You & I || david dobrik

Chapter 11 // The Camera

Alison's POV//
Alex took me back to my place after that night and comforted me because of what had happened. He knew how to make me feel better. Made me laugh here and there, keeping my mind off of things. He told me to call him if anything. I appreciated that.
I sat on the edge of my bed.
11:34 AM
'God Im such a mess', I thought to myself. I decided to head to Target today to get a vlog camera. I had my heart torn up last night, but I'm not gonna let that affect my decision to start vlogging.

And to top off this horrible week, I officially start my first day of college tomorrow... the day I've been dreading to come. I groan causing Alyssa to strike up from her bed.

"Who's there?!", she says groggily, looking around the room and finally lays her eyes on me. "Oh hey, where you going?"
"Target...to get a vlogging camera", once I said 'vlogging' she squinted her eyes at me.
"Vlogging?", she asked, with a look that said it all.

I rolled my eyes. "Yes... I'm still going to vlog. Big deal...", I felt my lips quiver a bit and I begin to zone out. "Hey Ali, I'm here for you... okay? I'll come with you and we'll get something to eat... maybe some boba too?"
"Boba? What's that?", I groan. Her mouth dropped, "Alright, that's it we're going and having you try boba. The. Fucking. Best."
"Anything to get me through this nightmare.", I sighed. I turn off my phone and leave it under my pillow. I decide I don't want to take it with me.

We began to get ready, I put on a pair of black biker shorts and a long tee. Grabbed my bag and hung it over my shoulder. My hair left undone but fuck it, who am i out to impress?

"Ready?", Alyssa says as she puts on her jacket. I nod looking at the ground. "Hey, hey. Fuck him... no no not like that but fuck him but like ya know", she raises her middle fingers in the air. I began to laugh, she's such a dork.

We walk out the dorms and start walking over to Target, which is not too far from the campus. We finally arrive and grab a cart. I climb on the cart to sit inside it. We make our way over to the electronic section and I climb out so I could look at the cameras.

"I'm really out here not knowing a damn thing about a camera", I laugh to myself. I look to my right and see the one David has. I feel a lump in my throat.
"Alyssa, Im going to try to find someone who could help us", I begin walking but I find her distracted by the Nintendo Switch and she just nods.

I go over to the register and face the back of a tall curly brown haired boy trying to help a customer. His voice deep and soothing, seems really polite but something about it sounds familiar.

"Alright Ma'am, I hope your grandson loves his gift. Have a great day!", he slightly chuckles and finally turns around. The smile. It's the boy from the frat party... Harry. I begin to panic a little. His eyes meet mine. "Hi my name is Harry, is there anything I could help you with?", he smiles. "I-I just needed help looking for a camera for vlogging", I look down shyly. "Oh of course, was there a price range you had in mind?", he walks out from behind the desk and over to the cameras.

He doesn't seem like he remembers me, not even a look of guilt on his face. "Just not too pricey, I'm a beginner so I'm not looking into any fancy cameras", I laugh nervously. "Okay yeah I get you, but that's cool, what got you looking into vlogging?", he asks curiously. "Let's just say someone really had an impact on me", I roll my eyes. He looks at me for a while, "Why do I feel like I know you from somewhere", his eyes light up, "You go to USC too, right? What's your name?" I squint at him. "Yes i do, my name is Alison... but we also didn't have the greatest encounter at the frat party", I boldly say. He looks at me very confused and palms his face. "Oh no... what did I do? I was so plastered that night, I don't remember a single thing. Please tell me I didn't hurt you", he has a worried look on his face. "You were kind of a jerk and a load of a fuck boy", I fiddle my fingers. "Oh god, I'm so sorry. I can't imagine what you were feeling", he looks at me with guilt. "It's okay, I can tell that you aren't actually a bad person", I place my hand on his arm gently, "Now... about that camera?" We awkwardly laugh.

I finally choose the perfect camera and Harry takes it over to the register so he could help me check it out. "I hope the vlogging goes well for you, Alison, and I'll make sure to subscribe", shines me a warm smile. He's actually really sweet. "I'll see you around", I giggle.

I begin to look for Alyssa and she's at the exact same spot I left her, but this time she's playing Mario Kart with a 10 year old. "Come on, Alyssa. Let's get that boba you keep hyping up" She jumps up and grabs me by the arm. "Let's go!!", she squeals. I roll my eyes.

We arrive at the boba spot and I finish telling Alyssa what happened at Target. "You did what?!" "I know I know, I couldn't just let it off the hook but you could genuinely tell he was being 100% honest and he had a good vibe when we were talking" Alyssa shrugs, "I'm going to need meet this fella to see if I agree or not"

I let her choose my drink and we head over to our dorm, we began to feel a bit tired from walking too much. I take my first sip from the boba. "Not gonna lie, this kinda slaps" Alyssa excitedly looks at me, "YAY, I knew you'd like it. Boba buddies!" I laugh to myself while I unlock our room. I run to my bed and plop on to it. I grab my phone from under the pillow and turn it on. The last thing I want to check.

7 missed calls from David
15 text messages from David

I groan loudly.

And the last person I want to hear from.

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//end of chapter 11\\

Im back!! I know it's been years but I finally have so much free time now so I said why not.

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