Disclaimer: I don't own House of Anubis, all rights go to the Creators.
Song of the Chapter: Good Time cover by Alex Goot and Against the Current (Original by Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen)
Enjoy!
Chapter 7: SitC.
Joy rushed to the common room, carrying a package of t-shirts, wristbands, and lifescouts badges. "Ah!" she squealed "Girls, the SitC tickets and merch are here!"
The other Anubis girls screamed in excitement("Squee!" Willow had exclaimed) and jump to their feet, running to Joy while the boys covered their ears as the screams of the girls deafened their eardrums and rolled their eyes.
"SitC?" Trudy asked the girls but they didn't hear her; they were too busy fawning over the tickets and the merchandise. The housemother looked at the boys for answers.
"SitC or Summer in the City" Jerome started explaining "is this massive gathering of 'Youtubers' in London."
"Where the fans and content creators of the YouTube community interact and have fun and all that stuff" Eddie continued.
"And fortunately the girls managed to get 2 tickets for each of them." Mick added "But unfortunately, we have to come with them."
"Oh..." Trudy knitted her brows together, she did not understand a single word they said but she waved it off. She knew that it was what kids of today talk about- all their internet talk and what not. Then she retreated back to the kitchen. "Is that why they asked permission for Victor to go to London on the 17th and 18th?" she called again from the kitchen.
"Yeah, pretty much." Alfie answered.
"Boys, get over here." Amber commanded them.
The boys lazily walked to the girls and groaned "What?"
"SitC will be this Saturday and Sunday on the 17th and 18th," Nina said "Of course all of you will come with us."
"And we want you all to be ready for it." Patricia continued "Since it will be one tiring weekend, we don't want you whining to us."
"Okay, so?" Jerome shrugged. It really irritated him and the other boys too, that the girls get all bossy and whinny at the same time with them when it comes to their precious Youtubers.
KT rolled her eyes "So, we want you to pack your things early on and be prepared."
"Is that it? That's all you wanted to say to us?" Eddie questioned, slightly annoyed.
"Yeah, pretty much." Patricia imitated Alfie and teasing the other boys. They could've just told them that with the boys still sitting comfortably at the couch but they intentionally made them stand up just to annoy them.
The girls laughed while the boys grunted and walked back to their seats.
On the morning of 17th...
The boys hurried out of their rooms, carrying backpacks with them. As expected they only packed their things when they got up on the morning of 17th. They didn't really think that it was necessary for them to actually pack anything, since they will most likely just stay at one place the whole time of the gathering anyway.
"Boys! Hurry up!" Mara called to them.
"Yeah, the cab is already here!" Nina added.
The rushed outside the house with Trudy accompanying them "Okay, lovelies, be sure to be back before midnight on the 18th" she said, handing each resident a lunch bag full of sandwiches and snacks.
"Yes, Trudy."
"Remember, always stick together and be careful" Trudy added as the two cabs drove away.
They got two cabs- the first one's passengers were: Nina, Fabian, Mick, Amber, Mara, Alfie and the other one: Willow, KT, Jerome, Patricia, Eddie and Joy- the cabs brought them to the Tube or the Subway, as Eddie argued with Patricia(it was really a long ride for the ones they shared the cab with) where it will then take them to the Alexandra Palace Station, then from the station, they will walk to the Alexandra Palace, the venue of the gathering.
"Ugh, how many more minutes before we get there?!" Eddie huffed, crossing his arms and sinking even lower to his chair. They had been on the train for almost 2 hours.
"Be patient, Weasel." Patricia scowled "We'll get there in a few minutes. Our station is the next one."
"Okay, just calm down, Trish" Joy said "You don't want to get all snappy when you finally meet PJ don't you?"
"You right." Patricia let out a small girly squeal. Which made the boys gape at her. Patricia never squeals, never.
A few more minute later, they arrived at the Alexandra Palace Station and they got out immediately. Then they quickly walked to Alexandra Palace. They arrived there at 10:25 and already, there were already a lot of fans (mostly girls) queuing up the entrance of the venue. They queued themselves with the other fans and waited to be admitted inside, and at exactly 11 am they were admitted inside the Palace.
"Okay, boys," Mara said "here's there schedule for today's events and also a map of the palace, so you won't get all lost." she handed them each a paper. On one side was the schedule and the other was the map.
"You can go wherever you want." Amber added.
Willow pointed at the Palace Suite room "There's a gaming discussion thingy there at 12 noon." she informed them "I heard that they'll be launching the Disney Infinitive video game there."
"Great, that's really what I came here for!" Jerome remarked, every word dripping with sarcasm "To see a Disney game be launched!"
The girls rolled their eyes at him "Whatever." KT shot back.
"We'll go to the meet and greet booths." Joy said "Dan and Phil will be there! Jim Chapman and Joe Sugg will also be there!" she squealed to the girls. They squealed back.
"But I have to go to Panorama room at 12" Patricia replied "because PJ will be there."
Amber nodded in agreement "Yeah, me too. Jack and Finn will be at the meet and greet booth 1 in 12 too."
"Really?!" Nina grinned widely.
"Yes!"
Mara pointed at the room next to the meet and greet booths "There's also an open mic room there. You can meet a lot of other Youtubers there."
"Okay, so us girls will go to meet and greet 4, then we'll separate at 12. And you boys could go wherever you want to go; we'll meet back here in a few hours and then we'll go to the mainstage to watch the 'Becoming YouTube' panel. Just text us if anything happens" Joy said then she and the rest of the girls departed for the meet and greet panels.
The boys watched as the girls get washed away with other girls. The girls perfectly blended in with most of the crowd, who were wearing SitC t-shirts and, or other Youtubers' t-shirts. They girls also bought t-shirts and other 'merchs' for the boys but they just kept it in their bags.
"So, where do we start?" Fabians asked the others.
"Well, they suggested that we go to Palace Suite room, so why don't we go and check it out?" Alfie suggested.
The other boys shrugged "I'm okay with that." Eddie said.
And with that, the boys headed to the Palace Suite. There were already a lot of people inside the room when they got there, but luckily, there were still a few spare seats at the back of the room. So, the boys sat there. They didn't exactly follow everything that was being discussed about gaming and their channels- sure, they play video games but they never planned on making a YouTube channel about it- nevertheless, they still stayed there because they had no other place to go to.
Over at the Meet & Greet Booths...
"Hey guys, Amber and I will go to booth 3, yeah?" Nina said as they entered the hall "Jim and Joe is there and then at noon we'll be over at Jack and Finn's booth."
"No problem." Willow answered "The rest of us will be at Dan and Phil's booth."
Amber and Nina queued up at the third booth which was starting to lengthen as fans come over, while then the rest of the girls queued up at panel 4. The fourth panel was packed with a lot of fans waiting to meet Dan Howell or Danisnotonfire on YouTube and Phil Lester also known as AmazingPhil.
"I'm so excited!" KT giggled "I'm finally going to meet Dan and Phil! I've waited so long for this!"
"I know! I've been watching them for like 2, 3 years now!" Mara grinned. Most of them are big fans of Dan and Phil, as well as Charlie, Alex, Carrie, Bing, Tom, Chris and many other more Youtubers.
"Ugh!" Patricia groaned "How many more minutes do you think it will take before we meet them!" they standing in line for a good 20 minutes and they were only a few steps away from meeting Dan and Phil but it was also already 11:47 and Patricia needs to be at Panorama room by 12 noon if she wants to see PJ Liguori early on.
Joy patter her shoulder "Be patient Trix." she said "We're almost there. Only a few more minutes yeah? I promise by 11:55 you're already on Panorama room." she held her hand up and promised her.
By 11:50 the girls were already at the front of the queue of Dan and Phil's meet and greet.
"Squee!" Willow exclaimed "We're finally here! Hi!" she waved at Dan and Phil, a wide grin plastered on her face.
"Hi!" Dan said.
"Yes, hello." Phil greeted them "First of all we want to thank you so much for coming here!"
Joy giggled to the other girls "Ah! Oh my gosh I can't believe we're talking to Dan and Phil! Hi I'm Joy!"
The two Youtubers laughed " Okay Joy, do you and your friends want us to sign anything for you?" Dan asked.
"Oh, uh.. yes..." Mara answered bringing out a few 'Alpacalypse' Poster "We'd be really grateful if you guys can sign our Alpacalypse poster." then she place the posters on the table.
Dan and Phil then signed the poster and took pictures with them on their iphones.
"It was really nice meeting you girls." Dan said as they waved goodbye to the Anubis girls.
Phil nodded "Yeah, we're really grateful that you girls came here!"
The Anubis girls walked away from the booth, clutching the posters close to them. They were all dazed by the fact that they met the actual Danisnotonfire and AmazingPhil.
"Oh no! It's almost 12!" Patricia exclaimed as she checks the time on her phone "I really need to go guys." then without another word she dashed away from them, heading to Panorama room.
"Bye Trix." Joy called, waving goodbye to her best friend "See later at the mainstage!"
"Okay, why don't we meet where Amber and Nina is?" KT suggested.
They nodded in agreement. KT texted Nina and asked where they were. Nina replied to her and texted that they were already at the front line of Jack and Finn's booth. They went to meet and greet booth 1, it had only opened so the line was only starting to grow, luckily, Nina and Amber got first in line.
After the two met the Harries twins they decided to go back to the mainstage.
"Where's Patricia?" Amber asked as they walk to the mainstage.
"Oh, well, she was off to see PJ." Joy answered.
Amber chuckled "She really likes PJ doesn't she?"
The other girls laughed "Yeah."
At the Palace Suite...
"Ugh, guys I'm really really bored." Alfie groaned.
They thought that the discussion was all about gaming and tips on games but it's not exactly like that. There were tips and advice but not all were about games, they were mostly about handling a gaming channel on YouTube. But it's not like they were going to put up a channel about gaming on YouTube; they don't even have their own channels.
"Aren't we all?" Jerome remarked, crossing his arms.
Mick then stood up and said "Okay, what are we all still doing here?"
"But where are we going to go?" Fabian asked.
Eddie stood up too "We can go back to the mainstage. The girls are already there." he showed them his phone, he just got a text from KT about it. Eddie texted back and said that they'll be on the mainstage in a few minutes
Jerome, Alfie and Fabian got up from their chairs too "Let's go then." Jerome said.
The boys made their way from Palace Suite to the mainstage, talking about where they will go next.
"Hey, boys." Joy greeted "So how was the gaming discussion?"
"Eh... it was... you know..." Alfie grimaced "Not really our kind of gaming."
Amber pinched Alfie's cheek "That's okay, Boo."
They all stayed in the mainstage for the rest of the hour but at around 1 PM, Patricia bid them goodbye again because she was going to the meet and greet of KickthePJ and Crabstickz. "Bye guys, " the redhead said "I'll be back at around 2 maybe. Can't be sure if the queue is already long." then she hopped off to the meet and greet booths. But she wasn't alone, Eddie was right behind her, following her trail to the booths.
"What is it now?" she scoffed at him. She didn't need or want any of Eddie's complaints now, especially that she was going to meet PJ.
Eddie shrugged "Nothing. I just wanted to come with you, since there's nothing really here that is as interesting as your obvious crush on PJ." he eyed her as she stopped on her tracks, facing him.
Patricia raised an eyebrow at him "I don't have a crush on PJ." she informed "He just happens to be a really good film maker and an attractive person."
"Okay, whatever you say..."
"Eddie!" she playfully hit his arm, slightly laughing.
"What?" he rubbed his arm, pouting "I'm just saying..."
"Oh shut up..."
After that the two queued up for the meet and greet of PJ and Chris, they waited for a half an hour before they arrived in front of the booth. The meet was brief but it was enough to get Patricia in a good mood.
She held Eddie's hand(with the other hand that was not touched by PJ) as they walked back to the mainstage. That made Eddie really surprised.
"You're certainly in a good mood." he smirked.
"I could let go." she teased him.
Eddie frowned "No, I like this."
"Well, enjoy it 'cause once we reach the mainstage you won't get this again." then she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
Back at the mainstage...
"Okay, guys, it's 4 o'clock" Amber said, glancing at her wrist watch "We have an hour before the 'Becoming YouTube' panel is up here on the mainstage, so I suggest you go where you want now."
No one moved, they were all really tired from all the squealing(mostly the girls) and standing in line and really just going around the whole palace to see their favorite youtubers.
"Let's just wait here." Fabian suggested.
And at exactly 5 o'clock they settled at the mainstage to watch the 'Becoming YouTube' panel answer questions, share experiences and the like.
"That was fun, wasn't it?" Alfie jeered to when the panel was done.
"Yeah, it was really a good way to interact and voice out your opinion on the YouTube community." Jerome agreed.
"Where to next?" Nina asked.
Joy shrugged "Don't know, where do you guys want to go?"
"I'm really tired I'm just gonna go back to our hotel for the night." Amber said.
"Yeah me too." KT agreed "Any of you want to come?" she added as she and Amber started to head outside back to their hotel.
"I think I'm good for the day too, guys." Fabian replied, walking towards where Amber and KT are.
Mick sighed "I'll go too."
Jerome rubbed his hands together "Is anybody else staying? 'Cause I think we are all tired and we should just go back to the hotel together." he suggested. Everybody except for Alfie started to head outside.
"I'll just stay for half an hour or so " he called "Chris Kendall will perform at 7 on mainstage and I'll just watch for a couple minutes before heading back. I'll be back at around 9 o'clock. If I don't get back by then don't worry- or should you?" he teased them, laughing lightly as he waved them goodbye.
"Try not to get caught by the aliens, yeah?" Patricia patted his shoulder jokingly "I heard that they come out at around 10 o'clock here." she laughed before she and Eddie catch up to the others. Alfie scowled a little and gave a nervous laugh.
"Did you really have to scare him like that?" Eddie whispered to Patricia "You know he'll run back to the hotel by 8 screaming about aliens and zombies."
Patricia chuckled "I know. I just like to see him all nervous about all those stupid things- it's fun, you know."
Eddie shook his head, laughing as he put an arm around Patricia's shoulder. Surprisingly, she didn't pull away or scowl at him.
And sure enough, at around 8 o'clock Alfie was running around their hotel room screaming "The aliens are following me! They're out to get me!" Alfie flailed his arms up frantically.
Jerome laughed, clutching his stomach "Good job, Trixie!" he managed to spit out in between his fits of laughter. Patricia gave him a prideful smirk before she and the rest of the girls head back to their room and get sleep.
The next day...
"Boys, wake up!" Amber bounced on their beds while the other girls shook their shoulders "It's 12 o'clock! The queue for Charlie's meet up might get long now!"
"Ugh, Amber, you know I love you and all" Alfie groaned "but can you tone down the girliness a little bit?"
Amber hit Alfie's shoulder and then pulled the covers off of him "Alfred Marmaduke Lewis, get up right now!" she ordered him with so much authority that even the other boys got up from their beds.
Minutes later they were out and heading towards Alexandra Palace again.
"Great job boys," Joy whined to them "it's quarter to 1 and Charlie's queue is definitely long now!"
No one countered with Joy, the boys knew there was no point in defending themselves when it come to YouTubers expecially if it's about Charlie McDonnell. Not that there was anything wrong with Charlie- the guy really is cool- but the girls just really love the guy and will defend him 'til the end of the world.
Once inside the Palace the girls left the boys for the meet and greet panels. They were quite irritated with the boys 'cause they made them late for Charlie's meet up.
"Where to now?" Fabian turned to his fellow housemates, frowning.
"Don't know." Eddie shrugged "You guys, can go wherever you want but I'll probably just stay here."
None of them moved, neither any of them wanted to walk around a place full of fangirls alone. It'd be way to troublesome- besides they didn't really know that much many YouTubers so they'd just waste their time and energy.
Back at the meet up...
"I can't believe we've been here for almost an hour!" Joy complained to the other girls.
Patricia rolled her eyes "What do you expect?" she sighed "Of course we'd be late this meet and greet, the boys slept around midnight. So, they were bound to do what they just did."
Mara patter Joy's back "Just a little bit more Joy." she said "We're almost at the front of the queue."
"I hope so," Amber pouted "because I need to get to the next meet and greet booth. Marcus' and Alfie's queue is getting long."
By 2 o'clock they were already at the front of the line and was meeting Charlie McDonnell! All their frustration about the events earlier that day was washed away. Charlie was really a sincere and adorable guy. He even took the time to know all the girls' name.
"Thanks for coming Joy, Patricia, Nina, Amber, Willow, KT and... Mara!" Charlie nodded to each of them as he said their names "I hope you are enjoying it here!"
The girls grinned to him "Thank you so much, Charlie!" Nina said.
"Yeah, we really love it here!" KT agreed.
Charlie waved goodbye to them "Take care of yourselves!" he called as they girls walk away from the booth "And thank you so much!"
The girls giggled to themselves when they got back to the mainstage, where they spotted the boys sitting at one corner looking as bored as ever. They smirked at them and walked over to them.
"What's up, boys?" Nina asked.
"Nothing." Alfie replied bluntly "We're totally bored! Can't we go home yet?"
Amber chuckled "Boo, you know I love you and all but we can't." she imitated him "Not until this event is completely over."
"Ugh!" the boys groaned but didn't protest. There was no use in protesting with the girls when they were in the world of YouTubers.
"Well, then I better get going." Amber said "It's 2:30 and Marcus' and Alfie's queue is surely still long but I better get there before it gets even longer! Who want's to come?"
"I'll come!" Joy replied.
No one else wanted to come with them so, the two girls made their way to the meet and greet booth where Alfie Deyes and Marcus Butler was. There was a brief silence between them all then Mara talked again.
"Carrie is also holding a meet and greet at booth 4 and it's only until 3 so who want's to come with me?" the raven haired girl asked her friends.
The boys shrugged while Nina nodded. And just Amber and Joy, Mara and Nina walked away from them and went to booth 4 for Carrie Hope Fletcher's (ItsWayPastMyBedTime) meet and greet.
The day went on very slowly for the Anubis boys, while the Anubis girls enjoyed themselves at the gathering.
"Let's just go home." Alfie complained for the umpteenth time to the other boys "I'm sure they can go home on their own. Why'd we even agree to come along, at the first place, anyway?"
"Because you guys love us." Amber muttered to his ear. Sending the chills down Alfie's spine.
Alfie whirled around to face Amber "Boo!" he said in surprise "How long have you been there?! Did you hear everything?" he asked nervously.
Amber pinched Alfie's cheek "Of course I did Boo." she grinned at him with menacing eyes.
By 4 o'clock, all of them settled back at the mainstage and watched performers like Tom Law, Brad and Liam of WOTO, Edd Blant on stage. They were okay when the other youtubers were performing but the Anubis girls(as well as other fangirls) went haywire when Bertie Gilbert(Bertiebertg) and Troye Sivan(TroyeSivan) went on stage and started Twerking.
The two boys were attractive, the Anubis boys got to say. They have the qualities of being a Teenage sensation- the cheekbones, the pinkish lips, piercing colored eyes and of course, the quiff. No wonder, they were among the youngest and famous Youtubers in the community. But them twerking, just made the girls really nuts!
"What is it with all this twerking stuff!" Jerome complained. Shaking his head, trying yo erase the image of two teenage boys(about their age) twerking.
"Yeah, it's really not that appropriate..."
"Who cares?! It's Bertie and Troye!" Joy squealed in adrenaline.
Eventually, the girls excitement died down and it was already 8 o'clock. Hank Green of VlogBrothers was performing on stage, no doubt that Hank was talented and really awesome but the whole Anubis gang was really tired. And at exactly 9 o'clock, they headed back to their hotel and started collecting their things to head back to Anubis house.
When they arrived at the Train station, they quickly boarded their train. After a few minutes the train started moving and was heading back to Liverpool. The whole gang was drained and exhausted from the events of the weekend and didn't feel like making conversation with one another. They just sat quietly on their respective seats and relaxed themselves.
They arrived at Anubis house at around 11:20(which was way past their curfew) and so they were greeted with a very angry Victor pacing the front porch to and fro.
"I thought you will all be back before curfew?!" the caretaker shouted at them.
No one answered him, they were all really tired- not just from the event but from the journey back home too- and so they ignored Victor's protests and threats to them and entered the house, each of them heading back to their respective dorms. Once in their rooms, they immediately collapsed to their beds; not even minding the punishment that they will get the next day.
All in all, they had a great time at Summer in the City.
A/N: Okay, before you say anything, yes I know, they aren't supposed to be in Anubis house since the time/date of SitC is in Summer time (Duh, It's SUMMER in the City! I'm such an idiot.) but I never thought about it until I actually finished it. And I'm really really frustrated about it because I couldn't go to SitC for obvious reasons: 1-because I live in the Philippines and SitC will be held in London, England. 2-well, it's Summer there and here it's actually school days already. But enough of that, I'll just get frustrated again! :(
Anyway, SitC was like a month or two ago but I just liked the though of the Anubis gang being fans of YouTubers, cause I love them(both the Anubis gang and the Youtubers; British and Americans). So, I can tell you that there'll be a lot more one-shots that will involve YouTubers and YouTube stuff.
I got all the information about SitC on their site and with help of Google and YouTube I didn't exactly went to SitC. So I couldn't really elaborate everything to you. The YouTubers that I've mentioned are among the list of my favorites and they really did attend SitC.
I'm sorry if this took sooooooo long. :( Tell me what you think about this. More to come! :))))
P.S. The Song of the Chapter is Good Time but it's Alex Goot's and Against the Current's version. I'll probably just explain this some other time cause I'm really tired.
~Lou
