I just wanted to add that this was by far one of my favorite chapters to write. Not only because #Jizzie, but also because this was the first chapter that wasn't a Cat Emporium chapter that was actually interesting. I rewrote this chapter probably about 6 times before I was completely satisfied with it. It still isn't perfect but I hope you guys like it. Enjoy!
"Lizzie, do you want to record a One Life episode with me?" Joel asks her.
"Joel… I don't really want to do One Life…"
"Lizzie, you haven't even tried to record One Life in a week and a half! This isn't like you, you normally get on at least every few days to just check in and stuff."
"I just don't want to get on is all. Don't worry about it." She said. "Anyways, Stacy wanted to record some build battle with me. I am due to get on in about an hour, and I don't want to be late."
"Why are you making excuses? We both know Stacy doesn't play on Minecraft servers for her channel."
"Joel. I'm sorry, I just don't want to play One Life."
"Why?"
"Does it matter?"
"Yes!" he yelled. Lizzie looked at him is shock.
"Joel, are you ok?" Joel looked at the ground.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to shout."
"Joel… You need to calm down some. Have some tea." She handed him a cup of tea she had just finished brewing. He took it and sipped at it. He felt himself calming down.
"Is it about your birthday?"
"What?"
"Everyone forgot. Are you upset?"
"No Joel. I'm fine. Look, how about you do your video and I'll make dinner tonight?"
"Are you sure?"
"I'll bake something and try to cook something, and if that doesn't work, I'll just order some takeout. It'll be fine. Just go record." He nodded, finishing his tea. He was about to wash the cup but Lizzie took it from him. "I'll deal with it."
"Thanks," he said, "for everything."
"Go." She laughed. Joel ran upstairs. Lizzie washed his cup.
Lizzie smiled and got her phone. She looked up easy recipes that make yummy food. She settled on making a simple lasagna meant for beginners. "I hope this works out well." She said to herself, she got to work putting it together. She stood back and looked at her creation.
"Well, it looks pretty good, let's put it in the oven then…" She put it in the oven. "Finally, I can work on something I want to make." She said with a sigh of relief. She got out a ton of ingredients. "Cookies."
Joel got his stuff set up and began recording. After doing an intro, he told them what he wanted to do. "As you guys know, Lizzie hasn't made a One Life episode in a week and a half. What you don't know is, normally she will get on One Life like every other day to check on things, strip mine, and prepare for videos. She hasn't even gotten on the server. I know for a fact though that quite a few people here have gotten her presents for belated birthday presents, but she hasn't made a video on them yet. I think she might be waiting for everyone to give her a present, so I'm going to be giving her a present now." Joel said, he felt very cleaver. Even if Lizzie said she didn't want presents on One Life, she probably did. Joel got to work.
"Lizzie has many pets, many resources, and much protection, but what she doesn't have is a train station. That is right guys, I'm building her train station. Normally I would do this on stream, but I'm only going to do the start of it, not finish it yet." He explained. He got to work, building a pink version of his own train station, but near Lizzie's house. He finished it and put a sign on it "Work In Progress."
"We can finish off this in the next stream, but that is it for this episode of One Life guys, make sure to leave a like and a comment if you did enjoy this video. I'll see you guys another time, Goodbye." He ended his video. He could smell dinner already.
"Smells good, must be nearly done." He said to himself. "If it tastes as good as it smells, Lizzie has done an amazing job." All of a sudden he was falling. He screamed.
Lizzie just had to wait until the lasagna was done and she could put the cookies in the oven. She sat down at the table and put her hands on her heads. "I hate lying to him. Why am I? He is upset for me hiding things from him. This isn't a good way to have a relationship. Why am I even lying anyways? Because something on the server threatened me? Because I could get banned?" She asked herself.
She sighed. "It isn't worth it. I need to tell him. I can't keep lying. Besides, One Life is nearly over anyways. It is fine if I'm banned early. I need to come clean." She had made up her mind. "I'll tell him at dinner."
All of a sudden she heard a scream. It sounded loud and slightly girly. It must be Joel! She thought to herself. She ran up the stairs and came into his room. "Joel! Are you ok?"
"Lizzie!" An all-too-familiar warning came up on Joel's screen. It was the same warning she had received only a week and a half ago.
Lizzie burst into Joel's room, "Joel! Are you ok?" Her concerned face gave way to confusion at the sight of Joel's screen.
"Lizzie! What ever happened to knocking?"
"Joel, you screamed. What happened?" Joel could tell she already had an idea.
"I think you know." He said, not knowing if he should be shocked or upset. "Is this why you weren't on One Life all week?" He asked, gesturing to the screen. Lizzie looked at the floor.
"Yes," Lizzie confessed, she looked at her feet. He read her like a book. She looked up to see him having a mixed face of confusion and upsetness.
"Are you mad I didn't tell you?" She asked after a few moments. He took a deep breath in and got up from his chair. He walked over to her and gave her a tight hug, showing he forgave her and didn't blame her for keeping this a secret. Lizzie knew everything was going to be okay now, she didn't need to be stressed out about not telling anyone because now Joel shared her secret. "Whoever did this is going to pay." He told her. Lizzie sighed in relief. All of a sudden, the smoke alarms went off.
"Ahh!" They both screamed.
"Oh my gosh! The lasagna!" Lizzie yelled, she burst out the room and ran down the stairs.
"It did smell good, before it was burned." Joel said trying to comfort her.
"I tried…" She sighed. "On the bright side though, we get Chinese food!" Lizzie said happily. She thought that the lasagna making would have been the hard part. She never had any real problems with leaving things in the oven for too long. "Also, while you were off getting the takeout, I was making…" She opened the microwave. In it was a plate full of cookies. She had hidden them in the microwave so she could surprise Joel.
"Oh yay! Let's just relax tonight. We can deal with One Life in the morning." Joel said. The two sat down and ate their dinner. Lizzie was the happiest she had been all week, and Joel was too, seeing Lizzie with so much less stress. I guess that secret really made her worry, he thought to himself. I should have tried to help before now, but it is too late for that. We will find out what is going on together.
