𝙵𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎

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𝙵𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎

"Good morning Jersey." my parents say in sync.
,,Morning." I say and push the chair, sit on it, put pancakes on the plate and pour lots of maple syrup over them.
"Old Jersey, how can you eat your pancakes like that?" Paddy makes choking noises.
"Well, I just like it, if it disgusts you, don't look." I shrug my shoulders.
"How's your book Princess going?" Dad asks me.
"I'm just not making any progress," I say honestly. "It's like I have a blockage."
"You'll manage, love." Mom says and hands me a cup of coffee. I take it gratefully and drink from it.

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I've been sitting in front of my laptop for a solid 2 hours and the only thing I've typed is  𝙼𝚢 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝. I look at it and I'm confused as to why I wrote those two words, I look at the clock on my phone and it's only 8pm. After breakfast I cleaned up my room and watched a movie and tried to take notes on my book afterwards but my head just doesn't do anything in there. I have been a successful writer for three years, my assistant April, who has also become my best friend, saw me in a cafe here in London and when I went to the toilet and left my things on the table and came back she spoke to me and said that my manuscript was really very good and that she would like to send it to a publisher if I was interested and since that day April became my assistant and best friend. My phone buzzes, I look at it, it's a message from April.

𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹: 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀.
𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻: 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝘀.

𝗠𝗲: 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘁. 😩 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼.

I wait for her to text but the only thing she sends me is a middle finger emoji. I grin and throw my phone next to me.
"Hey Princess." My dad grabs a water bottle from the fridge.
"Hey Dad." I look at my laptop.
"Aren't you making progress?" he asks.
I shake my head. "It's like there's nothing in my head and I don't know how to continue writing the second volume." I explain.
"You can do it Princess, maybe just read your book again." he suggests.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to re-read my own book, maybe then I'll know how to continue writing.
"Thanks Dad." I smile.
He kisses my head and goes out of the kitchen. I look at my laptop again, close it, go up to my room, grab my book because I wrote it myself, I know my characters well and take my old notebook, I leaf through everything and learn my new notebook notes. As I was gathering new ideas, I went into the kitchen with my book, old and new notebook and started tapping the keys on my laptop.
The last time I looked at the clock it was just before midnight, now it's 2am.
"And did you make good progress?" My mother's voice startled me, I sat in the kitchen in the dark, the only light was the screen of my laptop.
"You scared me, Mom." I clutch my chest. "Yes, I've written 20 chapters."
She nods in her left hand, she holds a water bottle, she comes to me and kisses my head.
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