I put the wet ingredients (melted butter, milk, water e.g.) and the dry ingredients (like flour and such) into a bowl, I combine them with a wooden spoon then take out a whisk "Come on Em time to whisk the batter." I say and I'm met with a loud groan.
"I don't wanna get up mummy it's too cold."
"I thought you wanted to lick the bowl."
"I do, I do." She says sounding like a child.
"Then you have to mix the batter."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuugggggggghhhhhhhh but I'm in my inter-nest!"
I raise my eyebrows. "Uh huh..."
"FFFFFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEE" she slumps out of her inter-nest and trudges over to me. While Emily mixes the batter I get out the decorations and food coloring and then make the icing, I'm putting the food colouring in the icing and Em says. "I'm done."
I walk over and look in the bowl. "Hmm not quite almost tho, keep going for like a minute"
"Uuuugggggghhhh" she groans but keeps mixing and I go back to the icing.
"DDDDOOOOONNNNNEEE" Emily say (well rather yells) and I go over and check.
"Good." I say.
"Can I lick the bowl yet?"
"No, I have to put the mixture in the cupcake tray first you're not that thick"
"OI, but ok" she finishes and I grab the batter and a spoon and put the mixture into the cupcake tray. I place the bowl on the bench and turn around for less than a minute to put the icing in the fridge when I turn back Emily has chocolate all over her face.
I laugh. "Seriously I turned around for less than a minute and you've already finished licking the bowl I was going to bring it to you in your inter-nest."
Emily just smiled and went to the bathroom to wash her face so I just sat by the fire picked up my book, put my glasses on and started to read.
"Ding, ding" goes the oven so I stand up and walk over to it when I open the oven door I'm greeted by the most delicious chocolate smell and Emily appears behind me
"YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYUUUUUUMMMMMMMMM" we both say at the same time.
"I wish we could eat these now but we can't." I say sad.
"Why can't we!"
"Two reasons they have to cool and that they for the neighbours."
"Aaaawwwwww" Em said disappointed then "you b*tch."
"HEY! It's not my fault I want to make friends with people we've been obsessed with since we were what? 15."
"Ugh fine, you have a point."
"I'll make you a deal I will leave two ok one for you one for me... got it no stealing mine."
"You're mean... but ok" and with that she walked back to her inter-nest.
A few minutes later I walk over and touch the tops of the cupcakes to see if they're cool... 'Time to decorate' I think as I get the icing out of the fridge, put it into a piping bag and started to decorate the cupcakes. "HEY EM DO YOU WANT SILVER SUGAR STARS ON YOUR CUPCAKE OR THOSE SILVER PURE SUGAR BALL THINGIES!" I yell.
"STARS PLEASE!" She yells back.
Once I've finished decorating the cupcakes I leave Emily's cupcake and mine... mine has only blue icing because I like it like that... on the bench and put the rest on a tray and walk into the living room then stop, put them on the coffee table run to my room and get changed into jeans and my #no filter t-shirt. I look at Emily before I leave "You coming?" I say to her smiling. "I'm so nervousxited."
She frowns and says. "Nope sorry, I would fricken love to but the draft of 'Fallen Angels' is due by then end of the month and I'm nowhere near finished. I'M WAAAAAYYY TO BUSY." She pauses for a second. "And I'd probably embarrass myself somehow anyway."
"DAMIT, I think I might need moral support but it is your job sooo... that's ok."
"Thanks." she says then pokes her tongue I just roll my eyes and walk out the door.
It takes me 5 seconds to reach Dan & Phil's door and my inner phangirl is screaming at me, "Deep breaths Jessica you can do this." I say to myself then knock on the door.
I hear the word "Coming!" come through the door but just barely audible.
'So many flights of stairs this may take a while.' I think and then three minutes later the door opens. I look straight at the ground and shuffle from foot to foot.
"Um hey." Phil says and I look up at him.
"Uh, uh, uh." I stammer. "I- I baked cupcakes" I hold the tray higher in front of me.
"Oh well that explains the flour on your cheek." He points to my right cheek and I lift up a hand to wipe it.
"Did I get it?"
"Not quite." he says then reaches to my cheek and wipes it off my face. "It was kind of in a line." he nervously says but I'm not even paying attention because, let's face it you would be dying on the inside 'HUHFEIOGEROPUFIOHVBGERIEOU... Wait pull yourself together man... What do I do?
CUPCAKES! I shove the cupcakes in his face "Here, here you go." I say frantically.
"Thanks blue icing is my favorite would you um like to come in." he replies nervously but takes the cupcakes.
I smile "Blue icing is my favorite too." then it dawns on me that he just invited me inside that I could be his friend and this might send some people running for the halls gives me a strange sense of confidence so I say "Sure I'd love to."
Phil seems really happy about this and shows me inside. Five flights of stairs and one scraped elbow later I'm in... TEH LOUNGE... "Hey I just realized I don't know your name and that's probably bad since you know I ki-" Phil starts to ramble but I cut him off.
"It's Jessica but call me jests and my friend you saw earlier is Emily."
"Jess... ok thanks I'll just go get my friend Dan well he's my best friend and my fla-"
"Phil just go."
"Ok yeah yep, just take a seat." he puts the cupcakes on the table and walks away.
I slump down on the couch trying to process what is going on, so I rethink back to the previous events; you bumped into Phil, you made cupcakes, you brought the cupcakes over to Dan and Phil's apartment, you are now sitting in their apartment, you are now sitting in their apartment thinking about sitting in their apartment, you have a chance to make friends with people you've idolized over the years... Don't screw thin up... I give pretty good advice. I just sit there for a while thinking about nothing much when I faintly he Dan and Phil talking.
"So you just let her into our apartment?!" Dan says irritated.
"Well what did you want me to do, just stand there like an idiot and we both know there was no way I was going to shut the door on her. Plus she made cupcakes." Phil adds.
"Ok I see your point... now let's go see the crazy person you let into the apartment."
I hear their footsteps and shoot up into a standing position. When Dan sees me his face is a mixture of confusion and a wisp of familiarity. "Hello big brother." I say with a giant smile, Dan smirks but Phil's head is tipped to the side in confusion.
Dan points to me "This is the random girl that saved from-"
"An awkward situation!" I say loudly moving my arms in big circle making it look even more (hilariously) dramatic, they both start laughing.
"Oh I think I'm gonna like you" Dan says giving a final chuckle.
"I already do." Phil says and I can't help but smile I mean like come on I made the person who makes me laugh, laugh! And he likes me. "Oh so if you're the one Dan met that means you and your friend gave him the package with the lion onesie and stuff right?" Phil asks and I nod. "Well we made a video thanking you guys, Dan was just starting editing it."
I choke down a fangirl scream and let out a giant smile. "That is really cool thanks."
They laugh and Dan says. "It might not be uploaded for a while though since I have another video I'm supposed to edit and we got the radio show to do tomorrow."
F*** it's already Sunday I've missed Friday and Saturdays uploads crap my twitter is going to explode, I'm not as popular as Dan or Phil but with around 10000 people subscribed to me and more without YouTube accounts...yeah it's a good thing I turned off notifications for that, "That's ok I just think it's cool tha-" I pause... IDEA TIME! "Wait I could edit the video for you I'm good at editing I'll probably get it done in no time, I do the editing for mine and Emily's videos."
They look at me and Phil asks "You have a YouTube channel?"
"Yep, not that big only around 10000 subscribers, started it l when I was almost 16."
"Oh that's cool" Dan says "so how good are you at editing?"
I think on it. "To get an honest opinion you're going to have to check it out for yourself, I'm to humble for my own good."
"Well you're probably better at it than me anyway so go ahead."
"Wait what's your channel name?"
"It's why because I'm a chocoholic that's why." I say and Phil nods.
I smile, this is the best day ever "Ok so Dan you're going to have to show me what thing you want put in and those you want cut out." He nods and I see Phil grab a cupcake before I follow Dan into the nerd room. I look at the computer screen and sit down, Dan had started cutting things out that would make the video to long but didn't do much. "So show me what you want edited." I say.
He points a few things out and says. "So there are the specific things I need done but if you think there are thing you want to put in knock yourself out." he pauses then adds "Well not literally but you know what I mean."
I laugh "Yeah I do, bye Dan." he looks at the computer and starts to leave when I say "Don't worry I'm not going to find anything on it like crazy."
He laughs nervously "I should probably stop putting so much of my life on the internet." and walks out.
I start editing, I focus first on the thing Dan wanted out but then I here Phil say "Let's watch her first video first."
Crap I didn't think they'd actually watch so I tiptoe to the lounge and look in. They play the video and I see 15 year old me in all her pimply glory with her golden curls tied up in a ponytail, her nerd glasses on and no makeup (I don't wear makeup now either don't really care for it) poking her head up at the bottom of the screen nibbling on a chocolate bar, I cringe as the jump cut takes 5 seconds but I am proud that I could even edit at 15.
"I like chocolate." Younger me says and then appears at the right side of the screen. "That seems like a good way to start off a video." Now she/I'm on the left side "Yeeeaaaahhh." and now in the middle, SOOO MANY JUMPCUTS I'm screaming inside me.
"Sooo I'm Jessica but my friends Jess... so can call me Jessica" she/I put/s her/my hands in front of her/me (this is really confuzling) and says "I'm kidding I'm kidding." Another five second long jump cut and, let's just keep with she. She's at the left side of the screen
"Or am I." Back to the middle she goes. "But anyway nice to meet you." She says then holds up her hand then she's at the right side of the screen "This is going to be the longest first video ever isn't it." Now to the left. "Yep might make the most of it." she's in the middle now. "Well I'm a 15, almost 16, year old who lives in Australia but I was born in Northern Ireland and this is my first proper video I guess... yeah so the reason I'm doing this is 'cause I got inspired by AmazingPhil."
Up until this point I haven't been paying too much attention to Dan or Phil's reactions but now I see that Phil is smiling proudly (as expected) but... blushing slightly which has got me confuzled.
"And some other people who make videos on YouTube." Little me continues. "And I don't really assume anyone will see this but if you happen to be someone from the internet HORRAY YOU FOUND ME! You should probably just leave now anyway I don't reckon I'll post videos often because I just wanted to do this for the crack, crack is something of an Irish word for the fun of it... Used in this context anyway," another jump cut and there's a Maltester in her hand "So goodbye and may the odds be," She throws it in the air and catches I in her mouth. "ever in your favor." then the video is done.
"But the hunger games wasn't out yet." Is the first thing Dan says.
"Yeah but the first book was." I say and it gives them a fright.
"Whoa I didn't know you were there." Phil says
"Like a ninja." I say when I tiptoe back to the nerd room.
It takes me five minutes or so to finish editing their video but I'm done so I walk back to teh lounge where the boys are watching my All-star by smash-mouth cover. I sit beside them and watch the rest of the video with them, I see me playing the guitar in one corner then the drums and other instruments in all the other with me singing in the middle. Once the video is done they both look at me and start clapping I'm confused but I start blushing "What?"
They stop clapping and Phil says "You're an amazing Youtuber I mean you're funny, you can sing, dance, play all sorts of instruments."
Dan picks up the praise "You're fantastic at editing, animation and you can act! You're like some sort of alien!"
I just stare at them wha- wha- WHAT JUST HAPPENED! I think but like what the hell they- they- they like me?
"Now can we please see what you edited?" Phil says
"Uh yeah... sure" I manage to stammer out.
"This. Is. Fantastic!" Dan exclaims, this comes as a shock I knew I was at least ok but WOW!
"th- tha- thank you" I say the smile evident in my voice.
"Can you like edit all our videos?" Phil asks.
Disbelief is frozen to my face "What of course!"
"Really?"
"Uh yeah" I was about to continue when 'Que Sera' by Justice Crew starts playing on my phone and I know Em wants me back home "sorry guys gotto go Emily wants back home."
"Ok see you." Dan says.
"Bye" Phil says after.
I walk out of the lounge, down all of the stairs out there door, across the hall into my apartment and slowly shut the door before I lose it.
AN: Hey OutOfIdeasLikeSrs here. (I just realised how stupid that username is.)or the tall one things are finally improving I really hope you like the story and any sort of feedback is welcome.
I finally edited this chapter. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW COLES IT TOOK LIKE TWO HOURS. *mutters* Stupid grammar stupid Microsoft word.
Also if anyone reads this and is wondering about the books referenced that Emily is/has writing/written they aren't actual books but the are ideas I have for books.
Bye from Leaf.
Hi from Coles. Yes I am happy but you missed things so I went and fixed them, also you call yourself a Phan!? Yes, well you don't seem to know their radio show is on Mondays now!
Ok bye.
P.S. I like chocolate.
Hi from Leaf your grammar sucks like seriously. Btw I can't watch their radio show due to being in Australia having a crappy internet and being unaware of where to look for this kind of info. And of course I missed a few things IT TOOK ME TWO HOURS! I kinda stopped caring as much. K? K.
Bye again from Leaf.
P.S. I fixed your grammar AGAIN.