The Vloggers of L.A. (A Vlog Squad Fanfiction)

Chapter 10

*Felicia's Pov.*

I slid the half empty coffee cup back and forth between my hands, tapping my foot against the marble floor of the busy coffee shop. I stared out the window in front of me, glancing at my watch every once in a while. 'Where is he?' 

"Ah, there you are!" a familiar voice chimed from behind me. I turned, and was meet with the smiling face of my brother, Heath.

"Finally!" I smiled, hugging him tightly. "Its been so long."

"I saw you two days ago," he chuckled.

"Yeah, I know, but I hate how we left things." I said, pulling away, and gesturing to the seat next to me for him to sit. He did, and turned to look at me.

"I know, and I'm sorry, I was just concerned."

"You should be," I frowned. "I thought about what you said, and you're right. I have been reckless." After Alex and I broke up, I decided to make some, not so amazing, changes in my life. At first I was convinced that it was okay to be rude and impulsive because I had just broken up with someone I cared about a lot. I figured it was a phase and I was fine, but, pretty soon, it became the norm for me. I was pushing away my friends and family, and then wondering why they weren't there for me when I needed them. I stopped posting YouTube videos, which was stupid. After a while, Heath sat down with me and told me a lot of things I didn't want to hear. He said I needed to clean myself up, and that there was a deeper meaning for all of these things I was putting myself through. I didn't want to hear it. I wanted to keep feeling sorry for myself, and I wanted to blame Alex for everything, but Heath was right. I was hurting for another reason. I had lost someone else in this process of feeling sorry for myself. I lost this person the moment I decided to go out with Alex. I lost Scott.

"I see you cut your hair," Heath commented, smiling.

"Oh, yeah, I figured it was time for a change," I said,reaching up to pull at the short pieces of hair that had chosen to spring up into little curls. There was a pause in the conversation before I spoke. "So, how is everyone?"

"Hah, well, Zane and Jasleen are doing really well. I think they are probably the happiest about me being here to talk to you. Oh, and Chloe and I are great, too! Yesterday was two months since we first met. I took her out, and we had a great night. She says hey and that she misses you," he said, beaming. I smiled widely at him, ruffling his hair.

"Aw, wittle Heathy is gwowing up!" I cheered.

"Oh stop it," he said, shrugging me off. I giggled, and he looked at me with pride. "Hey, there's that smile!" He stopped, then spoke again, "I suppose you want to hear about Scott, too?" I shrugged in response, taking a sip of my newly replenished mocha. "Well, just in case you were wondering, he and Kristen have been doing really well. They even have a dog together."

"Wow, that sounds fun," I replied. Honestly, I'm okay with the two of them. A lot of people think I'm not, but that's fine. Let them dream. I just wish Scott would talk to me. I don't know why he avoids me, I just miss having him as a friend.

"How's Jess?" Heath asked, swallowing hard. He didn't like Jess, that much was clear, but he was just a really good friend I had found during my short period of "finding myself." He was just a misunderstood guy who, quite frankly, didn't really even understand himself. But wow, was he smart, and he could write, too. Jess would always invite me to hang out with him, his girlfriend to go over whatever story he had written at that moment.

"He's doing really well! I wish you wouldn't be so turned off to him. He's a cool a guy, and he's writing a novel."

"Yeah, a cool guy that has no future for himself, and has an eye out for you." Heath took a gulp of his coffee, and aggressively placed the cup on the table in front of us.