Love in the Limelight

Eleven fifty-nine in the evening.

Astrid was jolted awake by the ring of her phone. She answered in a groggy state, and was immediately met with Elio’s passionate voice, “Astrid, look out the window.”

She stumbled to the window, and within seconds, a distant blue light in the dark night sky began to approach.

Midnight.

Numerous drones in the sky spelled out: Happy Birthday, Astrid.

Birthday. Today was her birthday.

Elio said, “Look at the TV.”

Astrid turned her head, only to find the TV screen had gone black. The next second, Elio appeared on the screen, with guitar in hand. He was dressed in a hoodie and jeans, and there was a slight smile playing on his lips. He said,eHe said, “Happy Birthday, Astrid. Don’t say anything, just listen to me sing this song.”

The moment the intro started, she recognized it as one of her favorite songs, All of Me.

Astrid hadn’t expected Elio to “jump” into her TV to celebrate her birthday using technology. Moreover, he sang so well and played the guitar just as skillfully. His singing made her heart race.

“‘Cause all of me

Loves all of you

and all

All your perfect imperfections.”

was in a daze and tried to get

couldn’t understand why Elio was showing up on the

Astrid’s phone started vibrating.

news headlines were

love for Astrid

online live broadcast

does this to win over

broadcasts for love, causing

…

had simply cast the video onto the TV, but he was actually live streaming on the internet! She opened Twitter, and her fingers were

I want the whole world to

on the topic and the first post was from Elio’s official account, saying: I’m Elio, and I want everyone in the world to know I love Astrid.Books