My Nano was going to originally be mostly comedy - as in, outrageous, completely random comedy - but as quick as lightning, it turned to a bit of a drama/romance, with only moderate humor in it.
Here's the story:
My female MC, Emma, is a junior in high school. She's smart and pretty independent, and she basically parents her younger brother and sister, since their mother dies at the twins' birth and their father has turned to alcohol to numb his grief. One day she finds a hidden compartment under a loose floorboard in the school auditorium, and hidden there is a notebook with a few lines of writing, a poem, on it. She replies to the poem, and soon she begins exchanging messages daily with whomever the other writer is. This mysterious person becomes her confidante and solace, much to the disappointment of Emma's best friend of nine years, Jonathan.
Now, here's my problem. Jonathan and Emma have always had some sort of mutual romantic feelings toward each other, though not very prominent. However, Emma notices (near the beginning of the novel) that Jonathan's feelings have increased somewhat, while she doesn't think hers have quite as much. As she gradually starts "falling" for the writer of the notebook, Jonathan is heartbroken - because, although she doesn't realize it, he has actually fallen in love with her. When she finally does, they fight and then cease talking. For weeks they don't speak, and both of them are miserable. One night she realizes something - she's in love with Jon too. This inspires her to do something - she writes in the notebook one last time, explaining that she cannot keep going with their messages. She requests, on the last page of the book, to meet the writer after the last bell.
She finds out that the writer is named Adam, a senior whom she didn't really have much contact with otherwise. They discuss the reason she's ending their conversations - she doesn't tell him exactly why. At the end, he tells her that he would have eventually fallen in love with her, and she tells him that she might have as well, and that was the reason she had to end it.
Finally, near the end of the school year, Jonathan confronts her. Turns out he's read the last entry in the book, and he had come and seen her interaction with Adam. He couldn't really believe she was in love with him and not Adam - but she tells him it's always been him - and here, I'm stuck.
I don't know how to write this scene and not make it cliche. What I want to happen is that all of their pain and awkwardness from the past months dissolves, and they both submit to their love for each other. I really want it to be a good scene, as it is pivotal - more happens later that is inspired by it - and i HATE cliched romance scenes. They're so hard to make unique, and I'd love some advice. If you've got any, could you send me a PM instead of posting on here, especially if it's long? Thanks in advance.
Ada
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Is it bad that I miss the old you?
