A Gift of a Special Website – part 1 – by tnbnb

A Gift of a Special Website – part 1 – by tnbnb

Thanks to Tigersman for editing. This is a four part story.

I got the idea for this story after seeing the movie, Yesterday. It was not a big hit but a movie with Lily James and the Beatle music sounded good to me. Yesterday is about a world where virtually everyone in the world has no memory of The Beatles. Like the movie, the catalyst for this story is a fantasy and the how it happens cannot be explained. The story is about what happens as a result not how it happens.

Characters

• Jane- 25 year old American. Her sister is Olivia. Cute more than a traditional beauty. Recently broke up with her long-term boyfriend. Going through an experimental phase with both male and female FWBs. Makes friends easily.

• Matt- 32 year old divorced. His girlfriend is Hannah. She is the first girl he has been serious with since his divorce. Matt looks like a model. Comes from a well-to-do family and has a beautiful house near the beach.

• Olivia 27 year old American. Married to Derek. They are happily married but their sex life is vanilla. Like her sister, she has a girl next door look but is much more conservative. Olivia moved to Australia three years ago to get married.

• Derek 32 year old. Married to Olivia. Friends with Matt and Sammy since childhood. Derek and Olivia have good jobs, but Sydney is expensive. They own a small condo and are trying to get pregnant, and it is causing stress. Derek is tall and reasonably attractive with a warm smile.

• Hannah 26 years old of Asian descent. She worked as a model while in school. She is still getting to know the group and is quiet around the others.

• Sammy 31 year old. Married to Serena. The most outgoing of the group. Formerly overweight. Has become more private and not as close to Matt and Derek than he used to be, who blame that on Serena.

• Serena 42 year old Married to Sammy. Curvy. The group thinks that Sammy married Serena because he needs a mother type.

Introduction

It is 11 AM on a Saturday in October in Sydney when Olivia facetimed her sister Jane who lived in Denver. Jane had emailed her a couple of hours ago and arranged the call asking if she was available and saying that she has news. Their parents had gotten divorced when they were young, and the sisters were very close growing up.

When Olivia met Derek in graduate school, fell in love and moved to Sydney, the person she missed most was Jane. Jane had visited twice and fit right in with her gang of friends. Jane had mentioned previously that her company had an office in Sydney and that she would be interested in moving if she could get a position in that office.

After some small talk, Jane said, “I have some big news.”

“That is what you said in your email. What is it?”

“Yesterday, the Vice President of my company scheduled a meeting with me. I am like shit what did I do wrong? However, he told me that they are impressed by my work and asked if I was still interested in relocating to the Sydney office. When I told him I was, he said that they have a role for me in Sydney that they think I will be perfect for. They can get me a work visa.”

Olivia screamed, “You’re moving here?”

“It looks that way yes.”

Olivia smiled and said, “I can’t believe you’ll be here. I am so excited.”

“I am excited too. I am going to miss my friends here, but I am ready for a change.”

“There are a lot of hot guys in Australia.”

“A lot of hot chicks too.” Olivia rolled her eyes and Jane laughed and said, “I saw that.”

After a couple of seconds of silence Olivia said, “You know Sydney is expensive. Are you going to be able to afford it?”

“I am getting a nice raise, but I may need to get a roommate.”

The girls talked some more before saying goodbye.

Later that day, Olivia and Derek met their friends at Matt’s beach house and told them about Jane moving to Sydney. She was surprised when Matt offered to let Jane stay in his granny flat. They went and looked at the apartment and it was perfect for a single person. Obviously being by the beach made it even better.

A couple days later Jane and Matt talked and finalized the plans. Matt gave her a good deal on the rent. They agreed to have a three month trial to see how things go.

Thursday in February

Matt

Matt left his office in downtown Sydney around 6PM. On the crowded street he passed an old beggar who was being ignored by everyone. For some reason, Matt locked eyes with the man and the intensity and sadness caused Matt to stop and open his wallet. He did not have anything less than a $100 dollar note. Matt hesitated a second and gave the old man the $100 note.

The old man’s face registered surprise at the amount and said, “Thank you, sir. When the clock strikes midnight may your home be granted a miracle.”

Matt stopped for a moment and thought what a weird thing to say, but also did not take it seriously and forgot about it immediately. He was beating himself up for giving the stranger so much money that would likely be for booze. Matt did not like to be wasteful.

As Matt drove to his house in Bondi Beach, he thought about the upcoming weekend. It was his birthday on Saturday, he was going to have a day with Hannah and then on Sunday, his friends were going to come over to hang out at the beach.

Hannah was on a business trip and would not be back until tomorrow, so he was on his own tonight and was planning for a quiet evening. For the first time in a long time, Matt was happy with his life.

He had married his high school girlfriend, Tori right out of university and after a couple of years, things had started to go wrong. Tori was much more ambitious than Matt and although they both wanted the marriage to work, they were too different. Matt learned that people are not the same at 18 as they at 25 or 30. For about six years, from the time the marriage began to go bad until a couple years after the divorce when he finally started to be his old self, it was a miserable time in his life.

Matt had met Hannah through Derek who worked with her before they both found new jobs. Besides being gorgeous and smart, Hannah was the most positive person he knew and clearly adored Matt. Pretty much every workday, they would text each other something nice around mid-day even if it was just a heart. They had been going out for over a year and Matt was pretty sure they would eventually get married.

Three years earlier, Derek and Olivia’s wedding had been in the middle of Matt’s marriage problems, and it was a struggle to keep a happy face. Jane came to Sydney for about a month around the wedding. Jane was the Maid of Honor and Matt was the Best Man. Matt was not really attracted to Jane, but he enjoyed her energy and spunky attitude. He liked being around her.

When Matt had heard that Jane was moving to Sydney, he offered her the granny flat since it was not being used. He liked Jane and he considered Derek and Olivia like family. The granny flat had a separate entrance and its own kitchen. He had not seen much of Jane since she moved in a couple months ago. She always seemed to be out.

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