A Link to Love (A Connor Franta Fanfiction)

Chapter 7

We arrive at the venue and it is boiling outside. No, not that nice balmy warm, but a boiling 96 degrees. Shoot me now.

"Is there a reason you didn't turn on the air conditioning?" Trevor snaps, the heat clearly making him cranky.

"I tried. It's busted." I state in irritation while pounding on the fan button. Trevor curses under his breath. "Trev, chill."

"It's a little hard to Ton." He voice is piercing with sass. "Let's just go in." He pops open his door and gets out, I do the same. The air outside is slightly cooler than that in the car.

This place is huge. It is intimidating just to look at. There are few windows and doors, except for those surrounding the main entrance. I can't believe I get to be one of the first people in the venue before Vidcon. Once inside we are hit by a blast of cool air strong enough to blow back my hair.

"She is with me." Trevor waves to the passing security guard. The man is tall and buff, he looks like he would rather juice me then let me pass. I simply nod and smile as innocently as I can.

"Enjoy yourself Mr. Moran." He says in monotone, still locked on me. I can feel his eyes trained on me until we pass through the doors to the giant room where the meet and greets are.

"What was with that guy? Geez it wasn't like I did anything illegal." I catch up to Trevor.

"I don't know. Some of the fans get really crazy and people get hurt, stuff gets stolen, it sucks because they keep us from most of our fans. Once Vidcon starts we aren't even allowed to leave our booths." His voice is very calm and slows down as he reaches the end of his sentence.

"Drink your coffee, you sound dead." I give him a light shove, but it is enough to knock him off balance.

"Shut up." He groans and takes a sip. We reach the main stage and head to where the green room should be. The anticipation builds enough that my hands shake my hot chocolate. He stops in his tracks. "Okay Tonnie, sorry to break it to you, but you can't come back here."

"What? Why not?" My heart sinks in my chest.

"YouTubers only."

"Trev, I am a YouTuber." I am whining now.

"You know what I mean." He puts a hand on my shoulders. "Feel free to walk around though and just look. Plenty of YouTubers will arrive for you to meet before they come in. Don't worry." He takes his lanyard off his neck and places it around mine. "You might need this, just so you don't get kicked out."

"Kay, thanks I guess." Trevor walks through the doors and leaves me by myself. I begin to wander through the giant arena-like room that is the main stage. I sit down in the front row, imagining what it would be like to sit here with all my favorite internet people standing before me. I pull out my ticket and look for where my seat would be. Sadly I am up in the balcony to the right of the stage, but it is generally close I guess. I get down to that gross junk in the bottom of your cup that tastes like dirt. I search for a trash can, none by the stage. I find my way back to the M&G room. I feel a shove on my shoulder and I fall to the ground being caught off guard.

"Oh my gosh! I am so sorry." The voice is familiar and rings in my head that is spinning.

"No, no your fine." A gasp escapes my lips as I look to see a short man with lucky charm milk colored hair. He extends a hand to me.

"I wasn't looking, it is my fault." His face is red and he has a lisp on his s's.

"Tyler Oakley?"

"In the flesh." He smiles at me. I never thought I'd be taller than him. I am about 5'7, but he is short.

"Oh goodness. I can't believe it's you." I am laughing now and I can feel my checks turning red. "I'm-"

"No, don't tell me. I feel like I've seen you before." The idea that Tyler Oakley could know who I am shocks me. "You're TBrooker aren't you? I didn't know you were in Vidcon this year."

"Wow. You know who I am." I stand there in shock and an awkward silence grows. "I mean, yeah I'm Tonnie. I'm not in Vidcon, a girl can dream. Trevor Moran is my cousin and he just brought me along." I realize I am babbling and my palms are sweating. I rub my hands on my shorts.

"Tyler are you coming?" A distant voice yells with a thick accent.

"I am coming. Hold on." He shouts back. A taller boy approaches us. Troye Sivan.

"Tyler hurry u-." He stops mid word and turns to me. "Who is this?" His accent is really thick. I have only seen a few of his videos, but I love when he and Tyler collab together.

"This is Tonnie Brooker. I think Trevor showed us one of her videos once." Tyler places his hand on my shoulder.

"Oh yeah, the one vlog where she pushes Trevor into the pool!" They both start laughing hysterically.

Last year near the end of the summer I visited Trevor's house and he, Blake, and I were at the community pool. Trevor had been taking picture with girls for a while, but this we before he was huge on YouTube so it wasn't that bad. I began to vlog and Trev was talking to a really cute girl that looked about his age. Blake had the idea to push him in. I remember giving Blake my camera and creeping up behind Trevor while give the girl the 'shush' finger. I yelled at him and pushed him into the pool, but that wasn't even the best part.

"My favorite part was when he pulled the girl in with him!" Troye burst out.

"Look look!" Tyler had pulled up the video on his phone and they we watching it. "One sec I need to sit down." He spat between breaths.He gave Troye the phone and flopped into the nearest foldable chair. I could hear the splash of the pool from him playing it on on repeat.

"That is priceless." Troye had now joined Tyler.

"Tyler Oakley to the main stage." A voice echoed over the speakers.

"Well I guess we have to go. It was great meeting you." Troye smiled brightly. He eyes we vibrant, but with the lighting I couldn't tell what color they were.

"Hey, let me see your phone." Tyler walking up to me quickly. I unlocked it and hand it to him. He begins to type something, his thumbs moving hastily. "I will see you around okay?" He nods to me, hands me my phone, and walks away with Troye.

"Bye." I am still in shock with the whole scene. I look down to my screen to see his contact. Tyler 👑. It makes me laugh. He truly is the queen.

I feel like this was all too good to be true. I met one of my favorite YouTubers, I get to go to Vidcon, my life is basically out of a storybook right now. I kind of like it.

But right now I really just want some food.

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A/N: two updates woo hoo hahah

Feel free to correct me on thinks about character such as Troye and Tyler. I hope you are all enjoying it so far. I plan to bring Connor in AFTER Vidcon. chill haha -Marge