metulji - jan peteh

Acknowledgements

It's been a while since I finished this story, so I really just want to go back and say thank you. Thanks to every reader who believed in the story, to everyone who ever voted for a chapter or left a comment. I seriously cannot thank you all enough - you gave me the motivation to continue writing and give Jan and Lilia their happy ending.

Tying up loose ends...

For the characters who you met a couple of times, but never found out what truly happened to them.

Sanjay is still a huge Joker Out fan, maybe even more so after Jan and Lilia worked things out. He even managed to get onto the guestlist for their next Novi Sad concert, and hasn't shut up about it since.

Ocean never reached out to Sanjay or Lilia again, something that the pair of them were very happy about. It turns out that the news of her getting excluded from the shoot passed around the Liverpool industry fairly quickly, and to this day she is still unable to get any gigs because of it.

Belle, Kat, and Val are still friends with Lilia - they have an instagram group chat together. When they found out the real reason for Lilia's trip to the concert, they freaked out in excitement for her. They have plans to meet at future concerts, and, once Lilia returns home to England, they have decided to go out into the city together.

References...

Here's some fun things you might not have noticed through the book - I was sure to slip in some references all the way through...

Character Names

All of the side characters' names are inspired by Joker Out songs!

Belle + Sanjay - Bele Sanje
Kat - Katrina
Val - Novi Val
Ocean - Barve Oceana

Cha Cha Cha

The first two chapters are essentially a Cha Cha Cha reference - using piña coladas to get drunk, and essentially downing them until Lilia was absolutely gone.

My other work...

If you're still interested in my work beyond this book, I'm currently in the process of writing a book based on Jan's life after Metulji. It's told from his POV, and aims to be a short novella about an argument among Joker Out.

It's called Padam, and the first 5 main story chapters, and the first chapter of the side story, are out right now.

Although I'm not going to class it as a sequel to Metulji, Lilia does feature in the story quite a lot, so if you feel like you're going to miss her as a character, why not give it a try?

Letting the butterflies go...

I hope that this book was everything you imagined it to be. Thank you so much for coming back for this last chapter, and I really hope this isn't the last time we see each other.

-barveoceana