Hello, once again, for the first time, Audience! This is my first FanFiction here, so I want to have at least a couple of reviews, not pressing anyone or anything, just looking for some constructive criticism or just plain ole positive comments. This story might not hit Tobuscus's way of epicosity, but I hope that you guys'll like it, either way.
Onwards to the first chapter of this story which I am making up as I go and have no idea where it's going to end up!
Chapter 1 – Funny Meeting You Here!
"Ba do dum, la da da—" Laurie hummed underneath her breath, making up a random melody that she would probably make into a full blown song. Then put it on her YouTube channel.
She was a new YouTube star as of two weeks ago when her videos suddenly went viral. She mainly videoed herself and her band (Jam Sesh) singing their own original songs when they formed in her mind, but usually she would have them do covers of Bon Jovi, Guns 'n' Roses, AC DC, all the old time bands' best songs, and rarely pop songs. She only sang those with her band if she and they liked them.
Despite that, the comments she got for the songs were positive and made her smile. Every time someone would comment, she would give the feedback to the members of Jam Sesh and this just motivated them to do more songs the viewers would like and, therefore, give more good reactions.
Due to Jam Sesh's famous status on YouTube, some major music companies would call Laurie up to get her band to sing one of their own songs and then release it as either an album or a single. Both ways, Jam Sesh would maintain their status and continue to rock on.
Laurie now walked through a tree-covered park at a mildly speedy pace, her iPhone in hand and head bent low over it, trying to block out the sun as she wove around families and mothers with prams that were out for a morning stroll. She didn't know why, though. Today might have been the hottest day in California since Laurie had moved there a couple of years ago.
Laurie's index finger clicked on the yellow Notes app and the rest of her fingers flew across the letters at the bottom of the screen, trying to work out lyrics for a new song. While she tried to work out the kinks, her peripheral vision spotted an empty spot on a bench. Her mind and leg muscles screamed at her to sit down, so she obeyed them before anyone else decided to steal her spot before she got to it.
Laurie admitted to herself that she did need to sit, having walked about half a kilometre from where her 'friend' dropped her off on the side of the road as a joke, and had been headed towards the nearest coffee shop to fully wake herself up. Laurie couldn't get the situation out of her head.
"Hey, Laurie," Jarred said while driving his car, trying waking Laurie from the short nap she'd taken. "Bud, wake up." When she didn't stir, he pulled over on the side of the road and shook her violently. "Dude wake up!"
"What, hm?" she replied groggily, half asleep. "Am I home yet?"
"…Yeah," Jarred said after a moment, the corners of his lips turning up slightly, a practical joke forming in his wicked mind. "Yeah, we're outside the apartment building. Come on. Get out."
Laurie grumbled and opened the door of the Jeep, stepping out of it and waving Jarred off as he shut the door and drove away. Only then did the twenty-six-year-old realise that she was nowhere near here apartment building. She face-palmed and moaned.
"Idiot!"
Laurie outwardly huffed and continued to write her song, erasing and applying words, but stopped to wipe her sweating forehead with her pale hand. Her legs felt like jelly. She closed her green eyes and lay back on the bench, a Californian heat beating down on her.
"It's hot, isn't it," Laurie heard someone – a male – state with a slight laugh.
"You betcha, it is," she replied, not opening her eyes, but smiling towards the sun. "You feeling it, mate?" Her Australian slang shone through in that sentence.
"Ooh yeah," he answered, dragging on the 'oh'. He laughed again. Funnily enough, Laurie thought she'd heard it only yesterday. "So, I am having a wild guess here, you're Australian, right?"
"Correctamudo," she said, snapping her fingers then pointing at him. "Australian born, Australian bred. I moved here 'cause I wanted to travel. I'm planning on going to Europe in a couple of years."
"I see." He switched from his American accent to a fake Australian one. "I can do a pretty good Aussie accent, ya reckon?"
Laurie opened her eyes while the two cracked up laughing, and looked where the source of the man's voice was coming from. She wanted to see what he looked like. Only problem was, his face was covered by a flat cap which was drawn down over his eyes.
Is he worried about his identity or something? Laurie thought to herself curiously.
"If you don't mind me asking," she started, now leaning forward and resting my elbows on my knees, my phone clutched tightly in hand, "who are you, exactly? You seem sort of mysterious-looking, flat-cap-wearing sir."
"Well…" He draw the word out. "I could tell you, but then 'd have to scoop out your brains and feed them to a passing zombie." Laurie stifled a laugh. "Like that one."
He pointed to a passing guy, a contagious grin on his face.
"Oh, he's scary, isn't he?" she giggled, catching his case of viral smile disease. It was near impossible to avoid.
"Definitely scary."
The two burst out laughing, the mysterious man's laugh boisterous and so familiar to Laurie. Passersby gave them strange looks, but Laurie stuck her tongue out at them, acting immaturely for an adult woman.
While he was laughing, the man's eyes shifted to look at her between chuckles. Realisation bloomed in their hazel irises.
"Hey, are you Laurie Parker?" he asked curiously, almost excitedly.
She made a gesture of zipping up her lips and locking them before throwing away an invisible key. "Nope. Can't tell you worth a dime. That information cannot be told to anyone free of charge, mate. I'm afraid that it'll cost you something, friend. But can I call you that? Or are you a foe?" Laurie smirked slyly and crossed her arms, raising an eyebrow.
He scratched his chin comically, as a character in a cartoon or a comic book would do. "I don't know, little lady. How about we finish this conversation over a cup of coffee?"
"I think we have a deal," Laurie answered almost instantly
The man jumped up and bowed to her, offering his arm for her to take. "Milady."
"Why, thank you, good fellow," she spoke in her best British accent. It sounded horrible.
She threaded her arm through his and began skipping with him towards the direction of Starbucks which was, amazingly, just across the street behind them. Laurie was silently mad at herself for not noticing. She really was still half asleep.
As they skipped, Laurie began to sing the 'We're off to See the Wizard' song from the Wizard of Oz. Her companion soon joined in and they got more weird looks.
They entered the shop, still arm in arm, and ordered two iced coffees from the cashier at the counter, the guy paying for both of them despite Laurie's protests.
"I insist," he said with the viral smile again. Without another word he paid for them.
Laurie sighed and told her newfound acquaintance to find them a table while she got the coffees, in which he curtsied very femininely and walked away, finding a two-seater table not too far away.
"Thank you," Laurie gratified to the cashier with a smile and a nod of the head.
She picked up the coldish coffee cups and walked towards her pal who had lifted his flat cap slightly. She handed him his cup and sat down across from him.
"Alrighty, then, sir," she began, her hand on the cup, her gaze expectant. "I want to know who you are, now."
Right, so, in the beginning, wait STEVEN! Not that long ago to when the dinosaurs where still walking the earth! Just the beginning of this story where I wrote in bold! Ah, there we are.
Yes, so, in the beginning I wrote that I didn't know what to do with the story. I would love it if people dropped little comments of what they might like to happen later in the story, or even in the near future. It would be very much appreciated.
OUTRO OF DARKNESS, THEN REDNESS, THEN WHITENESS!
Bless your face. If you sneezed during this chapter bless YOU!
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