Denial - Sam Holland X Neil V.

Chapter 1 - What Could Go Wrong?

~POV is in First Person~
»Neil's POV«

I took the first sip of my "Chocolate Doom" milkshake, which (Y/N) had ordered for me, saying that I need to "shake things up a bit" and "try something new."

To which I responded with, "ew."

Unfortunately, she doesn't take no for an answer. The milkshake she ordered was made of crushed up Oreos, vanilla and chocolate ice cream, chocolate chips, and chocolate brownie bites.

In my opinion, it had too much chocolate. In hers, there wasn't enough. She drowned the dessert in chocolate fudge after I complained.

"And, now, it's perfect!!" She exclaimed, holding the 'perf' as she finished murdering my poor milkshake in disgusting chocolate sauce. "You should thank me."

"For what?!" I laughed.

Juli pitched in, "Uhm, for fixing the damn ice cream?"

I rolled my eyes. At that moment, the bell at the door rang, indicating that there was a new customer or two. Usually, when people walk in, it isn't that surprising since Pop's is usually bustling with teenagers from school. Like right now, there was the guy with the weird JarHead name and his blonde girlfriend at the table in front of the door. Though I didn't spot the one named Vanessa and her red-headed boyfriend with them, it wasn't the point.

The point is that the two people who had just walked in, didn't come from around town. The one on the left had a Nikon Z 6 wrapped around his neck and hanging near his midriff. The other had messy dark brown hair and freckles, but no other discernible traits.

At the moment, Pop's was relatively empty so it made no sense as to why they would pick the booth across from ours.

"Earth to Neil??" Juli called. "Well I don't understand why it would work if he doesn't even listen to me when he is paying attention."

"Huh?" I asked, focusing back to my friends.

"I asked how your drink tastes," (Y/N) laughed, "even though I'm pretty sure I already know the answer."

"Oh, yeah, it's pretty disgusting," I said, taking another sip of the disastrous thing. I looked over at the two people who had just walked in again, considering I had the whole booth side to myself and was near the aisle.

"You must be new here," Pop's had said when he went over. "You simply must try the (Your/Order), and you can ask almost any customer and they'll tell you it's definitely worth while."

"Speaking of which," (Y/N) had added, "can I get a refill on mine? It's literally too amazing to have just one."

"Of course, (Y/N)!" Pops smiled.

"(Y/N)," the one with the camera repeated, looking at her. "That's a pretty name."

"Thank you," she laughed. "What are yours?"

"Well, I'm Harry," the camera guy introduced.

"And I'm Sam."

That's when Juli spoke up too, saying her name. Everyone then looked at me, waiting for a name as well, but I didn't know how to speak.