MUSIC: Curtains Fall - Blue
MOOD: Nostalgic
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Some of you might not know I have been a very addicted Boyzone fan before. I used to collect stuff about them, write fictions about them. As I was rummaging my old fiction files, I came across this one I made and got published in a UK magazine called Big!I emailed the story to the editor and got an email back after a week. They published it, I think it was January 2002 or 2001, I cannot really remember.
Anyway, I thought I'll write it in here...
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STEPHEN GATELY - MY 5-MINUTE FANTASY
No matter what Mary Hombre will always love Stephen Gately...
A few months ago I had m heart broken - it was the day Stephen Gately announced he was gay. It had been four years since I'd fallen madly in love but I still wasn't ready to feel the sorrow unrequited love could bring. Then last month my spirits were lifted when my mum announced, "We're going on vacation to England!" So now, I'm in Notting Hill, sitting on the exact bench where Ronan sat in his video for When You Say Nothing At All. Tonight, we're going back to the Philippines...
SEND ME A SIGN
"Life can be so cruel," I sighed to myself. I've been in England for two weeks with a shattered heart and no sign of any Boyzone member. I look up at at the heavens and whispered, "God, I know I will love again. Please give me a sign?"
That very second it starts to rain, "Here, take my jacket," sas a very sweet voice. "Or are you trying to catch a cold?" The smell, the accent, the presence... I know I'm not dreaming but I have to pinch myself. "I've been watching you eversince you got here. You seem lost or sad. Am I right? he says, sitting himself down beside me. It is the man I've always dreamt of meeting: Stephen Gately. "I can tell you," he continues, "that's how I felt few months ago - in pain but hopeful. I never thought that life had to be cruel to be kind; but after all the grief I went through, I came out smiling in the end."
I look into his wonderful eyes and find the courage to speak. "Stephen, I love you," I whisper, "That won't change. But I know you're happy now and I'm happy for you. Don't know why I'm sad... maybe because I was afraid that I'd leave England without ever meeting you. But now this is the happiest day of my life!"
He chuckles, puts his arm around my shoulder and kisses my cheek. "Thank you," he says. He flashes me the cutest smile I've ever seen and leads me out of the park. Walking along he starts to tell me his love story...
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Few years after it got published, I met Stephen here in Manila and I let him sign the magazine. He was very pleased.
Tha's all. I wanna be nostalgic today.
Tha's all. I wanna be nostalgic today.
