Overnight Sensation

chapter one

Hartley//Jaelyn

Best Friends; they know how crazy you are and still chose to be seen with you in public.

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This week like most started out normal. Okay, that's a lie. This week was anything but normal. And every other week of my life is far from being close to ordinary. Honestly, I wouldn't even know what 'normal' is if you shoved it in my face. But now back to the real reason I'm here. My week was as far from normal as you could get.

This is how I went from small-town nobody to an overnight sensation. But we don't want to get ahead of ourselves now, do we? Therefore, I will so kindly start from the beginning, that way you won't miss a thing.

8 months earlier...

Today was bad. Not the oh I'm hungry kind of bad or the I'm tired kind of bad, not even the forty thousand assignments and test due this week kind of bad. It's the 'I wanna crawl up into a ball and pretend I don't exist kind of bad'. Now for those fortunate and rare humans who don't understand this type of suffering, this is the worst kind of bad there is. Anyway, I guess I should explain why I'm feeling this way.

It all began a few weeks ago, I was just casually doing something that I have no recollection of when I got a message from none other than my amazing but far from perfect best friend Jaelyn. I opened the message seeing her extremely excited message, though this isn't shocking, not for her.

'HEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYY XXXXXXX' - J

I responded with a simple 'hey Xx' but she was quick to reply.

'Okay PLEASE just hear me out before you say no, okay?' - J

'okay' - H

I didn't get a reply for ages so I messaged back.

'what is it? Ur scaring me' - H 

'sorry I got distracted, The Vampire Diaries has me SHOOK'  - J

'Anyway back on topic, so there is this party this weekend and well I sort of got us invited'  - J

'you have to go, please? for me'  - J

'Ummm let me think'  - H

'NO'  - H

'common you said you would hear me out'  - J

'okay, why should I go?'  - H

'so this is meant to be the biggest party of the year, the whole year level is invited, LITERALLY EVERYONE!!!!'  - J

'So that means no one will notice if we go or not'  - H

'Ur so wrong, anyway we haven't been to any party this year, don't you wanna go to at least one'  - J

'The reason we haven't gone to a party this year is cause we haven't been invited to any, and the year has only just begun, its February!!! and I don't mind missing out, I don't actually care, unlike you'  - H

'okay rude, but please come with'  - J

'you know Tee won't be allowed to come'  - H

'that means I will be all alone'  - J

'with a bunch of drunk teenage boys *sigh*'  - J

'fine, I'll go'  - H

'are you happy now???'  - H 

'YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU'  - J

'YOU ARE THE BEST'  - J

'Jae please don't ruin the moment by overdoing it with the caps lock'  - H

'come on you love it when I use caps'  - J

'no, no one loves it when you use caps'  - H

'You wound me'  - J

'IK but you love me'  - H

'sadly ur right'  - J

I am dreading this weekend. Not only because I hate parties but because of my past experience. Now you see I can't resist having a few drinks here and there you know but sometimes I forget how many I have. Before you know it I'm dancing on tables, kissing random guys and you cant forget jumping into fountains. This is why I stopped going to parties because not even Jae could control me. No one could.

Although I said I wouldn't go to any more, I will break this only one time because who can say no to Jae? Seriously, please find me someone who can say no to her cause I physically cannot.

Jaelyn and I have been as close as thing 1 and thing 2 since we were in Kinder. We were both so scared of leaving our parents that our parents put us together to try to cope with it and somehow it worked. However, it was a really bad mistake on their part because we've been inseparable ever since. Wherever one of us is, your sure to find the other.

Jaelyn was the little girl who shined brighter than everyone else. She made sure to capture everyone's attention even without trying. With her bright eyes and flawless skin, she was always a hit with the guys. I, on the other hand, was quiet and liked my solitude. Keeping to myself most of the time. With dark hair, I camouflaged into the surrounding while she shined in the spotlight. Although to some it doesn't sound that great, to have a friend who was either in the shadow or in the spotlight for us it worked. We evened each other out, I broke out of my shell and started speaking up and she stayed true to herself, not getting caught up in social statuses.

After being a pair for a few years we decided to branch out and meet new people at the end of Primary School but because we kept it exclusive for so long, not many people wanted to become friends or stay friends with us, that is until we met Teegan, Tee for short. She was our feisty friend. With her captivatingly beautiful baby pink hair and soft but feisty attitude, she fit in perfectly. Adding both an extra sweetness to the group and an added feistiness. However, she has super strict parents, making it hard for us to catch up with her outside of school, but still, it never stops us.

Once we got into high school we were lost. Going from being in the same classes all day every day to being almost completely separated it was hard but we fought through it and made it work.

Along the way, we made new friends. Some stayed for a while but no one was consistent. But somehow Dax managed to weasel his way into both our hearts and our group. He would sit all alone under a tree in the school gardens, reading a book. Somehow he started sitting with us and from then on its just been the four of us. Dax at first was quiet and kept to himself, a lot like me when I was younger in Primary school, but just like me, he was brought out of his shell and slowly became one of the loudest and talkative people I have ever met.

That brings us to now. Where it's just the four of us. Spending our school days together and our nights inseparable. But we all have to admit that we wouldn't want it another way.

It's funny how things happen for a reason. When it happens it seems like no big deal but looking back on it you realise just how important the little things are. If Jae and I never cried and begged our parents to stay on the first day of kinder we wouldn't be so close, nor would we be best friends with Tee and Dax. At least that's what I think.