Making Memories

Chapter 12

*6 Months Later*
"Is it time?" I asked.
Woods nods his head.
I film the video for my channel first. The title being: It's Time We Tell the Truth. . . |The truth about our relationship
I press record on my camera. We sit down and stare into the lens for a dramatic few seconds. I begin with;
"Hey guys. I think it's finally time we tell you what's been going on between us."
"Yeah, should I say it or you?" Woods asked.
"You." I said.
"Shelly and I are dating. Yup, we're together. I'm sure most of you have figured that out already. Before you go down to the comments, spamming how you knew it, let us explain." Woods said.
"Okay, so I first met Woods while touring Hi5 Studios. Sam is my friend and she had invited me over. I made my first video featuring everyone here. Then, I admitted my feelings for Woods, thanks to Sam. Now, the rest is history." I said.
"Yeah, I took her to Vegas, no big deal." Woods said, running a hand through his hair, as usual.
"That was so fun. Yeah, so I avoided all your questions about our relationship because we weren't ready to tell the world yet." I said.
"Uh-huh. At first, we wanted to keep this between us and Hi5, but it's not hard to hide our love for each other." Woods said.
"That'll be it for this video. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave them in the comments." I said.
"Should we kiss to satisfy them?" Woods asked.
"I don't see why not. That'd be a great thumbnail." I said.
"Of couse you would use that." Woods said.
Woods and I share a sweet and passionate kiss. I just know there's going to be pages on pages of fan art and fan fictions. Those are going to be fun to look at and read.
"See you soon, guys." Woods said.
I stopped recording and imported it to my computer to edit later.

Now it's time to film for Woods' channel. We basically said exact things we did in my video. After filming those videos, we begin editing. Man, I'm so nervous to upload this. I shake as I put final touches, then hit upload. Once fully uploading, I put my head down on the desk. What's done is done. Now all I have to do is wait. Wait for my fans's reactions. If there's any hate, I'll delete it. I'm not dealing with stupid haters today. Woods, Sam, and Cat all tell me not to listen to it. Most of the time, I don't, but when it comes to something so personal like our relationship, I can't handle it.

A few hours later, I check up on my video and comments. Most of them are positive and so supportive. That's what I love about my community. We're here for everyone. Then, comes the hate. Oh, whatever. People will say what they want. I delete them as I see them. I realize that I'm overreacting and need to leave them there.

Sam comes up to me while I'm sitting on the couch.
"Hey. How are you after all that?" She asked.
"I just told the world that I'm dating the hottest employee at Hi5." I said.
"Debatable. Anyway, we should all party to celebrate your guys' small victory. Actually, not small at all. Admitting you're with someone is huge." Sam said.
"Sure, what do you have planned?" I asked.
"Actually, it's Domi who's doing it. You know her, she's a party planner." Sam said.
"Oh, already huh?" I asked.
"Yup, now common. She's got it set up. Follow me." Sam said, grabbing my hand.

Sam leads me out into a large conference room being used for the party. There's a cake with the words: Congrats on your 6-month Anniversary. I love this so much. Woods walks in next. When we're seen standing together, confetti flys down from the ceiling and everyone cheers. We hug then kiss. Woods does the most romantic thing ever and dips me to kiss me again. This causes everyone to roar and scream. I'm so in love with him. I never want this to end.

We sit down to eat. Once we're done, everyone is chanting;
"Speech, speech, speech!"
I'm the first to speak.
"As you all know, this isn't a secret anymore. I'd like to thank you all for all the kind words and support you've provided through these 6 months. You're all so nice, I don't know what'd I do without you." Oh, no. I'm gonna cry.
Woods pulls me into his arms and kisses the top of my head. I let the tears fall into his chest.
"Group hug!" Tanner exclaims.
Within five seconds, everyone is wrapped around me. Now, this is real love. When your coworkers are so close to you, they are comfy enough to hug you. I wipe the tears away.
"Like she said, I'd like to thank you for just being here for us. Thanks for being nice to this new hire. She's moved up in the company to become the producer of her own channel and a featured talent on many channels. You're all amazing, I love you!" Woods exclaims.
In unison, everyone says;
"Aww."

The party ends with our speeches. We clean up and are able to go home afterwards. Now, wasn't that a productive day? I worked on a few videos. Woods and I uploaded our relationship video, posted a few pics on Instagram. Today was just amazing. It's about to get even better because, in celebration of our anniversary, we're writing an original song. We're telling our story so far through a beautiful song. We bounce lyric ideas off each other. This will take a couple days to get the perfect set of lyrics, instrumental, and vocals, but it'll all be worth it in the end.

A week later, Woods and I have all the lyrics figured out. Now, it's time to put intruments to the words. I want a good mix of acoustic guitar and piano. Maybe some bass in there to balance out the guitar. We took inspiration from our favorite artists. I really love the style of Ed Sheeran, so that's why I want to use a lot of acoustic guitar. We used varying chords such as: A, C, F, A minor, and G. We felt as those chords blend very well together.

Woods figured all the technical stuff, while I played chords and riffs to our song. When I got the perfect ones, I let Woods listen to how it's going so far. He told me he loved it, but he knew ways to make it sound even better. I hand him the guitar and let him work his magic. I knew I was dating a talented guy, but damn. He really knows how to work a guitar in ways to make it sound so beautiful.

After adding guitar, it was time to add some piano. I played major chords because this song is positive and about love. I recorded the piano and let Woods layer it and blend with the guitar. The last touches was the bass riff, vocals, and adding a little bit of autotune to make it sound perfect. Once everything is recorded, Woods added a bit of autotune, not too much, because then it'd sound too fake.

This song is sounding great. Everything is done. Now, we can upload that to our channels. I hope people like this too. All we can do is hope. People will have their opinion, obviously. If they don't like it, fine by me. Woods and I could care less. As long as we're happy, that's all that matters.