Chapter 9- "How I met Johannes"

Chapter 9- "How I met Johannes"
Original title: "How Johannes met Aslana"

Two weeks had passed since Jamie and her dad Percy arrived in England. They already went as far as Edinburgh in Scotland. Jamie was still calling Raimund regularly, she even rang him while she was in the Buckingham Palace some two days after she went to Diagon Alley. Raimund was staying over at his cousin Veronica at her apartment in Charlottenburg in Berlin for a week. Sometimes aunt Cho would come along with them and show them around her favorite places to go in England, from muggle shopping centres in Glasgow to wonderful wizarding places like Godric's Hollow. In about two weeks, Jamie will have to say goodbye to hes dad, Raimund, Aslana and Johannes(in Jamie's relief) and her sort of afflicted life living like a muggle.

"Dad, how can i explain this to Raimund and the others?" Jamie asked her dad as they were driving with aunt Cho around London on a clear but cloudy afternoon. Jamie never told about this to her friends, even to her best friend Raimund. But she must find a potential excuse why she is leaving them behind in Hamburg to study in a British wizarding school. Raimund might will sad when she'll announce this to him, since Jamie is his only closest best friend for years and the only female friend that he can open up his feminine side with. They'd been together through tears and laughter for many years and they loved each other like siblings so that made Jamie worry about Raimund when she is gone even if she's away for probably a year, what will happen to Raimund? she badly thought.
"Hun, are you worried about Raimund?" Percy concernly asked because he feels like Jamie was worried about her long time best friend. "Who's Raimund?" aunt Cho asked curiously, "Jamie's muggle best friend from Hamburg." Percy said, then Jamie turned her head at him and nodded. "Well, don't worry about him. i'll just tell him that you're going to an English boarding school that is very isolated and got no internet connection. instead i'll tell him that if he got something that he needs to tell or bring you, he'll have to write you a letter or put in a parcel and give it to me. If he asked the address of the school, i'll just tell him that the school is very strict that parents are the only ones who are allowed to write to the students." Percy said, then aunt Cho added "But a lot of changes happened in the wizarding world that now you can surf the internet in Hogsmeade but you can't send an "email" to a muggle for security reasons.", "Gosh, i didn't know that..." Percy said and at the same time snapped his right fingers.

Night time came and Jamie was again surfing the internet in her macbook inside the hotel room. Everytime she would surf the internet, her heart pounds fast, her palms sweat and feel heavy on the inside especially when she is seeing the primary photo of Aslana in the arms of Johannes in her myspace. Even though, surfing the internet is a very painful thing to do for Jamie at the moment, she feels like she needed to surf the internet before she'll move away to Hogwarts-where her muggle gadgets like her macbook and T moble sidekick II would go haywire. Then some 15 minutes later, Jamie read on her myspace home that a new blog post was added on Aslana's myspace blog. Then, in a mad rush of curiousity and jealousy, Jamie quickly went to Aslana's blog and read it, her heart beats faster and her palms sweated more. Oh my gosh, (not) another blog post about Johannes!!! Jamie thought. Indeed, it was another blog post about Johannes, and there are so many comments on the blog post. and mind you that they are hate comments from angry and ignorant fans of Johannes, those who refused to believe and accept the hard truth about Johannes eventually having a girlfriend after more than five years since he became famous. Maybe everybody knows now that they're together? Jamie wondered. then she opened another tab in her browser and looked for "Johannes Trümper" in google. It was really true that Johannes had a girlfriend and it was really Aslana. The German news Bild announces it, as well the French celebrity tabloids, and of course, an article on Johannes by Bravo-a German teens magazine. Jamie might have never heard of these news since she was in England for two weeks and Die Argyles arent that much big in that country compared to France and Germany, but she never feel overwhelmed now that the news had now leaked across and confirmed. Jamie also feels sorry for the girls who just got to know this sad news that she knows for a long time. She went back to Aslana's blog and read the new blog post:


"How Johannes met Aslana"
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Now everyone knows that me and the very famous Johannes Trümper are together, but no one knows how and why we met and how we got together. now ladies and gentlemen, read along the story of how Johannes met and fell for me.

It all started in Hamburg some months ago when my friends Denise and Mara are clubbing along in St. Pauli when Johannes and his band, Die Argyles, went there after their hard-rocking, sold-out concert in Hamburg. While i was strutting out on the dance floor and my friends are drinking Margaritas and flirting out with some guys, Johannes went to the dance floor after drinking some cocktails in the bar. Of course im been such a big fan of his, i took this oppotunity to talk to him in person. He was there, wearing an Ed Hardy tshirt, a black Faith Connection cap, black Diesel jeans and Chanel shades with his hair down so many can't recognize him but i did. i went up near him and said "hi". he was having a frown upon his face until my cheerful "hi" made him smile and told me "hi" as well. then he asked me to dance with him and of course, i said yes so we danced around the floor, me lap dancing around him. Then my friends left early with their dates and (thankfully) Johannes' drunk and foolish bandmates, so that leaves only me and Johannes. Johannes brought me a drink and then we talked about things in our lives for hours. That is when i first got to know the shocking truth that Johannes has been ill-treated by his attention-seeking bandmates and greedy management. like i said on my last post, i feel sorry for Johannes with his bandmates, management, fans, paparazzis and such(the hell with them!!!). Speaking of hell-worthy fans, i told him about his other fans being obsessed with him like my freaky little schoolmate who calls herself Jamie from China or something(i think her real name is some Chinese something that is confusing as Confucius). i told Johannes that she thinks she can stand a chance with Johannes but hell no, she is wrong!! Johannes told me that he hates girls who are so like her- super ambitious, arrogant, smells like math books with joss incense and ... just plain weird. he said that her head is like hanging above the clouds like she feels she'll eventually become his girlfriend. "duh, as if she's my type, she definately not my type!!! what a stupid, little b*tch she is!" Johannes said as he drank his vodka sunrise, "Im so glad i never met her... i bet she's one of the worst lookin' girls i'll ever see in my whole entire life. i never knew there are fans as worse as her. if the other fans are so bad enough-chasing me around the malls, fainting when they see me, and other stupid things- what's more if i come across her?! anyway, i hate all of them-those fans, bleeh...." he added.
Then he took me in his hotel room and there i discovered Johannes, not androgynous and charming Johannes Trümper of Die Argyles who often appear on Viva or MTV on my TV. we first had a very hot and sensual make-out with each other by the bed. and then, we made love. my skin touches his and it was blissful. my old obsession turned into something i might preferably call love. Even though the Johannes that im always crazy about is different from this Johannes, i think im falling head over feet for him and i know he feels the same way.

Currently listening to: Lucky(DJ Kamikaze version) Britney Spears


"See i told you Johannes is lashing you out as well!!!" Percy angrily said as he got to read Aslana's blog post in Jamie's macbook, he was furious especially with Johannes' unfair judgement over Jamie. Jamie was uncontrollably sobbing on her aunt's shoulders for the past ten minutes since she read Aslana's tragic news about her. "There, there Jamie...at least he haven't said something worse than that... " Aunt Cho affectionately said. "My daughter never did anything bad to him and he never knew her in person as well so how dare he to call my Jamie something as harsh as that!!!" he exclaimed, his face very red with anger. "Perce, just calm down... only God can judge people. in fact i bet that Johannes was really insensitive and unethical...", "...or this Aslana had put some magic involved in this. She might have used Amortentia in Johannes' drink, magically modified the picture or any other things that made this look real." Aunt Cho suspected, making Percy and Jamie turn their heads on her as if she said something that makes her sound as if she was crazy and out of her mind. "What?! but Aslana's a muggle, auntie..." Jamie tearfully exclaimed "...so that means the former is more acceptable, it's more credible than the latter." she added. "Absolutely not..." Cho said, "Sometimes, wizards aren't allowed to call themselves as wizards to other fellow wizards especially if one is of minor age and has been punished by the Ministry of Magic for almost doing something as bad as throwing off an unforgivable curse. i know that is implemented by the German Ministry of Magic."
in Germany, you can do magic at muggle places just as long as you can explain or make a credible excuse to a muggle if one witnessed magic being done, like in Jamie's case when she opened her house's door with Raimund.
"Probably true. but Aslana- a witch? no way, nah-uh!!" Jamie bellowed. "Calm down Jamie, it doesn't mean what i said is true... i just kinda feel like Aslana is probably a witch. This news just popped out of nowhere and i read in Die Argyles' fan forums that no one, not even the management ever saw Johannes being with Aslana and there is no proof that Johannes himself confirmed it. So Aslana's prolly making this up-", "-what about the pictures?! some months ago, i saw her holding up a picture with her and Johannes in our school.", "Listen Jamie, i hate to tell you this but maybe she modified a picture with magic, so get it?" Aunt Cho exclaimed, then there was a moment of silence among Jamie, Percy and aunt Cho.

"Anyway, i really wished i never became a fan of Johannes at all. i regretted it very deep ...i wish i never been... so he wouldn't have those stupid, little, b*tches like me for fans. but it's a shame that one part of my life he gave me a kind of emotional gift with his songs when i was still trying to adjust with my strange, new life in Germany and especially the loss of my mum back in China. his poignant but powerful music assured me everything will be alright even if my life was flipped upside down... his sense of style made me feel that i am not the only one who is sporting my own style that used to be mocked at before Johannes became famous, therefore not making me feel weird anymore, his fashion sense is almost same as mine. and the kindness and gratefulness he showed for his fans in his interviews, concerts and such- made me feel that im important to him as a fan.... but all of these..." Jamie bellowed, making Percy and Cho look at each other with sympathy for a shamelessly sobbing Jamie in front of them. "Although Aslana was also infatuated with him from the start, it didn't stopped me from liking him and his music, but now i know the truth- Johannes is not real. he's just an act played by a poor but insensitive guy who.... just played out with my feelings and with loads of other fans." Jamie sniffled and wiped her tears, finally confessing all her chagrin and anguish out.

"Jamie, i am so sorry about Johannes." Raimund said on the phone as he and Jamie talked, "I already know about this ever since you arrived in London. i was in Berlin with my cousin Veronica at that time you called from Buckingham remember? As i opened my myspace that morning, well i was really mad when i read that, now i really hate Die Argyles and especially Johannes for calling you that. im not sure with Henri, Dean and Inah, prolly when they got to know this they'll start to hate him too. thought you might get hurt at the wrong time when i told you about Aslana's horrendous blog post. what a git Johannes is that told Aslana you're that, just don't get too depressed by what he said, it doesn't matter. i was kinda planning to tell you about it after you come back here but you got to know." , "i won't be coming back here for long really..." Jamie bitterly said, then Raimund gasped loudly and then there was a moment of silence. "What?! why... what....er... how come?" Raimund asked, his trembling voice and difficulty of finding words to say made it obvious that he was shocked by the news. "Long story, but one day i received a letter from a British boarding school that i was accepted in their school, i never took any tests though, in fact i never sent anything to them.", "Maybe it was sent to you by mistake...", "No, it was addressed to me- Jamie Chariss Wong- obviously there are no other Jamie Chariss Wong in this world other than me right?", "So, i'll never get to see you again for how long?" Raimund asked in a woeful voice, "maybe about a year, i promise i'll be back in summer or if im lucky, earlier than that- on Christmas break. C'mon you're not the only one who's sad about this-im also sad about it because we'll gonna be separated but don't you worry i'll write to you every week if i can. Dad will just give the letter to you coz only parents can write to students there, and if you had something for me, just hand it over to dad and he'll send it for me.", "then that's good..." Raimund said, "...now i understand everything, but im gonna miss you, Jamie." he added, his voice getting back to it's cheery self. whew... what a relief, Jamie thought. "and im gonna miss you too, Raims." she sweetly said.

Two weeks passed, Jamie was on Kings' Cross station with her dad and Aunt Cho on a monday morning. Jamie was pulling her trolley and Harry was sleeping soundly on the top of the trunk. "Sigh, september 1. this is it..." Jamie said as they come near platforms 9 and 10. In Germany there are also magical platforms like on old train stations in Munich, Berlin, Leipzig and Halle as well as subway stations in Kowloon leading to magical places like Hogwarts. Harry opened his green eyes and jumped over the trunk to aunt Cho's arms as Jamie prepared herself to run into platforms 9 3/4. she closed her eyes, counted one to three and ran as fast as she could. she opened her eyes and discovered herself to be in an old, Victorian train station full of witches and wizards but this time, it's also full of young, teenaged wizards like her and a very old fashioned train that had a sign "Hogwarts Express". Jamie gave her trolley to her dad and he unloaded it on the train and aunt Cho gave Harry back to Jamie. "You take care of yourself..." aunt Cho smiled, "Of course, i would...", "I can't believe it, my little Jamie is moving away from me for the first time, but hey at least you're 16 and two years from now you'll be an adult but don't fret Jamie dear, when i go home i might kick Johannes' arse faster than he can say "Nach Dir Kommt Nichts", or maybe not. But surely i'll make you and Raimund keep in touch with as much as possible." Percy assured, aunt Cho laughed and then said "Just forget about him and all those things. man, you really needed a break away from them. don't try to remember those things while you're in Hogwarts okay?", "Okay auntie, you'll write to me as well?", "ah of course, i'll be writing regularly, asking how are you doing there." Cho said, then the clock striked 11 and the train began to move, "Okay, bye dad... bye aunt Cho... see you maybe on the Christmas break or surely in summer." Jamie waved to them as she climbed inside the packed train, she made her way to the crowd and peered in a window, her dad and aunt waving at her and she waved back. moments later, Percy and Cho turned back and apparated after the Hogwarts train moves away from platform 9 3/4. Jamie carried her cat Harry on her left arm and then she quickly found an empty compartment. She sat by the windows and saw the scenery of London moving a bit fast. She then thought at least she's about to forsake her problems living life like a muggle. she's about to abandon Aslana, Johannes and their menacing friends and forget about them but Jamie also have to say goodbye to her faithful friends like Raimund, Henri, Dean and Inah but she won't have to forget about them at all. Feeling half eager but half anxious, she wondered what fate would bring her when she goes to start her new life in Hogwarts. of course there will be the good and the bad things but she wondered what are those in Hogwarts. She leaned her head on the glass and contemplated about how will her life be in Hogwarts as the train moved fast leaving the city of London behind, into the vast and green English contryside.