Believe Me

Three: Hello, Tyler

Remember, I update Believe Me twice every week. Make sure to read Chapter Two before you read Chapter Three!

ALSO AYYYYY GO THANK  gilamonster18  FOR HELPING ME WRITE THE END BIT OF THIS CHAPTER. XD SHE READ THE WHOLE THING OUT LOUD AND I JUST CANT I UGH SHE DID ACCENTS AND VOICES AND TY'S WAS LIKE A MY LITTLE PONY VOICE AND I JUST CANT OKAY XD  

Believe Me

Ch 3: Hello, Tyler

Ty's POV

Apparently he wasn't kidding about having ten more people ready.

"How many people am I going to have to screen?" I ask, glancing around the Fazoli's we're in. Honestly, Sky, I don't wanna spend my whole life screening people. And... well...

"U-Uh, not many," Sky answers, and I frown. Stuttering? Is he okay? I now associate stuttering with the eternal pain, so, I mean... "I'll reevaluate the necessity of screening after these ten." Oh, heck, no.

"First of all: dang, Sky, big words. Why are you nervous? And, second: No, that is not at all what I meant. I'll keep screening everyone, certainly – no way am I letting you go through anything similar to what happened with Alesa again. Just-" I sigh. "How many people do you plan on bringing in this month?"

Forty people – forty! - have caught Sky's attention in less than a week. And I... I've been here for ages, and he never even considers- well. He's never dated a guy before or shown any interest in a guy, so I guess I can't blame him at all. Skylox just... isn't an option, that's all. And I can live with that.

But, oh, look at this, five of these people are boys, citizens of the male gender, and Notch dang it, Sky, why won't you notice me? You seem to have noticed everyone else!

Calm. I'm calm.

"Ah, no more, unless I meet someone really spectacular."

Oh, yes. I suppose I won't ever fit that adjective. I force a smile as he waves me toward the line of people.

"Number Tree-Fiddy!" he shouts even though we're all within five feet of him, but I have to laugh. "Have fun!" He giggles adorably/mischievously, and then he and the remaining people run out of the room.

I shake my head fondly as he goes. "So, uh..." Sighing, I turn to face "Number Tree-Fiddy" again. "What's your name? I'm Ty."

"And I am friggin' amazing, at your service," she says, keeping a serious expression as she salutes me. Then a smile twitches at her lips, and she shakes her head. "Sorry, I'm Phoebe."

"Ah, nice to meet you," I laugh. "Um... Augh, I haven't gotten any better at this."

"'S all right, we can just talk," she replies, shrugging and starting to walk around the room. Fidgety. Or ADHD. Or bored. Possibly all three. "Preferably about budder. You do like budder, right? Hmph, you'd better. Notch, but these squids, I swear! Call it budder just once in front of them, and suddenly they're trying to kill you. Rude. Of course, they're always trying to kill people anyways. They're probably gonna take over the world soon – ugh, honestly. Why does no one ever listen when I try to warn them? Squids are basically just water demons!"

I smile softly, and she huffs. "You remind me of Sky," I tell her as she walks back over to me.

"Oh, do I? How?" she asks, and I grin. Sky is just so fun to talk about.

"Well, not only interests – budder, a deep distrust of squid – but also your mannerisms and the way you talk. Like Sky. He can jump from topic to topic so easily, and, still, it almost always make sense. And he's so passionate about everything, too, and-" I pause, furrowing my eyebrows. "What are you doing?"