Bøger af Lindsay Anderson

"Oh my good-ness, Keira, it is so great to see you!" Micah exclaim-ed, as we wrapped our arms around each other, and slowly spun me around. "I have missed you so much this summ-er!""Same here!" I smiled, holding onto him tightly. As he gently put me down, and we broke apart, I gave Micah a once over, blushed, smiled and said, "Micah, you look ama-zing!""You too!" Micah smiled and piped. "On a different note, how are you feel-ing? Were you able to sleep on the plane?""I sure was and am feeling great!""That's great to hear!" Micah smiled, grabbing my luggage from the carous-el.As we made our way out of baggage claim, Micah, my best guy friend, as well as the guy that I was more than friends with but not bf/gf with yet, took my hand in his and asked, "Keira?""Hmm?""Happy birth-day."

"Juliet, have you ever heard of a woman by the name of Lydia Clarke?" "I sure have, Ma'am." I replied. "She is the owner of Clarke studios, as well as one of the best and most success-ful movie directors of all time.""I see you have done your research on her.""No, Ma'am, I'm just a very big fan."I can see that." Professor Richards smiled. " Miss Larsen, did you know that she also was a graduate of Anderson-Pulman University?""No, Ma'am.""She was." Giving me a huge smile, Professor Richards continued, "Miss Larsen, Lydia is a a great friend of mine, and has come to me with a favor.""What is it, Ma'am?"After pausing for a few seconds, Professor Richards said, "She would like me to talk to you about starring in her next movie."

Taking a step back and grinning for ear to ear, she said, I think my work is done. Why don't you turn around in the mirror and view my creation?"Smiling and without saying anything, Laura did as she was told. As soon as she looked into her hospital room's full length mirror, she could not help but gasp. Looking back in the mirror was a bald young girl who looked stunning in her white, strapless, a-lined dress, comfy white flats, makeup, and white bow headband to match. Truth be told, she hadn't felt this beautiful since she had been admitted into the hospital.As Laura put on her gray winter coat, and made her way out of her hospital room, she asked, "Lonnie, who dropped you off here and who is waiting for us down-stairs?""You'll see, sissy." Lonnie smiled. "You'll see."

Christmas vacation is just around the corner, and Bea has two major things to look forward to! Besides modeling in Natural Beauty Modeling Agency's teen fashion show the Saturday before school gets out for Christmas Break, Bea and her cheerleading squad will be competing at state the following Wednesday! With these two major things coming up, Bea is certain that this week will definitely be busy and filled with excitement!

Not only is today my dance team's and my final compe-tition of the year, but it is the seniors and my final com-petition of our high school lives. In addition to that, my solo today is the last one that I will be dancing, and I want to take home first place in the solo division! Moving on, I also wanted my dance team and I to take first place in the group division! After all, I worked hard on choreo-graphing this dance!Before I could get anymore into my head, we were arriving at the center where the dance compe-tition would be taking place.

My hands are clammy and my heart is racing. I fear that I will pass out at any moment. Due to the fact that I am about to mean Lex Wilder, my favorite actor of all time and my co-star for our new movie, this ABSOLUTELY cannot happen. I need to be calm, cool, and collected. After all, cute teen actors like Lex Wilder are people, too

Sinking into my extra large tempur-pedic matt-ress, my eyes gently closed, and a smile formed on my face. On Satur-day, my wonder-ful and amazing aunt and I would be leaving on my U.S. summer tour! How-ever, that is not what had me excited and relaxed at the moment. From today until Friday morning, I will be spend-ing a much deser-ved pre-tour vaca-tion here in Orlando with my parents and best friend! Truth be told, I have waited for this vacation for the longest time, and now it is finally here!

Being a cheerleader is something that I have only fantasized and dreamed up for years. Due to the fact that I was in a wheel chair from six years old to last month, I could not act on my dream. Today, however, is a different story. In just ten minutes, I will be trying out for a spot on my school's cheer squad for next year. My best friends cheer on the squad, and it would be so cool to cheer with them, As I change from my school clothes, and into my shorts and tank top, I cannot help but feel excited. Not only do I have a killer routine, but I also have a feeling that today is going to work in my favor.

As Ben and I filmed our scenes for the music video, I could not help but notice some-thing. Even though we were acting for the cameras, it didn't feel like we were acting, at all. To me, it felt like something was happening between Ben and me. With this said, I could not help but wonder if all of this was fake, or as real as it could get?

Making my way to the dance center for boot camp week, I cannot help but feel excited! I have not seen my best friends or our dance team all summer, and cannot wait to see them again! On a different note, I am excited about my first day of being captain of the dance team! I have been looking forward to this day for a while, and now it is finally here!Pulling my car into the parking lot, I cannot help but smile! After all, today is going to be an exciting day!

Even though I was excited about my new journey, moving to L.A. meant that I would not be able to see my parents, best friends, and friends as often as I would like. Even though I have a made a plethora of good friends here in L.A. and enjoyed living with my loving and wonderful Aunt and Uncle during the school year and filming of my show (The final season of the show will be filmed and aired this coming year), it wasn't the same as living with my loving and wonderful parents, and being with my best friends and friends back home.With this said, a plan and agreement between my aunt, uncle, parents, and me had been unfolded to where I could see my parents, best friends, and friends some. The plan was that I would fly back to Houston for Thanks-giving, Christmas, and summer break. For the past few years, the plan has worked out extremely well. As Kelly, Kit, and I pulled into a parking spot at LAX, I could not help but feel excited. I was about to be back home with my parents, best friends, and friends!

Dear Journal, Ever since the accident, things seem different between Brett and I. Don't get me wrong, it is not a bad different. It is a good different. Sure, we still flirt and hang out lots. However, it feels like that there is something more than friendship there. We are hanging out alone every chance that we get, and having more deep conversations. When the summer began, I had a huge crush on him. After he saved my life, however, I realized that I am truly in love with him.

For those of you who don't' know, Willman Aca-demy is a k12 school for students with learning disabili-ties. Up until the summer before eighth grade, Lucy had called it her school home. After all, that is where the amazing staff, class-mates, her good friends, and best friends attend-ed. Four years later, Lucy was back at Willman for her senior year. Truth be told, this made her very excited and happy!

"Oh my gosh, honey, it's so great to see you!" I exclaim-ed, giving my longtime boy-friend, Toby, a big hug. "Thank you for being here tonight!""Are you kidding? Thanks for flying me out here for your big concert tonight!" Toby ex-claimed. "Getting to watch you perform tonight is the best birthday gift that I could ever ask for!"When I was eleven years old, Mom, Dad, and I moved from our home-town of Houston to Nash-ville to pursue my singing career. Even though it was a fun move, it was also a hard one. This was due to the fact that I would have to leave Toby behind. Thank-fully, we kept in touch quite often! Moving on, let me tell you a little bit about tonight. Tonight is my last concert of my tour, and my parents and I flew Toby out to Nash-ville for my concert as his birthday gift this year, as well as for the night! With this said, even though it was Toby's birthday, the gift of him being here made me feel like it was my birthday, too!

At 5:10 AM on Sunday morning, I heard my cell phone beep. Glancing at my iPhone 5, my heart skipped a beat. It was a text from Ryan.Good Morning, Beautiful.I just wanted to tell you that I love you and that my family and I will be there in 5 minutes.Love, Ryan Blushing, I replied back: I love you, too, Ryan Aaron Swiss! You are the best thing to ever happen to me. I will see you in 5!XOXO, Katie Suddenly overcome with giddiness and joy, I went over my checklist one last time. Whenever I go on trips, I always make sure to check my list a minimum of three times. Hey, it never hurts to check, double check, and even triple check things. This is especially true this time. Since I will be gone for a week in Denver, it is especially imperative that I did not forget to pack anything. Ten minutes later, the Swiss family and I made our way to Albuquerque International Sunport."Are you ready for the best Christmas vacation ever?" Ryan whispered into my hair, putting his arm around me.Leaning into him and placing my head on his shoulder, I smiled, "You have no idea."

Tonight is my school's Sadie Hawkins dance. I have looked forward to this dance all week, and now it is finally here. One of the reasons that I have been looking forward to this dance is because of the fact that I am going with my best friend and secret love interest, Doug. Even though it had made me a little nervous, I had gone through with asking him. I am very proud of myself for doing so.

"I am so thankful to God that the pro-ducers of your show granted you a good vaca-tion, and that you guys are spend-ing it with us!" Mr. Cassel piped, as he, his actress daught-er, Desiree, and her longtime co-star/boy-friend, Ian Moore, made their way from the airport to the Cassel's man-sion."Us too, sir!" Ian chimed, putting his arm around Desiree. "It's been awhile since Des and I have spent time with every-one!"It sure has!" Desiree agreed.Before anyone else could say anything more, Mr. Cassel was pulling the car into the garage.

It has been awhile since I have had a real and relaxing summer. Sure, summer still came along, even when I had acting jobs to do. Don't get me wrong, I love acting and it is my passion. Some-times, I just need a break from it, that's all. This summer, that is exactly what I am getting. From now until July 31st, my parents and I will be spending the summer with the James's at their beach house in Henley Beach, Florida.

As luck would have it, my birthday and the free day that the directors granted the cast and me fall on the same day! With this said, the teens and I came up with a fun way to celebrate my birthday. After all, it is a big one! What did we come up with, you ask? Well, I am more than happy to tell you! We came up with the idea of going to Disneyland and going to dinner at the restaurant of my choice! Truth be told, today is going to be amazing!

As Evie read one of her many favorite novels, she could not help but feel sad. She wished more than anything that she didn't have cancer, and didn't have to be in this hospital. She wished that she could be with her friends and family and do things with them. More than anything, Evie wished for the normal life that she had before cancer took it away.

"Sweetheart, is that you?" Hannah Vreeland called, as Vanna shut the door behind her."Yes, Ma'am!" Vanna called."How was school today, honey?" Charles Vreeland smiled, as Vanna made their way into the kitchen where her mother and father were sitting."It was good."Vannah smiled. "What's going on?""Katrina Harper called the house today and left a message saying that she had a big opportunity to talk to you about, and asked if you could please call her back as soon as possible.""Wait, Katrina called ?" Vanna asked, her heart skipping a beat. "Did she say what the opportunity was?""No, sweetheart." Hannah said. "What I told you what she said was all that she said." Without saying anything, Vanna walked over to the nearest cordless phone, picked it up, put it on speaker, and dialed Katrina's number.

"Sorry? You're sorry?" I asked, flabbergasted. Tears filling my eyes, I said, "Sorry does not change the fact that you betrayed me and made my years in middle school a living nightmare. It does not change the fact that I can't ever forgive you for what you did to me.""Marion, Gina and I know we messed up and we wish we could take it all back." Ingrid said, her own eyes filling with tears. "There's not a day that goes by where we don't feel guilty about what we did to you and that we wish we hadn't let you go as a best friend.""I am glad that you did." I said, keeping my voice even. "If you hadn't treated me like scum, I would not have found people who actually care about me and enjoy being my best friend. In fact, I would not have found the strength to move on and come to love myself for me."Without saying anything more, I walked away. After all, I had nothing more to say to Ingrid. I was done with her.

"Hi, guys, come on in!" Mrs. Loughlin greeted, giving my parents and me a big hug. "It is so great to see you guys!" "It sure is!" Mr. Loughlin replied, giving Mom and me a big hug, and Dad a good hand shake. "Let me go fetch Jordan!"Moments later, Mr. Loughlin disappeared. "What an awesome coincidence that our children ran into each other, and that we are staying next door to one another!" Mrs. Loughlin smiled, as she, Mom, Dad and I took a seat at the large and beautifully set dinner table. "It it truly a God thing!""It sure is!" Mom replied. "Hopefully, all of us will get to see each other plenty this summer!""We will definitely make it happen!"Before long, Jordan was making his way into the dining room.

It has been a long time since I have seen my best friends, Sadie, Jaden, and Scott, as well as our plethora of good friends. Even though we have face-timed, texted, and called each other often, it is not the same as seeing them in person. With this said, I am excited to report that will change Tonight is their high school'sjunior/ senior prom, and I will be crashing it. Even though I will only be able to stay for a few hours before I have to catch a flight back to LA, flying into Denver to see every-one for a few hours is SO worth it!

Two weeks ago, Robyn got the news of a lifetime. The owner of Portman records, Kelly Portman, had informed Robyn that she would be touring this summer with them. This had made Robyn very excited.Three days ago, Robyn had gotten a call from Alicia saying that she and her brothers really wanted to meet her and asked if she would be interested in going to Elitch Gardens on the Saturday before Thanks-giving. Of course Robyn had said yes! As the limo whisked Robyn away to Elitch Gardens, she could not help but smile. She was about to meet her favorite band of all time!

The air was crisp and the leaves covered every inch of the tree tops and ground. The scent of freshly cooked turkey and mouth-watering pies wafted through out the James household. Laughter and chatter filled the entire living room and kitchen. Due to recent events, the James' family decided to host a Thanksgiving lunch for Andrea O'Connell, Ashley Martin, and their families. Without a doubt, Ryan Swiss was included.It was nice to be together on this special day. It was also a necessity. Due to Kendall Johnson and Jake Knight's passing in late October, the girls and their families had decided that it would be nice for all of them to be together. Now more than ever, everyone was so thankful for one another. After all, isn't thankfulness the main ingredient of Thanksgiving?

Two years ago, Ilanna was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia, and immediately went into the hospital. Even though the treatments and surgeries were sometimes hard, they helped Ilanna get better, and become stronger. Two years later, Ilanna is stronger, healthier, and, much to her family's excitement and joy, officially out of the hospital and on remission (The doctors told the Donahue's the good news yesterday, and Ilanna was discharged from the hospital today.).

"She is killing this thing!" Josie exclaimed, as she, the rest of our teammates and myself watched Dylan perform her solo to Robyn's "Dancing On My Own". "You've got this, Dylan!!" As I watched Dylan perform, I knew that Dylan's, Debby's, and my fellow junior and good friend was correct. Dylan was doing fantastic. She was hitting every move right on cue. Judging by the smile on Dylan's face, I could tell that she was having the time of her life. In my mind, this fact alone was the best payback that the Dragons could receive for trying to tear Dylan down.

At the beginn-ing of June, I tried out for a music compe-tition show called "Star of Today", a compe-tition music show for teens individ-ual's 16 and older to find the music world's next big star. The person that wins gets a $100,000 check, and a record-ing con-tract! That same day, I was passed on to the show, which was filmed in LA. With this said, I left my family and friends back in Houston and moved in with my wonder-ful and amazing Aunt Emily for the summer. Fast forward to two months later, I have made it to the season finale, and have a wonder-ful and amazing boy-friend who I met and fell in love with during the compe-tition. As Eric and I contin-ued to enjoy my birthday lunch, I could not help but smile. Even though I hope and pray that I win tonight, I will not be crushed if I don't. After all, I have had the best summer and exper-ience of my life, and nothing and no one can take that away!

Nationals. This is the first year that my school choir and myself will be competing at the National Choir Championships. In March, we competed at the Regional Choir Championships and won first place. In May, my choir and myself will be flying to Orlando, Florida to compete at Nationals. Since they live in Orlando, Dad and my best friends, Logan and Lilliana Keller, will be coming to watch me perform. I am so excited that I can hardly wait!