Jay's POV
“You're the actual Jay Gordon…” Lloyd started.
“Yep,” I nonchalantly replied as I chat Morro.
Great, of all kids, him, Morro already told me that he's a Starfarer fan. I'd rather talk to that tainted Waverly than him.
“I can believe it, you're the—” Here we go again.
“Son of Cliff Gordon aka Fritz Donnegan aka your hero,” I continued for Lloyd not looking away from my phone. This is getting old.
“How did you—” Once again, of course. These two are always a tandem.
“It's a line that kept repeating in my life,” I answered. “So is that how-did-you-know-thing.”
“What's it like?” Lloyd begun. “Y'know to be the son of a famous celebrity?”
What do you want to know? How about the fact that I can't even step out without those vultures tailing me? Or what it feels like to have every aspect of your personal life dissected and speculated upon by complete strangers? And let's not forget the relentless pressure to maintain a flawless image, even when you're drowning in your own struggles.
Heck, that hexist is lucky that her parents never brought her to the celebrity life and can live as a normal teenager.
I never asked to be born in a famous family, more or less, be related to that man. And here's a news flash, kid: your so-called “hero” is nothing more than a womanizer. He divorced my mom and is already onto his seventh woman!
“Imagine fame as a mirror reflecting a thousand masks,” I simply responded before picking up my bag. “That's how it's like.”
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"AU-gust 2023,, (Ninjago AUs)
FanfictionJust wanna do this challenge, so that I can show the many Ninjago AUs I made, but never managed to talk about. If I didn't put any AU name, it means it has no bigger plot. Check my Tumblr acc for infos of some AUs (@emzi-148) Cross-posted on FFN & A...
