Ring ring

Ring ring

Ring ring

Lexi groggily picked up her phone. Who the hell is facetiming me at 2 in the morning?

Oh my god.

"Mark?" She whispered raspily, sitting up and trying to fix her hair nonchalantly. "Why are you calling me at 2 in the morning?" She squinted, her eyes trying to adjust to the bright screen.

"Oh, were you sleeping? I can just call back at another time.. Sometimes I forget that not everyone is up late working on things.. heh," He ruffled his hair, seeming sorry for the fact that he had woken her up.

"No, no, it's fine. What's up?" She yawned.

"Well, I was wondering if you could give your opinion on this video I've been working..." Mark looked up and switched the screen. He showed his computer, and played a video.

The video was of him, Tyler, and Ethan making hot dogs. As per usual, it looked like Ethan's hot dog had gone horribly wrong.

"So, do you think I should add the swirly effect on Ethan's face or the super sharp effect?" He asked, turning the camera back on him.

"Um, why not both?" Lexi suggested, slowly falling back asleep.

"Oh, great idea! Thanks Lexi! I'll see you tomorrow, right? To help film the swimming challenge thing?"

"Yeah, I'll be there. Goodnight, Mark." She laid back down and reached over to place my phone down as he said goodbye.

Why did he call me for something like that? Why not.. Ethan? Or one of his other editors?

~~~~~~ The next day, 10 am ~~~~~~

Ding dong

Ding dong

After a couple rings, Ethan finally opened the door. "Oh, hey Lexi! You're here early. Wanna help Mark and I set up all the cameras?"

"Yeah, sure." Ethan let her inside and brought her out to the pool, where some cameras were laying down just outside the door. She saw Mark, also in his swim trunks, squatting down trying to screw one of the cameras onto the tripod. He looked pretty cute, she couldn't lie.

"Maaaark!" Ethan yelled, his voice cracking halfway through, "Lexi's here!"

Mark looked over and smiled, waving at Lexi. "Hey! Glad you could make it. Wanna help us with the cameras?" He stood up and brushed his hands together.

"Of course!" Having just finished college with a degree in Filmography, she could recite just about anything you needed to know when it came to cameras. Lexi was able to set up all 3 in a good spot, with just Mark helping me screw the cameras in. Ethan was playing with Chica, Henry, and Spencer in the yard while the two had been doing all the hard work.

"Look at Ethan over there, playing with the dogs while we do all the hard work," Mark said in a repressive tone as he finished screwing on the last camera.

Lexi laughed. "I mean, it's Ethan. You can't blame him."

~~~~~~ 15 minutes later ~~~~~~

"Swimming." Mark looked deeply into the camera, "Swimming has been a part of life since life began."

Ethan nodded along with Mark, looking deeply into the camera as well. Lexi noticed that Ethan always tried to follow Mark. She found it quite amusing.

"We're here today to find out whose ancestors prepared them better for the ancient art of swimming- but with a twist." Mark pulled out some pool noodles from the side and handed one to Ethan.

Basically, Mark and Ethan were going to have a noodle fight while sitting on top of their own respective lounging rafts. It was hilarious, as both of them continuously fell off of their rafts and were never able to actually fight. Lexi could barely contain her laughter behind the camera.

After finishing the video, she handed Mark and Ethan some towels. "So, what did you think? I was obviously the winner, right?" Mark panted, being out of breath.

"Oh, come on, you can't say that! I hit you down like 2 more times than you hit me down!" Ethan pouted, looking back at Mark and ruffling his hair with his towel.

"Uh, you both did awesome. I think the viewers are gonna love it." Lexi smiled, taking down the cameras. "Where do you want these?" She looked at Mark expectingly.

"You can just put them inside. Here, let me help you." He took the cameras from Lexi's hand and began walking inside. She hadn't noticed it before, but Mark had really nice abs. Like, wow.

~

And that's it for this chapter :)

If you guys have any suggestions for future chapter or anything like that, please leave a comment! I'll see you in the next one!