Hiii, this will be my first multi-chapter fic on here, so please try to give it some love and support. It gets better after this, trust me. I just had to get the introductions and such out of the way. Here it is! This is semi inspired by 'silver screens' by herecomesthepun (penname), go check it out if you like Percy Jackson. It's only the basic story outline that is taken from her, everything else is different.
Please: also note that Alex is a little more confident in front of her camera then she is around people, her confidence is also a little higher because she is in the public eye a lot. So, she probably acts a little different to how the normal Alex is- a little OOC
:) Disclaimer: I don't own The Medoran Chronicles, all rights go to Lynette Noni- plain and simple.
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It all started at Walmart
Chapter One: Walmart cookie dough sucks btw
Alexandra Rose Jennings walked into Walmart feeling extremely awkward. Her hair was a mess, she was in her pyjamas, not to mention the fact that it was two in the morning. The workers eyed her suspiciously, but they also may have been a little amused? She sure was a sight, she had grey sweatpants, with a black cropped t-shirt and her hair was thrown up messily into a ponytail. And no, it wasn't the 'cute' messy, it was a 'ew, don't come near me' messy. There was a difference. To top it all off, she was carrying a vlog camera. She sighed, muttering something about 'Bear being a stupid idiot' and flipped open her vlog camera. She smiled sheepishly at the cashiers that were sending her looks; they were all her age, so they had to know what she was doing. After four years of YouTubing Alex still wasn't 100% comfortable filming in public, but what could you do? Besides, this was LA, you have most definitely seen weirder.
"Okay, so Bear somehow convinced me to come here. I don't know how, I was just bored I guess," she said to the camera, walking down the cold food aisle.
"He wants that stupid cookie dough. So here I am, at freaking two in the morning. There are a total of five other people here… and they're all workers," she said, angling the camera at the section of the cold food aisle where the dough should've been.
After a few minutes Alex sighed and turned off her camera. She could not find that freaking cookie dough anywhere. It was freaking two-thirty and all she wanted to do was go home. Alex was most definitely not in the mood. She told the camera something about not being able to find it, whilst still pointing it at the food. She flipped the camera.
"I'm calling Bear."
Alex dialled his number, still filming. She walked to the end of the aisle where she had the full attention of the cashiers, who looked amused. Unfortunately, that fact did not register in her brain right away. She glanced around the shop seeing if there was another place the dough could be. Alex then mumbled something to the camera about needing coffee before she perked up again, trying to make good content. Bear answered.
"Alex, do you have the dough?" He asked her.
Despite the fact that he couldn't see her, she still threw her hands up in the air—the camera going with them.
"No, I don't have the freaking cookie dough," she snapped, rather loudly.
She was too annoyed to care.
"Aleeexxxxx," he whined.
Alex glared at no one in particular.
"Don't you Alex me. I can't find it!"
"Then ask someone."
Alex was mildly embarrassed she didn't think of this herself. She looked up to see the cashiers still looking at her amused, a couple were laughing. Her face flushed. She turned and stormed down the aisle.
"You know what Bear? You can get your own cookie dough."
Alex hung up. She looked for the dough one more time before looking at the camera.
"I give up, I'll buy Bear Starbucks or something."
She shut off her camera, huffed and turned around. She almost collided with someone.
"Sorry," she stammered, before realising it was a very amused look cashier.
He smiled, looking like he was withholding laughter. Galloping gargoyles, he was attractive. He was tanned, he had dark brown hair and striking blue eyes. His nametag said 'Kaiden'.
"Sorry miss, but we heard you were having a little bit of trouble. We normally don't bother helping people unless they come to us, but it's almost three in the morning and we thought 'why not help a girl out?'" He smiled at her again, still trying not to laugh.
Alex felt heat rush to her cheeks. She glanced over her shoulder to see all of the employees smirking at her. One even winked. She scowled.
"I don't need help," she muttered, not meeting Kaiden's eyes.
He laughed outright this time.
"Well, now I know you don't need help, but just a fun fact for you," he said, his eyes glittering, "that cookie dough right there is really good."
He pointed to a roll of dough that was right in front of her. Like right there. Alex was determined not to let him win. She was about to deny ever needing cookie dough, then she remembered Bear. And since she was feeling particularly kind she grabbed two rolls and walked past Kaiden without a word. She heard a light chuckle from behind her, which she promptly ignored. She handed the dough to a boy who was maybe two years older than her. He smirked at her.
"So, do you do YouTube?" he asked, looking at the camera.
Alex heard a snort from the cashier behind her.
"No Seb, she's filming her life, so her grandkids can see it."
"Shut up Nick," the cashier—Seb? —said.
"No, that's exactly what I'm doing," Alex said, feigning a hurt look on her face.
At the panicked expression of the boys' faces she laughed.
"Kidding."
They both laughed, "You got us there."
Alex smiled. She paid and left, not wanting anymore questions asked about her. She did not want them to find her channel. She walked out the door yelling over her shoulder.
"Thanks boys."
She ignored the burst of laughter that was heard after the store door closed. She got in the car and ranted the whole way home, stopping at Starbucks to get a pink drink for Bear and a Caramel Frappuccino for herself.
"And the worst thing was, this guy was good looking. Like really good looking. Ten out of ten, you know? 100% would date as long as he was a good guy."
She jumped out of the car and went into the house she shared with Bear. It was really nice; even though they were both only seventeen they had made enough money in their YouTubing years. Bear was her best friend, along with D.C. and Jordan, who lived on the other side of LA. He perked up when he saw her bearing Starbucks.
"Is that mine?"
Alex nodded. He looked at her solemnly.
"You are a life saver Alexandra Jennings."
She snorted, "I got your cookie dough as well."
He jumped up and down.
"Yes!"
Bear grabbed the bag from her, cut the dough and put it in the oven. Alex told him all about the Walmart incident, which he thought was hilarious. She fully blamed the Walmart workers for her misfortune. They were way too amused for her liking. She told Bear as much, which only made him laugh harder. She scowled at him and shoved him. The oven went off. Bear jumped up and got them out. After another half hour they both tried a cookie. Alex filmed their reactions. They both took a bite, pulled some very sour looks and spat the cookies out, right on the floor. Alex glared at Bear.
"You made me go to Walmart and embarrass myself, just for those cookies?" Alex asked him.
"Well to be fair, I didn't make you embarrass yourself, you did that all by yourself," he said smugly.
Alex jumped on Bear and tackled him to the floor. After about two seconds he started shouting.
"Okay, okay. I yield. Gosh girl, get off me."
Alex grinned triumphantly and got off him.
They filmed her outro together—Bear grumbling the whole time.
"I blame the fact that I couldn't see that cookie dough on the Walmart people. Learn from this that Walmart people suck, even hot Walmart cashiers suck. Along with the cookie dough. Ummm just kidding, I love Walmart. Bye."
By then it was five in the morning. Alex wasn't sure why she pulled an all-nighter, she just did. Bear was setting up his equipment in front of the aesthetic background he had created himself. He took at least an hour to set up a table, chair, camera and ring light. Alex sat there talking to him while he was doing it. At around six thirty after the sun had risen fully he started filming. He was reviewing the new Harry Potter 20th anniversary books. Alex had thought about doing the same, but now that he was doing it she decided she wouldn't. And with that Alex walked up the stairs at a snail's pace, the caffeine from the Frappuccino fully gone. She got into her bed and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
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Two weeks later
Kaiden was ecstatic as he left his last early morning shift at Walmart—ever. He walked with the boys through the crowded streets of downtown LA. They were all buzzing with excitement for Kaiden. His Aunt Nisha had some connections. And through those connections he was able to get an agent. And through that agent he was able to get a record deal. It had taken two years and Kaiden had finally done it. The deal was at Akarnae record company and apparently—after listening to some demos—the director of some department liked what he heard. Kaiden started recording tomorrow. His family were almost as excited as him, they were going out to dinner together that night. They all went to the same cafe that they always did. Nick smiled because the waitress that he'd been flirting with recently was there. She blushed slightly, looking at him. They took their usual seats and ordered their usual orders.
"So, Declan. Any updates on the two AM Walmart girl situation?" Brendan said, smiling slightly.
Declan shook his head.
"Are we sure her name is actually Alice? Because there is no YouTuber that looks like her named Alice that I can find."
Everyone shrugged.
"Even though she was talking loudly, she was talking really fast," Nick said, everyone nodded in agreement.
"Oh well, I guess we'll just have to wait until we stumble across her one day," Brendan said.
Kaiden nodded in agreement. "We don't even know if she's famous or not."
Everyone looked at him. Kaiden shrugged. "What?"
"Of course she's famous! She would be perfect as a YouTuber. Super entertaining," Sebastian said, looking at Kaiden as if he was crazy.
Kaiden shrugged again. "Whatever you say Seb."
"Oh, my gosh," Declan said, looking over Kaiden's shoulder.
"Speak of the devil," Brendan said.
Kaiden turned around, and there she was. And oh gosh, she looked amazing. He could tell she was a pretty girl when he'd seen her, but with her hair done and in proper clothes she looked like a goddess. She was with a girl and two boys. The girl had auburn hair, she was holding hands with a blonde guy with bright blue eyes. The other boy had brown hair and brown eyes. Alex looked at the boy and they rolled their eyes simultaneously. They were all laughing, really loudly. They ordered coffees and teas of different sorts and went to wait in the pick-up section. Which just so happened to be in the same section that Kaiden and his friends were sitting. They all turned away quickly, holding menus up over their faces, but it seemed unnecessary. 'Alice' and her friends seemed to be in their own little world. Alice whispered something in the brunette boys ear and he cried out.
"Alex!"
Kaiden and his friends looked at each other - it was Alex, not Alice. They had been close. Kaiden wondered if the boy and Alex where siblings, they sure did have similar appearances. But then Kaiden decided that, no they weren't blood siblings, but they had the relationship of them. Their order number was called, they grabbed their drinks and with that the group left.
"Alex, her name is Alex," Nick said.
"Thank you for stating the obvious Nick, much appreciated," Declan said, dodging the hit Nick tried to throw at him.
"I will do my research tonight," Declan said, making everyone laugh.
The food came, and everyone ate, scoffing it down. They all went to the massive double-level apartment they shared. Kaiden loved living with his best friends, it was nothing but fun. But having been up since one in the morning they were all tired. Surprised at the fact that it was now almost midday, Kaiden went upstairs into his room and flopped into his bed. He fell asleep pretty much straight away.
o/O/o
Kaiden woke up six hours later. He got up, showered and got ready for dinner with his Aunt and sister. He left the house, saying bye to Brendan—who was the only one up and playing video games—and drove to the restaurant he was meeting his family at. He was excited, he hadn't seen them in months.
"Kaiden!"
He would know that voice anywhere. He turned around, a smiling appearing on his face.
"Jeera!" Kaiden ran over and hugged her.
He let go of her and wrapped his Aunt Nisha in a warm embrace.
"Hey Kaiden, how are you?" Nisha said, a warm smile on her face.
"I'm great, I've had a pretty eventful couple of months."
Jeera and Nisha nodded. They went to a table and sat down. They ordered their food and started catching up.
"So, Jeera, any special people in your life?" Kaiden asked, raising his eyebrows.
To Kaiden's surprise Jeera blushed—actually blushed. Kaiden smirked, waiting for her reply.
"No."
"No?"
"Yes, no."
"So yes or no?" Kaiden asked, feigning oblivion.
Jeera shoved him. "Don't act like you don't know."
Nisha just watched them, amused.
"So, what's the lucky fella's name?" Kaiden asked.
Jeera sighed in defeat.
"Blake."
The waitress chose that moment to give them their food. Kaiden smirked but dropped the subject. They ate, Nisha talking about her job. Jeera talking about hers. Kaiden was having a great time, laughing quite a lot.
"Hey Kaid?" Jeera said, taking a sip of her water.
Kaiden raised his eyebrow at her, "Yes?"
"I was watching YouTube in my spare time and there was a YouTube video from my favourite YouTuber. Her name is Alex Rose," Kaiden's eyes widened at the name, but apparently Jeera didn't notice because she continued.
"She's really funny and her channel has a lot of things, it's completely random. Anyways, I was watching her, and she was vlogging. She went to Walmart, it was the Walmart you work at and the time you would've been there. She mentioned a worker helping her, was that you?"
Kaiden nodded. So Alex was big on YouTube. Jeera grinned as if something was amusing her.
"She made some great comments about you, I'll send you the link," Jeera said, still grinning.
Kaiden nodded again, "Okay."
The rest of the night was good, they had dessert, caught up more and overall had a great time. Kaiden drove home, receiving a text from Jeera with the link to the video. He was intrigued and planned to watch the video with the guys. When he got home, Brendan was in the exact same place, playing the exact same game except he now had a bag of Doritos open and Declan screaming at him to 'shoot the stupid dude already'. Nick and Sebastian were in the kitchen, arguing about what they were going to make for dinner. Kaiden laughed and stood on the couch.
"SHUT UP!" he yelled.
Everyone went quiet. He smiled triumphantly.
"I found the two AM Walmart girl."
Everyone cheered, Kaiden laughed. They sat down and looked at Kaiden's phone. The video started.
"Hey guys, I'm back. I'm with Bear, as you can see. I didn't have anything to do tonight—"
"You could sleep?" Bear suggested, Alex glared at him.
"Shut up Bear, anyways I thought, why not pull an all-nighter and vlog it."
"And drag Bear into it." She ignored him.
"So, Bear wants cookies and I'm not making cookies so I'm going to Walmart to buy some, while Bear stays here and does who knows what."
"But first—"
They sat there intrigued at the first ten minutes of the video. Kaiden and the others thought she was really entertaining. Not to mention pretty. When she got to Walmart the boys looked at each other. Nick and Brendan were in the background for a split second.
She was looking for the cookies, the video paused, zooming in on the cookies. A message came up that said, 'they're right there you idiot', before continuing to play. The boys laughed. There was the infamous phone call to Bear, before there was a time cut to when she was in the car, ranting.
"The Walmart workers were literally laughing at me. Like, yeah I would laugh at me too. But you don't openly laugh at a customer, what if I was visually impaired and they insulted me by laughing? The possibilities are endless. And then this dude walks over and basically makes fun of me, he points right to the cookie dough, making me feel stupid. Then has the audacity to openly laugh. And the worst thing was, this guy was good looking. Like really good looking. Ten out of ten, you know? 100% would date as long as he was a good guy."
The boys were all laughing relentlessly. Nick had tears coming from his eyes, Brendan was basically howling, while Seb and Declan had dropped to the floor, just sitting there, laughing. Kaiden was smiling sheepishly.
"Ten out of ten," Declan gasped.
"100% would date," Nick repeated.
Kaiden had to pause the video.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever," Kaiden said, mock glaring them.
"Whatever?" Sebastian said.
Kaiden nodded.
"Whatever? Kaid you had a total hottie saying she would date you. Not to mention she has 8.5 million subs. Plus she seems like a really nice girl. If you had've play your cards right you could've got her."
Kaiden just shook his head at his friend's antics. After they finally calmed down Kaiden played the video. It was quite amusing, she told Bear about what happened. He thought it was absolutely hilarious. Alex just looked half amused, half defeated. They tried the cookies which were—to no one's surprise—disgusting, before ending the video. Alex still looked annoyed as she filmed the outro, but the end was funny. The boys all laughed. Kaiden subscribed to her, then went to bed. As he was trying to sleep, he couldn't help thinking about what Alex had said about him. It was nice. Quite flattering. He also thought about what he would be doing the next day. He would be recording his first song ever. Kaiden hoped that he would be a success. He really did. He went to sleep with a smile on his face, excited for the future to come.
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Just letting you know it's not all about Alex making videos, that was only so I could have an introduction of sorts. Please leave a review letting me know how you like it and follow for more! I promise it gets better.
:) [graevy]
