"You what?" Wilbur questioned. "It seemed hilarious in the moment. I thought it was a troll. And besides, you guys need some recognition" Charles, Lovejoy's manager replied. Wilbur was getting redder by the second.
Mark sat there dumbfounded. Mark's eyes flicked form Will to Charles and then back at Will.
Ash and Joe walked into the studio and immediately stopped moving. They stared at Wilbur and Charles then stared at Mark as if asking what the hell is going on.
"Charles bought a person off Facebook Marketplace" Mark finally broke the silence. "And what the fuck were you even doing on Facebook Marketplace anyways!?" Wilbur shouted at Charles. "It's funny! Is it a crime to pretend to be a redneck conservative on Facebook?" Charles questioned.
"You're buying a fucking person!" Wilbur shouted at him. Ash and Joe stared at Charles as if Charles just confessed to being a murderer.
Mark got up. "Wilbur. I'm with you. Charlie should know that people on Facebook are very serious and he should not have bought a human being off the market. But also, what's done is done" Joe told Will.
Wilbur closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Where are they?" "I'm assuming they're on a plane" Charles replied.
"Alright, come on. To the van everyone" Wilbur said. "What? Why are we going!?" Mark questioned. "Because Charles used our business email for Facebook making this our problem" Wilbur replied, glaring at Charles before leaving the room.
"Well, I'm terrified" Joe told his friends and his manager. "I think you should be. I've never seen Will so angry" Mark admitted. Ash nodded in agreement. Wilbur poked his head in the room. "Well? Come on! Get up!" Wilbur shouted.
TIME SKIP
They stood in the airport. Joe looking at the escalator and occasionally glancing at his friends, Wilbur looking annoyed, Mark staring at the DMs Charles and Cynthia gave each other, and Ash actually smiling, excited to meet Y/n. Charles was off to the side, alone.
"Okay, I found their Instagram. Y/n is...awe, they're cute" Mark said, smiling. Wilbur glanced at the phone to get a good idea on what this person even looks like. Ash glanced at the photo too and looked back up. Ash started to bounce a little bit when he saw them on the top of an escalator.
Y/n's eyes were wet and their nose was red. They descended the escalator and made eye contact with none other than Joe.
"Y/n L/n?" Wilbur questioned. Y/n slowly nodded, their grip in their bag got tighter. "Yeah, that's me. And what are your guy's names?" Y/n asked.
"Right, this is Joe, Wilbur, Ash, and me, Mark" Mark told them. Ash waved at Y/n and his Warm smile made Y/n have some new hope. Hope that everything won't be as bad as they thought on the plane. No one with that sweet of a smile could be evil.
"And that's our manager, Charles. He's the one who bought you" Wilbur said, pointing at Charles who was currently on a phone call.
Y/n got the chills when Wilbur said that Charles bought them. As if their life cost as much as their mom sold them for.
Y/n wanted to crawl out of their skin and disappear. They didn't speak, how could they? If they did, then they would hear their shaky scratchy voice was screaming at their mother, begging to stay with her. What a waste of their voice.
They just simply nodded at Wilbur. Everyone could tell their lack of speaking. "You're like Ash" Mark said. Everyone looked at Mark. "What?" Y/n questioned. They immediately forgot about what they just told themself about not speaking because curiosity and confusion overtook them.
"Ash doesn't talk a lot. He isn't mute or anything he's just more of a listener than a talker" Mark explained.
TIME SKIP
The ride back was awkward and silent. Y/n looked around at everyone. Will and Charles were in the front but in the back Joe was scrolling through his phone, Mark looked out the window and occasionally glanced at his phone every time his phone buzzed. Ash just stared down at his shoes, lost in thought.
Y/n held their breath. This is going to be a long car ride.
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Fanfiction[GENDER NEUTRAL PRONOUNS] Y/n is a normal person. They have an average life. Nothing was really unnormal in their life...except for their alcoholic mom who would do anything for another sip of beer. Their mom isn't completely heartless though. She d...
