Monday, December 14th
Alice sat in the Stalking Chair watching Wilbur's stream through her headphones. Techno was in a vc with Tommy and 'Drista,' so she decided to chill with him.
As she watched Wilbur's stream, she found herself smiling at little things he did, like expressions he made or habits he followed. She couldn't help but pray to whatever force was above her that Techno agreed to visiting Brighton for Christmas.
A part of her wondered if it would be worse though. If she was able to be in the same city as Wilbur but not be able to physically see him. It would so unbelievably...frustrating. Wilbur didn't even know that it was a plausible idea.
She also kept guilting herself for only thinking about Wilbur. Niki and Phil and Tommy and Tubbo all lived there too. It was strange having this many people she considered friends.
Normally, she just had her family. Techno was her family too, he was obviously her favorite. Having all of these friends was far different, she wasn't sure how to open up and she felt bad for having favorites.
Technoblade glanced over as his friend let out a sigh. She was chewing her bottom lip anxiously, so he knew something was bothering her. He turned back to his screen, they would definitely be talking later.
His phone starting going off next to him and looked to see his mother calling. He rolled his eyes but grabbed it anyway.
"I have to go for a second, you can talk to Alice," Techno took the headset off and handed it to Alice, who had stood up from her chair.
She moved to sit in Techno's spot while he left the room. "Hello."
"Hey Alice," Tommy greeted. "This is Drista, she's Dream's sister."
"Hi Alice," The girl said. "I see a lot of clips of you on tiktok."
"Good ones, I hope," She chuckled.
"Yeah, they're all of you being really smart or being like a sister to Tommy or..uh Tubbo I think. Or they're ships of you and other people," She explained.
"Ah, fabulous," Alice muttered.
"So are you and Technoblade, like a thing?" She asked calmly.
"For the last time, no," Alice sighed. "He's like my brother, that's just weird."
"Right, right," The girl agreed. "You heard it here folks, no shipping Alice and Techno."
"Appreciated," Alice laughed lightly. "How's your time been on the smp?"
"It's pretty good-"
"She won't kill the people I tell her too," Tommy complained.
"She also doesn't have to listen to you," Alice pointed out.
"That's not, no that's..what are you doing here anyway? Aren't you suppose to be watching Wilbur or something," He inquired.
"What? You don't want to talk to me?"
"No," He stated. "Go back to watching your darling Wilbur." He mocked her voice making her laugh. She had been in a call with Wilbur and Tommy early and they used the darling and sweet nicknames. Tommy was not happy.
"Who's Wilbur and why is he darling?" Drista questioned.
"Oh Drista, it was terrible. Wilbur's such a simp for her and they were being all nice to each other," Tommy said, disgusted.
"We're friends! How else are we meant to talk to each other?" Alice laughed again.
"Use swears and slurs," He responded. Alice shook her head and sighed. She looked over as her friend came back in the room, looking annoyed.
"You okay?" She asked quietly, though she knew the mic probably picked it up. He gave her a thumbs up in return. "I'll talk to you later Tommy, it was nice meeting you Drista. Call Dream a mofo for me."
"Clay, you're a mofo," She heard the girl's voice as she relayed the message. Alice handed the headset back to Techno as Dream started yelling.
She took her place back on the Stalking Chair and continued watching Wilbur's stream.
•
Eventually, Wilbur ended his stream and joined Quackity and Tommy in theirs. Techno stayed in the vc and idly chatted with them while Alice scrolled through random things on Twitter.
That is, until Techno's mother started calling her. She mentally panicked before picking up.
"Hello?" She hurried out of the room.
"Hi Alice, I've been trying to call me son but he won't answer," She sounded annoyed. Their conversation earlier must've been pretty bad.
"He's streaming right now, do you need anything?" She asked kindly. Hopefully the woman wouldn't take her rage out on Alice if she acted nice enough.
"I know you two do everything together," She said it almost, distastefully. "Just tell me what day you're coming in to visit."
"We haven't decided anything yet," Alice replied while anxiously twirling a strand of her hair. Another bad habit she got when she was nervous.
"Well you are planning to visit for Christmas, aren't you?"
"I..I'm not sure, we were thinking about visiting my cousin in Britain since we haven't-"
"That's ridiculous, you'd go to Britain in a pandemic?" She asked incredulously.
"Going to San Francisco would have the same affect," Alice muttered away from the phone. "It was just a thought, I..we haven't really planned anything."
"It would just be ridiculous to visit someone who isn't even your real cousin instead of your family," She said condescendingly. Alice clenched her jaw and she felt tears prick her eyes. She hated getting emotional so quickly but it wasn't fair for this lady to decide who family and who wasn't.
"I'm not related to you either," Alice said.
"Exactly why you shouldn't be a deciding factor of whether or not my own son visits us. It'd be better if you weren't following him around everywhere he went," She snapped and Alice felt her breath hitch at the outburst.
"Then why call me at all?" Alice asked.
"Because you're constantly near him, you live in the same goddamn house. I would've thought you'd give him the phone straight away but that's obviously not the case," She replied. Alice's grip on the phone became tighter.
"I'll hand it to Techno then," She said calmly. She walked swiftly back into her friend's room and held the phone out to him.
He took one look at her agitated state and took the phone from her hand before exiting the room. She sat down in his chair and put on his headset.
"Techno had to do something real quick," She let the boys know.
"Hi Alice!"
"Hello Wilbur, how was your stream?"
"Pretty fun, I wouldn't be surprised if Phil hates me now," He chuckled.
"I don't think Phil is capable of hating you," She smiled.
"You see what I mean Big Q?" Tommy whispered.
"Yeah, yeah, I see it," Quackity responded.
"We're having a conversation! I don't.." Wilbur gave up and sighed as the two laughed.
"They're just messing around," Alice certainly wasn't in the mood to laugh. She could hear Techno raising his voice in the hallway.
"We're adults, we can make our own choices." A pause, Alice assumed his mother was talking.
"She's more of a family than you are! At least I can have an opinion around her!" Alice anxiously chewed her lip as she felt tears form again. She forced them back, she didn't have to cry just because his mom didn't like her right now.
Although, she couldn't help but wonder if Techno would have a better relationship if they weren't this close. If she had gotten her own life and not followed him around her entire life. His mom was right, she was just a follower.
"Alice?" Wilbur called her name.
"Hm?" She answered quietly.
"You alright?"
"I'm okay," She muttered. Techno came back and handed her the phone. He leaned over and muted his mic.
"We're going to Britain for Christmas and if we aren't, then we're lying and saying we are," He stated.
"Really?" She asked and he nodded.
"Don't worry about the yelling either," He patted her shoulder. "None of that is your fault. She's like that every year and it's not because of you." He always seemed to know the reason behind her expressions. Alice gave him a curt nod.
They switched places and he unmuted.
"I'm gonna go back to my room," She told him. He gave her a small smile.
"Let me know if you need anything," He said before turning back to his computer.
•
Alice laid in her bed thinking about the last few events. Techno had said she wasn't at fault for what happened and for what was said, but she still felt like she was.
Her phone buzzed and she checked it so see Wilbur calling from discord. She joined and noticed Tommy in the call too.
"Hey Alice," He greeted her.
"Hello," She answered.
"Quackity ended his stream, we're just hanging out," Tommy told her. She could tell there was something he wanted to say.
"Why'd you call me then?"
"Just wanted to check on you," Wilbur replied. "You seemed..I don't know, off kind of? Techno sounded upset too."
"More than he normally does," Tommy added.
"It's family stuff, his family," She specified. His mother had made it very clear, Alice wasn't included in that.
"Is everything okay?" Wilbur asked.
"Yeah, his mom is upset that we might not visit for Christmas and she said some things that weren't very..pleasant," Alice told him.
"Have you got a knife on you?" Tommy asked.
"I'm not stabbing Techno's mother," Alice sighed.
"What did she say?" Wilbur asked another question.
"She just blames me for Techno not wanting to visit and I guess she's right in a way," Alice sighed.
"How's that?" Tommy wondered.
"Well..cause if Techno and I weren't as close as kids, maybe he'd have a better relationship with them.." She explained.
"Or he might've had a worse one, you never know," Wilbur chuckled. "Maybe she's not even mad at you, maybe she's mad that she won't get to see your pretty face at Christmas."
"Right, I'm sure that's it," Alice laughed lightly.
"You don't even know if she's pretty, what if she isn't," Tommy scoffed.
"I..I do know," Wilbur said slowly. "Did we not tell anyone I know what you look like?"
"I guess we didn't," Alice chuckled.
"WHAT?!" Tommy yelled before quieting his voice. "Wilbur!"
"What?!" Wilbur laughed. "She's the one who FaceTimed me!"
"Alice!"
"I had to make sure he wasn't cheating, lying, or charging his phone!" She laughed, her mood being brightened exceptionally.
"That is fair," Tommy agreed. "But you've seen her face! What does she look like?" He dropped his voice into that strange growl he does.
"She's pretty, I can tell you that," He laughed.
"How come I don't get to see your face?" Tommy whined. His mood swings were killing Alice.
"If you can somehow get my number and FaceTime me, you can get a face reveal," She offered.
"No matter what?" Tommy asked. "Cause I can't have you changing the rules once I do get your number."
"Ohhh, once you do? I don't think it'll be that simple," She snickered.
"Wilburrr."
"I'm not giving you her number Tommy, I'm happy to be the only person who knows what she looks like," He laughed.
"Who else has your number?" Tommy demanded.
"Two others," Alice answered. "Three if you count my cousin."
"I have work to do," He said and left the call, leaving Wilbur and Alice laughing.
"You know he's not going to give up now," Wilbur said to her.
"I know," She replied. "It's not like anyone's going to give it to him though."
"Who are the other two?"
"Corpse and Karl."
"Oh yeah, he has no luck," Wilbur laughed again. "Would you really do it though?"
"Yeah, why not," She shrugged. "He would just brag about it forever."
"That's true," Wilbur agreed. "Oh my god, look at Twitter."
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Jacksepticeye @Jack_Septic_Eye
When you get spammed at 1am for your cousin's number, I'm not even important anymore
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↳Tommy Innit @tommyinnit
SHE SAID IF I GOT IT THEN WE COULD FACETIME AND SHE WOULD FACE REVEAL GIVE IT TO ME
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↳Jacksepticeye @Jack_Septic_Eye
Oh Tommy she knows you'll never get her number, sorry bud:/
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↳Tommy Innit @tommyinnit
I hate you so much
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↳ karl:) @/KarlJacobs_
Does this mean anyone with her number gets a face reveal?
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↳Alice @estellaV_
sure
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↳ Corpse Husband @Corpse_Husband
wait
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↳ karl:) @/KarlJacobs_
ME FIRST
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"Oh, look at what've you done," Wilbur laughed.
"Karl's facetiming me, I'll call you in a minute," She stifled a laugh as she answered.
"Alice?!" Karl looked frantic. She had the camera facing the ceiling at the moment.
"Why hello, Karl," She chuckled.
"Is it true? Do I get a face reveal because I have your number?" He questioned.
"I will say yes, if! You don't give it to anyone else," She said.
"I'm very trustworthy, I haven't given out anyone else's numbers," He pointed out.
"That's true...you just collect everyone's number," She laughed thinking about it.
"What can I say? It's a hobby at this point," He laughed with her. "You don't have to show your face if you don't want to, I was just following through with the bit."
"I mean I will if you want to, I promised Tommy that if he somehow got my number, he could FaceTime me."
"I'm not against it," He laugh.
"Alright then, here's the famous me," She joked and she lowered it to her face.
"I didn't think you'd actually do it!" Karl was jumping around.
"Well I asked and you said you wouldn't mind!"
"I know, I'm not sure what I was expecting but you're really pretty!"
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome!"
"Bye bye!" She hung up on him.
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karl:) @/KarlJacobs_
I SAW HER FACE FIRST SORRY TOMMY
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↳Tommy Innit @tommyinnit
Wilbur saw her first actually so neither of us win
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↳ karl:) @/KarlJacobs_
Dont tell me it's true
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↳Alice @estellaV_
it's true
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Alice called Wilbur who picked up right away.
"That was entertaining to say the least," He said as he answered.
"I'm quite the entertainer," She chuckled.
"Did you really FaceTime him?" Wilbur let out a confused laugh as she shrugged and nodded. "Why?!"
"There's no harm in it, it's just Karl," She smiled. "Besides, it's not like he was the first one who saw me." She gave him a look.
"So if Tommy really snags your number somehow..."
"Then sure, why not. I wouldn't do it for everyone, but I trust you and I trust Karl and I guess I trust Tommy," He laughed at her answer.
"Well I trust you too, considering how often we talk and how much you know about me," He chuckled. He had a habit of ranting about his interests but Alice never minding listening. "You probably know much more about me than I do about you."
"You could always ask if you had questions," She pointed out.
"Alright, you know we could-wait! I need the cat for this," He moved out of frame and Alice could hear him rummaging around. He came back with the cat piano and held the mic to his mouth.
"Are you, uh, ready to start the, uh, interview?" He asked as she laughed.
"Ready when you are," She grinned. As stressful as today was, she couldn't remember how bad it was at the moment. She could only focus on Wilbur and that was exactly what he hoped for.
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