feels like coming home

Michael looked over to Luke, offering an amused look. “It wouldn't surprise me,” he admitted, though the thought filled him with slight excitement. “I'm pretty sure my phone is still blowing up with tweets and edits. I kind of hope it never stops at this point.” He grinned, unable to help it.

“I can't wait to see you and Michael together,” Iona teased lightly, though she made a joking face. “Oh, I'm excited but I am completely not ready for it. I know I'm gonna fall on my face or something.” Shaking her head, she changed before she dealt with her hair.

"You're in deep already, huh?" Luke teased Michael, unable to deny he was feeling the exact same way about Iona, eager to see her face again, eager to meet her in person. Luke wondered if she behaved the same way as she did online, unable to deny that her attitude was attractive to him, not caring that he was already so intrigued by her and her career. "Man, I feel your pain. I'm excited to meet Iona."

Chloe laughed with Iona's words. "Could you just imagine the both of us somehow messing this up?" She grabbed her camera off charge, ensuring that it had enough charge to last through the concert, wanting to give the subscribers a good video to watch. "I'm excited to meet him, shut up." She stuck her tongue out at her best friend. "You and Luke are gonna be the power couple."

Michael shot his friend a joking look. “It’s not like you’re one to talk,” he teased lightly, shaking his head slightly. “Chloe was just so infectious, you know? I can’t help it. The draw to her, the attraction, it was so immediate, and that was just through a screen, so I’m curious to see if it will feel the same in person or if it will even feel better.”

Iona laughed with the mention of it. “With our luck, that seems incredibly possible, unfortunately,” she joked lightly, grinning over at her friend as she finished getting ready and she went to make sure everything was ready for them to use for the concert. “I will most certainly not shut up. And we both know you and Michael are going to rule the world.”

Luke sighed happily, but nodded in agreement. "I bet it's going to feel even better." He spoke softly, smiling with the thought. "Iona is so damn beautiul, I just... want to get to know her." He spoke honestly. "Not just through a screen, or camera, just her, you know?" He asked - and although he'd enjoyed the videos that Lily had shown them the day previous, Luke's curiosity was getting the better of him. "We'd be a power couple." He grinned, having seem the term on twitter.

Chloe laughed with Iona's words, shaking her head in amusement. "It's a scary possibility." She nodded in agreement, sitting on her bed cross-legged as she watched Iona. "But you and Luke are gonna be so damn cute, just you wait. You're gonna see that boy and all of a sudden your life is just gonna go in slow motion and twitter will be right about everything." She smirked. "Again."

Michael listened to his friend quietly, nodding, because he knew exactly what his friend meant. “I get it,” he assured with a small grin, “That’s exactly how I feel about Chloe. I’m curious about her, but I always just want to know her.” He chewed on his lip with the thought, feeling his heart swell, though he laughed. “Yeah? Well, Chloe and I will be the power couple, so I’m pretty sure we’d beat you two easily.”

Iona made a joking face. “It really is a scary possibility,” she agreed jokingly, “Let’s just hope it doesn’t come to that.” As she made sure everything was ready, she shook her head with amusement. “Yeah, and what about you and Michael? Pretty sure your eyes will meet and you’ll both lose your breath and it will be one of those Disney fairy tale love moments.” She grinned to her friend but arched an amused brow. “Again?”

Luke rolled his eyes at Michael teasingly. "That's what you think," he grinned. "They'll be talking about Iona and I in every magazine, saying how hot we look together." And although Luke knew that a relationship wasn't guaranteed between the two, he was still eager to try. Iona was so beautiful, Luke thought about her face and his chest ignited in the best way. "I can't wait." He grinned, running a hand through his hair.

Chloe laughed with Iona's words. "We'll make sure it doesn't come to that." She winked, looking in the mirror to make sure she was presentable, but hearing Michael's name made Chloe smile, despite herself. "He's cute, shut up." Chloe blushed, ducking her head, but hearing again, Chloe laughed. "Remember when Twitter said we were hiding something and it turned out that we were doing a meet and greet? They know everything!"

Michael snorted in response, shaking his head. “So sure of yourself,” he complained, “But nobody's gonna be able to beat me and Chloe. In fact, I'm betting that, when Iona sees how much of a dork you are, she'll run in the other direction.” He laughed. “Meanwhile, Chloe and I will be on cloud nine, being the fan favorites.”

Iona laughed. “No matter what we do to avoid it, we both know we can only delay the inevitable,” she joked lightly, though she packed their things up, ready for the day. “I'm still convinced that was a lucky guess.” She grinned jokingly at her friend. “But our fans are pretty smart.”

Luke laughed loudly with Michael's words, shaking his head. "Alright mate. Chloe will probably run away from you when she sees you." He smirked. "You still sound like a pre-pubescent teenager, it's sad." Luke teased relentlessly, but he knew Michael could take a joke - after dealing with Ashton's teasing for so long, they all had to develop some sort of thick skin. "While that happens, me and Iona are gonna be that couple. Cute and cuddly." He grinned. "You'll see."

Chloe snorted with laughter. "The inevitable, my God, you're such a nerd." She teased Iona, watching her pack, in case she forgot anything. But listening to Iona's words, Chloe grinned. "No way, you can't have like ten lucky guesses. Everything we do, they catch onto it, they're little geniuses." Chloe spoke fondly of their fanbase, so happy that she and Iona had the opportunity to live a life like this. "Are we gonna get food, or what? I'm starving."

Michael snorted quietly in response, grinning over at his friend for a few moments. “You sound so sure, but we both know you’re wrong,” he said firmly, nodding, believing in himself more than anything. “I’m gonna do everything I can to sweep Chloe off her feet. Meanwhile, you’re gonna be falling flat on your face.” He smirked then, arching a brow.

Iona grinned over at her friend. “One of us has to be the nerd!” she hummed out happily, not minding taking over the role, and she finished packing everything. “We do have a fanbase full of geniuses. It’s a little scary, not being able to keep any secrets from them.” Grinning jokingly, she nodded with Chloe’s words. “Right, yeah, let’s get going, then.”

Luke grinned with Michael's words, willing to have fun and take a bet. "Alright, we'll bet on it. Let's see who wins this one, because let's face it, Mikey, I'm already a step ahead of you." Luke teased, running his hand through his curls with a slight anxiety. He was keen to make a good impression on Iona, and he couldn't believe Lily was such a huge fan and that fate had brought them here - at the right place, at the right time. Luke felt his heart jump with excitement at the thought, because he already knew, just by watching her videos, that Iona was so right for him.

Chloe grinned with Iona's words. "Then, I guess I'll let you have nerd." She teased her best friend, grabbing her vlogging camera. Nodding in agreement with Iona about their fanbase, Chloe smiled with the thought. "It's like Michael and Luke's fans are scary genius, too. We're gonna rule the world." Chloe teased, neatening herself out as she pulled open their hotel room door, allowing Iona to exit first, following on her heel and shutting the door behind them.

Michael arched an amused brow as he looked over at Luke, curious. “How are you a step ahead, mate?” he asked before he went to finish getting ready for the day, excited to see and meet Chloe, certain that she had a place in his heart, in his life, and he wanted her to take it, he wanted her in his world. Chewing on his lip with the thought, he grinned to himself, picturing her in his mind - her eyes, her smile, just how damn beautiful she was, - and he knew that she was all he wanted.

Iona laughed with the mention of it but nodded. “Alright,” she said, but she offered an amused look as she walked out of the room with Chloe, eager for what the day had in store. “Oh, don’t put that burden on us, we’d never survive,” she teased lightly, nudging her friend as she walked, though she thought of Luke and wondered what he was like in real life.

Luke grinned at Michael with a sense of smugness. "Because I already have a plan to woo Iona." He confided, slipping on his shoes and ensuring his sandy curls were acceptable in appearance; it had been a long time since Luke wanted to make a lasting impression with a girl that he pined for, but he knew that Iona was someone he wanted to become a part of his life, a small voice in the back of his mind telling him that she belonged within his arms, like she was made for him to love. Biting his lip with the thought, Luke exhaled heavily. "Oi, Mikey - wanna grab some breakfast, mate?"

Chloe giggled as Iona nudged her, shaking her head in amusement. "Think about it!" Chloe debated, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "Our subscribers and their fans could be an army!" Chloe turned on the vlogging camera, watching the footage from the previous day with a fond smile, although her mind ventured to Michael.

Michael listened to his friend with amusement as he focused on getting ready for the day. “Oh?” he asked, chuckling, “And how do you plan to do that?” Even as he asked the question, his mind went back to the beautiful Chloe and how certain he was that she was his one. “Sure, I’ll come get breakfast with you.”

Iona couldn’t help but laugh quietly. “We don’t need an army!” she pointed out with clear amusement, shaking her head slightly, offering a small grin before she shrugged. “We just need to be happy.”