Diary of a Nobody

I was never anybody special. There was nothing extraordinary in my life. I was just an 18 year old girl living in Kent, England, going to school every day and letting life pass her by. All I wanted from life was to be like my uncle, a world renowned horse trainer and stunt rider who lived in California.

My parents were pretty strict about me seeing him though. Charlie kept himself to himself, away from the rest of the family, doing a job he loved. But in a few weeks time I was off to California to spend the summer with him. I'd managed to persuade my parents to let me go and do some work experience at the yard. They'd finally given in to my decision that I wanted to work with horses. I'd been an extra on some movies where they needed good horseback riders and I wanted to look into doing the job in a more professional and high profile way. So I'd asked my uncle if I could come over and work for him for a few months to see if it's something I really wanted to do.

I wasn't just interested in doing stunt work with horses however, I wanted to learn weaponry and free fall stunts so that I wasn't stuck in one niche of the stunt industry. I'd done a lot of dancing when I was younger as well (mostly due to my mother's relentless pestering about it) and had been an extra in films such as Save the Last Dance. I believed I had enough to make money out of the movie industry although I had absolutely no interest in becoming an actress.

I just had to make it through these last few weeks of school without boring myself to death. One of my best friends from London was visiting for these final weeks which made the time easier. He was trying to talk me out of my obsession with wanting to go into the movie industry. Although he wasn't one to talk as he'd just found out he was getting a part in the new Harry Potter film, the cheeky devil.

"Kiara you can't seriously still be daydreaming about California", speak of the devil, Rob's just come through the door.

I rolled my eyes at him "Rob, you're one to talk mister New Hollywood"

"How many times do we have to go through this, it isn't going to be that big a part and I die at the end anyway, you remember the books"

"Yeah but that doesn't stop you forgetting who you're friends are when you're the big hotshot actor" I said, with a little bit too much venom in my voice than I meant.

Rob looked slightly hurt by this, "I've done films before Ki and you've never kicked off like this"

Oh no, he's turned those big puppy dog eyes on me, I hate it when he does that, "Yeah but let's be honest, they've not been as big as this"

"True, but I'll always be that stupid little boy you used to throw straw at down at my sister's yard and come running to when you'd scraped your knees trying to climb over a fence instead of using a gate like a normal person"

I suppose I should explain how Rob and I met. If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm talking about Rob Pattinson, soon to be big shot newbie star of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I have a lot of family who live within London, namely my grandparents. When I was around the age of 12 I was on a weeklong visit to my grandparents, bored out of my brains and wanting to go riding somewhere to get out of the house. I found a local riding school and asked them to get back to me about having a lesson up there one day in the week. They phoned me back saying there were no free instructors but that one of the girls who kept horses up there was willing to take me for a hack if I was interested round Hyde Park. I agreed and the next day I went up the yard to meet Victoria (or Tia as I came to know her by) who was 17 and owned a lovely big thoroughbred called Vinny. She leant me her other horse, Chance and we went out for a hack.

After then I used to ride out with Tia every time I was visiting family in London and came to know her other sister, Lizzy well, who was only 3 years older than me but was more into her music than horses. Soon it was my 13th birthday and whilst doing the rounds of relatives to receive presents and such, Tia invited me out for dinner with her family to celebrate my birthday. Everyone was to be there including her brother who was just a year older than me.

To cut a long story short, we got on like a house on fire and being as young as we were misread the relationship between us and tried the whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing but soon realised it was like trying to date your sibling so decided on remaining firm friends. We still laugh about it today. Ever since that day, Rob and I have been great mates and see each other a lot, although I tease him mercilessly for his dream of becoming a big actor, much as he teases me about going into stunt work.

I love him to bits though, and have been through a lot with him so I trust him with my deepest secrets and fears. I do worry that he'll forget about me some day though when he gets his dream. Maybe that's one of the biggest reasons for me wanting to do something in the film industry, to try and stay close to Rob. I don't know, but this is the story of the events that unfolded as I moved to California for that fate deciding summer.