Sɪᴄᴋ⁻⁻Jsᴄʜʟᴀᴛᴛ//Fᴇᴍ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 6

"September 10th." He responded. He handed me a pink cat headset over my shoulder and sat back down.

"Oh shit, you're young." I slipped on the headset and felt his smile transfer to my face. It was so goddamn infectious. "Mine's in April."

"What day?" He continued to spin from side to side. 

"The 30th." 

"Shit, you're old. I'm friends with an old granny." 

"You're not any better. Those mutton chops make you look like you're 40." I retort.

"Hey!" Schlatt got up and leaned over the chair. He grabbed the left-hand side to make the space seem smaller and more intimidating. He expected me to cower and shrink down but I just stared at him.

I am weirdly attracted to this. 

"The mutton chops fucking stay." He threatened. 

I looked like a moron with my mouth slightly open as I looked at him. 

"Yes sir." I saluted. Oh my god, I'm never showing my face here again. "I shall never disrespect the chops."

"Good." He spun my chair around and sat down. "I'm going to start in 5 minutes." Schlatt coughed and groaned. "Ugh, that sounded so gross."

"Do you want me to make you tea?" I fidget with the plastic ears of the headset. 

"Nah, I've never been a big tea fan." He flicked his wrist. "Let me get your PC set up." Schlatt rolled his chair to my side and began logging me in. 

"I did bring you something." I grab my purse from the table and hand him a packet of throat lozenges and a bottle of BENYLIN cough syrup. "I find these work the best for me when I'm sick."

Schlatt's eyes go wide and his eyebrows shoot up. "Oh...thanks." He grinned. "This is uh...very sweet of you."

"It's the least I can do." I shrug. "You took the time to set everything up and invite me to your very private SDMP."

Schlatt returned the shrug and checked his stream. "We already have a waiting room of three thousand people."

I check for myself and gasp quietly. "That's a lot of people."

"I usually get around six to seven thousand per stream. The SDMP has been doing pretty well." He motions for me to put on my headphones and puts a finger to his lips. He exhales, and once his camera goes on, he smiles and says his intro.

"How's it going boys, my name is Schlatt and welcome back to another episode of the SDMP. We have a special guest joining us today so please be nice. She is a woman." Schlatt smiles and nods to my PC. 

"Hi!" I wave to my reflection. "I'm Olive. It's nice to meet all of you guys."

The smile on Schlatt's face grew as the influx of chat messages grew. They were composed of 'OH MY FUCKING GOD' and 'NO WAY SCHLATT' and 'HOLY SHIT HARD LAUNCH?!'

"Oh no, I'm not-" I chuckle and shake my head. "I'm not Schlatt's girlfriend, gross."

"Fuck you too then." He spits and sips his Root Beer. "Okay boys, say bye to Olive."

"Bye, kiddos!" I wave goodbye. I turn off my webcam and launch Minecraft. 

"Look at you, already getting the hang of streaming." Schlatt already had Minecraft open and began playing right away. "We have 10 people online currently. I'll give you the code for the SDMP."

Schlatt slips me a sticky note with the code that I put into the 'Multiplayer' section of the opening screen. I wait a few seconds before I see my username at the bottom of the screen, Oli_ve joined the game.