Mr. Brightside | Munchingbrotato/ Tyler Christie

Chapter Twenty Three

|Hope's POV|

I have to contain myself and conceal the endless butterflies that errupted in my stomach when I swung open the door to my dorm. Tyler spins around in his chair to face me. My mood sadens, for I was hoping to see someone else. I shrug that feeling aside along with my book bag as I drop it on the ground, spilling all of its contents everywhere. My papers fly in all directions and my binder opens, releasing every single note I've ever taken in it.

I sigh and move on with my amazingly, wonderful, fantastical day. "Hope, are you okay?" Tyler says, bending down to help me pick up my papers. I nod violently, for nothing could ruin my mood. "Are you sure? You basically just lost all of your science notes from this semester," he chuckles.

"Oh well. I was gonna fail that test anyway." I jump up and grab Tyler's hands, pulling him along with me. I spin in a circle with him until he forces me to stop and look him in the eyes.

"Hope, what the fuck is wrong you. You are way too happy for me right now." I laugh out loud with him."

I shrug. "Guess I'm just in a bubbly mood today!"

"Well then there's gotta be a reason behind that mood of yours." He raises his eyebrows at me.

"You want me to tell you the truth?" I whisper and he rolls his eyes whilst nodding his head in annoyance. "Okay, come here." He walks closer to me and I go to whisper in his ear, but instead I realease a loud burb that I've been holding in all day.

Tyler staggers back amd covers his ear. "Welp, I was wrong. Same old annoying shitload over here." He jabs a thumb my way.

"You know what? I think today is the perfect day to make a new video on my channel before people send out search parties for me."

"Yeah, good idea. Hey, why don't we get the rest of the guys in it too? Tell them about how we all ended up here together. It can be a little update video."

"That's a great idea. I'll go get my camera." I say getting up from my spot on the bed."

"You had a camera in your bag this whole time? I should've checked your bag a while ago."

"Uh yea, no. Ty already tried that. Didn't turn out too well."

"Why? What did they find?" Tyler questioned.

"They saw my-" I'm interrupted by our door being slammed open and the dorm being filled with five more routy boys.

"Hola ladies!" Mitch yells while he walks into the room.

"And one guy." Tyler coughs.

"Um, no. That's why I said ladies." Tyler rolls his eyes and flops on his bed. "So I heard we were making a video today!" Mitch screams. I cover my ears and say,

"How long have you guys been outside our room?"

"Long enough to know that your in a 'bubbly' mood today." Jason smirks. I look over at him and feel those exact butterflies erupt in my stomach again.

"Well, what are we waiting for people! Let's make Hope a new video!" Adam says. My recording equipment was already set up so we all took a seat on my bed in front of the camera.

"You had a camera all this time? I knew I should've kept looking through your bag." Ty exclaims, disappointed in himself.

"You looked through her bag?" Jerome asks while Tyler has a fit of laughter from the ow complete story I began to tell him earlier.

Ty is head on the head by Jerome. "Maybe.
All I saw was her-"

"Okay! That's enough of that." I yell realizing I'd already started the video. Their faces all turn red once noticing this too.

"Um, hi guys! It H-Hope again." My voice quivers from nervousness. I haven't done this for a while. Jason puts is mouth next to my ear and whispers,

"Stop being so nervous. It's just like any other video you've ever made."

"But they'll hate me. What if they don't want me to make videos anymore?" I whisper in return.

"I think you just need some help." He smiles and nudges the boys next to us.

"Hello peopel of the world!" Adam says rather loudly. "As you can tell, we are not Hope Young."

"She's right here! And we're here to help her get the message across in anyway possible!" Jerome says looking at me kindly.

"Yeah. Hope is the most badass chick I've ever met and we need her to keep making videos."

"That's right doods, so you need to show her some support!" Mitch and exclaims like he's done a million times berfore.

I look to Tyler who gives me an approving nod, and I feel Jason's comforting hand on the small of my back. I take a deep breath in... and I speak for what feels like the first time in decades.

"Hi my lovely comets! Hope is back in track and I'm here to stay whether you bitches like it or not!" I earn a life from the boys, they urge me to continue. "I-I know I haven't been making videos in a while. Some of you are probably covinced that I'm dead and this is my ghost speaking." I giggle to myself. "But people always have things that they go through whether they like it or not. My life outside of YouTube was hectic, and I was distracted. I needed a break. A long one in fact. You guys have my sincerest apologies and if you can't accept that, the you better stop watching this video or any of my other videos right now. So, here I am! Good as new! So back the fuck up cause I'm here to get things started!"

By the end of my speech, I'm breathless. I have no energy whatsoever. The boys are all staring at me wearing dumbfounded expressions.

"Well I think thats's a rap people!" Tyler says and Jasom nods."

I do my signiture closing that I almost forgot about. I stand up amd wave to the camera. "Bye comets!" I wink and cover the camera with the palm of my hand.

Jason begins to slowly clap next to me while the others join in and before I know it, I'm being applauded. "It is an honor to be in the video of the one and only, GamingforHope." Jason laughs.

"I would've never expected that I'd get to witness your famous outro in person." Tyler says and I roll my eyes.

"Thank you guys so much. I wouldn't have been able to do it without you guys. I feel like myself again. I almost forgot what it felt like to be Hope Young." I chuckle to myself in disbelief and shake my head.

***

"Where are you going dressed so nice?" Tyler questions me as I walk out of the bathroom in short gray dress with sparkly white heels and sparkley white belt around my waist.

"Can't a girl dress up and feel good about herself once in a while?" I laugh while looking in the mirror to touch up my hair.

"Girls are weird." Tyler says. "Well while you film a video or whatever your doingin that outfit, I'm gonna go to Adam's room so we can talk about filming our next video. Bye loser," and he closed the door behind him. I'm left alone for a few minutes until I hear a knock at the door. I feel that eruption of butterflies once again.

"Are you ready?" a handsome looking Jason says as I open the door.

"Yup." I smile.