when i wake up to my alarm the next morning, my phone is blowing up with notifications. mostly twitter and instagram.

TommyInnit has followed you!

WilburSoot has followed you!

TubboLive has followed you!

Sapnap has followed you!

BadBoyHalo has followed you!

Dream has followed you!

Georgenotfound has followed you!

KarlJacobs has followed you!

Quackity has followed you!

Technoblade has followed you!

Nihachu has followed you!

my eyes widen at the amount of streamers that are following me. my follower count went from 10,000 last night before the show to a whopping 32,000.

"might as well just ask for a blue check mark, at this point," i say to myself. i put on an outfit for school and take a picture to post on instagram to get even more clout.

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@valeriedavis: call me ranch cause i be dressing

@TommyInnit That caption makes no sense.

@valeriedavis ah yes, because you need a sense of humor to get it :)

@TommyInnit I regret picking you.

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@WilburSoot Tommy picked a good e-girl

@valeriedavis the best ;)

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@TubboLive HI VALERIE!

@valeriedavis HI TUBBO!

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@amanda.lilian damn you really are the baddest bitch in town

@valeriedavis stop omg that means everything coming from you!! (:

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i grin at the interactions in the comments, and the random people complimenting me. i go downstairs to make myself some breakfast before school. to no surprise, my parents aren't there, but there's a sticky note on the table.

val, we're very very proud of you. you did amazing yesterday! we had so much fun watching you♥️love, mom and dad

i smile and put the note inside my pocket as i pour myself a bowl of cheerios.

after i get ready, i drive to school. once there, i start to walk on campus when i'm tackled in a hug. i turn around and see lindsay clinging onto my back.

"woah, hey there!" i say surprised.

"hello, valerieinnit," lindsay smirks. i chuckle and lightly shove her.

"step off."

"i watched the whole thing. the entire show and your entire date. i sat through seven hours of you and tommy's crap."

"don't pretend you didn't like it." lindsay shrugs and smiles.

"it was alright. he commented on your picture today, so you guys are still in touch?"

i grin, thinking back to our promise.

"can we promise that we'll keep in touch?"

the words float around my head and play on constant loop. the tiredness of his voice mixed with genuine feelings of care make my heart leap just thinking about it.

"yeah. still in touch." i turn to lindsay and give her a closed mouth smile.

during school, i feel like i'm constantly watched. people whisper to each other as i pass by and random people i have never seen before are calling out to me by name.

even in calculus, my teacher asks how "my dating show" went. i bury my face in my hands to cover my flushed, embarrassed face.

once school is over, i drive back home and flop myself onto my bed.

i knew lindsay told some people about the show, but how does my freaking calculus teacher know about it?

i decide to text lindsay to get some answers.

how many people did you talk about the love or host with?

maybe 9? why?

my effing calculus teacher asked me about it

HUH? how does he know about it?

that's why i came to you. who exactly did you tell?

okay okay well, obviously matthew and paige, and then just a few people i'm close with in my classes. i didn't say anything to teachers though. maybe he's a tommyinnit stan? or maybe he overhead some people talking about it? idk

i sigh and peel my eyes away from my phone. but immediately after, i get a discord notification. from none other than tommyinnit.

: hi val! i hope you slept well last night, at least better than I did LMAO. My friends and I are playing Among Us right now and we need one more player, would you care to join?

: ooh sounds fun! who's playing?

: You know Wilbur and Tubbo, obviously me, and then there's Fundy, Quackity, Schlatt, Karl, Niki, and Scott.

: if we're being honest i don't know any of those people except you, wilbur, and tubbo, but hey! i'd love to meet everyone :)

: Okay pog. Here's the group chat link

i click the link tommy sends and it brings me to a group chat with the nine people tommy mentioned. as soon as i join, tubbo immediately writes something.

: VALERIE???

: hi!

: hi val! i'm going to start the call soon, give me a minute.

: sounds good, take your time :))