Hey ya'll had to resubmit this chapter because of a description error XD (Cody if you're reading this, is that better? Anything else that I need to fix? XD lol)
Ch.2
-Cody's POV-
"Hey everyone before I start the video, I would like to let you all know that I'll be going to Pax this year. And it would mean a lot if ya'll don't crowd me, this is a big change and I'm already stressed for many reasons. And I'm not saying to not say hi or anything, I'm just saying be calm about it. So with all that being said I hope you all enjoy the video." I spoke into my microphone; once I was satisfied with the editing I slipped the clip at the front before adding my outro song and links to the end.
With a stretch and a lengthy yawn I finally stood up. "Time for bed." I told myself and flopped onto my bed with my face in my pillow. It's been five days since I made the decision to go to Pax, and it was such a surprise to the crew that Tyler called me this morning.
-This morning-
"Hey Tyler, you never call me. What's up?" I asked before sipping my coffee.
"Are you really going to Pax?" Was the first thing to come out of my friend's mouth.
"Well yes. I've thought it for a long time, but I was too scared to go, until mom told me to think of it as a meet-up and adventure. So I'll be seeing ya'll there." My southern accent was more noticeable when I just woke up.
Tyler laughed, "I'm excited to see you all! Scotty, Panda, and I are going to be doing a Q&A when we get there. Want to join us"
I scratched the back of my neck nervously. The thought of doing a video with my face, freaked me out! But then I remembered I'd be showing my face anyways. "Sure! Sounds like a good idea."
"Sweet! Alright, I'll send a tweet and let the other two fuckers know. Well I got to go." Tyler said casually after a few laughs.
"Alright, have a good day Tyler." I politely said before hanging up.
-Present-
I walked into the living room and laid myself out on the gray couch. Turning on the TV I decided to watch some Gotham. I wasn't really watching the show, my mind kept going back to Pax. I then thought about school, and how it was finals week; and I've been busting my ass off during the studying. And I also have been putting a new video out every other day. The subscribers have been eating those videos up like crazy. They would most likely blow up on Twitter and YouTube about wanting to meet me at Pax. To be honest though, I was excited to meet some of my viewers also.
I had one of my finals tomorrow afternoon, so after a couple episodes of Gotham I shut everything off and fell asleep. When morning came, the sun gave me a rude awakening by shining through the window. Sitting up with a yawn I lift a dramatic fist up and gave an even more dramatic monologue. "Curse thou name, sun."
After getting that out of my system I did some chores before taking a shower and getting changed I decided that I'd do a quick bit of studying before heading to school. Going to my room I grabbed my notebook and math book, and studied for hours! After studying it was almost time for my final. Grabbing my car keys and backpack, I left the house and locked the door. I quizzed myself through the twenty minutes drive. Pulling up in the closest parking spot, I grabbed my stuff and headed to my math class.
My teacher Mr. Smith was laying down packets of paper when he looked up with a forced smile. "Cody, you're five minutes early."
I nodded and sat my bag in my spot towards the front. "I know."
"Well if you're going to be early, can you finish laying out the tests? I need to use the restroom." He asked as he straightened out his gray suit coat.
I shrugged and took the stack from him. The man looked me over for a second before nodding with a grunt and speed walking for the men's restroom. As fast as I could, I lay out the tests before sitting down in my spot. With a relieved sigh I open my bag and grab my notes and looked them over until the professor and the class showed up. It didn't take long for the classroom to fill up and the testing began.
Two. Two hours of pure torture, but this test was honestly really easy. And the best part was that I wouldn't have any other finals until I got back from Pax. So quickly I drove home, grabbed my luggage and tossed it in my trunk, and time to call my older sister.
"Hey littler bro, what can I do for you?" My sister, Sarah, sounded extra happy.
"I'm going to be gone for the weekend. And I was wondering if you could come and house sit?" I asked as I filled up my cat's food and water bowl one last time.
She chuckled lightly, "Sure thing Cody. I was actually passing through. You can head on over to the airport. I still have a spare key, I'll just run home and get some clothes." Sarah sounded far away. I assumed that she had put me on speaker.
"Alright, thanks sis. Love ya." I hung up and gave her one last scratch behind the ear before leaving the small house and locking the door.
I hopped into the car and headed for the airport. And had met a couple friend there, one was going to drive the car back to my place until I got back. I gave them hugs and friendly smiles. "So I guess this is goodbye. For now."
"The infamous Racingcatz has decided to show his ugly mug to the world then." My long time friend Devin joked.
I rolled my eyes and ran my hand through my short black hair nervously. "Hey I'm not that bad looking."
"I don't know, is that stubble coming through that baby face?" My other friend Liam joined in the joking.
Being a bit childish, I flipped them off before tossing Liam my car keys. "Don dent my car."
"Yeah, yeah don't get your panties in a bunch. Have a nice trip man." Liam jokingly said before giving me one last hug.
I took a deep breath and walked through the airport until I found myself at security. I put my laptop and camera in a bin, then came my shoes and everything else. They had to swab my equipment, or well part of my equipment before letting me have it back. After getting my stuff back I made it to my gate. I got a few texts from Luke's group message with the address of the hotel we were all staying at. He also told me that Tyler, Craig, Brian, and I were sharing a room. Quickly replying to the group message, telling them that I was boarding my plane and would be landing tomorrow morning.
Delirious: Have fun everyone! I expect videos from everyone! Haha.
Evan: No, I refuse to give you the satisfaction of a video. XD
Nogla: Haha.
Brock: I'll be vlogging a lot, so defiantly can expect a video.
Brian: How about you come with us, and you can get your own footage!
Me: Hey, Delirious can use my footage. Jk. See you all in a few hours.
I turned my phone on silent after I boarded the plane and found my seat. With a heavy sigh I grabbed my camera and turned it own. I've seen a few of the others recording the airplane ride during big trips, but I thought I'd do something a little different. I stood up as much as I could and pressed record.
"The seats are completely filled. Good thing I got a seat next to the window." I did a 360 with my camera before going back to aiming the camera outside. "Ah'll be seeing most of your guys' faces at Pax. The planes bout to take off, so this is where I'll stop the recording."
And with that I turned it off, grabbed my phone and head phones, and started playing music. I wasn't much of a flyer, so I decide to just sleep through the flight. Which is what I did. I woke up as the attendant was telling me that we were landing soon. I smiled and thanked her before gathering my things, and carefully stuffing them in my black backpack. As the plane made its descent I grew more nervous and excited that I was getting to meet not only my friends but any subscribers that would be there. The thought of meeting people who only know me as Racingcatz, in person, made me nervous.
The plane landed, the pilot and attendant gave their spiel before letting us off. I grabbed my small red suitcase from the overhead shelf. We slowly walked out of the plane. Once we were out I marched straight to the luggage claim. I quickly found my medium sized gray suitcase. I sighed in relief as I took my suitcases and backpack, and went straight for the door.
I was almost out the doors when I saw my friends standing there with a sign reading 'Racingcatz' on a piece of cardboard. My hands quickly began to sweat and my mouth was starting to dry out as I took small steps to them. When I was a foot away from them I timidly waved to them.
"Howdy guys." I nervously said.
The guys just stared at me for a few seconds before crowding me with a group hug. I began to relax after mentally reminding myself that these were my friends.
"Geez Cody, why didn't you tell us you were so tall?" Craig joked.
I laughed at the remark, "I'm not that tall, you're just short Mini. I'm only 6'2. It's nice to finally meet you guys."
"Jesus, your accent is as thick as Nogla's!" Brian pointed out a little too loud.
"Sorry?" I was confused by the comment.
The Irishman shook his head, "No I'm just saying that you're gonna be a lady's man."
I laughed, "Well are we going to go? Cause we're drawing a crowd."
"I know a good place to eat. We can go there and get some grub after we drop off your stuff." Evan suggested as we went outside and gave a brief goodbye to Nogla, Brian, and Brock as they hopped into a taxi. Craig and Lui took another taxi while Evan had brought his car, we tossed my stuffing the trunk and we (Evan, Luke, Tyler, Marcel, and I) all went to the hotel we were all staying at.
"Food sounds good, I haven't had anything since my finals. Well now to get Ohm and Delirious to come out of hiding." We all laughed.
"If Johnathan were to come, then he's either drunk or sick. Cause my boy doesn't do airplanes and crowds." Luke revealed.
I turned to give him a skeptical look. "Oh and I do?"
"Shut up farmer boy?" He quipped in a joking fashion.
"Farmer boy? Last time I was on a farm was when I was six." I said.
"Well you have a farmer's tan, which is why you'll now be called 'Farmer boy'." Luke said behind a series of laughs.
Evan handed me a key card, "We each have one. So be sure not to lose it."
I two finger salutes him. "Yes sir."
We took my luggage to my shared room on the second floor. The room that I was going to be sharing with Tyler, Brian, and Craig was right next to the others' rooms. Evan, Luke, and Marcel were on the right. Nogla, Lui, Scotty, and Anthony were on the left. Which was perfect because our rooms had doors that connected our rooms. Once I had my bags in the room we left and went on our way to a bar and grill that was down the road from the Convention center.
"Hey Scotty, Tyler say cheese!" Anthony made his usual derp face, and the other two tried to copy him. He snapped a picture of them and then made his rounds. "Cody, want to take one?"
I shrugged, "Sure. Why not?" Anthony and I flashed smiles. "So what's the plan? What do you guys do during events?"
"Well usually we have food before Pax, then Pax, dinner afterwards, and then after that we hit up the bars until we're drunk." Craig informed me as he tossed an arm over m shoulder. In his other hand was his vlogging camera. "Say hi to the camera Cody."
I waved shyly, I could see my face on the tiny screen beside the camera. "Hey ya'll."
"My boy Racingcatz is totally a southern guy. We're going to get some grub before heading over to Pax. Be sure to stop and say hi to us. Especially our scaredy-cat here." Craig joked.
"I ain't no scaredy-cat! They can hug me for all I care." I was in all honesty playing, but this was Mini and liked to be a smart ass.
"You heard it here folks! Give our friend Cody a big hug, and I'll throw in a free t-shirt." Craig shouted excitedly before giving a straight face. "Kidding about the t-shirt, but really give him a hug."
"Mini, I'm going to murder you in Prop Hunt!" I took his camera and ran through the parking lot. "'Kay guys this is the end of the vlog. Love ya all, don't forget to subscribe to me. My links to my Twitter page and YouTube channel will be here and here." I pointed out in the air, knowing Mini would have to edit it.
"Cody quit it, I don't want to edit." Mini whined as he snatched his camera back and turned it off. "You jerk, now I have to edit stuff in."
Everyone laughed at Mini. Tyler and Marcel came out of the restaurant, signaling to us that we have a table. We went inside and sat at our table, enjoying a few drinks. I was stuck drinking soda and water because I wasn't twenty one yet. Though I'm not going to lie that I've never had a few drinks, but we couldn't give me anything until we got back to the rooms.
"So Cody, how did your finals go?" Tyler asked casually after getting into a game of drinking truth or dare with Scotty and Brian.
"They went good. I feel good about this one, I studied all morning and even before the test. So I should get a pretty good grade on it." I answered before drinking my coke. And then I tasted something that I know wasn't coke. "Okay which one of assholes spiked my drink?"
Anthony and Scotty were looking away from us, obviously guilty. Evan shook his head and took my drink, switching it with his. We had gotten the same drink. "Guys, not cool. We could get into serious trouble for giving Cody alcohol. Which is why we agreed to wait until we got back to the hotel."
I have never seen this side of Evan before. I've always seen him like his silly, loud self. "Evan, it's fine. Really, I was just surprised by the sudden change in taste. It's not enough to get me tipsy." I leaned forward and switched our drinks again. "Thanks though."
"Hey guys, Delirious is face timing me." Cartoonz sounded surprise as accepted it. "What's up man?"
"Sorry, I was meaning to call you. You left your Go Pro here." His phone was obviously face away from him.
"I did?" The confusion soon turned into realization when he patted himself down. "Shit you're right. Is there anyway you could mail it to me?"
"There wouldn't be any point. It'll be days before it arrives." I told him.
"Woah is that Racingcatz?" Delirious completely forgot about Luke. His hand came down, covering the camera. He was silent for a few moments before giving a low chuckle. "Damn dude, how do you not have a girlfriend? I bet you guys are going to have fun at the strip club. Haha."
I rolled my eyes, "Are we actually going to a strip club? Because everyone keeps bringing it up."
The group chuckled as if it's an inside joke. Brock pulled up a picture of a neon lit sign that said 'Strip Club'. Underneath it also said 'Restaurant'. "It's a restaurant that's known for making good chicken strips."
A small 'o' formed around my mouth. "Oh, I thought-"
"You thought we were actually going to a strip club?" Lui tsked. "Well we all know what's on Cody's mind."
I couldn't help but laugh, "Ah yes totally was on my mind when you guys all said strip club."
"Oh we're going to one of those also." Tyler threw that bit of information in.
Luke had gone outside to finish the call with Delirious. So I just sat back and enjoyed my food. We all had a great time up until some fans recognized Evan. 'Dammit Evan!' I mentally yelled at him.
"I can't believe I'm meeting Vanoss and the crew." The fan looked like he was about to explode. He had an arm in a blue cast, and an idea popped in my head.
I reached into my backpack and pulled out a black sharpie. "We'll sign your cast."
He looked at me curiously, then everyone else, and then back at me. "Which one are you?"
I smirked at him sat forward. "Take a guess."
"Well it narrows it down to Ohm, Racingcatz, and Delirious." He crossed his arm and looked at me deep in thought. "I'm going to say that you're not Ohmwrecker. Because you have a southern accent."
I nodded, "You're right I am not Ohm."
The guys all laughed as the kid quickly took his phone. "Hey! No cheating!" Lui said in his squeaker voice.
"I…um… hm.. Racingcatz. You're Cody." He quickly said as if his life depended on it.
"Ding, ding, ding." Nogla and Brian both said.
The fan was getting really excited as he held his arm out to me. "Holy shit, I can't believe I'm meeting you. I've been subbed to since the beginning. Does this mean you're finally going to Pax?"
"Thanks. It means a lot. And yeah I'll be going to Pax." I took the sharpie and wrote my YouTuber name down the side.
"Hey I want to sign it!" Scotty snatched the sharpie from me and wrote his name.
Everyone soon wrote their names on the guy's cast. I actually had fun meeting a fan, and I didn't try to avoid talking to him. Maybe I can do this whole Pax thing! I was actually looking more and down more forward to Pax. After food the group decided to walk around the city of LA for a bit. It didn't take long for Luke, Brian, and Nogla to start complaining about the sun burns they were forming.
Marcel pulled out a can of spray on sunscreen. "Now quit your bitching."
I pulled out my phone when I saw that my mom was calling. "Hey mom."
"Hi sweetie, I just wanted to call and see if you made it to LA safely." She sounded a little tired.
"Yeah, I made it safely. We actually finished dinner a few minutes ago." I said with a smile.
"Penis!" Tyler and Anthony shout as loud as they could.
My cheeks heated up as my mom went quiet. "Sorry mom, Tyler and Anthony think they're being funny."
"Oh don't worry dear. I'll let you go now." She said with a chuckle.
"Alright. Love ya mom." I shouted over the honking horns of traffic.
"Love you too sweetie." She quietly said before ending the call.
Tyler stayed with me as the others went up ahead. "Sorry about that, it was really immature of us."
I shook my head with a smile, "It's no problem. Mom thought it was funny." And then I remembered that I didn't properly thank Tyler for helping me. I held my hand out, and Tyler took it in confusion. "I haven't thanked you properly for helping me with the whole YouTube thing, and for being a great friend."
"Dude, you don't need to be so formal with it." He laughed as he slapped my back in a friendly manner.
I scratched the back of my head nervously, "Yeah. I guess you're right."
"Mini and Marcel apparently found an alcohol store. So their getting some beer for tonight." He showed me a couple pictures that Marcel sent him.
"Dammit I seriously wish that I was twenty-one right now. I could go for a drink right now." I half joked.
"Hey guys, will ya both hurry up!?" Evan shouted.
We both laughed and quickly caught up to the group. Nogla and Brian were vlogging, Mini and Marcel went back to the hotel, and the rest of us talked about what games we would play after Pax. I was probably going to play some Happy Wheels or GTA V. As the day went by the group went back to apartment to get ready for PAX.
"So Cody tell our Subs how excited you are for Pax, that's going to start in a couple hours?" Luke asked as he aimed my camera at me. He was using mine since there was no way for him to get his camera in time of Pax.
I was coming through the connecting door as I ran hair gel through my hair. "Really excited." I said casually.
"That doesn't sound convincing enough. Give the viewers what they want." He tried to pump me up.
I laughed and threw a fist in the air. "Real fucking excited."
Evan and Craig jumped in beside me screaming, "Fuck yeah!"
"Woo! Feel the excitement in the room now. Let's go kick some ass at Pax!" Luke was really amped up.
"Pax here we come!" I shouted in excitement with the guys all laughing at me.
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