velvet | andrew siwicki

three

her anxiety levels started peaking as soon as she read the question Shane had asked her.

"an interview?" she whispered while wondering why anyone would take any interest on her after her channel started to crumble.

but then she understood what they wanted.

"fuck." she cussed underneath her breath, blankly staring at her screen for a few minutes until finally taking one last shaky breath and nervously typing her response.

shanedawson: would you mind letting me interview you? you don't have to answer anything you don't want to and we can turn the camera off at any moment.

velvetdreams: you know what?

velvetdreams: fuck it. let's do it.

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on the other side of the screen, Shane screamed like his life depended on it and alerted everyone in the house. Ryland came running downstairs, Morgan and Garret sprinted to where he was and Andrew gave him a concerned look before laughing.

"SHE SAID YES." he yelled, as if he had just proposed. the shocked expressions on everyone's faces were priceless, so Andrew turned the camera on and started recording them. Shane then proceeded to explain everything to the camera very excitedly.

"so, guys, I sent her a couple dms and she ended up agreeing to let us interview her." he said with a big smile on his face. " she seems genuinely nice, but very reserved. I don't know how we're gonna get her to tell us anything without pressuring her."

"maybe we should hang out with her for a bit before going into the deep stuff." Andrew suggested in a low, sweet tone. "let her know that we're here to help".

"yeah, that sounds reasonable." said Ryland, sitting on the couch right next to his boyfriend. "we don't want to frighten her or anything. if the rumors are true, she must be at a very vulnerable place right now."

"why don't we take a look at her recent videos?" Shane replied, to which they all agreed.

they quickly searched up her channel and clicked on the last song cover she had uploaded. "that's freaky." Morgan commented, talking about the song she had picked.

the lonely by christina perri.

the video stared with "Velvet" sitting in her bathtub, legs hanging from the side and her back towards the wall. no instruments in sight, very little warm light that almost didn't let the audience see the girl. she was wearing some old ripped jeans and a beige shirt with long sleeves that had the word «ruined» on it.

Two am, where do I begin
Crying off my face again
The silent sound of loneliness
Wants to follow me to bed

a hint of light allowed the squad to see a bandage underneath her shirt when she moved her face a little to the left. Shane's face instantly changed from concern to sadness, there was no denying that the girl was going through some shit at this point. same thing happened to Andrew, since he couldn't believe the sweet girl that he used to watch in order to brighten up his day was now only a shadow of what she used to be.

I'm a ghost of a girl
That I want to be most
I'm the shell of a girl
That I used to know well

her voice cracked and a small tear ran down her seemingly delicate and rosy cheek. she quickly wiped it off and continued to sing.

Dancing slowly in an empty room
Can the lonely take the place of you
I sing myself a quiet lullaby
Let you go and let the lonely in
To take my heart again

at this point there was not a single trace of doubt in anyone's mind. "this is fucked." Andrew said quietly, receiving Shane's approval from the other side of the couch. "when are we going to interview her?"

"tomorrow."
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hey, author here. the picture that I uploaded is how our dear Velvet is supposed to look like. the semi-blonde/light brown hair faded into a more red/orangey color and gray/hazel-ish eyes. thank you for reading, I'm always open to suggestions! x