Where we left off:

"Hey, StellarMage. What do you think of online relationships and would you ever try to be in one? One more question. Have you ever thought of collaborating with someone? If so, who?" I had to think for a while for this one. I wrote it down. This was going to be a long week.


LUCY

A whole week later and I had around 100 asks that I chose to answer. I had been writing down possible answers to questions like, "What do you look like?", "What's your name?", "What do you do when you aren't on YouTube?", "What are your hobbies and why?", and the question that got me really thinking about my YouTube Career, "What do you think of online relationships and would you ever try to be in one? One more question. Have you ever thought of collaborating with someone? If so, who?"

If I had to be honest, my initial reaction to online relationships would be to turn away from them, but I also had to admit that they kind of gained my interest in the last year. If you talked enough to one person that you ended up falling in love than they couldn't be that bad, right?

Who would I collaborate with? I was much too shy to ask him and even if I did, I didn't think he would agree to the idea. Besides, that would mean that I would have to tell him where I live, or he would have to tell me where he lived and that was scary for me. I would have to weight from my father's next business trip for that one.

What I would do to be a normal kid and not a daughter to an extremely famous business man. Not to mention, I was always alone. At least no one knew who I was. I had no friends of which to speak of and nothing to my name except the family business which I was going to renounce once I came of age. After all, I had my own dreams that I want to pursue. I wanted to be a writer and a singer.

Sometimes I just wished my father would realize who I really am. I wish he would pay attention to the small things about me, but no. He didn't even notice me. He avoided me like the plague. It was probably because I looked like my mother. The same blonde hair and brown doe eyes. Everything. The only thing that was different between us is I stopped smiling the minute she died.

When I got finished with my schooling that afternoon, I set up my recording studio. I signed into Tumblr and made a post, "About to make my cover video. Kind of stressing over answering all your questions. Thanks for sending them in. Ask box was closed as of last night at midnight. The song will kind of just be the way I usually feel everyday. Sorry if it's depressing." I pressed the button to post and then started running through my playlist to see if there was something I haven't sung. I chose the song "Stand in the Rain" by Superchick.

I went to my mic and I started singing:

She never slows down.
She doesn't know why but she knows that when she's all alone, feels like its all coming down
She won't turn around
The shadows are long and she fears if she cries that first tear, the tears will not stop raining down

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day, whats lost can be found
You stand in the rain

She won't make a sound
Alone in this fight with herself and the fears whispering if she stands she'll fall down
She wants to be found
The only way out is through everything she's running from wants to give up and lie down.

When I finished the song I immediately started editing it to sync perfectly with the music. It wouldn't be long until people figured me out anyways, so I might as well give my story in form of a song today. As I finished editing my video and adding lyrics to the screen. I heard something strange come from down stairs. It was my father back from his meeting. I grimaced as I heard his voice and then sighed when I knew he was coming upstairs to go to his office. I posted the video and then went to go get something to eat.

After I ate, I would do my homework and start on the question video. I knew my father would be too busy to join me for dinner and that made me happy as I sat there in the dining room and ate quietly. Everyday that my father was away from me I felt more and more like I belonged elsewhere and it helped me follow along with my dream. If he never taught me the tools of the trade that would be a good thing, right? I ate the small meal one of my maid had prepared for me and then got up to go do my work.


NATSU

I let a sigh out of my mouth. Today was the day. The day I would figure out if StellarMage wanted to collab with me. I wanted to meet her so bad as I jumped on my laptop and saw that she had already posted her video. I knew the song she had song and I tilted my head to the side. I hadn't gone on Tumblr yet to see if she was online, but now I though like it was a good idea. I logged in and saw her latest post, "About to make my cover video. Kind of stressing over answering all your questions. Thanks for sending them in. Ask box was closed as of last night at midnight. The song will kind of just be the way I usually feel everyday. Sorry if it's depressing." I starred at the screen and then sighed. The song was depressing, but I had to wonder why. Why did she feel like this? Why did she always sound like she was smiling then? Was it all an act to hide something away?

All these questions ran through my head as I made my cover video. I was excited and it must have shown in the video because around an hour later someone commented on the video, "Your eyes are jumping around like crazy! FlamingDragon, you are adorable when you are excited about something." I laughed at the comment, but I couldn't deny the truth. I was excited. I wanted to know if she would answer the question that I asked and I was anxiously waiting for the answer.

I only ever posted one video a day, so it wouldn't matter, but every Friday I always posted a thank you video. I wanted to know that I was grateful for my subscribers. I wanted each and every one of them to know that they were the most important people to me. They were paying for my living at the age of 18 and would be probably paying my way through college. I loved them all. She wouldn't have been to notice, but I knew that she was subscribed to me and I knew that when I posted this one video she would probably see it. First, I had to take care of my homework. The weekend was a time that I wanted to relax and I wasn't going to let any type of work get in the way of that.


LUCY

It was time. I had to make the video sooner or later and it was already late. I held my phone up and made the video. I would read the question and then answer it. With every question that I answered the video was only ten minutes long.

"Q: What's your name?
A: My name is Lucy. Thanks for your question DemonShipper.

Q: What do you look like?
A: I have golden blonde hair, big brown eyes that like to give away everything I'm thinking. If I wanted to cry most people could tell before even I did. I'm five feet five inches tall. Busty. I have pale, soft skin. I look like my mother mostly. It's hard to tell what I got from my dad. Probably his stubborn side. Thanks IceStripper. Nice URL."

I chuckled slightly at the weird URL and then sighed. I didn't like to admit that I was stubborn, but I knew I was. No one could change my mind once it was made up. No matter what happened.

"Q: Where do you live?
A: I live in Fiore. That's all you need to know. LionsKeep."

Q: How old are you?
A: I'm seventeen. Just for you BusyReader."

If I answered that question completely, people would definitely find out who I was. Then, there was a pause before I answered the final question. They one that I had to rack my mind for an answer.

"Q: What do you think of online relationships and would you ever try to be in one? One more question. Have you ever thought of collaborating with someone? If so, who?"
A: Well... I never truly thought about the idea of online dating until this question came about and since I don't know who sent it in. I can only assume it's because you want to date someone over the internet, right? I have some advice for you. Talk to them first. If you talk to them and still have a crush on them then I suppose it's okay to ask them out, but wait for a while. A couple of months, or maybe a year. So, yes. I suppose that after some time I would try to be in one. Now, onto your next question. I have thought about collaborating with a lot of people. I guess the top person I want to collab with would be... Hm.. I guess FlamingDragon. I watch his videos all the time and I love how good he is at guitar, singing with him is like a dream."

I know through out the entire video I sounded bored and out of it, so I added a small note, "Thanks for your questions guys. I appreciate it them greatly. Thank you sticking with me all this time. See you next time, my shooting stars. I love you all." I chuckled softly into the mic and ended the video. I edited it to the way I wanted it and made some soft underlying music play underneath my words. I then posted the video and went outside to explore the house gardens.

Seeing how late it was, I put on a jacket and grabbed my laptop. I wanted to see what kind of response I got from the video. I also wanted to get a little bit of writing done, so I sat down on a hill under the stars as I opened up my project. I definitely wasn't going to expect what was to happen in an hour. There it was, a message from my one internet crush. I was terrified to even open it up and see what it said. I looked through comments on my video and I almost fainted when DemonShipper commented: I ship it. I wonder what his name is so we can make a ship name.

What shocked me even more was that FlamingDragon himself replied to the comment: Natsu. My name is Natsu and you knew that. We go to school together and are in the same class. This made my heart jump. He knows my name and I know his.

I went into a panic when I continued reading the conversation, DemonShipper added: I like this. #Nalu. What do you think, FlamingDragon?

FlamingDragon: I like it. It has a certain ring to it. Too bad that we aren't dating, Mi- DemonShipper. Sorry, StellarMage. She doesn't know when to stop making ship names. I got used to it. I hope you can too.

DemonShipper: Well well well, I could always start bothering you about your would be relationship with my younger sister, AnimalSoul.

AnimalSoul: Please don't bring me into this, DemonShipper.

FlamingDragon: Have some respect for you sister, DemonShipper. It happened and it's over. We are still friends. No harm done.

StellarMage: Guys, Isn't this a private issue should you guys, you know, not talk about it where all these people can read it? DemonShipper FlamingDragon

DemonShipper: Oh, hey, StellarMage! Didn't realize you actually read your comments. See FlamingDragon? I told you she would be reading this.

FlamingDragon: Yeah, this is not a conversation we should be having that is why I told her to stop. StellarMage, Did you see the message I sent you yet? DemonShipper don't start trying to embarrass me. You know better than anyone that I have no shame in anything that I do.

StellarMage: No, I didn't read it yet. I'm sitting outside in the dark, so I decided to stay off of Tumblr and just write to relieve some stress. I should go. I'll look at your message as soon as I can, FlamingDragon. It'll probably be in the morning. DemonShipper, Don't pick on the helpless. It's not nice. ;)

FlamingDragon: Alright, don't catch a cold, or something. Go do your writing. StellarMage, Hope you are in a better mood tomorrow. DemonShipper text me we will continue this conversation off the internet.


NATSU

I can't believe Mira did this to me. Sure, I dated her sister, but she didn't need to bring it up when she clearly knew that I had the world's biggest thing for Lucy. I heard my cell phone ring and saw Mira's name flash across the screen. I knew she was calling to tease me about my crush on Lucy, so I answered, "Hey, Mira. What's up?"

A sweet voice answered, "Not much Natsu. Just wanted to talk to you about nalu. My favorite otp in the world. Not my sister. Besides, she found someone else in the last year, so it's all good." Mira sounded menacing.

I knew it was late and since I knew it was late for Lucy too, I assumed she lived nearby, "Listen, Mira, It's late and Nalu is not a thing. I mean, it sounds wonderful. It does and I did send her that message like you told me too, but I didn't say what you told me to say. I preferred to sound like myself when I talked to her. You know give a little bit of my boyish charms that you like so much." I chuckled through the phone and then sighed.

Mira laughed at him, "Don't scare her away, Natsu. You don't even know her. You just asked that question because you told me she sounded sad. Which I have to agree. She did sound like she was crying in the last video and the video she posted today was sad. We know we all live in Fiore so she can't live that far away from us."

"Mira, she'll answer the ask in time. I want to be her friend right now. This is just the beginning. The answer to everything. Who knows how this will turn out." I muttered over the phone, "Listen, I have to go to bed. I'm exhausted. I'll tell her what she says tomorrow, okay?" I asked.

"Sure Natsu. Talk to you tomorrow." She chuckled slightly, "Sleep well." She was the first one to hang up, but I was left there to think about tomorrow. How would she answer to a collab. We didn't have to meet up to do it either if she didn't want to. I would be okay with just talking it over and sending each other recordings until we felt comfortable with each other first. This was completely in her hands now. How was she going to respond? Yes or No?


Hello, sorry it took me so long to update this story and get this out there.

I've been busy with a lot of school work, but I have been working on it.

I apologize if it's crap, but it's okay if you don't like it.

I've been trying out new things and thinking about ways to progress the story along.

If you don't like this one I also have Unexpected Love For A Pyro?

Thank you for reading YouTube Escapades and giving me your feedback.

Since this is the first actual chapter that isn't an Introduction, I will start responding to reviews down below my author notes.

FlamingDragon-Natsu
DemonShipper-Mira
AnimalSoul-Lisanna
IceStripper-Gray
LionsKeep-Loke/Leo
BusyReader-Levy

There will be more to come As the story goes on. I just don't know what to call people. If you have name ideas please PM or leave it in a review. All of these names are up to change.

Much love,

~StellarLucy