You're Family Now

Part 12

Gems pov-

We get out of the cars at the building and start heading around to the back where all the youtubers are supposed to enter. I'm really nervous and as geeky and weird as it sounds, I wanna hug Mitch and him do that brotherly thing where he picks on me but then tells me I'll be okay. Sure, I've only been living with this bunch for about 3 weeks exactly but they are the best family I've ever had and Mitch is the person I kno- knew, I could trust whenever, and I know I can now but I can't tell him I forgive him, not yet.

I still haven't said a word to Jason yet this morning except for 'Can you pass me a straw' when we pulled through a drive through for some coffee and in my case a sweet tea. Alesa apparently had to cover the bruise on his jaw with some make-up this morning and let's just say, the way she described it, she wasn't gentle.

Jason keeps apologizing to me even though he knows I won't respond, in total over the night he has sent me about 40 apology texts. Mitch looks like he's too ashamed of himself to come near me, which he should be, but I think it still hurts the both of us.
Jerome keeps talking to him, trying to get him to say stuff and put him in a good mood for when we are around fans and it's working, slowly, but working.

We are currently sitting in a big plaza with a few other youtubers who don't have anything scheduled for another hour or two. I accidentally bumped into Jenna Marbles earlier and talked to her for a bit, I didn't fangirl too much because 1: I only internally fangirl and 2: I don't watch her videos too much (so sue me). Jenna was pretty cool and apparently a bunch of other 'vlogger' type youtubers are here because the pax managers wanted to get different varieties of viewers to come.

I now lie on a chair, Lachlan and Rob. My head is on Lachlans lap and my legs on Rob while my bum rests on a chair that Vikk was using but then shoved me off and left to go do a quick 'scope out' section for a vlog. Lachlans playing with my hair mindlessly while I sneak selfie here and there of him for when I make an instagram. I take one where just my eyes and hair can be seen but Lachlan has his fingers wrapped in the ends of my hair and he's looking off somewhere else which, dare I say it, looks majestic and sexy as fuck. I look closely at my eyes, the purple contacts hide what I'm feeling so I genuinely look completely happy so the picture makes me smile.

I take another picture where my eyes are slightly wide so they look super kawaii and I puckered my lips slightly, but Lachlan is looking down and notices me taking the picture. I look up at him and smile innocently but he just rolls his eyes and goes to take my phone but I sit up so he can't reach. I snap a few pictures while he tries to take the phone from my hand. Each picture is of him pulling me closer to him and me giggling as he reaches for the phone but keeps his attention on me.

"Oi! Why don't you just date already!" I hear a familiar but old voice shout and we stop to see TylerOakley, DanIsNotOnFire,and Amazingphil standing not too far from us across the circle of chairs. I blush madly and Lachlan looks confused.

"Who says we aren't TyTy?" I shout back. I met Tyler in highschool, I was still in middle school at the time but it was 8th grade and the High school and Middle school were about 10 feet away from each other so they basically connected. Most of my classes were at the high school so I ran into him often and since we were both part of the social outcasts we protected each other as much as we could. Tyler never new about me living in an orphanage, or being beaten or my sister, as far as he knew, I was just one of those kids who loved to be on her own as much as possible and he respected that.

"Because I know my Gg would come find me and tell me she got her first boyfriend!" He laughed then ran and tackled me in a hug as I did the same. I've missed him so much. As cliche as my story sounds, it's true and hard, but that also means it's on in a million.