Disclaimer: the only character in this fiction that I own is Katie.
Author's Note: long ago I saw a movie called The Purple Rose of Cairo. Now I just got the idea of adapting the idea of the movie to our days. It can have some comic situations. „What happens when your favourite movie character walks right into your life?"
THE GREEN CODE OF LOVE
CHAPTER 1: Over and over again
She put the DVD into the player and pressed the „Play" button, then she made herself comfortable in her armchair. She would watch a movie which she had seen countless times before, The Matrix Reloaded.
Katie had always been a lonely person. Ever since she was a child, she didn't have many friends, so she took refuge in movies. Movies had become her friends, she would find in them a world of dreams. She never missed a new movie, she would go to the cinema to see every release, and if she liked the movie, she would go back to watch it again as often as possible.
When she got a job, she didn't have the time to go to the cinema as often as she did before. She would only go to the premieres, then she would buy the DVD if she wanted to see the movie again.
When The Matrix was released she had went to see it… and she loved it. She loved it because she discovered what a good actor Keanu Reeves could be. And she loved it because she loved the type of hero that Neo was. She loved his love story with Trinity. She wished she could meet a love so great to defy death. He became her ideal man, her knight in shiny armor.
When the sequels were released, she had watched with much excitement. The three movies became her favorites. She would watch them more often than she had ever watched a movie before.
Tonight she was sad. That day, her heart got broken. She had seen the man she secretly loved with another woman, and she wondered if she would ever be loved. That is why she chose to watch Reloaded again. She wanted to watch the moments where Neo's feelings for Trinity were put into serious jeopardy, but he didn't give up on his love. She wanted so much to find a man that would love her like that.
She watched the movie and she sobbed at thinking herself so misfortunate.
The action unraveled quick before her eyes.
On the screen she could see Neo, Trinity and Morpheus in the Merovingian's club. She knew that she would see the scene where Neo kisses Persephone. That day, she understood better than ever what Trinity felt when seeing the man she loved kissing another woman.
Katie watched as Neo took of his glasses, then… no… she must have imagined it… she thought she saw Neo look at her!
Maybe it was because of the tears she had in her eyes. She wiped away her tears and looked at the screen again. Could that be? Almost a minute had passed but Neo did not stir a muscle, he was still looking at her. She got up from the armchair, approaching the DVD player, thinking the disc might be jammed inside. But as she approached she could hear and she could SEE him talk… to HER:
"Hi!"
"Hi!" she whispered with amazement.
"I've seen you before, many times, but you were never so sad!" Neo continued, while Trinity, Morpheus and Persephone gazed at him with amazement.
"I…" Katie tried replying, moving backwards towards her armchair, as she felt her knees trembling.
"How can you…? I'm dreaming, right? I have to wake up!" she barely found the strength to whisper.
"You're not dreaming" was the last she heard Neo saying, as he began changing into green code and just disappearing off the screen,
"Where did he go? Neo, what are you doing? Come back this instant, we have a movie to finish!" Trinity shouted in a harsh voice.
"Neo, this is not funny! The One should not vanish like that!" Morpheus replied.
Katie looked at the screen, not understanding a thing that happened. But as she gazed, she thought she saw a green small light flicker between her and the TV. She rubbed her eyes to chase the optical illusion away.
But it didn't go away. Green code began dropping from mid-air. First just few lines, then more and more, into the shape of a man, until Neo appeared, standing right in front of her.
"Much better!" he said.
But Katie couldn't reply as she passed out from the shock of seeing him.
TBC