Becoming a YouTuber?!

Chapter 22: Changing our schedules

*A/N: For some reason this chapter didn't post properly?? Hopefully, it's working now*

Once I had seen the summer months as my time off. It would be where I finally got a chance to read all the novels I had bought with the intention to read but never gotten around when studying got in the way. Working the way I did now I didn't have the same type of summer holiday.

Was it bad for me to admit I kind of missed pure university work? I definitely missed the long breaks in between semesters, where I could fill my time exclusively with things that brought me joy and I would still have plenty of time to spare to lay around and do nothing. I guess I should be happy now, as I had built a life with things I loved but sometimes I missed my down time.

I had one year of university left if I stuck to my designated time, after pausing and then taking extra credits I had gotten entirely back on track. However, as I had decided to add YouTube to my life, time had become even sparser. So right now, it seems more likely to try and complete my undergraduate in two years.

My summer days were busier than ever. Having Kristina stay with us for a week had also taken its fair share of my time but I was happy to support my friend. She was feeling better now but I could see the wounds left behind by Peter would not heal soon.

I tried my hardest to be a supportive friend but it was difficult juggling that along with my new work responsibilities. I had an entire new project in the works and it was finally moving on from merely being an idea we had discussed in countless meetings. Simultaneous, another project Nate and I had done together was also in the finishing process.

Come September, both would be launched. It was incredibly exciting but also very daunting. Nate was much more nonchalant about it than I was able to be but it took much more to unsettle him.

"Do you realise we've been living in the flat for over a year now?" Nate casually mentioned while we were on the tube on our way to Gleam to have a meeting about our joint project.

"Wait, what?" I exclaimed and looked at him completely stunned. He must have been mistaken. We had not lived in the flat for that long, had we? The whole moving in process was still fresh in my mind and I could recall the despair I had felt because Nate had to stay behind in LA as if it was yesterday.

"Yeah, we got the place on the first of July last year. Don't you remember?" Nate teased and bumped his shoulder against mine.

He was correct, of course, but I still couldn't quite wrap my head around it. This year had passed by me way too fast. I never really thought the year I met Nate would have been topped but I had been proven so wrong.

Every year just seemed to get better and bigger. Each year I had learned more about myself and taken on more responsibility. As much as I wanted to deny it, I was slowly becoming a full-fledged adult.

"Come on, this is our stop," Nate said and pulled me along in the mass of people.

The tube was not my favourite method of transportation but driving in London was not ideal, unless you wanted to be stuck in traffic for most of the time.

I followed along with Nate, clutching onto his hand tightly as we moved through the crowd. Sometimes, we'd bump into viewers at the station. Unfortuntaly, it always seemed to happen when we were in a hurry. I heard our names called over the noise.

Nate's head snapped in the direction of the sound as did mine and we saw a girl trying to make her way towards us. We stopped rather awkwardly at the side and took a photo with her only to attract a couple of more viewers.

Everyone that passed shot us an odd look and whispered to their companion. I didn't think I'd ever get used to this odd treatment. More awkwardly, a group of tourists came up to us and wanted photos as well, though they clearly had no idea who we were.