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Lennon's pov

I run, fangirling, down the stairs and back into the kitchen where, my whole family is cleaning up.

"ANDY BIERSACK LIKED MY PICTURE!!!!"

"Oh my god honey, that's so wonderful!" My mom says.

"Why am I not suprised?" Julian laughs.

"He's so cute!" Bea yells.

"Oh god," Jake groans.

"Is he the one you're in love with?" Alvin asks.

"Yes he is Al." My dad laughs. "And he should like your picture."

"I'm completely freaking out!" I dance around in a little circle. "Oh my god!"

"I saw some picture of him hugging a little girl on the Kerrang website," Julian says.

"Oh my god," I say, sitting down on the floor.

"What?" My mom asks looking worried.

"I took that picture," I answer, completely stunned. I pull out my phone and go to the Kerrang site. Right on the home page is my picture with a link to my Instagram underneath. "Oh my god."

"Lenny, your photography is going to be in a magazine!" Bea yells and hugs me tightly. "You are so lucky!"

"Lets have a party!" Alvin cries excitedly. "Can we please have a party?"

"I don't see why not," my dad smiles.

My family promptly decides that after the guests' dinner we will have a party to celebrate my photography getting into Kerrang. The rest of the day passes by in a blur. I play a quick set after dinner, help with the dishes and then we all gather in the kitchen and eat cheese cake off plastic plates. Dad pulls the picture up on his laptop and everyone admires it. As the night comes to an end I make everyone else go to bed so I can clean everything up. Once I'm done, I walk upstairs, yawning, to my apartment.

My phone is on my bed and I pick it up to check through my accounts. Twitter is boring, Facebook is too and Instagram has- oh my god. Andy followed me. And there's a DM from someone. From him. My eyes are extremely wide and my heart is beating extremely fast. I click on the message.

andybvb: Hey :) just wanted to say thanks for the great picture. It's gonna be in Kerrang's next issue.

I type as quickly as I can, read through it and fix some spelling issues, then send.

LennyBalak: OMG thanks so much! I'm really excited to be featured and the opportunity is amazing. I should be thanking you, so thank you so very much!

I lay down on the bed, pulling off my dirty clothes and putting on a clean bra and panties. I seriously can't sleep in more than this. I don't think Andy will answer. That message was a courtesy, nothing more.

"Buzz" "Buzz"

andybvb: You're very welcome! The picture really is amazing and I love the picture of the two of us. I saw one of your videos. Your singing is really good!

I'm seriously going to pass out from happiness.

LennyBalak: Thank you so much! My parents are musicians so I've been singing for a long time lol. I like the picture of us too :p

andybvb: What kinds of musicians are your parents? Did they teach you to play ukulele too?

LennyBalak: My dad was a guitar player for a long time. He played with a couple different bigger bands for a while. My mom was a classical pianist. They don't really play anymore though. They own a bed and breakfast now.