Fan fiction is such a funny genre of internet kind of literature, and you know that I started my blogging career as this kind of writer, but you know what? It had always been important to me to show something more in my stories… And I admit that the fantasies of fans can come true sometimes… Even if they never asked for it to be true!
Also, when I grew up and finished my literary studies, I realized that I also wanted to experiment, mix genres, and do such things in my books that you have never seen.
I hope you’ll like this chapter that I wrote after almost a year of writing. I can totally see that the style of my writing gets so different at the end of this book! Well, I mean the second half actually…
Alright. After such a beginning, you can read the chapter now… Enjoy!
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15th October 2014
Dear Diary,
You’re probably wondering what interesting have happened in my life recently. So, listen… Joe and Amelia started dating. She reminds him too much of his beloved girl, and that’s the only reason he’s interested in her. He pretends it’s his Alice. I’m telling you, diary! Oh, if only he knew what the truth is…
I’m going to Warsaw tomorrow. I’ll try to do something with it. Love doesn’t choose, but I won’t give up. I won’t just leave him for her. We had a deal… And now she’s ruining everything… Again… Nothing is easy, and love especially…
Now let’s go back to our story. It really relaxes me to write about my awesome life. In the end, I’ve become a famous actress! Who knows, maybe one day, when I’m gone, someone will find this diary and publish it… But I’m just wondering… Maybe it happens in one hundred years… Who knows if it really does… Who knows…
Ah, let’s go back to the winter of 2013-2014…
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It was 29th December 2013. A few days until New Year’s Eve. A day like any other, but it was a Christmas break, so it was a little different normality. More magical, warm, and relaxing. But work on the series hasn’t been considered as officially completed yet. It wasn’t until the New Year’s Day… I mean soon after that we got this sad news… Well…
I came back from New Year’s Eve shopping (I mean this kind of shopping that makes you feel ready for the New Year and stuff…), and I was sitting in my room. I had nothing to do, so I was reading messages from fans. My attention was caught by quite a long one from a certain Polish girl. Her name was Alice. Yep. Attention, fanfare. This is the moment!
The content of the message was as follows:
“Hey. My name is Alice and I’m fifteen years old. I live in Warsaw (Poland), and I really like your show, Friends Dreamers. I’ve been a huge fan since the very first episode.
I think you’re a great actress and I love your voice! It’s very nice to listen to your lines. That’s why I only watch the series with the original sound.
Well, I guess that’s it…
Greetings”
“Oh! She seems to be a pretty nice person. Hmm… I think I’ll text her back, thanking her for these sweet words” – I thought. And indeed, I did it, and my answer was like:
“Aww. Thank you very much! It’s very nice of you!”
Sent! Okay… “What was I supposed to do today?” – I began to wonder. “Meeting Sindy? No. It’s tomorrow… Meeting Brian? Nooo. Of course, not… Meeting Joe? Yes! He wanted me to go shopping with him” … Finally, I remembered my plans for that day… He wanted to buy some new T-shirts before he went on tour, and I was supposed to help him. Okay…
Oh! I got another message from Alice! YAY! I was happy and I didn’t know why… Hmm…
“Hi. Have you heard about my country? Poland?”
Well, of course! In the news and not once! The Polish Pope, the Smolensk catastrophe, and other scandals… Well…
I simply replied: “Yes”. I know. Terribly long answer…
Another one from her! She asked: “Oh, ok… What did you hear?”. “Okay… What should I write now?!” – flashed through my mind… In the end, I replied: ” 😉 “. The head is working well creating clever answers! The next message was more related to my professional life, and it sounded like this:
“Okay… What’s your favourite song from the show?”
Well, it was very simple! “Perfect! And yours?”. “I wonder what song title she will write…” – I thought. And her answer was:
“We Are Forever. Your favourite episode?”
“I see Alice is a romantic girl! Interesting… She and Joe like the same song… And what episode is my favourite is probably logical, but ok…” – I thought before answering a bit enigmatically:
“All episodes where I play with my friends, but I like playing with Joe the most. And you?”.
“I guess the one where her favourite song appears. Hah” – I thought. And her answer only confirmed it. She also wrote that she had to go. Ah… I felt a bit sorry… I had fun talking with her… But we finally said our byes.
Yeah! It was very nice! So nice that I sincerely hoped that we would write more!
Wait… What time is it? I looked at the time on my laptop and… I had five minutes until Joe’s arrival! “Move, Laura, move!” – I urged myself and rushed to the bathroom. When I got back, I just heard a knock on the door of my room. I opened it to the brunet who just came.
– Hey there! Ready? – he asked, he obviously was in a good mood.
I replied positively, and after a while, we were on our way to the mall.
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After shopping, me and Joe went to a cafe. It was located in a shopping centre, and it was really cozy. The atmosphere of that place resembled the colour and smell of coffee, so no wonder that coffee and desserts were served there. I had an apple pie with vanilla ice cream and mocha, and the brunet ordered a cheesecake with raspberry sauce and a cup of black coffee. We sat comfortably on red leather couches.
It was a funny sight because I only had my purse with me, and Joe was surrounded by bags, and he had his phone, keys, and wallet in the waist bag close to his heart. He was dressed in a T-shirt, leather jacket, and jeans. I was wearing a simple red dress and a denim jacket. We were chatting while enjoying our lunch.
– It’s your birthday in about a month… Do you have any plans? I’ll go to Japan with the rest of the band – he bit the piece of cake, and the sauce ran down his chin, and I laughed silently and handed him the napkin. – Thanks…
– I’m going to spend my birthday with my parents and sister in LA. We have practically everything prepared. It’s my eighteenth birthday after all… – I took a sip of coffee.
I love this taste! The combination of coffee, milk, and chocolate with whipped cream on the top is simply a miracle of human creativity. I love it!
The birthday party plan was to simply spend the day with my family. I know, it’s a terribly long plan! Mainly family dinner was planned and then Sam suggested the night out but I’ll write more about it later…
– Ok. I’m sure you’ll have a great time at your family party.
– Thanks… You know what? I spoke to a very friendly fan from Poland today.
– Poland? Justin Bieber would say it’s somewhere in Russia – after these words, he burst out laughing, and when he calmed down a bit, he continued: – I always wanted to visit this country… Do you have a picture of this girl?
– Sure. Wait, I’ll find it – after saying these words, I started looking for her photo on my phone, and when I found the profile picture, I showed it to the boy. His reaction? He widened his eyes, opened his mouth, and began to drool. In addition, he was staring at her… So differently… Okeeey…
– Eyyy! Joe! Stop! – I poked the brunet, and he “woke up”.
– Wow! Can you send me this photo? – he asked really concerned.
– Okay. But what do you need it for? – I raised one eyebrow up.
– Emm. Certainly not to stare at her day and night. Pff!
He made such a funny face that I just started laughing. “Does he really think I can’t see that he likes her?” – I thought.
– All right, all right. You don’t have to explain. I’ve just sent it – I said with a smile on my face, and he immediately reached for the phone quickly and… He sailed away mentally.
– Tell me everything you know about her – he demanded.
– Okay… Her name is Alice…
– Alice… Even her name is perfect – he interrupted and made goo-goo eyes to his cell phone’s screen. Oh. It started getting worse each minute…
– So… She’s fifteen. She lives in Warsaw, she’s romantic and… For now, that’s all I know.
– Ok. Can you do something for me? Will you ask if she likes me? And as soon as you find out anything about her, you must tell me right away. Understood?
– Alright. I’ll do it. I can even text her right now.
– Yes! Yes!
He got up from his seat and ran over to me. He was yelling his words into my right ear. Is this normal during falling in love?
– Okay, I’m writing to her now. Look.
I started tapping on the screen of the device and after a while a message to Alice appeared:
“Do you like Joe Hoop? And why?”
– Happy? – I asked after sending this.
– Yes, very much – he grinned.
– Can you tell me something honestly…? You like her, don’t you? – I asked, using a slightly hushed tone of voice.
– Well, very much. Alice looks like the girl of my dreams.
After these words, a light blush appeared on his cheeks and after a while, he went back to his chair. He had a sweet smile on his lips all the time.
– You know what? I think you two would look cute together as a couple – I said. That’s what you honestly could find in my thoughts as well.
The brunet was happy, hearing my words. It wasn’t hard to notice.
– Thanks. I hope I have a chance… – he sounded a little sad because of uncertainty.
At that moment, my phone vibrated. I got a message from Alice:
“Yeah, sure, I like him. In the end, he plays in my favourite band and series. I love his voice, but I’m not desperately in love with him like other fans of his…”
“So, not the way he likes her… It’s a bit sad…” – I thought. I replied “Ok” and added a sad face.
– She texted me back… – I said, making an unsatisfied face.
– And what? She doesn’t like me, does she?
He came over to me and I handed him my phone. As he was reading it, his eyes began to glaze over. It touched him a lot… He fell back to his seat.
– I’m sorry, Joe.
– It’s ok… I’m fine…
The boy was lost in thoughts staring blandly at the table. There was silence between us for a while. I ate some of my cake, well, I mean until the cake completely disappeared from the plate, and I took the last sip of coffee. He at first didn’t move but also finished his meal fast in the end. I decided to break this terrible silencewhen he started staring sadly at the table again.
– Let’s go home now, shall we? It’s getting dark.
– Whatever.
He took his shopping bags and we walked silently towards our homes. There was a depressing sadness hung in the air…
*
It was midnight. It was very dark. I should’ve been asleep already, but I was awakened by an insistent knocking on the front door. I got out of bed so abruptly that I felt dizzy. I grabbed a pillow from the bed, went downstairs, and towards the door. I opened it and an uninvited guest burst in. He was moaning strangely by the way, so when he got closer to me, I hit him with a pillow a couple of times.
– Ah! Laura! Stop! – he yelled.
I was quite surprised when he called me by name. I rushed to the light switch and recognized the mysterious individual without any problems…
– Joe?! What got into your little brown head to scare me like that?! – I screamed at him with all my might.
– Don’t yell at me… – he said softly, and I saw tears running down his face. He looked unbelievably bad.
– I’m sorry… Tell me, what’s going on? – I walked over to him and placed my hand on his shoulder.
– I… Can’t… Stop… Thinking… About… Her… – he was stuttering because of sobbing.
He was obviously panicking. How sad…
– Oh, take it easy. Everything will be fine. Ok? – I tried to cheer him up somehow. He just hugged me without answering.
– Thank you – he whispered into my hair. – Can you tell me what to do now? – we stopped hugging and he looked down at his fingers.
– Wow… I can see that it’s a serious matter… Well… I think you shouldn’t show her any interest now because you will only suffer – I answered him in accordance with my thoughts.
– You’re absolutely right, but… I can’t… I want to see her smile live with all my heart – he smiled slightly at these words. – And now I can’t sleep because of it…
– Okay, but Joe, you don’t even know her, so how is it possible that… You know… – I sat on the couch in the living room, and the boy followed me.
– I don’t know… When I first saw her… It felt like the lightning struck me – he quietly laughed, and I looked at him surprised. Is it love at first sight? Probably yes… How strange… After all, he only saw her picture! – Lau, what am I supposed to do now?
– Good question… I don’t know how to help you. I’m sorry… – I gave him an apologetic look and he nodded.
– Okay, whatever… So… I’m going home to die alone… – he got up and saluted before heading to the door.
– Hold on, Joe – I just wanted to reassure him…
– I’ll try – with those words on his lips he walked through the door.
I thought a little more about his hopeless situation, felt more sorry for him than felt threatened, and decided to turn off the light. I went upstairs and fell asleep peacefully. Almost…
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New Year’s Eve passed very pleasantly because we threw a party. I mean the series’ family and Silver Trills. Later I went to the casting and after a week it turned out that I got the role, and I was able to learn my new lines during all this free time. Joe and the band had to leave the party quickly just after midnight because they had to catch a flight to Japan. Joe wanted to celebrate his eighteenth birthday there and they already had the first concerts of the world tour by the way. They later came back to LA, so we were able to spend some more time together before everyone went their separate ways. You already know what happened next, diary, so now it’s time to keep this storytelling going. It’s gonna be a loooong story!
A month after Joe and I “met” Alice, it was an incredibly special day. It was 1st February. More precisely, someone celebrates a birthday on this day. Who? Well, sure, I am! YAY! I was so happy! After all, it was finally my eighteenth birthday!
In the morning, the whole family knocked on my door – my parents and sister Sam. They were happy to see me and at once wished me their wishes and hugged me. How good it is to be home in times like these! You have the people who love you the most in the world at your fingertips!
– I’m so glad to be here and spend the day with you and our parents – I said to Sam when our parents left my room. – What are we going to do during this time?
– Maybe take a nap. After all, it’s your favourite activity! And I will help parents prepare dinner for the birthday girl.
– Okay, sister – I laughed.
When she left the room, I sat on my lovely bed and took out the tablet. I decided to have a conversation with Alice during this free celebrational time… And then I went downstairs to have breakfast.
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It turned out I fell asleep after the first meal of the day. I was reading a book…
Two hours later, my dear sister came to me and woke me up because it was already time for family dinner. The girl went downstairs to our parents, and I decided to prepare. I put on an elegant black dress because why not?
After fifteen minutes, we were all sitting at the table in the dining room. Unfortunately, my dad started the unpleasant conversation.
– Tell me sunshine, how are you getting on with this whole brunet guy?
– Honestly, it’s been better. We act like friends, not a couple. I think the feeling has died…
Well. It’s not proper to lie to the only alpha male in the house…
– Oh, come on! It’s her birthday and she shouldn’t worry about such things now – my dear mom said.
Yeah! I’ve always liked her approach!
– Thank you, mom – I said with unfeigned delight. – What are we going to eat by the way?
– Your favourite dish, honey. Chinese chicken. And for dessert, there will be a chocolate cake – she announced.
“How nice! Heaven in mouth!” – I thought and I felt a rush of saliva in my mouth… Let’s not comment on this…
– I’m going to get the plates – Samantha said.
She got up and walked away from the table, then headed towards the kitchen. I decided to help her, so I hurriedly walked to the same place as her.
– I’ll help you, okay?
– You’re here, Laura…? – my presence surprised her a little. – No, I’ll do it alone. After all, it’s your birthday today!
– But I want to help you – I took out four plates and handed one to my sister.
She put on a portion of meat and then added purée made of potatoes. Somehow, I don’t like rice… That’s why this version of this popular dish is unique, it’s probably bizarre to some people but it’s so typical to me. Chinese à la Laura!
– You’re stubborn like a goat! – she handed me a portion of food on a ceramic dish.
– And I’m proud of it! – I stuck my tongue out at her and handed her another empty plate. – Can we go somewhere together later? – I decided to change the subject…
– How about a club tonight? Sharp Razor maybe? After all, you’re an adult now, so you could go crazy a little – she gave me another plate of chicken.
– You’re right. I should go there with you and Sindy, but we’ll send you home before curfew, so parents don’t get nervous… Well. It’s going to be a pleasant evening.
I blinked at her we both went to the dining room, carrying plates in our hands. We put them in front of our parents and after a while we went back to the kitchen. While serving our own portions, we chatted a bit about our plans for the evening. I mean, I listened to Samantha’s thousands of tips on what I should wear to the club, and we went back to the table with our food. Dad reminded us of the orange juice, so Sam went back for it.
After the meal, it was time for the birthday cake. Sam brought it, dad candles, and mom plates and cutlery. They strictly forbade me to get up from the table… After a while, I could eat the cake with my eyes and think about a wish. “I want people I love to be happy.” – that was my wish. In the end, I blew out the candles.
When the whole family had already eaten the cake and given me gifts, everyone went to their cozy rooms. I decided to call Sindy, get my clothes ready for the night out, and then I relaxed a bit listening to my favourite country music (I also like to listen to the country except just old classic Pop or modern artists like Katy Perry, didn’t I mention?), watching Downton Abbey, and went back to reading the last part of The Mortal Instruments.
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That’s how it was at the beginning of my acquaintance with Alice. Yeah… Joe was a bit down for a while…
And when it comes to my birthday, it was just great!
In the next post, I will talk about this whole “club trip” with Sindy and Sam. Oh, get ready for some action! Haha! Don’t worry, it won’t be that bad… You have nothing to be afraid of… Or maybe you should be worried…? Hmm…
P.S. “Forever? I know we can make it”.
“There are many things that may seem impossible. But I sincerely believe that there are no limits on the road to the goal of fulfilling what we dream of. For me, the only thing that is just impossible is forgetting about a boy who has a very special place in my heart… This feeling is so unbelievable, but I just know it will last forever. There’s no turning back now…” – words spoken by you know who. Nothing more, nothing less. Because I feel just the same. I have never loved anyone as much as I love him… But also, I got what I wanted. I mean, I actually wished for it, and now I see… It came true. And my own actions led to this… I don’t know what I was thinking… I guess I actually wasn’t thinking at all… Now I must fight to get Joe’s heart back. It turns out that Alice didn’t play fair either… Or maybe it’s destiny as they believe…? No… I don’t even want to think about it like that… It’s too sad for me…
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As you can see it’s also another chapter about celebrating birthdays! And it’s not the end yet, believe me! Ha!
Now the announcement time. Since now the bundle made of my three books + mystery T-shirt is on sale! $20 off this whole month!
Also, the prices of my books changed because I found out about the changes in printing costs and new rules for calculating royalties yesterday. Not to end up with nothing, I had to change prices for higher ones…
So, if you thought of buying my books, this month is a perfect time, I’m telling you!
Laura’s Diary – My Awesome Life Collection
That’s all today. I’ll be back with more content on Wednesday!
Love, A.A.
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