Hailey Elizabeth Thayer

Casey smiled as the bubbly girl opened the door, maybe this wouldn’t be so bad. She certainly didn’t seem to be upset with him. “You look nice.” he told her, realizing that she seemed to have dressed a little differently then usual. Maybe she was experimenting with her clothes? He remembered Isabelle doing that a few times when they were younger. He could have kicked himself at her reaction to bowling however, that was clearly not what the kids did these days. But still, the bowling alley in town seemed nice, and maybe she would enjoy it anyway. “The place in town is pretty nice, Gracie likes to go there. It’s not that difficult, I’m sure you’ll pick it right back up.”

“Thank you, Casey, you too,” Hailey smiled. God, how could he be so cute?! And thoughtful. If she could look in the mirror, she’s see herself making heart eyes all over him. “Well I certainly trust Gracie’s judgment,” she chuckled. She knew how close Casey was with his daughter but aside from that selfish knowledge, Hailey truly liked the kid. She was as cool as a kid could be, at least. And she seem to like Hailey as well so it was all the better. “I’m sure it’ll be a lovely time,” she said, putting a gentle hand on his arm for a moment. “Let’s go then,” she grinned, practically jumping on her spot.

Oliver laughed a little again. “Yeah, I mean, sure it is still a game.” He agreed with her, which it was. Oliver shook his head at her. “Nah, Sims isn’t really my thing. I mean, I used to play the first two or three versions, but the whole house building and stuff isn’t really for me. I don’t even really play Minecraft, but maybe if you want to get into streaming you should look into it.” He suggested. “I mean, it’s no big deal really. I am sure there is a hundred or so YouTube videos out there anyways so I might as well.” He shrugged not seeing it as a big deal. “Fair! You could always do YouTube as well with funny videos from Sims.”

“I’ll check it out,” she nodded with a smile. “I like building things but only for the gameplay. Is minecraft only about builds?” she asked. “True, but still, you have your own crowd. So it’s an opportunity for me. Actually I’m getting excited thinking about, is it normal?” she chuckled. 

“You acted like one person and then an entirely different person when I got you alone, I don’t know what you expected.” Colton replied honestly. He didn’t have the patience for people pretending around him anymore. He got off the couch himself now and retrieved his own clothing, removing the condom and then putting his clothes on. He noticed her struggling with her dress. “Do you want help?” Colton asked, not really sure what else to offer her at this point.

“What?” Hailey turned around again with a bewildered look. “When did I act any different than I normally do? You can’t just say stuff like that and expect me to stay flirty,” she said before harshly wiping away the tears that fell. “No I don’t want your help!” she snapped. “Just get out,” she muttered and turned away from him again, leaning against the closest table for support.

“Sims?!” He responded with a soft chuckle. “I haven’t played that since forever!” He added before he nodded his head at her. “Yeah I guess that is considered a game.” He was no expert on it but he was intrigued to try it. Oliver smirked at her a little. “A gem from New York, got it.” He responded with a teasing smirk. “I mean, I could.. But are you going to be streaming The Sims, because I am not sure how big an audience that is going to be.” He shrugged at her. 

She chuckled along, “Well it’s still a game, isn’t it?” she asked with a grin. “I wish it was a multiplayer game, we’d play together,” she pouted. “We can still try to do builds together, I guess, though,” she shrugged, trying to find a way to make it multiplayer somehow. She giggled when he repeated her New Yorker line, “Yep, precisely,” she nodded. Her mouth opened in surprise when he genuinely considered her joking statement. “Really? I didn’t really think you would willingly get yourself in that situation,” she chuckled. “I mean, teaching someone how to make money from gaming...” she shrugged awkwardly. “I don’t know if it would be enough, but I know there are people who make Sims videos, though.”

“How long have you been here?” Estelle asked the blond all the while moving aside to catch the signal. “Thank you! I just really need to send an Email and the deadline ends in three.” 

“Just a bit more than a year. I came here when I started ASU,” she said with a smile. “Wait what? You can’t trust the corner then!” she exclaimed and grabbed her hand as she started to run out of the building, dragging her along. After about a minute of running, she stopped and panted. “Alright, this - this is good enough. Come on, you’ve got two minutes left!”

Oliver looked at her with a slight smirk. “You don’t look like the kind of girl that is into gaming.” He told her with a shrug. “Self acclaimed once? Who might that me?” He added out of curiosity now. “Yeah I mean, it is fun and it pays the bills; I can’t complain really.”

“I play the Sims,” Hailey said cheekily. “That’s a game, isn’t it?” she grinned. She shrugged at his question. “There are some, most of those who came from overseas or New York, or Los Angeles,” she counted on her fingers. “New Yorkers have the rich kid attitude, LA ones act like they’re actual actors,” she rolled her eyes. “I’m one of the only few gems from New York,” she added with a wink. “You should teach me how to make money out of it,” she laughed, “I could at least support myself if this college thing doesn’t work out.”

Oliver shrugged at her. “I don’t think there is much I can do about it, unfortunately.” He responded with a slight smile on his lips. “I mean, sure; but I doubt they are going to travel all the was to little Ashton to try and seek me out.” He chuckled. “I am not that famous.”

“I think you’re famous enough,” Hailey shrugged. “We have quite a few local celebrities here if you think about it. Even more if you include self acclaimed ones,” she added with a chuckle. “It’s nice that you have something solid that you enjoy though,” she said with a small smile. She envied him really, she didn’t even know what she would like to do for herself.