John Newt was a simple man. He went to work in the mornings, came back at night, read a chapter of his favorite book, had a glass of milk with his supper, and liked to have a friendly debate with someone on the internet before going to bed.

One thing that John did every day was read a chapter of his favorite book, Junkvik and His Eleven Pies. Something about the book was fascinating to John, but he couldn't put his finger on what it was. So he read it over and over.

John had what some might call an absurdly boring life, but he didn't care. Or at least he didn't until he met Lila Pince.

Lila was just another girl going about her life. She drank her morning coffee with two creams and a teaspoon of sugar, and she read a chapter of her favorite book every day on the bus to work. She clocked in and clocked out, went home, and drank a glass of milk with her supper. She often liked to sit by the window in her apartment, and watch the people go by.

One thing that Lila did every day was read a chapter of her favorite book, Junkvik and His Eleven Pies. Something about the book was so unnerving to Lila, but she couldn't put her finger on what it was. So she read it over and over.

One day, Lila was walking to work from the bus stop, her copy of Junkvik and his Eleven Pies in her hand, when she suddenly realized why the book made her so uneasy. It was because the protagonist, Junkvik, only made a pie after his friend, Rejinald, murdered someone. But the final pie that Junkvik made was three years after he lost touch with Rejinald. And he had called the pie picking up after my friends: raspberry, juneberry, nectarine, loquat, and dragon fruit.

That exact day, John realized what was so fascinating about the book. The first line of the book was "The best times are when you love, are loved, and give love, for love is to be given, and recieved, not taken." The last line of the book was "Because, after all, love is understanding. But understanding must be taken from the arms of your ideology."

This fascinated him, because he had read the book 17 times, and he had never before realized that the author's views on love had changed completely within the 932 pages of the book.

Shortly after, John and Lila both got the opportunity to attend a convention and book signing with the author of Junkvik and His Eleven Pies. They each got to ask one question.

Lila asked why the final pie flavor was created so long after the other ones. The author smiled, and answered, "Because Junkvik finally understood creativity with no help."

John asked why his views on love changed so much over the course of the book. The author smiled, and answered, "Because everything changes, if you let it. The world is full of creativity, and I simply let mine out for a stroll on some pages."

Neither John nor Lila understood what the author meant. They talked about it together, and decided to find their own meaning in the book.

Lila decided that Junkvik had been inspired by his friend Rejinald after murdering him, because all of the fruits in the last pie started with the consonants of Rejinald's name. John agreed.

John decided that the author simply forgot what he had written about love on the first page by the time he finished the book. Lila agreed. It was 932 pages long, after all.

Who knows? Maybe they were right. Maybe they weren't, but they decided to write their own book, together. They called it Passion, That Rich Slaver. They book gained massive popularity, and they held a book signing at a convention in New York.

One fan asked John why they had decided to kill off Patricia, the elephant. John smiled, and replied, " Because everything changes, if you let it. The world is full of creativity, and I simply let mine out for a stroll on some pages."

One fan asked Lila if there would ever be a second book. She smiled, and replied, "No, there will never be another book. We've already told all of the story that we needed to."

Pretty soon, John and Lila wrote another book, this one called Miscommunication at its Finest. This book was banned by five countries because it poked fun at how none of the world leaders knew what they were doing. Or at least, that's what most people thought it meant.

But John and Lila didn't care that the book was banned by some people, because that wasn't what the book was really about.

If asked, John would have said that the book was about failure, and learning to accept it and move on. Lila would have said that it was "the spiritual sequel that everybody deserved but nobody needed."

But they never did get to say what the book was about, because they both disappeared the day after the book was published. All that was left in their house was a pie. On the pie was a small note, written on the inside cover of a copy of Junkvik and His Eleven Pies.

The note read simply one sentence. "This pie symbolizes that you can never truly know what someone is thinking."

Don't worry. 

I'm coming back soon.