CHAPTER 10: A Start of Something

"Okay, how about this," Jack said turning to the camera after facing Casey and Finn. "Let's make them decide if you should make a YouTube channel or not!"

"How?!" Casey said, an incredulous look passed on her face. It's almost as if Jack just told her that cows can fly. "Well, if you guys liked what Casey did there and if you want her to do a YouTube channel then give this video a thumbs up!" Finn said to the camera. "Yeah, and if this video gets a thousand likes or more, Casey will do her own YouTube channel!" Jack said smiling as he looked to his brother who, not surprisingly, seem to be having the same thoughts. "Right Casey?" The two turned to her, their knowing smiles goading her on. Casey just smiled. "Uhh... Yeah!" she answered half smiling though her head was running wild with uncertainty. This is not a good idea.

Casey stared at her laptop's monitor long after the video was done. She looked down at the video's status. There were 1,200 people who liked the video and 67 people who unliked it since it was posted. The comments are going ballistic with people asking who she was, where she came from and why she's with the twins. Many of them are leading her on, asking her to make her own videos. Some of them had been telling her to leave the twins alone. It's been almost two weeks since the video and the live broadcast happened. But to her it was like a surreal dream that keeps on revisiting her every night in her sleep.

Jack and Finn had a very different live broadcast that night. It wasn't a Q&A or live talking thing, it was actually more like a talk show. Casey, he found out, was a very organized host. They had a program and had answered many questions and veered away from distractions. They even gained more fans on YouNow that night than ever before. Many of their followers tweeted for Casey to come back to the show and there was generally a more positive feedback. Even their YouTuber friends, who never knew Casey, thought it was cool to have her as an adjudicator on the broadcast.

Basically, Casey split the broadcast to six parts with 10 minutes for each segment: Three parts of the show were dedicated to answering questions from fans through Twitter and were distributed equally throughout the show; One part was for introductions, explanations and announcements; One part was for a mini game where the twin guessed what age in their lives a certain memorable experience happened according to their sister and their Mum; And one part was for shoutouts, greetings and requests from fans all over the world. It had been a fun night for Jack. It was a massive weight lifted off his and Finn's shoulders that someone else hosted the show for them and all they had to do was answer and follow.

Casey was fun to be with. She was carefree but very focused, goofy but still in control, chatty without being too loud. She was very smart and sassy all at the same time. She expertly held in Jack's tendency to talk too much and stray from one topic to another and even got Finn to talk more and goof around. He later found out that Casey had interned in a local radio station as a DJ and had been hosting family reunions, parties and school events while she was in middle school going to college. She had begun singing since the age of 7 and started playing guitar in high school. As he was rendering the final video, Jack realized that he had gained a lot of respect for this girl. Despite the fact that their first meeting was a very awkward one, he now had a very different perspective of Casey.

Meanwhile, Casey was in the Harries' guestroom looking outside. Summer was starting and the air was very humid. The household help showed her to the luxurious room which had stark white walls and was filled with peach colored furniture. It was a lovely room which they called the YouTuber suite because that was where most of Jack and Finn's YouTuber friends stayed when they were in the twin's house. She rummaged for her pajamas in her bag and her toiletry stash. She went to the posh bathroom, her jaw dropping instantly as she opened the door. It was big bath and toilet that glistened with whiteness. God, their guesthouse is like a freakin' hotel room! These boys clearly had everything! She took off her clothes and took a cold shower which had taken her sleepiness away. She washed her hair, towel-dried it and donned her pink pajamas with its matching pink tank top.

With her wet hair and bare feet, she tiptoed out the hall and downstairs, all the while marveling at the grandeur of the Harries' residence. She went to the kitchen where she took a glass of water and went outside, into the backyard, to get some fresh air. "You all right?" said a voice behind her. She turned around and found Finn, in pajamas and a white shirt, standing behind her and holding a bottle of beer. "I'm alright," she answered though deep inside she was flushing like a crazy woman on fire. "Just taking in the scenery of the Harries empire" she added scoffing. Finn laughed, stood beside her and offered her a bottle of beer which she gladly took. "Man, you guys are well off, aren't you?"

"Are we?" Finn asked with a smirk. He never really considered himself rich because their parents didn't really spoil them growing up. In fact, when he and Jack wanted something, they had to work and earn their own money to buy it because they also refused to ask their parents for it. "How do you say so?" he asked Casey. "Dude, your bathroom looks like it's been designed for a hotel not a house." Finn laughed at the way she talked. Her American ways, he found, were very contagious. Before long he found himself talking comfortable with her in almost the same way. Casey looked around and whispered, "Hey, can I smoke here?" Finn raised both his eyebrows in surprise and asked "What?" Casey produced a packet of cigarettes from her pajama's pocket and looked at Finn expectantly. "Sure," Finn said, watching as Casey brought the stick to her mouth. "Oh not here, my Mum will notice. You need to come up to my room..." Casey droned breathlessly after Finn who was leading her upstairs with a few more bottles of beer. Oh shit, this is going to be a long night.

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