Levi's POV
"Alright get comfortable it's gonna be a long story." He said handing me a fluffy throw blanket and his famous tea.
I laid in my pajamas on the couch, resting my head on the couch pillow. I didn't know how I would feel at the end of the story, but I did know how I feel now. I was scared and nervous in the best way possible. Snervous if you will. Tilly had said it so much that I actually thought it was a word up until recently.
"Ready? "He asked. His eyes looked skeptical and I felt guilty.
"Are you? Dad if you're not ready- "
"I will never be ready. But I want you to hear our story." He said smiling. I knew it wasn't the smile that Ty fell in love with, because in all honesty.. I don't think he will ever show that same smile again.
I nodded and he began the story. The story that would answer so many un-certain questions.
|"| All spoken to Levi
Everybody knew him. Not just because he was the queen of the Internet but by his addictive personality. Every video you watched you got a little more of him and it was a blessing. He was funny and inappropriate, but that's why people loved him. That's why I loved him. I'm getting ahead of myself though. I should explain how I stumbled across him.
It must've been a Friday. I remember a certain 22nd Friday video of the year. That was iconic all by itself. And as one does, I got into the black hole of the midnight YouTube marathon watching. In the recommended section, I saw his face and the name. The name I recognize from people speaking about. My friend Caspar speaking about. You know Caspar.
Anyways I ended up clicking on the video and being overwhelmed by his personality. That one video caused me to immediately subscribe and binge watch the rest of his vlogs. I was excited each week when he posted his new videos. Not just because he was attractive and his humor was hilarious, but his laugh was also infectious. Many would call him out on it and say it sounded like a witch cackle. Which was true. Your father had an attention seeking laugh. And I was drawn to it.
I continued watching his videos and following him on social media apps of course. When Caspar talked me into making vlogs, in a way I wanted Tyler to see them. So on my second video I mentioned him in it. It was a cheeky vlog about tumblr. I posted it and believe it or not, Tyler Oakley reblogged it. The amount of excitement I felt wasn't explainable.
Then he followed me on Tumblr. Which is a social media website you know nothing about.
It was a moment when I forgot how to breathe. Seeing that notification made my stomach drop and my heart start running a mile. Which was weird because I don't run. But I did considering I sprinted downstairs screaming "Tyler Oakley followed me on Tumblr. "At that point my family you know, grandma, grandpa, aunt Sage and both your uncles Tyde and Steele... Were ecstatic. They knew I enjoyed his content and for the most part they did too.
That itself was a dream, but soon after we were direct messaging each other on Twitter. We were meant to be in each other's life and the both of us knew it. From the first Hey came a lot more Good Mornings.
The day after he messaged me the first time, I glanced down at my phone and felt a blush rise on my face as I saw a notification on Twitter implying I had a another direct message from him. Yesterday had been the first day we began talking and it was hard to hide my inner fan girl. We didn't talk all that much yesterday considering it was very late for him and he had a meeting in the morning. But we talked enough to make me giddy and continue my day with a smile on my face.
It was 11 PM my time and 8 AM his time when he messaged me that second night.
"Is it too late?" I read on my laptop screen.
I giggled to myself seeing he was worried about the timezone being bad on my part.
" It's 11 Tyler. It's early for an Internet person."
"You stay up late? I'm a grandma I need my beauty sleep." He asked.
"Too late to be considered healthy."
"That's good on my part considering I can talk to you, but remember to sleep a healthy amount."
I rolled my eyes but it would have been a flat lie to say I wasn't smiling the cheekiest of smiles.
"Thanks mom;)" I teased
It was hard to get bored while talking to him. I've only just began but already I craved for him to write me. A minute was too long for a reply but I knew that was just excitement over taking me. 'He's got a life' I had to remind myself.
"What do you do so late at night?" Tyler asked me.
In that instant I thought about my nightly activities that ranged from hours on Tumblr and or something that I can't tell you about Levi. |"|
" Wait why can't you tell me." I interrupted my fathers story.
" Because this is not a conversation I will ever feel comfortable having with my son. Until you know your ready for the talk..."
" Dad omg..." I spoke stunned, realizing what he had meant.
" Anyways... I'll continue with your father and I's conversation.
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" Ummm.. Apart from the obvious Internet exploring and food binging.. Usually just music and junk." I said to him, explaining my schedule.
" Who's your favorite artist."
That took me a second to think about because you know how much I enjoy music. Especially at that age. If we were talking about a sexual artist that I was attracted too I would say Harry Styles. But I wasn't out to Tyler or truly anyone on the Internet so I couldn't admit that. From the talent part of picking a favorite artist any person who wanted to be relatable would say Beyoncé. I didn't want to be relatable.
" Truthfully an artist that changed my life was Amy Winehouse."
I waited patiently for his reaction. And when it showed he replied, I didn't want to look at it. I did though.. Obviously.
" Back to Black is incredible. Such a Classic."
I wished I could have told him how much that song meant to me. It was my safety. The one that I came out too and one that helped me when I had to come out again and again. I didn't think I was quite ready yet though. It was a big deal coming out to people outside of my family. Even if the person was incredibly excepting and one of the biggest LGBT influencers on the Internet. I just wasn't ready.
We spoke of our artistic obsessions and hilarious gifs of which made my mother stomp up stairs informing me that I needed to quiet down. Believe me when I say that I didn't.
When it became to late for me to deny that I needed to sleep, I had to leave our conversation which I never wanted to do. I could talk to him for hours on end.
"It's probably time to go to bed." I typed out frowning.
"Yeah it's probably pretty late over there. Night Troye. I'm glad you said Hi."
I remember my cheeks flushed red and I was smiling into my laptop like a doofus. That sentence I hadn't realized would be one of the most cherished things we ever said to each other. I also didn't know that he would be the man I was gonna marry at this time. But I did know that he was suppose to be in my life. I just couldn't pinpoint exactly how.. Yet.
Authors note:
So this was chapter 2 and it took a lot longer than I expected. But I have started a schedule that will be quite easy for me to keep my updating up. so every Monday I will try to have a new chapter up. And I really really intend to stick to that schedule but it truly depends how my week lays out but I will try my hardest to post on Mondays.
Also please tell me if you like this chapter and if you didn't. I was trying to do this chapter as Levi's perspective so it's kind of like Troye telling it to him in like one big conversation and I don't know if you think that I should just stick to Troye's point of view to get more details or if I should continue doing both. Just let me know if this was too confusing or if you think that I should do it another way I love ideas and such so yeah.
Thank you so so much for reading and I really hope that you enjoy the story that has just began so yay. Anyways.. I love you all so much and I'm super super grateful that you're taking the time to read this.
What would a story be without any Tyler Oakley promo...
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