Ara logged in to her IM, not expecting anyone to be on cause it was like 2am in the morning in America and 10am in London. Ara loved being back home in London for a vacation from Motocross and Skateboarding. But, all her friends were in the U.S working on stuff. She minimized her IM and started surfing the net. An IM window popped up with an ID she didn't know.
Vilo: Hi
Ara checked the email. She didn't recognize it either.
BabyLondon: Um, Hi.
Vilo: ASL?
BabyLondon: 30/F/UK Urs?
Vilo: 32/M/Finland
BabyLondon: How'd you get my IM?
Ara waited for the reply. As she did she got a soda and turned on some music.
Vilo: I was just messing around and your ID was valid. So…uh yeah.
BabyLondon: Okay, Cool.
Vilo: What's your name?
BabyLondon: Ara.
Vilo: I'm Ville. Do you have a pic?
Ara rolled her eyes. "God, I hope this isn't a crazy ass motor fan or skate rat." Ara mumbled to herself.
BabyLondon: You go first.
Vilo: Ok.
The picture loaded and Ara spit out her soda. She rushed cleaning it off the keyboard.
Vilo: You okay, Darlin'? I'm not that ugly, am I? Lol
Ara sat back down. She shook alittle with nervousness.
BabyLondon: No…no! It's just….
Ville smiled. For some reason the reaction of this young lady made him more intrested in her.
Vilo: Just what?
BabyLondon: Your Ville Valo. The lead singer of HIM. The greatest band ever!!
Ville laughed.
Vilo: Eh…we're okay. But, can I see you now?
Ara giggled. "This gonna be fun. Two celebs in Europe IMing eachother."
The picture window on Ville's Laptop popped up showing a girl with long black hair, Icy blue eyes and lips red like wine. She had her hand in the form of a peace sign showing the tattoo sleeve on her arm. All around she was a breath taking women. But, Ville knew, he should know her face. It was so familiar it hurt.
Vilo: What is you last name?
BabyLondon: Callaway.
Ville put her name in the Google search engine. "Oh my god!" He yelled startling his bandmates.
Vilo: You're the pro Skater/Motocross racer/Snow Border?
BabyLondon: That's me.
Ville took a few deep breaths before contiuning.
Vilo: I'm a HUGE fan of yours. I was at ur last Skate Demo in '08.
Ara blushed. "Ville Valo is my fan." She sqweeked.
BabyLondon: Why, thank you. I'm also a Fan of yours. Which is ironic.
Vilo: Why is it ironic?
BabyLondon: Cause I'm listening to your song 'Rip out the wings of a Butterfly'.
Ville laughed.
Vilo: That's cool. What are you doing right now, besides talking to me? I heard about your injury to your leg, last Sunday in Buffalo. I also watched the video. It looked like it hurt like fucking hell.
Ara winced at his last IM.
BabyLondon: Damn, you saw that?
Vilo: Yeah. :)
BabyLondon: Fuck. It did hurt pretty badly. But, I'll survive. I'm just relaxing at home here in London. Kinda nice, though. First time in three years, I've been in my house. So, I get to let the maid have a break and give myself a chance to be normal and alone for a bit.
Vilo: Always nice to feel human. Lol! You haven't been home in three years? Wow. You've been working really hard. When do you think you'll get going again?
Ara sat back and thought about his question. It was a question everyone was asking her since her fall off the world's largest Motocross ramp Sunday. A question she never replied to cause she didn't know if she wanted to go back. She was so set for the rest of her life that all she had to do was breathe.
Vilo: Sill there, Ara?
BabyLondon: Yeah.
BabyLondon: They are expecting it to take at least four months for my leg to heal completely. And I was thinking of taking about a year or so off. Just to be myself and cruise in the slow line a while. I've been going for three years none stop and in the three years, maybe slept an hour a night. I just want normal back in my vocab. You know?
Ville nodded. He totally understood. He had been going and going for the past seven months with little breaks here and there. Not as intense as Ara's, but close.
Vilo: I understand. I'm in Finland, right now, doing a few winter festivals with the band. And the only place I want to be right now is in bed.
BabyLondon: You're not that far. Still, in the same country. Hahaha!
Vilo: That's true. Very true.
BabyLondon: They I got to go to rehab. I'll be back in like two hours.
Ville took a picture of himself and sent it to her.
Ara opened the file and laughed. His green eyes were wide and sad and his lower lip was puffed out.
BabyLondon: Awe, poor baby.
Vilo: Lol. Okay I'll talk to you in 2 hours.
BabyLondon: Okay, Bye bye.
Vilo: Bye.
Ara signed off and Ville waited for her to come back.
