Hey! Thanx to everyone who read chapter one... I hope this chapter will be better! I need to send uber shouts to Loni and Mu-chan, thank you sooo much for reviewing! This part will explain alot of things I didn't get around to in chapter 1... so with all that in mind, please bare with me as our story starts to unfold! Gomen nasai and arigato gozenmasu! VanillaHellsing

Dear Jacob,

How is Tokyo treating you? Business must be hard, and I'm sure you're very busy. I read that you're mega-popular over there, and that one of your stories was bought and is even getting turned into a game! I'm soooo excited for you! Have you met Megumi Hayashibara or Hideki Anno or Rumiko Takahasi yet! Everything is fine over here. Heyman-san is helping me alot, and my room mate Ash is very nice. She's a famous Diva, and she has so many dates and shows and photo shoots that she's hardly ever here! You might like her wink wink! Sometimes I feel inadequate in comparison. Whenever someone knocks on our door, it's almost always for her! It's okay, though. She's really great, and isn't ever mean or snobby like I thought she'd be. She's nothing like Dawn Marie! I see her and Heyman together alot... fourtunately she hasn't been at any of our appointments! She always gives me a "go-to-hell" took when she's not ignoring me. How am I supposed to compete with that! Life on the road is a pain, but Heyman wants me to get the full experience of life with the WWE. I have yet to get a big place here... Auditions for someone like me are hard to come by! But I'm not giving up yet! Heyman says I have a future, although I don't see where I could possibly fit in with all the beauty and confidence. I guess I really am more of a backstage person. In any matter, I'm hoping to break into the business soon.
Oh well, I've taken up enough time with this letter! I just wanted you to know that I'm still breathing! Come by and visit sometime! Heyman and I haven't seen you in FOREVER and I wanna show you this place called GIMMICK! Plus, I know you're dying to meet Ash now! Write back as soon as you can, and tell me about the game development and your new story deal! I uber miss my baby cousin, you know!

Don't burn down the house,
Kat!

A/N! Hai hai, Jacob is in Japan for those of you who wonder... Megumi Hayashibara is a famous J-pop idol/Voice Actress, Hideki Anno is the genius behind the groundbreaking anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and Studio GAINAX, and Rumiko Takahashi is a mega popular manga author who wrote Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, and even more recently...Inu Yasha!

I finished writing the letter and leaned back with a sigh. It took me 2 hours to find the right words to say, and put them on paper right. But it didn't really matter... it would never sound right. I don't guess I've ever had a way with words!
"Ohhhh! Hey! You done writing that letter! You sure sighed enough!" I tried to stop her, but Ash had already taken the paper and started to read it. "Dear Jacob... blah blah blah... how are you...", she said as her eyes skimmed the page. "Oh hey! Ya mentioned me! awwww you like meeee! You know, you really shouldn't beat yourself up so much, you make me sound like a god or something!"
Ash... your perkiness is going to kill me one day...", I moaned. I usually would have been happy to joke back, but it was just one of those off days, ya know?
"Kat..." Oh no she had that grin... "You sure do mention Heyman alot... is there something you're not telling me?"
"What the hell are you talking about! Gimmie that!" I screamed as I ripped the paper from her hands... Oh shit. She was right! "I don't see what you're talking about! He-he's he's my manager, you know that!"
"Oh really... you sure are blushing alot... Kat! awwwww!", she took the paper back from me. "Ohhh Heyman-san is helping me sooooo much!", she said, mocking me. "Heyman wants to give me the 'full experience'! Ha ha haaaa! Do you think you can handle that, Kat"
"NO NO NO! Shut Up, Ash!" I lept for her, trying to get the paper back. before I knew it we were on the floor laughing and screaming and fighting. BAM BAM! Then someone pounded on the door! "What the hell is going in there?" BAM BAM! "Oh... I shoulda know it was you, spaz." I looked up to see the not-so-smiling face of Heidenreich looking down at me. "Hey spaz... could you do me a favor and shut the hell up!" I wondered what he was doing. Was he writing another poem? Was he meditating? What was he up to? "I'm ummm sorry... there was the, um, letter. and we were um...", all I could do was stammer like an idiot! NO! Not again!
"Gahhhhh! Get out of here, Jon!", Ash screamed while throwing a pillow at the doorway. Good one Ash! Get him outta here! "Whatever...", he said with a smirk on his face. "See ya later, toast!" and with that he slammed the door laughing. "Kat... what the hell was that about? Toast?", Ash had that look again. "Nothing... I just... we've met before!", no no no no... not Ash... "You've met Heidenreich! And he justlaughed? joking? him?"...luckily I was spared by my cell phone when it started ringing. I checked the ID and it was Heyman!

"j0... whatcha need?" My most casual answer.
"Kat? Hey! Are you okay?"
"Ummmm yeah! Of course... ya need me for something?"
"Well... I know something happenned yesterday, and I wanted to see if everything was alright" He was checking on me!
"Oh... that was nothing. Just an.. errrand..."
"Soooo ummm if you aren't busy I was wondering if we could make it up tonight?"
"Yeah! Great! What time do I meet you there!"
"Kat... I'm not talking about just hanging out at GIMMICK... I want to... um...take you out. You know, like normal?"
"Oh... Okay... sure! Um... what are we, I mean..."
"If you don't want to we don't..."
"I DO!" Did I say that too loud? "I mean, let's do it!"

"Great! 8:00! I can't wait to pet my kitty! Bye" and with that we hung up.
"It was him wasn't it?", Ash said. "How could you tell? Am I that readable?" "Kat. You have that big goofy grin, and you're so red you make beets look pale!" "Save it, Ash! I gotta get ready! I need make up! I need clothes! I need to drop 50 pounds! I need! Gahhhh!", I started to cry.
"Chick! Breathe! Lemme help you! I promise! In 7 hours you'll look better than me! Well, maybe not better than me, but still pretty good." And so it began. In 7 hours, I would meet Paul Heyman. So why wasn't I super excited?

Damn! This is it! I'm soooo scared! I'm not like Dawn Marie! I'm not like Ash! I'm not good enough for this! He must feel the same way... but why am I thinking of that at a time like this?
It's the final hour, and I'm ready for tonight. Am I making a big deal out of nothing? If I walk into this expecting the worst, then I won't get hurt. And maybe the end might be happier too! Find out what happens next time in Mirage! Chapter 3: There's always a first time! You may want to bring your kids, because we're makin' lemonade! Bow Chicka WowWow!