Play the game // l.r.h

Chapter 12 - The cocoon of warmth and self pity

After a couple of hours I must’ve eventually fallen asleep because when I opened my eyes it was a little lighter and Lori’s alarm was going off.

“Turn it off” I groaned and I tried to muffle the sound by putting my pillow over my head.
“We need to get up” she said
“Can’t I just wallow here in a cocoon of warmth and self-pity”
“No”
“Please”
“Go and shower before I need to”
I groaned, stood up and walked to the bathroom. I showered and brushed my teeth then came out to find something to wear that day.

I wasn’t in the mood for dresses and skirts, so I wore ripped jeans, one of my favourite muscle tee’s and ankle boots. My hair was still a little curly from the night before so I just brushed it out and puffed it up a little. Again I had my one and only Michael Kors bag.

Lori got into the shower while I was changing and while she was in there I turned on my camera and started to vlog.

“Hey guys! Its day 1 of Playlist Live!” I squealed, I was very excited “I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night so I apologise to anyone I met at the meet and greet today because I’m probably half dead. I didn’t vlog a lot of yesterday but I went out with some friends and I didn’t really want to take my camera with me for that. I’m super excited to meet a lot of you guys, I have rehearsals for the main stage today too so that’ll be fun and, yeah, see you there!” I turned off the camera just as Lori came out of the shower.

We talked while she was getting ready about what we thought we’d see at playlist and how it would go. Lori, Sam, Violet and I were on the main stage together so we were looking forward to rehearsals. We were about to go into Sam and Violets room to check that they were ready when my phone started ringing,

“Hello?” I said into the phone
“Hey it’s Mikey”
“Hey!”
“Are you guys busy today?”
“Well, we kind of have Playlist today”
“Oh yeah! Sorry, I’m an idiot, I forgot”
“Its okay”
“What time does it start?”
“We’re going down for the car in about 10 minutes”
“Okay, well we’ll see you later tonight or something?”
“I’m pretty sure Sam will want to see Ash so yeah”
“Okay, see ya”
“Bye”
I hung up

“Who was that?” Lori asked
“Mikey” I frowned
“What did he say?”
“He asked if we were busy today. Is it just me or is that a weird thing to ask? We told them all about Playlist last night, and the night before. How can you just forget?”
“You’re right, I wonder what’s up with him”
“He sounded a little flustered. Oh well, probably just Mikey being Mikey” I shrugged and we walked into the others room where they were ready to go.

We made the usual walk down the hall and we all had our cameras out and were vlogging. We all started singing and dancing down the halls. All the YouTubers were on the same floor so as we went past a few rooms, more people came out with cameras and when they heard us singing, they joined in and we all danced together like a bad musical.

We got down to the lobby and out of the door. There were less fans there today because most of them would already be at Playlist, queuing to get in.

I got straight into the car with the girls and we drove to Playlist. For once we were on time for something. When we got there we went straight to the main stage for rehearsal.

We had a talk show/comedy act thing planned together. I knew it was going to be great. We weren’t on until tomorrow but we needed to get as much practice in as possible. I loved being on stage with them, it was so funny and we having a lot of fun.

When we were done we went into the ‘Green Room’ where all the other YouTubers were seated, waiting to go onstage, or to go to their meet and greets.