For those that don’t know, November is National Novel Writing Month. People all over the world pledge to write 50,000 words (which is the amount of words needed for a story to qualify as a novel) by the end of November. I don’t know if I’ll make it to 50,000, but Chelsey suggested I do this, I’ve had a story outline saved on my computer for a while, and honestly I need a good stress reliever. So I’ll be posting, hopefully almost every day. Basically my story will be a modern day love story, with friendship, love, heartbreak, and overcoming obstacles. I will warn you, it’s about 2 girls, so if homosexuality is not your cup of tea, don’t read. There may be some cursing and adult content, but the real adult stuff won’t come into play until the last part of the story. Here’s what I wrote today, though I’ll admit, I ended up coming up with another story idea halfway through. Enjoy and feel free to leave comments!
Present Day– Jade’s thoughts
The room was completely dark, the only light coming from the moonlight shining through the cracks in the blinds and the illuminated display of the clock on the other side of the bed. 1:24 am. I should be tired enough to sleep, but once again my brain wouldn’t shut down long enough to allow me a decent night’s sleep. A replay of the night’s activities ran through my mind like a movie. I smiled and immediately looked towards my companion, knowing just how lucky I was that she was lying next to me. Her bare back shone in the moonlight, illuminating her perfect, pale skin. I reached out my hand and very gently stroked her warm skin. Ten years I had loved this woman with all my heart, through many trials and tribulations, through the highest highs and lowest lows. Ours was not a fairy tale by any stretch of imagination. It was a real love story, a story of persistence, a story of defying the odds and overcoming the greatest obstacles. A story for the ages that began in the most innocent of ways…
10 years earlier…
Jade walked over to her computer and sank down into the chair. She hit the power button, leaned her head back, and sighed. It had been a long day and all she wanted to do was relax. Lurking on the forums for vampire lovers as she did most evenings, Jade stumbled on a post with a link to a chat room. She clicked the link out of boredom, hoping for the best yet not knowing it would forever change her life.
Jade did not have many friends. Most people saw her as weird or strange. They didn’t understand why she was happy in jeans and t shirts instead of dressing in girly outfits and wearing makeup. They refused to see past her rather plain appearance and take the time to truly get to know her. Despite having only a few friends, Jade knew that the friends she did have were truly amazing, even if most of them lived hours away. She wouldn’t trade her current friends even if it meant she’d gain a hundred new ones.
A conversation was already in full swing among the regulars in the chat room. Jade, after making a username out of her name and her favorite vampire’s name, quietly entered the chat, telling herself she’d leave after a few minutes if no one spoke to her. To her surprise, she was welcomed by several people and included in their conversation. They seemed truly interested by her and were quite welcoming to the “newbie”. She instantly liked them all, though she seemed the most drawn to a very outgoing girl named Angelina.
To Angelina, the regulars in the chat room were basically one big family. They’d been chatting together almost every night for a few months by this point and got along extremely well. However, they weren’t an exclusive club; sometimes someone would post a link on a message board, hoping to find new, like-minded people, usually girls, to join in their very interesting conversations. Several “newbies” had entered the chat, made polite conversation for a few minutes, then left, never to be seen again. At first, Angelina figured the new girl, Jade, would be just like most of the others, especially because she was so shy at first, preferring to listen rather than talk. As the minutes turned to hours, she realized that maybe her first impression had been wrong. When Jade signed off for the night, Angelina found herself hoping that she did find her way back to the chat room.
The next night, Jade did find her way back to the chat room, hoping it wasn’t just a fluke. As minutes once again turned to hours, Jade found herself feeling a sense of belonging. She wasn’t the most talkative person in the room, but she did feel that she could talk at any point. There wasn’t one “leader”; everyone was equal. The girls came from all different cultures; Jade was from West Virginia, while others were from Puerto Rico, Australia, Venezuela, and various states in the U.S.A. Despite their differences, they united together because of their love of vampires and werewolves.
Jade became more comfortable with the girls, so as she came back night after night, she started talking more, revealing more about herself and learning more about the girls. Angelina was the girl that seemed to always be in the chat room, no matter what time of day it was. Almost any time Jade logged in, she was there, waiting for anyone who might come.
Soon Jade and Angelina began to have long, in depth conversations about themselves, their lives, their dreams, anything and everything. They begin taking their conversations to a messaging service so that the conversations can be more private and not shared with everyone who entered the chat. Since they were often the only two in the chat, they would stay logged in waiting for others while talking privately on messenger.
Jade had trouble trusting people, but something in her heart told her to trust Angelina. She was having difficulties with her “best friend”, so she was very wary, especially because she had been backstabbed numerous times in the past. She decided to take a risk on Angelina. She began trusting her with small bits of private information, to test and see if it would be leaked to any of the other girls. Soon though, she had very few secrets from Angelina and considered her to be her best friend. Angelina too had trust issues. She had been hurt numerous times, and it seemed that anyone she had ever cared about eventually hurt her and left. Yet, she couldn’t help but trust Jade. She knew her current best friend was more just someone to hang out with and less someone to trust with your deepest darkest secrets. Soon, she was letting Jade in on most aspects of her life.
Jade had a slight problem though. She developed a major crush on Angelina. Jade had never really thought of herself as bisexual, although one of her ex-boyfriends had claimed that he could tell that she was bisexual but was denying it because of her very conservative upbringing. Sure, she had found some female actresses attractive, but never before had she actually had a complete crush on a female friend. At first, she tried to dismiss it, pretend that it was nothing more than just thinking Angelina was hot. After a while though, Jade begin to realize that she liked more than just her curly hair, her gorgeous soulful brown eyes, her hourglass figure, and the way she always wore sunglasses and a smirk. She loved the way she felt when talking to Angelina, the conversations they had, the jokes they shared, the compassion and love that Angelina exuded. Since Angelina had a steady boyfriend and since Jade wasn’t sure how Angelina would feel about her crush, she decided it was best to just keep it a secret for now.
