Dreams Fulfilled-Prologue
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becomingkateWhen Lina became that age where she started listening to "adult music", in other words, something other than Raffi and other kiddie music, a band of teenage boys made their way into her heart. The youngest member, Jason, was her favorite. She and her then "BFF" Jennifer used to have heated discussions about the members, before you could look up everything on Google. How old were they? What was Jason's favorite color? What did they look for in a girl? These were pressing questions. Meanwhile, boys rolled their eyes, friends tried to convert her to "real music", and her parents got frustrated when she was caught writing out the boys' names instead of doing her homework, but she stayed a diehard fan until the end. Time went by, and Lina and Jen grew apart, especially after the group broke up. There was just not much left to talk about when there was no reason to debate about the members of a band that didn't exist anymore. It didn't occur to them that life went on for the boys, even though they were not in the spotlight anymore.
Lina was a typical girl. She was shy but could talk forever about her favorite things. She enjoyed simple things-movies, music, good food, hanging out with her best friends. She was never much of a party girl but she enjoyed daydreaming about boys, as most girls her age would. She was a good student and was involved in chorus and drama club from a young age.
Lina grew up, finished high school, dabbled in some interests, loved to cook. At some point in high school she got rid of all that "junk"--posters, shirts, sheets, hats and pins. She heard about projects Jason and some of the other guys were doing, but she thought that part of her life was over and didn't pay much attention. She got married, and her closest friends and family knew about her former obsession, and little by little she let her husband in on it. As she got older she found it was harder and harder to find friends who would still admit to liking Jason and his group mates. Sure, everyone had heard of them and loved them back then, but who had time for that stuff now? Lina was a believer in moving on. She believed life was a series of stages and phases that needed outgrowing in order to grow up.
Lina decided she wanted to make a career out of her love for cooking, went to school for culinary arts, worked a few random restaurant jobs, settled into a modest house with her husband and had a son who she ended up staying home with. She sometimes felt restless. She missed her younger carefree days before she had things to do and people to answer to. And then she heard the news. The boys were back in town.
On a warm, wet spring day, the guys announced their reunion. Oh cute, Lina thought. I'll get to hear my old favorites again. She was excited to see them on TV again, looking better than ever. At the same time, she was afraid of looking back. She'd left that part of her life so far behind, she could barely remember what it was like. There were lots of bittersweet memories-friends she had lost after the frenzy wore off and they found they didn't have that much in common, all the teasing she had put up with...plus what would they be like now? She was afraid they wouldn't be any good, that nobody would care anymore. She had no idea what she was in for.
Lina was a typical girl. She was shy but could talk forever about her favorite things. She enjoyed simple things-movies, music, good food, hanging out with her best friends. She was never much of a party girl but she enjoyed daydreaming about boys, as most girls her age would. She was a good student and was involved in chorus and drama club from a young age.
Lina grew up, finished high school, dabbled in some interests, loved to cook. At some point in high school she got rid of all that "junk"--posters, shirts, sheets, hats and pins. She heard about projects Jason and some of the other guys were doing, but she thought that part of her life was over and didn't pay much attention. She got married, and her closest friends and family knew about her former obsession, and little by little she let her husband in on it. As she got older she found it was harder and harder to find friends who would still admit to liking Jason and his group mates. Sure, everyone had heard of them and loved them back then, but who had time for that stuff now? Lina was a believer in moving on. She believed life was a series of stages and phases that needed outgrowing in order to grow up.
Lina decided she wanted to make a career out of her love for cooking, went to school for culinary arts, worked a few random restaurant jobs, settled into a modest house with her husband and had a son who she ended up staying home with. She sometimes felt restless. She missed her younger carefree days before she had things to do and people to answer to. And then she heard the news. The boys were back in town.
On a warm, wet spring day, the guys announced their reunion. Oh cute, Lina thought. I'll get to hear my old favorites again. She was excited to see them on TV again, looking better than ever. At the same time, she was afraid of looking back. She'd left that part of her life so far behind, she could barely remember what it was like. There were lots of bittersweet memories-friends she had lost after the frenzy wore off and they found they didn't have that much in common, all the teasing she had put up with...plus what would they be like now? She was afraid they wouldn't be any good, that nobody would care anymore. She had no idea what she was in for.
