Edri Ekmekçiu

Some hearts never stop singing the same song.
Audrey doesn’t believe in fairytales—especially not the kind where a long-lost pen pal grows up to become a rockstar... and forgets her.

Years later, she’s grounded, thriving in a promising career, and guarding a heart that’s learned not to hope. But when fate throws Drew—now a global sensation and the ghost of her teenage years—back into her life as her new neighbor, everything she thought she'd buried begins to rise.

He’s still magnetic. Still infuriating.
Still the boy who used to call her after every show.

And he remembers everything.

What begins as a cautious reconnection spirals into a slow-burning storm of music, memories, and feelings they never quite had the courage to explore. But Drew’s past is darker than she imagined, and Audrey’s walls are higher than ever.

Can a rockstar with a broken rhythm and a girl who learned to dance alone find harmony again?

Or is it all just… make believe?

Warnings
-The story has mature contents, language, addiction.

Make-believe with my Rockstar

A rhythmic banging cuts through the veil of sleep. 


I jolt awake, heart already racing. It takes a moment for my eyes to adjust in the dark. The room is cold, quiet—except for that sound. 


I blink and reach for my phone. 2:43 AM. 


The sound again. I strain to listen, the haze of sleep not yet cleared from my mind. 


For a second, I lie frozen, hoping it’ll stop. Hoping I imagined it. But it continues. Steady. Violent. 


Frowning, I throw back the covers and pad across the hallway, my bare feet silent on the hardwood. I knock once. 


My pulse spikes. A sick feeling coils in my gut as I twist the knob and push the door open. 


And the scene inside slices the air from my lungs. 


Drew is kneeling on the bed, shirtless, slamming his head into the wall above the headboard. Again. And again. 


Chapter 19