When you dream...Dream BIG....

I have several... publishing novels people can't wait to read, owning a bookstore, living in a major city... but the one that immediately popped into my head stems from a conversation I had with a friend. I'm not sure where to start with the backstory. I follow/support/promote/am a fan of a band with a weird status. They've toured the world, been around for 17 years, played some of the biggest festivals around (Lollapalooza, Download/Monsters of Rock, Bamboozle...) but are still virtually unknown. But one of the best things about that is it gives them the opportunity to really connect with their fans on a personal level...and vice versa, the fans to connect with them. So, when I say I have a crush on the singer of my favorite band, he's also a friend...which makes things weird. And now the actual story is a few months ago I went to New York City to surprise him with 100 roses as a birthday gift from the promotion team. It was the greatest weekend I've had in a long time and we had a couple of moments which could only be described as awkward. Like...I have a necklace with his band's logo on it and he went completely batty over it. Lifted it up off my chest to get a closer look (and was well within kiss range while doing it...two inches from my face, at the most )... He recognized me before I said anything to him (!) and said "Hey, how are yooooooooh I LIKE that!" and grabbed my necklace (which was a tiny bit alarming since he has a reputation as a magpie, stealing shiny things from fans). Awkward. On the way home I was talking with a friend about how it was silly and irrational but I missed him and even though my brain knows he's just a fairy tale, my heart wants so badly to believe we could make something work. When she asked why he had to be a fairy tale, I didn't have any kind of real answer. So I guess my really BIG dream is to win over my fairy tale prince.