Bitter. (S.M!)

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"Phoebe, this is Simon"

A lanky blonde haired boy stood next to my best friend chip.

"Hi, I'm Simon- wait" the boy facepalms, sending chip into fits of laughter.

"Phoebe. Phoebe Richardson" I pop my hand out for him to shake it, instead he pulls me into a hug.

First impressions of this boy are that he doesn't respect personal space, but he's funny.

"Sorry, I'm a hugger" He chuckles, I smile over his shoulder.

I should introduce myself; I'm Phoebe Richardson, I'm a 22 year old youtuber who posts covers and weird videos- not as weird as 'that poppy' though. I have long silver hair, an eyebrow piercing, and a lip piercing.

I'm also 5'4 and I will fight you.

Right now; I'm at my best friend's, chip's, flat. He had invited all of his friends round- most of whom I had met before.. except for the sidemen.

I don't know why, I had just never gotten round to meeting them.

"It's okay, I like hugs" I sigh awkwardly, he let's go and tries to start a conversation.

"So, how's your YouTube channel?" He coughed, he was using the line that all youtubers use when they have nothing to talk about..

"It's good I guess, not loosing as many subs as I was- you?" I rub my arm in awkwardness.

He sighs, "okay, I mean I'm loosing more subs than usual.. YouTube is fucked man"

I chuckle, "yes. Very."

Me and Simon talked a little while longer before parting ways- I head head over to chip, who is with will and gee.

I had always been slightly jealous of her, she got all of Josh's attention- which was fair enough as she was his girlfriend.

But even before they were going out, he would always try and hang out with her. At this point, I had a small crush on him; I've always had a small one. But it's grown.

I think chips been trying to set me up with his friends, that's all he ever tries to do. I've been meeting all his friends left, right and centre. I like him still- but he and gee are together now. What can you do?

I turn around and go sit down in the corner of the room whilst everyone is dancing to music that is being played ('shut up' by stormzy).

I sigh intensely, looking around the room again. Parties weren't really my scene, and I wasn't used to socialising as much as I had been.

"Phoebe, would you dance with me? Shit- sorry I'm so awkward" Simon walks over, breaking my thought. The song had changed to 'Only you' by Sarah, I giggle and get up from the sofa.

I wrap my arms around his neck, and his around my waist. We were only doing this as everyone else was- even a drunk will and Freezy in the corner of the room.

"You don't like parties that much then huh?" He chuckles, his laugh is so cu- fuck sake Phoebe, you've just met him.

"Nah, not my scene. This isn't really my friendship group either- I'm friends with josh because of school- I usually hang out with people like Dodie Clark and dan and phil " I laugh, he looks at me for a second before continuing.

"Well you have another friend now! And I'm sure you'll like the rest of the sidemen- when they're sober anyway" Simon smirks.

"Well, I hope I would. The only other one I've ever talked to is Ethan- because I ran into him and I knew him from Josh's videos" I looked away, I started to want to go home, this was my social capacity for the day.

"Are you okay?" Simon could obviously see that I was beginning to get nervous.

"Yeah- I just- I'm gonna go home I think I-" my social anxiety started to kick in, he puts his hand on my shoulder.

"I'll take you home, I'm the only one here who's sober." He chuckles, I give a small grin before I quickly walk over to chip to say goodbye.

I tap him on the shoulder, he turns around and his face falls.

"Look chip, it's been fun but I'm gonna go. I hope- what's up?" He avoids eye contact, I sigh.

"I'm going chip. I'll see you later.." I pull him in for a hug but he does nothing. I don't bother saying anything, I just walk away.

I meet Simon by the door, he smiles before leading me to his car.

It's a really fucking nice car. Holy hell.

We get in and he starts to drive once I've given him the address.

"You look good in glasses" I blurt out without thinking, my face goes red. He chuckled lightly, "thanks. You look good too- I guess"

We go into silence again, Simon turns on the radio and immediately 'rockstar' by nickelback.

I start humming the lyrics, then singing the chorus. He looks at me, "you like nickel back too?"

I smile, "yeah- my friend in Seattle- Max- got me into them"

We got back into silence until we arrive at my apartment, which I share with dean dobbs.

"Thank you for driving me home Simon" I grin, he chuckles. "Can I have your number? I might wanna hang out with you again- maybe.."

I pass Simon my phone, and visa versa. I name myself 'Bee from the Part-e 🐝'

I take my phone and thank him again, waving him goodbye.

I open the door to see dean sitting in the front room on his laptop. I chuckle and plop down next to him on the sofa.

He looks up, "how was the party then?" I cringe, "absolutely horrible. Had to stare at gee and josh kissing the whole time. I made a new friend though- always a good thing"

Dean shakes his head, "I question you sometimes girly"

"So do I dee"