The Competition Winner

The Lonely Life and The Application

(Avery's POV)

So, I'm sat in the living area of my 2 bedroom apartment, the TV is playing friends in the background. I've watched all the episodes so many times I could listen to it as a podcast. As I'm scrolling through my phone, with one hand in the popcorn bowl, I'm really living my lonely life, I notice a competition for an evening with my celebrity crush. If I'd seen this 2 months ago, I'd of scrolled past, only after picturing an evening with him and how we would walk on the beach hand in hand at sunset, I realise this is not 2 months ago, this is now, I need to apply for this competition.

Grabbing my laptop because something this serious cannot be done on an iPhone. God this laptop takes forever to turn on, whilst i'm waiting, I jump in the shower wash my hair, scrub my body till I am bright red, shave my body to in a inch of it life. I feel so much better now I step out of the shower and grab my fluffy white towel to dry myself. I then decide to put on my jasmine body lotion to keep my skin smooth and then I can smell amazing too. I decided i'd but my fancy lingerie on and my silky pyjamas, this application needs to be completed in style if I had any chance of winning. Don't ask me why I believe this but I do so I am going with it. I grabbed another bottle of white zinfandel and fill my wine glass ready to start this process.

'In 80 words tell me who you are' "I'm Avery, loner, looser and complicated wreck." well I can't exactly say that now can I, for one it's only 7 words and that really isn't going to get me an evening with my celebrity crush now is it. So I'm sat there thinking 'how can I explain who I am without sounding like I've got a huge ego and also without making it sound like my original thoughts.' I've been sat here for hours thinking, I'm down 3 bottles of wine and the deadline is in 18 hours. I can feel myself falling asleep but I've had too much to drink to even contemplate moving to the bedroom.

I jerked myself awake, you know that dream where you feel like you're falling to your death and suddenly wake up sweating and remembering everything from your life well that's what happened to me this morning. I get up of the couch and stretch my way into the kitchen, sleeping on the couch was definitely not one of my brightest ideas. Coffee, I need coffee stat, waiting for the machine to grind the coffee beans I walk to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face getting sort of ready for my lazy Sunday, as I've said living my lonely life. I take the first gulp of my coffee and instantly regret not waiting for it to cool down, my taste buds won't be working for the foreseeable future now ive burnt them to a crisp. As soon as I get over the burning feeling on my tongue and my brain registers that it's had coffee, it reminds me I have 9 hours to submit this application. I've always worked best under pressure.

I go back to the couch and open my laptop, 'In 80 words tell me who you are' "My parents named me Avery Louise Williams, I recently graduated with a Masters in Architecture and started a graduate position at a sort after company. I'm 24 years of age and adore puppies. I try to volunteer at the local rescue as often as I can in my spare time. I have always followed Formula 1 as my dad is an avid supporter I became obsessed at a young age. 'What would an evening with Greyson Russel mean to you?' can I write the absolute world? Maybe not, "An evening with Greyson, to be able to think this is possible. When I first started watching the F1 I always wondered how you got there, my dad showed me the clips of all the young men go karting, then being sponsored to join F3 and work there way to F1. He took me to a go karting race, and Greyson was there, and obviously he won, he always does. I watched as he interacted with the fans, but I was too shy to go up and talk to him. I've followed his career ever since. So, to answer your question an evening with Greyson Russel would finally complete my dream of being able to just say hi."

The application asked for some person details and a few other questions which I completed and submitted with hours to spare, all I had to do know was sit and wait to see if I'd win my dream.