Slowly, Then All At Once - a Sam Pottorff fanfic

Chapter 8 the begining of the end

Courtney's POV

"Hey Courtney, get me a water?" Sam asked.

"What's the magic word?" I teased.

"Pleaseeeee" he dragged and actef like a little kid.

Speaking of little kids Levi and Roxi ran right through the house screaming running away from Jc who was playing with them. Sam's family decided to visit the o2l house for the day since we spent the night there last night.

I grabbed a water for me and Sam from the fridge and handed it to him. "Thanks, so how's your Los Angeles experience so far?" He asked.

It's currently Monday, my second day here in California and I love it. "It's not Hartford at all but it's really fun. I love the beaches and the par-" "Hey Sam can you come with me to 7/11, I gotta get a few things, you can come too Courtney," Ricky spoke cutting me off.

"Sure Ricky," Sam replied.

"Are you coming?" He glances over to me. It's only around the corner and I'm good with chilling out today. I just shook my head.

"Alright I'll see you in a few, do you want anything?"

"No thanks I'm alright" I reply.

"Okay, be right back." He walks out the door. We became even closer here and the guys are great. I'm lucky too because Wishbone likes me.

After thinking for a while I decided to go to my room for a while and go on my laptop.

I checked my twitter to answer a dm from my cousin Lisa who lives in London. We don't get to see each other often but we talk a lot on twitter.

She's 17 but we're still really close. I mean, it's only two years. When I closed twitter I decided to catch up on a few youtube videos. I clicked Tyler Oakley's channel and watched his old video with Zoella, the Disney challenge.

I found myself playing the game while watching the video. Once it ended I found one of Connor's videos linked off of it with his vlog in England with Troye, Tyler, and Zoey. They are so great. I quickly remember today is Connor's day on O2L to record a video. I walked to his room to see what he's up to. "Hey Connor, what's up?" I said as I opened the door. He turned to face me and I could see tears in his eyes.

"Connor are you okay what's going on?" I asked while worrying.

"Courtney, I'm filming my last O2L video" Connor replied shakily.

Those words hit me hard and my heart hurt

"Please tell me this is prank week" I said hopefully though I knew he wasn't kidding.

"I'm sorry Courtney," he whispered.

A tear streamed down my face and he got up from his chair to hug me. I hugged back but then I became angry.

"Connor how could you leave?! Your fan-base is becoming bigger and is turning into a family?! What about those people at home who come home after a rough day at school, who are bullied, and youtube is their escape. They come home every Monday looking for your face!" I scream angrily.

He looked at me with a slight bit of fear and guilt.

"Courtney listen, I've been upset and stressed for the past six months or so. It's been rough on me. I'm not who I used to be. I used to be that kid in a bedroom making videos for fun but now it's like I'm forced to do it. I love my fans forever and I'm not stopping my main chan-" he tried to say calmly but I cut him off.

"If it's too much stress end your main channel and continue O2L! What about your relationships with the guys?! They all love you and I can't believe this!"

Sam's POV

As Ricky and I are walking home I saw Jc walking with Roxi and Levi in our direction.

"What are you guys doing here?" Ricky asked .

Roxi looks like she's been crying.

"Well Courtney got in a fight with Connor upstairs and I decided to take them out for a walk."Jc replied.

Oh shit.

I ran to the house as fast as I could, put down the bag of drinks and rushed up the stairs.

I still hear the yelling and get to Connor's room.

Courtney is hysterical crying and screaming while Connor is standing there with tears streaming down his face not knowing what to do.

"What the hell is going on?!" I yell loudly.

"Connor's leaving O2L! He's quitting on you guys and his fans! What about us? You always try to make us happy? Well I'm not happy!" Courtney fights.

"Shhhh" I try to calm her down and hug her.

"Courtney listen, the guys and I are still gonna be close with Connor, he's never gonna leave O2L, he's just not making videos for our channel." I tried to make peace.

"Oh so you're on his side?" She backs out of the hug.

"Courtney his fans want what is best for him, don't you? Do you want Connor to go through depression?" I ask.

"He doesn't know what half of depression is, I watched his videos and all of yours to make sure I didn't go into it. You don't know my life or my story. And I'm one fan out of millions! You guys don't get it do you?! You think you can just stop making videos and it will all be okay! Well it's not." She stormed out and slammed the door.

Connor and I are left stunned. I can't believe she just said that.

"Connor I'm sorry" I try to apologize for her.

"Don't worry about it, I just don't know if I could post this video anymore with a reaction like that I'm nervous." He said.

"Connor you're a great guy and you will get support I promise. It may take some time for the fans to process but we're family and they are too and we can work it out." I hugged him. Man I'm gonna miss him.

Courtney's POV

I can't believe Sam is sticking up for him. Connor has saved so many people including my sister from suicide and myself from being depressed and now he's just going so he can be 'happy'.How thoughtful Connor.

I grabbed my bag, headed downstairs and walked out the front door.

I knew exactly what to do .

I pull out my phone and dialed the number.

"Hello?"

"Hi Lia it's Courtney, do you think you could drive me to the airport?"

AUTHOR'S NOTES

Hey guys. So yes we decided to include Connor leaving O2L as a part of our story. But don't worry he will be back. Did anyone see that fight coming? Hope your enjoying it so far. Please vote if you like it. See you later. -K

I think she addressed it all. We want to make this as realistic as possible. Remember to vote -j