Near to You
02
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Are you hiding from me somewhere in the crowd?
Where Have You Been - Rihanna
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“Finally! I thought you were dead!”
“It’s nice to hear from you too, Julia,” I replied wryly into my Blackberry as I waltzed down the street, avoiding the passersby. It had been just over a month since I arrived now, and I was getting more familiarized with the city. Classes had started and I was already swamped by the workload, but I still made time to explore, and often found myself back at the coffee shop I first went to, wasting away the hours finishing those ridiculous assignments.
“Don’t give me that tone, Michelle,” Julia said and I pursed my lips. The woman acted like the overbearing mother I never had, nor wanted.
“Sorry,” I muttered. “What’s going on?”
“You’ve been missing for weeks! That’s what’s going on!”
“I haven’t been missing.” I rolled my eyes. “I’ve been in school. It was the only reason I agreed to come here in the first place, remember?”
“Yes, unfortunately.” I stifled the urge to roll my eyes again at the bitterness tingeing her tone. She wasn’t the one that had to up and leave for a different continent, and all for what? “I’ve been trying to reach you about the film. The premiere is in a few weeks. You are aware of this, correct?”
“Yes, unfortunately,” I echoed and I almost felt her frustration intensify through the phone. “What about it?”
“You need to be there.”
“I know. Have you called the others?”
“I’m not so certain it’s a good idea.”
“I asked for two things Julia, two. I wanted to stay in school and I wanted to bring some friends.”
“Fine.” Julia took a deep breath and I stopped mid-stride. That didn’t sound good.
“Julia…” I trailed off. “What is it?”
“It’s about the penmanship.”
“Ju-li-a,” I groaned. “Haven’t we already discussed this?”
“They want to know who M. K. Lewis is, Michelle,” Julia tried to reason with me. “I think it’s time.”
“You and I both know no one will take me seriously when they find out I’m a twenty year old university student.”
“It’s not me, Michelle. It’s the editor. You know Jude’s a bastard. He said he won’t sign on to any more books until you’ve come out.”
“Then I won’t write anymore,” I fibbed.
“Behind Closed Doors says otherwise.”
I cursed underneath my breath. “Why is he doing this to me?”
“You’ll be the most successful young author of this decade.”
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Near To You (One Direction Fan Fiction)
FanfictionIt was a chance meeting and now he's become a permanent part of Michelle's life. She doesn't know how to separate his crazy career from the boy she comes know, but all she wants is to be near to him. (One Direction, Zayn Malik x Original Character)
