Small World

Eight.

Since I had recently decided to only use animal cruelty free makeup brands on my channel, NYX offered to pay for my hotel the entire trip. They arranged for me to stay at a five star hotel near Pier 94 where IMATS was located this year. A driver picked me up and brought me to the hotel where I had a few hours to get ready for the first night at the trade show.
I texted Chris when my plane landed, like I told him I would, but I hadn't seen if he replied until I was done getting ready. It was a very sweet text telling me how he hopes I have fun and I can call him later, if I want to. I replied with a short text thanking him and will try to call. I never knew what these beauty community girls and boys would be up to afterwards.

I threw my phone into my favorite Boba Fett purse and took inventory of all the things I would need. I made sure the extra batteries to my vlogging camera were charged and ready. I pulled out my vlogging camera to start recording that I had made it to New York and will be vlogging my entire trip.
"Hey guys! Thank you for coming back to my channel. I'm Sarah Rose and I have landed in New York City for IMATS! I just got done getting ready..." I showed the camera my makeup. I chose a gray smokey eye with a very dramatic winged eyeliner. "...I am ready to meet my subbies and ready to hang out with my favorite YouTube people. Let's do this!" I ended the intro by putting my hand over the camera's lens.

I arrived to Pier 94 an hour later. I took vlog footage of the outside of the pier before heading inside. I posted on all my social media platforms that I have arrived. Before I made it to any booths, I saw one of my favorite Youtubers, Kristen Leanne, running up to me and smiling. I gave her a big hug.

"Oh, my god! It has been forever!!" Kristen shouted, still embracing me.
"It has!" I laughed, barely getting the words out. She let go to introduce me to her fiancé, Ryan. I gave her a confused look. "I thought you two were getting married two years ago?" She nodded her head.
"Well, my channel really took off around that time, we're moving to LA and I've just been focused on starting a hair dye company so kinda got put on hold—" she interrupted herself by grabbing onto my arms. "Dude! You have to do my makeup! The wedding is in 6 months!"
"You're moving to LA!" I shouted.
"I just asked you to do my makeup for my wedding and all you got was me moving to LA?"
"Fuck yes! Duh! Of course I'll do your makeup!"
"Oh, my god!" Her voice got higher pitched, as did mine. Ryan jokingly put his fingers to his ears. We both laughed at him, pushed him away in unison then laughed at that.
"Oh! Say hi to my vlog!" I brought up the camera to show my hand over the lens. I brought us all into focus with the both of them behind me. I introduced them to the camera, explaining how amazingly talented Kristen is on her makeup channel and how she just asked me to do her makeup for their wedding. "What do you say, guys? Shall we go inside?"
"Yeah!" Kristen yelled.
"Let's do it!" I giggled, putting my hand over the lens.

The three of us said hi to our subscribers, took pictures and shopped for the rest of the night. I made sure to vlog as much as I could so by the time I made it to the back to my hotel room a little after 8pm, I had four hours of footage to edit.
After spending two hours editing, I was able to edit the footage to 24 minutes. It wasn't bad for the extent of what I tried to include. I filled out all the information for the video, linked everything in the description box and started to upload. The hotel's internet didn't have the fastest upload speed so it would take a few hours. I moved my laptop from my lap and stretched my body across the giant hotel bed.

I posted a photo of the video uploading with the caption saying 'IMATS NY Day 1 Vlog uploading now!'. I watched the likes begin to appear. That familiar name popped up with a like on the tweet, bringing a smile to my face. I thought to myself now actually would be a good time to call Chris since it should only be around 7:45pm in LA.
I took a long hit from my vape, releasing the giant cloud into the room. Staring at his number on my screen sent butterflies to my stomach. I kept telling myself there was so reason to be this nervous. We made out for a solid ten minutes on Small World. Plus, he is actively making an effort to talk to me. That's something I haven't seen from a man in a very long time. I sat up, took in another long hit from my vape and called him.

"Well, hello there beautiful." His voice was just as sexy over the phone as it is in person.
"Hello handsome." I said into the phone, smiling uncontrollably now. "How's your night going so far?"
"It's good! I actually came home to Boston but don't worry, I'll be back in LA tomorrow night."
"Tomorrow night? Why don't you stay longer? I can force Mykie to come get me." I giggled into the phone. I could hear his muffled chuckle.
"I have to take you on a date."
"I can wait until you get back." I giggled again. My cheeks filling with color even though he couldn't see.
"I have to get back to set, anyways." I could hear the smile in his voice. I dropped my body onto the bed again, my head hitting the pillow. I released a vocal sigh. "You'll get used to it."
"To what?"
"My persistence."
"I'm trying." I let out another sigh as he chuckled into the phone. "You're a man that knows what he wants."
"I know that I want it to be Sunday already."

"That makes two of us." We both giggled like school girls. We talked about my first day at IMATS and how I had spent the entire time with Kristen and Ryan. I glanced at my laptop. "My video finally uploaded!" I exclaimed, publishing the video and posting the link to social media. He cleared his throat gently.
"Did you post the link to Twitter?"
"Just did!"
"I'll go watch it." I tried to hide a yawn. "You get some sleep." I smiled.
"Text me tomorrow?"
"Of course. Goodnight, beautiful."
"Goodnight, handsome."
I watched the screen for a few seconds after he ended the call. A text from him popped up. I opened it right away.

I couldn't wait until tomorrow. You look so beautiful in your new video.

I thanked him in a text, wiggling my toes with happiness. This was way too good to be true. I stopped myself from having doubt by physically shaking the thoughts in my head. I could hear Mykie telling me 'don't question it, don't fight it, don't doubt it.' I plugged my phone into the charger and turned on the tv. It barely took a full episode of I Love Lucy to help me fall asleep.