c h a p t e r   f i v e

"Your thoughts are gonna pick me up
Do you know it's good to feel so much 
Yu got my head in the clouds
You got me thinking out loud
The more you dream about me the more I believe
That nothing's ever out of reach"

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dream by miley cyrus

Lindsey Harris uploaded a video!

DRUNK YOUTUBER BAKE-OFF

"Hello, my loves, and welcome back to another installment of 'Lindsey adding alcohol to her videos to make them more interesting'," Lindsey announced to the camera, and the three people behind her cheered

George shrugged, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." 

"Let's meet our teams!" Lindsey said. She gestured to the two standing to her left. "On the Red Team, we have a veteran: the lovely Alice Murphy, and, making his debut on the Lindsey Harris channel, ArthurTV!"

"Come on!" Arthur cheered, holding his hand up for Alice to high five. Their side was decorated with red items: tablecloth, supplies, frosting, sprinkles, etc.

Lindsey then turned to her side of the counter, gesturing to the man beside her. "And on Team Green, we have myself and George Clarkey." 

"That was such a sad introduction compared to them," he told her with a frown since this was also his debut on the Lindsey Harris channel. She had been on his, and they had been in multiple videos together. But he had yet to come on hers. 

She rolled her eyes at him playfully before turning back to the camera. "Today, we are competing to see who can make the best cake, only there's a twist."

"I wonder what it is," Alice commented, trying to build suspense. 

Lindsey continued, "Each team gets to come up with a rule for the other team, and every time you break a rule, you have to do a shot." 

They then split up into their teams to discuss the worst punishment that they could give the others, and when George and Lindsey finally agreed on something, they turned back to each other.

"Okay, our rule for you guys is that you can't use your right hands at all," Arthur told the Green team, and Alice nodded along. 

Their faces fell, and George muttered, "Fuck..."

"Well, you guys can't say each other's names," Lindsey countered. She hoped that that would be a lot harder to remember than theirs. 

Alice frowned, and she turned to Arthur to see his expression. "That's gonna be hard."

"Let the games begin!" Lindsey announced, and she clicked the timer on her phone to start it. As she and George began gathering their materials, she added, "Sabotages are encouraged, by the way."

The Clarke man turned to her and said in a low voice, "Okay, game plan: Wait until they've made their batter, and then, we just pour a bunch of shit in there."

"Good idea," she agreed with a nod. "Now, how are we going to do this with only our left hands?"

"Teamwork. Left hand high five!" he yelled, and he reached up his left hand high above his head. She laughed before mimicking his actions. 

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"You know, this isn't really fair," Arthur said as he passed by the Green Team on his way back from the bathroom, and Lindsey's eyes widened when he slapped George's ass. "You guys have got the best cake in the UK on your team."

"I can see the edits now," the Harris girl laughed out.

Alice turned back to her teammate as he returned back to their side, referencing the amount of edits he interacted with. "Arthur, get ready to repost."

"Who?" Lindsey asked, her head whipping around at the sound of the man's name. Alice groaned when she realized that she broke the rules, and she poured a shot for her and Arthur. 

George just shook his head as he measured out the oil for the cake. "I feel objectified."

"No, George!" Lindsey exclaimed, her eyes widening when she saw her teammate using his right hand to hold the bottle.

"What?" he asked, and when she pointed to his hand, his head dropped. "Shit." 

They got their shots, and Lindsey had just downed hers when Arthur pointed at the glass with a grin. "Hey, she's using her right hand!"

"Lindsey!" George scolded, and the brunette girl screamed and crouched down with her head in her hands.

They took another shot, and then the Clarke man reached up to wipe chocolate cake mix off of her cheek. She froze at the contact, and they stared at each other for a second before she pointed out, "Hey, you used your right hand."

"Damn it."

Later, when the red team had finally finished their batter, George pointed it out and muttered, "It's time."

While Arthur and Alice tried to figure out the oven since they had rented out the kitchen for the video, George and Lindsey took turns dumping ingredients in their batter. It ended finally when Lindsey tossed a whole egg into the bowl from her side, and it cracked inside, spreading eggshells everywhere. 

"What the fuck have you done?" Alice asked at they both spun around at the sound. 

Arthur rushed the the batter's aid, trying to pick out as many shells as he could before they sunk, never to be found. "Alice, there's shells everywhere."

"Who?"

《 ✢ 》

"Okay, we have our cakes, and it is time for the celebrity guest judge to come and pick which one is better," Lindsey announced to the camera, and she turned toward the door. "Everyone, please welcome Elliot Taylor!"

Elliot stepped into the room, and they all cheered, except for Alice, who just commented, "I thought it was supposed to be a celebrity."

"Don't anger him. We need him to pick ours," Arthur reminded her. 

"I happen to have 1.3 million monthly listeners," Elliot responded, promoting his own stuff when he got the chance. "Go stream my new song."

Lindsey looked at the camera and shook her head. "Cut that out." 

"First impression, this one looks nicer," Elliot said when he looked down at the Red Team's cake. They had settled for a classic design, just covering the cake with frosting and drawing a smiley face on it. He sunk his fork into the side and took a bite. "Nice consistency. Oh, wait, it's crunchy."

"Hmm, I wonder why that is," George commented. 

Alice glared at her best friend, who was avoiding eye contact by just looking around the room. "Yeah, I wonder."

"Overall, pretty nice cake," the judge revealed with a nod before moving over to the Green Team's side. "Now, this one scares me." 

They had tried to decorate it and then failed miserably because the frosting melted while they were putting it on. George told him, "Well, if you look at it sideways and kind of squint your eyes, it's a man being abducted by an alien."

"No, I don't think it is," Elliot replied, following the instructions. When he took a bite, he made a face, which was not a good sign. "That is very dry, but it's not crunchy, which is good."

"I'd take a dry cake over a crunchy cake any time," Lindsey pointed out.

"Okay, I've made a decision. The winner of the Lindsey Harris Drunk Bake-off is..." he started, and they all gave him a drumroll. "The Red Team." 

Arthur and Alice cheered and hugged while George and Lindsey just shook their heads. "Sorry we were trying to be creative."

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Arthur Frederick What can I say? Alice and I are just the GOATS.
↳ George Clarkey who?
↳ Lindsey Harris that's a shot

user anyone else loving the Lindsey x George content we've been getting recently?

user brb making a george edit with that part 
↳ user i'm making a lindsey and george edit right now!

user they basically just filmed a double date

user loved the elliot cameo

user THIS LINEUP WAS PERFECT

user George, Arthur, and Elliot in one shot omg
↳ user i nearly died
↳ user Lindsey and Alice as well

user PLEASE tell me someone else saw the tension when george wiped flour off lindsey's face

AUTHOR'S NOTE

if you wanna see alice and arthur's side of things, check out lovesong!