Chapter one

"You are up next" a black-haired man said. 

I  revert back , I'll be out in a minute" . He gives me a tired face and leaves. 

I put my high heels on and went out. I find myself under a spotlight and soothing music starts.

A minute later,

I sat on a chair and started singing a made-up story by Andi Mitchell.  After finishing the song ,some people give me an applause and whistle-mostly teenagers who think they are my age and totally make a move – while some just nod their heads along .

After that song,  I played another of my songs, but, halfway through ,the owner of the café plugged  the speakers off and gestured me to get back to work.

“Thank you! New Yorkers, see you next Saturday” I shouted at them while people booed at the owner of the café. The owner looks at me pointedly, so I take back the mic and  say,”I am so sorry guys, but I really have to go ,otherwise I might lose my job. Unfortunately, my boss is a little grumpy right now, but I promise you ,I will  make it up by singing here  Saturday night, right Andrew?” I asked Andrew AKA, the son of the owner of AKA, my only friend in the café. He gives me a thumbs up, so I pack all my music stuff and wear my apron and go back to the counter to take orders.

After doing my work ,I call Justin -my best friend- to pick me up like always . He picks me up  in my own black  car  -since he doesn’t have one yet -  and we start vibing  to Harry Williams's new song . I tell him about my day as usual, to which he makes some colourful remarks against my owner.   

We reached my small but cosy and comfy apartment  and Justin ordered pizza for us .We ate pizza  while watching finding nemo and drinking coke with twizzlers.

After dinner, Justin posted my  cover of a song - Made-up story on my YouTube channel, where  I have already gotten like 1k views . We are still going through my channel and replying to previous comments when he suddenly says,"I have to tell you something, you had better prepare yourself."

I was nervous and excited by his looks and sat down on my soft bed waiting for him to speak. "Well, umm , how do I tell you..?" He stuttered..

I gave him a questioning face ,indicating him to speak and say " Spill the beans,justin!  Be a grown man,  I am not  gonna eat you" . 

“Well, you know I applied for a job as a graphic designer  and  I finally got a response and guess, who got a yes and an employment letter?"

“NO WAY!!, Are you fucking serious? Why didn’t you tell me before ?”

“Well, I was nervous and I just got in the moment"

“So...?”

“So, what?” He stares at me with scrunched brows.

“Details Justin, Details!!! A girl needs her tea”, I say, and he groans.

“There are not many details except the job is in L.A. It means we will have to be apart” he says with a sad expression on his face.

I didn't realise that we would have to separate until he said it. It will be my first time being away from him for so long, since we have practically joined him. We do every little thing together, talk for hours. Some people even thought we were dating in high school, but then Justin came out and then there was no question left.

“Well, we could always videochat , I mean?” Justin asked me.

“Hmm hmm “ I said and hugged my best friend since 10 years old. “Promise me, you will not forget me or our movie nights or anything?” I asked him with teary eyes.

“ Never ever, always and forever, how could I ever forget that?” he says.

“Forever and always , I will take it to my grave” I said.

“Well, then you will never forget it for eternity, since you are a sexy, cunning witch.” 

I chuckled at his response and then we both started packing. After packing the stuff we could tonight, he said" listen, I'm sending this video to Harry Williams on I*******m and you are not gonna stop me" 

I froze  for a moment, On hearing his sudden words, just as I was going to say no, he pressed the send button. I was so angry at him , so I took the first thing I could - 'a pillow' and hit him with it .

" You will regret what you did, Mr. Justin Moore  ." . He ran from the bed and said in haste,"Omg!! Claire calm down!! Please don’t kill me , I am too young to die."

“I will kill you and then make a deal with Satan to bring you back.”

“Shut up , I am going to leave in a few days. “

“Yeah, I know “ I said, and then caught him  and we fell on the floor laughing .

After laughing like fools, we  both go to bed happy.

 

*_*

 

I woke up and rubbed my eyes to hear the sound of a million notifications  coming from my phone . I stretched my hand to pick my phone up from the side table when I heard Justin squeaking and suddenly he opened my room's door with a thud . I had just woken up, so I yawned and, after hearing him totally  barging into my room without knocking , I sat still with a surprised look on my face when he said-more like screaming-,"don't touch your phone Claire , I wanna be the one to tell you!" 

Okay, I definitely do not wake up to that every morning. That must be good . I gave him my ‘you better be fast or I am going to check my phone look’ .

He says ,” I have great news ,probably the best and I bet it will make you  so happy ,Claire, the thing is ,so , do you remember when I sent your video of you singing a song to Harry?" 

"Yes ", I nodded and opened my water bottle to drink water, since I was thirsty.

“Well, he saw it and posted it to this story with a heart , no big deal.”

I spit my water out  and said ,” no big deal, yea, no big deal for you Mr . Justin Moore, who just got his dream job", I said, and made a pouty face.

“Don’t be a drama queen”

“Touche’, Justin”

He just rolled his eyes to my response and said ,"Now , you can take  your phone and see all those likes"he said.

I picked up my phone from the side table and opened my YouTube account and was so shocked by seeing the number of likes on my account, like electrifying shock-shocked.

“Justin, these are like 10k likes “ I said with my eyes as wide as buttons . I know i was loved before, but not that much.

“Well,  believe it or not, it's all because of Harry. I mean he did post your YouTube video. “

“Yeah, I will say thanks to him when I see him, which will be like- never.”

“You never know, he might be lurking in the shadows,  feeding on people to find a perfect mortal singer?”

“First of all, he is not a vampire. Get your head out of the vampire diaries.  I mean, I know Damon is pretty hot, but still.”

“Okay, I will do that like - never.” 

“I know , I was just trying.”

“Keep trying and keep failing. Damon is my love. I could never live without him.”

We left the topic and I brushed my teeth and  had breakfast.  He cooked ,since I don’t do cooking . Me and cooking are like sole enemies, cooking coffee though and some small stuff.

After having breakfast , Justin left for some work and I  took a shower and got ready for my shift .

I wore plain dark  denim  jeans with a white tee and sneakers and put my hair in a ponytail . I also applied my favourite red lipstick, since Justin says it makes me look like a boss.  I take my bag and put the lipstick on my phone  and leave for the café.

*_*

After working and serving some angry ,sad ,happy, over-cheerful people's coffee , I was ending my day when I saw a familiar but not too familiar silhouette. 

Curly chocolate brown hair, deep green eyes and a dimpled face looking right at me.

Yep, it was fucking Harry Williams, talking to me , in my presence. 

Never have I ever thought I would see this day in my life. I think it is good ,I wore my red lipstick. I try not to be startsruck and ask him for his orders. He looks at me with a frown like he has seen me somewhere.

I want to say yes ,I am a YouTube girl but instead, I say,”What can I get you sir?"

“Yes, I'm sorry. Can I get a plain black coffee?” He says after thinking a bit.

“Sure, anything else?”

“No , that will be all, thank you."

“Pleasure is all mine” I say, since seriously, pleasure is definitely all mine. I mean who could say , ‘hey, I served Harry Williams coffee’ right?,

I took his order and gave him his coffee. I was just leaving when he said,” "Thanks , also I couldn't help but wonder, have I seen you somewhere before?" he said, taking the hot cup in his hands. Hands which are absolutely hot and sexy . I never knew i had a hand fetish unless i saw his long ,slender and powerful fingers with guitar string scars on a huge ,sexy and outright hot palm . Don't even get me started on his wrist and small tattoo peeking beneath it.

 I gave him a smirk and said "I don’t know, you tell me?". I think my flirty normal self is back. Cool.

"Do you have a YouTube account?" He asked after a minute.

"Well, I do have a YouTube account." 

He thinks for a while and then says "Oh!! You're the girl in the video. I like  all your songs and especially your voice."

Songs? Has he seen all of my videos? I will have to tell Justin about this later for sure.

“Yep, that’s me.”

“You really have raw talent. Try out some singing shows."

“Well, I do some gigs here.”

"Really? When?" He says with a small simle popping in . Man . This man is very charming. And hot.

"On Saturdays, mostly.”

“I will be here next Saturday too, then. “ He says showing me his rarest of smile and i think i might faint.

“Thanks, Harry, I appreciate it.” I manage to let out the words ,apparently.

“Sorry, but I have to go, my best friend is calling me. “

“Yes, sure , I will let you go.”

“Bye, see you soon” He says and leaves and I'm left with giddyness.

“Bye.”

I say and end my shift with a smile on my face . After work hours ,I call Justin to pick me up as usual and explain to him all of whatever happened.

“So, you just saw 'The Harry William' and you didn’t mention me?” Justin gasps dramatically .

" What would i have said ? 'hey, I have a best friend, Justin, he would love to meet you. Could you come with me to my apartment?’”

“You could Have said that.”

I give him my best pointed look at that.

“Alright, you got to see him, I am happy for you. “

"Now, that’s more like it. Where were you nice justin?” I said with a smirk.

“Oh, I was gone to have coffee “ he replied with a nod .

I rolled my eyes at that and we reached my apartment .

I am so tired that after brushing my teeth and wearing my pineapple imprinted pjs ,I slept  right away .