the girl you fell asleep on call with

II

i woke to my alarm clock screaming at me.
"ugh, cant i ever get some sleep?"
my heart leaped and a smile creeped across my face when i remembered the events of yesterday.
i rolled over and grabbed my phone to check my social media. my heart jumped into my throat when i saw a twitter notif...

twitter:
wilbursoot: you're very welcome! you're really good at what you do, you know. honestly, keep it up! i don't know if this is too forward, but if you're interested in a collab, let me know!

"no way!" i couldn't help but squeal.
"did he respond?!" mads immediately asked
"yes oh my god." i stretched my phone out to her "here!"
i watched her eyes flick across the screen as she read the text.
"LEX! you have to!!" she yelled "i'll literally kill you if you don't!"
"obviously i immediately want to say yes, but that's so scary!" i thought through it "what if we don't get along or..."
mads cut me off "lex, come on! this is a once in a life time opportunity! it's a chance to grow your following and possible make friends with wilbur freaking soot"
"i know, i know! i'll think about it"
what was i supposed to do? i obviously didn't want to pass up this opportunity, but how was i supposed to act normal around will? i didn't want to scare him off.
"but he knows i'm a fan" i thought. "and he still reached out. i guess that means he doesn't care?"
"lex, i can see you freaking out" mads said "just do it, everything will be fine i promise"
"alright, i'm gonna do it!"

@.officiallex: honestly, that would be a dream! what were you thinking?

"mads, i did it! i said yes."

"yay! im proud of you! go get your mans!" she chuckled

"stooopp!" i giggled "we're literally just collabing! professional!" i reminded her.

the conversation was cut off my phone dinging. i quickly grabbed it and saw another DM.

wilbursoot: glad to hear it! just a minecraft stream? some manhunt maybe? if you're okay with that of course.

officiallex: sounds good! when were you thinking? time zones are going to be a bitch.

wilbursoot: if you don't mind me asking, where are you from? so we can figure out the time zones obviously. and does tomorrow work?

officiallex: idk sounds a little sus... jkjk im from the US. and yeah, tomorrow is fine!

wilbursoot: damn you caught me, im actually a serial killer trying to find your location. and great, hows 3:00pm your time? ill send you a friend request on discord. what's your tag?

officiallex: 3 is perfect. its #_____!

wilbursoot: thanks! talk soon!

discord:

#wilbur1234 sent you a friend request

i quickly accepted the friend request and liked will's last message. this was actually happening. i'm streaming with wilbur soot tomorrow.

- 2 hour time skip -

i had just finished eating dinner when i saw my phone light up. i reached for it and froze when i saw the message.

wilbursoot: i hope this doesn't come across weird, but i was wondering if you wanted to call tonight just to get to know each other before tomorrow?

i swallowed hard. but what am i supposed to do, say no? i quickly type out a reply.

officiallex: yeah sure! i like that idea. give me 5.

will saw and liked the reply immediately.

"was he waiting for my response in chat?" i wondered.

i tried to compose myself and fix my hair a bit.

officiallex: what platform?

wilbursoot: whatever your comfortable with.

officiallex: i wouldn't find facetime if you're okay with that.
"fuck i shouldn't have asked" i thought "definitely too forward"

wilbursoot: fine with me! my number is _________

i liked the message. oh, fuck that means i have to call him.
"i can do this" i tried to reassure myself "it's just a facetime call"
before i could worry about it any longer i dialed the number. i sat for a moment before taking a deep breath and pressing the facetime button.
it only rang twice before he picked up.
"i thought you'd never call" a deep voice chuckled

"how long did you sit waiting to press the call button?"

"i- uh-um... a while" i admitted, giggling.
i got a smile in response.

we did our introductions for a while, talking about ourselves.

"so, lexi, how long have you been watching my shit"
i practically choked.

"how'd you know?" i cringed

"well, you were already following me on twitter" he paused "and instagram"
i put my head it my hands to hide my blush.

"i'm sorry i should have told you! we don't have to do the steam if that makes you uncom.."

will cut me off "lex, it's fine! i'm honestly flattered."
"flattered?" i lifted my head from my hands to look up at him.

"i mean yeah, a pretty girl watching my stuff is nice"
"a WHAT NOW?!" i screamed in my head
my checks were definitely bright red.

"i- uh" i stammered "thanks, i think?"

"you're welcome" wilbur winked
"is he trying to kill me?" huh maybe his serial killer joke wasn't a joke at all.

"genuinely though, to answer your question, probably about 7 months."

"damn, not even a year?" he joked
i laughed "i found you through the SMP, so that's why"

"and will, i hope you don't take this is a weird fan way, but your music is insane. you're so talented and it's brought so much joy to my life and helped me through some really ha..." i stopped "i'm sorry, i was rambling. that probably sounded creepy, i'm.."

i looked up and now he was the one blushing "no, no not at all. seriously, thank you."

"of course" i replied sheepishly

we talked for an hour or so about ourselves, our past, how we got into streaming and all that. we hit it off instantly, it was like we were old friends meeting up again.

"it's getting late for you, isn't it?" he asked

"a little" i yawned, i hadn't realized how tired i was until he said something.

"you should sleep"

"i don't want to hang up" i said under my breath

"then don't" he smiled

oh fuck, i didn't know he heard me
i gave him a surprised look.

"i don't mind at all" he said quietly "unless that's too weird?"

"i don't think it's weird"

i left my phone in my room while i got ready for bed. once i was ready, i crawled into the covers and plugged my phone in. i muted on facetime.
"hey mads, i'm going to sleep!"

"goodnight!" she called from her bed.
i unmuted and told will i was getting ready to sleep.
"goodnight lex"
"goodnight will"