Ch 33

Colby POV

"I don't believe this... any of this." Sam said simply, breaking out of my grasp and looking at me.

"W-What?" I asked, confused.

"Do you really think that I'm going to believe that we dated?! That's crazy! I'm not gay, bisexual, or anything. I've always been dating Katrina, so maybe it was just a dream!" Sam said, his voice starting to raise.

Was it really just a dream? No... it can't be!

"Sam, I can promise you what I'm saying is the truth-" I started before he interrupted me.

"No! I know you're lying, Colby!" He started to shout.

     "Why would I lie about something so important to me?!" I started to shout back.

     He ignored me and just stormed out of my room, slamming the door shut. I fall onto my bed, screaming angrily into my pillow.

     Ever since we... had a little incident in Florida earlier this year, we haven't been as close as we used to be in High School. Well, part of it being the fact that he doesn't remember us being a thing.

     It started off when Brennen came into our lives and ruined it. Then, it was Sam gaining his memory. Then, it was the event that happened in Florida. Those events just made us slowly grow apart more and more. And I hate it so much.

     I want to be friends forever, even if it means us not dating. It always has been just the two of us against everything, and I don't want that to ever end.

———-time skip (one month later)—————

     It's been a month, and Sam forgave me. But we still aren't as close as we used to be.

     I started to hang out with Brennen again, and he, believe it or not, has changed so much. He's nicer, calmer, and hasn't once mentioned anything about coming between Sam and I. In fact, there has been times where he wanted to hang out with Sam or even called him over to hang.

     But tonight was the night: Elton and Matt was coming over tonight to film the 3rd part of our Cobb Estate series for the Sam and Colby channel.

     In the first part, we got chased out by people. In the second part, we lost Elton in caves. Let's hope that nothing happens this time...

———-another time skip oof———

Sam POV

     Tonight, a few friends came to film a video with Colby and I and it got crazy quick.

     We once again got lost in cave and got trapped in it when we heard this, what we thought at the time, a cult coming for us.

     Turns out it was just another group of people that were exploring too, but they did break the camera out of fear that we were going to hurt them.

     We started walking back to the car in mixed emotions until Colby spoke up.

     "Sam... What just happened exactly?" He asked.

     "I honestly don't know. But I'm just happy to be alive." I said.

     "But What should we do?" He asked. I stopped walking, and so did everyone else. I motioned for Elton and Matt to go ahead to go go the car.

     "What do you mean?" I asked back.

     "You know.. about the camera and... I guess the whole situation that we were just in. What should we do about it?" He asked.

     "We'll get a new camera. And let's just forget about that whole situation." I said, starting to walk again.

     "Forget about it?!" Colby asked, a mixture of confusion and anger in his voice. I stopped once more and turned around. "What do you mean forget about it?"

     "I mean, let's just forget about it." I repeated. He looked at me like I was crazy.

     "Sam.. do you not understand what just happened?" He asked. I gave him a confused look. "What we just went through... what if it was an actual cult?"

     "But it wasn't-" I started.

     "But what if it was? Huh? We could be dead right now, or being sacrificed, even raped." He said like I was dumb.

     "I understand that, but we're alive now. Let's appreciate that it wasn't and we're here right now."

     "Sam, do you hear yourself? You're acting like this wasn't a big deal! You're treating like it's a normal, everyday accident, like you just tripped and didn't almost get killed!" He yelled at me.

     "Look, I'm sorry man. But I don't want to think about what just happened and move on. I would prefer to do that than spend energy on fight about this stupid thing." I said, turning around.

     "So I'm guessing this is just another Sam Pepper prank to you.." he mumbled, just loud enough for me to hear. I turned around, widened eyes.

     "Are you saying I moved on quickly from that?!" I said in disbelief. He crossed his arms.

     "Yeah! You seemed to move on quickly from that for something that was so important to you." He said. I can't believe the way he's acting right now.

     "If you think I moved on quickly from that, then you're insane!" He raised an eyebrow. "I still have fucking nightmares from that, Colby! And that was 4 years ago! Any haunted or abandoned place we go to makes me think you're going to die and I have a fucking panic attack every damn time! Do you think that's 'moved on'??" I yell at him.

     "You know what? I'm starting to get fed up with you, Sam." He said storming past me, purposely hitting his shoulder against mine with force.

     "Funny, because I was starting to get fed up with you." I said angrily.

     "You know what? Why don't we just stop this stupid Sam and Colby thing?" He shouted. I stared at him in confusion.

     "You're wanting to end this? Because I'm completely fine with ending everything with you because of the way you're acting." I shouted back at him.

     "Fine! Let's end this." He said before walking back to the car. I watched, and Sam Elton and Matt watching in the car with concerned and sad eyes.

     I stood there for a while, angrily pacing around trying not to cry. 'This is for the best, Sam. Stop being a baby and just move on from this. You have better people in your life than Colby.' I thought to myself.

—————-

     Later that night after dropping Elton and Matt at their homes, Colby drove us to our manager's office. The whole car ride was silent.

     Luckily, our manager was just leaving as we were pulling up. Colby parked the car and we got out and stopped him. "Oh, hey boys! I'm guessing you guys were filming another haunted- What's with the angry faces?" He asked.

     "We want to end Sam and Colby." I said. He looked at us.

     "Why? What happened?" He asked, concerned.

     "Long story short, we went back to the Cobb Estate and thought we were about to get killed by a cult, but they turned out to be only other explorers. When we were walking to the car, Sam and I got into this argument, and we decided to end this." Colby explained.

     The manager continued to look at us in sadness. He motioned for us to come back inside the building at talk with the rest of the crew and team.

     After about an hour of talking and Colby and I yelling at each other, we all came to an agreement to only go on a break. They told us to take a break for as long as we need it, to just figure out what happened and talk it out and try to forgive each other.

     We agreed and left the building, for another long car ride in silence.

Colby POV

     A few days past. Sam and I filmed the explanation and the beginning of the video and posted it. Right after filming, I left his apartment, not wanting to talk to him.

     About two hours past, and I was already missing everyone. I was just laying in my bed, looking at my phone and reading all of the messages from the fans, saying they already miss us. And I missed them too.

     Although this may be best for Sam and I to take a break, it didn't feel like it.

     It's only been 2 hours and I've already cried at least 3 times from reading messages, watching edits, and reading posts about us.

     The fans are probably my favorite group of people ever. I've never felt more connected with strangers. They're the people who put me where I am today, gave me the opportunities I had, and gave me the best of friends I could ever ask for. They're the ones who started everything, and gave me the life I have today.

     It's terrible to stop talking to them, and it hurts.

     So, I got a weird idea for me to find a way to talk to them without posting anything. I went through my Instagram to find a good picture. It was a picture of a fan and I hugging from a meet and greet.

     I pressed on edit and took off the caption, replacing it with 'me and you' and changed it.

     Already, someone noticed it. Comments started to come in, slowly.

'Lmao we know you active''You've been active, yay!''colbs we see you. Active :)''Stay strong, Colby. We all love you.''We miss you and Sam sm''Stay strong. We ain't going no where''I think he meant it for us!''Awww he changed another caption. I think he's tryna tell us he misses us...'

     I sat in bed and read the comments. They were right. I did miss them so much...

A/N- Happy Friday! So, here's the tea sisters: I leave for vacation on Sunday, so starting then, updates may be a bit slow. And since I'll be in a car most of the day on Sunday, I probably won't be able to update then. My apologies, but I'll try to update whenever I can! ~Kaitlyn