Chapter Two

As soon as I got off the plane, I had my earbuds in. I had to practice my dancing. I was trying out for schools of dance soon, and I had to be ready. I was jamming out in the bridgey thing that connects the plane to the airport. I almost started to dance when my earbud was yanked out of my ear. I turned to see who had done it. Claira was standing at my shoulder.

"No dancing okay? It's a vacation, and I know you are trying out soon and whatever, but you don't work on vacation." She stared at me with those hazel eyes and I sighed.

"Dancing isn't really work. Not really."

"Oh shove it, Gemma. You know dancing takes up all your time. No dancing. You need to spend some time relaxing. Maybe even sleep in!" She fake gasps. I shook my head at her as I smiled. "Just try it, okay?" I nodded at her. "Great, now let's go cause some trouble in this little town!"

"You know that San Francisco is probably bigger than Toronto, right?"

"A girl can dream." She turned around to shrug, while she walked backwards. I laughed.

"So what do you guys know about youtube?" Terra asked as she walked behind us.

"Nothing." Claire answered immediately.

"Slightly more than her. I could probably recognize some people. Know what kind of stuff they talk about." Terra nodded. "ish" I added. I didn't want her to think that I knew everything she might want to talk about.

"Just don't get in the way of the fangirls. That's all you need to know. To you this is a trip, to them it's their life." Terra nodded knowingly. To be honest, she probably didn't know another way to nod.

"Aren't you a fangirl?" Jane asked. She had snuck up behind them. "Like, a bigger fangirl than me?"

"Yes. Yes I am." She said with confidence. She smiled a little, the little smirk you get when you beat someone.

"Just not as big as a fangirl as I am!" Lucy called as she caught up with us. We all laughed at the face she was making, which had scrunched up her neck. We didn't talk much until we reached the hotel. Which was a really nice hotel. Like kiss your ass instead of using toilet paper kind of hotel. It was wonderful.

Once we checked in, we piled into the elevator and headed to the seventh floor.

"They said that we could be put on the same floor as youtubers." Lucy whispered. It's the first time I had heard he be quiet since we got here.

"That might be them just being like "To cover all of our bases, we should say this"." Jane whispered back.

"But, they literally said that they booked us next to youtubers rooms. They just wouldn't tell me who." Lucy said this like it was the news that the cure for cancer had finally been invented.

"Wait, seriously?" Terra raised her voice above a whisper. Before anyone could answer, the doors flew open and we stepped out.

"So, Claira and I have room 718. What does everyone else have?"

"Jane and I have room 717." Terra replied.

"I have 719." Lucy shrugged. "I guess you two," she gestured at Claire and I, "are across the hall from us. That's fine."

"Perfectly fine." Claira added, then started walking down the hall. Jane went next and I could see her pale skin beneath her pony tail. Everyone slowly shuffled after them. I went last. When I got to room 718 Claire was holding the door open, so I waved to the others and stepped inside. I quickly shut the door firmly, then kicked off my shoes. I watched Claire crack her neck then start taking her dark brown hair out of her bun. It fell about halfway down her back. I waited for her to move before I shuffled further into the room.

I went to the bed closest to the window and flopped on it dropping my suitcase in a chair along the way. I pulled my messenger bag off of me after I had flopped.

"I see you chose that bed." I strained my neck to see Claira putting her suitcase on a fancy little suitcase stand.

"You are indecisive. I took the initiative."

"Good for you!" She smiled at me. She cracked her neck. "God, I am so tired."

"You slept on the plane!"

"Bad sleep is worse than no sleep."

"True."

"Do you want to explore the hotel?"

"I thought you were tired."

"I could last a little while."

"Let's do it!" We each grabbed a key card and shoved them in our pockets, then pulled on our shoes.

"We can't let the others see us." Claire said. I nodded. They would want to come, and this was a solo mission. Or a double mission, I guess. "I'll peek out the door and then reach backwards when it's safe. Okay?"

"Okay." I agreed and she nodded. She glanced out the door, did a double check, then reached her hand backwards. I grabbed it and she pulled me into the hallway. The door clicked behind us. I dropped her hand and we scurried down the hall and around the corner. We were headed to the elevator. We turned the corner and the elevator dinged. We both slowed and tried to act normal. In doing so, we started laughing. We were laughing so hard that the two giant people who just got off the elevator stared at us. We held our breath. I mumbled a hello and Claire burst into a fit of giggles. They just stood there looking stunned. We shuffled past. And suddenly I turned around and called. "Have a nice evening!" Then took off running to the elevator. I made it just in time to hold the door open. Claire came running behind me a second later. We skid into the elevator and started giggling.

"Nice ass on those guys, gotta admit." I said quietly.

"I didn't even look! I should have! I missed a chance." Her voice was pitted with laughter and hiccups. We laughed and laughed until we reached the top floor, where we sobered up a bit.

We walked down the hallway until we found a window, then admired the view. We headed downstairs and explored the pool, the workout room, every huge party room that we could find, and then went and walked up and down every floor in the whole hotel. By the time we got back to our room we were exhausted. I barely had time to brush my teeth and change before I crawled into my bed and was fast asleep.

The next morning I woke up at 6:30 San Francisco time, which was about nine in the morning for me. I figured that I had slept in. I put my earbuds in and started to warm up. I don't know how long it had been when I heard a groan from somewhere in Claire's direction. Her name was actually Claira, but I call her Claire or Clara because Claira is just weird, let's face it.

"Can you not? Your moving and shaking is moving and shaking me. I'm surprised you haven't gotten a noise complaint."

"Sorry Clara."

"Ehhhggg. What time is it?" I spun around to look at a clock, at her request.

"It's eight in the morning. But we're a little behind, so to us, it's like, eleven. Which means we should get food!" Claire moved faster at the word food and soon we were shuffling out the door. I knocked on Lucy's door and Claire knocked on Jane and Terra's door.

Lucy opened the door almost immediately and came to join us for breakfast, excited for an early start.

Jane and Terra came tumbling out there door a minute later, looking a little tired, but ready to face the day. We head downstairs to the free breakfast and found it quite crowded. We snagged a table and hurried to get some of the food before it was gone.

We ate quickly and managed to leave before the next crowd of people came in. But then came the announcement. It said something about vidcon something or other being ready to start. Lucy and Terra grabbed our hands and ran, Jane hurrying right beside us.

We got dragged to the other side of the hotel conference rooms, and pulled into the crowd. We were hanging out with another band of girls that were waiting for whatever it was to start. Some meet and greet or something, I don't know. One of the girls was talking about how she had a panic attack in a cave exploration tour.

"Hey, Claire gets panic attacks in crowds, someone she knows always has to stay by her."

"Which one of you is Claire?" the girl asked. I looked around to point her out. She wasn't there.

"I don't know where she is. Where is Claire?" Lucy, Terra, and Jane started to look around as well.

"She'll find her way back eventually. She knows where we are." Terra added, although looking a little worried. But I realized something that I had sworn I wouldn't do when I convinced her to come. I lost her. I lost Claire.