Toni's View

I tapped my hand against my desks hard surface. I was really worried over that fact that both Adam and Stevie haven't answered any of my Skype calls for the past two days. Something was wrong, I know it. It's not normal of Adam to miss a call from me or anyone else in the group, he usually picks up right away. As for Stevie, I'm not so sure.

This was my chance. My chance to get to know her. Maybe I could call her again to see if she's okay, hopefully she'll pick up and talk to me. I sighed deeply and smacked my cheeks.

"Gah, why are feelings so damn complicated?!" I whispered a little over a shout.

Ever since I started crushing on Stevie, everything thing that I've had the chance to think about was about her. Whether it was about her, or even things I've thought of giving to her! Luckily, playing video games with the other Derp Crew members really helps me out. Still, I can't get her out of my head no matter what I do. I might as well try calling her again, hopefully she'd pick up this time, though.

I moved my mouse over to the Skype icon and I clicked on it. I typed in her name inside of the search bar. Her face popped up as I clicked on it.

"Time to call her..." I mumbled out, taking of the Mario hat that was sitting upon my head.

I didn't want to talk to her with my hand on, because if I did I would be talking to her as ChilledChaos, the diabolical gamer. But I want to talk to her as Toni, one of her friends. Nothing more. This had to be between us, not the YouTubers everyone knows us as.

The Skype call rung and rung, still not being answered by the other side. I sighed in defeat and slumped down.

"I guess she doesn't wanna talk..." I muttered out, giving up on my idea.

Then, when the thought of ending the call came into mind. The call was suddenly answered. My eyes widened.

"...Stevie?" I asked cautiously.

Slowly, her image loaded onto my screen. My heart stopped at the sight of her current form. She was sniffling and cowering back from the camera a bit. Her eyes were peeking over her knees and I could tell that they were swollen from crying. She simply looked broken, devastated. What happened?

She opened her mouth to speak, but only to close it once more in fear of spilling what she wanted to tell me. Her eyes that were brimmed with tears stared into my eyes, "T-Toni..." She stuttered out, sobbing softly as she held her legs to her chest, "M-Make it stop!"

I rose an eyebrow in confusion, I didn't get what she was trying to tell me. Help her? With what exactly?

"Stevie, what do you mean? Is something wrong?" I asked even if it was pretty obvious something was wrong with her at the moment.

Her lower lip trembled like crazy, and her tears spilled out from her beautiful emerald green eyes. They shined like a diamond, except that this one in particular was hurt and broken.

"I-It hurts s-so much!" She cried out, shaking her head furiously.

I clenched my hands around my chairs arms, "Stevie, tell me what you mean by that. What's hurting you?" I asked in a stern tone.

She suddenly glared at me through the screen, but I don't know for sure if it was meant to for me, "Adam, that jerk hurt me! He played m-me again!" She cried, rubbing her eyes as she said so.

My eyes were wide open in confusion. What did she mean by that? I chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of my neck, wondering if Stevie and Adam played a game and it went wrong. Maybe they got into an argument and it just went a bit too far.

"Oh, do you want me to talk to him? A game gone wrong isn't very fun..." I stated, "I can fix this problem in no time."

Stevie's lip trembled. Her eyes were narrowed at me, she stared at me like I was stupid. However, I didn't understand what I did wrong.

"You think you c-can...fix this?" She asked, eyes blaring in anger. It was like she suddenly changed personas. She wasn't sad or depressed anymore like a minute ago, but now she was furious. "How can you fix this, huh, Toni?! This isn't a game like everything else!"

I was taken back. Did...did she really think I was making a joke out of this? I forced a smile on my face, "Obviously, I can tell that this isn't a game, Stevie. Why would you say that? I'm your friend." I said in a rather rude tone.

She laughed dryly, "Friend? Be honest with yourself, Toni. We've only known each other for a good few weeks now, maybe even a month now. But do you really think we're friends?" She mused.

I nodded hesitantly, "O-Of course I do, even if we've known each other for a bit, we've known each other long enough to be friends." I told her.

I clenched my fists together tightly, my knuckles going white at the intense pressure I was using to keep my hands shut securely.

She glared at the camera, her dark glare penetrating my soul. I was hurt, crushed. She actually didn't believe me, did she? By the look in her eyes, the look she was giving me. I could tell she didn't want to deal with me. She was done.

"St-Stevie..." I muttered out, noticing her tears continuing to fall endlessly. She really was hurt. But what was it that I did wrong?

"I'm s-sorry, Toni. But I need to go, I can't take this anymore. It isn't getting any better..." She mumbled out, smiling a forced smile, her eyes shut as she did so. She waved and I gasped.

"No, Stevie, wait!" I shouted, standing up from my gaming chair. I held my hand out towards the screen, I felt like I could just grab her and touch her. Sadly, reality hit me in the face like a brick.

My hand hit the screen and I winced. Dammit.

"I'm sorry, goodbye for now." She said, "...and maybe forever."

I was gawking at her in shock, forever?! She couldn't mean it, could she?

She waved, "Bye."

And then the Skype call ended, tears of my own now pouring out of my eyes.

"Stevie...I'm sorry."

What did I do?