Lights, Camera, Action

No Big Deal

TWENTY-NINE: NO BIG DEAL

Alyssa's POV

I was really hoping that I could forget about my stupid dream, but apparently that wasn't the case. A few days later I was at Mark's apartment and Jack asked him if he wanted to play some Rocket League for fun on Skype. I told Mark I didn't mind, but he told me that I had to play too instead of sitting and watching them "like a loser." So, of course, he taught me the basics of how to play and we all got onto a team together. Once I began to get the hang of it, we started playing against each other which was even more fun than being on the same team. It was still a little awkward for me every time Mark left the room to get a drink or go to the bathroom, though. Jack made conversation, but I didn't say a whole lot back. I felt bad, acting so antisocial around him, but I also felt like it would be a bad idea to get to comfortable and close with him.

I guess my tactic was a bit obvious, because later that night, after I had left Mark's, I got a text from Jack. I expected it to be Mark or Alex or even my brother, so I was a little surprised when I checked my phone.

J: Hey, is everything alright? You seemed a little off on Skype earlier

I sat on my bed for a while, wondering how I should respond. I ended up deciding to give him a really lame excuse.

A: Yeah, I just didn't feel that great is all. I get headaches a lot, unfortunately

J: Oh, okay. That sucks! Are you feeling better now?

A: Yeah, I took some medicine after Skyping.

J: Alright, that's good.

A: Yep. Well, I think I'm gonna go get ready for bed. It's midnight here and I'm getting a little tired

J: Yeah, I should probably get out of bed and start recording

A: What time is it there, anyways??

J: 8 am

A: And you've been awake for how long??

J: About an hour

A: Gross. Aubrey and I always sleep in. That's why we upload in the middle of the day haha

J: Psh. Sleep is for the weak!

A: I must be weak, then!

J: Haha yeah. Well, I'll let you go so you can go to bed

A: Okay. Good morning to you, I guess?

J: And goodnight to you!

The next few times I was at Mark's place, we ended up Skyping with Jack again, and I still tried to keep to myself as much as possible. Mark dragged me into the conversations and convinced me to play games with them, so I still had to pretend everything was fine between Jack and I. That shouldn't have been hard, considering everything WAS fine according to the two of them. I still felt weird and guilty, though, and I guess I let it show. After the third Skype experience, Jack texted me again.

J: Hey, can we talk?

Oh god. I had no idea what that meant, but I was a little freaked out by that sentence. In my mind, it meant something negative.

A: Yeah, sure. What about??

J: I'm pretty sure I did something wrong. I know that if I did, I should probably know what it is, but I don't. I can tell that you're mad at me whenever you Skype with me and Mark and I just want to know what's going on so I can fix it.

He thinks I'm mad at him? That's not the case, but I guess he picked up on the fact that I felt weird talking to him. Maybe I should just tell him the truth. If I lie, that'll probably just ruin any friendship we could possibly have.

A: I'm not mad at you, I promise. It's just that something weird happened and I don't know how to feel about it.

J: Something weird? What?

A: Promise you won't take this the wrong way or get weirded out.

J: Okay, I'll try not to...

A: Last week I had this dream where Aubrey and I went out to this club after a convention so you and Mark and a bunch of your Youtuber friends like Felix and Ken were there. Anyways, Mark was ignoring me and I wanted to dance so I danced with you. Long story short, basically Mark and I weren't together or talking at all in the dream but I was hanging around you and you kissed me...there's no real reason why I had the dream. I don't like you like that. I love and care about Mark more than anyone and you and your girlfriend make a super cute couple but I still feel guilty about this stupid, stupid dream.

J: I get that, but then again, it's just a dream. You can't control what happens. Trust me, I've had dreams where I've been with someone I hate, or a random person I've never had a real conversation with. Dreams just throw a bunch of random shit going on in your mind all together and half the time they don't make any sense

A: I know. It's just been bothering me and I think the fact that I haven't been able to talk to anyone about it has made it worse. I guess I needed to get it off my chest. So you're not weirded out by it??

J: No haha it's no big deal. I've had some crazy dreams in my lifetime and I don't think twice about them, so what's the difference between any other dream and this one?

A: Yeah, okay. Just do me a favor and don't mention this to Mark, okay? It's not like it's a huge secret or anything, obviously it doesn't really mean anything, but he might be freaked out a little by it and I'd rather just mention it to him myself. If someone else says something about it, he'll probably be angry with me.

J: Alright, I won't say anything then.

A: Thanks. I'm sorry for acting so weird these past few days.

J: It's fine!

A: Okay haha good!

After that awkward conversation was over, things started going back to normal. I decided against telling Mark about the dream, because really, what was the point? It meant nothing, so why make a big deal out of something so meaningless? It would only cause more issues, so I didn't mention it. I didn't want any unnecessary drama in my life, especially since I was already an actress about to begin filming a movie. That was enough for me.

Hey guys! Finally, a story update instead of video information! I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. I like having Jack involved in this story. I'm somewhat new to his channel (I've been watching him religiously and subscribed to his channel for about six months) so he's not in any of my other fanfics. I hope you like his involvement in the story. If you liked the chapter, please vote for it and leave me some comments, too! Also, keep voting for whichever challenge you want to see me do in the 1k video if you haven't already! There's a link in the previous part (the author's note). Thanks for reading :)