"Oh I almost forgot."

"Whoa what?" Lorelai asked, while looking up from her plate.

"Mum asked me to text her the result." Adalyn said as she dropped the sandwich from her hands on the plate and pulled out her phone in a haste.

Mum ❤

Mum guess what? I WON!

OH MY GOD! I am so happy for you hun!

Thanks mum 😘

Have you contacted the respective
people?

Na, lunch is almost over and I have 3
classes after this. I will contact
them when I come home.

Okay. Congrats sweetie 💓

Thanks again mum 🥰

"Told her?" Lorelai inquired.

"Yeah. She's very happy!" Adalyn said happily.

"Aww. I am very happy for you too." Lorelai smiled.

"Thank you so much." Adalyn said.

"Lunch is over. Lets head over to our next classes."

"Yeah okay. Let's go."

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After reaching home after school:

Adalyn reached her home and opened the door with the house keys in a haste. After opening the door she ran upstairs to her room. She dropped her bag on the floor and picked up her laptop from her bedside table and plopped on her bed. She quickly switched it on and accessed the website. After finding Michelle's mail id, she dropped her an email.

From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: regarding the photography contest

Dear Ms. Hunder,

My name is Adalyn Henderson and today I came across the result of the photography contest. I can't thank you enough for choosing me as the winner. I am honored to get the chance to intern under you. Knowing the fact that the internship is supposed to begin soon, please share the details with me so that I can prepare myself for it.
Thank you so much again.

Sincerely,
Adalyn Henderson

After typing out her email, Adalyn gave a long hard look at it. All of this seemed so surreal to her. She got the once in a lifetime opportunity to intern under her photography idol. She'll get to visit London and be there for 2 weeks. All of it just seemed unreal and phenomenal to her. She was extremely grateful for it.

After proof reading her email thrice, she finally sent it, hoping for a reply soon. After sending it, she went downstairs to prepare some snacks for herself.

Adalyn opened up the refrigerator and looked all around it to see something to eat. Her eyes caught some bread along with some peanut butter. She pulled out one piece of bread and spread the peanut butter evenly all over it. Then she went to sit down on the couch and began to watch TV.

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Current time: 9.07 pm

The door swung open and Adalyn went running to it, knowing who it is.

"Mum!" Adalyn said as she gave her mum the biggest hug.

"Addie congraaaaaats!" Laura said, while elongating the word 'congrats'.

"Thanks mum! I can't believe it!" Adalyn said while pulling away.

"You deserve it hun! You'll get to go to London!!"

"Yeah! I can't wait for the internship to begin."

Laura went inside and sat down on the couch. Adalyn sat along with her.

"You've contacted them right?" Laura questioned while turning to the side to face Adalyn.

"Yes I dropped an email."

"Any replies?"

"I don't know. I left my laptop in my room only so I don't have any idea."

"That's alright, but keep your laptop around you all the time so you can check the return email as soon as possible."

"Yeah okay. I'll bring it downstairs." Adalyn said as she got up from the couch.

She went upstairs and grabbed her laptop and came down. She sat down back on the couch and switched on her laptop. Soon it illuminated with the picture of the Grand Canyon. A notification was waiting for her.

"Oh my god mum they replied!" Adalyn said in a hurry as she opened the return email.

"Oh great! What does it say?"Laura asked.

"Let me see." Adalyn said without shifting her gaze from the screen.

From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: regarding the photography contest

Dear Ms. Henderson,

We are happy to choose you as the winner as you completely deserve it. The picture you took is breathtaking and we can't wait to work with you. Well, it may be a little hard to communicate everything through emails, so I have shared my number below. As soon as you get this, you can text me and we can continue our discussion through text.

Should you have any questions or doubts feel free to contact us.

My number: XXX  5501 321

Sincerely,
Michelle Hunder

"So I have to text Michelle now, okay, no pressure." Adalyn said letting out a sigh. She just realized how scared she is about this.

  What if they don't like her photography? What if they hate her personality? What if they stop feeling like to work with her?

Pessimism started to cloud all her optimism. She began to get nervous and scared and was second doubting her agreement to the internship.

"Addie? Addie are you alright?" She felt her shoulder shake and a motherly voice calling out for her. That was the last straw for her, tears started to stream down her face, just like two rivers which are flowing without any end or any seemingly chance for them to stop.

"Addie hun don't cry." Laura said while hugging her and letting her sob and sniffle in her warm embrace. 5 minutes passed and Adalyn was still crying and Laura was rocking her back and forth; trying to calm her.

After Adalyn had cried almost all of the 75% water in her body, she pulled away from the hug and Laura cupped her face, wiping all the tears off her face.

"Mum, I- I- am so-o sca-ared about this. What if they, what if they don't li-ke my photography?" Adalyn let out with a shaky voice.

"Then you deserve to work with someone who understands your worth. Trust me Addie, these people will love it. They chose you as their winner. They already understood your worth, but if problems arise, you'll know that these aren't the right people for you." Laura said calmly, while stroking Adalyn's long hair.

"Thanks mum. I don't know what I'll do without you." Adalyn let out a weak smile.

Laura gave a small smile, and went in the kitchen to finish preparing the dinner. Adalyn, on the other hand, pulled out her phone. With shaky hands she typed in Michelle's number and sent her a message.

Michelle

Hello Michelle. Adalyn this side.

And surely within two minutes, she received a reply.

Michelle

Hello Adalyn. Hope you're alright.
Your picture is breathtaking and we all
can't wait to work with you. :)

Thank you so much Michelle. You have always
been my idol, and I can't believe that I won
the once in a lifetime opportunity to intern under you.

Don't mention it. So, if I remember correctly,
you live in Adelaide, right?

Yes I live in Adelaide.

So if I arrange a meeting with you,
you'll be able to come?

Upon reading this, Adalyn let out a loud scream.

"Addie what happened?" Laura asked from the kitchen.

Adalyn quickly ran into the kitchen and showed her phone screen to Laura. Upon reading the whole chat, Laura's eyes began to widened.

"Michelle wants to-" Laura began.

"-meet up with me." Adalyn finished.

"Addie say yes!"

Michelle

Yes I'll be able to meet up with you. When
do you want to meet up?

Tomorrow's Saturday right? If tomorrow
works for you, then we can meet.

Yes I am free tomorrow.
Where do you wanna meet?

Well, there's this café called 'Mocha Aroma'.
I hope you know about it. We can meet up there
at 3.00 pm.

Upon seeing the name 'Mocha Aroma', Adalyn began to smile.

Michelle

My mum actually owns 'Mocha Aroma', so yeah
I know about it.

Oh that's great! So we on for 3.00 pm?

Yes! See you tomorrow.

Cya :)

"Mum I am meeting Michelle at 3.00 pm tomorrow." Adalyn said.

"Oh that's great! Where?" Laura asked.

"Mocha Aroma." Adalyn said with a cheeky smile.

"Ahh that's great! I will also get to meet her then." Laura smiled.

"Yeah I can't wait." Adalyn smiled as she sat down on the table. Her mother brought out the dinner and they ate it with a very cheerful mood while exchanging fun talks. After eating, both of them went to their respective rooms, freshened up and went to bed, feeling contented and extremely happy about all that happened.

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Author's note
So I think the main story started now. It was real fun to write. And you can follow me for updates and don't forget to press the star!

With love through health and sickness
Keziah