My Bear - Andrew Siwicki

Chapter IV

The next few days were filled with work; both lab work and collab filming. Wednesday night I went and saw Post, Thursday night Amy and I went out to dinner at a beautiful little restaurant close to where she lived, and today was Friday - my editing night. I'd been texting everybody basically all week; asking Ryland how planning for his shed makeover was coming along, helping Shane out with video ideas, Garrett and I just talking about anything that came to our minds and asking Andrew for editing tips. It was about 8 pm and I was midway through editing my new video, settled into my chair. I started early because I didn't really feel like staying up until 2 am finishing it for uploading tomorrow. My headphones were on, and I was watching through the many Cards Against Humanity rounds, cutting out the lesser funny ones. I was almost done when I heard a knock at my door. Quickly, I put on a pair of pyjama shorts (I usually edit and sleep with none on,) and jog to the front door, opening it with a smile. It was Garrett and Andrew.

"Oh hey guys! Come on in" I say, opening the door up fully for them.

"We got bored," Garrett laughed. " I knew you'd be home anyway, it's editing night" I laugh.

"Damn, am I that predictable?" I grin. " Anyway, make yourselves comfortable, I'll be back in just a bit, I've got the smallest bit more editing to do"

"Okay, no problem!" Garrett says as the two of them plop themselves on my couch. I head back into my office and put my headphones back on, dragging my chair closer. Ten minutes later and I'm almost done with editing, however there's this one bloody cut that I can't get to flow nicely with the rest of the video. I let out a large cry of frustration.

"You okay?" I hear from behind me. I spin around in my chair and see Andrew leaning on the doorway.

"Yeah" I sigh. "I've almost finished editing and there's this one cut that is just so janky and I can't seem to make it flow smoother"

"Here, let me take a look at it" he says, walking over to the desk. I shift out of the way and pass him my headphones as he leans over my desk.

"This bit?" he asks, to which I nod. He plays it. "Oh I see what you mean," He clicks a few things as I watch him attentively and a few minutes later he hands me back the headphones with a smile. I replay the piece and am taken aback by how well it fits now.

"Oh my god, this is so much better! Thank you so much, you're a lifesaver," I smile at him. The familiar pink tinge creeps back onto his face

"It's uh- It's no problem" he stammers, scratching the back of his neck.

"Man I'm the worst at editing!" I sigh, placing my headphones on my desk, saving the edited video before putting my computer to sleep.

"No you're not" Andrew laughs. "It was one cut,"

"Maybe I should hire an editor," I say before turning and looking at Andrew. "You looking for any work?"

"Not at the moment, Shane keeps me busy enough" he smiles.

"Fair enough," I reply, nodding my head. "I guess I don't mind editing though, it's not like I rely on YouTube to pay the rent or anything so I don't always need to upload. I just enjoy it,"

"It's good that you do, your videos are great" he compliments, which causes me to smile.

"Thank you, I really appreciate that," I say as he returns my smile. Garrett comes waltzing into the room.

"Oh there you guys are," He grins. "I was gonna ask if you guys wanted to watch a movie?"

"Sounds good to me!" I say as Andrew and I follow Garrett back into the living room. The boys sit down but before I do, I decide to get myself a drink.