Behind The Scenes of the vlogs

50. Saying goodbye part1

David was hanging out with his friends at a car when David finally announced that he's leaving Chicago. He was only 18 years old but he dreamed bigger than a vine career. He wanted to eventually be a vlogger, he hoped that would work out. And doing thinks at Chicago was hard. Vernon Hills was so small when Los Angeles was massive. Full of opportunities. But of course there was something that LA didn't have, and this was his family, his friends, Natalie.

Natalie. His first crush. His first girl best friend. The first person that made him go to prom (and last). The first person to even make him dance in front of people. All kinds of dances. She was a difficult situation. He didn't know how to tell her he was leaving. That's why he chose to talk to her on private.

His guy friends seemed pretty much excited. They laughed about how David would suck and come back in a month. "I'll actually try to succeed" David shook his head and his friends admired him. He did what they all wanted to do, but no one had the guts to do so.

"So you don't want to come back?" Ilya, one of his best friends, asked him.
"I don't know man. No, at least not for a while" David tried to sound not so full of himself. He didn't want to promise for a lot and then screw up. That would make him look like a looser.
"And what about Natalie?" Ilya asked concerned. He knew that his friend had a crush on her.

David looked outside the car, to her house. The car was parked outside her house for a reason. Because it was time for him to tell Natalie. "I don't know" he said disappointed. He knew that Natalie didn't want him back, and he had accepted it. He had managed to put his feeling aside. After all, they were teenagers he wasn't in love, it was just a crush.

David greeted his friends and walked towards Natalie's door, he knocked on it and her mom opened it. "Hi" he smiled and the woman let him in.

He had a conversation with her mother and then she let him go to Natalie's bedroom. He walked and stood behind the door. "Nat" he calmly said with his head on her door, feeling stressed about the conversation.

"Come on in Dave" she sounded annoyed and David entered the room concerned. She had tears in her eyes and was holding a picture, he couldn't tell what picture though.

"What happened?" he approached her and tried to touch her hand, but she slowly took it back because she didn't want him to see the picture.

"I'm gonna miss you" she said and melted into his arms. She cried so much knowing that this might be the last time she ever saw him. She knew goodbyes were hard, she had divorced parents, she was supposed to be good at this.

David was shook as to how she knew already. He hugged her back.
"Mia told me. Why did you tell all of them and not me?" she asked but still couldn't let him go.

"Ugh, I don't know I guess it was easier for me to tell them" he admitted and rubbed her hands. "Are you okay now?" he asked when he saw her finally stop crying.

"Yeah. I'm so happy for you" she told him. She should've seem more supportive. She knew that this was what he deserved, and she knew his big dreams, they always dreamed big together, planning their lives. "This is what you deserve. You're gonna go to LA and you'll be famous and meet some girl and forget about us" she smiled as she wiped her tears. "Seriously you deserve it"

"I'll never forget you" he looked at her serious. "Never" he held her hand and the picture slipped right out of her hands and fell on the ground. David looked at it. It was them two from the prom. They were so cute. He smiled and hugged her once again. "Come here"

She melted in his arms once again and joked "don't leave me" but she kind of meant it.

David bit his lips "I can't, I really wanna go" he said and it hurt him to say. His eyes lit up "come with me" he held her arms and looked at her smiley.
"No I can't-"
"Yeah, you can come, please I'll talk to your parents, oh my God yes" he was so excited and felt stupid for not thinking about it earlier.

"David I can't come" she teared up. "I wanna go to college, you can go because you're good at what you do, I don't know what I wanna do still" she was almost crying again. "I really want to come with you, but it wouldn't be right" she stood up and went to the door.

"It's four o clock you should go get ready" she opened the door because she was sad that she couldn't follow him. "We'll talk later tonight, so we can hang out maybe"

David stood up and walked to her. He stood in front of her and closed the door she was keeping open. "You won't loose me. I won't let that happen" he promised and she took her eyes off his because she didn't want to cry again.

"You have to do that, because if I'm here and you're there, and we still think of each other no one will move on" she explained looking at the floor.

"Wait-" David was confused. She seemed like she had feelings.
"I can't wait David and you can't either" she felt bad for letting him know now.
"Nat"
David, please go. I love you. Go!" she opened up the door and closed it. She locked it and hit her head on the door knowing that she was being childish.
"Natalie" David knocked on the door. "Natalie you can't friend zone me for years and now my LAST day in Chicago, you're saying that you love me and you can't come with me. For fucks sake Natalie open the door and talk to me" he hit his hand on the door trying not to shout so he wouldn't bother her mother.
"David please go I don't know what I'm saying right now" she cried and lied about it. Because she knew that she had feeling for him but she knew that her behavior was childish.
"I'm not going anywhere, open the goddamn door" he said annoyed.
"Please" she said and fell in the ground crying. "I'm gonna miss you"
"Natalie" he teared up when he heard her crying and saying he's gonna miss her. "Why are you doing this?"

He waited for a few more minutes when her mother came and advised him to leave her alone. "You'll talk some other time Davey" she was sweet but she didn't know that this was their last chance to talk it through.

"We really don't have time. I'm leaving for California tomorrow morning" he hugged her and walked away.