Authors Note - This will make no sense unless you have read my other story 'Unattainable Girl'. basically being faced with River's aniversary lit a fire under my butt about this sequel, soooo... even though this is not exactly a story yet, it is something. Could i almost call it a preview? Oh well its weird but please read. :-)

Crappy Nameless Chapter Thing

Our scene takes place in Laura's bedroom where we find Laura (the stunning author of this fine piece of fiction) sitting cross-legged on her bed, surrounded by papers and books, muttering stressfully to herself.

'Oi! Blondie!'

She looks up to see 5 figures standing at the end of her bed. 5 somewhat familiar, very annoyed-looking figures.

'Chris? Vern? Teddy? Gordie? Lee? What the hell are you guys doing in my room?'

'Oh we just dropped by to see if you were, oh I don't know, ever going to finish our story!!' Gordie said sarcastically planting his hands on his hips.

'Yeah! Where the freak is the sequel to Unattainable Girl?!' Teddy adds.

'It's been 12 bloody months!!' Chris pipes in.

'Yeah, why have you forgotten us?…Sincerely!'

'I'm sorry guys' Laura replied defensively, 'I haven't forgotten you, I've just been really busy.'

'Busy?! Helllooo you left me in a mental institution!!' Lee said aggressively giving her best "dagger-eyes".

'Well I've just had all this university work to do and my life has been so chaotic' she replied gesturing to the textbooks scattered around her.

'Pfft. Uni-shmoony. You still should have been working on plots for us poor, forgotten characters. That's what all "good" writers do' said Gordie in a know-it-all fashion.

At this Laura began to feel annoyed.

'For your information I have been forming plots in my mind. I just haven't had time to write them,' she replied matter-of-factly, 'but by all means if you think you can do a better job, be my guest.'

Gordie looked momentarily shocked and quickly looked around as if searching for an escape. Not finding one he looked back at Laura and said, 'Alright then grab a pen sweetie and write this down. I'll show you how to write a bloody story!!'

'Ooooo storytime!' Vern's face lit up and everyone crammed onto Laura's bed to listen to Gordie's story.

Gordie cleared his throat as he stood before them.

'Alright then. Firstly we'll bring back Lee's dad from the grave so that I can kick him in the balls for trying to kill me off. Uhh and then us guys will haul ass to Daisy Hill and bust Lee out. And uhh, then Lee will come live with us and everything will be dandy! Oh and of course she will fall desperately in love with me and be like begging me for sex and whatnot.'

Laura tried to stifle a laugh as she looked over at a not very impressed-looking Lee.

'Gordie that was awful! Sit down ya fool' Laura cut in as Gordie continued to brag about his everlasting libido.

'I agree. Besides, why does Lee love you? I'm the one who cares about her the most' Chris put in.

'Oh whatever man. That has nothing on my feelings for her in a totally non-committal way' Teddy cut across him.

'Hey wait, you can't be in love with her, cause I think I'm in love with her, sincerely' Vern look confused.

'Dammit Laura, you just had to create this melting pot of mixed emotions with no resolution for us didn't you!'

All the boys turned to look at Laura accusingly.

Laura was about to answer when a new voice entered the conversation.

'Yeah, what is up with that!?!' Two-Bit's voice cut in.

Everyone looked around in unison at the teen slouching nonchalantly in the doorway, sipping a beer.

'What?!' he said, 'Ain't I allowed to have an opinion?'

Laura shook her head exasperatedly. 'Two-Bit! You're not even in this story! You're from 'The Outsiders' remember?!'

'Yeah!' everyone agreed in unison.

Two-Bit held up his hands mockingly. 'Well I'm sooorrry! I'll just be on my way then,' he said sauntering off.

There was a moments silence as everyone glanced at eachother confusedly. Finally good ol' Gordie broke the silence.

'Well… that was weird. So anyway… back to the melting pot of mixed emotions with no resolution!'

'Im sorry guys. It's just the way I write.'

'Uh hellloooo. Could you boys stop being so self-absorbed! I'm still some loony stuck in a loony bin. What are you planning to do about that Laura! Huh?! Huh?!' said Lee sounding frustrated.

'Okay, okay. I promise I will start writing as soon as I can. I already have the plot planned out in my mind. Just chill!'

At this they all cheered.

'Ooo will there be any boss new characters?' Vern said looking excited.

'There may be new characters.'

'Aww cool! Will there be any romance?' Chris said sounding a little too hopeful.

Laura kept up her poker face, not wanting to give anything away.

'There may be romance.'

'Will there be any of those plot-twists and secrets revealed that you do oh-so-well?' Gordie asked intelligently.

'Plot-twists and secret revelations may be incorporated.'

Laura by this time was enjoying keeping them in suspense.

'Will Teddy get lots and lots of sex?'

'Don't get ahead of yourself there soldier, but yes, Teddy MIGHT get SOME sex! You'll just have to be patient.

'Well all this just sounds boss! So what are you waiting for woman?!' Lee said sounding uncharacteristically impatient.

'Listen guys, I really appreciate you coming all the way from…… wherever you came from, but this doesn't change the fact that I have a ton of university work to do. You guys are just gonna have to be content in knowing that it is underway and I will get the first chapter up as soon as I can.'

'Alright then' said the 5 characters sheepishly as if they had just been scolded by a teacher.

'Okay, well anyway, you guys don't have to go yet. I mean, its not everyday you get to meet the characters of your favourite book,' Laura said as she ran to close her bedroom door so they wouldn't be able to leave. 'I mean I know your just characters spawned from my imagination but I have always wanted to know if you guys….?' Laura turned around to find herself looking at a completely empty room. 'Guys?'

Had it all been her imagination? She didn't know but realised now that her mission was clear. Sighing she went back to her bed picking up her textbook and continued to take notes, this time with a ghost of a smile curving her lips.

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A.N. So there you go. I never thought i would find myself writing one of those things. haha. anyway working on the first few chapters and hopefully i will have some interested readers when i put them up... by the way it would help to know there are interested readers by kindly leaving me a lovely review (i realise there is hardly anything to review but thats beside the point :-) ). cheers, laura.