Don't Forget Me

{chapter 2: the aftermath}

{hayes' POV}

It was all normal until I met her. I was doing the usual, taking pictures with fans, making them blush, etc. It was all the norm, until she walked up. She was beautiful.

Her hair was long, brown, and shiny. She had bright emerald eyes that sparkled when she talked, and her smile was so beautiful it was unlike anyone else I've ever met. I still remember our conversation, short but sweet.

'Hi!' I said as I kissed her cheek. Her friend took a picture on the side. 'What's your name?' She asked me. I have to admit I was surprised. I thought I would have to ask her that question.

'Hayes? Hayes Grier?' I said hoping it would ring a bell. 'Oh right.' she said laughing. She was really embarrassed, it was cute.

'Most girls know my name by heart.' I said laughing. 'Well maybe I'm not like most girls.' she confessed. My heart was beating super loud by then I hope she couldn't hear it.

We continued talking and she was really funny. "How old are you?" I asked her out of curiosity. "I'm 16." she said kind of yelling because it was so loud in there. "No way me too!" I said. I felt relieved that she wasn't older than me.

Then my heart stopped at these words. 'Come on, Hayes, times up.' Gary said from the side holding his timer. Oh no, I didn't want her to leave. Never mind, I really, really didn't want her to leave.

'Well I guess this is goodbye, what's your name?' I asked her. 'Skylar.' she said. Skylar. I reached in for a hug and she hugged me back. And just when I thought she couldn't get any better, she leans into my ear, and whispers, 'Don't forget me.' I won't.

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Currently, I am sitting on a chair in the now empty conference room, just thinking about her. My thoughts were then interrupted. "Sup, Hayes." my best friend, Ryan, said plopping down next to me. I was still in deep thought.

"Hayes. Wake up dude." He said shaking me and I shook my head and looked at him. "Are you okay?" he asked me looking at me funny.

"I don't know." I said shaking my head. "I wonder where she lives." I said accidentally slipping out. Now he knew exactly what I was talking about.

"Oooh, it's a girl." he said poking me. "Who is she?" he said questioning me and raising his eyebrows. "She is Skylar and she is not just a girl, she is special." I said.

"Oh sorry." he said snickering. "So who is she?" He asked. The only sad part about that is I don't know who she is. "All I know is I met her at the meet and greet and she was different. She is 16 too and her hair smells like strawberries and-" he cut me off. "Whoa there, Hayes." he said.

"What's her last name?" he said picking up his phone and opening the Instagram app. I felt embarrassed because I forgot. I think it was Coleman? "Try Coleman." I said without conviction.

After about two minutes of score long and searching, he finally lifted up his phone to my eyes. "Is this her?" he asked. "She looks like someone you would like." Her page loaded and the first picture my eyes laid on was a picture of her hugging me and me kissing her cheek.

"That's her." I said, so happy I could see her face again. I immediately pulled out my phone and followed her. Ryan did too.

"Ry, I can't stop thinking about her. What do I do?" I said, asking for advice. "Well it says here she is usually in the Oceanside, CA area." Ryan said. I feel like such a stalker.

I looked up Oceanside, California. "Okay, it's the third largest city in the San Diego county. Great. Its a coastal city-" Ryan cut me off. "Hayes do you realize what you just read?!" he asked me. "No what?" I said confused. "She lives in San Diego County!!" He said loudly. Oh my goodness so do we.

Well this escalated very quickly.