(Taylor Montgomery's POV)
As I fixed my hair to hang over my ears I couldn't help but frown. My fans didn't know about my deformity and I didn't want them to find out about it. I was too afraid that if I posted a video about it my fans would judge me even more. My ears were a sensitive subject since they aren't normal, they're elf ears. I had a tumor in one ear that caused my skin to stretch to a point. My mother, hoping to make me normal, asked the doctor to take the extra skin off with the tumor but the doctor said that the surgery would leave my ear scarred and disfigured for the rest of my life. At age 10 I got the other ear fixed to an elf ear so it would look the same.
"Taylor! You ready to play?!" My friend Jordan, CaptainSparklez, called from the other room. I had moved in with him at age 20.
"Yeah!" I responded pulling up Skype and calling him. Today we were going to start a new series on both of our channels. It was a Minecraft survival series that we would both start from scratch, with the exception of Jerry's Tree and my mansion.
"Who's gonna do the intro?" Jordan asked over Skype as we both logged into Minecraft and started a new world. I shrugged.
"I'll do the outro if you do the intro." I suggested fixing my headphones so they sat over my little elf ears.
"Okay." He agreed letting me start recording before starting the intro.
-About an hour and a half later-
"Alright my little elves that's all we have for today but do not fret!" I yelled making Jordan laugh. "We shall be back every other day with a half an hour episode!" My smile was much bigger than before the recording. "But until then….adieu!" I waved goodbye to the audience before shutting my recording stuff off and slipping my headphones off. My thick hair fell in waves as I pulled it from the bun it was in.
"Have you packed for PAX East yet?" Jordan asked as he poked his head through the door. I shook my head no. "Well they just called and said you have your own booth this year so figure out how you want it." I sighed. Jordan always had his individual booth and then this year I would also be on two panels. My friend Wade's and Jordan's.
"Shit." I muttered pulling my hair lightly. "Alright. Am I cooking you dinner?" I asked. Jordan shook his head.
"I'll just grab some tacos when I come back from the store." He responded rubbing his head. It was currently around 7 at night since we've been recording all day. PAX was only a few days away so we needed videos to put up.
"Cool. I'm going to hop in the shower, call Wade, then edit so just call me when you're back." Jordan nodded before leaving, shutting the door behind him. I layed my head back before getting up and grabbing an outfit for after I got out.
(Quick little A/N - Jordan's home/condo is the one he showed off in a house tour video in December 2013. I'll link the video on my profile for those who have not seen it. However the layout for some things are different in this story. The back room that is off the kitchen and living room where Jordan says he will put a futon for guests has been changed to Taylor's room. Also the bathroom and closet near that room are hers. Jordan records in his room as does Taylor so it is possible for Jordan to call to her from his room.)
Jordan's room was much bigger than mine which I was grateful for. I didn't like big spaces and didn't have much stuff to put in them so they would always be empty. When I asked to move in with Jordan he had to move his recording stuff to his room but was fine with it, telling me his room was getting a little too spacious and that it made him feel very lonely most of the time. Sighing I laid the outfit I picked on the bed and grabbed my camera.
"Hey guys." I said into my camera. "So I wanted to um you know talk to you guys before I popped in the shower and explain some things." I didn't want my deformity making me insecure anymore. "So I have a little story. As you know I don't show my ears and it's because as a child I had a tumor um in my l-left ear." I wiped some tears from my eyes. "When having it removed my mom didn't want me to be badly disfigured so we had some cartilage put in it and it looked like an elf ear." I stopped for a minute as my breathing got heavy and more tears flowed from my eyes. "At age 10 I had a surgery on my right e-ear to make it look somewhat normal, as if I was born with it." My skype went off behind me signaling that Wade was calling. I ignored it. "I j-just don't want you guys to hate me." I gently pushed my hair behind my disfigured ears. "I'm sorry I'm a freak." I whispered before shutting off my camera and heading to the shower.
-After Taylor's shower-
As I walked back into my room I noticed my computer was beeping. I had 12 messages from Wade. All of them asked if I was okay or that he hopes I'm okay. I typed back a quick message explaining that I'd call him later before editing and uploading my confession video.
"Taylor?! I'm back!" I was still sitting on my bed in my towel. "Taylor?" Jordan asked walking into my room. "Hey...what's wrong?" I didn't speak just pointed to the computer that showed off my activity on YouTube. "You finally told them." He sounded breathless. I nodded slowly. "Good." He hugged me for a few seconds. "Now get up, get dressed, and get some tacos while I edit." I nodded again waiting for him to leave before slipping on my Invader Zim Gir fuzzy pajama pants, a normal black tank top, my fuzzy Roxy slippers, and my snake bite rings. My hair dripped down my back as I left my room and entered the kitchen. Jordan was down the hallway staring at me.
"Yes?" I asked making him narrow his eyes.
"Waiting for you to get food." He called making me roll my eyes. Jordan knew when I was stressed I rarely ate making my already scrawny body even smaller. I playfully glared at him before getting 3 tacos. 2 soft shell and 1 hard shell. He stuck his tongue out at me as I walked away making me flip him off. Once I was back to my room I picked up my phone, typing in Wade's number after unlocking it.
"Hello?" Wade answered on the third ring. "Are you okay? I saw your video." I sighed sitting against the headboard of my bed.
"Not very ready to look at those comments. Not yet." I muttered unwrapping a soft shell taco.
"Why not?" Wade put something in his mouth, crunching down on it. "They all are sweet only a few say bad things but your fans are flagging them." He said after finishing the bite of his snack. "Mark and Bob commented on it too." I took a bite from my taco as he talked.
"Who?" I asked, my mouth still full. Wade laughed at me as I swallowed.
"Markiplier and Muyskerm." I made a small sound taking a larger bite from my taco. "Are you eating tacos?" I laughed lightly.
"Nope." I took another bite effectively finishing off the taco. "Totally not."
"Uh huh sure." I started to unwrap the hard shell taco before realizing I needed a bowl and a fork. Sighing I rolled off the bed, smacking my face on the carpet under my bed. "You okay?"
"Yup just rolled off my bed." Wade started to laugh uncontrollably at the thought of me rolling over and falling off the bed.
"Hey I gotta go pack for PAX." Wade said as I walked down the hall to the kitchen. "But I will call you tomorrow. So peace."
"Peace." I responded before Wade hung up. "Hey Jordan?!" I called as I noticed Jordan passed out on his keyboard, the computer still recording. Jordan made some weird snoring sound and shifted his head. "C'mon sleepy." I whispered as I reached his room. Gently I wrapped his arm around my shoulder and dragged him to bed.
"Taylor?" Jordan muttered softly as I all but dropped him on the bed.
"Yeah it's me, Jordan." I whispered while covering his body with the blanket. He whispered something before passing out once again only this time his head was safely on a pillow instead of his keyboard. "Goodnight." Quickly I shut off his recording, saved it, and went to close his blinds. After that I yawned deciding that I would eat the tacos tomorrow but right now I needed a very long and refreshing nap.