Stranger Things Have Happened, I Know

A Funny One Shot Involving Fan Fiction

This actually picks up somewhere towards the end of @ElizabethWarner 's amazing story "No Way Back" and involved the characters created in her story.

It was written ages ago and was only meant to be seen by the members of the Foo Fiction Collective but I will share it with you now. It was meant to be silly.

I hope you like it.

xoxox-Sarah

Kate closed the door to JDs room and paused outside for a moment. Her ear to the door, she could hear her 4 year old chatting quietly to his stuff animals, telling them each in turn "goodnight" and "sweet dreams". She smiled to herself as she headed downstairs. She had a glass of red wine and a Skype with a sexy rocker waiting for her.

Dave was in New York City on a promotional tour for his latest documentary about the Seattle grunge scene. He'd been away about a week and planned to be home in just two more days. It was a long stretch and Kate knew he was really starting to get homesick. She tapped the screen a few times and waited while her iPad connected to Dave's. Suddenly, her handsome husband's face appeared on the screen in front of her.

"Hi Katie," he said, his huge smile almost brightening her dim living room.

"Hey babe," she said. "I miss you."

"Katie, you have no idea," he said, his smile giving way to a tired expression. They spent the next few minutes talking about their day. Dave, who was working with Krist Novoselic and several other grunge pioneers including Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell, had slightly more entertaining stories into relate and Kate giggled over her glass of wine as she listened.

"The guys were talking about fan fiction," he said, rolling his eyes. "Apparently Foo Fighters have a large fan fiction community. Krist stumbled upon it and was busting my balls about it."

"Fan fiction?" Kate asked. "Like fictional stories starring you and the guys?"

"Yeah...apparently it's all on this thing called Tumblr. Vedder's got some, too, so he says."

"He's read it?"

"He said he read one where he was dating a nurse in the days before Pearl Jam hit it big," Dave laughed. "It's so bizarre." He said these last words through a muffled yawn.

"Aww babe, I will let you get some sleep. I know its late there," Kate said, blowing her husband a kiss.

"I will call you tomorrow morning and talk to JD. And I will be home in two days."

"I can't wait! Goodnight Dave. I love you."

"Love you more," he whispered before her screen went blank. She frowned. Although it was 8:45 pm on the west coast, it was 11:45 pm on the east coast. She wasn't quite tired yet so she reached for the bottle of wine and poured herself another glass.

"Fan fiction," she said, shaking her head. She opened up Safari and typed in 'Tumbler'." She was redirected to 'Tumblr'. She typed in 'fan fiction' and immediately One Direction fan fiction filled her screen. She skimmed a few posts, frowning. This was weird. She scrolled back up to the search bar and typed in 'Foo Fighter fan fiction'.

"Ahhh. This is more like it," she said, sipping her wine. Several stories appeared on her screen. She used her finger and scrolled down the list.

Several of the authors had a badge at the top of their page boasting membership to the Foo Fiction Collective. She clicked one randomly.

"FooFan606," she whispered and scrolled down the page until she found a link to a story entitled "February Stars". It opened up another browser window for a website entitled Fanworks. A creepy anime chick with enormous breasts perched in the upper left hand corner of her screen and Kate wrinkled her nose. She turned her attention back to " February Stars".