serendipity | wroetoshaw

Tipping Point

This chapter is mainly about the 'Sidemen $50,000 Tipping Point' video, excluding most of the text which clearly isn't in the video, just pretend it's behind the scenes and like cut out hahaha but I would highly recommend you watch that video as well. I'll link it to the top ^ so you can watch it if you're bored lmao. 

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*Harry's Pov*

I was wearing the same clothes from last night: a black jumper with a red, yellow and purple chevron pattern around the chest; black 'XIX' sidemen tracksuit bottoms and white trainers. As I entered the studio, Josh signalled me over towards the group. 3 podiums were facing a similar handmade 'falling-counter' contraption alike to the one on 'Tipping Point', where you place the counters at the top and they fall into different slots. 

'Hi, sorry I'm late, I was on the other side of London,' I say while walking over to the group. I ended up arriving at the studio at ten past one due to traffic, however, non of the lads seemed bothered.

'It's good, you ready?' Josh asks.

'Yeah yeah,' I replied. 

'Right, so Harry you missed the briefing, but we're going to be in pairs and I'm the host for this game,' Vik states, 'everybody stands on their markers and we'll get started.' Everybody starts making a line in front of the podiums, apart from Vik who's stood in front of us and I end up next to Simon and Tobi. 

'You ready guys?' Kon shouts. While only receiving a nod from Josh, Kon continues, 'right then, 3, 2, 1, the cameras are rolling.'

'Hello ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Sidemen, defiantly not Tipping Point,' Vik starts, while we clap and cheer. Vik continues to explain the game, stating we'll be split into 3 teams and we're competing to make money from the machine. 'Every counter you see here is worth, not £50 but £100...If you clear the entire machine somehow, £50,000 right there, waiting for you, for the taking. You will find there are 2x multipliers if they drop, anything they drop with are doubled, and there are also mystery question mark counters and they do, something, you'll find out,' he rambled.

'I'm so confused, I'm so confused,' I mutter.

'Ight yeah just play along, just play along,' Simon laughs over me.

'Okay, okay,' I reply.

'Nice t-shirt Ethan, nice t-shirt,' Josh laughs as Ethan was pointing to his top directly into the camera.

'...Museum shit,' Ethan laughs while holding up his fingers, forming a gang sign; everybody erupts into laughter. 'Oi boggo, isn't that the same fit from last night?' he asks.

'Uh, yeah, yeah it is,' I stutter.

'Fam, didn't you say you were on the other side of London as well? You only live like 10 minutes away,' JJ shouts eagerly.

'Well...' I start. I was unsure if I wanted to tell the lads yet as it was early doors, however, I continued,  'I was with Lillia,' I mumble.

'Nah allow it fam, you're fucking her aren't you,' JJ asks excitedly.

'No, no, no, not yet anyway, we're like seeing each other I guess, we haven't exactly said what we are yet.' I feel my hand reach up to my chest and start scratching. 

'Aye you lot, Boggo's finally pulled a sweet one,' Ethan shouts as the lads all gather around me and start hugging me.

'You better not fuck this one up fam,' JJ says, squeezing me tightly.

'Yeah... I don't plan on it,' I reply. 'Can you guys make sure that's cut out though? We aren't exactly saying much right now,' I ask as the guys finally let go of me.