CASEY'S POV
It was only when I was back in California that I remembered Danny.
"Oh crap! Danny!" I shout in the middle of a skype call with Elle. Oh yeah! Now that I have met her in real life, I tend to call her Elle rather than Goldie. Yay for meeting friends in real life! Anyways.. "Who's Danny?" She asked, and she sounded confused. I let out a nervous laugh. Okay, so maybe I forgot to tell her - I forgot he existed for a bit, for God's sake.
"I met him on the plane on the way to London. He helped me calm down. It really helped, actually; I mean, he doesn't play Minecraft much, but I think he liked me. He did give me his skype name, though.." I trailed off. I wasn't sure if I still had the slip of paper in my purse. It wasn't like I'd thrown it away, but I didn't remember seeing it; but then, I didn't remember looking for it, either.
"Be right back, gotta go see if I can find it." I said, standing up from my chair and heading downstairs, to where I'd thrown my purse a few days ago. I mean, can you blame me? I didn't even like purses; I'd just had it in London because it was useful. I'd taken out my wallet and phone beforehand, because that's all I really imagined needing anytime soon.
I did manage to find the slip of paper, and luckily, I could actually read his handwriting. Going back to my room, sitting down again and letting out a sound of triumph. "I found it!" I shout, and Elle claps, laughing unattractively. She must be eating noodles. By the way, if you're wondering, that's an inside joke between me and her. We had a ton of them, like her saying "I like the eyes!" whenever I showed her a drawing, or me just saying "Bane of Arthropods" during a hunger games.
"Add him already!" She says, snapping me out of my thoughts. "Right, right.." I mumble, going to 'add a new contact' and typing in his skype name. I typed, 'Hey! It's Casey, from the plane. Sorry I didn't add you before, I've been a bit busy.' before sending the request. He hadn't accepted after an hour, but he probably wasn't online; I mean, he might still be in England for all I know, so he could just be sleeping.
After another hour, he accepted. Hmm, either he stayed up late or he wasn't in London anymore - it was 3 a.m. there, and a lot of people were asleep by then. Right?
Turns out, he wasn't in London anymore. He was back in the US, in Washington, which was apparently where he lived. I was typing to him while telling Elle everything he said, which was yeah, kind of stalkerish, but hey! I've never really had a guy on skype before, save for some friends, so that totally justifies my actions? Amirite?
Okay, okay, maybe I shouldn't be doing what I am - telling Elle everything - but she's one of my best friends, and that's what best friends do, no questions asked. Just because she was mainly an internet friend and not a real life one, doesn't mean I should treat her as less than she is.
Midway into the conversation with Danny, I got a skype request that made me let out an obnoxiously loud gasp. No, it wasn't Mitch - that would be insane - but it was one of his good friends. "Elle, Mat just sent me a skype request." I say out loud, barely believeing my ears. Yes, I know I'm a huge fangirl, but I would've assumed you've got that figured out by now.
"Mat..?" Elle seemed to not know who Mat was for a second. "Uh, Nooch?" I reply, rolling my eyes. He was the only Mat I knew; maybe she knew another and that confused her, or she forgot about the precious Noocheroni for a minute, but whatever. When I said that, she gasped as well. So I gasped again too, just because I'm cool again. She repeated her gasp, and this went on, till we were just sitting their gasping like the dorks we are.
"How do you know it's him?" She asked when we finally stopped, and I shrugged before remembering she couldn't see me. "Well, first off, he said stuff about my drawing; also something about me making t-shirt designs. He also said his last name, and even though the Team Crafted wiki says it, everybody thinks Nooch is his last name-" Elle cut me off here. "What's his last name then?"
"...Nucciarone." I say after a moment, trying to remember how to pronounce it. I was probably saying it wrong, but still. I'm just a dumb American - ehe, ehe. Oh! You might be wondering about my 20th birthday. We just went out to some British candy store and bought a ton, and I mean a ton, of Kinder Eggs. They're illegal in America, so I couldn't buy any there - at least not legally, if you know what I mean.
"Oh." Elle says, so I continue, "His username also isn't some steretypical thing like 'NoochM' or anything. It's something like.. just weird, don't even ask." I say as I accept the request. As soon as I do, he types a smiley face. So he also didn't know how to start conversations. I reply with 'ay yo noocheroni where u at' for no reason whatsoever except that I'm weird. When I typed this, I told Elle, and she and I both burst out laughing at the plain stupidity of it.
He didn't reply for a long while, and for a minute, I was worried I'd scared him off until he called me. "Uh.. gonna have to call you back, bye!" as I answered, because I had to hang up or put the call on hold or something before I could answer. I mean, it wasn't like she wasn't as important at Mat, but this was important - I could get a job as a t-shirt designer, and nobody can say that isn't awesome.
Me and Mat had a conversation about designing and t-shirts and stuff, and I sketched some designs quickly while we spoke and sent them to him. I did my best not to bring Mitch up, but I couldn't help it - I ended up asking if any of his friends needed t-shirt designs. He replied with, "Don't know, I'll ask though" and I thanked him about 500 times. At the beginning of the call I was quiet and awkward, but now I felt more like myself.
By the time we ended the call, it was nearly midnight, and we'd been talking for over 4 hours. Crap, I forgot to call Elle back. Oops. I'd tell her what had happened tomorrow, and hopefully she wouldn't be mad. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! I couldn't just turn that down - although telling them I was in a call wasn't exactly turning somebody down.. Crap. I should've talked to Elle for a bit longer than I had. Not to mention I'd never replied to Danny after Mat added me to his Skype contacts. I'd totally messed up as a friend.
[ A / N : I tried to make a long chapter for you guys! Keyword tried OTL I hope you like it uvu By the way - you'll all hate me, but it'll be a while before Mitch and Casey get together, because of the sweet, cute, and nice guy Danny 3 ]