The YouTube Girl (Finn Harries/Zoella)

chapter 2

*7 months later*

- Zoe's outfit in external link - 

It had been 7 months since I had created my YouTube channel. It was astonishing how much my life had changed in such a short time. I hit 1000 subscribers a few weeks ago, and it was absolutely amazing! I actually couldn’t leave my house without being noticed at least once. It was great, yet at the same time it was hard. Ever since my channel began to get bigger, it became so much harder to figure out who was truly there for me. People suddenly swarmed to me, attempting to be my ‘friend’. But they didn’t want me, they wanted the fame. Another downside, was with fans and fame, came hate. It was hard to deal with at first, and still can be quite challenging to simply push aside, but it does get easier over time. I hopped onto my bean bag and flipped open my laptop as I took a bite into my green apple. I licked my lips as I opened twitter and scrolled through my mentions, smiling, frowning, following people back, retweeting a couple, before deciding to check my emails. 

from: casparlee@hotmail.com

subject: collab :))?

Hey Zoe, 

I don’t know if you’ve heard of me or my channel?

But I makes YouTube videos like you :)!

We’ve both gotten pretty big lately, and it’s been brought to my attention that a collaboration could benefit us both a lot?

I’ve recently moved to London & I am staying with the one and only Marcus Butler! So if you would like to do a collaboration let me know :)

Caspar xxx

After reading the email my eyes almost fell out of their sockets; and I was literally choking on my apple. I stood up and eventually spat the chewed up & saliva covered piece of apple and chucked in into the bin, followed by washing my hands. I replied to Caspar, agreeing, whilst fan girling inside. 

Sooner than I knew it I was knocking on the one and only Caspar Lee’s apartment door - the same apartment that Marcus Butler lives in; might I add.

The door swung open to reveal Caspar in navy skinnies and a tight light blue shirt. He flashed me a pearly grin and pulled me in for an unexpected hug.

“Zoe! Nice to finally meet you!” he grinned as he pulled away.

“You too Caspar!” I smiled, as he shut the door behind me. We began walking towards where I assumed was the kitchen as footsteps came running down the stairs. 

“Hey Zoe!” Marcus smiled widely, pulling me in for a hug also. He had really buff arms. Zoe stop staring you creep. 

“Er, earth to Zoe?” Caspar laughed.

“Shit, uh sorry what were you saying?” I mumbled whilst scratching my neck.

“Would you like a drink?” Caspar repeated.

“Nah, I’m all good” I smiled.

“Alright guys, well I’m heading off to grab lunch, I’ll be back soon” Marcus said, clapping his hands, hugging us both briefly before walking out the front door. 

“So, shall we get started?” Caspar suggested, “Great idea!” I laughed.

~

We were both now in fits of laughter as we sat on his bed as we were finishing up editing the two videos that we had filmed earlier. 

“And so then, Marcus basically collapsed on the dance floor after grinding against this completely random stranger -” he began in between fits of laughter, “and he basically was passed out on the floor,” he laughed hysterically again, “but before he did, he was holding onto the girl”, “and when he fell, he pulled her with him, and every one was looking at them, and it was hilarious, but so embarrassing for us” he finally finished, by this time we were wiping away tears as we finished tapping away the last few times before our videos were finally complete. We uploaded them onto our separate channels before falling into another pointless conversation. Throughout the few hours I had known Caspar, we had gotten along so easily, and just basically slipped into conversation, I could already tell we would be great friends. 

With our loud music playing and our laughter echoing the house, neither of us noticed a whole lot of people come up the stairs and burst into our room. When they did open the door, I literally jumped from my position and landed with a hard thump on the floor, resulting in every one laughing.

“Ow fuck” I muttered. I realized I hadn’t actually gotten a chance to see who was actually in the room. I looked up and my jaw gaped open. What. The. Actual. Fuck.

Stood in front of me was Marcus Butler, Alfie Deyes, Finn Harries, Jack Harries, Sam Pepper and Louis Cole.

“Darling you’ll catch flies if you don’t shut your mouth” Marcus laughed. I brought my hand to my mouth and muttered a muffled sorry.

“So did you guys finish the videos?” Jack asked.

“Yeah we did” Caspar smiled.

I couldn’t help but basically stare at Finn. He was perfect? My eyes trailed up and down his body until I reached his eyes, and I realized he was looking at me also. He winked, and I blushed, turning my head away to hide it. He laughed slightly which made me giggle.

“Did we miss something?” Alfie smirked.

“Er um, no” I stuttered.

“Sure, sure” Sam winked, making me blush more and hide my face again. All the boys laughed a bit. 

“Are you guys hungry? Because I certainly am!” Louis stated. Everyone shared nods. Everyone shared suggestions around and I was interrupted from my endless thoughts of Finn.

“Zoe? Zoeeee? Earth to Zoe!” Caspar laughed.

“Oh sorry” I mumbled.

“What do you want to eat?” Marcus inquired.

“Um, I don’t mind?” I said.

“Oh my God she’s one of those girls” Alfie sighed.

“What girls?” I laughed.

“The girls who say they don’t mind, but inside they’re dying to just scream out I want this, or I want that. Just tell us what you want” Alfie ranted.

“Calm your tits, and save that rant for a YouTube video, it will get views,” I began, causing the other boys to laugh, “And, pizza, please” I laughed.

“Alright, done, pizza. Two people go get pizza and movies yeah?” Louis suggested.

“I’ll go!” I smiled, standing up and dusted myself off.

“Me too!” Finn grinned jumping up. All the boys wiggled their eyebrows and smirked at Finn, making the two of us turn light shades of red. All the guys handed Finn & I some money and with that we headed down stairs and walked in the direction of the shops where pizza hut & some DvD rental stores were.

Being the clumsy human being I am, halfway on the way I tripped over my own feet. Expecting to fall flat on my face, I was quite certainly surprised when I was caught in the arms of Finn. By this time our faces were inches apart and I was completely lost in his beautiful eyes. His eyes flickered between my eyes and my lips, and before I knew it our lips were moving together in a passionate sync.