All The Things I Was Not

Chapter 1 - Suzie's Friend

FYI - the dark italicized words are Pierra's thinking to herself.

@Luke5SOS Hey.

@Luke5SOS Would love a follow. Thanks!

@Luke5SOS What does it take to get noticed around this fam?

FAM...did I just type FAM? I can almost hear my kids laughing at me.

@Luke5SOS Looked great tonight! How bout a follow?! PLEASE!!

@Luke5SOS In a perfect world you would FOLLOW ME!

@Luke5SOS Sheesh...Pretty sure Harry Styles follows his fans. LUKE!!!

This is never gonna work. It's like being a tadpole in the deep sea of fish. Shit. Gotta step up my game. Hmmm. How..... Do. ...I... Step.... Up..... My......Game.

My friends Nicole and Ty and I had discussed this situation after the last show of the ROWYSO tour.

We had spent the entire weekend trying to meet the band, only to find out their attention was strictly taken by a bunch of random groupies. It was bullshit really. These girls didn't even know the words to their songs.

Yet here we were. Real fans. Real women. Going unnoticed.

It was infuriating really.

So after a few wines and a couple of drunken tears about OUR BAND preferring their groupies rather than meet real women who would love them for who they were and not for their fame and fortune, like us, we came up with a plan.....

@Luke5SOS Hey! I'm one of Suzie's friend. Message me!!!

@Luke5SoS Hey! Remember me. This is Suzie's friend. She told me to get in touch w you!!!

@Luke5SOS This is Suzie's friend! Interested in getting in on the situation. You definitely wanna hear this. FOLLOW ME!!!

Step up my game by telling him that I am a friend of his most recent groupie? Am I ok? Seriously?

But the more he ignored me and the more I went unnoticed, the more obsessed I became with getting him to respond.

I would tweet Luke Hemmings at least 25 times a day.

I tweeted him at all times of the day and night.

I became completely consumed with the miniscule chance that Luke Hemmings would answer me.

And this may have been completely the norm for a female between the ages of 13 and 20 years old.

But me, well...I'm 34 years old. I am a single mom of two girls. I am an attorney. I am financially secure and have a great life. I own a BMW and a very very large home in Miami. My best friends are my age and are professional women also. We all look really good for our ages.

Pretty standard right? Well yes...Except for one fact....we follow the band 5 Seconds of Summer around on tour and love every second of it.

Oh yeah...one more thing.... I am secretly in love with Luke Hemmings.

Just a small age difference...no problem.

@Luke5SOS Hey. Need to talk to you. This is Suzie's friend. Remember her?! It's important HEMMINGS.

What am I saying? This is bad. Lying is bad. Ah. He will never answer...so it doesn't matter. Right?

Luke5SOS .. This is Suzie's BFF. Message me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7 FUCKING MONTHS.....Exactly 7 months to the day from the last show.

That is how long it took to get a response.........

Luke5SOS .. Dude. Really need to talk to you. Message Me. Now!! .

I had slammed my phone down and vowed to never ever go on Twitter again. Like ever.

And then my phone tweeted.

There it was. 1 Notification and 1 DM waiting.

What.....Ever... The ... Fuck.

There is no way.

My finger rolled over the notifications gently. Luke Hemmings followed you.

Shit. Fuck. Shit.

Now what?

I stared intently at the number 1 sitting over my DM notification.

Unable to decide what to do next, I scrolled through the page to see if anything was going on.

All Quiet in 5SOS world.

Fuck it. As I clicked on the DM's there it was. Something I had waited 7 months for. The 1st part of my plan had come to be.

Well not exactly.

Luke: She's pregnant isn't she? Please tell me she is not pregnant.

Me: What? No!

Well at least I don't think so. Hell...I don't even know this person! what the fuck am I talking about.

Luke: Then what do you want? You tweeted me like 9861315644 times. Who are you?

Good question. Hmm. Don't lie. Abort ! Abort!

But I just couldn't help myself.

My brain was fighting its own internal battle between good and evil.

And it was all hormone driven.

I knew I was lying to this poor gorgeous guy on so many different levels.

Me: Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Pierra. Suzie said she was done with the groupie scene. Maybe we can get together and discuss.

You have effin lost your mind. Get together and discuss? WTF? This is not a mediation, lawyer girl.

Luke: She told you that?

Me: She told me a lot of stuff. ;)

Oh girl. You are digging yourself a hole that you will not be able to get out of.

Luke: Yeah? Like?

Me: Let's just say...I think that you and I should talk more often. It will be worth both of our time. .

Luke: Oh really? Tell me more.

Is he flirting with me? Im so rusty that I do not even recognize flirting anymore.

Me: Maybe we should get together soon.

Luke: Not sure that it happens quite as easily as that. NOT SURE IF I TRUST YOU.

Direct Message Silence. The most awkward of all.

Luke: But maybe ....Pierra ......Just maybe. Oh and nice pics.

Oh you mean the professional pics I had done to help hide the fact that I was old.

Me: Are you creeping on my pics?

Creeping on your pics? What even? Who are you!!!?

A smirk crossed my lips and I waited for a response

Luke: Maybe. How long do you know Suzie? How old are you?

Busted! 31 with two kids, a dog, mortgage, car payment.....oh and an ex-husband too.

Me: 24. Do you have something against older women, Hemmings?

And there it was. The epitomy of all lies.

Not only wasn't I Suzie the groupie's friend, but I was not a groupie myself, and I most certainly was NOT 24 years old!!.

I was lying to this guy about EVERYTHING. But I just could not help myself.

I got his attention and now I wanted to keep it.

Luke: I don't have anything against ANY women.

Me: Lol. Not surprised. Maybe if you are lucky, Mr. Hemmings, I will talk to you again soon.....or whatever else. Have a good night.

Luke: Sweet dreams.