luck | harrison osterfield au

15. january

I was standing there in front of a monstrous building full of shiny windows reflecting the light from the weak sun that decided it would be nice to warm a little bit this rather chilly January day. I was hoping it was the right building. I was never good at not getting lost nevertheless the taxi driver that drove me here looked like knew what he was doing so I chose to trust him. I took a big step toward the main entrance which was an automatic door made from surprisingly more glass. When I entered the hall I felt the warm air on my cold cheeks. I unwrapped my scarf and left him hanging around my neck and approached the lady at the reception.

"Good afternoon, I am looking for Mr. Gelert. I am here because of-" I could not finish my well prepared speech when she cut me out and started talking in an excited high pitch tone.

"Kate O'Riley? Is that you?"

"Yeah, tis I." I mumbled with a bit of shock and fear in it.

"My daughter is the biggest fan of your band. Could you say hi to her in a video? It would mean the world to her." She took out her phone and had everything prepared in a minute. I did not see this coming on the other hand it was not unusual. We had a lot of young fans and were randomly meeting their parents more often than them.

"Aaah...yeah...of course, what's her name?" I asked, relief in my voice. However, I was nervous. Even if it was not my first time being recognised in public it surprised me. We were not that popular. We were seen more like the band with kindergarteners as fans.

"Maddison. Can I start recording?"

"Yeah, yeah. Hi Maddison! It's Kate from The Popsicles. I heard from your mom that you are our biggest fan. It makes me so happy to know that. Hopefully, we could meet you someday at our gig. Love you a lots. Bye." I blew a kiss into the camera. Maddison's mom looked satisfied with the results which made me feel warm inside although I was hoping she would tell me the direction I asked for.

"Look, somebody famous is here. Can I get a selfie, too?" A man's voice asked from behind me. I turned around to see who it was when I saw a familiar face.

"Harrison? Blimey. What?" Before I could say anything else I was pulled into a tight hug. I felt his cold coat on my cheeks and he smelled exactly like he did at the New Year's party. I did not know what kind of perfume he used but it smelled like Christmas to me. He was wearing an all black outfit. A black coat with black scarf and a black hat. It was a nice contrast with his blonde hair. I pulled out of the hug and we both wanted to say something when the receptionist started talking in our direction.

"Where did you want to go?"

"To Mr. Gellert." We both informed her at the same time. She gave us an amused look.

"I guess you are both going to the same place. It's on the fourth floor, second door on the left. He has a star on his door. You cannot miss it. Have a nice day." We thanked her and made our way to the lift. It was smaller than I expected. They had to save money on this part for sure. I pressed the button. The lift started moving upward. Just when I turned to Harrison to say something witty and funny, he said without taking his eyes off the door right in front of us.

"And yeah, uh, congratulations on your role. I guess we will be work mates from now on. You know I am actually kinda glad that I met you here. I may or may not get lost on my way here." He confessed and looked at me with a soft smile playing on his lips. He was cute like this I had to admit. My expression softened as well and I managed to congratulate him before we arrived on the fourth floor.

"Should we knock?" I asked, looking at the door with a star and a name Richard Gellert written on them. Harrison just shrugged his arms in a 'i don't know' motion. After a while of hesitation I collected all my courage to knock on them. Once I did it we heard footsteps behind them and a man in his thirties opened the door.