Reality behind the Camera {a Joe Sugg fanfiction}

Chapter Five ~ Phonecalls and Vlogging

*Alex's POV*

I was sat on a plastic chair with my siblings around me. She looked so... Pale. Lifeless. Just the day before she had been telling me about how i shouldn't worry about getting with boys (i.e, she knew i fancied Joe) and that i was a strong person who could cope with anything. However she also told me that we'd be the cutest couple known to man and to not stop trying.
"How did... It... Happen?" I asked no one in particular. "Who's fault is it?" All of a sudden i heard a beep. Followed by another and another "Someone?! Help?!"

"Joe?! JOE?! " I shouted.

"Alex?! Alex what's happened?" I heard. Joe? I instantly put my arms around his neck and cried.
"Hey, hey... What happened?"

I didn't answer. I just continued to cry and cry into Joe's bare chest. A few minutes of me crying and Joe desperately trying to calm me down later, Joe repeated his earlier question.

"It's my fault!!" I screamed between each sniff and breath that i took while crying.

"...Baby i don't know what you're talking about..." He said, resting his head on mine. Baby? I mean, that was different to love... I could get used to this. Only Caspar ever calls me baby, and that was because he is the 'south african slut' as people call him. He is one of my best friends and has called me baby many times, in public too, meaning that people vlogging caught it, and viewers had started to question why he called me baby. When filming videos with Caspar, i have to confirm at the end that me and Caspar were nothing more that best friends. Not that i minded, but hearing it from Joe was different.

"Baby?" I questioned, my breathing starting to steady again. He started to get stiff.

"Oh... Shit... Erm sorry." He said.

"It's okay." i mumbled back, lifting my head up from his bare chest.

"Joe, i'm so sorry..."

"What are you sorry for?"

"For getting all panicky over a stupid dream, and waking you up... Crying on you-"

"Its okay, Alex. That's what I'm here for." He said, me pulling the hair tie out of my hair and slipping it onto my wrist. He used his hand to gently stroke my hair. "Why don't you tell me about this dream?"

"It's all my fault" I whispered, Barely audible.

*Joe's POV*

I cradled Alex in my arms, her crying straight into my bare chest. I hated seeing her look so weak and vulnerable, I felt like if anyone but me touched her or saw her like this, she'd just crumble up completely. I know that she hates people seeing her crying, so although it was a bad thing she was crying, it was also a good thing to know that she trusted me enough to cry infront of me and not run off like she would with other people.

"How did It happen?"

"Who's fault is it?"

and

"Someone?! Help?!"

Was all i had heard her say before she screamed for me and started hugging me, the tears starting to stream down her face. I tried to comfort her and ask her to explain what had happened, but as you know from Zoe telling the world in one of our videos - I'm not the best when people cry. With Alex though... I couldn't leave her. I felt like i had to do something. Anything. I just didn't know what. I hope i was doing okay at calming her down because i had no idea what to do.