The Secret Youtuber

Chapter Two

"So, Floxie, are you going to MineCon?" Liam's voice asks through my headphones. I jump a little bit, dragging the outro to the wrong part of the video. He must've heard me laugh, because he's now chuckling.

"Shut up, H." I laugh softly and drag the outro to the correct place. "And maybe. I haven't exactly gathered up the courage to show my face, and I don't know if I'll have it by the time for MineCon." I reply, shrugging as I save the video.

"Why not?"

"Why not what?" Alex asks as he unmutes teamspeak. "Sorry, I was trying to reach one of my friends. She didn't answer though."

"Floxie is scared of showing her face to people." Liam says to Alex.

"I am not scared! Just.. not prepared." I say, uploading the video to YouTube.

"Foxy, just try not to give a fuck about what people think." Alex says. "Plus, I bet your fucking gorgeous."

"Yeah, what he said." Liam adds.

I shrug. "Maybe. But I have a feeling someone has already seen me." I say, knowing exactly who it is. I grabbed my phone, only to see a missed call from Alex. So I was the friend he was trying to reach.

"Why don't you just find out by showing your face to all of us?" Liam suggests, but I can tell he's joking.

"Ha! No thanks, pal." I reply, leaning back in my chair. "You guys know me for me, and thats good enough. I don't feel like I should show my face. Plus, I bet none of you pestered Alex like this."

"Nah, they just told me I was ugly all the time." Alex laughs.

"Still are." Liam jokes.

"Alright, I'll have to ask my subs if they want me to go to MineCon." I sigh, then mute myself on teamspeak. I record a quick audio, smack on a few pieces of fanart, and put it on my list to upload to YouTube. "If I do go to MineCon, what are we even going to do?"

"Another Cube meetup! No one has met you yet personally, so why not? Plus, it's nice to meet fans." Liam says.

"Yep." Alex mumbles.

"Maybe. Depends on what my subs say. I'll be on later, I've gotta get some shopping done." I say, standing up and walking away from the computer.

I hop into the shower and quickly wash up. I wrap the towel around myself and run my fingers through my wet, dirty blonde hair and look into the mirror. I look at myself.

"I am Ainsley Parks. I have dirty blonde hair which just passes my middle back, and it is naturally straight. I'm a bit tan, mainly because I was a 'beach babe' before I moved here to Canada. I have hazel eyes, but one eye has a few blue flecks while the other remains hazel. My nose is decorated with freckles; ew. Thanks to braces, I have perfectly straight teeth. I stand at exactly 5'2 when I'm not slouching. I have a toned stomach thanks to surfing. I am skinny. I am beautiful, and I would be beautiful even if I were larger." I say to myself.

I always got picked on when I was younger. I would be called fat, and that eventually led to me developing eating disorders. I lost a lot of weight. I don't have the greatest self-esteem, so I have to point out everything about myself and say that I am beautiful. I have to convince myself to believe it.

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I walk to my car which is parked outside my house and open the door. I get in, and nearly shut the door, but a loud "hey" stops me. I look over and see Alex running towards me.

"Hey, Ainsley, In a month I'm going to this thing called MineCon. Do you wanna come with?"

My stomach clenches and I feel myself turning white. I don't wanna turn him down, but he doesn't even know I'm Floxie! I can't just go with him and my subs never know it's me!

"You alright?" He asks.

I panic and take in a deep breath. Suddenly I feel myself getting dizzy. Ainsley, stop! I take in a few deep breaths, but I feel myself fall over and everything goes black.

I wake up and sit up, looking around me. Where am I? I look at the bed I'm laying on. It's not mine. I hear someone whistling, and see someone pass the door.

Oh, I'm at Alex's place.

I stand up and walk to the door. "Alex?" I call out, not wanting to follow him.

"Ainsley." He says, then walks briskly down the hall. "Are you alright? You passed out and I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what key was the one to your house, so I just brought you over. Do you need anything?"

I shake my head and lean against the door frame to steady myself. I'm still feeling dizzy, but I don't want him to know that. "I need to go buy food for the month." I say, then begin to walk down the hallway.

"Let me take you, then. I don't want you passing out again." Alex says, walking behind me.

I stop and think for a moment, debating on whether or not he should take me. I turn around a nod. "Okay, but let's go now." I say.

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I come back later that night with a ton of groceries and new things. He took me to a cheap shopping center and I might have gone on a spree there. I hop onto teamspeak, but I get a text right as I unmute myself.

"Had sooo much fun tonight! Lets do this again sometime. Maybe at MineCon?"

I smirk and reply. "I can't go to minecon, sorry. i'm going to be on vacation then." I press send and clear my throat.

I check the video I had posted earlier, and every single reply back said 'yes' and most said to do a face reveal before, which won't happen.

"Guess I'm going to MineCon! :)" I tweet out, almost instantly recieving replies. I smile. Maybe it won't be too bad. I just don't know how Alex will react.

A/N: Sorry I haven't exactly updated in a few days! I tried to make this chapter a bit longer to make up for it. What do you guys think Alex will do when he finds out? How would you react if you were in his position?