Nessa's POV

"Nessa?" I hear. I turn around and Ms Winters is standing there. "Is there something you need?" I ask. I'm a student teacher for her Junior English class. I'm a senior at the University of Cincinnati.

"Today is the day an old friend of mine from high school is speaking. I told him he could hang out in my room until second period, which is when the assembly starts. I need you to grade papers, and be on the lookout for him."

I nod. "No problem. You don't mind if I listen to some music while I work?" I ask. She shakes her head. "Go ahead, just keep it quiet."

I sit down at the desk and turn on mb Spotify. Sober by Tool starts playing. The students always say I'm super cool, because I wear gamer merch to school, and converse.

I look down at my outfit regretfully. I was wearing an oversized cardigan with a markiplier tank top and jeans, with my jacksepticeye converse. I look like, well, a college student.

I start grading papers, forgetting about the guest speaker that was coming. After I'm done, I pull out my phone and get on tumblr.

"Excuse me, I'm looking for Ms. Lucas?" I hear a voice that sounds very familiar and I look up from my phone. It's Mark Fischbach.

"Hi, I'm Ms. Lucas." I say, shaking his hand. Looking down, I make sure that my tank top is covered up.

"Oh, sorry, my mistake." He says. I laugh. "No problem. A lot of parents have questioned if I am a good student teacher because of the way I look."

"I'm Mark. Im the guest speaker today." He says. I smile and point toward the couch in the back of the classroom.

"Here, sit down. We are going to be here for a while." We sit down and he turns toward me. "So, tell me a little bit about yourself."

I smile at him. "My name is Nessa Lucas, I'm 24 years old and a senior in college. I'm student teaching here, but I'm originally from Anaheim, where I grew up, and worked for two years as a Disney princess."

His eyes widen. "You were a Disney princess?" I laugh and nod. "For two years before I actually went to college."

"Wow, that's incredible." I nod and say, "what about you?" He shrugs. "There isn't much to say." I poke him. "Come on, there has to be something." I didn't want to say that i already knew a lot about him.

"Well..." He starts talking and I zone out, staring at him. He finishes and I nod. "That's really cool." I glance over at the clock and see that first period is almost over.

"Here, let me show you where you will be speaking." I stand up and beckon him. As we leave the room, I turn around and show him my tank top. "By the way, I'm a huge fan.

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After the assembly, he came up to me. "That was really good, the kids loved you." I say. He grins. "Thanks." I hold out my hand. "Give me your phone so i can put my number in it."

He laughs and passes me his phone. I plug in my number and pull out my phone so I can plug in his number.

"What are your social media? I'll follow you." He says as we walk outside. I tell him and he does just that. We get to his car and he turns around to look at me.

"Thank you." I frown. "What for?" He smiles. "You recognized me from the beginning, yet you treated me like a human being, like I was just a person. It's really refreshing and I appreciate it."

I nod. "Of course. I recognize that sometimes you just want to be Mark, not Markiplier."

He hugs me tightly. "I hope I can see you again." He whispers. "I do too." I reply

Part Two is coming