We Have Each Other

Part 21: The Explanation

Friday, October 29, 56 days
7:05 A.M.

Josh woke up to a notification sound from his phone. He groaned and threw his arm over to his nightstand to silence the notification. With the room silent once again, Josh snuggled his face closer to the pillow and relaxed into its warmth.

He was completely relaxed when another notification blared into his ear. Josh huffed and reluctantly opened his eyes. He glanced over to the digital clock on his nightstand. After a long pause, he yawned and stretched his arms above his head. According to his clock, he still had over thirty minutes before he had to leave for school. He could afford to waste some time moving slowly with his morning routine.

Josh grabbed his glasses from his nightstand and pushed them up his nose. He walked over to his dresser and pulled out a pair of blue jeans and a t-shirt with Harry Potter on the front, his wand in hand and pointing straight forward.

As Josh was changing, he glanced in the mirror at the bruise on his shoulder. He raised his upper lip, revulsed by the blueish purple color that covered a good portion of the area. Tristan was right - it looked monstrous. Josh pulled the Harry Potter t-shirt over his head, hiding the injury.

After scanning his room for a second, Josh walked over to his unmade bed and straightened the sheets out. He grabbed the pillow that he must have thrown off his bed in his sleep and put it back in its place by his headboard. He took a step back and looked around his bedroom again.

Nothing else was out of place. His morning routine was complete.

Josh checked his wall clock. His eyes widened as you read the time. That had only taken two minutes? He still had twenty-eight more to waste before he needed to leave for school. Josh sat on his bed and sighed. He could go back to bed, but now he was dressed and his bed was made. Why did he wake up so early anyway?

Josh's eyes lit up in remembrance. He got a text! He reached toward his nightstand to grab his phone. He brought the screen to his face to read the notifications on his screen.

Tristan (1:52 A.M)
Okay so maybe I didn't finish it 'tonight' since it's technically the next morning since I said that, but I did finish it! It's been uploaded! I'm going to sleep now...

Josh smiled at the text. As he read the next one, his mouth dropped open.

Agent Clark (7:02 A.M.)
Great video, kid! People are digging it! Over 2 million views overnight! Keep doing what you're doing and you'll be raking in whatever you want! Money, chicks, both ;)

Josh couldn't help but cringe at the word choices in the text and the use of the smirking emoticon. Still, over 2 million views within almost five hours was incredible.

Josh tapped on the text message from Tristan and unlocked his phone. He quickly typed out his message and hit send.

Josh (7:07 A.M.)
Thanks, dude! I hope you're still sleeping, but guess what!? We got 2 million views!!! Thanks to your editing skills!

Josh backtracked to the messages home screen and tapped on the one from Agent Clark.

Josh (7:08 A.M.)
Thank you! Don't worry! Our trio is planning on many more videos to come!

Josh hit send, too excited to even worry about whether or not he used too many exclamation points or not. Right as he was about to get off the app, he received another text from Tristan. He tapped on the notification.

Tristan (7:08 A.M.)
BOOMYA! WE are amazing! You and Lana with your singing. Your creepy acoustic guitar sound in the background. Lana's beautiful dancing. It makes my job easy.