Train Tracks // Nick Wilkins x OC

sparkling water

I wanted to throw up for multiple reasons. Sitting on my bed, scared to move, I considered what to do next. I think I left my car on. I hoped Nick would turn it off.

In a fit of energy I took out my phone, clicked on a very specific video, and kissed my screen again. I kissed him how I wanted to kiss him. Over and over.

Anger burned in my heart as I decided to look out my window. My car had to be off, but I didn't want to leave my house to make it that way.

I saw the headlights turned off, which meant the car was as well. Nick wasn't in the car. I sat at my desk and opened Twitch.

Entering the name ThisJustIn, which thankfully wasn't taken, I did up my hair and clicked "go live". I needed a distraction, even if I had 0 viewers.

"Hey, guys! I'm Olivia Justins, but you can call me ThisJustIn! I'm going to have my first stream be a Q&A for however long, until I get bored."

Surprisingly, I had 6 viewers, and a few chats.

"Skittlesmewo asks: 'how old r u?' I'm 20 years old! JosephxZ asks: 'what is your IP?' Uh, it's 123xXxbabyxXx456. Skittlesmewo says 'ok have you ever been drunk'"

I started to laugh. "No, in America, the legal drinking age is 21!"

@CroissantOui23: what's your favorite type of anime

@EvonMusk: whats your fav type of poisonous beetle

@creedyboyuwu: why did you start a channel

"Okay, we have a good question, from... creedyboyuwu? Is that right? Okay, so it's pretty simple, I guess I just needed a job..." I rambled. "Not only a job, but an escape from life, I guess."

@OlivesAndSourCream: you're beautiful

I imagined Nick telling me that and blushed again. It had to have been some terrible prank, and this was probably someone I knew too.

@PaloLVJY: What's your favorite band

"Oh my gosh, does the LVJY in your username stand for Lovejoy? Because that's my favorite band! I'm too obsessed with them, ask me any question about them and I'll know."

@EvonMusk: What's their IP address then???

@CroissantOui23: Wait arent u that girl from the nick wilkins vid

"Is Nick actually that famous? Like, that's the second time today someone's recognized me. Yeah, I am!"

@Tommy13: yooo

@PaloLVJY: he's not, but you definitely r

"Huh? You're saying I'm famous? I was in one YouTube Short– It only got, how many views?" I opened my phone. "72 million... That's his most popular... what???"

My head was spinning. I looked over the chat. My Instagram, which had 40 thousand followers by now, had many messages in its inbox. I decided to take a selfie of my stream.

"Say cheese, guys!" Chat flooded with "cheese" and "I'm lactose intolerant"'s as I added the photo to my story. After around 7 minutes, I reached 4 thousand viewers.

"This is actually kind of insane," I told my chat. Questions came in quickly.

"Someone asks, 'What will you be doing on this channel?' I'll be playing video games probably, drawing, music, I guess just whatever I feel like, but I could put some polls up too. 'Will Nick be on any streams?'"

I paused and the realization hit me. Nick didn't like me anymore. I rejected him. Or, I didn't go along with his prank, if it was one. I was scared to see his new video. He probably had cameras set up in my car or something. He wouldn't actually try to kiss me.

"Maybe!" I told my stream. A notification popped up on my screen. "@OlivesAndSourCream, thanks for being my first subscriber, I genuinely didn't think I'd get one this early! Someone says I need emotes, you're perfectly right, you guys should make some yourself and tag me on Instagram," I said. "Thanks for coming to my stream, guys, but it is getting late. Sorry, I'm so incredibly disorganized, help–"

I ended my stream of one hour and sat back at my desk. It was a very disorganized job, sure to flop once all the hype around Nick's video went away, but it would hold me off until I found a real employment. I considered working at Mouthcloud, but I couldn't bake to save my life. Maybe Nick could teach me.

He wouldn't do that. Not after ruining whatever he wanted to do in that car. At sunset, with a personalized playlist. Obviously, nobody would plan something like that for me with genuine intent, but I could always dream.

I left the room to go throw up the few bites of salad I had eaten, and when I finished, I studied the ugly character in my mirror. Why did Nick's video go viral? Probably because people think he had never made a friend before. That was very, very untrue. I had met his other friend group, his other life with Oliver, Lucas, (A/N I have no clue what his other friends names are– he said them on a livestream but he deleted it) but only once in passing.

I sat on my bed and fed my shorts addiction with a bottle of sparkling water. Nick's new video eventually came up and I braced myself for impact.

"Hey guys, I'm in the mall right now, and apparently Olivia is here too, and she just asked me to meet her– let's go see what's up!"

The camera flicked to a shot of him running through the hall, then realizing he had to go back to grab the camera. "You guys apparently really liked the last video Olivia was in, so let's go see her again!" I saw the back of my head and Nick's arms reached around it. "Guess who?" He asked me. I heard my own stupid little giggle as he sat next to me and the camera cut. The next image was taken underneath the sticky lunch room table. I didn't even realize he took that shot.

After that, he showed a quick shot of the food that at the time I thought he was posing in for his social media. Nothing about the people. Probably because this was taken privately. When the camera flipped it showed the biggest smile I wish I had noticed him wear in person.

Suddenly Nick was in the hallway outside the restroom, which he had used before we all left. He laughed into the camera, cheeks pink, and said, "Guess who's getting a ride home?" He then held his phone by his side and sprinted into the parking lot, where he saw me and quickened his pace.

I cringed to myself knowing what would come next. The splitting reveal that it was all a joke for content or something stupid. The hurt in my heart to know the truth. I paused the video and looked at my ceiling. Did I dare to find out anyway?

Yes.

A/N

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Also, if you had one question to ask Liv in her next stream, what would it be? I might add it soon! (also i'll use your username but if you don't want that, comment a fake username to use :)

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