Stranger Than Fiction

chapter 1

So I guess I should get the introductions out of the way, my names Plan.
I'm a pretty normal guy, I live at home with my family and love to cook.
My dream is to open my own restaurant. There's no better feeling in the world than watching people enjoy the food you've made, it's just so good to see people smile and know that you made them happy.

Some of you may recognize me because a while ago I tried acting and got a role on a tv series, it looked like a fun thing to do and it was, I met some amazing people and got paid to mess around with my friends (ok it was hard and some days really tiring, but I loved it)
But I made a decision to focus on my education because being an actor is too unstable, there are no guarantees of work and basically life costs money!

So that's me in a nut shell, normal guy in a normal world but then something happened, I'm still not sure what it was but
I'll tell you about it if you're interested!

Here goes.......

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You know that moment when you can hear your alarm but it doesn't register its actually your alarm. I rolled over in bed trying to block out the noise but then came a sound that breaks through everything.

"Hurry up you're going to be late for university" why do mums voices have to be so loud? I swear she could raise the dead with that scream.

I rub my eyes and look at the clock SHIT!!! I need to leave in 10 minutes. I jump out of bed and trip over the cat - what the fuck is she doing there?

I jump in the shower. This is going to be a record for getting ready.

After the quickest shower ever I pull on my black trousers and white shirt but I can't find my bag anywhere.

"MUM, HAVE YOU SEEN MY BAG?" I shout downstairs

"It's in the cupboard, next to your baseball caps"

I open the cupboard door and there it is. Seriously how do mums do that? It's a gift, they know exactly where everything is.

I checked my phone, 2 missed calls from Joy - seriously it's not even 7:30am what does she want?

Joy is my best friend, we've known each other since we were 3, she is so high maintenance it's not even funny.
Guess I'd better call her before she has a stroke.

"Hi Joy, what's up?"

"Plan why didn't you pick up? I've called you twice. I have an emergency and need your help." Everything is always an emergency with her!

"Ok, what do you need? Actually let me rephrase that, what do you need that doesn't involve me and one of your friends."

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" She said.

"Last emergency you had involved me standing in as May's boyfriend so that guy would stop bugging her. It took me 2 weeks to stop her calling me, she's was so clingy."

"I'm sorry about that, how was I to know that she actually liked you! I mean it's you. You're not exactly boyfriend material."

"Wow thanks Joy!" She was completely right but its still a low blow.

"Ok I'm sorry but this is different. You know that you said you'd help me become an actor, well there's an open casting for a new series and I really want to go for it but my mum said I can't go alone and I've got no one else who can go."

"Oh so I'm your backup."

"Plan don't be like that." She whined "you're the only actor I know, please just come with me"