Oli and I

Chapter 10

We arrived at the venue with just half of our duo being super excited. Arden always loved Vidcon because of her viewers. Will was also coming to town which she definitely didn't mind. We walked around the "content creator" area that was set up.
Being a friend of a youtuber meant that I met and knew many other youtubers in the LA area.
We talked with Andrea Russet for awhile, who was our other best friend but she chose to live alone.
"Hey I missed you." I said as I gave her a huge hug. I hadn't seen her since before the trek to London. She did however know all the details that happened.
"I missed you too. We are all going out tonight okay?" She pointed to Arden and I.
"Of course!" Arden replied enthusiastically.
Within minutes Will was by Arden's side.
"So Will did you travel with any of the others?" I asked, sneakily trying to figure out how I could avoid Oli all together. The main issue is that I hadn't stopped thinking about him since we left. I did my best to avoid the feelings though because I don't need another guy who cheats on his girlfriend in my life. I knew it couldn't possibly be good for me.
"Nah. I think Caspar and Oli will be here shortly though." Will replied with one arm around Arden.
"Alright well I think I'm going to walk around the venue." I waved goodbye to my friends and headed out. Since I was not a youtuber I could walk pretty freely among everyone. I did get recognized every once in a while as Arden's roommate. Most everyone was really nice.
I eventually got tired and walked back to the content creator area to snatch some free water. Usually the area was reserved for youtubers to have some down time before meet and greets or panels. I walked in and surveyed the room. I saw Joey Graceffa and Catrific talking on a couch and I saw Mamrie Hart and Tyler Oakley laughing and out of the corner of my eye I saw Oli and Caspar talking to Connor Franta.
I made eye contact with Oli. I knew he wanted to talk to me. He said excuse me to Connor and began to get up. Being the awkward person that I am, I quickly ran out of the room not even caring who saw me.
I ran until I got to the opposite end of the convention center, hoping he wouldn't find me. It was a bit childish I would admit but I wasn't in the mindset to chat with him.

After grabbing dinner with the rest of our group I kept my promise to Andrea and we headed to a random loud ass club. Some other youtubers got the same idea and I was dancing amongst Troye Sivan and Ricky Dillon and more.
After dancing for a full hour I went to find one of those couch things to sit on. I sat down and pulled out my phone to make sure I hadn't received any messages when someone sat down right next to me. It scared me a little so I gasped a bit. I was a bit more scared when I realized it was Oli sat next to me.

"Are you avoiding me?" He asked. Very straight forward.
"No?" I answered timidly. We were slightly shouting to hear over the music.

Caspar immediately sat down next to me on the other side.
"Rachel! Good to see you!" He said. Caspar's normal indoor voice was loud enough for me to hear.
"Good to see you too Caspar!" He was slightly drunk but I didn't care. I turned my attention back to Oli.
He asked me "what was the whole running out thing earlier?"
"Oli I don't want to talk about it right now. Maybe when things aren't so complicated." I meant the loud music and our situation in that sentence.
"I have to go." Oli said abruptly. He stood up and found his way out of the club.

"What? Has he got to call his girlfriend or something?" I asked sarcastically to Caspar.
"What?" Caspar looked at me like I was crazy.
"Oli. His girlfriend Emily." I answered to him.
"Oli doesn't have a girlfriend." Caspar looked me dead in the eye. He couldn't have been lying.
"Wait what? Are you sure?" I asked once more.
"Yah positive. He hasn't had a girlfriend since college. Which for you silly Americans means like high school." He was drunk but it made sense.
I didn't know what to feel. Does that mean that he wasn't a cheater? But why lie?
My only rational thought was to talk to him. I told my friends that I was leaving and I got an uber to Oli's hotel.