Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020

Dear Connor,

    Well, I just arrived at my new apartment! I have everything with me that I brought on the plane, but the moving truck should be arriving with the rest of my stuff soon. It's sort of surreal that I'm officially on my own...college was sort of me by myself, but now everything is different. I have to have a job and pay rent. I have to buy my own groceries instead of eating fattening food at the food court every day, three times a day.

    I have to have my own life now.

    I'm so incredibly grateful to you for supporting me in this. I'm so glad that we're going to make long-distance work...again. And hey, 350 miles is less than 3,000!

    You still feel a world away, though.

    This is so strange, writing again. It's like I'm still in high school, sitting down at my desk and writing a letter to the boy who stole my heart without even knowing it. I was always so nervous about writing to you, and you were the most amazing person I've ever known...this just brings back so many memories.

    But you know me. I'm no sap.

    My roommate is weird. And I'm not talking Dan-with-too-much-to-drink weird, I'm talking April-Ludgate-from-Parks-and-Recreation weird. Like she fit with Andy but I'm more of a Leslie, or an Ann. And you know how much April hated Ann at the beginning.

    Hopefully I'll be able to get past it, but she hardly talks and when she does it's about how her mother was killed in a car accident and how I was lucky to have survived mine. How does she even know my background? Is there a book about my life floating around that I don't know about?

    Anyways.

    I miss you and the gang so much! You guys were my rock for two years and I can't believe I've left you all in Virginia. New York is so different, and I can just imagine Katie having a blast here with all the food and people. She would find a new guy within a few seconds. And Brittany would love all the color and makeup on these people. Dan would probably be laughing at her, and Alan would tell him to shut up because you shouldn't make fun of your girlfriend! Melissa would already be on some Broadway stage singing her heart out. Holy crap I miss you guys.

    I'm going to go, since I think Alyssa is turning off the lights and she's staring at me all weird. I'll see you soon love!

    Also, I haven't told my parents about my move yet. Whoops!

    And can I change my sign-off handle now that we're old and in love? I'm going to.

Love,

Sydney Porter

Guys I am legit so worried that this is gonna crash and burn, but for right now...it's looking like this is a thing!

WARNING: This story will 100% not be easy for hardcore Connor/Sydney shippers. You should still totally read it because the end WILL NOT BE AWFUL, but it's gonna be a bumpy ride if you currently think everything is perfect for them.

It's looking like TWIMC is going to be MUCH longer than Dear Sydney, which is probably a good thing, since I got a lot of comments about how people read Dear Sydney in like a day. This should be a lot longer, with Part One around the same length as the full Dear Sydney book was, Parts 1 & 2 included.

Anything you desperately want to see for these two?

Also, make sure to subscribe to Katherine Powell on YouTube if you guys want a sneak peek at the chapters before they're uploaded--the videos that go along with each chapter are going to be posted the day or night before the upload date!

I'm really hoping you guys like this! And of course, it's out on the one-year-anniversary of Dear Sydney's first chapter being uploaded on April 24th, 2016.

So, guys...welcome back!

-Katherine