We had just finished all the questions in the "who knows me best" between Ranboo and Tubbo, and I was about to release the winner. Quite honestly, I wasn't surprised that this would be the winner.

"Alright everyone, the winner, of the annual 'Who knows Sky best' is....."

Everyone waits with eagerness

"C'MON WHY DO YOU ALWAYS PAUSE WHEN YOU SAY IMPORTANT THINGS" Ranboo yells

"SAY IT ALREADY" Tubbo yells

"IT'S A TIE!" I yell back

"WHAT? A TIE? HOW?" Ranboo asks

"We should do one more question to settle it" George suggests

"Good idea, but what question? I don't have any more prepared" I say, conflicted

"Hmm, I have one" Sapnap says "Would they wear a maid dress or not?" He asks with a laugh

I glare over at him, mouth agape from shock that he would ask a question like that. Obviously, no one could see my mouth or glare, but he could tell.

"What in the name of t w i t c h is wrong with you?" I ask

Everyone, including Ranboo and Tubbo, are just dying from laughter. Clay's iconic wheeze even makes an appearance.

Tubbo puts his song on first

"What's your answer Tubbo?" Sapnap asks for me

"NO TUBBO DON'T-" I say before Tubbo starts speaking

"" He says with his mic close to his mouth

"Wait, before you say if he's wrong or not, Ranboo what's your answer?" Sapnap asks the poor boy

"I- I have no idea- I mean, I guess not? I don't know if she'd be comfortable with it or not" He answers with a slight stutter

"I am so disappointed in this entire community" I say with a sigh

"Well, who's right?" Clay asks, still wheezing a bit

I stay silent for a moment "....next question..."

"THAT SILENCE MAKES IT SEEM LIKE I'M RIGHT" Tubbo yells in slight disbelief

"WOULD SKYLITDREAMER, ACTUALLY WEAR A MAID DRESS??" Sapnap asks, which just makes me even more disappointed in myself

"Tubbo wins, congratulations" I say as quickly as I can and run out the room

I can hear all of the boy's laughter from downstairs

I just completely embarrassed myself in front of the entire internet, there's no way they aren't going to be tweeting about this

"SKY COME BACK UP!" Clay yells from upstairs

I sigh and then start climbing up the stairs, slowly

"I'm so incredibly disappointed in myself" I say as I walk into the room

"Hey, at least I won" Tubbo says, I could hear the smug smile on his face through the call

"I am so incredibly sad, I have lost. I am going to cry." Ranboo says dramatically

"Welp, you have a chance for a comeback with the last round. My platonic husbands, my brother, and my other 2 idiotic rat of roomates" I say, in a still disappointed tone

"Wow, just roomates? I thought we'd at least get to be 'Your brother's friend' or something" George says

"You're gonna ignore the fact she called us rats?" Sapnap asks, looking over at George beside him

"Ah ah ah, i d i o i c rats" I correct him

"That's not even better- whatever, just get on with it. I won the first round, I'll win again"

"Tough talk for someone with a small c-" I say, purposely cutting off my sentence early

"No, go ahead, what were you gonna say?" Sapnap questions

I just don't answer for a couple seconds and then begin speaking again "OKAYYYY, MOVING ON. This is how the final round is going to go, the first 10 donations $25 or more will be able to send in a question. Once we get 10, we'll cap it off. But don't worry, if your dono comes in late we'll still take yours because I wanna be nice. I'll think about the answers to the questions and then we'll begin!"

"There's also a twist" I add on "I won't say who got it right and who got it wrong, I'll just see the answers and write down the points. So let's who knows me best!"

"It's me" Sapnap says, giving a smug smile to the camera

"It's " Tubbo rebuttals

"It's, me, actually" Ranboo says

"It's probably not me" George says and we all laugh

We get our first question of a $25 dono. It was "What did Sky sing during mcc?"

I knew that Ranboo and Clay definitely knew this one, but I wasn't sure about everyone else

*Smol time skips brought to you by Chadboo*

We had gotten all the questions in. We eventually had a total of 16 questions instead of 10 since some of the donos came in late but I didn't want them to waste their money.

We were on the last question, and this one was from me. Now, I won't say who's in first, but the bottom 2 are George and Clay. Seems surprising that my own brother would be in the bottom two, right? Not actually, I probably talk to Ranboo and Tubbo way more than him and me and Sapnap have an odd but close relationship.

"Alright everyone, last question. This one is from me, but credits to Austin. I'm pullin a love or host for this question. Who do you think is going to loose, and who will win?"

Clay rings first

"Clay?"

"I mean, George is obviously going to loose, but I think that Ranboo knows the most about you. Y'all are always blabbering, so that's my intel"

"Alright, cool. How about instead of buzzing in, we can just have a line. George, Sapnap, Ranboo, Tubbo. Sound good?"

"Alright, well I guess I'm going now then" George says "I think we all knows that I'm going to loose, and I guess the person to win would be Dream since he's her brother"

"Can we just all agree that George is going to loose?" I ask

Everyone agrees and we also agree to say that he is in last place, which he is

"I also think it'll be Ranboo. He answered a lot of the questions correctly last time, and it was the deeper questions" Sapnap responds

"Umm, let's see who do I think will win, I also think that Dream will win. I mean, he is your brother" Ranboo answers with a laugh

"I think big man Ranboo will win. They are very close, and I'd be happy if he did" Tubbo answers

"Hey, why did no one think it was gonna be me??" Sapnap asks angrily

"Because you're not related to her or platonically married to her" Tubbo says

"Well at least I've seen her face" He says as a comeback

"We'll see it soon enough, we already know her name it's just matter of time" Tubbo says back

"Alrighty then, do you guys wanna know the winner or not?" I ask before Sapnap can comeback again

"Yes, I've been waiting this moment my entire life. Everything rests in this" Ranboo says

"Ok, in last place, we have George. No surprise there, and no dramatic effect" I say in a somewhat monotone voice

"Onto the good part. In second to last we have....." Dang, I really like long suspenseful pauses "Clay!"

"whATTTT?" He asks in his iconic 'WHAT??' voice, you know the one. I bet you probably read that sentence and hear it in his voice. "I'M YOUR BROTHER, HOW DID I GET SECOND TO LAST??"

"Sorry man, you're too busy flirting with George that you don't pay attention to me"

"She's not wrong" Tubbo says

"Oh shush, you're always flirting with Ranboo" Clay says back

"Yo, he never denied the fact that he flirts with George-" Sapnap brings out

"Oop- Dream exposed? Dream and George are actually dating? Dreamnotfound canon? Ayo?" I say dramatically

"JUST SAY WHO GOT 3RD ALREADY" Clay yells

"Alright alright pissbaby don't piss your pants again. Third place is......" More pausing? Who coulda known? "Sapnap, snapchat, snapmap, frick frack, matpat, diddly whack!"

"C'MON MAN, THIS SHOW IS RIGGED" He yells

"Sheesh- The dream team in the bottom 3. And they live with me and know what I look like, how disappointing" I say

"You don't have to rub it in" Sapnap says angrily

"ALRIGHT! THE MOMENT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. WHO KNOWS ME, SKYLITDREAMER, THE BEST?" I yell dramatically

"AND THE WINNER ISSSSSSSSSSSSS"

"MR. TALL MEMORY BOO BOY!" I yell even louder

"YEAHHHHH I DID IT LETS GO!" He yells in his success

"I KNEW IT, GOOD JOB BIG MAN" Tubbo congratulates

"I called it" Clay says, much more calm than everyone else

I was lowkey really happy when Ranboo won. It felt nice to know that I had someone who knew me really well

*Time skip brought to you by Micheal my beloved*

"Guys! 5 more minutes!" Clay yells, getting everyone's attention

It was currently 11:55pm, 5 minutes away from marking 1 year of me streaming. I was surrounded with my favorite people.

My brother, and his 2 dumb friends who happen to also be brother figures to me. My 2 best friends, and platonic husbands. My sister figure, and probably the person that knows most about me other than June. My somewhat father figure, who happens to be half of the fandom's father figure as well. And my brother's arch nemesis, that is my favorite sibling even if we weren't related.

I was really thankful to have such amazing people by my side. When theres really good points in my life, where I feel really happy, I try to savor them. I know that they are going to end and that I'm going to look back on that moment for a while, so I try to make the most of it. This was one of those moments.

We all had a bunch of party hats on, and party poppers ready to be exploded. Tubbo had also gotten one and was going to pop it when it hit 12am for us, obviously being a different time for him.

"Dude, I'm literally so excited this is such a big moment for me" I say excitedly

"I'm going to yell so loud, I won't be able to talk for weeks" Tubbo says and we all laugh

"Hey guys, don't mean to get all sappy but, I wanted to say thanks. You've all really helped me get to this point and you've made my life so much better and I really appreciate it. I love you guys so much" I say as I look around the room, and then back at the call

"Awwww Sky I'm gonna cry that was so sweet. I love you too" Niki says first

"Well, you helped with my career so I might as well have returned the favor. Love you, sis" Clay says, in a heartfelt tone

"No problem Sky, we always got your back" Tubbo says

"Yeah, we're always gonna be here. You help us just as much as we help you, probably more not gonna lie" Ranboo says with a slight chuckle at the end

"Yeah, Sky, we got your back. You're pretty cool" Techno says

"I agree, you're not a complete loser" Sapnap says

"You're pretty cool, mate. You help a lot of people and you have a really nice community. Glad I could be part of it" Phil says, being dadza as always

"Thanks guys" I say genuinely happy to have them

"30 second countdown! I'll tell y'all when it's 10 seconds. Everyone got their timers?" Clay asks

Everyone says they have and we get prepared to count down, my adrenaline getting higher and higher with each second

"TEN!" We all start to yell together as all of our timers count down

"NINE!" I look over at Sapnap and George who both look back with large smiles

"EIGHT!" I look over at Clay, I would never admit it but he was a really big inspiration for me. He smiled as well

"SEVEN!" I look at Niki, she's smiling happily and has some beautiful makeup on

"SIX!" I look at Phil and Techno. My 2 nonrelated family members. I smiled thinking about one of our first conversations from the Mcdonaldsmp. Glad I was able to convince Techno to turn on his camera

"FIVE!!" I look at Tubbo who is crouching in his legs on his chair, looking down at his phone and a party popper in his hand getting ready to shoot. He had the most stupid of grins on his face

"FOUR!!" And then there was Ranboo. He didn't have his camera on, but oh how I wish I could see how he smiled. It was an odd wish, but one that I had

"THREE!!!" I was still looking at Ranboo's pfp on the Discord call as it lit up green as he said "3" He was the main boost when getting my channel to spike up and we had become such good friends. I don't wanna pick favorites, but I think he's the one I'm most grateful for

"TWO!!!" I have the biggest smile on my face, I don't know if I've ever been so happy like this. Adrenaline is pumping through my veins and I was planning on screaming "1" at the top of my lungs. I was so thankful for everyone here, for my life, for

"ONE!!!!!!" We all yell at the very top of our lungs, I'm sure of it because it was so incredibly loud. But it felt so good to just scream it out. I think it showed in volume how thankful I really was.

"WOOOOO, ONE YEAR!!" We all yell as the clock finally hits 12:00am, making it June 15th

Clay, Sapnap, and George all pop their party poppers, making my slightly jump and laugh

Tubbo does the same, and oh my gosh is this man screaming so loud-

"YEAH SKY YOU DID IT WHOOOOOOOOO" He yells, jumping in his chair

"WOAH, MATE BE CAREFUL DON'T FALL-" Dadza tries to calm Tubbo down

"Yay, Sky! I'm so happy for you!!" Niki says sweetly

"You did good, kiddo" Clay says from across the room

"You're pretty poggers, Sky" Tehcno says

"YEAHHHH WE DID IT SKY! THIS IS AWESOME!" Ranboo also yells

We did this

All of us. We helped each other out and reached a big accomplishment, doing it together.

I look over at my chat, another big help with me. All my supporters and amazing people that I have apparently helped. I'm so glad I can help so many people

I suddenly see Clay run out the room downstairs. As he comes back he's holding a cake that had one candle on it. He places the cake in front of me and I read what it says

"Good job on 1 year, dimwit?" I laugh as I say it out loud. Everyone else laughs as well

"I wanted it to curse, but they said they couldn't do that" Clay said disappointedly

"That would've made it 10x funnier, not gonna lie" I say with a laugh

We all spend the next half hour talking about random things. We ate the cake and we were just talking about random funny streaming experiences and how "there's so much I need to learn" It was nice being surrounded by my best friends.

I eventually end my stream, thanking everyone for the support and for getting me this far. Dang, I really appreciate my chat so much.

One by one, different people leave the call. Everyone has left my room, most likely to sleep after the exhausting stream. However, 2 of us who always seemed to be together, were left in the call. I had moved the call to my phone and I was lying in my bed with my headphones on and talking.

"Well 'Mr. knows Sky the best', how do you feel about winning?" I ask him

"Wouldn't it be 'Mr. knows Willow best'?" He asks, being smug about knowing my name now

But once again, the fluttering in my heart when he says my name returns

"You just love abusing the power of knowing my real name, don't you?" I ask playfully

"Well you know mine, it's just a name really. I'm just calling you by your name, no big deal" He says, still smug

I laugh slightly "Yeah yeah, whatever, J a x o n" I say, emphasizing the fact that I know his real name as well

"Y-yeah, now that we've both established that we know each other's names, how does it feel to officially be a streamer for one whole year?"

"Pretty cool, I didn't get known without you though. Thanks again, for that. You don't know how much I appreciate, Jax" I say not noticing that I used a nickname

"You're welcome- wait- Jax?" He says with a slight laugh

I embarrassedly notice my mistake "Look, it slipped out, ok?"

"No no, it's fine, Will" I could hear the smirk in his voice

I sigh "You're an idiot"

"Welp, you're stuck with me"

"Yeah yeah, whatever. I guess"

"Who wouldn't wanna be best friends with Ranboo, I mean come on"

"Didn't you say that no one on Wyoming new you existed?"

"Yeah?"

"Then probably people from Wyoming."

"I hate you so much"

"Welp, you're stuck with me" I mock his words

"Dang, using my own words against me, good one"

"What can I say, I'm just built different" I say in the middle of a yawn

"It's late for you, get some sleep" He says, reassuringly

"Alright alright, but it's still quite late for you so you need to rest as well"

"Fine, I'll go to bed, hold up I'll call you back on a private call"

After a few minutes he calls me back and we stay in the phone, just talking until one of us falls asleep which seems to happen a lot. It was almost summer break, I was super glad to almost be done with online learning and I couldn't wait to see what the break had in store.

That night I feel asleep with a smile and tears in my eyes. Happy tears, some of the most happiest tears I've ever had.

My friends are idiots, but boy am I grateful for them...

Words: 3074

Date: April 10th, 2021

Edited: May 25th, 2021