CHAPTER 7: The Makings of a YouTuber

Ken slapped her in the arm and it woke her up from the temporary coma. "Why didn't I know about this?!" Casey just looked at him, her mouth still slack from what she heard. She felt like she just won a lottery jackpot but was so scared to even acknowledge it. "Because I didn't know either!" she answered after a few seconds of spacing out.

Casey: Jack, what the heck was that about?


Jack checked his phone absent mindedly and placed it back down. He couldn't allow himself to text freely in front of more than 20,000 viewers because he felt it was too rude for their audiences. He had to wait until the end of their broadcast. "Right, we got 10 minutes. By the way, guys, Jack and I will be going to some parts of the US in a week from now. We're going to Florida, New York and LA so follow us on Twitter, we'll let you know when we're getting there." Finn announced. Casey sighed at the amount of following these boys had and the fact that they could be going to her hometown. "I suddenly missed LA..." Casey said, voicing her thoughts. "I miss New York..." Ken said. They looked at each other and laughed. "Wait, what if we followed them there?" Ken said, a look of mischief and conspiracy crossing his face. "Are you kidding me? We have major exams next week, shut up!" Casey answered giggling.

"Oh, before we go let's play a little game on Twitter! We usually ask you to tweet someone or do some challenge on Twitter." Finn said as he looked over to his brother who seemed to be constantly checking his phone. What's wrong with this guy? He poked Jack's arm with his elbow. "Yeah! Uhh, how about at the count of three, tweet us the name or the username of a YouTuber that you want us to invite over for our next live broadcast!"Finn smiled at the camera and nodded his head. "Tweet us at JacksGap, FinnHarries and #jackandfinn with who you want to see on YouNow with us! 1...2...3...go!"

Ken immediately took his phone to start tweeting Ryan Higa's name. "Right, we'll go check that out tonight right after this. Also, if you have been taking screenshots, which many of you seemed to do, go wack them up on Tumblr and tag our names so we can reblog it." Finn said as he looked at the time. Jack was still distractedly checking on his phone. Jesus, she might be angry at me for saying that! Finn brought him back to the present by stepping gently on his shoe with his bare foot. Jack looked at the camera again and smiled. "Thanks for watching guys, we'll see you soon!" The twins waved at the camera and Jack almost forgot that he was hiding something on his hand. Casey whipped up her phone and texted Jack again.

Casey: Strike four! You are so bad at this, I swear I could almost read my number from the screen!

Finn hit the end of broadcast button and looked at Jack who was reading Casey's messages. "What did Casey say?" he asked while Jack scrolled down on his iPhone. "What?" Jack asked, totally distracted. "I said what did Casey say, she was watching when you said she might come over..."

"Why'd you reckon it was Casey I was talking about?"

"Because you've been checking your phone nonstop!"

"Yeah... Do you think she'd say yes, though?"

"Well, why don't you call her?" Finn suggested as he fiddled with the laptop while Jack was busy on his phone. He looked at his palm again and remembered Casey's face as she shouted out from the window, asking for a favor. As if on cue, Jack's thumb tapped on the red button. Casey almost jumped up when her phone rang. "Oh my god," she said, almost dropping the phone in panic and shock. "Is it him?" Ken asked, suddenly alert as he was mixing the face pack. Casey nodded. She signaled for Ken to be quiet and answered the phone on loudspeaker so that Ken, who sat beside her, can eavesdrop on the conversation. "Hello? Casey?" Jack said through the phone. Finn was beside him too, listening expectantly. "Hey Jack!" Casey answered, her voice quivering a little.

"Finn's here, you're on speaker phone!" Jack said.

"Hi Casey!" Finn greeted.

"Hey Finn, how are you?" Casey answered back, blushing like a little girl.

"Good, did you watch our broadcast?"

"Yeah, yes I did! You guys were great!"

"Thanks! Hey, listen. Do you think you can host the broadcast with us next week?" Jack asked her. Casey looked at Ken in panic. He signaled for her to keep calm. She took a deep breath and plunged into the unknown with caution. "I... Don't know... Are you guys sure about that?" Jack fidgeted a little as his twin brother listened silently. "Well, I reckon you'd be the perfect person to ask because you said you do hosting gigs and stuff?" Jack answered. Silence. Jack and Finn leaned towards the iPhone between them as they waited for Casey's answer. Jack bit one of his knuckles, anxious to find out if she would ever want to see him again. "Well, I do... But I've never actually hosted a web show or a live Internet broadcast..." At that point, Finn decided that he needed to interfere. Jack wasn't always the best at persuading people, but he found it easier to do. "It's actually quite easy, all you have to do is talk to the camera and interact with us," he said. "Oh..." she answered quietly. Casey felt like melting when she heard Finn's deep, chocolatey voice. Her insides churned as she remembered his pretty face. "So... Are you gonna do it?" Jack asked. Ken looked at Casey with wide eyes, as if telling her to tell the twins that she'll think it over. "Please?" Finn said in the sweetest voice he can manage.

"Yes," Casey blurted out even before she could think otherwise. She sighed when she heard the twins say "Yes!" in the background. Oh god what have I done?! "Thank you!" Jack said gleefully as he reached for Finn's hand which was up in the air for a high five. "So how do we do this? Where do we pick you up?" Jack asked, a big cheeky smile plastered on his face. "Well, I don't know your house so why don't we just meet up at Nando's on Saturday?" The two boys unconsciously nodded even though Casey couldn't really see them agreeing. "Great idea," Finn answered. "Come over by 1PM and stay here overnight if you want to because the show ends up really late."

"Oh, so where do I sleep?"

"Well, we have a dog house here..." Jack said joking. "Of course you're sleeping in a bed!" Casey cracked up in reply which made Jack's lips widen all the more. "How do I know?! I've known you for like one day, I've got no idea how things work out here!" Casey answered laughing. "Well just let me know what I need to bring then." She watched as Ken stood up, rolling his eyes. "Just bring your cheekiest pajama and your makeup because we're doing a slumber party afterwards," Finn answered. "Yeah, we'll do your makeup and you do our hair" Jack added, his hyperactivity getting to him again. They all laughed hysterically like they were already in the same room. "So we'll see you then?" Jack asked, grinning like a weirdo.

"Alright, I'll see you then!"

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