|1-SLEEPLESS IN SOUTH WALES


                      by dave diamond of invaders

Do  you  remember  the  film  Sleepless  in Seatle with Meg Ryan and Tom
Hanks?  Well heres a true story that has the same delima.

You  see this story is about a boy who falls in love with a TV star,many
of  us  have  done  it  (you  often here people say that they `love` Pam
Anderson  or Kim Basinger but basically thats the groin talking!) but to
this boy (who`s 17) it was REAL.

The  problem was she`s a TV star and she lived in America,our hero found
pictures  of  her in magazines and stuck them on his wall,he found a fan
club  address-yes!!   Ill finally get to tell her what i feel so he sent
off a letter.

Weeks  later  a  reply  came,not  from  her but from the viewer services
giving  you  some  information on the star,well at least its better than
nothing  he thought.Sooner or later his parents found out and they had a
`brief` conversation (about five words) somehow the boy was ashamed that
he had fallen in love with someone he had never met and who lived so far
away.The  boy  had no experience with girls and consequently never had a
girl  friend because he was sooo shy and in the back of his mind he knew
he would never be able to hold her next to him.

A  few  months  later  the  tv  company  that  produced  the show held a
competition-to  meet her!!  it was a dream come true,even though it ment
a trip of 5 hours to london,he was so determined to see her that he sent
in  over  fortie  entries to the competition-and lost to a girl (eh?) he
didnt even get a consolation prize!

Some  weeks  later  the  girl appeared on several TV chat shows which he
taped  and viewed over and over again,many months passed with the series
ending  and  the  boy  slowly forgetting the girl-then she came back for
another interview which stirred all the emotions up again,he was more in
love with her than before!!  He wrote for help and they all had the same
reply-how  can  you  love her if you`ve never met?  Well i guess for our
hero it all started out as a crush which grew and grew.

Today he is still in love with her but knows that it would be impossible
to  ever  see her...how do i know so much?  Because i am the boy and the
girl is Melissa Joan Hart.

End.