The Day I first Met You...

Chapter 10.

DEMI's POV.

Marissa and I were so excited to be in NYC. It was Wednesday and I had the whole day off before a really busy day tomorrow with press and then the concert. We decided to just have fun for the day, go for a walk in central park, do some shopping, have a nice meal. Walking through central park Marissa wouldn't stop about the girl from tumblr...

"So you're still talking to her anonymously then?"

"Yes Rissa, I can hardly just drop it into conversation... 'hi how are you enjoying NYC by the way this is actually Demi Lovato the girl whos face is all over your blog, lets be friends!'" I retorted.

"Haha 'lets be friends?' come on Dem you so wanna tap that! Don't lie to me!"

I sometimes forget how blunt Rissa can be sometimes, you can take the girl outta Texas...

"Marissa Callahan! I do not want to 'tap' anyone! Yes she's beautiful, yes I feel an odd connection with her by reading her blog BUT, and this is a pretty big deal, I HAVE NEVER MET HER!" 

"Well is she coming to your concert?"

"I don't know shes not mentioned it on her tumblr..." I sighed, Id be checking her page a couple of times a day hoping to see her post that she was coming tomorrow night but shed not updated except to respond to me in days.

"See! You do like her, I can tell so stop denying it... and hey! she's in the city right now so maybe..." MArissa raised her eyebrows and giggled.

"Yeah sure in the whole of New York we're gonna bump into one random British girl out of all these people... whats the odds of -"

Before  could finish my sentence someone collided with us from behind almost knocking me over and sending MArissa bag flying out of her hand. I turned around suddenly, fists balled ready to fight, assuming someone was trying to mug us. I looked down and saw a girl, now covered in coffee bent over trying to pick up MArissa's stuff, apologizing franticly.

"Shit. OMG I'm so fucking sorry..." she said nervously, sounding like she was about to burst into tears, "Let me grab that for you." That wasn't an American accent.

She stood up and just looked at us for a minute. I was used to this, people taking a minute to register who they just saw - or in this case bumped into. I felt bad for her. Marissa thankfully broke the silence as I couldnt tear myself away from looking at her face.

"Hey its no problem, thanks for not grabbing my bag and runnin off!" She giggled waiting for someone else to speak but me and the girl just kept looking at each other.

"...Ooookay," Marissa said awkwardly, "Hey was that hot coffee are you okay?"

The question jolted the girl out of her thoughts as she looked down at herself realising her coffee was dripping off her arm and down her leg. 

She and Marissa kept talking but I just couldn't snap out of it as it dawned on me. This was the girl from tumblr... OH MY GOD! My breath caught in my chest and butterflies filled my stomach. I got a sudden zap of adreneline and interrupted Marissa and the girl still talkng about the coffee suddenly.

"Hey whats your name?!"

The both looked at me the girl blushed and Marissa was giving me this 'wtf are you doing crazy woman' look I was trying my best to ignore.

"Jasmine," She said quietly, "It's eh... Jasmine."

"Well Jasmine, beautiful name by the way, It's really nice to meet you I'm Demi, this is Marissa my best friend."

"Thanks, I know... I'm, eh, kind of a fan."

"Kind of a fan?" I teased, winking at her, "So you only kind of think im awesome then?"

She blushed - which by the way made her look even cuter than she ordinarily did.

"No no, Im a huge fan, I mean like yeah, I really love - i mean really like you. You're a really great musician and I really admire what you do... and your hair is awesome, and tattoos - yeah i love your tattoos so..."

Oh God she was so nervous I could tell, part of me selfishly wanted to let her keep going as it was so cute to watch but I thought I'd interrupt and help her out.

"Aw thank you, you are so sweet. Thats  not an American accent, are you from the UK?"

"Yeah I'm just here... on holiday at the moment."

"That's so cool," Marissa chimed in, "We love the UK, our last visit to London was so much fun!"

I nodded in agreement.

"So we're heading shopping now, you want to tag along, get you something else to wear seeing as our slow and leisurely walking got in the way of your morning coffee!" MArissa joked with her.

"Unless you have other plans of course!" I added, wandering if she was going to take the advice I gave her yesterday about things to do in NYC.

"I have plans I think..." She stuttered, "I'm just going to go back to my hotel and grab some clean clothes then get some lunch and see some sights."

"Okay cool!" Marissa responded, "Do you know the good lunch spots?"

"Ive been recommended a hot dog stand just down -"

" -by the fountains..." I finished for her. "I know it well, definately go get one and try the homemade mustard relish." I winked at her.

"Yeah I will..." she looked confused "Thank you so much for stopping to talk and not just thinking im crazy. It really made my day meeting you both." The last bit she said softly, with a different tone. I could tell it really did mean a lot to her.

"No problem. Hey before you go lets take a pic. Ill tweet it!"

She smiled and fixed her hair looking nervous.

"You look great dont worry." I said sincerely.

I took out my iPhone and held it up so the 3 of us were in the frame and snapped a pic of us all smiling in the sun. We said our goodbyes then and she walked back in the direction she came from. 

As soon as she was out of sight Marissa spun round and hit me on the arm,

"DEMI! You just let her walk off! I get you dont want to reveal your secret identity on tumblr but COME ON... she was right there!"

I giggled at how dramatic Marissa was being.

"Rissa! You saw how nervous and shy she was, she'd legit have like a stroke right there if i told her id secretly been talking to her online. We just have to formulate a plan thats all... get her to the concert and talk to her then. Okay?"

We sat down on a nearby bench and looked at the photo I had taken. It was really cute. I forgot to ask her for her twitter name but I thought I'd tweet it out anyway and hopefully she'd respond or retweet it or something.

"@ddlovato: Me and Marissa bumped into a fan today in NYC! It was lovely to meet you Jasmine, enjoy your visit to the States! <3"

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