⤷ the one in which the quiet girl and the dorky new guy fall for each other and sing more than a few times along the way.
♫ [s2-s6] [sam evans] ♫
published: 09.18.2020
completed: 05.21.2023
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hiya guys!!
woke up this morning a lil' (more like very) emotional because it's officially been one year since i published the very first chapter of butterflies.
it's been a long time since i've written a fanfiction that made me this happy. high school was really rough for me and had even more of a mental impact on me than i realized, which is something that i've been figuring out more and more as i've been off at college. writing and wattpad was often my escape, especially during my first two years. i, however, suffered from a lot of writers block my last two years of high school, so i put out fanfictions that i liked, but necessarily wasn't proud of.
then a fun little thing that you might've heard of called covid-19 happened.
as my senior year was getting cut hilariously short and i holing up even more in my bedroom, i started rewatching glee, a show that i first watched back in my sophomore year and loved. it had been a while since i watched it, but i fell back in love with it again. then i started reading a bunch of sam evans fanfics, and then i started getting the idea that maybe...just maybe...i could write my own.
and then that brings me to exactly a year ago today!! i published the first chapter of butterflies, feeling incredibly nervous as i hoped that people would love keilani and the relationship i created with her and sam. i felt worried that people wouldn't like that i added keanu and naia (which is stupid bc those two are the Best but i'm a Very Nervous person). i just worried that maybe i shouldn't have published it, and no one was going to read it besides me.
i'm not the best at putting how i feel into words, but i cannot thank you all enough for all the reads, comments, votes, and love you've shown me over the past year. it makes me so so happy every time i see that you guys love a certain moment or a funny line or just love keilani and sam being absolute dorks together. i'm so happy you love them just as much as i do.
this book is coming closer to the end as we approach s5 and s6, especially since i plan on not writing every single episode coming forward. i plan on writing a s1 prequel book for keilani, but i'm already emotional at the thought of saying goodbye to my favorite dweebs.
again, i can't thank you all enough for the love you've shown this book and me over the past year. i really hope you guys enjoy this book as much as i do going forward. i love you all so so much!!
