A Fangirl's Dream (vol.11): A New Year of Love and Friendship

Chapter I: Monday, December 19th, 2016

Today my editor received an e-mail from a British publisher! Nives wrote in chat to Raffaella.

Really? What is it about? The Roman woman asked, greatly intrigued.

They want the rights to my novel for the United Kingdom!!!! They will translate it themselves, but when I signed the contract with my publisher, I retained the right to supervise the translations in the languages I know; hence, before releasing it, they have to send me the translation for my approval, so that I can make sure they won't mess up some meanings or something goes lost in translation. Good heavens, I'm soooo thrilled!!! Now David Hewson will be able to read it!

I'm sorry, I don't remember who's this David...

The author of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.

Oh, right!

The translation in English opens the doors to the world, Nives considered, totally overwhelmed, as it's the most used language throughout the planet. All the Commonwealth countries, which are over fifty, but there will be also people who speak German, Spanish, Russian, French, Portuguese, Japanese and so on, who could be interested into the book of Richard Armitage's fiancée and may want to purchase it...

And then perhaps some Hollywood producer could want to make a move out of it, Raffaella overstated. And Richard could perform as the male protagonist!

Haha that would be awesome!! But let's not exaggerate with Pindaric flights...

Yeah, of course, like two years ago you thought it it was too much dreaming that Richard would fall in love with you...!

Um... you're right!

Well, then you agree that it's never too much dreaming??

Ok I shut up LOL

The two friends chatted a little longer, finalising the details of their trip to London for their holydays at the end of the year; Nives would leave the 28th from Venice with the 11.15 a.m. flight, while Raffaella and Jerry would board a plane in Pisa at 11.05 a.m. on that same day. The two planes would land at Gatwick ten minutes apart, therefore they could meet and catch the fast train to Victoria Station together, and from there, they would take a taxi to the nearby house in Westminster that Richard had rented.

Richard was already in England, as he had taken off the night before, immediately after the last performance of Love Love Love: he had admitted to Nives that he was very tired and felt the need to run, literally, from New York. He had overtaxed his strength and now he would just rest for a few days, at his parent's house, before heading for London.

I can't wait! Raffaella wrote. I adore London, but it's been at least ten years since I was there.

I too adore London! And I can't wait, despite being with Richard just a few days ago.

Time we are with our beloved ones is never too much, Raffaella observed.

You're totally right...

Wednesday, December 21st, 2016

The screen lighted up and Richard's smiling face appeared; he was calling Nives via Skype from his parent's house in Huncote. "Hello, my sweet Italian girl", he greeted her. "Happy solstice."

"Thank you, to you as much, my handsome British boy", she returned, smiling, feeling thrilled as usual whenever he used the tender nickname he had given her, and happy that he had remembered the current feast, which she beheld as significant and anticipated the Christian Christmas. "You look tired..." she added, a little concerned seeing his reddened eyes.