Hey ben28 here, sorry it took so long to update this story, I've been busy working on my other stories, I even got a head start on a story that comes out in September which is great! Speaking of which, at the end of this chapter I have some very important info on my future stories including this one. I had a public update/trailer posted but since then things have changed. Anyways I don't own anything except Susan.
"You're sure about this Maya?" "I've made up my mind Riley, so let's get started." It had been a week since the talent show. The hype for me winning wore off so I decided it was time to make another video. Susan and Riley showed up to help me get ready. They even help me pick out a song to sing. But Riley still seemed a little bit concerned about me doing this. "I just don't want you to get hurt that's all." "Riley how can she get hurt from a music video?" Susan pointed out. "Well what if no one watches it, or people do watch it and they think she's bad, or what if-" "Riley!" I stopped her mid-sentence. "There is nothing to worry about. No matter what happens I'll be fine, ok?"
So after that little pow-wow we were ready to start. We got the camera set up, we got my lamp set up in a way that it gave us a little extra light, I even put a blanket up behind me to give me a background. We were ready to push play on the camera. Susan had the camera. "Okay" she started, "Three... two... one... go!" She pushed play and I was on "Hi my name is Maya Hart, and I'm going to do a rendition of 'dark horse' by Katy Perry."
Three minutes later...
"Thank you for watching, and I'll see you later." "And cut! That was awesome!" Sarah proclaimed. "Now let's get this on YouTube and see how they react!" "Wait!" Riley quickly said. "Don't you think it's a bad idea to just put this online?" "You're right Riley!" I answered back. "We should make more than one and put them on once a day!" Susan jump up when I said that. "I love that idea! Good thinking Riley!" I don't think that was what she meant, but she went with it.
An hour and a half later we had made sixteen more videos, each one different than the other. But they all were in the same genre. "Well this was fun, but I got to get home. See you guys later." "Bye Susan, see you tomorrow!" I yelled out at her as she left. "So Maya, now that that's over, you wanna do something? "You know I would, but I think I should rest my voice for a little while. Not used to singing that much." "Okay, I understand. Do you wanna just watch a movie and not talk?" "Sure but no musicals."
Two weeks later...
The videos have been a big hit. Most of them would get around 100,000 views each. It may seem a lot, but not as much as my first video. Every other day I'd get someone in school come over and ask for like a picture with them or a autograph. It's kinda nice you know. Being popular, I'm not a snob like Missy Bradford or anything, it just feels nice to be the center of attention every once and a while. Call it being a snob, I call it being a celebrity.
Three days later...
"You think this is fun don't you?" Missy must of cracked or something because here she is confronting me in the cafeteria. "Do you even know what you're doing?" "If I'm making you angry, then I must be doing something." "The glee club sent me, they still want you to join." "And what do you want Missy?" "I want you to stop Posting Videos." "Well since I ran out of videos to post, you get your wish." I started going to a table when she grab my shoulder and turned me around to see her. "Glee club, is having it with me. Lexi, our club leader, is always looking for new people to bring up popularity for the club, and the one person she wants right now, is you." "I told you, I'm not interested." "That's the problem, you're getting so popular online that right now, she doesn't care. You think I'm a bulldozer, Lexi is like a stick of dynamite! She will blow up anything in her way to get what she wants! She's a total diva like that. And right now, she wants you on the glee club."
"So?" "So, if you keep saying no, she's gonna do anything to get you to say yes. She'll bribe you, make it so your the center of attention next to her, she'll even blackmail you to get her way. You need to say yes, now." "If I say yes, then wouldn't she win?" "That's one way of putting it yeah she would." "Look I, somehow appreciate the warning, but my answer is still no. But thank you for the warning, I think."
"Fine, but don't come running to me when she comes for you." And with that, she went on her way. Riley came up to me "What was that about?" "Nothing." I responded. "At least, not now." I couldn't help but wonder if what Missy said, was true...
Teen drama, wasn't sure if I needed to bring it in, but you won't have to worry about it for long. Anyways moving on to the updates. First, us the two stories I have going right now: Riley's diary, and Maya's big break. Riley's diary is still going, just need to work on more entries. As for this story, I'm going to add a few more chapters in before the summer. Then I'll end this story and continue it in the beginning of fall with a sequel.
Now for the stories in progress. I had a idea for a story called 'THE ROOM', yeah I ended up thinking it wasn't a good idea. So besides killing one story, I had planned to make a one shot around Auggie, I decided to turn it into a mini series about him being born and what Riley thought of him in the beginning. It will go for 4-6 chapters and it should start sometime in May.
Now for my next story, I'm gonna give you a little insight on why I made this decision. So during the summer, I'll be busy with a summer camp I'm going to. So I won't be able to work on anything due to how much will be happening. But I will have enough free time to upload and update a story. So I'm going to take '100 songs about us' a story that I first said would come out this month, work on it some more, and postpone it until the summer. Sorry for those of you who were waiting for it to come out this month, but with me putting the other stories on hold when summer hits, I figured I could use 100 songs as a summer story.
I'm also working on a crossover for girl meets world, but that's all I'm saying for now. But I can tell you this, it should come out in September. Other than that, I'll see you later...