Life as a Youtuber

Me and Alice were arguing again. Not the friendship-ending arguments, no this was the argument that you laugh at if you are a passerby or bystander. But for us this is  war. Alice was my best friend, we make memories that might seem real and crazy at the moment but when you look back at it, they make you laugh at how silly they were. Our friendship was made out of secrets, schemes, trust and arguments. We might be easy to handle alone, but when you got us together, we were a force.   “But I smuggled it in the last time!” she argued, while I shook my head fervently  “Yes, but I bought the snacks AND came up with the plan” I reason.  She lifted her chin and used her last argument “The gems would get a better reaction if YOU do the acting, plus seeing an over protective big brother is nowhere near as important as a possible shipping material.” I wrinkle my nose at her and she laughs knowing that there was no way I would actually ever fall for Max. He was like my brother, though I admit I might sport a teeny tiny crush, but that was simply because Max had that effect on girls. With his dark blue eyes and blond almost brown hair. He sported the boy next door look, maybe because he was in fact our next-door neighbor, but those were just details. Just because I was the most resistant it didn’t mean I was completely immune to the charms of Max Sanders.  She was right, the gems would definitely appreciate me and a bro, they were always nagging me to get some romance in my life. They would definitely appreciate me with some eye-candy. But I hated the admitting defeat part.  “Staring contest.” I offer firmly.  She nods and blinks hard. I close my eyes and open them  We nod “One, two, three!”  We stare at each other, blue against grey eyes. Her eyes had a challenging shine to them, she knew she was going to win, but I had to at least put up a fight. I had some pride. Some light bounces off the hood of a car and flashes directly into my eyes. I gasp and blink hard getting rid of the balck spots that appeared in my vision.  “Stupid car” I grumbled as I rubbed my eyes  “Are you ok?” she wants to know.  When I nod, she jumps up and down gloating “I won again. What's the score? Me a thousand you: 2?” she asks this sweetly but I know she just wants to gloat. I roll my eyes at her and sigh.   “Hand me the bag” I grumble, this was going to be humiliating. As if she were reading my mind, she says   “You can feel embarrassed before and after. You have to be unforgivable out there. You need to make him squirm. Do it for the Gems!”  I nod and roll my shoulder and rotate my head on the neck. Hearing a satisfying c***k, with some reluctance I nod and salute her. On cue she turns on the camera. I feel a grin forming as I face the camera, it is instinct and I really did love being a youtuber. It made me happy.  “Hello Gems! Gemma here with my BFF Alice as videographer. OK! This is going to be by far our funniest video. And most humiliating for me, and that says a lot! So please show your support by liking this video, and if you aren’t subscribed already please do so. We are outside the 4forts movie theater”   Ok, we already talked to the managers, and since I have 200 subscribers, steadily increasing he allowed me to take a video there as long as mention their address and sales.  “If you want to know more about this super cool hangout than please, got to the link down below and you will see their sales, showing and ratings. I personally give this place a thumbs up.” I joked and Alice rolled her eyes at my pun “We are going in there, to give our dear friend Max, also known as BFF’s slightly older brother” Alice grins at this Max likes to insist he was much older, while in reality he was older by a few months.  “We are going to go in there and going to give the poor fella a hard time!” I laugh imagining Max’s outburst, impatience? Annoyance? Fear? Doubt? Anything from Max is good, he can be an actor he is that captivating.  We already ordered our tickets and I had them in my pockets, so we purposefully stride up to Maximus, Alice angling herself so she can get both of us in the shot, while casually taking in the rest of the check in area.   “Maximus!” Alice catcalled, causing the blonde to look up scowling as he did so. Even a scowl looked kind of cute on him. He had that aura about him.  “Never call me that, what are you 2 doing here?” We kind of have an unspoken vow to never show up at each other workplaces. But this is what I had to do.   This is where I step in “We are going to watch a movie duh.” I say in my “isn't this obvious "voice.  “With your discount” I wave my tickets as I say this, the bag thumping against my side reminding me of my fate. He rolls his eyes at my quip, I was the witty sarcastic one, Alice the sweet shy one. Making us an unexpected pair, but together we were like peanut butter and jam. We make it work.   I hand him the movie thickets, sneaking a grin at the camera. He nods and extends his hands for my bag. They have a really strict no-snacks policy. The only snacks allowed are the ones you buy here, and it’s like 15 bucks. If you didn’t want your bag checked you had to leave it in a locker at the lobby or whatever. I start to hand him my bag and jerk it back last minute, causing his hand to close around air.   “Wait.” I caution “Are you sure you want to look in there” I ask sweetly hesitant.  Alice chimes in “Yeah, we got some …. stuff in there.”  He snorts “Yeah, like Dunkin Donuts. You know that it’s against the rules. Hand it over and I won't turn you in. I’ll throw out the evidence” I snort, he’s more likely to eat up the evidence.  “Gosh, this is so embarrassing!” I exclaim to Alice and the camera, but I'm positive that Max can hear us. He has to. I feel a blush rising, with what's going to happen next. Good, I need this to be as legit as possible. I watch as his brows furrow and a frown appear on his face, but he still reaches out for the backpack. I shrug nonchalantly, biting my lip to keep from smiling, and keep a hand in my pocket, my fingers crossed. I always cross my fingers when I do a prank. It means it not real, or it won’t happen. It's my tell, I even do it when I lie, it's just instinct. It often gets me discovered.    He reaches into the bag and pulls out a bag, he rolls his eyes. The logo on the bag was an underwear place. He must think that is as far as our plan will go, but he should know better. He reaches into the bag and whips out a new fresh out of the store bra. He shrieks and throws the bra like it has cooties or something.   I snatch the bra from the floor and innocently accuse “I get if you want to know my chest size, I have that effect on guys. But you don’t need to let the entire store know. Are you done raiding my clothes?” I ask pretending to be offended. He gapes at this, his face slowly turning red. I place my hands on my hips, fingers crossed on one hand and the bra clutched in the other. Part one: Bra. Now if he will just hurry up and do part two. See, there is only one bag with a bra, then there is a water bottle, and the most incriminating item. A condom. OfCourse under all that junk is my jacket and a pack of Oreos, wrapped with some fancy wrapping paper.  Before any of you guys get any ideas, let me set the record straight, I never had s*x, I don’t have a boyfriend, and I hate casual relationships. Plus, I have the whole wait till marriage policy. So, back off. I’m just praying that he doesn’t get to the condom, I mean it was my idea, I wanted to do this whole prank in the first place. But I'm starting to have second thoughts.  “WHATTA HELL!” Max roared  Shoot. Too late now.  “Don’t curse.” I automatically correct him.  “WHATTA HELL” He repeated, and it didn’t take a genius to figure out that he found the condom He looked horrified, and sort of hurt. No that’s not it. I just can’t think straight with his eyes focused on me like that. His piercing stare was making me uncomfortable his eyes searching my face. I was bright red with embarrassment. I guess my blush was a giveaway, or something because he paled and started stuttering. He looked like he might faint, he also looked angry. I swiveled to Alice and made the x signal with my arms.   Alice nods and hits pause on her camera then grabs the water bottle that still sat in my bag, and coaxed her brother to take a couple of sips. He did then he looked at me, a little lost. Which just confused me. Whenever we did pranks that involved scaring the daylights out of someone, we always made sure that they were in ok shape before we left. Heck, Max helped us half the time, how did he not know this was a prank? Besides he always recovers quickly from a scare, and was a good sport so this reaction was super confusing.  Granted, finding out your little sister´s best friend isn´t an innocent virgin is probably more shocking then finding a bunch of mugs in front of his house. Long story.  “Max.” I said tentatively “You do know this is a prank, right?  Relief morphed his face completely. His furrowed and low eyebrows were now smooth and raised. The lines creasing his forehead disappeared. And the blotchiness was receding back to his usual glow.   He seemed ok now “Ha! Yeah you guys are right! Neither of my sisters can get a date, never mind a boy in bed.”  Yep, he was doing just fine.   Alice face flashed relief and annoyance.  “One, I am fresh out of a relationship.” Alice snips.  “Two,” I continue “I am not interested in starting a relationship”  "Three, we are hot we can seduce whoever we want.” Ok, Alice was getting a bit cocky. Time to end this.  “And four, if we were interested in starting a relationship, we would start one. We aren't the type to hold back or hesitate.” Alice gives me a look, she hates it when I end things without asking her, usually because she has a whole list of slams and points.  I look back at Max, his eyes blue like the ocean's surface. Shiny and beautiful, pale but seem to be constantly changing shades.   Something any girl notices, especially when they've been in his life for years. “Enjoy your movie.” Max mumbles, his cheeriness gone.  “Bye!” We call over our shoulders and sprint towards the movie room. And, like a champ, some point during this exchange Alice turned on the camera, to capture his expression and my laughter as we race towards the room.  When we arrived at the theater room there was practically no one there, only one family who already looked torn in-between falling asleep or leaving the theater. Brilliant.