Yes. 2 - growing up.

Chapter 19.

It all happened so fast. The screams of all the girls, and some boys, in the room. I, on the other hand, am sort of having an inner panic attack. I can't speak. I can't think. All I can do is smile and nod. Of course I'd freeze right when I step on stage. The thing is, this usually never happens. This is only happening because I haven't hosted an Our2ndLife show in years.

"Um," I stutter. God, why did I have to stutter? "So, hey guys!" I shake my head before I can finally process everything. I now feel calm and can host. "If you don't know me, you must be a new o2ler. I'm Dylan! I hosted my first show for O2L three years ago, on this stage. I see some familiar faces. And," I arch my neck to see a group of girls with confusion on their faces. "Some new faces."

"So, let's get this party started shall we?" I hear screams erupt from the back of the room and make it's way to the front, toward the stage. "Let me introduce you," I yell over the crowd. "Our2ndLife!"

The guys come out from the door and one by one, they go up the small steps leading up the stage and getting a huge smile on their faces after hearing the crowd scream so loud. One by one, they walk up to me and hug me. Even Trevor and Sam. One by one, they say hi to the crowd.

"Alright," I start. "Since I haven't hosted one of your shows in a while." I glance over at Trevor for a split second and I feel my smile drop a bit before I pull it back into a wide grin. "How about we start off with a song? Trevor?"

And so he started with an original song he's made. One I've never heard of.

"Just as I start to get up,

You push me down with those killer eyes,

I see the blood in your glare,

I see your heart shatter as you cry."

When did he make this? It's not slow and cheesy like a girls song. It's fast, upbeat, but the lyrics are so... depressing. Please don't tell me he wrote this because of me. It will suck if he did, which, I'm pretty sure he did. God.

Once the song is over, we get down to business.

"Alright guys! Earlier today, Digitour and I tweeted out for you to send in your Truths and Dares, so, Digi picked some for us and we're going to do them! No holding back!" I point at the boys with my eyes narrowed.

"Wait," Kian interrupts. "Shouldn't we get Andrea and the Fab5 to join as well?" The crowd cheers louder as a huge smile is planted on my face and the group goes up the stairs and onto the stage.

"Hey everyone!" Andrea waves to the crowd and Jack, Jenn, Andrew, and Anthony mimick her actions. Rebecca hugs me before waving and then we start the game.

"Dylan," Ricky reads. "I dare you to take off one item of clothing."

"Oh, come on. Don't you have a better one?" I place my hand on my hip and raise an eyebrow. He just chuckles and shakes his head. "Fine." And so I take off my plaid shirt. Revealing my black tank top under.

"Alright, Trevor," I take a peice of paper from the 'Dare' cup and start reading. "Kiss Dylan." And then my brain processes what I've just read. "Wait, what?"

Connor runs up to me and reads the dare in my hands and his eyes widen. We look up at each other, so much for not having problems today. I feel his arm wrap around my waist and he brings me in close to him.

"Dylan will not be kissing anyone today." He says to the crowd then gives me a wink. "Next."

"Oh, come on Connor," We hear a fan say in the front row. "For Trylan sake." God damn that stupid ship name.

"Dylan?" I look up at Trevor and his eyes are wide with concern. "Are you okay with it?"

It's not that I haven't kissed him before, which I have, it's that 1. I don't have the same feelings anymore and 2. I'm with Connor. The fans don't know yet but we were going to tell them in his video on Monday.

In five days it'll be Monday. Meaning we've dated for a little over a week. What am I going to do? I can't kiss Trevor then tell the fans about Connor in the mix of five days. I'll be hated on, enormously, again. Maybe even more than before.

"Connor?" I whisper in his ear. "I don't think I can do it."

"Don't worry. The only person kissing you today is me." A smirk reaches his face and I feel the heat rise to my cheeks. I try to hide my face by turning my head away from the crowd and moving my mess of hair in front of my face a bit.

"Okay, let's choose another dare." Andrea claps her hands and picks up another piece of paper. "Trevor, your dare is to give two of the boys a piggy back ride at the same time." And so Trevor gave Kian and Sam a piggy back ride at the same time. Sam fell off of Kian which made both Kian and Trevor fall onto the floor.

"Hey," Connor whispers in my ear, causing me to look at him and he pulls me into one of the corners in the back area of the stage. "Christmas Eve is tomorrow."

"What?" Time flew so fast I didn't even know Christmas was this close. "Are we decorating the O2L house or no?"

"Obviously we are," He smirks before dropping it and looking me straight in the eye. "What do you want for Christmas?"

"Nothing."

"Oh, come on, Dylan." He whines but I just shake my head.

"No. You guys are already having me spend my days here at the O2L house, I don't want to push it." He scoffed. "Really, Connor, I don't want to push it. Don't buy me a gift and that's that. Now I need to go back to hosting."

I walked off onto the stage and started the crowd Q&A while he stood there, watching me. My every move. I was uncomfortable and he knew it. But knowing Connor, stubborn as a mule, he won't budge until I talk to him again.

"Okay, guys, that's the end of our hour!" Trevor blurts out after the red head motions for us to get off stage. We all wave goodbye and I finish signing one of the girls posters of me and the boys together that we took three years ago before finally walking off the stage with Jenn.

"That was amazing!" Andrea yells before plopping down on the couch, followed by the rest of us. "Hey, who wants to head out for pizza? We don't have anything else to do today."

"I'm down." Kian turns his head to us and we nod. "Great, let's head back to the O2L house, wash up, then we'll head down to the pizza place."