Disclaimer: I do not own Hannah Montana. If I did, this fic wouldn't be a fic. It'd be an actual series of episodes. I DO own Brianna, and Amanda Sherwood though.
Questions and Answers
Q: How did this story come to you?
A: This story came to me really randomly. When I started writing this story, it was meant to be short, sweet, and romantic. It was really only supposed to end with Miley breaking her leg and blabbiddy blah blah. But at the time I started writing this, in March, I was really depressed. Everyone in my grade had a story like Amanda's, Miley's, or Jake's. Including me. Everyone was messed up, and I just felt like I needed to write a story out of it. So, I took some kids in my grade and based them on these characters. The murderer thing wasn't supposed to be that big either, and it wasn't even supposed to be Amanda as the murderer, but I'd already introduced her, and I figured why not: I'd just pull her in. I don't really like having characters out there without a purpose.
Q: Where did you think Amanda up and her background?
A: I thought Amanda up from one of my friends at school. She always really intrigued me, mostly because how everyone in our grade thought she was "perfect". She was exactly how I described Amanda: absolutely gorgeous, incredibly smart, friendly, charismatic, outgoing, positive…the list goes on. Everyone thought she was a goddess or something. But she wasn't. As I got to know her better and become better friends with her, it became obvious to me that she was the farthest thing from perfect. All these kids would be so jealous of her that they would bully her. Her siblings hated her too, and would bully and make her miserable also. She had scars and bite marks all over her body. Her supposedly "best friend" (whom I modeled Kayla after) actually threw an iron at her, and she now has this huge permanent burn. She had no real friends because people didn't take her for what she was inside: they just wanted to look at her. Her boyfriend actually only went out with her to become popular, to score attention, and just to make out with her. No one really cared about her. And so she started going down hill. And fast. She quickly sank into a deep depression, and instead of Miley being the bulimic one; this girl was who I suspected as the bulimic girl. She would go to lunch after everyone else had eaten, and then stuff all this food down her mouth, and run to the nearest bathroom. And once, like I had written happened to Amanda, I was in that bathroom during lunch, and she was running in, but when she saw me, she stopped suddenly, apologized, and ran to another bathroom. She wouldn't talk to anyone when she was depressed, and she would wear huge sweatshirts and jeans every single day. She would just listen to her iPod all day long, with the volume really loud, as if to block out everyone else. And she started failing everything. She acted really fake, and her laugh and smile were always forced. She had no idea what she wanted, and she was just throwing her life away. I just had never thought someone could ever do that to themselves. It was weird having someone so close to you deteriorate like that.
Q: How did you think of Amanda's role?
A: Like I said, I had just written a little bit about her in one chapter, meaning for her to be just this minor girl. But then I wrote about the murderer randomly, and I thought I could pull in Amanda as the murderer. Suddenly, I got all these ideas and they all just seemed to fit like a puzzle.
Q: Why was Miley's dad so distant?
A: I don't know if I ever got the chance to say it, but Miley's dad was supposed to be an alcoholic. That was why he was so distant. He was never himself, like Amanda in a way. It was like he didn't have time for Miley, and so he really pushed her to the side.
Q: Did Jake know that it Miley was the pen pal the whole time?
A: No. He only realized it at the end. He was so shocked and so scared, that he told Miley to stop emailing him. That was why he couldn't look at her for that week. That was why he was so far away from her.
Q: Where'd you get the idea for Brianna?
A: There's just this really obnoxious girl at my school that I just had to add in. She was really bugging me at the time, so I just needed to vent myself out…as you can see, writing is my number one way of expressing myself. A lot of the storylines and characters come from my life. Hopefully my stories won't be that depressing anymore (LOL) because I'm almost fully out of my depression, so…I've been more cheery lately….
Q: Why didn't Lilly and Oliver try to fight back more into their friendship with Miley?
A: In the beginning, it was too fishy for them to tell what was wrong with Miley. They thought it would just heal over time. But then as time went on, and Miley only worsened, Lilly and Oliver only became more involved with themselves, and so Miley's problems flew past them unnoticed.
Q: Where in the world was Jackson this whole time?
A: Jackson was just a troublemaker, and always out with his friends. He was also somewhat messed up, but definitely not as bad as any of the other characters. Ah, you know kids that age. They just feel like family isn't worth their time. Just busy, busy, busy.
Q: Was that unknown person spying on them in the beginning Amanda?
A: Yep. You got it. The murderer.
Q: Are you doing a sequel?
A: Honestly, I have no idea where to go with this story. Amanda's dead, Jake and Miley's relationship is set to go…what now? I just need a break from these characters for a while. For now, I'm going to work on my Zanessa fic. It's called 'Starting From Somewhere'. I already started it, and I'm really trying to develop it. I'm really excited about it, and I have huge plans, so check it out!
A/N: If you have any further questions, feel free to ask them in a review for this story. I'd love to add them in here.
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