Hello guys. I'm sorry about this, but I'm pretty upset. Ever heard of Wattpad? Me neither. Anyways, some asshole made an account called _dOpeSwAg_01 on it and thought it would be a great idea to take my story, "Double Date From Hell", and, well, recycle it. They literally copied and pasted this story onto it and claimed it as their own. Now, I gave this person sufficient warning that if they did not credit me as the author or take down the story I would report them to the website. At first, no answer, then about two days later they gave me a shout out in an Authors Note, thanking me. Just thanking me. What for? Hell if I know. Probably for writing this so they could copy it word for word onto another website. And you know what else they said? Well, take a look. It's the first website, story entitled exactly the same as this one, and the website the super famous and award winning Wattpad.

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That's right. Apparently they were suffering from "severe writer's block". Actually, I'm the one that's been suffering from writer's block. I'm the writer.

Asking people to help out? So other people will be writing this story now. That was not my original plan. In fact, this may be "totally shocking and ridiculous", but I actually planned on writing the story... wait for it... ALL BY MYSELF *gasp*

I tried reporting this person to the Wattpad staff, but the directions and messaging system were so complicated and ridiculous that I finally just turned to you guys. Please, never copy someone's work. It's not flattering, it's sickening. It's nice that you like someone's story, but claiming it as your own shows you have zero respect for them or the time they've taken to create it. If you've even ever tried writing a story then you know how I must feel right now.

I made an account and messaged this person a few times, and now they've started ignoring me. I feel utterly helpless and I'm thinking a second Double Date From Hell that branches off after chapter 6 will start going on in some obscure part of the internet. If any of you guys have a Wattpad, maybe you could do me solid and message this person to take the story down. If you don't, create an account and just tell him/her/it/ how you feel and what thievery means to you. It's easy to make one, but at the same time I don't want any of you guys going out of your way to do this for me. This is 100% a favor, but at the same time it definitely shows your support for this story. If you don't feel like making an account, go check out the copied story if for any reason just to get really angry. Look at it before you play in a hockey game. Before watching The Super Bowl. Maybe prior to clubbing. Check it out after smoking a bowl, I don't give a crap. Just people even knowing what this person has done will make me feel better.

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here's the link to MY story. Also the link to "dope swag whatever's" page. First website, wattpad, Double Date From Hell title. If the link doesn't work, just go to the Wattpad website and search "Double Date From Hell". Trust me, you'll find it.

If you don't do any of those things that's fine with me also. Thanks for reading MY story, and I'll try my best to get Chapter 7 up as soon as possible. If there's any lesson to be learned in this, it's that copying is no bueno and originality is muy bueno.

Thanks, love you guys,

Mulberry.