INTRO

Hi.

My name is Holly Tan. I’m currently seventeen, soon to be eighteen in a month.

Believe it or not, at seventeen and eleven months old, I’ve already made five million dollars, and, have been told by my agent that I will, at the very least, triple that amount by the end of the year.

Incredible?

You bet.

It’s so incredible that I still can’t quite understand it myself.

I mean, one day, you’re a normal kid attending your mother’s lame computer company party, and next, you’re an international celebrity, recognized by people in countries that you’ve never even set foot in before because your parents are lame cheapskates who don't like to vacation outside of Massachusetts.

The weird thing is, I don’t even know why it all happened, why Tom Brokaw is calling me a "phenomenon," why people (fans) break down in tears, why paparazzi follow me around, why Time named me one of the most influential people of the year.

Maybe it was because I convinced my parents to let me take singing lessons in seventh grade? Maybe it was because Judd Ashton walked into the wrong restaurant? Maybe it was because Lydia Costello dropped the curling iron on my face? Maybe it was because Barbara Walters commented on the curling iron scar on my nose? Or maybe it was because a British heartthrob kissed me in front of a sea of reporters?

I really don’t know.

But what I do know is HOW it all happened.

To explain that, though, you have to go back…

Way back…

A/N: I started this story way back in the March of 2003, and finished it sometime around...well, I can't really remember. Anyway, then I went back and started revising it a few months ago. Finally, after a lot of debating, I've finally decided to completely re-vamp this thing, and write it in a different format. Please note that this is just an intro. The rest of the chapters will be considerably longer. I'd love to hear your suggestions/comments on this story. (And I will be keeping the original story up in case anyone feels like reading it.) Thanks!