"Ok you were right, the cookie dough chunks were the best I have ever had!" I said as Connor and I walked up the stairs toward my apartment after stopping for some frozen yogurt.
"Well of course I wouldn't lie to ya!" Connor said throwing his hands in the air laughing. I reached for my keys as I heard a voice from next door.
"Hi!" A short blonde, overly tanned girl jumped out of the apartment door next to mine. "I'm Savannah! I just moved in next door! I've been waiting to meet you all night!"
"I'm Zoey, sorry I was at work and then I was out," I said quietly.
Connor peaked over from behind my shoulder, "Hey, I'm---" Savannah cut him off.
"You're Connor Franta! Oh my God!" She shrieked at a frequency so high I thought my ear drums would burst. I turned and looked at Connor, he stood eyes widened and smiling.
"Yeah, it's me," he said in an adorable high pitched voice.
"I love your videos! They're hilarious, you're hilarious!" Savannah screamed. I unlocked my door hoping that would stop her yelling. "This is so cool, non of my friends are going to believe this!"
"Well it's true!" he said heading inside.
"See ya later," I said trying to hide my anger before following him in and closing and locking the door behind me. "What was that about?"
"Oh that happens all the time, I'm used to it now," Connor smiled plopping down on the sofa.
"What was she talking about?" I felt so clueless to everything.
"I make YouTube videos?" he laughed. "Have you ever heard of Our2ndLife?"
"Oh my gosh, I feel so out of the loop right now!" I said plopping next to him and resting my head on his shoulder.
"Don't worry about it," he laughed leaning his head on top of mine. "So now that you know that about me can you finally explain the whole fresh start thing to me?"
"Not quite there yet..." I said softly sitting up and scouting away. The look on Connor's face was pure disappointment.
"Well I'm gonna head home, catch a cab," he stood and headed toward the door. "I'll text you!" And with that, he was out the door. I couldn't help but wonder if I just blew it with him. I went into the kitchen and grabbed an Arizona out of the fridge. I stood chugging half of the can, trying not to panic. At this point I was desperate so I headed out the door and knocked on Savannah's door.
"Hey! What's up?" she said so bubbly.
"You know Connor from YouTube right?" I said quickly.
"Yeah, duh?!" she shrieked.
"Ok I need to ask for a favor!" I said barging into her apartment, which to my surprise was mostly put together. "I met Connor by chance, I have no idea about any of this YouTube stuff and I need to know!"
"Oh my God, you're so fucking lucky!" she screamed heading to the kitchen bar and opening her laptop. "Connor is 1/6 of O2l, my personal favorite is Jc, but Connor is great! He has over a million subscribers and makes videos on Mondays. Umm that's about all there is," she said bringing up his YouTube channel. "Just check out his videos, you're more than welcome to hang out here. I'm just gonna unpack some,".
Savannah and I stayed up till 7 AM watching videos, talking, and unpacking. To my surprise she was truly a down to Earth and awesome person, we were really hitting it off. I realized however that I needed to talk to Connor about everything, after learning so much about him through his videos I felt like I owed him at least an explanation of why I didn't want to talk about my past.
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Press Play: A Connor Franta Story
Fanfiction"Just remember to press play once in a while." Zoey Miller a shy, troubled teen reccently moves from Indiana to California to run from her troubled past. In an effort to move on and create a new life for herself she has isolated herself in a bubble...
