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Chapter 103: Fame
🕑 Added 2025-05-16 14:37:35 +0000 UTCI was walking down the school hallway with Carly, Sam, and Freddie. As we moved through the crowd, several students greeted us with waves and smiles. I could see some people pointing in our direction, whispering excitedly to each other. I just kept walking normally, sharing a few nods and smiles back, while Carly laughed softly at the attention we were getting. Sam elbowed Freddie playfully, and he just shrugged, trying to look cool despite the obvious stares.
The first two music clips from Marshmello had just been released, airing on MTV. The first one was Happier, and just like in the original, Carly was the star of the video.
Carly got emotional after watching the clip. She even bought a golden retriever for herself (unfortunately, the one she filmed with wasn’t for sale).
Freddie also got famous because I asked to put, in huge letters at the beginning of the clip, that he was the one who did the filming (Happier).
Then the other three arrived at our meeting spot—Laura, Regina, and Cher. Of the three, Regina was the one who was grinning the most.
No wonder—she was the star of the second clip, Friendzone. Sia was singing as if she were an observer, while Regina played the main role of the girl rejecting advances and being the centerpiece of the story.
Cher was happy too, knowing she would be the next one to be the center in the upcoming clip.
"But Jake is still the most popular," Cher said with a playful smile.
Yeah, I had just released two more songs: Blame (Calvin Harris) and Wake Me Up (Avicii). And I decided to finally sing one myself—the second one. After all, Wake Me Up was my favorite song from Avicii.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get John Newman for the first one. He might be too young (like, born around the same time as in my past world). I didn’t find any singer with his name. Well, I can't get everything.
So everyone congrats me because I sang the song. Since there are plenty of other singers who performed with Marshmello, nobody thought too much about it. Still, by singing a Marshmello song myself, I ended up becoming even more popular.
And of course, Regina had already started a rumor that her dad paid for all of us to be part of Marshmello's clips and songs.
I smiled and said to everyone, "So I got more popular, but without getting overwhelmingly popular."
Then, shamelessly, I added, looking especially at Regina and Laura, "Now it's not hard to choose your favorite song anymore. Now clearly Wake Me Up is the best one."
They all looked at me deadpan.
Then, without saying a word, they started ripping pieces of paper, making small balls, and throwing them at me.
After the shenanigans, Freddie said, "I got you now a little, man," giving me a playful shove. "I think you wouldn't even be able to walk around here if people knew the whole truth."
Laura nodded. "You are in every station, news talks about you from time to time."
"Sure thing," Regina added, "it started to have all kinds of products with Marshmello's head."
I laughed and said, "Speaking of products, some more stuff just arrived at my house. Since everyone is going there to check it out, don't let me forget to hand out the goodies to you guys."
"You bet," said Laura with a big grin.
I then turned to Sam and Freddie and asked with a smile, "Are you sure you don't want to be a star in one of the clips?"
Freddie answered, "Nah, I still prefer to be the one filming."
Sam shrugged. "I don't really mind either. Being a side character and still getting paid for it is already amazing. But if there’s ever a clip where I get to beat people up, I wouldn’t mind," Sam said with a smirk.
I laughed and said, "I will call you if that happens."
Regina and Cher exchanged smirks and said, "So Laura will be the one in the Wake Me Up clip?"
I looked at them and then at Laura, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Yes..."
Laura smiled back at me.
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After school, we all headed to my house. Everyone looked around, clearly impressed by the place. Judith had already prepared some drinks and snacks for us, making the whole atmosphere even more welcoming.
Judith came to say hi, and we all greeted her back. "I'll leave you all to enjoy yourselves," she said with a warm smile.
"Thanks, mom," I replied with a smile.
"I love your mother," Sam said while already attacking the food.
Yeah, I thought to myself, I don't hear that often...
Regina looked around the house with a sparkle in her eyes. "This one will give some amazing parties," she said.
"Really, Regina?" I said, raising an eyebrow. "That was the first thing that came to your mind when you saw my house for the first time?"
Regina looked at me, challenging, "And you don't think the same?"
I raised my eyebrow again but smirked. "Yeah," I said, then joked, "my party will still be the most awesome."
Regina snorted.
Regina, Cher, and even Carly had thrown some parties for the 9th grade. But my ending party last year was still considered the best one.
Then Cher and Laura joined the conversation.
"When will be the party to inaugurate this house?" Cher asked, smiling.
"I was thinking my birthday, August 5th," I said.
"Still a bit far away..." Regina commented.
"It's true," I said, nodding. "But it's going to be the party. I won't restrict anyone from 9th or 10th grade, and I'll even let some people bring guests."
The eyes of Cher and Regina lit up.
"So we're talking about something like 300 people?" Cher said, excited.
"Maybe even more, depending," I replied casually.
Both of them jumped excitedly.
"And yes, you two can do the planning," I said, smirking.
Let the queen bees work for the hive for the first time
