Chapter 3

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Chapter 3

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After various wrong turns(I'm terrible at giving directions, what can I say?) and a stop at Starbucks, we finally arrive at my house.

"Uh, thanks for the ride." I say, awkwardly.

"It was my pleasure." She says with a warm smile.

"See you around then," I say with an awkward wave.

With a hesitated wave and a smile, she pulls out of the driveway and drives away. As I walk into the house, I face palm in frustration.

"Oh god, I'm such an idiot! I didn't get her number!" I yell at myself. The ONE person who actually makes me feel happy, and I let her get away!

"Stupid, stupid, STUPID!" I yell as I slap myself in the face in frustration.

I grab the alcohol I keep atop the fridge and go sit down on the couch, displeased with myself, as I always am.

~~~~~THE NEXT DAY~~~~~

*BEEP BEEP BEEP*

I groan and hit snooze on my alarm clock and turn over. Minutes later, the alarm goes off again and I turn it off, groan, and stand up. A sharp thumping in my head makes me wince in pain and fall back on my back onto the bed. After it subsides enough for me to get up, I walk into the bathroom and look in the mirror. I run a hand through my hair and notice the deep bags under my eyes from sleep deprivation.

I haven't slept in what seems like a century, some of it has to do with drinking myself to sleep then realizing I have to wake up early in the morning, but most of the time it's because I unexpectedly wake up in the middle of night almost every night and can never fall back asleep. I heard that sleep deprivation leaves you at a higher risk of depression, which wouldn't surprise me if I had it, considering my situation.

After standing in front of the mirror for a while, just staring at myself, I strip off my clothes and step into the shower. As I pick up the razor blade I hesitate and put it down. "You have to be at the Annoying Orange set in an hour and a half," I say to myself.

After showering, I put on a maroon long-sleeve Tobuscus T-shirt and my favorite pair of wool pants. I go to my fridge and realize I'm almost out of just about everything. I'll have to go grocery shopping after Annoying Orange.

I grab what's left of the eggs and bacon and go to cook it. Once I finish eating, I put Gryphon outside to use the bathroom and then give him some food.

"I'll be back later, little nugget." I say to him as I walk out the door, locking it behind me. I get into the drivers seat of my car and drive off, dreading the hours ahead of me.

I reach the set of Annoying Orange and realize I surprisingly made it on time, that's a first. I drag myself out of my car and head inside the building. The producer spots me and smiles, which quickly turns into a frown upon seeing that I look like complete shit.

"What's wrong, Toby? Tough night sleeping?"

"Like usual."

"Alright, well try to cheer up, everyone's much happier when you're not down in the dumps."

He pats my shoulder and calls for the make up artist to cover up the bags under my eyes and make me look more lively. After getting my costume on, we start shooting. Everyone can obviously tell that I'm a little off today. I usually like to improvise and add a little bit of my own personality into the character, but today, I kept to the script and didn't try too much.

"Alright, lets wrap it up and get outta here." The producer calls.

He walks over to me. "Seriously Toby, you need to get it together, okay? This is the worst you've done! If you don't get your act together and put some effort into this, I'm going to find another Nerville."

I just stare at him, at a loss for words. I sigh and slump my head "Alright, I understand."

I change back into my maroon, long-sleeve Tobuscus T-shirt and pants and wipe off all the makeup, once again revealing the bags under my eyes. I slump into the car and drive off towards Trader Joe's to buy groceries.

I curse under my breath as I realized I haven't done a lazyvlog or uploaded any videos to TobyGames since I was in the hospital. I decide to do a lazyvlog in the car and pull out my iPhone.

I point the phone right at my eye "Audience, wha?! What are you doing staring into my soul?! You what they say, the eyes are the window to the soul! INTRO OF DARKNESS THEN REDNESS THEN WHITENESS" I begin with my usual fake enthusiasm and plastered smile. I ramble about going to the grocery store, Annoying Orange(leaving out the possibility of getting fired, of course) and stuff about TobyGames and apologize for not uploading. As I pull up to a red light, I shout my outro and stop recording.

I put my iPhone back in my pocket and lay my head on the steering wheel and let out a long sigh, turning my head sideways to look at the car next to me. It's a bright green Ford Fiesta and inside is a woman with dirty blonde hair and slightly tan skin. She appears to be singing while tapping along on her steering wheel with her thumbs, clearly not paying attention to anything but what's ahead of her.

"Tori" I whisper to myself in complete shock. I was about to roll down my window and try to get her attention when the red light turns green and she speeds off. Being in the lane specifically for turning, all I can do is watch her bright green car disappear as she gets farther away.

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Do you like it? I hope so! Considering I have Boxing and Kickboxing classes, it might affect when I upload :l I don't have a schedule for when I'm going to be uploading so every couple days or so I'll upload, I suppose. Remember to leave me comments, I LOVE THEM! MKAY BYE!

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