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I Can't Lose You // Part 2

David was furious. He could no longer handle what he had been witnessing for the past hour. Jeff had been sitting way to close to Natalie for David's liking and whispering nothings making his 'assistant' laugh her heart out. She was smiling at him the way she had never smiled at him! David wanted Natalie's heart eyes only for him and not for some other man.

Oh man, David realised, he was so fucked. He never got this jealous over some girl. But this wasn't some girl, this was his Natalie. David took a breath and looked at Natalie. When was it that she became more than an assistant? More than his best friend?

Was it when se was there with him till 4 am when he edited his vlogs or when she was running him errands while being jet lag? When did her long stories sound like sweet harmonies to him? Fuck, out of all the people he could fall in love with, he fell for his freaking best friend.

After a restless night of Natalie tossing around her bed, today was shooting day and Natalie had a lot on her plate for the day. Nick, the science guy, was going to arrive any moment and they had to carry out this made-for-YouTube science experiment. While Natalie sorted David's flights for the next week's show in statten Island, Jeff came and sat next to her on the comfortable white sofa.

"Hey, Nat. Watcha doing?"

"Hi, Jeff. I'm just doing the usual 'assistant' stuff. David has this show in a Statten Island college next week so I'm just booking flight tickets." said Natalie, while quickly tapping away on her Macbook Air.

"Statten Island, eh? You know who's from there? Me." said Jeff, pointing to himself, "which means I'm half seagull and half garbage"

A laughter escaped Natalie and filled the living room of David's house. It quickly caught David's attention. Natalie couldn't escape his gaze and both were caught in an unspoken moment. Natalie was the first one to break away from David's gaze, remember what he had said last night to Jason. He had basically called her boring and thought that no guy would ever kiss her. How could she let herself develop feelings for a guy who thought she wasn't exciting enough for him? Damn, Natalie.

"Nat!"

"Hmm, David?"

"Let's go" said David as he picked up the keys for his ferrari.

" But where? Isn't Nick coming over? What about the science experiment?" said a puzzled Natalie.

"Change of plans, he texted me a list of stuff we need so gotta go to nearby home depot" lyingly said David, he just wanted to be alone with Natalie. She he hadn't talked to him much since yesterday night. He thought that maybe she was sick and tired after a long day but today seeing her laugh with Jeff with no worries on her face, he couldn't stomach the fact that she was sick last night. Had he done something to upset her?

"But I brought everything he texted me, I don't think I have missed anything" said even more confused Natalie.

" Oh, yeah you bought stuff for other experiment. I just talked to him 5 minutes ago and we decided on doing this experiment which could possibly break the Guinness World Records, so we gotta bring some more containers and he'll probably bring other chemicals " said David, quickly coming up with a theory to support his earlier lie.

" okay, let me grab my purse and glasses"

Natalie left the room and heard Jeff say

"So why do you need your ferrari to go to a store? Isn't that what you call a 'perfect - for- date' car?"

"Ah, dude nothing like that. Just felt the need for speed" David said jokingly, while making finger guns at Jeff.

Before Jeff could grill David anymore, Natalie reentered the room with her hands full of stuff.

Both buckled in, silence surrounded David and Natalie. Natalie's mood had become sour soon after hearing David's comment about 'need for speed'. Why God, why did she ever develop feelings for this idiot who thought of her nothing more than a friend?

"So, you and Jeff seemed quite cozy this morning on the couch" David said breaking the silence, his grip around the wheel suddenly tightened. He couldn't even confront her without getting angry.

"What are you trying to say Dave?"

" I don't know, should I know if you're having an affair with one of my friends? I mean I AM your boss and would not be pleased with that" said David with his jaw muscles clenched.

"WHAT? what the fuck dave? Are you implying that I'm having an 'affair' with Jeff? Since you're my 'boss', please enlighten me how you came to this conclusion?" shouted an angry Natalie. She couldn't believe what she was hearing, an affair? With JEFF?

" There is no need to shout at me. I'm saying what I saw. You were clearly enjoying talking to him evident from your loud af laughter!"

"Excuse me, wait a fucking minute. Am I not allowed to laugh in your house?!"

" No, laugh as much as you want to but what you're not allowed to do is waste my time. You're supposed to be my assistant and not some social butterfly who needs to speak to each of my friends when they come to the house!"

After uttering those words did he realise what he had done, he had just accused Natalie of being 'useless'.

Meanwhile, out of anger, David's foot hit the gas. Now they were going at a speed which was suitable for a racing ground not streets of L. A.

"DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE! I do ALL the work I'm supposed to day as your fucking assistant. Never have I ever said no to your menial tasks or shooting idiotic vlog bit. And here is what I get for doing all that, being accused of being a useless assistant!" Natalie could feel tears brimming, anger did that to her. But she felt more than anger, she felt hurt.

" I can't believe this, earlier you calling me boring and now this, fucking useless. What do you think I am? A ragdoll? Do I not deserve an ounce of your respect, if not as an assistant then as a friend?" a tear tricked down her cheek.

Before David could say anything, everything went black.

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I Can't Lose You // Part 3(A)

He felt something trickled down his forehead. His eyes slowly opened as if he had awaken from a deep slumber. David hissed in pain when he touched his forehead, he had just touched a deep gash. What he saw next almost had him dead. His heart stopped breathing and his head began circling.

"Natalie. Natalie. NATALIE!"

He quickly shuffled from his side only to find a bleeding Natalie on the other side of the car. The car had been coming from the right and Nataliehad suffered the most from the collision. She had been hit hard. Hard.

David's heart was beating at a rate which was not humanly. His worst nightmare was coming true.

"Natalie, Natalie, oh my god.." whispered David as he picked up her limp body and positioned her on his lap. While one hand held her in position, the other went to her head.

"Nat, open your eyes Nat. Nat, Nat... you can't do this to me Nat... please open your eyes, Natalie." David begged. What he didn't know was that he was begging in vain.

He brought his face to her nose.

She will live. She will live. She will live. He chanted.

When he felt a sliver of air on his face, he finally breathed not realising he had been holding his breath for so long. His hands shaked as he dialed 911.

"Nat, you will not do this to me. You're not doing this tonight. I can't lose you..." whimpered David " You're my everything and I'm a dumb fuck for not saying this earlier, please forgive me, your best friend, come back to me. I can't let anything happen to you, Nat"

He could hear the sirens in the distance and prayed to god for saving the love of his life. Fuck, this was not how he imagined admitting that he loved her, not when she was on the brink of death.

"Sir, who are you?"

"I am.. am her b-boyfriend. David dobrik. Her family doesn't live here, so I'm her emergency contact." replied David to the questioning nurse.

" Okay, we'll contact her family and inform them about her condition" said the nurse all while looking at David and his pathetic condition " Sir, you want me to call any of your friends? You are injured and need some tending."

David wasn't ready to leave Natalie. He just could not bear the thought of separating from her. He was worried that somebody would take her away from him.

A soft look of understanding shadowed the nurses face " We have our best doctors working on her. You don't need to worry about her. However, if you don't get yourself tended then she'll be upset to see her boyfriend hurt when she wakes up. Please sir, let me look at your injuries meanwhile my colleague can call your friends if you'd like "

David handed her Jason's number, knowing that old man will arrive within 5 even if he were 50 mins away. Oh goodness, how will he face his friends when he is the one who put Natalie in this condition?

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I Can’t Lose You // Part 1

Jason trailing behind the two couldn’t help but notice his 23 year old best friend, David and his ‘assistant’ Natalie, laughing their hearts out as they approached the snacks area. He being the sage and wise 46 year old ( 500 years old according to his much younger friends) had been noticing these small things and couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if those two ended up together. Jason Nash wasn’t the only one having these thoughts,many had been speculating a lot about David and Natalie’s relationship over the internet these days. 

David couldn’t help but notice his assistant, Natalie, in her cute little dress. She was wearing his favorite color, red, and was looking absolutely stunning. David snapped out of it real quick and reprimanded himself for even thinking about Natalie like that. “Natalie, quick choose what you want. M&M or skittles?” asked David with his vlog camera in one hand and a strawberry slushie in another hand. “I don’t know david, i can’t choose. I just love them both” replied Natalie. “Fine, we’ll just get both of them for you. Jas, why are you walking like a literal 80 year old? Catch up dude or we are gonna miss the fucking movie” said david as he called for jason. 

With snacks in their hands, the three of them went on to watch the movie. It was some action flick that david really wanted to watch and had dragged two of his best friends with him to do so. Natalie couldn’t help but sneak glances at david all throughout the movie. In his black jeans and Balanciaga hoodie, david was looking sharp and that didn’t escape natalie’s attention. Natalie had been observing little things about david that she earlier would have easily overlooked, like the smell of kids strawberry sauve whenever he was around her or how her body tingled with a slight brush of his fingers along her arm when he pushed her in a playful manner. Natalie didn’t know what to do about her slowly developing feelings. She knew that david in no way could ever like her more than a friend, he just was not over Liza in her mind. What she didn’t know was that david hadn’t had a single thought about his ex in a long time.

“ Jas, I’ve to upload the day after tomorrow and I have literally o bits for my vlog! Man, just help me come up with something “ pleaded david to Jason. After the movie finished, Jason had left to pick up his kids from his ex wife’s house and had reached david’s house when he called. “ I don't know , Dave. Should i call Zane and Heath? Maybe get them drunk and shoot a bit?” replied a tired and sleep deprived Jason. “ I don’t know man. In the last vlog i had a bit similar to that. Suggest something else dude” said david while running his hand through his hair. “ I don’t fucking know, should i ask jeff to make out with Natalie?” said a frustrated Jason. David’s jaw clenched at Jason’s suggestion and was quick to reply “ I don’t think Jeff would kiss Natalie” . Natalie had decided to choose this moment as the right time to enter the living room. “Why would you think that?” asked Jason with a glint in his eyes, he was onto something and David was yet to see that. “ I dunno she is just plain Natalie, not some insta model or one of those chicks. I don’t see him kissing her” said a nonchalant david. Natalie froze where she was standing. Had she really heard David saying a guy won’t kiss her because she was plain? She felt her hair on her arms stand up and her mind was fixed on one word, plain, plain, plain and plain.

“Oh thank god Natalie you are here. Can you please help this moron with his vlog?” pleaded Jason. “ I have no ideas Jason” whispered Natalie. David couldn’t help but notice change in Natalie’s demeanor. Was something? Did something happen? “ Natalie, are you not feeling well?” asked a concerned David. “No, I'm fine. Why would you say that? “ asked natalie. “Ah , i just thought that because you sounded different. Kinda tired?” replied david while looking into her eyes. Something was wrong. Natalie wasn’t just telling him what it was. “Listen Jas, call the science guy and other friends tomorrow we’ll do a science experiment for this vlog” said david, finally coming up with something for his vlog. “Okay my man. See you tomorrow. See you Nat” replied Jason while picking up his vlog camera to head back home. “Bye Jas” replied both David and Natalie.

As Natalie laid in her bed her mind wandered to what  david had earlier said to jason  “ I dunno she is just plain Natalie, not some insta model or one of those chicks. I don’t see him kissing her”  Natalie felt herself breaking piece by piece she kept recalling his statement. Here she was harbouring feelings for her best friend and he thought she was just a plain jane. How could she be so stupid?