Text Pals-Paige and Ellie

Ellie Stanford
In front of me stood the large glass building which was the office of Heart magazine. My tummy flipped over when I stepped into the light building, I was so excited just being in here. Last summer, I was chosen by the Chief Editor, Angel, to help out. Now I go every holiday! It's the best job a fourteen year old could get!

"Hi there Pea-are-no!" I called out, pronouncing Piano's name the way she liked it. Piano was just a normal worker and she didn't get on very well with me. Piano glanced up from her screen and sneered, "Oh, it's you again." and then re-read her article. "Do you know where my laptop is?" I asked searching for my shiny silver laptop. Piano pointed on dark-blue painted nail at a tidy desk in the next office. I beamed at her and walked out of that room/office and into the next. "Hello Francesca!" I smiled, sitting down on the comfy red chair. Francesca smiled back and then started to type furiously. It was just a normal busy day at Heart offices.


Paige Tanberry
Summer, Skye(they're twins), Coco and I were at the fair. I was there wondering if one of my paintings were chosen for the competition. I shuffled past stalls and my eyes flickered over adverts when something caught my eye. A new Heart magazine was coming out the day after tomorrow! I grinned, sipping my strawberry-flavoured Frappuccino whilst walking over to the lea. My sisters were already there, obviously bored. Flopping down onto the grass, I spilled the news as we were all fans of the Heart magazine. They promised to help me persuade Paddy(our dad) and Charlotte(our mum).

As we walked home together, we guessed what might be featuring, girl bands, boy bands, shoes, clothes etc.... Heart never let us down no matter what was featured. Soon we would have some delicious gossip to sink our teeth into...


Ellie
As soon as I logged in, an email from Angel pinged up. I double-clicked it and there were only four words 'Come to my office.'. I gulped, smoothing down my dress and hoping that my make-up was ok. "You're fine!" Francesca said, making me more confident as I walked out of the heavy glass doors. Gulp...

Knocking on Angel's heavy wooden door, I wished for no lectures.
"Ye-es?" a soft, gentle voice answered. Anyone new would be deceived as Angel was like a kitten, soft and cute, but hiding razor sharp claws, in this case, a sharp tongue. I stepped in. "You were going to check me?" I said, speaking as confidently as possible. Angel nodded, she looked me up and down, taking in the make-up, clothes and shoes. "You look satisfactory. Go now and if you have any last minute ideas, see me or email." Angel replied in a crystal clear voice. She closed a drawer in her desk and began tapping the keys on her computer, taking care not to chip the dark pink nail varnish on her perfectly manicured hands. I gave a sigh of relief once I was back in my seat, a whole magazine page on the screen in front of me.

My turquoise-coloured iPhone 4s vibrated in my silk black dress pocket. I smoothed down my rope-like belt with long extra bits with tassels hanging down. I shuffled my leather-cow-girl-boots encased feet, awkward in case anyone heard. A text had arrived from my friend Hannah, a text, that just gave me an idea! TextPals...


Paige
Charlotte took me shopping and I found some gorgeous feathers that you can weave into your hair. I pleaded Charlotte to buy me five of each colour that 'Crow's Nest' were selling. She rolled her eyes but still bought it. After that, I found a colourful checked button-up shirt, tight jeans and cow-girl-boots. Guess what! She bought them for me! Charlotte is the best mother ever!

At home, I ran upstairs in secret, changed into my new clothes and weaved in the brown and white feathers. When I went down, my sisters were so jealous! But really, Skye suited vintage dresses and floppy hats more, Summer suited pink things more and Coco looked best in a casual top and some jeans. I was wearing this to go and buy Heart!

Ellie
After I planned out the TextPals page, I typed it up on the magazine page. After double-checking it looked alright, I called Francesca over to triple-check. With her to say 'excellent', I had a higher chance with Angel. After I sent off the page, lunch break bell rang, so I checked my messages from Han(Hannah). Loads of texts but not one seemed caring. Han usually sent loads of CARING ones, not ones about her and Jasmine(Jas). Hmmm...


Paige
It's the day! I am snuggled up in bed reading Heart and there's this awesome page called 'PenPals, No, TextPals, Yes!' It's all about staying together using texts, not letters. The writer wrote her number and said she would text back if she wanted to keep in touch. Also, if your looking for a pal, send your number, name and what type of person you want to Heart Offices, 9 on Fabulouso Road, SW27 9HM (one way to remember HM is Heart Magazine). I liked the sound of Ellie Stanford so I texted her all about me, stuff like name, age, likes, dislikes etc.

She texted back! I'm officially friends with her! We agreed to meet up sometime, depending on what our parents say!


Ellie and Paige
TextPals 4eva! Awesome!