D. Dobrik

one

"Wanna play fortnite?" I hold my camera awkwardly, like a vlogger does, in my right hand.

"Fortnite?" My best friend & roommate, Emma Chamberlain, rolls over in bed to face me with wide and demanding eyes.

"Yes, do you want to get your ass beat in some fortnite?" I grin and so does she.

"You know you're not as good as me." Emma laughs and slides out of her urban outfitters bed frame. She lays on the ground like a slug.

"Wanna make some pesto first?" I ask.

"What the fuck is going on bro." Emma jumps up off the floor. "Are you planning on killing me or something? You're never THIS nice."

"What the hell?" I gasp. "I'm always nice to you, you're my bestfriend."

"Uhhh yeah right." Emma's raspy voice beckons from her closet.

You don't think I'm nice?" I scoff.

"Amber." She walks out of her closet with an oversized plain black zip up. "You're an aries."

I raise an eyebrow. "And?"

"Aaannndd, so you're just fiery and fucking savage." She says. She stops in her doorway and looks at me. "One thing that I'm actually really jealous of about you is that you can come up with some FIRE clap backs off the top of your head with no effort whatsoever."

"Yeah well one thing I'm really jealous of about you is your determination to make a messy bun your staple."

"SEE!" Emma throws her hands in the air. "Come on lets make pesto and then I'll really show you who's the boss at fortnite."

I laugh before turning my camera off and following her downstairs.

•

"I'm so fat and full." I pull my tank top up and show my bulging stomach.

"Excuses excuses." Emma sighs as she flops onto the bean bag next to me. She grabs the controller and opens the game.

"There are no excuses here ma'am." I exclaim. "You'll see, after this round, being fat and full will actually make me a better player."

"You're a lot of talk Amber."

I shake my head and move my eyes to the television screen. I'm intently watching Emma play a round when I feel my phone vibrate.

"Why did I feel that from here." Emma laughs.

"My phone?" I ask.

"Yeah! You're going to throw me off!"

"Ooohh sureeee." I roll my eyes playfully and look at the notification. "Wait Emma."

"What." She says, eyes still glued to the screen.

"Bro." I try to get her attention.

"If this is your way of trying to get me to die, it's not going to work." She shakes her head.

"David Dobrik just sent me a DM." I look up at her.

Emma's eyes widen. "Wait hold on let me hide."

She moves her player into a house and she hides under a staircase, before moving her entire body to face me.

"What does it say?" She asks.

"He wants to collab." I make a weird wincing face.

"What's that face? What does that mean? Aren't you happy?" She cocks her head.

"I mean yeah it's cool, but I mean, we're like equals." I say.

"Holy shit." Emma rolls her eyes. "Why do you think he wants to collab then?"

"I don't know." I look back down at my phone.

"What does the DM say exactly?"

"It says,
Hi Amber! It's David Dobrik, obviously. Was wondering if you wanna collab some time? Let me know what you're up to some time this week maybe?
Thanks!"

"You can tell he was nervous writing that." Emma says.

"Really?" I raise an eyebrow.

"Because of when he said 'obviously', it's a side affect to nervous texting, stating the obvious." She says.

"Should I do it?" I look at her and she smiles.

"Of course!" She says. "You guys are like the rulers of vlogging, it would be iconic."

"Aren't you a bigger vlogger than me?" I smile at her.

"I USED to vlog, plus you have more subscribers than me." She pretends to pout.

I chuckle and roll my eyes. "Bitch you've been around longer than me; you have more experience."

She swats her hand at me and blinks quickly.

"Okay I think I'm gonna do it." I say.

"Why is it such a hesitation?" Emma stands up. "You know how many people would DIE to be in your place?"

"I just don't want this to be a thing where I hang out with them and become known as part of the Vlog Squad or something." I say. "I like being independent and doing my own thing."

"Just do it once, who knows, maybe you'll enjoy being around them and their squad." She winks before walking to the bathroom.

"Where are you going?" I ask her.

"The pesto is making me have to poop." She closes the door behind her.

I look back down at my phone and sigh.

"Hey David! It's Amber Moore, obviously. I'm glad you reached out to me, I would enjoy a collab! I'm free on thursday if that works for you. Thanks!"

It's just a simple collab, right?