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Kimberly | 19 | nursing major | multifandom | non-canon couples are my drug. | Becca is the Rachel to my Monica. ▪ Fanfic Writer and Photoshop & Sony Vegas Geek since 2007.
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Dominance Tackles Storm

“Wow, it’s 7pm and I’m still here. I am such a hard worker.”

  “Gaby, you staying here two hours longer than the production team doesn’t make you a hard worker, it just makes you a good friend.”

  As their Saturday night usually entails, Allison Raskin and Gaby Dunn were working on their Tuesday couch show in Allison’s apartment, with Allison consistently jotting down notes and reminding her comedy partner the little things she would otherwise forget.

  “I mean look at this,” Allison complained, using her index finger to tap twice on the notebook beside her. “All you have on this thing is Steph’s name with a heart beside it.” Her face scrunched up in disgust, “I didn’t even think you were the kind of girl to do that kind of thing. That’s usually an Allison move.”

  Gaby snickered. “Hey, when you have a hot girl’s tongue down your mouth for an hour, then you can speak to me.”

  Allison rolled her eyes at her comment, forcing herself to go back to her laptop. It took her a few seconds to get back in the proper mindset; she was used to easily nudging off Gaby’s juvenile words, but for some reason there was a weird twist in her throat.

  “Anyway,” Gaby continued with ease, “I should probably get going, I’m meeting with Igor—“

  Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, there was a flash of lightning that was soon followed by a blast of thunder.

  “No you aren’t,” Allison replied instantly, “you’re staying here. Wait out the storm. It can’t be safe to drive in these conditions.”

  “But I’m supposed to be meeting him in, like, half an hour.”

  “Text him.”

  “What the he—“

  Gaby stopped herself.

  She was so ready to curse her out. The words slipping out of Allison’s mouth seemed absolutely ludicrous, absurd, uncalled for. Yet, at the same time, she knew her well.  Allison had just come fresh out of a breakup and she didn’t want to be alone. Gaby assumed that must have also been the reason Allison had insisted on her staying even later than she typically did post-filming. And, looking at her now, Gaby could see just a second’s flash of a smile from her.

“Fine,” Gaby complied, “I’ll message him.”

  It wasn’t like she had an issue with it to begin with. Allison had always been top priority to her and she knew it was the same for Allison. It made sense why their significant others had always seemed to have even the slightest problem with the other person. Allison and Gaby were supposedly platonic best friends, but they were always the first on each other’s lists and were inseparable. They weren’t dating, and yet, they kind of were.

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I Attended Vid Con With My Internet Famous Sister And It Was Nuts

     I’ll start this out by stating that I have never been to a convention of this sort ever in my life. In college, I attended a lot of music festivals with thousands of people so going into it I figured this would be a similar pushing through the crowd and waiting in lines type of thing. Well, I was completely wrong.

     Here’s the backstory, my sister and her best friend/comedy partner previously worked for Buzzfeed Video. Now they have their own popular channel on YouTube, Just Between Us. The two of them get hundreds of emails a day and have a pretty large following of loyal fans. Well, when you put all those fans in one room and attempt to walk around said room, things can get intense.

     My sister invited me along with her to Vid Con this year jokingly saying I would be their bodyguard for the day, or at least I thought it was a joke. One of the harder situations for these famous YouTubers to deal with is that while they would love to stop and take a picture with every fan or be able to have a conversation with them, they just don’t have the time. There are so many people surrounding them at once, it becomes overwhelming for the two of them. So that’s where I came in. I was to act as a buffer/ handler and make sure they got from point A to point B without being mobbed by teens. Thankfully, this is something I am not only good at but enjoy doing.

     As soon as we exited the hotel lobby, they were noticed. This was like taking Jennifer Lawrence out into a crowd of X-Men fans at Comic Con. What were we thinking? Fans stopped us every few steps to ask for a photo. I immediately began being able to tell by the people’s faces if they recognized my sister and were heading our way. I could see that if one fan stopped them then fifteen others surrounded in seconds for a picture too. I would step in after a minute or so and say something like “Sorry guys we have to go! But meet up at 4 outside the Marriott!” then grab their hands and run away.

     Watching these people get so excited to see my sister was something I never could have imagined in my wildest dreams, but that being said I loved every second of it. Watching all this madness showed me that she has made an impact on other people’s lives just by being her wonderful self. It slowly turned into a proud moment for me as her sister, and then a scared one for her safety as we would run from one place to another.

     When the meet up happened, I took charge of it all because as soon as people saw them, they were swarmed. I set up a line of people and sold merch to the fans. I would talk to people in line while they waited and kept them moving along quickly but with enough time to get to say what they wanted to the girls. It went surprisingly smoothly and everyone seemed happy, even the girls who were crying and couldn’t speak.

     One of the mothers waiting in line came over to buy a poster and we began to talk. “That’s your sister?” “Yup, I’m just helping out today”, I said as I showed her the poster. She smiled at me and nodded yes to the poster, “You are a lucky girl to have her in your life. My daughter never stops talking about her. They truly inspired her to come out of her shell and she has never been happier.” She handed me money and walked away. I looked at my sister hugging a crying fan and just smiled.

     For me, this entire experience was just a verification of how incredible of a person my sister is and how much of a difference she can and is making in this generation of teens lives. As a kid, she was never very happy. She didn’t have a large group of friends, but mostly kept to herself and read a lot of books. Watching her make all the people who are just like her as a kid smile with joy and realize that things will get better has given me the ultimate happiness.

     See while I already knew she was this remarkable and talented person, now other people know this as well. She has used her platform to discuss real issues and stand up for what she believes in. She isn’t afraid of what people, mostly men, may say because she’s proud of her beliefs and views on whatever the issue may be. Through this platform, she and her comedy partner have helped those with anxiety, OCD, gender confusion and of course, what a good friendship should look like.

     After leaving Vid Con, I texted my sister to say how proud I was to be related to her. She replied that even she is still in disbelief of it all but that if she can make a kid happy, that’s it really. This made me see that this is what it’s about for all these famous YouTuber’s, making people happy. It was definitely a crazy experience but quite possibly the most important one I’ve had in a while. I always knew she was doing big things and now that has only been confirmed even more so.

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