Turning Scarlet

Chapter 3: The Child

When I wake up, Clay is in the kitchen making breakfast. 
"Good morning sleepyhead, you look cute in my shirt."
"Oh yeah, sorry about that.  I was just covered in flour and I needed to change."
"Oh it's totally fine, you could keep it if you wanted."  I get up from the couch and walk over to him in the kitchen.  Our arms interlock and I stand on my tippy toes to kiss his cheek.  He kisses my head. 
"What're you making?"
"I'm making pancakes, how many do you want?"  I say two, and I get the kitchen table ready for breakfast. 
"So how are George and Sapnap?" 
"Oh they're great, they said really like you."
"Are you gonna call them again today?"
"Is it okay If I do?"
"Of course, I loved talking to them yesterday."  After we finish breakfast, Clay and I go into his room and call them.  He logs onto the SMP and they both finally pick up. 
"Hey Dream." George and Sapnap say.
"Hey guys, I'm with Angie again."
"Hi you guys!"  I say excitedly.
"Hey Angie!  It's pretty early, did you sleep over Dream's house?" Sapnap questions.
"Oh, yeah, I did.  We made cookies last night at like 2am, and then I fell asleep on his couch-"
All of a sudden, I hear the sound of someone joining the discord call.  It was some guy named Tommyinnit.
"Hey guys, did I just hear a girl talking?  Is Drista with you, Dream?"  I slap my hands to my mouth and I walk over to the bed and sit down.  Clay is looking at me with one finger pressed to his lips, telling me to be quiet.
"Uh, no Tommy, Drista is not with me.  Actually guys, I'll be right back."  His voice is shaky.  He puts his headphones on his desk and mutes his microphone.  He tells me about Tommy.  He said he doesn't want him to find out about us because he'll probably tell his own fans about it, and a lot of Tommy's fans are his fans too. 
"Do you trust George and Sapnap?"
"Of course I do."
"When it comes to Tommy?"  I see the spark of realization in his eyes.  He rolls his chair across the room loudly, and quickly, back to his desk and puts his headset on.  As soon as he unmutes his mic, Tommy says,
"Dream!  When were you going to tell me you had a girlfriend?"
"Fuck." He cursed under his breath while rubbing his temples.  I mouth the words:
what happened?  He mouths back the words: They told him.
"Dream?"  Tommy says.
"Did they tell you?"  Clay sounds frustrated. 
"Were we not supposed to?"  George says.  He sounded oblivious.
"So who's the lucky girl, Dream?"  Tommy says in a joking tone.
"Um, I don't know if she would want me to tell you guys-"  He looks over at me, and I give him a reassuring nod.  "Okay, nevermind.  Her name is Angie, and she means a lot to me.  She met George and Sapnap yesterday, and we've been dating for a few months."  Clay gives me a helpless look.
"Angie, why don't you come and say hi?"  I shoot him a dirty look, and I put the headset on.
"Hi!"
"Oh, hi Angie. I- I don't really know what to say."  he starts to laugh nervously.  I hold the mic away from my face and say,
"How old is this guy?"
"He's sixteen."  My eyes widen.
"You play with sixteen year olds?  Clay, you're 21-"  I burst out laughing and he grabs me by the waist and plops me on his lap.
"Well Tommy, It's been a pleasure to meet you.  I don't know if Clay-"  I hear a faint laugh coming from Tommy's end.  "I mean... I don't know if Dream told you this.. but he doesn't want you telling anyone about our relationship.  It would turn into this whole big thing and we just don't want that.  Well at least, not yet.  Okay?"
"Of course.  Can I tell just one person though?"
"No, Tommy."  Clay says quickly.  "I know who you're going to tell."
"No you don't-"
"I know you want to tell Tubbo."  There is no response from the other end of the call. 
I whisper in his ear, Who's Tubbo?  He whispers back to me, It's his best friend.  He's not very good at keeping secrets.
"Fine.  I won't tell Tubbo.  But if it slips out don't be mad at me."
"It better not slip, Tommy.  Okay now I have to speak to George and Sapnap alone.  Talk to you later."  The sound of Tommy disconnecting from the call rings in my ear.  Clay sounds really distressed.
"Guys, what the hell?"  I lean back on his lap so my head is next to his. 
"Dream, we didn't know you weren't telling people."  Sapnap says for the both of them.
"Yeah, I mean, you told us."  George mutters.
"I only told you guys because you're my best friends."
"Aww, Dream you're making me blush."  Sapnap jokes.  I swing my head back at him and give him a look that says: see? You make people blush a lot. He smiles and rolls his eyes at me.  I kiss his cheek.  He looks back at me, puts his arm around my shoulders, and plays with my hair. 
"So are we okay?  I swear we didn't know.  I'm so sorry."  George says apologetically.  I look at Clay and hit him lightly.  He lets out a sigh.
"Yeah we're okay.  I love you guys."  I whisper, yayyyyyy!  He smiles, grabs my chin and kisses me. 
"But guys, you have to swear not to tell anyone."
"I swear."  They said together.
"Alright, I'll talk to you guys later."  He disconnects from the call.
"Well that was unexpected."  I say while sitting up.