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20- Yesterday is Dead

Yesterday is gone and you will be OK
Place your past into a book, burn the pages
Let 'em cook oh
Yesterday is dead and gone and so today
Place your past into a book, burn the pages
Let 'em cook

Eyes stinging from the black smoke, new hope
Loose rope, risen from the undertow
All is well
We welcome the cry, of the dark night sky
Swallow me peacefully, follow my heart back inside.
Burn the Pages- Sia

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I stare at the news article in awe. I posted that video just a few days ago and now there's online articles on a handful of news websites and there's blogs and vlogs talking about it too like it's the end of the world or something. I didn't think that it'd be such a big deal, but it seems to be blowing up on the internet.

The article that I'm looking at now, on Friday right after school, is on Yahoo News which is a really big deal because a lot of people read Yahoo. I'd been informed of this by my friend, Maria, who is a YouTuber from California. She'd called me during my lunch hour today and told me that she went to check her email and my face was just there in one of the news stories.

The article is accompanied by a snapshot of me in one of my music videos and then under the article is the YouTube video where I announce that I'm taking a break for a little while. I haven't read the actual article yet though, because I'm kind of too nervous to do so. I don't really want to know what these people have to say about me because I don't take criticism well and I feel like they're going to criticize me.

I know that there are people out there who probably think that I did that just for the attention, but that doesn't make any sense because I didn't expect to get so much attention just for announcing that I'm going to take a break. I just stare at the article for a while, not reading it or anything, just staring at it until I'm shaken away from my computer screen by a loud knock on my front door.

Katy's at gymnastics and my parents are gone at work so that leaves me home alone, which means that I have to be the one to answer the door. I turn off my computer monitor and then hurry down the stairs to get to the front door. Looking through the peep hole, I see that it's Beckett and Sara standing outside, which is kind of weird.

I don't know why, but instinctively, I fix my hair a little bit before actually opening the door and offering them both a small smile. "Hello," I greet them. "Can I help you?"

"Yeah. We just came over to let you know that you're on the news. Which you probably already know," Beckett informs me.

"And he really wanted to see you," Sara pipes with a high pitched giggle.

"That's not true," Beckett says quickly as he shoves his little sister, only making her laugh some more. I too can't help but laugh just a little bit. "I just came over to make sure that you're doing okay, and Sara... I don't really know why she came with me."

"I just need to talk to Katy," Sara informs me.

I give her a strange look. "She's at gymnastics..." I say slowly, confused as to why she forgot that because she knows when Katy has gymnastics.

"Oh that's right, silly me. I guess that while I'm over here, we might as well take a selfie so that all of the people at my school know that I know you. For bragging purposes of course, now that you're on all of the big online news stations," She explains as she gets out her phone and steps closer to me before holding her phone up so that the camera is facing us. "Now smile!"

I barely have a chance to realize what's going on before she's snapping the picture and stepping away.

"Awesome. Thanks. Now I'll let you two love birds have your privacy and don't forget to use condoms," She warns us and I let out a shocked gasp but hide it behind an awkward coughing fit.