FEBUARY
A young woman was sat in a taxi. She was wearing a floaty summer dress with a floral print, despite the fact that it was February, and a warm brown cardigan. She smiled as she remembered the first time she had worn the outfit she was wearing now, at LeakyCon. She grabbed a canvas bag bearing the slogan 'Totes just toted!' and thanked the taxi driver as she handed him a $5 bill and climbed out of the car. It had only been a short journey but she was tired, and wanted to get home. She had just been at the Up Comedy Club, doing a sketch show with a bunch of her friends. It was brilliant and the audience had loved it! After the show the performers had gone into the lobby to try and meet as many fans as possible.
The woman laughed to herself as she walked the short distance down the street to where she was staying as she remembered a particularly crazy fan who had asked Joe to pose with a lemon. She had been standing next to her friend Joe at the time, who had also been in the show, and had asked if she could also pose with the lemon, but the fan just looked at her and said- "That would make Lemon. No-one ships Lemon, but everyone ships Jemon! Y'know, Joe and a lemon, Jamie and a lemon… I totally ship Jemon, but JEMON! No way! Bleaurgh!" Suddenly the fan looked at her and delved into her bag. "Omideadwizardgod I almost forgot! I have a letter for you! It's from a girl who is absolutely in love with you but she lives in Holland so obviously she couldn't make it. Here you go!" The girl handed her a letter. "Thanks!" She had replied. "I'm gonna put it in my bag and read it when I get home, say hi to your friend for me!" After that she had moved onto another fan.
The woman dropped her bag full of tokens from the fans onto the ground and knelt down, trying to find her keys in yellowish glow of the streetlight. She pulled out the envelope the fan had given her earlier and saw her unicorn keyring underneath. She pulled at it and her bundle of keys came jangling out from underneath a tin filled with homemade gluten free treats. She straightened up, found the front door key, pushed open the door and grabbed her bag before stepping inside and kicking the door closed behind her. After slipping off her converse and leaving them and the tote bag in the middle of the hall, she made her way through to the living room, carrying the envelope. As she sat down on the worn sofa, a voice greeted her. "Hey Lo! How was it?"
Lauren looked up to see Julia sat with a mug of cocoa with her laptop on her knee, typing a post for . "Hey Juls. It was awesome! They loved it! We might add a few more sketches in for next week, but we'll talk about it on Monday. Also, I got cookies! And someone took a picture of Joe with a lemon!" Julia laughed. "Those fans are the best!"
Lauren smiled and crossed her legs on the sofa, then looked at the letter in her hand. There was a return address on it, The Netherlands. It amazed her that there was someone that far away who wanted to write to her. She opened it and started reading…
5 MINUTES LATER
Lauren slipped the letter into her keepsake folder, a place where she put everything the fans had given her. She smiled, and remembered the show from the week before. Afterwards, a boy had asked her to say hello to someone called Nikki. He had mentioned that she was from Holland. Could it be the same girl that had written to her? She grabbed a notepad and pen, and started writing.