When I arrived back at home, two of my roommates (Jennifer and Louis) were sat on the sofa throwing popcorn in each other's mouths. They were students as well, but, unlike me, loved partying and being loud. Sometimes I felt the necessity to get away from them. Sierra, another one of our roommates, thought that Jennifer and Louis would soon become a couple, as they already acted like they were one.
Jennifer realized I was back and looked at me with a confused expression. "Hey Y/N! Why did you come back earlier?" She asked me while chewing a popcorn that Louis had just thrown to her.
"A professor is sick and I have a free afternoon. Have you already had lunch?" I asked while undoing my coat and putting in on the coat hanger.
"Yeah we have" Louis replied, picking up the remote and turning on the TV. I walked to the kitchen and opened the fridge. Of course, it was full of beers and wine and no food could be seen, so I ended up having a boring sandwich. My two roommates were now speaking about the stupid dating show they were watching, while I was scrolling through twitter as I ate my miserable sandwich. I tweeted that I was filming a vlog and got a few retweets instantly.
My youtube journey started six months ago, when my friend and roommate (at the time) convinced me to do it. My channel was pretty versatile: I began posting videos with music and reading recommendations, I played weird challenges with my roommates, and I also had a couple of lookbooks. I had now almost reached 100.000 subscribers, which was insane and a bit scary, and a few days ago, when I got stopped by a viewer for a photo, I felt so strange and special.
I quickly cleaned up the kitchen and went to my room. It wasn't totally decorated yet, but I had already attached lots of photos on a wall and put some fairy lights above my bed (yes, I'm the stereotypical female youtuber). I also arranged all of my albums and vinyl records on the shelf near the desk: I loved music, especially 80's rock (David Bowie, Queen, Rolling Stones...). I opened the brown wardrobe in front of my bed and decided to wear a simple black jumper with skinny jeans and black heeled chelsea boots; I got dressed and then threw my purse, phone and vlogging camera into another handbag, quickly leaving the apartment without bothering to say goodbye to Jennifer and Louis.
***
Carnaby was – of course – full of tourists taking photos of every corner of the street. I pulled off my earphones, stopped the Shawn Mendes song that I was listening to, took my vlogging camera and started recording, while I stopped walking.
"Okay guys I'm in Carnaby street and look at all these decorations!" I recorded the street for some seconds. "London is seriously the best city during Christmas time" I began ranting about how Italy is boring compared to Britain and how horrible italian Christmas song are; I saw some people watching me, probably wondering why I had to talk to a camera in the middle of a packed street. I focused my gaze on the camera nevertheless.
"Anyways, I'm here because I really need to find some presents for my family, and I seriously don't know where to begin, since I have a crazy number of cousins, uncles and aunts! So now I'll enter some shops and see if I find something that inspires me!" I switched off the camera and was just putting it in my bag when someone spoke.
"Ehm, hey, are you Y/N?" A tall guy with black hair and pale skin was now next to me. He was wearing a grey coat and black sunglasses, and had his hands in his pockets.
When I realized who was in front of me, I felt my cheeks going red and my mouth opening for the surprise. Phil Lester just approached me and it looked like he knew my name. I was speechless, but I managed to shut my mouth and say something (after a couple of seconds).
"Ehm... why does AmazingPhil know my name?" I smiled firstly because of my excitement (I was talking to Phil Lester, holy shit) and also because I said a meaningful sentence instead of just mumbling some nonsense words.
"I've actually watched some of your videos, a viewer told me I would like them, and I actually do" He smiled shyly and my heart melted instantly.
"Well" I replied, giggling "I've been watching your videos for years and this conversation seems so surreal... I can't believe you watch my videos, seriously" I tried to stop smiling, but my facial muscles wouldn't obey.
"Well my life is all about food, house plants and internet, so watching youtube videos is a big part of my day... I know lots of youtubers" He fiddled with his fringe. I still couldn't believe I was having an actual conversation with one of my favourite youtubers in the entire world. "So what are you doing here?" He asked taking off his sunglasses.
"I'm just looking for some Christmas presents for my family, although I have no idea what to get them. What about you?" I asked feeling more confident, repressing my fangirl side that was trying to pop up and push me to hug him and scream like a crazy person.
"Me too, I just finished my shopping. It wasn't that successful though" He raised the only shopping bag he was carrying. "I think I'll have to come back at some point" He chuckled.
"Oh I'm so sorry, I know how much you like staying at home" I joked. I was actually the same.
"Exactly" He said. "I would love to keep talking, but I really need to go now" He looked at his wrist, squinting while looking at his watch.
"Oh don't worry about that" I would talk with you for hours, I thought.
"I guess I'll see you soon Y/N" He greeted me waving his hand.
"Bye Phil, see you soon!" I copied his gesture and started walking, memorizing every moment of that incredible event. As much as I wanted to play it cool, I was fangirling so hard that I took my phone out of my jeans' pocket, opened twitter and wrote:
Just bumped into @AmazingPhil, he made my day
***
A couple of minutes later, while I was walking through the aisles of a toys shop, I received a twitter notification.
@AmazingPhil tweeted: @Y/N it was so nice meeting you, you're actually a lot shorter than I thought you would be
Author's note:
Hello again, finally something is happening!
Sorry if I was late but I was watching Dan's liveshow (which was amazing).
See you soon everyoneee
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