Show Me RELEASE DAY!!!

Happy Friday, Soul Questers!!!!!!!!

And……

HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO SHOW ME!!!!!

Oh my goodness, I CANNOT believe this day is finally here!!! You can finally purchase my debut novel, Show Me on Amazon in paperback or E-book!!!! Thank you so much to all of my amazing readers and followers for following me on this amazing journey in writing and editing and now publishing Show Me!!

If and when you DO read Show Me, please, please PLEASE write a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads! Book reviews really help an author’s book get to more people, and they affect their rank on the Amazon lists. And it doesn’t need to be a fancy book report. It can just be a couple of sentences with your HONEST opinion of the book. That’s it.

Sooo…What am I even doing for release day, you might be asking?

Well, I wrote a fun little scene in which I am going out to dinner with the main cast of my book, and we’re celebrating my book coming out!! I hope you enjoy this!

Going Out to Dinner With Kade and His Friends

I pulled the door open and head inside the small independent diner, eyes darting around the tables looking for my group.

“Excuse me, can I help you?”

I turned to acknowledge the petite host smiling at me. She clutched a menu with her claw-like hands–her acrylic nails were way too long for my taste. “Oh, I’m just waiting for some friends of mine,” I said.

“Do you have a reservation?” the host asked, tossing her blond ponytail tipped with purple.

“Um, no,” I said, reaching into my purse as I felt the vibrate of my phone. I looked down, face lighting up at seeing my best friend text me a happy book birthday. I quickly sent a reply and looked back up at the host.

“Well I can get you set up at a table,” she said. “How many people are we expecting?”

I paused to count the number of people coming. “4 more…maybe 5.” 5 if Axel decided he was feeling well enough to show up.

“OK, well if you can please wait here for a moment, I’ll go get a table ready for you guys.”

“Perfect!” I smile.

The hostess scoots off into the heart of the diner while I lower to one of the cushioned benches left for those of us who are waiting for our tables.

“Gabriella, is that you?”

I turn, hearing my name to see Adrian walking towards me, a huge smile painted onto her face. She wraps me into a hug. “Hi!!” I grin, hugging her back. “How are you?”

“I’m great,” she says, pulling away. I scan her outfit: A flowy floral dress, a large floppy hat and a pair of flats. Her large bounce of brown curls greatly resembles my own, which has been pulled back into its usual ponytail.

“If you’re ready,” the hostess interrupts, “I have a table ready for you now.”

“So where are the others?” I ask Adrian as we start walking.

“Oh well, Kade’s late as usual. Ethan says he’s on his way and I have no idea where Argent is.”

“What about Storm?” I ask. “Is she coming?”

Adrian shrugged. “She never RSVP’d. I told you to not bother. She hates Kade anyways.”

“Yes well, she’s still a part of the main cast.”

The two of us sit in seats at our table next to each other and I pick up a menu.

“Hello, my name is Cherry and I’ll be your waitress this evening,” says a girl with a British accent behind me. I turn and smile at her. “Can I start you off with anything to drink?”

“I’ll take a Sprite, please,” I respond.

“Can I just have water, please?” Adrian asks with her winning smile.

“Of course. I’ll be right with you.” Cherry turns, and I open my mouth to speak again, but I am interrupted.

“Hello everyone!”

It was Argent, followed by the other two boys: Ethan, holding his usual bag of hot Cheetos and Kade with his brown curls bouncing with him. He was dressed in a graphic tee that read Me? Sarcastic? Never! I chuckled at the truth behind the quote.

“Hey guys, perfect timing, we haven’t even ordered yet,” I said.

But Adrian stared at Kade. “You’re late.”

Kade held his hands up in self-defense. “Oh no. Not this again.”

But Adrian smiled and waved her own hand dismissively. “I’m just kidding.”

I felt a sigh of relief in the air. I opened my menu. “Does anyone have any idea of what they’re ordering yet?

“We just got here,” Ethan reminded me.

“Right.” I scan the menu with my eyes. They go straight towards the cheeseburgers.

Adrian flipped through her own menu. “Where is the vegetarian section?” she asked in a panic.

I turned the page of my own, not finding one. I shrug. Maybe you can get a salad instead.”

“I guess I’ll have to,” is her response.

I look at Kade, who is sitting across from me, staring blankly at his menu. “So, how does it feel to be the protagonist of a published novel?” I ask him.

In response, he shrugs. “Fine,” he responds.

Argent nudges him in the shoulder. “What’s up with you today?”

“A headache.” No surprise there, unfortunately.

Cherry’s voice calls out from behind me a second time. “Are Y’all ready to order?”

I turn. “Yes, I believe so.”

“OK, what can I get all of you?”

I do a one last scan of the menu. “I think I’m going to get a BBQ Bacon Burger. Please.” Cherry jots down my order on her pad of paper.

“And how do you want your burger cooked?”

“Medium please.”

“Sweet.”

Cherry turns to Adrian, who says, “Can I please have Gardner’s Salad please without the bacon?”

Cherry nods before turning to Ethan. Once everyone had ordered, I turn to all my friends. “Thanks, everyone for agreeing to come out and celebrate with me.”

“Of course,” Argent says, who’s barely spoken since he’d arrived.

“Kade, do you want me to get you some meds for your head? At least you’d be able to enjoy yourself a bit?”

Kade shakes his head. “I took some before we left. They should be kicking in soon.”

“OK.”

We have some interesting conversations while waiting for our food to show up. When it does, I can’t help but notice that Kade and I both ordered the same thing. Of course. We’ve always been a bit alike.

Argent starts eating his fries. “So, did publishing go smoothly for you?” he asks me.

I nod. “There were some issues with the formatting at first, but it somehow still came out on time.”

“That’s good,” Kade smiled.

“Yeah,” I agree biting into my burger.

We’re all quiet for a few minutes as we ate our food. Probably all thinking about this day, that changed all of us. We had just started embarking on a journey that would last years to come.

THE END

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