Ali's POV

I got back to the hotel and frantically started to pack, who knows what will happen next, and I don't like the sensation of not knowing what's around the corner. Especially now with all of the secrecy that is happening, I feel like I have to look over my shoulder all the time now after the events of today.

In summary today has been well, eventful...

Caspar is my blackmailing fake boyfriend, I'm being threatened to keep my mouth shut, Jack and Finn know who I am, or at least I think they do. I met Phil who got a selfie with me after bumping into me and my books, then saw the lovely Dan and he sang Blank Space, and it wasn't out of tune, Zoe is asking me questions which I can't give an answer to and now I'm going home.

Fun times for Ali.

As I get all of my bags and head down the lift my phone begins to ring, another unknown number. I let out a loud sigh and answer it, hoping it wouldn't be another threatening phone call like there was this morning. "Hello? Who is speaking?" I said politely, trying to remain as calm as I could without giving into fear.

"People know who you are now. Watch your back at all times, if you keep your eyes off the game people will cheat with the system and take you down." A deep booming voice said, then the line went dead. I quickly put my phone back into my bag and Iooked around the lift, seeing if there were cameras or someone spying on me, but there were none.

What did that mean?

Were they trying to help me? Was that a piece of advice from the same person who threatened me this morning? Maybe it's someone else, it has to be. But who?

Leaving the hotel was a bit trickier than I first thought it would be, as when the lift doors opened and I got out, the hood of my jacket for stuck in the door and started to rise up. "Excuse me? Can I have some help at all?!" I raised my voice I'm alert slightly as I saw the receptionist sat there staring at a screen, paying no attention to me whatsoever. "Right well, guess its just a job for me then." I tried to climb out of the jacket but it doesnt work and I can feel the fabric ripping apart, but not fast enough for me to get out. Just as it starts to feel tight around my throat I turn around facing the lift then I see a pair of hands with scissors cutting at the fabric, releasing me from the lift. I let out a huge sigh of relief as I rub my hand around my neck, easing it a bit from the pressure it went through.

As I turned around I was pleasantly surprised, greeting me was a very happy person with a very big grin on his face. "Jim!" I happily greet him as I give him a big non hesitant hug. "Wait. What are you doing here? How did you find me?" I asked him as I pulled away from our hug.

"Jess told me, she said to messaged her and you would do in a case of an emergency. Ali, come with me, we'll go out to lunch and talk shall we?" He picked up some of my luggage, leaving me with the lighter of items. Well now I know telling Jess things and specifically telling her not to tell anyone doesn't work, so much for pinky promises.

I looked to Jim who had the longing look on his face which he knew would win me over eventually. "We shall." I replied as we walked out of the hotel and I glimpsed back seeing the remains of my hood as it went up and down the lift doors.

When we got outside and opened my car boot I felt odd, as there in front of me was all of Caspars stuff for today and tomorrow. Jim looks confused and turns to me, then he sees the look on my face and slowly closes the boot. "I think I'll drive." He says as he opens the back car doors and puts my luggage in there.

We got into the car and I sat in silent for a while, just thinking how Caspar could've done this to me. The temptation to rummage through his luggage, see why he has been so deceiving and such a back stabber.

Jim turned the radio on and it began to play Blank Space, I smiled to myself as I thought of Dan's alright singing. "Why the smile?" Jim asks.

"Just something that happened earlier when I was with-" I stopped myself, not wanting to talk about him right now. For now this is Ali-Jim time, out of work where we can chat and not have to be careful of who we influence with our conversations.

As sometimes at work, we would have really deep conversations and it would effect how Maddie would behave when she was awake, which was roughly 4 hours if we get lucky. Also the visitors wouldn't ask us questions, instead they would just read the information board, rude.

"Listen Ali, I've got a list of questions longer than my Christmas list when I was 6, and trust me, there was about 7 pages of presents mostly from toys R us. So, you've got some explaining to do." He told me and then turned to face the road again.

It's true that I haven't told Jim everything, but it feels like there never has been the perfect opportunity to sit him down and tell him all my problems as I always feel like I burden someone with my problems, which I hate doing. "I don't want to burden you Jim over some petty issues." I said with a slightly sad tone in my voice.

"Me and you, Ali and Jim, we are as thick as thieves. The whole purpose of friendship is to talk to eachover, and share our problems if we have any. How often have I asked you for help regarding some visitor and how to approach them without making it seem like I'm coming onto them?" He asks.

"Basically everyday." I tell him, then we both smile, it is funny when Jim talks to visitors with a deeper voice than usual, and sort of leans against part of the enclosure and nods at them saying 'sup'. One person actually ran away from him telling people 'the man over there is creepier than the exmoor beast'.

When me and Jim first met, he did something similar, but far more embarrassing...

Flashback:

"So today we have arranged for you to have a new partner, its been almost 8 months since you had some help here and the manager wants another person looking after Maddie, as we both know she is becoming a main priority to you right now." Carter told me as I signed in for work and then came out changed and ready for work. I let out a sigh, I guess a partner would be good, it has been a long time since Harry left to go travel and well he got comfortable, with his four different wives.

"I guess some help would be nice, who is it? Is it Olivia? Other Harry? Oh oh is it the guy who cleans the enclosure for Maddie, you know Matty." I began to guess of who my new partner could be and who I would secretly hope it would be, ah if it were other Harry that would certainly make my day.

"Well..." Carter started, which doesn't mean it's good at all. Maybe it'll be some new student who has just finished their training? I mean, when it was me just coming to Exmoor having finished all of my training and was qualified I had no help, they just left it to me so I have no idea how to treat a newbie. Or it could be someone who transferred, I have no clue. As I look to Carter he checks his time table and stops midway down, he puts his finger on the point and then looked to me with a concerned look on his face.

I let out a sigh as his face changed to a sympathetic smile, which I just nodded at. "Go on, who is it?" I asked her, I had no excitement in my voice anymore. When Carter pulls certain faces you know exactly what they mean, and most of them don't result in something good happening.

"Okay, his name is Jim Adams, and he is new here after working in Longleat for the past year and wanted a change. He also specialises in the big cats and cared for the lions in Longleat surfari." He seemed impressed with what he read, which I won't deny its pretty impressive, for me I never thought about Longleat, after University I remembered childhood days out to Exmoor and loved them.

"Well then, when will he get here?" I asked him, and he flipped through his papers and obviously found what he was after.

"Jim will be here in half an hour, he is currently in a tour and meeting with the manager, you know the procedure." Carter explained and I nodded.

Shortly after I left Carter to it and went to start my daily jobs, feeding the cats, cleaning up a bit whilst they get moved to different enclosures and the job I enjoy the least; cleaning up the business they leave. Sometimes I wish it were like pet cat, just let them have a litter tray that is easier to clean out, oh well.

As I was in mid poop scooping I heard someone tap on the glass and yell loudly "NICE!" I twisted my head around a tad bit too quickly and slipped. "Ah, not good. I'm so sorry!" I heard someone say from outside of the encloser, I turned my head to seeing some guy looking rather guilty.

He had light brown, slightly ginger hair which was pushed back out of his face and covered with a plain black hat, he was wearing an outfit very similar to mine, except his was an awful lot cleaner and probably didn't smell like Cheetah poo. I managed to get back onto my feet and headed towards the exit and then round the front where Mr meet and greet awaited.

"Hi, I'm the new guy. Sorry I disturbed you from well." He pointed to what I was covered in, being poo and other stuff that smelt horrendous. "That. Anyway I'm looking for an Ali Sugg. Do you know where I can find her?" He asked me politely, now for being someone who just caused me to fall in poo and not know his new partner, I like him. Firstly because he is apologetic, unlike some of the people who work here, and secondly, he didn't make any fuss about my name.

When I first arrived I got asked if I was any relation to the 'famous Sugg siblings' yes, that's what I was asked. I told them it was some mere coincidence and they forgot about it. Or at least I thought they did as then I was approached by three different members of staff asking me all sorts of questions about me and my siblings as apparently to their knowledge, there is no other Sugg family or surname around, I just shook it off and then eventually people stopped trying.

"You must be Jim Adams, I'm Ali Sugg. It's nice to meet you and excuse me if I don't shake your hand, I doubt you would want to shake mine especially when I'm covered in Maddie's poo. Maddie's the Cheetah here by the way, just to make that clear." I told him, and he looked embarrassed that he didn't know who he was looking for, but first day jitters and all.

"I'm so sorry Ali, its lovely to meet you and its alright I'm sorry about you falling in poo I shouldn't have disturbed you." He apologised.

As I showed Jim around and he got to meet Maddie and see the 'exmoor beast' once I got changed as I wouldn't want to be the one who walks around with someone who smells like animal poo,we both sat down above the Cheetah enclosure, just as Maddie got let back in with food ready for her to eat. "So Jim, tell me a bit about yourself then, since we're going to be partners now and all." I turned to face him and noticed now his eyes were such am interesting variation of colours, how they looked brown from a distance but up close they had specks of Amber and grey.

Jim let out a loud sigh, "Well I used to work at Longleat, which you probably know." He started, but he didn't seem sure on what to talk about. "I mean, what do you want to know?"

"Well, how about you rather than your job." I told him, I always get told about people's jobs as apposed to them, if Jim is my new partner and long term I want to at least know a bit about him.

"Right well then, I grew up in a small town not too far from Bristol, then my parents decided to adopt a baby when I was around 5 as they told me they had a baby but she died when my mum was pregnant with me. Bit heavy?" He asked me, and I simply shook my head, not wanting to interupt. "My parents adopted a baby girl called Clara and now she is in her first year of university." He smiled to himself.

Clara, what a name that is, now it's my turn to tell him about myself, should I lie? No I couldn't, not after how honest and open he was with me and now I can't match that. "You must be so proud of her." I said to him, knowing exactly how Clara must feel, how proud everyone is of her as a few years ago I was Clara.

"Well, she's family, through thick and thin you know?" He asked as he put his badge of identification on.

"Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Anyway, I better introduce you to some of the animals then, come on." I'll tell Jim soon, once I know that I can trust him.

End of flashback.

It took me a few months to trust Jim, he was there to listen to me when I went through my breakup with Miles, then I had to come clean about who I was as it was apart of the breakup. When I tol Jim he came round to my apartment like he usually does every Friday after work or I go to his. After we watched a few films I told him about my family, me, who I was and who I used to be, just like Clara. And the best thing about it was he listened, he didn't interupt and it didn't effect our friendship and he didn't care that my siblings were famous. I don't think I could've asked for a better friend than Jim.

"Go on, at least tell me something that is bothering you, I always tell you things, even the petty stuff." Jim said as he took a sip of his tea.

"But once I tell you one thing, it spirals out and everything is revealed, even the stuff I haven't told well, never mind." I brushed his name off as Caspar knows far too many of my secrets and now that he is acting weird I can't risk spilling anymore to anyone.

"Ali, can you trust me? Yes or no?" He asked leaning forward across the table in the cafe. I took a large sip of my tea, thinking hard about my trust and Jim's loyalty, he does know of my family, even though he hasn't met them yet and he cares for me being me, not being the sister of Zoe and Joe Sugg.

"Yes." I whispered, making it barely audible but I glanced up to see Jim smiling at me.

"Come on, we better get to some hotel then, mind if I sleep on the couch?" He asked me politely, its not like Jim hasn't slept on the sofa before, he says its more comfortable but I always think he just says that to make me happier.

"Not at all." I smiled to him as we headed back to my car and as I sat down in the driver's seat, the only thought on my mind was all of Caspars stuff in the boot, what he could've been planning, if he blurted it out by mistake or if he is just an asshole.

As we got further and further to a different hotel Jim was just talking about things at work since I've been gone, but I just can't pay attention that well, as there is someone else talking louder than Jim, telling me to open the bags and see what's inside. I nod to myself as we arrive back at the hotel. Jim takes a hold of his bags and some of mine then I got mine and Caspars.

"Hi there we would like to book a room for two days please." Jim asked the receptionist polietly, she typed into her computer then looked back at us.

"Are you looking for a room with a double bed or twin beds?" She asked, and I pulled the weirdest face at her in disgust, she looked to Jim then at me and Jim just rubbed his head as my facial stayed the same.

"We're looking for twin beds please, just friends that's all." He reassured her and she formed an O shape on her lips and turned back to her computer, I let out a sigh and went to the nearest seat and collasped into it.

Do me and Jim look like a couple? As in girlfriend and boyfriend? I mean, maybe it's just the circumstances of being in a hotel, but maybe I can use this to my own extent.

Jim came back over and handed me the key to our room, as we got into the lift with all of the luggage, a thought came to my mind. What if Jim was my 'boyfriend'? I glanced into the mirror to see the two of us stood together, we do look like a couple, I'd be convinced, maybe Zoe will be too...

As we got to our room I had thought out an entire plan, now all I have to do is tell Jim and persuade him to come to the dark side. I unlocked the door and collapsed into one of the beds and let our a groan, it feels good to not have to be with a Youtuber for an evening.

"Jim, can I ask you something?" He turned around to face me and nodded, sitting down opposite me on his bed. "Now, this may sound a bit well bizzare but there is some explaining I'll have to do, which means I'm going to be entirely honest with you now and tell you everything. Understand?" He nodded again, leaving me to take the centre stage.

Over the next hour I explained everything to him, I told him the whole Alfie-Niomi situation and how I keep getting calls and I feel under theat and what Caspar has done and he mubled some swear words in-between different segments but by the end of it he glared at Caspars luggage, thinking the same thought I had.

"What do you want me to do?" He asked, smirking.

"I need you to be my accomplice." I told him, Kim Possible didn't work alone, neither did Harry Potter.

"Are you asking me to be your-" Jim paused as he thought this through, playing and reruning it in his head.

"Yes Jim, I need you to be my boyfriend."