Chapter 5
There he was, the great Markiplier aka. Mark Fischbach, speechless, gob smacked, flabbergasted to the point of him mentally running around the dinner table in excitement. The feeling of anticipation overwhelmed him from the realization of Ellen – Maè Fitzgerald, the same Ellen that he accidently bumped into this morning, the same Ellen that appeared on his 8 Million subscriber Vlog, and the same Ellen that Mark couldn't stop thinking about.
"I can't believe it… Out of all the streets in Los Angela's, SHE LIVES ACROSS THE ROAD FROM ME!" Mark stated with excitement.
"You know Mark, you're acting like a love sick puppy for someone who just met his unknown fan." Daniel teased while turning his attention back to Ellen.
"An Australian fan mind you Mr.!" Mark corrected.
"An Aussie gal huh? No wonder she looks naturally tan…" Matt added
"I wonder if she has a beach body of an Aussie chick? She looks pretty good in those long, punk style pants." Ryan chuckled with the guys, leaving Mark horrified by the Cyndago guy's comments.
"THAT IS NOT HOW YOU TALK ABOUT A LADY!"
Unaware of the boys arguing over her, Ellen had just arrived home from an exhausting day at college, checking the mail like she usually does before entering her shared house.
"So what are you waiting for Mark? Go over there and say hi!" Ryan stated while pushing Mark towards the front door.
"Guys! Hey! Even if I did go over there now just to say hi, I'm pretty sure she would think that I was stalking her."
"So? When does the "almighty" Markiplier get love struck by some fan? I reckon she'd be all over you, gushing over you and being like 'oh Markimoo~ you're sooo dreamy~'" Daniel acts jokingly.
"'What's that? You want me to be Mrs. Fischbach? Oh Mark, I'd thought you would never ask!" Matt added into Daniel's joke
"Kiss me Mark… Kiss me like I'm one of those French girls... A-mwah, mwah, mwah, mwah, mwah ha-ha-ha!" Daniel and Matt continue to joke around until Mark starts getting frustrated.
"Come on Guys! One! I'm not "Love Struck" I just happened to find her really cool and want to know more about her… and TWO! She's properly has a boyfriend, so either way I wouldn't have a chance with her, I'm just happy to build a friendship with her."
"They're just mucking around man…" Ryan added. "We're just wanting you to be happy considering it's been ages since you've had a special someone. They're just looking out for you in their weird way." Patting Marks' back while explaining their concern for him.
"Thanks Guys, I appreciate it… I guess… But I'll handle this my way. I don't want to fright the poor girl off." Mark stated to his friends, but he finished the rest of the sentence in his own mind "Even if I did want more, I still wouldn't have a chance…"
"I'm Home!" Ellen shouted while entering her apartment. Closing the door behind her and only hearing the clicking noise, gave the conclusion she knew already, she was home alone. Walking towards the kitchen area, that was located on the left side of the apartment, she placed her college bag on the kitchen bench as well as the mail for her other 2 roommates.
Living with her in the small 3bedroom house was Nerina Steel and Beth Louise. Two of her closes friends from High-school when they where living back in Australia. The 3 agreed to travel/study aboard for a while. But when Ellen mentioned she would live in LA permanently, it made things easier if she bought a house for her to stay, with the help of her parents of course. It's a nice house. Double garage, 2 bathrooms, 3 bedroom which 2 where located downstairs and the main room was upstairs, and a decent backyard with the added pool into the bundle. For a so-called "Party house" it felt like her second home.
After removing her black and blue checked converses'. Ellen makes her way to the fridge to grab an afternoon snack, realizing there were 2 notes from her mates, Ellen reads them first before sorting her bottomless pit formally known as her stomach.
"Elli! Won't be home till tomorrow, gang's having a gaming gathering at Jimmy's place. Love you long time, Nina! x. And Beth is working late and heading out after work, won't be home till tomorrow either… x. P.s: Nina and I pitched in and bought your favorite Ice-cream to make up for our drunken antics. Enjoy! x "
Sighing in irritation, Ellen places the notes back on the fridge and grabs out her now free, favorite 'Choc chip and cookie dough' Ice cream from the freezer. "Looks like it's just you and me Pikachu with free Ice cream!"
Giggling at her remark while grabbing her college bag off the bench. She starts walking upstairs towards the main bedroom located upstairs to the right. Getting everything ready for her chil-lax session.
Once Ellen entered her very dark room, she turns the light on, placing her ice cream near her study desk and gently removed her Mac pro from her stuffed college bag, causing all of her notebooks to fall out. Groaning in frustration, she picks up her loose notes and shoved them back into her bag, then throws her bag on top of her comfy bed.
"Okay Ellen, time to boot the computer up and change into something comfortable, preferable something without tight pants." She spoke to herself softly while starting her Mac up.
The first thing that comes into mind with Ellen's room, it's modernly artistic with a touch of geeky-ness. Having a built-in cupboard and on-suite, her room was still pretty big and very dark, navy blue. Her queen size bed that was covered in lots of Pikachu plushies was perfectly centered under her fan. A U-shape desk located right next to her bed, had her Mac and Window PC set up, her Wacom drawing tablet, heaps of Drawing notes and PC games on either side of her desk, along with clothes scattered everywhere like any typical young female. Despite having quite a messy room, it was perfect to Ellen's eyes, because she knew where everything was.
Once Ellen changed her clothing into a set of comfortable Pikachu shirt and baggy workout pants. She grabs one of her oldest but most favorite plushies, hugging it tightly while walking towards her study desk.
"Hmm… I missed you guys so much~ Now I can be myself and catch up on my YouTube clips!" Clapping her hand in excitement before placing her plushy next to her cool blue lava lamp, if you haven't figured it out already, Ellen's favorite color was blue, lots and lots of blue.
Just as she was about to grab her yummy ice cream, a noise was playing on her Mac, knowing very well that she was receiving an incoming Skype call. Sighing in frustration but smiling at the same time, clicking on the accept button.
" Hello Mummykins~"
"Hi honey… Sorry for the late Skype call" Spoke a Middle Ages woman. Viewing both male and female figures on Ellen's computer screen.
"It's okay, it's only 6:30 pm in LA, It must be pretty early for you and dad though. What is it? 9 or 10am there?"
"It's 11:30am at the moment. Almost lunch time, how was your day Hun?" Asked a middle aged man
"It was good dad. Made some progress with my editing assessment… hoping to finish all this by Christmas, so fingers cross and wish me luck" Ellen stated in excitement.
"That's great to hear hun! I'm glad you're getting your life sorted, you sound much happier ever since you and your friends moved over to LA." Ellen's mum said joyfully
"Yeah but it doesn't help that we miss you like crazy and now living on the opposite side of the world from us ha-ha" Ellen's father explained sarcastically
"I know, I really miss you too Dad and Mum of course. I hope you're not overdoing it like you always do!"
"Nah, you know me, your father is invincible! I can handle anything!" Chuckled Ellen's dad
"Yes and I know you're not feeling well for a while either. So you better not be stressing my mother out like always! Ha-ha" Ellen giggled while pointing her right index finger at her father.
"He's been a good man like always…" Ellen's mother smirks. "Anyway bub, it was just a quick call to make sure that you're doing okay. We're working tonight so your father and I are going to try and get some more sleep."
"No worries mum, thank you for calling me. When will you have time off again?"
"Hopefully we have this weekend off, so we'll schedule a longer Skype call on Saturday or Sunday, you okay with that?" Ellen's father asked
"That's fine daddy, I'll make sure I'm awake for it" Ellen smiled back at her parents.
"Well just remember that you're father and I are proud of you and proud of what you've achieved. It's been a rough 3 years for you Hun, just remember your father and I love you dearly." Ellen's mother stated while blowing kisses at her.
"Thank you, that means a lot to me to hear you say that... I love you and miss you heaps!" Ellen spoke softly while trying not to tear up
"Alright! Bye honey!" Both Ellen's parents spoke in sync.
"Bye…"
Hearing the end call tone for a bit, Ellen grabs a small amount of tissues and wipes her tears away, preventing her from getting any more emotion. For Ellen it felt like forever since she last spoke to her parents, being the only child in her family, that bond was more important to her then anything, but she also knew she couldn't live with them either. Turning her attention to her plushy while opening her now soft choc chip cookie dough ice cream, just how she likes it.
"I know… I miss them too… Hmm yummy ice cream…"'
While in the process of eating her ice cream, a notification pop's up about a new video posted by Markiplier. Squealing automatically in happiness, Ellen wasted no time and opened the link to his video, readjusting and preparing herself for yet another night of uncontrollable roller coaster of emotions. Waiting patiently for the vlog to start.
"Hey guys! So there's another fan made subscriber milestone video and apparently this one has over a thousand fans reacting to me reacting to something or other. Just like the six million-subscriber video, I'm a going to be doing the same thing! I'm going to be filming my reaction to their reaction to my reaction and make it all come full circle, so this video the one you're watching now may be cut, but the original video is almost 30 minutes long. So if you want to see the full-uncut version, check the link in the description below. So thanks everyone, here we go!"
Ellen chuckles while wiping her already puffy eyes, feeling small tears falling down her cheek "Not even a minute into this video and I can already feel emotional about it. "
The intro of the song started playing, viewing a younger Mark on the bottom left hand greeting everyone with his signature smile. Eventually hearing another man's voice commentating the intro of the video.
"We don't watch YouTube gamers just for the games they play. We watch for the experience, the camaraderie of reacting to the same sights, sounds and stories, together.
We watch for the human aspect – the human aspect that can't be had with simple recording or play through. It's this human aspect that creates friendship and empathy, shared emotions and experiences, trust and enjoyment.
It's this human aspect that provides the foundation for community. Because what you feel is what we do too. When you reach new heights, you reach them with us and when you hit rock bottom, you surely aren't alone.
When you show emotion we see it all, but part of vulnerability is part of sharing... and just as we've gained from your sharing, we'd like to share our emotion with you too. This is our reaction to your reaction"
Viewing Mark already feeling emotion, Ellen couldn't help but feel emotional too, seeing Mark's sad facial expression caused her to cry more.
"Aw… I just want to hug him… and this song doesn't help, like… it's amazing but it's an easy song to cry with…"
'~Short steps, deep breaths
Everything is alright
Chin up, I can't
Step into the spotlight
She said, "I'm sad,"
Somehow without any words
I just stood there
Searching for an answer…~'
Music continues playing in the background, viewing the reaction to Marks emotions. Seeing his reaction on how moved and grateful he really is about his fans. "It's so silly, they're watching me watching them… and I'm watching them… Ah man."
"It's not silly!" Ellen said through her tears "It's okay to feel loved, let us love you god damn it, Ah… I'm such a creep"
'~When this world is no more
The moon is all we'll see
I'll ask you to fly away with me
Until the starts all down
They empty from the sky
But I don't mind
If you're with me,
Then everything's alright…~'
"Shut up me!" Mark whispered to his own commentary that he was over hearing. "Let the thing play god damn you, I mean me. God why is everyone crying? It's okay, I don't deserve these tears"
"Because you're an amazing guy Mark! Like I tried to explain to you today, we'd be lost without you and… and… OH MY GOD I MET MARKIPLIER!" Ellen screamed in excitement and shock after realizing she indeed met Markiplier. "Like I knew it was Mark! But still! Oh my goodness"
'~ Why do my words
Always lose their meaning?
What I feel, what I say
There's such a rift between them
He said, "I can't
Really seem to read you."
I just stood there
Never know what I should do~'
Faintly hearing Marks voice in the video stating how he 'a mess,' Mark clears his face while becoming frustrated. "You're a mess? God look at me, I'm the one who's in a bloody mess!" causing Ellen to giggle a little bit.
'~ When this world is no more
The moon is all we'll see
I'll ask you to fly away with me
Until the starts all down
They empty from the sky
But I don't mind
If you're with me,
Then everything's alright
If you're with me,
Then everything's alright…~
"Oh god, it's not even half way done and yet I'm already crying my heart out, oh I'm such a cry baby" Ellen shakes her head slowly while eating another scope of ice cream.
Continuing with the video of Mark showing his reaction to his devoted fans applauding him on his accomplishment in having 8 million subscribers, expressing there love and devotion to him, admiring him and accepting him who he is that we know and love.
Ellen was slowly calming herself down, taking deep breaths and enjoying her ice cream until her facial expression changed. Unable to stop the tears from flowing rapidly, she gasps at the sudden image of herself expression her love and gratitude to Mark, causing her to drop her spoon and cover her mouth.
"O-Oh my god… That's me!"
"AHH!" Mark gasped while waking up with a cold sweat. He turns his attention to his room, viewing any unusual, which, to his relief wasn't anything out of the ordinary. Mark turns his attention to his alarm clock, showing the current time of 1:45am. "It was only a dream… Thank god." Sighing softly while laying back into his bed while closing his eyes once more.
Within 5 minutes of lying in his bed with he's eyes closed, he slowly sit's up and moves his way to the end of the bed. "Why can I not go back to sleep?! Ahhh So frustrating!" He groans in frustration while getting out of bed to grab one of his T-Shirts.
While putting his shirt on, Mark slowly and quietly makes his way towards the kitchen and dinning room area. Regaining his thoughts on what happened the previous day while grabbing a carton of milk.
"Am I really obsessing over a fan?" chuckling to himself while shaking his head "It would be really funny if I turn into those characters that constantly go around screaming 'Notice me senpai!' hahaha"
As Mark was about to sit down at the dinner table, he turns his attention to the front window, remembering all the antics the boys were doing the previous day. As curiosity got the better of him, he walks over to the window and moves the curtain to the side, figuring out if Ellen indeed lived across the road from him and the Cyndago guys.
Nearly spitting out the mouthful of milk he just consumed. Mark could easily see Ellen walking outside from her house that was indeed across the road from the thier house, and heading downstairs towards the front gate. Confused as to why Ellen would be walking around at this ungodly hour, he quickly placed the milk carton down on the table and grabbed one of his jackets, almost running out the door, unaware of the slamming noise the door made.
Startled from the sudden loud noise, Ellen turns her attention to where the noise was, realizing there was a man running towards her. Frighten about the sudden situation, she waited till the man got closer before kneeing him in the stomach and grabbing his arm to flip him over on the cold pathway, placing her right foot on his chest.
"MAKE ONE MORE SUDDEN MOVE AND I'LL KNOCK THE FUCK OUT OF YOU, YA CREEPY –"
"Wait! –Coughs- this is a miss understanding! –Coughs twice- it's me! Mark!"
"Mark! Mark as in Markiplier Mark?" she question rather loudly
"Yes –Coughs- now could you please move your foot?"
Doing what he asked, Ellen removes her foot of his chest and sighs in relief and frustration at the same time. "God dam you man! Don't scare me like that! If that's your way of paying me back for knocking you over then it's a shit way to do it!"
"I'm sorry…" Mark groaned in pain while sitting himself up. "I wasn't expecting you to kick my ass at 2am. Besides I was… uh… walking around anyway, you know it isn't safe for a lady to walk around alone at this time."
"Obviously I can handle myself if you haven't figured out already" Ellen smirks while reaching out her right hand to help him off the ground again. "I needed some fresh air anyway…"
Taking her hand to help him up once more, Mark groans in slight pain. Stretching his arms and torso "Man… remind me to never piss you off if that's how you're gonna react ha-ha."
Giggling at his reaction, Ellen helps him dust the dirt off his jacket. "I'm really sorry about that, my father insisted that I learn self defense as well as boxing before I moved to LA. But you did startle me…"
"I know… I know." Mark laughed while dusting the remaining dirt off, turning his attention to Ellen, realizing that her face was not only glowing from the street light they happened to be standing under, but her glowing blue eyes where really red and puffy, giving the indication that she was crying. "Hey, are you okay?"
Startled by his question, she titles her head to the side "Yeah, I'm okay… why do you ask?"
Without realizing what he was doing, Mark placed his right hand on her cheek to wipe away her tears. "Your eyes look very puffy, did something happen?" he ask cautiously, concerned about her wellbeing.
"Oh, I'm sorry…" Moving her face away from Mark's hand to clear her face up with her long sleeve jacket she was wearing. "It's been a long day for me, I didn't even realize I was crying ah-ha..." Giggling softly at herself to try and act happy, which made Mark worry about her more.
"Hey… I um… I'm think about having a coffee and late night snack at one of the local bakeries, they should be open by now… would you like to join me?" Mark asked bashfully.
"That's very sweet of you, but I've left my wallet at home." Ellen stated
"That's fine! I can pay for you, besides I owe you for startling you just before…" Mark pauses before making a silly jester "You wouldn't turn down a coffee date with this hunk would ya? Huh? Huh?"
Giggling at his silly performance, Ellen nods her head in agreement while wrapping her left arm around his. Grinning in response. "Sure, I'll go on a late/early coffee date with you."
"Great!" Mark said cheerfully while laughing together at their reaction as they start walking towards the quite end of town.
-To be continued-
HEY GUYS! :D Chapter 5 is finally here! Sorry for the late upload, i've been so busy with college and getting everything ready to fly up to see my parents again within 2 weeks D:
I should be able to continue this on a regular bases, but it depends on how I go within the 2 weeks i'm up with my parents. My father is having health issue and they're getting it sorted while i'm up north.
Anywho please rate and review this story! I would love to hear your opinion on how i'm going!
Peace guys :D
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