Celebrity's Romance

Chapter 3: Hello to My Past New Self

Katie took a huge gasped of breath when she woke up and opened her eyes. She blinked a few times when she noticed that her surroundings were unfamiliar yet-familiar to her. Katie looked at the ceilings with glow in the dark stars and constellations, the sticker wall papered wall in pale blue with little flowers on them, the curtains on the windows and glass door for the small terrace, then her eyes went to look at the vanity mirror, tons of pictures were stuck on the side of the mirror; the lights surrounding it, the make ups and perfumes were arranged in rows. The there was a huge built-in closet that span the whole side of one wall...

Wait a minute...

She didn't have these stuff anymore since she was...

Before Katie could finish her baffled thoughts, the door to her bedroom opened, and someome lean on her bedroom door while calling out her name.

"Yo, Kat! Wake up, wake up! Time to greet the morning and start our day. We got an interview for our internship right? Chop chop!" the familiar voice of Sara, her bestfriend since the high school, called out to her.

Internship? Sara with her in a house?

Wait, wait!!

Sara was her best friend, but Katie remembered that after Katie became famous and busy, they barely saw each other, the most they do was call each other, video calls, chats or send each other gifts. Sara became a famous fashion model, brand ambassador and got her own fashion label, who mostly stayed in New York, while Katie mostly globe trotters around the globe wherever her work brought her. That was why she became close friends with Sandra, who was with her most of the time due to them being in the same entertainment company, her backstabbing ex-friend, who was also an actress.

And this room, it was Katie's room when she was in college until Katie got enough money to buy a new house. She was sharing a unit with Sara. It was a mansion-like building in LA, and the owner divided and renovated the mansion into 4 parts. Each unit has first, second, and third floor (for rooftops) and where they also hang clothes and stuff to dry.

And Katie's internship happened way back when she was almost a graduating student in fashion designing. Katie only took a 2-year course to get a certificate since she didn't want to waste four years to learn something she already know, and she can learn anew along the way anyway. And to gain an experience, she'd be interning at a famous fashion house as an assitant.

But that's not the problem here, the question in Katie's mind was, why was she back several years from her past? Was she in a coma? Did she hit her head that was why she was haluccinating? Was she like Alice in Wonderland, only instead of meeting a white rabbit, she went back to her past instantly?

Katie pinched herself.

Katie hissed. It hurts!

That means she's really awake. So why??!

Katie scrambled out of the bed and followed Sara out of the hall.

"Sara, what's the date today?" Katie knew the date when she first had her internship, but she wanted to confirm it to Sara.

Sara looked back at Katie with a frown on her face. "It's Monday, May 11, 2015. Why? Did you forget? Are you that nervous? Don't worry, I'm sure you'll be fine. Afterall,you're almost hired,all you need is to show up for formality." Sara waved her hand breezily. "If there's anyone who needs to worry, it's me. I feel like my face is swollen and I feel so bloated! I shouldn't have eaten too much pizza last night. What if I failed my modeling audition later?" Sara asked worriedly.

Katie was shocked. 2015??? So, she was back from several years of her life. But how? why? Did she die from her fall and then she got a rewind of her life for a re-do? Not that she's not greatful that she's still alive, she was just curious. Who decided this stuff? And she even remembered her previous life. Is she really re-living her past self as her present self?

Katie was even starting to confuse herself!

Katie was taken out of her musings when Sara continued to worry. "Hey, Sasa, don't worry, you'll be fine. you're not bloated. Just drink some tea or lemon water. I'm sure everything will be fine." If there's anything Katie was sure of, as she recalled from her previous 19-going-20 self, that her friend got in that audition with flying colors.

"Are you sure?" Sara asked worriedly.

Katie nodded. "Yeah, I'm sure. So don't stress too much, it'll just give you premature wrinkles." She pointed out as a reminder.

"Oh my gosh!" Sara exclaimed and then started smoothing her face and forehead. "Go eat breakfast then get ready, while I prepare my beauty regime."

Before Sara could walk away, Katie told her, "Go and wear my lucky red shoes, you know, the one I always wear everytime I went for interviews." She suggested since they have the same shoe sizes.

Sara's eyes twinkled. "Oohh, good idea! Thanks Kat!"

Katie grinned and gave her friend a thumbs up before she went to the kitchen downstairs. She saw that Sara made salad, pancakes, bacon and eggs. She ignored the coffee at the coffeemaker. She opened the fridge and got a bottle of orange juice. She also spied the left over pizza from last night that Sara talked about. She also took it out, as well as the glazed and chocolate donuts.

After preheating the pizza, she started eating the foods she got from the fridge and the food that Sara made.

Life is perfect!

Katie's reason for eating a lot: Hey, she just got a second chance in life instead of saying adios, so she'll definitely enjoy everything this second time around.

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Forty minutes later, after Katie was done eating breakfast and after she was done showering, Katie looked at herself in the mirror. Since she has a baby face, so her features from now to her 27 years old self differ nothing. Thanks to her heritage. Her face now was just less define than when she was a 27 year old woman. She was less worldly and glamorous looking right now. She still has that innocent look of the youth of 19.

Katie's aquamarine eyes under her perfectly arched brows were full of wonder and curiosity, her nose are just perfect for her small-ish doll-like face, her cupid bow lips looks like it was keeping something mysterious. Was that what they call a Mona Lisa smile?

Katie's dark auburn hair was way past her shoulders. When dry, it has its own natural bouncy texture due to her hair being a bit wavy.

And just like her previous body type, she still has a model esque body at 5'8; 5'10 or '11 if she wears heels that has '3 to '5 inch heels. The difference now from before was that, she doesn't have abs, her tummy was all soft and smooth. Katie remembered that she really work out for her contoured abs since her next role was an action fantasy movie where her character as a main heroine role was an assassin elf who was good with sword fighting, hand to hand combat and magic stuff. Yeah, her character was a cross between James Bond and Legolas combined, and since her clothes were mostly styled like those elaborate clothes elven princess on video games that shows stomach most of the time, so Katie decided to get a more defined abs. And now, it was gone. All that hard work and food diet was gone just like that.

If Katie knew this would happen, she wouldn't even bother. She sighed and shook her head, well, it was no use thinking about it, she decided to just have more fun while reliving her life and be less strict with herself.

Katie went to her wardrobe, only wearing her underwear, and chose what she'll wear for her first day of internship.

Katie wore a leather skirt that reached 3-inch before her knees after wearing black stockings, then a 4-inch knee high boots. She wore an off white button down long sleeve blouse with 2 buttons unbuttoned, and a black coat with four gold buttons and some designs inspired like those marching band jackets. Besides the Chanel brooch and a watch, Katie didn't wear anymore jewelry.

After being satisfied with how she looked, Katie put a black crocheted hat on her head full of wavy hair. She took her purse and left her room to meet Sara on the first floor.

They decided to book an Uber instead. Sara was too nervous to drive her second hand car, which was given by her father when he upgraded to a new car. While Katie doesn't have a license yet, she remembered that she failed driving test for the second time so she was waiting to try again. And Sara doesn't want to use the bus, since she want everything to go according to her plan and Sara didn't want leaving or forgetting something on a public bus or train, so Uber it is.

"You look great!" Sara declared when Katie descended the stairs. "You look perfect for your job as an intern for a fashion house. You look like a model straight out of a magazine. Now I feel like I'm underdress... "

Katie looked at Sara's clothes. Sara was wearing a black short bodycon dress and the 5-inch red heels that Katie told her to wear. She was wearing dangling earrings and bracelets. Sara's hair was in a french hairstyle to show off her cheekbones.

"Hmm, I guess the only thing missing is a little layering. Either a shawl around your neck or a short fur jacket for added layer." Katie suggested.

Sara nodded and went to a hallway closet where they keep some of their coats. She took a short black faux fur coat jacket and put it on to layer her clothes.

"There! Now you look like a runway model or a diva." Katie declared.

Sara grinned. Katie was right. Sara felt much confident with the way she layered her clothes now.

"Use the red purse, too. To match your shoes." Katie suggested.

Sara followed Katie's suggestion.

Just as they were done primping in front of the hallway mirror, the Uber arrived.