the initial meeting was a little bit awkward, to be honest. the sun was in dream's face and nick videoing it made it seem like the whole thing was for the fans, but everyone agreed they would be upset if they didn't get to see the moment george arrived. they did take my advice, however, and only filmed a few minutes before turning the camera off.

dream took the opportunity to pick george up and swing him around, both of them laughing like maniacs, before george buried his head in dream's shoulder and they embraced for what seemed like hours. had the fans seen that, dnf would have been trending all over again.

i was inside the house watching their adorable little meeting and laying out the cookies when i heard george yell for me. they were just walking in the door, so i ran from the kitchen to the doorway.

george caught me in a tight embrace, laughing as we nearly fell over. "i can't believe this is happening," he said as we broke apart. "like i'm actually here with you guys. it's not a dream."

we all laughed at that. "i can't believe it's not a dream," nick said. "george in america! george literally in our house and not just for a visit."

"this is your last chance to run, george," i warned him. "it's chaotic around here."

george just smiled at that. "i think i'll survive."

dream and nick took george on a tour of the house and helped him bring the suitcases he had into his room while i called alex to see when he was arriving.

"thalia," he said as soon as he answered the phone, "i have bad news."

"did your plane crash on an island and you only have enough phone battery to call one person and you chose to call me to give me access to your bank account because you can trust me to take care of your money?" i teased.

"your imagination continues to amaze me every day," he said with a sigh. "but no, someone had a stroke on the plane and we had to emergency land. i'm stuck in this airport until later tonight or tomorrow, so i definitely won't make it to florida today."

"i hope that person is okay. and don't worry about it, we aren't going anywhere," i said. "just text me or call me when you know what time you'll get in so i can come pick you up from the airport at the right time."

"i'll keep you updated. bye, thalia."

"bye alexander," i sang before hanging up the phone.

i made my way upstairs to see where the boys went. i found them in dream's room, sprawled around, talking. the door was open, but i didn't want to intrude so i knocked to get their attention.

"why on earth did you knock?" dream asked. "normally you just barge in."

"i didn't want to interrupt your guy time," i told them.

"thalia," nick and dream said at the same time. nick smiled at that and let dream continue. "you know you're always welcome. you may be a girl but you've never been excluded from "guy time" and that's not going to change now that george is here. i promise."

george looked uncomfortable at that. "um yeah, this is your house first. don't feel like you have to stay away because of me."

"ew now i feel like a pick me girl because i was all "oh no i'm being excluded from the guys" and now i'm all "yippee i'm one of the guys again" and i feel disgusted with my behavior," i told them as i sat beside nick on the floor.

"honestly you gave us all second hand embarrassment," said nick. he put his arm around me and i relaxed against him.

"shut up," was all i responded.

"so what do we do now guys?" george asked. "i want the full florida experience."

we all laughed at that. "no, you don't. you want the good experience," dream pointed out.

"and you know what that includes?" i asked. when no one answered, i yelled, "SEAWORLD!"

dream sighed and turned to address george. "thalia is obsessed with seaworld. she seriously contemplated quitting her job to work at seaworld."

"forget disney, seaworld is the most magical place on earth," i said as i stuck my tongue out at dream.

nick sighed as he listened to us talk. "guys it's literally the afternoon, there's no point in going to seaworld right now," he pointed out.

"we could just stay in and celebrate tonight, and tomorrow we can go out somewhere," dream suggested. "if that's okay with george."

"that's fine with me," george said. "you're the ones who know what's fun to do and what to avoid so i'll leave the plans up to you."

"well since we're staying in tonight, i think we need to initiate george with a movie night since it's technically movie night anyways," i said.

"i'm in," george said immediately.

"who's turn is it to pick the movie?" dream asked.

"hold on i'll check," i said, grabbing my phone and opening my calendar. "it's nick's turn."

dream's jaw dropped at that. "thalia, i always thought you had a great memory. i never knew you cheated by putting it in your calendar."

i rolled my eyes at that and said, "don't hate me because i'm organized."

"don't worry," dream scoffed, "i hate you for other reasons."

"he's lying. dream adores you," george told me. "he talks about you more than he talks about himself, which is saying a lot. every time we call he talks about how much of a girl boss you are and how you're so amazing."

"i do not!" dream yelled.

"yes you do," george laughed. "it's adorable how much you love her."

"aww i love you too dreamy weamy," i teased. "and i am a girl boss so."

"ugh you suck, george." dream said as jumped off the bed and grabbed his phone off the nightstand. "i'm going to go order food and you guys can go set up for the movie."

less than an hour later, we were set up in the basement with our food, recapping the movie night rules. as soon as the movie started, george said, "i could get used to this."

"oh you will. you can't escape us now," i joked.

"trust me, i don't want to," george replied.

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the end <3

author's note:

i am finally closing the door on this story because i genuinely don't have motivation to keep it going right now. i barely even keep up with dsmp stuff anymore and i think it's time to end this. maybe someday i'll rewrite it and fix all the plot holes (like i said i was going to do a few days ago) but i can't right now.

thank you so much to everyone who read this story and gave it love :) i love all you guys and my pms are always open if anyone ever wants to talk or anything  (like fr pm me because i'm lonely)

that's all folks <33