With Joey feeling great it was time to prepare for the award show. Joey headed straight for the bed room to get dressed, when Daniel grabbed him by his shoulder.
"Oh no, you are not doing anything before you get something to eat. You might feel good right now but it is not going to last in the long run", Daniel said as he wasn't quite sure if Joey would be great again for good or it was just a temporary thing.
"Yeah, you are properly right", Joey agreed.
Joey was actually very hungry, which he had not been all day. The second meal Daniel had prepared was toast with avocado. Two slices for Joey and two slices for himself. They both stared eating around the same time, but Joey finished both his slices before Daniel had consumed the first half of his first one. Daniel was happy to see, that Joey had his appetite back and then took his second slice and placed it on Joey's plate.
It was then time to change. Joey had planned what outfit he was going to wear a couple of weeks ago and had laid it out on the bed this morning. He put on a short-sleeved, light blue shirt, a pair of dark blue jeans, his spiked shoes and a long green-blue crystal neckless. As Joey was walking around, getting ready to leave with Daniel, he noticed that his pants didn't feel as comfortable to wear as they did a couple of weeks ago, when he bought them. At that time they were fitting perfectly. He you could not understand if he had gained weight since had eaten less, due to his lack of appetite, but had exercised the same amount as he always did. Joey turned to Daniel.
"Does it look like I have I gained weight?" Joey asked and stood straight up.
"You look the same to me", Daniel responded and gave Joey a quick kiss on the cheek before heading towards the living room. "And how could you? You have barely eating anything besides the toasts for three days".
"It's probably just because the clothes are new. It will properly expand", Joey said and went after Daniel.
Both Joey and Daniel said goodbye to the dogs in the living room, and gave them some treats before leaving though the front door and straight into an upber.
At the award show Joey and Daniel first walked the red carpet. Daniel made sure to stay close to Joey the whole time. If Joey suddenly would got sick again he was prepared to make a distraction and get them both of the carpet. It turned out a distraction was never needed as Joey sincerely had a good time on the carpet, where he both smiled, posed and laughed. He even took a glass of champagne, which was the offered appetizer for the persons, who was old enough. At that point Daniel felt confident enough about the situation to take a glass himself. An female interviewer then approached them.
"Hey, Joey how are we feeling today?" the interviewer asked energetically.
Joey: "Hey! I am feeling great at the moment thank you, and how about you?"
Interviewer: "Good thank you. Are you nervous about tonight? You have to present an award and you are also nominated for best male internet entertainer".
Joey: "I'm more excited than nervous. I get to see a lot of my friends and a bunch of happy people, who want to make this evening one big celebration, and I am really looking forward to that".
The interviewer turn to Daniel: "And Daniel, what are you looking forward to tonight?"
Daniel looks at Joey: "I'm looking forward to see this sweet boy on stage and hopefully more than ones. No matter what happens tonight I am extremely proud of him and what he has accomplished".
The interviewer rounded up. Joey and Daniel then continued into the show hall to find their seats. Because Joey had to present an award he and Daniel had seats right next to the gap between the chairs, that was created for people, who had won an award, to walk up to the stage at. That way Joey could get on stage without bothering anyone. To the right sat Justine, one of Joey's good friends, so there was a lot of talking and laughing right up until the show started.
The show started with a big dance performance followed by a presentation of the hosts. All Joey could do was to wait until it was his turn to go on stage and present the award. Because the internet-awards always were last to be handed out, he used some of the wait to vlog bits of the show. He got a variety of performances and acceptance speeches. Finally it was his turn to walk on stage. He gave the camera to Daniel, so he could film him while he was on stage.
Presenter: "And now to present the nominees for new YouTube talent Lilly Singh aka Superwoman and Joey Graceffa".
Lilly and Joey placed themselves on the front of the stage.
Joey: "Lilly, do you think we are getting old?"
Lilly: "Old?! What do you mean?"
Joey: "You know in YouTube context. We have both been on YouTube for quite some time now."
Lilly: "Shoot. I have never really thought of that."
Joey: "I think this category's ulterior motive is to replace old YouTubers with new ones".
Lilly put a hand on Joey's back: "Calm down Joey. We will never be replaced". Lilly turns towards the audience. "Will we?"
The audience starts screaming: "No!", "Never!"
Lilly: "See! It's a good thing to honor new talent, so more people like us can become unforgettable".
Joey: "Oh what a relief. Now let's see who the lucky one or ones are. The nomine…. the nom…"
Joey took a step back as he saw the light started to fade and the room started to spin. Then everything went black and he collapsed on the plastic floor.