When in London

Prologue

Kelly and Lizzie had been waiting for this moment for years and finally it was here.

They were boarding a plane to London, England. Land of the Queen, tea and of course some of the most popular YouTubers ever. It had been their dream to travel together since they were fifteen and sixteen. Meeting in the middle of high school due to their involvement in the music program, they were forced to work together when placed in the same string quartet.

The two had easily hit it off; finding similar interests in early YouTube sensations like charlieissocoollike and Smosh, and all things nerdy from comic books to fantasy movies. Complete polar opposites of each other in category of looks and even in some personality traits, the two became fast friends, and even faster best friends.

Kelly was short, with big, brown eyes magnified by the coke bottle glasses she wore. She usually had her short brown hair cut into a bob with a bow to top it all off. Her hair and eye colour helped contrast her pale skin tone, courtesy of her Asian heritage. While not a typically attractive person, the more time you spent around, the more you loved her. A generally easy person to get along with, Lizzie found her to be the cutest person in the world, appearing relatively innocent and she had an addictive personality.

Lizzie on the other hand, was taller than her companion with bluey-grey eyes like a stormy sea, with flecks of white through them. She had glasses she hated, used for her short-sightedness but hardly ever wore them other than at school. Liz much preferred to have her hair either pinned back at the sides or in a braid, if she could manage to convince her sister to style her blonde-brown hair. Liz was often seen as a stereotypical Australian girl, tanned skin when she spent an hour in the sun and skinny figure. Both girls grew up in Brisbane, Australia but dreamed of something more. It wasn’t until Kelly was in her last year of high school that they started making videos to place online.

Seeing the possibilities that online media could bring to their lives during one of her Uni classes, Liz quickly convinced Kelly to join her on the journey to Internet stardom.

Like all YouTubers they started out with nothing; a barely usable camera Liz had found in a bag in her house, crappy editing due to the lack of experience and subpar ideas that were produced quickly and inefficiently. Not many people were subscribed to them in the early days.

Eventually though, they got the hang of it.

People actually started watching their videos, which they posted whenever possible and they started to gain more and more subscribers. Whether it was one of Liz’s cover songs, Kelly’s ramblings about anything nerdy, friendship challenges, vlogs or the occasional rant on how good or bad life was at the moment, the duo did it all.

They decided to become YouTube partners as soon as it was offered; there was no need to even consider just contemplating that decision. They were making quite a living off their videos but not enough for them to quit their other part time jobs.

Finally, Liz finished Uni and Kelly finished her course focusing on interior design at TAFE, and the bets friends saved a substantial amount of money between in order to move to London for as long as they wanted.

Kelly applied for an extended visa and Liz used her grandmother’s English roots in order to claim residency in the country.

They were all set for a trip of a lifetime. After careful planning, saving and tireless effort, the two were fulfilling their dreams.

What they hadn’t counted on was falling in love.

Authors Note: Hi everyone! Thank you for reading the prologue for my new story. This is my first attempt at a multi-chaptered story, so bear with me. This is a Dan/OC and Phil/OC story, and it’s sort of a self-placement in that I have taken some aspects of myself and put them into one of the characters. The other character is based off one of my best friends, so thanks to Kels for letting me use your likeness. I will try and update every week, but because I’m in my last year of school they may be slightly all over the place. I would absolutely love your feedback, so can you please leave a quick review to let me know what I can do better/what you liked so I can make this the best story possible. Thanks!