Fabulous Family Bonding

”Oh, you and sprinkles! I can’t take you anywhere without getting you some!” Helena joked, giving her friend a warm smile. As she gushed about the little café, Helena further decided it was a good idea to go there. She could always use a pastry, and perhaps a latte to take with them on the route back! It wouldn’t be too much longer before they were back, likely – maybe they’d spend an hour at the little café picking and choosing their favorite snacks to bring home to the boys for their slumber party.

They arrived at the quaint little café not too long after and when Helena held the door open for Nova the little bell rattled at the tip of the door. There were quite a lot of people there, and there was a small line to get to the register. Helena stepped in the queue, guiding Nova to be beside her as she positioned her purse on her shoulder more comfortably. ”Oh, Griffin would be so sad if we forgot to buy him something! We should get blueberry for him. And Oliver needs something too – obviously something sweet!”

She moved up a bit as another duo walked away with their snack – the woman holding a parfait that looked to be strawberry. ”Oh my Gosh! I want that parfait, it looks so cute!” she pointed out to Nova.

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As Oliver spoke up, Griffin glanced his way, giving him a smile at the good news. Numerous times he’d considered making a channel himself, but Griffin didn’t know what he would do! He didn’t want to copy Oliver and do the same style of thing he did. Griffin considered starting a game channel, but also figured he was so bad at games, people might not like what he did there! The closest to viral he ever went was when Vine was still a thing and he used his account pretty frequently – but even that, he figured, was popular because Griffin knew Oliver and Oliver’s fans had taken to following him for updates on Oliver.

”I don’t know, maybe someone famous shared a video of yours or something? That happens sometimes,” He said, thinking of a channel he followed in which that had actually happened. The prospect of making another video made Griffin sit up a bit straighter and adjust his glasses at the movement, focusing on Oliver leaning against his headboard. Griffin tried not to think about the fact Oliver was looking at home on his bed and instead tried to focus on the comment about a video. ”A video with me, you mean? I mean, sure, I don’t mind, I’ll be in it if you don’t think your fans will mind. What’s it about?”

Helena smiled at Nova, looking at the cute little cupcakes they had seen. ”Of course we need to get those for them!” she agreed, thinking they reminded her of the two silly boys currently at her apartment. She couldn’t wait to see them again – and make a dinner for the group of friends to share that night while playing a game together!

”Oh, you don’t need to – “ Helena said, but she allowed Nova to treat her with a thank you after she took her parfait and a spoon. Once they got the box of goodies, and Nova had paid, Helena headed towards the tables and took a seat. She made herself comfortable in a seat and waited for Nova to join her to eat their snacks. ”You have to tell me how your waffle is!” She told her.

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Griffin shrugged his shoulders. ”I think people just think you’re funny!” he said; obviously the subscribers would lose interest if he wasn’t funny or entertaining! Though from what Griffin had lurked in the comment sections of Oliver’s videos, many of the comments were from girls who found him cute. He wasn’t entirely fond of that, but had no room to speak, so Griffin just opted to ignore that little factoid.

When Oliver insisted he wanted him in the video, Griffin smiled widely, feeling a surge of warmth in his chest at the feeling of being wanted and referred to as Oliver’s best friend. He glanced at the game his friend was talking about. The noises were so silly! He laughed at Oliver’s shouting. ”Oh Gosh, that’s brilliant! That would make an amusing video, I bet!” he said. ”I would love to play! Oh – but do you think you should warn Helena and Nova about it? If they came here early they might think something’s wrong and disrupt the game by making noise when they come in your room!”

Helena hummed in contentment, looking at the food laid out before them Excitedly, she went to eat, laughing and grinning at Nova’s idea to take a picture of it first. She even posed with her first bite on her spoon for Nova to snap a photo of! When she said the hot chocolates matched her hair Helena gasped, then giggled. ”Oh my Gosh! Take a photo!” she said, holding some hot chocolate up in comparison for her hair.

When Nova said the waffle was better than sex Helena gasped. ”Nova Star! You wouldn’t know anything about that now would you?” she asked, her tone teasing as she always took on the role of a protective mother in the group. ”But it does look delis—oh Gosh, what’s that boy want now?”

Helena felt the familiar vibration setting for Oliver. She had one specific vibrations et for each person she frequently messaged! When she saw it was the group chat she hummed. ”Oh! Look at your phone! Oliver and Griffin are filming something in his room! They never usually ask us to be quiet or shut the door.” She said, tilting her head. ”I wonder what it is they’re up to?”

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”Oh come off it! No, funny as in ha ha funny! That’s why we’re friends after all,” Griffin said, giving Oliver a wide smile. When he said that they could film on his camera Griffin nodded and said that sounded good. He got up to head to the door and shut it, not glancing at his phone though he felt the vibration from the group text in his pocket. He didn’t bother locking the door because he didn’t hardly ever feel the need to use the lock! Helena typically respected his privacy enough to knock and wait to open the door until she was granted permission.

”Okay! The door’s shut for us and the message is apparently sent!” Griffin glanced at his phone and saw the message. He smiled, put his phone on do not disturb so as to not bother the video capture, and sat on the bed beside Oliver again. ”All right! So just tell me when you’re all set up and we can start!”