olivia. "Oh my goodness, you're even prettier in person!" I hugged her, and she let out a laugh then hugged back.

"Welcome to Los Angeles, Valerie Smith!" Todd's friends surprised me with their sudden outbursts, and they even popped a confetti.

I can't contain my excitement, I squealed and laughed, "Thank you!"

"Val, these are my friends. This is Jason Nash," Todd pointed to a blond-haired man who I think is in his 40's. "We'll be living with him." He added.

I greeted Jason with a smile, "We're gonna be roomates! Or I think it's housemates." Jason exclaimed.

"This is Scotty Sire, and his girlfriend, Kristen." I looked over to a full-sleeved tattooed man, with his gorgeous girlfriend who is awfully familiar to me.

I squinted my eyes, and exclaimed, "Oh my gosh, I know you," I pointed out to Kristen, "I follow you on Instagram, I just love how you dress up for parties, and I love your photographs with your boyfriend. I can really see the love in it."

Kristen's jaw drop with a wide eye, everyone cooed, "Aww boo, that is so sweet! I think I love you already!" Kristen squealed and gave me a hug.

"And this is Matt King. You'll meet the rest later." Todd pointed to a very tall man with a dirty blond hair.

"I can't believe she's your brother, I mean to be honest, you are so stunning and hot." Matt said.

"Hey, she's my sister, well technically, half sister, but still! She's my sister." Todd replied.

"Dude, you're nothing alike." Matt being so bluntly honest added. I laughed at his statement. I mean, it's kinda true. Toddy and I are nothing alike. I have this very light blue eyes while Todd has brown eyes, now who would believe that we share the same DNA?

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It's only been 8 hours since I arrived in LA. I'm now in my room getting rest. I already met Toddy's other friends. I just learned that they're a group called "Vlog Squad". I met Jason, Scott, Kristen, Matt, Jonah, Dom, David, Natalie, Corinna, Heath, Mariah, Carly, Erin, Ilya, Dima, and Zane, he's my favorite of all. I literally met everyone. And I just realized now that they are one crowded friends. Oh and I even met Josh Peck!

We all kept laughing earlier because none of them believed that Todd and I are siblings, well half-siblings. They kept questioning about what we have in common. Everyone was so friendly and so nice to me. I also found out that they're a little famous here in LA, especially this kid named David Dobrik, turns out he's the leader of the pack, or something.

Todd and Jason went out to get McDonald's for me. I wanted to come, but they didn't let me because they insisted that they go, and I rest. So now I am all alone in the house.

I decided to tour around the house, and it was actually kinda big. There's not much of a furniture in the house, there was a really big backyard. When I went to the living room, I saw an Electric Piano in the corner, it's probably Todd's because I saw in his Instagram that he always played the piano.

And guess what, that's the one thing that we had in common, playing music and writing songs.

I decided to play for a bit, I sat down and touched the keys with my fingers softly. I missed playing the piano. Papa used to play it for me before.

I began playing 'River Flows In You'. Since I have mastered the song, it's my favorite piece of all time.

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"So it does run in the family." I jumped as I heard a voice out of nowhere. As I turned my head behind me, I saw everyone. Wait, since when did they arrive? David was holding up his camera, Jason was in shock, Todd was in disbelief, everyone's jaw dropped with wide eyes on their faces. Though there is one unfamiliar face that I didn't recognize.

"Oh, um I didn't know you were here already. I got bored and... found the piano." I smiled.

"I'm sorry, am I the only one who doesn't know her?" The unfamiliar man spoke and was in confusion. I stood up and introduced myself, "Hi, I'm Valerie Smith." I smiled.

"Hey, I'm Jeff." He smiled back. wow that is one good looking man.

"She's Todd's sister from Russia." Jason said, and he was surprised.

He turned to Todd with a facial expression, "Oh wow, you have a sister? She's Russian? But you're American? How did that even happen?" Everyone laughed at him, he was the last person to know about me.

"Yes dude, she's my sister, half-sister." Todd stated.

"Oh wow. Damn." Jeff's expression was so cute because he didn't know what was happening.

"But waittt, how on earth did you play River Flows in You just like that?" Zane exclaimed.

"Well, Zaney, you gotta be a Smith first then you get the magic hands." I said with  smile on my face.

"Fuck, I wanna be a Smith. Toddy adopt me, daddy!" Zane went in to hug Todd and all of us started laughing.

The guys started goofing around and David was there to film every second of it. As I sat on the couch watching them was fun. No wonder they get famous for their videos. They are actually funny and cool to be with.

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valsmith im finally here, living the dream.

todderic_ u have a piercing????????
------- valsmith yes, haven't u noticed it earlier? lol

kristenmcatee such a cutieeee
------ valsmith hehe 😊

user048 i saw her one of david's vlogs

user893 gosh her eyes are mesmerizing! ughh

jeff still can't believe you're siblings @todderic_
------- valsmith 🤭🤭

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