"We've finally reached our goal of 200,000 dollars for save the children, and the last and final punishment goes to Tyler." Mark said with a big grin on his face. Tyler's face went white, but was still smiling at the fact that he was doing all of this just for charity. "Okay Tyler, instead of bobbing for your punishment, you are going to be dared to do something." Mark smirked.
"Oh no, it isn't going to hurt me is it?" Tyler asked with wariness in his voice.
"Nah, we'd never hurt you without your permission, but we are going to make you do something. That is, we've signed you up for a dating website, we've talked to numerous young women, and you are going to have a date with EnglishTeach1001 next Wednesday." Ethan said.
"What?! You guys set me up on a dating website and pretended to be me?!" Tyler asked.
"Well thank you everyone so much for joining us, and thank you to all that have donated for this great cause, and as always, we will see YOU in the next video, bye-bye." Mark signed off and the cameras turned off.
"Welp, I think that was a pretty good stream don't you all think?" Mark asked looking at Ethan and Tyler.
"Yeah I think everything went really well this time. We raised over 400,000 dollars for charity in a little under 24 hours." Ethan said. They both were ignoring Tyler's outburst from when the stream ended and his punishment was given out.
"You guys, you set me up on a dating website, pretended to be me, and I now have to go on a date with a girl that I NEVER knew about?" Tyler asked. He was really angry. The guys had stooped to some low things before, but never like this. He'd been constantly pelted with arrows, forced to be drawn on, and painted on. He had to stick his face in ice cold water and bob for apples with some very painful and unfair punishments, but nothing was as low as this was.
"Oh relax Tyler, we're your friends, we picked out a great girl for you. You'll be awesome on that date." Mark said as he helped Amy and Kathrine clean up from the giant mess they'd made over the last few days.
"But I know nothing about this girl, and for all I know she knows nothing true about me. Did you ever think that maybe her feelings meant a little something in your little punishment?" Tyler asked.
"What do you mean Tyler? It isn't like we lied to her or anything." Ethan rebutted as he wet his hair in the sink.
"No you did lie to her! You have been lying to her! She thinks a whole bunch of things about me, that may not even be true! If I go on this date with her and don't fulfill the expectations you set, then you're hurting both me and her! I want the website information so I can explain to her everything before she gets too attached. I don't even know her name or anything about her." Tyler was fuming now. He couldn't believe that this was happening. He was going to have to go on a date with a woman who was a complete stranger to him, but apparently he wasn't to her. What could those guys have said to her?
"It's going to be okay Tyler, we are going to make sure that you are adequately prepared for this date next week. Here is a little bit about her." Mark started as they finished cleaning the kitchen and living room. "She's 23 years old, she lives in Kansas and is a high school English teacher. She loves long walks on the beach, and hates sauerkraut." Mark said pulling out his phone.
"Boom, that's all you need to know in one sentence." Ethan added. Tyler gave both of them an angry look. He knew that there was more about this girl, there HAD to be more. How long had they been talking to her anyway? What did she know about him? This was a punishment indeed.
"Well can I at least know her name and what you said to her so that we will have SOMETHING to talk about on this date?" Tyler asked. He knew he wouldn't get anymore information than that out of his two best friends.
"Her name is Paige, and no, you aren't allowed to know what we said to her. And we've only been talking to her for like two weeks so you can calm down. Anything that you would normally say to a girl. We said. So calm down." Mark said.
"Yeah everything is going to be great." Ethan said slapping Tyler on the shoulder. Everything was going to be disastrous and Tyler couldn't help but want to just disappear.
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"I can't believe that you're going out to California to go on a date with a guy you've been talking to for two weeks." Addie my best friend said as she helped me pack my bags. "Don't you think it's a little strange that you didn't really get full conversation out of him, but a few answers to your questions?" She asked handing me my bathing suit and towel.
"I mean a little, but come on Addie this is the first date I've had in almost a year and a half. Good or bad, I"m going to enjoy the complimentary flight and hotel stay for a week." I said rummaging through my drawers for various items.
"See that's another thing that bothers me. Don't you find it weird that this guy that you've kinda been talking to for two weeks offered to pay for your entire trip?"
Addie was a little right. It was strange that some guy I barely knew was paying almost 3000 dollars for a full trip to LA for a week, but it was also the first Spring Break vacation I've had in almost a year, so I was going to take it anyway.
"Yes Addie, I do find everything strange, but Tyler seems like a really great guy, and you know how the guys on those dating websites can be, showing pictures of their dicks so that girls will just melt in their hands, but Tyler wasn't like that. He wanted to actually know some stuff about me. He actually seems pretty interesting in what I'm doing with my life." I said zipping up the suitcase and grabbing my list off the table to make sure I didn't forget anything important.
"But remember the last time this happened?" Addie said softly. I did remember. My heart ached a little remembering. I'd loved him so much, and I'd given him everything I was, only to find out that it was some practical joke he and his friends played on me, and that he was never truly interested at all. He just wanted to have some good old fun with his friends, and break my heart in the process.
"Yeah, I remember, but it isn't like that this time. This one actually wants to meet me and get to know me. I know you're concerned Addie, but can't you at least be a little happy for me?" I asked looking at her. Her hazel brown eyes looked worried, but her smile said she was at least trying.
"I am happy for you, I'm just worried about you that's all, but go and have a good time. Make sure you let me know everything about how it went, and remember that I am just a phone call away." Addie said smiling. Hopefully this won't be like the last time.
