Disclaimer: I do not own, nor have ever owned any youtubers mentioned in this fic.
A/N: This chapter starts off about three months later in summer. Sorry for the timelapse.
Laika's POV:
I woke up to the sound of my phone vibrating violently on my bedside table. "Who the heck is calling me at six in the morning?!" I practically yelled. I rolled over, fumbled around for my phone like a drunk girl, grabbed it and stared at the screen. It was my alarm, and my screen read "SUMMER IN THE CITY, YOU LAZY POTATO." I now recalled setting it months earlier. I quickly sat up, and thought about what I'd need...Sunscreen, a tube full for my ungodly white skin. My Totoro backpack, and something for the Fantastic Foursome to sign...Hmmm... MY POSTERS. I quickly grabbed each of my Fantastic Foursome posters, rolled them up, and shoved them each into their corresponding storage tubes. "What to wear?" I thought aloud...
Several minutes later I had pieced together my blue and brown striped sweater, over top of my white button up, with my khaki jeans, and white Vans. Once I'd finished dressing I put on a little concealer, eyeliner, and my favorite mascara, and fixed my dyed black hair into a Bow bun, letting my bangs hang free...after they'd been straightened of course. Finally I was ready to go. I tossed my phone and wallet into my backpack, wrote April a note explaining my absence, and walked out the door.
It was already nine O'clock by the time I got to the park, and the meet up started at 9:15. Perfect timing. I made a brief loop of the park looking for any signs of the group, until I found a group of girls all wearing Crabsticks shirts.
"Excuse me? Is this where Summer in the City will be?" I asked.
"Of course! We wouldn't be sitting here if it weren't!" One of the girls snapped.
"Well...Thank you...I guess." I muddled the last part, not wishing to upset the obviously nerve wracked fangirl even further.
I sat down a few feet from their group, pulled out my phone, and began thumbing through my contacts. Evelyn Rey. My best friend. My best friend who died in a car crash seven months ago...My eyes started to water, but I just wiped the liquid away. Evelyn wouldn't have wanted me to cry, especially not on the day that I was going to meet my heros. Especially not today.
She was the only one I ever talked to about the Fantastic Foursome. She was the first one I told when I first discovered Dan...And she was the only one that knew how much that day influenced me.
She and I had so many great memories of watching "Reasons why Dan's a fail!" At two A.M. So many memories indeed. But now I was the only one to remember them. I was the only one who got to take joy in the thoughts of yesterday. And that made me feel selfish. And alone. And dead.
A few minutes past as I sat there staring at my phone's glaring screen, thinking about what it was like before I lost my best friend. Finally it was 9:15 and a few YouTubers had shown up. None that I knew or recognized though.
It was about 9:22 when I saw them. Phil, followed by Pj and Chris, walking over to a screaming huddle of flailing girls. "Where's Dan?" I thought... "He must be around here somewhere...or maybe he's just running late." I said, consoling myself. Pushing aside my worries, I walked over and attempted to get into what I thought was the line for signatures, and awaited my turn.
After what seemed like a decade, I made it to the front and walked up to the three, posters and Sharpie in hand.
"Hi! I'm Laika." I said in my least-stalkerish voice.
"I'm Phi- well I guess you already know who we are." Phil laughed.
I continued, "Would you guys mind signing my posters?"
"I'd love too!" Chris barged in.
"What would you like it to say?" Pj asked, considerate as ever.
"Anything! As long as it's from you!" I squeaked, my voice cracking on the last syllable.
They signed my posters, I took a photo with each one separately, and lastly took one big group shot. I turned to leave, but was stopped in my tracks by a thought. I looked back.
"Oh, um. By the way. Do any of you know where Dan is?" I mumbled.
"I'm afraid he's not coming today." Phil answered.
And that's when everything went down hill.