Hello people! :) I decided to put Envy back up as so many people have been asking me where it went... honestly... I had quite a nasty email from the website saying that i'd somehow 'violated' their terms and conditions.. even though i hadn't! and that people had reported my story.. so I wasn't a happy cookie!
So with a little editing i've decided to re-post it :)
Please don't report it, it's just a fanfic story about my Idol Seth MacFarlane, there's no copyright or anything that needs to be reported. It's a pride and joy of mine and i really don't want it to be removed again!
Happy Reading! :D

"Rose? Rose come on open the door!" Rose finally looked up from her drawings and realised that somebody had been knocking on her door. "Just a sec" she croaked out as she moved all of the screwed up pieces of paper and freed herself from the table. She quickly opened the door to find her best friend Harriet on the other end holding two bags of food.

"Oh hey remember me? Your best friend?"

"Sorry Haz" Rose said stepping aside to let Harriet into her room. Harriet looked around and saw all of the balled up paper "Another assignment?" is all she said setting the bags of food down on a free space in the kitchen.

"How'd you guess?" Rose replied sorting her papers out making sure none of them got mixed up.

Rose Daniels was currently studying film animation down at California state university in Los Angeles. It was her second year down there and her assignments were gradually getting tougher and tougher. But she never complained; she'd loved to draw since she was 5 and would never stop.

Standing at 5 foot 10, weighing about 120 pounds and having the grand age of 22, Rose was just a normal average young woman ploughing through life. People always described Rose as 'Different' and she couldn't really argue with that, with waste length red fiery hair and baby blue eyes she could definitely stand out in a crowd. Her music taste varied really, from Country music, to old 50's and 60's music, to classical to even punk rock. Rose would listen to anything and it'd always make her happy, life without music would be boring.

Rose could never quite figure out how her best friend Harriet came to like her so much, with Harriet being the complete opposite of Rose. Harriet had blonde curly hair and a stereotypical slim body, and was into chasing boys and getting her heart broken, one night stands; partying, clubs and a whole lot more. She'd never smoked or done drugs before which made Rose proud. Being the complete opposite of each other made them stronger as best friends. They could tell each other anything and share their deepest darkest secrets and not judge each other.

"Man these things look hard" Harriet said as she set Rose's plate down on the table, casually admiring her storyboards.

"Tell me about it" Rose replied with a yawn making Harriet frown.

"You not get any sleep?"

"No" Rose grumbled as she dug into her breakfast.

"Rose you know that's not healthy"

"I know but these need to be finished"

"When's the deadline?"

"Next Friday"

"But that's ages away! Rose it's only Wednesday of this week"

"I know but they need to get finished because he's giving us another project soon"

"Yikes, why'd you take that course in the first place?"

"Because I love animation, you must know that by now"

"Yes I do know... that picture of me still stands proudly in the lounge at Uni" Harriet frowned at that, Rose had drew a goofy picture of Harriet one day just for a laugh. But one of their guy friends Justin had found it when he came over one night, he'd found it so funny he hung it up in the Uni lounge where everybody could see it. At first it got a lot of attention giving Harriet some heat but soon people just accepted it and moved on.

"Sorry" Rose mumbled and then smirked as she remembered it.

"Oh come on Rose it wasn't funny!"

"It so was" Rose replied with a laugh making Harriet frown but then smile, Rose's laugh was too infectious. "So what do you plan to do today with our day off?" Harriet asked changing the subject.

"Hmm well I suppose I better get this finished, what about you?"

"I've got a date"

"Another one?" Rose asked surprised at her friend. Harriet had always been chased around by boys since being at Uni, all asking her out on dates. Yet Rose hadn't been asked out once, there was nothing wrong with her though, she'd been called beautiful by many people, but she just hadn't found the right guy yet.

"Yeah, you sound surprised" Harriet replied as she messed with her food on the plate.

"Well I am really"

"Why?"

"Didn't you just break up with Matt on Sunday?"

"That wasn't anything serious, but Josh is just amazing"

"Josh Thompson?" Rose asked raising an eyebrow, "Head of the baseball team Josh?"

"Yes"

"Oh, well go you" Rose smiled widely at her friend making Harriet smile back. "I'm so excited about it, he's so amazing" Harriet continue to ramble and Rose just sighed. She could see straight through Josh, he was a player and only after one thing but Harriet and the rest of the girls in Uni couldn't see that. Rose had never had a boyfriend before, but her mama had raised her to know what was right from wrong in a guy.

"Just be careful ok Haz?"

"Of course I will Rose" Harriet replied giving Rose's hand a squeeze.

"Anyway babe I better get moving, I need my nails done"

"Okay"

"Wanna come with?"

"Nah I've gotta get this done"

"Okay then, just give me a ring if you change your mind or if you need anything"

"Thanks"

"Love ya"

"Love you too Haz" then Rose smiled as Harriet put her plate in the sink and left the room. Rose just shook her head and smiled, Harriet knew everything about beauty and was always giving Rose tips and advice on things. She'd taken health and beauty for her first year at uni but Harriet felt she was too smart for the class and dropped out, then settled for an English degree instead, and was actually doing pretty well. Although she'd always leave her assignments till the last minute and then somehow persuade the professor into giving her some more time. It was just how Harriet was, and Rose had just learnt to accept and love her just the way she was.

"Oh my god this boy was so cute and he smiled at me and everything" Rose just had to make noises as Harriet continued blabbering away down the phone. It was a thing Harriet did often, just call Rose whenever she felt like it to tell her about this boy she liked or who was looking at her. Harriet did have a reputation of being an 'All about me' type of girl but Rose just ignored it. Of course she smiled and nodded whenever Harriet spoke and gave her advice when she needed it, but she never let it bother her. There was no envy or jealously between them, both girls were beautiful in their own way.

"Maybe he liked you too" Rose replied as she tried to cradle the phone between her ear and shoulder, so she could still draw and hold the paper still.

"Oh my god you think so!? Maybe I should ask him out?"

"You do remember your date with Josh tonight don't you?"

"Yeah why?"

"Nothing it's just if all goes well, you could start a relationship with him"

"Oh yeah… never thought about that"

"Exactly"

"Anyway how is the drawing coming along?"

"Not too badly now, just got one more storyboard page to complete and it's finished until next week"

"That's good Rose"

"Thanks"

"You up to anything else after that?"

"I was just gonna check my emails, see if there's one from my dad"

"Cool, after that you wanna come meet me down at the mall?" Harriet sounded a little pleading and Rose smiled, "Let me guess, you need my opinion on what to wear for tonight?"

"Damn how'd you guess?"

"It's just a thing I've picked up on"

Harriet laughed and said "Okay you caught me, anyway come and meet me around 12ish and we can go get some lunch"

"You eat non-stop and stay so thin!"

"I know"

"That is one thing I envy" Rose laughed along with Harriet and then said "Okay I'll meet you in a bit"

"Excellent! Later chick"

"Later Haz" Rose then put her phone back in her pocket and continued focusing on her drawings. She only had one more to do and then she was finished.

Rose had been drawing sketches for her own cartoon show for years, but was always too afraid to send it out to different companies. She'd drawn most of it and recorded the voices of the characters on a disk; she just needed to animate it somehow and then send it off, but couldn't face being rejected. She knew it sounded dumb as her mama had always said that sometimes in life you need to lose in order to grow stronger, but rejection always upset Rose.

It was probably because of her dad leaving at such a young age that she became to fear rejection, her parents split up when she was only 4 and she remembered her dad's cold words before he left, "Daddy doesn't want you anymore, you were a bad daughter, daddy's leaving because of you" those words haunted Rose for years and years and she could still get a chill from them to this very day.

Bringing up the past was always difficult for Rose; she'd had a hard upbringing and was surprised she turned out normal. When her dad left her mama turned to drink and always blamed Rose for his leaving, beating her with a belt and calling her all kinds of foul names.

Rose hated it and felt like she was living in a nightmare, but as she grew up her mama began to ease off. She broke down in tears one day when Rose was 15 and apologised for everything that had happened for the last 10 years. Rose was too afraid to say anything; the scars on her body would stay with her forever as would all of the memories of the beatings that caused them. Rose would always listen to her mama and do as she said, but would never look her in the eye or ask for anything in case she got beaten again. Which is why Rose was grateful when she turned 18 and finished High school so she could move out and live on her own.

At first things were tough, finding a good place to stay but she soon enrolled into a small college, which focused on animation for beginners. She enjoyed that so much she enrolled further and soon found herself in University studying her favourite subject to focus on getting a job for the future. Everything turned out for the better in the end, so Rose just focused on the happy things in life and not the past.

"Finished!" Rose said happily as she put her pencil down and rubbed her eyes. Another assignment out the way…until her professor dumped another one in front of her tomorrow. She stretched in her chair before gathering up her papers carefully and in order so she could bind them together so they wouldn't get muddled up. Then she packed it away in her bag and put all of her pens and pencils back where they belonged.

Rose then looked at the clock and groaned, it was heading up to midday and she had to meet Harriet down at the mall to be dragged around every clothes shop. Until Harriet found the perfect dress, she'd shop everywhere until she found it and was completely satisfied. Rose always thought she was energetic, but nobody could compare to Harriet's crazy energy when it came to clothes shopping.

"Best check my emails now then," Rose mumbled to herself as she waited for her computer to load up, it was the slowest and oldest computer in the world! But it was all she could afford and at least she had managed to set up wireless Internet causing some other flatmates to be jealous.

Rose lived on campus at the Uni as she couldn't afford a fancy apartment up the street. Harriet had managed to worm her way into living in a proper apartment further up the street, with some of her other girlfriends but always came to visit Rose nearly every hour of every day. Rose didn't mind living in her little room; it had everything she needed and more. She'd made some good friends and they always got together a couple of times a month to go out for a drink.

"Eugh finally" Rose grumbled as her computer finally finished loading so she could open up her emails. Most of it was junk really, nothing from her dad, she wasn't surprised really, and he barely spoke to her nowadays anyway. He'd tried to get in contact with her when she turned 18 but Rose wanted nothing to do with him, but when her mama told her she should try and bond with him she couldn't say no without that fear again.

So she tried to keep in contact with him and talk about her life, but he was too interested in bragging about his new family in Hawaii. A new perfect wife and 2 new children, great… now Rose had a stepsister and a stepbrother she'd never see!

"Nothing from 'dear old dad'… what a shame" Rose grumbled to herself as she browsed through her emails and sighed. But then she came across her monthly annual newsletter from Family Guy. She'd signed up to their official website for news and updates on new series etc. So she opened it and looked through it and then spotted their article about a competition to meet and greet the cast:

Calling all Family Guy fans!

Ever had dreams about meeting Seth MacFarlane? Well now's your chance!

How would YOU like to take a tour of the studio where Family Guy is created? Meet and greet the cast and then spend a magical evening filled with fun and laughter watching Family Guy the Musical? If that interests you then enter our competition now! Just write a 1000 word essay on why we should pick you and then you and a friend of yours will be whisked away to be taken to the studios for a fun filled afternoon followed by an even better evening!

Don't miss out on this great competition, enter NOW!

"Oh wow that's amazing!" Rose nearly squealed as she clicked on the website after reading all of the small details. The deadline for the competition ended tonight and then the winner would be announced Friday evening. She had to start writing out her essay now! She couldn't care less if she'd be late meeting Harriet; she had to enter this competition!

"Okay Rose just calm down" she said to herself breathing in and out deeply, she was getting giddy and excited but she needed to focus in order to write out a perfect essay. But all that came to mind was "I love Seth MacFarlane!" but that wasn't a good thing to write.

Seth MacFarlane had been her idol for years; she'd followed him throughout his career, through working for Hannah Barbera, to his acting career on Star trek, The War at Home and Gilmore girls, to the present time where he was creating Family Guy, American Dad and his third pride and joy, the Cleveland Show. He was her inspiration for getting involved in Animation and pursuing her dreams of being a future producer of her own Television cartoon. She worshipped the ground that man walked on and had nothing but love and respect for him. And meeting him in person would be the best thing ever, so this 1000 word essay had to be good!

"Right let's get started then!"

"Where the hell have you been!" Harriet said as she watched Rose trudging along slowly to where they were supposed to meet.

"Sorry Haz I got caught up with things"

"What things?"

"Just things"

Harriet just looked at Rose and then said "Tell me"

"I was browsing the Internet and I checked my emails and my monthly Family Guy news letter arrived"

"And…"

"And they've got a competition to meet and greet the cast!"

"Oh my god that's awesome!"

"I know!"

"Did you enter it?"

"Yeah of course! That's why I took so long"

"What did you have to do?"

"Write a thousand word essay on why I think I should be chosen"

"Well that's good because you'll certainly win!"

"How'd you know?"

"Did you talk about studying animation and how Seth is your idol?"

"Yes"

"Then it's a sure sign you'll win, they'll be looking for smart people who are serious"

"Let's hope so"

"When's the deadline for the competition?"

"Tonight"

"Wow it's a good job you checked then"

"I know it was so lucky"

"When do they announce the winner?"

"On Friday evening"

"Well we'll have to keep a good eye out for it"

"I'll probably be in so I'll keep checking"

"What do you actually win?"

"A chance to tour the studios where Family Guy is created, then they drop you back home to get changed to get ready for the show later that night"

"The show?"

"Yeah there's a big family guy musical on the night in the downtown Theatre"

"Oh wow I heard about that, tickets sold out in seconds when they were released"

"Its front row tickets plus 2 backstage passes to meet up with the cast again after the show"

"Oh man that's awesome! I so hope you win it"

"Yeah me too"

"Let's go get some food and a drink to celebrate!"

"I'm up for that!" then both girls laughed and linked arms as they walked around the mall finding a good place to eat before finding the perfect outfit for Harriet to wear on her date later tonight.

"You sure I look okay?" Harriet asked as she stood in front of Rose's mirror checking herself out for the millionth time.

"Yes you look perfect" Rose replied as she put her magazine aside to look at Harriet.

"Do you think I've got enough make-up on?"

"Yes… plenty" Rose replied looking at Harriet who was caked in make-up, "It's what men like Rose" Harriet always said to Rose. She was into the fake tan and foundation so she did look orange, but Rose just smiled and agreed with whatever she said.

"I love you Rose, you're so honest" Harriet said as she touched up her mascara in the mirror making Rose pull a face behind her which went unseen.

"I love you too Harriet and like I said, just be careful"

"I will honeybee" Harriet replied finally stepping away from the mirror to grab her purse.

"And remember if the girls are all asleep in your house you can come and crash at mine, you've got your key" Harriet shook her bag and her keys jingled "Yep I've got them"

"Good now go have a good time" Harriet hugged Rose before heading out, "Later Rosie"

"Later Hazzie" then Rose closed the door when Harriet left. Another boring night spent alone with nothing to do, "Well I could continue drawing my cartoon" Rose said to herself thoughtfully as she tapped her chin with her finger, "Might as well" then she walked into her living room area and pulled out a big box filled with her drawings. It was halfway there now and just needed to be scanned onto a computer to be animated with the voices added in. She'd have to ask the professor during the Summer holiday break if she could come in and use one of the computers with the software on it, as her computer would have a breakdown and die if she tried to install new software on it.

Rose got everything out of the box that she needed and then started drawing some sketches quickly to get back into drawing mode. She could never start drawing straight away, she needed to practise first to warm up so she wouldn't make mistakes and get frustrated.

"Another night spent inside" Rose grumbled to herself as she sharpened her pencils before using them.

When she started University she never really did fit in, there were a few people she recognised from high school but they didn't acknowledge her. So she was alone until she met Harriet, they clicked right from start and Harriet accepted Rose for who she was. But apart from Harriet and her friends down the hallway she didn't really have anybody else to speak to. At first it bothered her because Harriet would always get dates and boyfriends left, right and centre. They were basically queuing up at her door and Rose always wondered what guys saw in her, caked in make-up and wearing skirts so short she might as well just go outside in her underwear. Guys loved her yet Rose was always invisible, they weren't interested in girls like Rose who was labelled 'Different' as well as the class 'Dork'. She was smart and had a lot of things to offer, but she felt like she repelled guys.

"Best not dwell on that" Rose said as she was drawing, "If I win this family guy competition it could change my whole life" Rose smiled widely at that and stopped drawing to think about it. If she met Seth it would be incredible, he was perfect and the kinda guy she wanted as a boyfriend: Kind, caring, funny, charming and good looking. It fitted perfectly but she was definitely dreaming and kidding herself if she could ever be with him. She was 22 and he was 30, he was rich and she was struggling to make ends meet with bills and looking for her own apartment. They were complete opposites when she thought about it, "But like they say, opposites attract" Rose smiled to herself again and shook her head, "Man am I crazy" then she continued to draw pictures for her cartoon whilst daydreaming about Seth and being the future Mrs MacFarlane.

"Rosie seriously, refreshing the page every minute isn't going to help" Harriet said as she watched her friend refresh her email page again and again and again. "It might" is all Rose replied as she looked at her emails. It had been 2 days since the competition closed and they were announcing the winner tonight. She was excited and was keeping an eye out every few minutes; it was driving Harriet crazy so she was glad she had another date.

"Honeybee you really need to step away from the screen" Rose mumbled a reply and Harriet frowned, "Just relax okay, watch some TV or even go outside for a walk to get some air" Rose then turned around and looked at Harriet like Christmas had been cancelled, go outside? And leave her computer? Nooooo!

"I can't leave my computer"

"And why not?"

"Because I might miss the email!"

"Yeah that would be tragic wouldn't it" Rose just snarled at Harriet as a response getting her to smile, "You're so childish when you do that. It'll only be a couple of minutes just to get some air. Do I have to drag you?"

"You wouldn't dare"

"Course not I'd break my nails and crease my outfit"

"How's it going with Josh then?"

"Awesome! He's just so perfect"

"How far have you gone with him?" Harriet had a reputation when dating for going too fast and jumping into bed on the first date.

"We're going slow"

"That's good I'm proud of you Haz"

"Well I listened to your advice and decided to try things differently this time and if he can't stand it then he can get lost"

"Wow I'm happy for you Haz, I'm proud that you're being so strong"

"Thanks" Harriet replied with a smile and then she said "Come on Rose, just a small walk around before Josh comes to meet me at 7pm?"

"Okay then" Rose said with a sigh as she hesitantly left her computer to go for a stroll around outside for a stroll.

Rose got back from her walk with Harriet and quickly went over to her computer and refreshed the page, but nothing had changed. No new emails since she'd left. "Eugh that's soo not far!" Rose whined as she ran a hand through her hair and went over to her couch to sulk. Some other lucky bitch had probably won it and was probably gonna scream down Seth's ear rather than speak to him about art and animation.

"Lucky bitch" Rose mumbled as she switched the TV on to pass the time away. She was bored out of her mind and didn't have Harriet here to bug; she was on another date with Josh. He was just a no good player but Harriet couldn't see that and just floated around on a cloud. And if it all fell to pieces, Rose would be the one picking up the pieces and being Harriet's shoulder to cry on. Rose just sighed and continued watching the crap on the TV to make the time go quicker.

It reached around midnight when Rose suddenly woke from fear; she'd had another one of her horrid nightmares about her mama beating her. It was painful and heartbreaking to go through, especially getting flashbacks of it. Rose rubbed her eyes from the sleep and had to squint as the light from her computer lit the room up. The TV was still on but she switched it off with the remote and went over to the computer to close it down. But she thought for one last time she'd refresh the page to see if anything new had arrived in her inbox. So she clicked the refresh button and was stunned when she saw that she had 1 new email from the Family Guy website.

"Probably a rejection" Rose mumbled to herself as she sat herself down in her chair and opened the email:

Congratulations Rose Daniels!

It is indeed a pleasure to say you have won the Family Guy competition! Your essay was the best one we received and we're proud to say you have won the tickets to see Family Guy the Musical and to tour the studios!

We need you to email us your details back so we can send you the tickets and backstage passes as soon as we can. The show is on Friday 18th June in the downtown Theatre and we will arrange a limo for your transport. We can't wait to meet you!

See you there!

Spencer

Rose just stared at the screen in complete shock… she'd won? She'd actually won the competition? Oh wow… She'd WON!

"Oh my god!" she squealed happily as she got up from the chair to celebrate, "I've won! I've actually won!" then she squealed again as she searched around for her cell phone, she had to call Harriet! She flicked through her contacts and soon found Harriet and waited a while until she heard a sleepy response, "Hello?"

"Harriet! I won!"

"What?"

"I won the competition!"

"You rang me up at stupid o'clock in the morning to tell me that? Rose get a life" then Harriet hung up the phone and Rose smirked, "3, 2, 1…" then as if on cue her phone started ringing again. "OH MY GOD ARE YOU SERIOUS!" Came Harriet's voice down the phone making Rose laugh,

"Yes I'm serious!"

"You won? you actually won!"

"I know it's awesome!"

"When are we going?"

"What do you mean we?"

"Well I am your best friend"

"Yeah"

"So I should get to come"

"Alright fine" Rose held the phone away from her ear as Harriet squealed in excitement

"That's awesome thank you!"

"You're welcome Haz"

"Anyway I better go as I think I've woke the whole house up"

Rose laughed and said "Yeah same here"

"I'll swing by tomorrow and talk to you about it"

"Okay then"

"And we have to go shopping for new outfits!"

"Harriet you've got hundreds of outfits!"

"Not for something as special as this! We need to take extra care to be noticed"

"Okay fine"

"Great! It'll be the perfect girly day out"

"Sounds fun"

"It will be, anyway babe I better go"

"Okay night"

"Night honeybee" Rose threw her phone back on the couch and felt like squealing again, this was all so exiting! She'd just won a competition to go and meet her dream man! She didn't care if she'd woken up the whole building; she was going to meet Seth MacFarlane!