deja vu | sapnap

02

Shay took two months off from streaming, apologizing to her fans for the lack of content. They speculated that maybe she and her boyfriend had broken up— her fans knew that she was in a relationship. Emphasize on was.

She'd really been packing up her small apartment, deciding that maybe college was the way to go since streaming was so much pressure and social media could be so detrimental to someone's mental health. Shay took a page out of Wilbur's book and deleted Twitter.

"Hey Karl! Thanks for accompanying me on this long ass drive. It's like 20 hours and I'm on hour 3."

"And you're bored already?"

"Yes! Do you know how boring it is to drive yourself for such a long period of time?"

"So I'm supposed to keep you entertained for the next 17 hours? I don't know if I want to spend that much time with you."

"Maybe like two hours. Wil said he'd call me in a bit."

"Thank heavens, because as good as a friend I am and as much as I love you, there's no chance that I can stay on the phone for that long."

"I love you too," she rolls her eyes, smiling.

"So... I take it you heard Sapnap's moving in with Dream?"

Shay sighs. "Yes, I've heard about it. Why does everyone keep bringing it up? It doesn't have anything to do with me."

"You're moving to Florida. That's where Dream lives. Do you catch my drift?"

"I'm going there for college, Karl, not to live with them. Besides, I'm over him. And I won't even see him."

"Dream told me that you're gonna visit him. And really? We're still on the 'I'm over him' phase when you're clearly not? You know your Spotify status is public right?"

"What does that have to do with anything? I'm starting to think you're the one in denial," she huffs.

"You were listening to your 'i miss nick </3' playlist at like 3 am. You're lucky I'm your only Spotify follower."

"Uhh— that title could mean anything. Maybe I miss Nick Wilde. I loved him in the box office hit Zootopia."

"Stop lying to yourself, Shay. The sooner you accept it, the sooner you'll get over him."

"What if I don't want to?" She retorts, stubbornly. "I miss him."

"He dumped you."

"Well when you put it like that it sounds kinda harsh. Geez, Karl, when did you become a love hater?"

"I'm just being honest with you. And I'm not a love hater, I'm a love lover. Side note, can I come visit your dorm?"

"Don't think that's a great idea. I haven't face revealed and you always forget you're Karl Jacobs and everyone knows who you are."

"Oh right. You'll have to come down then."

"That sounds like a better idea. Wilbur's calling me, I'll talk to you later?"

"Yes ma'am. Think about what I said, Shay. I don't want you to keep hurting yourself like this."

"Okay, dad. Bye."

Her conversation with Wilbur went similarly, a long ass lecture about how love was dumb and getting hurt wasn't worth it and that she should get over Sapnap because he dumped her and that's not cool. But she was talking to the most cynical person about love, so it all kind of went in one ear and out the other.

She hung up on him after only 30 minutes, and now Shay was stuck with no entertainment which resulted in listening to her i miss nick </3 playlist, which she reluctantly renamed to karl sucks :'(

—

20 hours and a two hour loop of Roadtrip later, Shay arrived at her new home for the next four years.

Reminding herself that this was a fresh start for her, she took in what Karl and Wilbur said earlier in the day. Maybe they were right, that she had to move on and learn how to live without him. But for now, she'd just take it one day at a time.

Real life timeline is gonna be kinda wonky in this book idk it just works better