Miss Popular

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When I woke up the next morning, there was an edible arrangement from Pala congratulating me on the music video, which I was still extremely nervous for.

But no matter what, things were going to be great.

"I'm going to Everett's." I announced as I walked into the living room

Holland smirked as she played on her phone.

"What are y'all doing? Better be no kissing." My dad asked me

"A YouTube video and we're not official yet so no." I answered

Holland looked at me, "About what?"

"You'll see at four." I said grabbing my keys

"Are you going to be home before the music video airs?" My mom questioned me

I shrugged, "I don't know, but don't watch the last thirty seconds of Everett's video."

"Oh, honey that's just making us wanna watch it more." Holland added

I rolled my eyes, "Bye."

I walked outside, got in my car, and started the drive to Everett's house.

I got to his house right at noon which was typically me.

"Hey, Grier." His mom said opening the door

"Hi, Mrs. Griffin." I smiled as she let me in

Then I saw Everett walk from out of his kitchen with a bagel in his hand.

"I'll be in my study." His mom said with a small smiled

She walked up the stairs, leaving us alone.

"Hey, Gray." He beamed as he hugged me

I hugged him back and smiled into his shoulder.

This was heaven.

The way he smelled, the way he hugged me, everything.

"Hey, Evie." I whispered into his ear

Everett and I came out of the hug.

"Should I film in my room or outside?" He asked me

"Definitely in your room, it's too cold." I advised

He nodded, "Let's go."

We both walked up the stairs to Everett's room, which was clean as it was most of the time.

"What's your plan?" I asked as I sat down on the bean bag chain

The camera was facing his bed, which he sat down on. He had a notebook in his hand and he flipped through it.

"After I show my face, introduce myself, my name, all of that. Talk about why I did what I did, plans for the future of my channel, and talk about the music videos. I don't want to edit it too much so it looks raw and real, you know?" He spoke

I nodded, "I think you can do this in one take."

"Hopefully, okay let's do this." He said taking a deep breath as he pressed record

The camera was facing his lower body like it was in the last hundred video he ever posted.

"So for about two years now, everyone has been asking me what my face looks like, why I don't show my face, I've read all of the theories about it, but today is the day that everyone gets to see what I look like. So here it goes." Everett spoke

He lifted the camera up and showed his face.

"Alright, this is weird. My name is Everett Griffin, I'm eighteen years old, my birthday is December fifteenth. I'm a senior in high school and next year for college I hope to be living on the west coast. You may be wondering why I did what I did. It was because I was insecure when I first started this channel and I wanted to share my talents without having to deal with the backlash of comments about my appearance. Of course, when I started this channel I was literally ninety pounds and a lot of people have noticed how much muscle I've gained which I appreciate." He continued