CRYSTAL SIMORA

“Crystal! Time to shop ‘til we drop!” Crystal’s best friend, Yvonne Arbor said. Yvonne was also a famous movie star, but not as famous as Crystal was. “Yvonne, you aren’t wearing the custom Xenia Munich friendship bracelet I gave you!” Crystal said, frowning.

Yvonne slapped her forehead. “I accidentally left the house without it! Stupid me! I’ll wear it on our next shopping outing, kay?”

“Um, sure…” Crystal said, grabbing her GiGi Enlightix purse and house keys. “Let’s go.” Yvonne followed Crystal out of her high-rise luxury apartment.

“Rate me.” Yvonne said, looking down at her Luluxa handbag, J.C. Alan yellow and orange sundress, and the colorful Perry O’Keefe rings. Crystal turned around to examine her friends outfit. “I’ll give you a….7.5!” Yvonne smiled. “Better than my last rating.” she laughed heartily.

“So…what is your next gig?” Crystal asked Yvonne, already knowing what it was. They were on Madison Avenue and shopping for some hot clothes for the next big party.

“Well, I’m going to be a movie called The Texting Tutors. Then I’m going to be in a Light and Dark ad.” Yvonne bragged, as she stared at her gold nails. Crystal knew that Yvonne always liked to brag a lot, and she was used to it big time. They sat down at a café, expecting to get service immediately knowing they were famous movie stars. A waitress with a name tag that read Carla asked them for their drink orders, and then scurried away. Crystal and Yvonne were silent while waiting for their drinks to arrive. A minute later Carla had brought their drinks out and the girls were chatting away.

“And your next gigs?” Yvonne asked Crystal, while sipping her ElectraLite energy drink.

“Well, my agent signed me up to talk to a bunch of nerdy middle school students about my life and a bunch of other stuff.” Crystal said rolling her eyes at even the thought of Jerry. “And that’s about it right now.” Then she took a sip of Citrus-Berry flavored water. Then she looked over at the next outdoor table. All the people there were sneaking looks at her and Yvonne, as if they were movie stars, which oh yeah!, they were. All the staring fans made Crystal feel claustrophobic and trapped, as if she couldn’t move. Yvonne was ignoring the fans, cool, calm, and collected. What a pro. If only Crystal could do that…



BELLA McCOFFER



“Sidnee, aren’t you toe-dally excited for Crystal Simora? You are such a downer!” Bella said, throwing a pillow at Sidnee, who was sitting down in a chair in the corner of Bella’s room. They were at the McCoffer’s spacious loft. “Sidnee, come on! Speak!” Bella begged. “What do I have to do to get you to talk!”

A devious smile spread across Sidnee’s face, but she remained quiet. Then she mumbled something that Bella couldn’t understand but she was desperate to make Sidnee talk. “What?”

“IsaidIsawCrystaltodayatacafewithmyfamilyandIdidn’twanttotellyoubecauseIthoughtyoumightbejealous.” Sidnee said really quickly. Then she looked down, as if what she had just said was totally stupid.

Bella was dumbstruck. “Um…I’m not jealous. We’ll all get to see her when she talks to us on Monday.” Bella said it like it was no big deal, but it TOE-dally was! Seeing and meeting Crystal would be like a dream come true - and it was actually happening!

“Sidnee, you can tell me anything. We’ve been best friends since kindergarten. Seriously, let’s not keep anymore secrets, kay?” Bella said straightforwardly.

“Okay, well then let’s start with this: I have to go to the bathroom.” Sidnee said, getting up to use the bathroom down the hall.

Bella giggled. “You have fun in there.” Sidnee left and then Bella’s older sister Ashlyn came in. “Hey, sis. Heard Crystal Simora is coming to your school. True?” Ashlyn asked using the I-don’t-really-care tone, but knowing her sister, Bella knew that inside she really, really wanted to know.

“Toe-dally true!” Bella answered merrily. She smiled to herself because she knew that her sister was probably really jealous.

“Cool…very cool. Maybe you could invite her to dinner?” Ashlyn asked. They giggled. “Well, have fun!” Ashlyn said joyously. She waved to Bella, and then walked out of the room. One thing I know for sure is that I definitely know that I will - and lots of it!

Sidnee came back and then the girls decided to go out to their favorite hang out spot, The Linguini Lounge. The Linguini Lounge was an awesome café/beanbag and futon place. Everyone at their school went to the lounge on karaoke night. The girls had lots of fun dancing and singing along to all the songs that played.

When Bella got home her mom was fixing herself a cup of cocoa in the kitchen. “Did you and Sidnee have a good time?” Bella’s mom, Genevieve asked. Bella’s mom was always completely stylish; today she was wearing a T.J. Tiffilow purple v-neck and Hailey Honor denim Capri’s. Bella was always proud of her mom’s outfits. Bella nodded, as she picked up the bag of marshmallows on the counter. She dropped a couple in her mom’s cocoa.

“Mom, have you ever met a celebrity?” Bella asked as she handed her mom her cocoa. Her mom looked at her quizzically.

“Well actually, I have. Her name was Allyson Matura. She was a huge star back in my teen years.” Bella’s mom said thoughtfully remembering the moment.

“Was what was she like?” Bella asked curiously. Bella was so curious about what Crystal would be like, so she had asked her mom what Allyson had been like.

She was disappointed as she saw her mom’s face cloud over. “She was a snotty, rude brat! I was so upset when I found that out. She was a fake. It was a huge shock.”

Bella was surprised at her mom’s angriness over a celebrity. Bella’s mom noticed her daughter’s stunned look.

“I was mad because I was excited and so very eager to meet her! And after I met her, I felt so let down. She was all that I didn’t think she was. She seemed nice in magazines and on TV interviews, but in reality, she was a bad-mannered celebrity.”

Bella understood her mom, but didn’t relate to her difficulty. And she hoped that she still wouldn’t relate to her mom when Crystal came.

CRYSTAL SIMORA



Crystal was stunned by the humongous size of the middle school’s campus. They had a sports hall, an A Wing and a B Wing, and her favorite thing ever, a coke machine, which had coke zero in it - her favorite drink. Then again there were some cons too.

The school had turned a classroom into a dressing room for Crystal, which was way different from the dressing rooms she had at talk show interviews. The one’s backstage usually had Coke Zero’s, pretzels and some salted peanuts. They were more spacious than the classroom and had a vanity and a rack full of different dresses to choose from. The classroom-dressing room had a bunch of desks pushed to the side and the teacher’s desk served as the vanity and the board served as a mirror, which didn’t make any sense to Crystal because she had to turn around to see herself. The school put a sparse about of effort in welcoming her arrival, but she would tell Jerry about that later.

“Crystal! Sweetie! Want me to freshen up your makeup?” Crystal’s personal makeup artist, Clarisse, asked. She was a skinny blonde who was carrying a makeup case.

“Of course! Whaddya think, I was going to leave my makeup all ruddy like this?” Crystal asked, spinning in her swivel chair to see herself in the mirror. What the school called a makeup artist was anything but acceptable. For a fact, the makeup artist was a plump old woman wearing makeup as if she were a clown, who called herself Gigi. Crystal more than preferred Clarisse. Just then she heard the classroom door open. She turned around to face the door in her swivel chair.

Crystal’s mother, Marcella, entered the room in one of her stylish dresses. “Mom!” Crystal yelled. Crystal’s mom never usually came to any of her concerts or anything! Crystal looked around, and she was happy -

“Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh. Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh!”

- until her mom’s cell phone rang, Rihanna’s “Umbrella”. She glared at her mom.

Her mom shrugged and said, “Sorry, hon, gotta take this.” and left the room. Crystal wilted down in her chair. Clarisse patted her shoulder, and continued to put on makeup. “Why won’t my mom ever listen to me, Clarisse? It’s like I’m invisible to her. Invisible to everyone. I mean, the real me. My singing talent is the fog blocking them from seeing the true me.” Crystal was definitely not pepped up at all.



BELLA McCOFFER





The girls at Bella’s lunch table were squealing with excitement. Their next period was when Crystal gave the talk. “Alright guys, I’ve got some big news before we all see Crystal.” Sidnee announced. Bella had no idea what Sidnee was going to say, but she could tell from the excitement of her face, it was going to be good.

“I saw Crystal at the Geiger Café on 24^th Street. It was the coolest thing ever! She and her friend were talking, and then she turned around and looked at us and it was SOOOOO cool!!!”

Bella was quiet when the girls turned to stare at her. “Well, Bella was there…right????” a girl named Charlee asked. She had black hair and a pink tank top on over a short-sleeved magenta shirt. She had asked because everyone who sat at their lunch table knew that Bella and Sidnee were practically inseparable.

“Charlee...we all know I’m capable of doing things by myself.” Sidnee said, irritated. Bella was bewildered as to what Sidnee’s fuss was about.

Bella had kind of expected this is to happen, all because of Crystal. Everyone wanted to talk to her - on their own. She turned around to stare at Sidnee, and everyone followed her gaze.

“Guys! Look!” Isabella Evans whispered, as the rest of the table leaned in close. She pointed to the teacher’s snack table, where Mrs. Grafton was talking with a blond haired girl….

“EHMAGAWD! It’s Crystal!” Bella said a bit too loudly. All the girls at their table whipped their heads around to get a good sighting. “You’re right! It’s definitely her blond hair…” Jessica Roberts said, still staring longingly at the pop star. “I wish I was Mrs. Grafton!”

The girls shared a laugh, and then returned to their lunches, like nothing had happened. Bella knew that that was what was going to happen after someone had talked with Crystal privately; she would want no one to know.

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