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100$ donation

fast forward to about a month later. I'd been watching Parker's live-streams about every night. Occasionally there'd be one in the morning or the afternoon, but since the time zones where different it'd mostly be at night. I didn't mind it. Mostly because it gave me time to do other things before the stream started like draw or be social...which never actually happened but who's to say I didn't try?
I'd mange to sneak my tablet and my phone into my room during stream time. So I can draw/tweet to Parker while also watching the stream. It was a very risky tactic but for some odd reason my parents never seemed to question on it.

Another thing is that I'd gotten a job! Finally! After months of rejection and negotiations, I'd gotten a job at....McDonald's....yay....
Ok ok I know what you're saying. "Oh that's amazing for a first job" or "you should be greatful" well the truth is, not only does McDonald's make me sick,
(I used to eat it a lot as a kid. Now when I go and eat there its like...I'm not sure how to explain it but it just makes me sick ok?)
But literally everyone at my school goes there to eat. The fact that I have to see most of the people I don't like everyday sucks.
On the brightside I was getting decent pay. So I never really complained.

Anyways enough about that back to the story

I'd been waiting in my room. It was about 8:30. Parker was just about to stream so I made a bowl of popcorn and waited patiently for the notification to pop on my phone. In the meantime, I made some doodles and watched watched some other youtubers like callmecarson and Etika (when he was still around....god I miss him so much...)
I'd finally got the notification that Parker was live, but something was off. The title. I can't remember what it said exactly, but it was something along the lines of...
(I don't have the title name because the live stream was taken down soooo...whoops. Lets just pretend like there's a title here)
I took a look at it, then back at my Twitter, then back at it again.
"What the fuck??"
I pressed on the notification and it sent me to the live feed. Everyone was chatting like usual. Then the stream started.

A few minutes in Parker then started to talk about a situation where someone took out around 150$
(can't remember the exact number)
And now he was pretty much losing money. Which sucked. He lived in a shitty apartment in Kansas City and he was trying to pay off his rent so he can move to Florida.
My heart sank.
Wow...the fact that someone would go so low as to donate money and then withdraw it is just...evil...
Tons of support flooded through the chat. People started to donate as much as they could, but I knew there was something I could do. I turned off the stream.

I looked through my wallet and pulled out my Visa card. Hesitant about the choice I was about to make.
"I've never donated to anyone before....yet alone donated this much money..." I thought to myself.
I knew my parents wouldn't like it...not one bit...but I felt really bad...
He was so underrated and the fact that he wanted to move to Florida so badly made me feel even more sympathetic.. it made me feel how I felt about moving out..

Even though I was young and had no idea about the world or how life works, I've been trying to figure out a way to move out of my parents home and travel the world.
To go to places and meet new people...
To meet her*....
I shook my head and pulled out my phone.
"I have to do this...well I don't have to but it feels like the right thing to do!"
I opened the link that lead me to streamlabs. Entered my card info and put in the amount. 100$ CAD. All the info was put in and ready to go. I hovered over the confirm button, holding my breath and closing my eyes. I pressed it.

Success.

* referring to someone special. You'll meet her eventually :)