Ali POV

"Oh! Look! They're making doughbuts."

"Who cares? There's PewDiePie!" A/N (I do NOT know if he would be at Arcadia. He's another well known youtuber and I wanted to use him.)

I quietly followed Diana and Cathrin, who were bickering about the people and things of the Con. I was happy to be here, but I just felt out of place. I felt like I was missing something, you know? That feeling when you forget something important at home, but you just can't remember for the life of you. We had been walking for only a few minutes and the Con had swelled in size. People were constantly pushing by me and my shoulders were already starting to ache.

"Oh my gosh!"

I turned my head to see a young girl, about ten, clutching an art book to her chest and her mouth opened wide. I smiled politely, not really sure if she was looking at me or past me.

"Are you really AliArtist?" She asked. I nodded my head and her eyes brightened.

"Oh my goodness! I am one of your biggest fans!" She gushed. "You inspire me to draw! You're style is really unique."

"Thank you! I really appreciate that." I smiled and squatted down in front of her. "May I ask for your name?"

"It's Mary! It's so nice to meet you, Ali. When I heard you'd be here, I just had to come. Can you please sign my sketch pad?" She asked, holding out the already doodled on book.

I took it from her and opened up the book, flipping through the pages. She was only ten years old, so most of the drawing were princess and the such, but she was actually pretty good. Mary drew a mix of realistic and anime style, and it really worked with the topics of her art. Flipping back to the front I un-clipped my pen and quickly scribbled a message.

'Your art looks stunning! Keep it up and don't let anyone stop you. I look forward to seeing how you progress! -AliArtist xoxo'

"There you go, Mary." I grinned and handed her the book back. Her face was lit up with a huge smile and her eyes sparkled with happiness. She ran forward and hugged me tightly before clutching the book back to her chest.

"Thank you! Bye, Ali!" She called and she dodged her way through the crowd. A few seconds later she had dissapeared. I stood up slowly and wiped of the invisible dust. Glancing around, I noticed Diana and Cathrin had dissapeared. They probably didn't realize I had stopped to talk to Mary, I guess.

I sighed and turned around and for the second time in two days, I ran in to someone's chest.

Mitch POV

As the boys and I walked through the back halls of the convention center, I couldn't really focus. For the last few days I had felt like something- no, someONE- had been missing. Like, they should have been here beside me. Sighing, I rubbed at my face as we entered the main hall of the center. People milled about and some came up to us for photos and autographs. I signed a few and looked around the room.

Just a few feet away a shock of red hair made it's way through the crowd. It couldn't be that girl, Ali, could it? I watched as she stopped and turned, crouching down to speak to a child. The girl held out a book and Ali took it, flipping through the pages. A smile formed on her face as she wrote something on the front of the book. Ali handed the book back, but I was already making my way over to her.

I stood behind her as she stood up slowly, patting at her pants. I felt kind of weird just standing behind her, like a stalker, but I just wanted to talk to her. Why? I seriously have no idea. She turned and just like yesterday, bumped into my chest.

"Sorry! Sorry. Didn't see you- or anyone- there." She blubbered, trying to regain her balance. I didn't say anything but I watched as her eyes traveled up to meet mine and how her face changed. She went from a sad smile to wide, questioning eyes and a small frown.

"Mitch? Why are you here? I mean, I know you're a youtuber and stuff. But, why right behind me?" Ali questioned.

I quickly took in her outfit as she spoke. She was an artist? A youtuber? That's probably why that girl was talking to her.

"I was just wondering what you were doing here. I saw you talking to that young girl. You're a youtuber?" I asked, running a hand through my hair.

She nodded and rolled her eyes. "Yes, I am. I did some of your Team Crafted art. Glad you noticed." The sarcasm was just dripping from the sentence, I could almost see it.

I couldn't help the smile that tugged at my mouth. No girl has even been sarcastic to me before! Most were like 'Yes, Mitch. You're right, Mitch. Whatever you say, Mitch.' since I was famous. It was nice to see someone who wasn't scared to stand up to me. A small chuckle escaped my mouth as the thoughts ran through my head and I noticed Ali was holding back a laugh as well.

I stepped a little closer to her and our laughter died down. She stared up at me a slight blush staining her cheeks, and her mouth parted slightly.

I want to kiss her.

I leaned closer to her and she looked shocked for a second before she closed her eyes. She tilted her face upward and our lips were just centimeters apart. I let my eyes flutter close as I leaned closer and closer.

"Mitch! Biggums! Over here!"

We both pulled back at the sound of Jerome and Ian's voices. I could feel the heat creeping up my neck and Ali's face looked like a tomato. She stepped back, stumbling slightly.

"I-I should go..." She muttered, already turning to run.

"Wait!" I called, grabbing her arm. I spun her back around towards me. "Meet me in the employee and guest lounge at four. Please."

Ali nodded and I let her arm go. She looked up at me and smiled. I could feel my heart stutter at the beauty of it. The light freckles that dusted her pale cheeks, the natural shocking red hair, bright emerald green eyes, and pink lips. She was beautiful. I stepped towards her again, staring into her eyes.

"There you are, Mitch! We've been looking everywhere!"

Both me and Ali's head turned to stare at Jerome and Ian who were standing to the side. Jerome lifted his hands up and took a step back from my intense gaze. Why did he have to show up now? I was just about to kiss her- like I was just about to a second ago! UGH.

"Whoa, there. Sorry to interrupt." He laughed, backing up even more.

I felt a small hand pull at my arm. I glanced back at Ali, who smiled in turn. Mischief danced in her eyes and she stepped closer.

"Bye, Mitch." Ali said. "See you later." She stood on her tip toes and planted a light kiss on my cheek before twirling away and disappearing into the crowd. I slapped my hand to my cheek, eyes wide in amazement and my mouth dropped open. She KISSED me! That means she likes me, right?

"Dude, biggums. Nice catch!" Jerome joked and Ian laughed.

"Whatever. Let's go." I said, pushing past them. I sounded mad, but a smile was still pulling at my lips and my face was still red.

Hey guys! Slushy here. How are all my beautiful fans? Yes, I am so sucking up because I know some of you guys are probably wondering where I've been, haha. I am soooo so sorry for not updating for the past week. After I posted my one-shot, (which you guys should go check out ;D) I got in trouble.. For god knows what. I was grounded for the weekend, then Tuesday I got slapped in the face with work. Thanks to the fact that we hadn't had school in almost a week, I was piled down with homework. I have this HUGE text coming up Tuesday (?) and I'm constantly making things for our prom. I'm very busy to say the least xD I really will try to update more, though.

A niiiiice long chapter to make up for my return, don't you think? I think so. This is my longest chapter, ever! I know it moves a little fast, with them ALMOST KISSING, but. (I know some of you are probably clutching your computer screen yelling 'WHY' right now. I would be xD) Just imagine. If someone took your memories away, would you really stop loving someone? Just because their memories are gone doesn't mean they're not in love anymore. They just forget they're in love. I'm sure if this stuff actually happened in real life, it would happen way faster. Love is stored in hearts and souls, not the brain. In my opinion anyways.

On a side nooooote, you should all go check out Crazy4AMBG's story 'The Life of a Teenaged Youtuber'! It's about five chapters in and I am hooked! She even used one of my OCs, Logan :D Go check her out! The story is great!

IceAurora: Not really. She won't have her own personal booth, but she will walk around and all that. I imagine her with close to half a million loyal subscribers? The other butt-ton of them are only because She was with Mitch. She'd probably stick around the art part of the Con or explore. I lag too much to play anything else :( I tried Quake and I did pretty good, aside from the fact that I kept lagging crazy bad. Sadly, none have cosplayed xD They don't have a real life youtube channel, only in this story.