Fanfiction In Our Twenties

Hey, long time no see! Sorry about that...But we're back with some more chapters! At this point, I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing... Tessa reconciles with what she's learned about Harry and his past. She and Anne eat some tacos (without him, which is so rude, because we all know tacos are Harry's favorite food), and then Tessa calls Harry back to the apartment. Upon arrival, he gives Tessa a note and leaves her to read it, and it's...a lot. Like, I couldn't even begin to tell you. The two of them talk and giggle after, and we mentally prepare for Christmas tomorrow at the Ken household. Who could be pregnant, but they're just not ready yet? Why was Harry so surprised? What the fuck was Harry saying in the beginning of that letter? Listen to find out!

We've got a special episode for y'all this week - the 1D extravaganza! Listen along as the narrators take a break from reading to discuss the best and the worst of One Direction's discography, their thoughts on Niall's many controversies, how they'd rank the music videos, their burning questions for one another, and their reactions to bad imagines (just because we couldn't go one week without bad fanfic, could we...) Let us know your own opinions and hot takes over on instagram @fanfictioninourtwenties and/or in the question at the end of this week's episode! And please answer our poll, so we can put the debate to rest...

Guess who's back, back again: Caitie's back! Tell a friend!!! This week's episode actually has some plot! Harry, Tessa, and Anne exchange Christmas gifts, and of course it gets a bit uncomfortable. Unfortunately, a nice nap is disrupted by none other than Carol Young. We get the worldstar fight of the century: Carol vs. Anne vs. Tessa vs. Harry. A shocking secret is revealed, and our happy couple is back on the fritz. Honestly, they lasted longer than we thought. And to make it a million times better, we are joined by none other than Caitie! If you've been listening since season one, you'll remember her; if not, you're lucky enough to meet her now! If you ever want to read on an episode with the narrators, DM us on instagram, @fanfictioninourtwenties !!! Is this allowed? How do you pronounce the word "creating"? Who's down in the car, ripe for Anne's picking? Listen to find out, and be sure to answer this week's poll to let us know whose team you're on!

To be real, true, and honest, not a lot happens plot-wise this week. We get to see what Tessa and Harry are like as a reunited couple (spoiler: it's bad, too) and how they spend the Christmas season (NOT Christmas) together with Anne. A movie is watched, tears are shed, and Harry and Tessa...uh...put on a fashion show...if you catch our drift. See, not much, but the narrators still had much to talk and giggle about! Who's Cathy? What movie does Anne snore too? Will Harry wear the purple stiletto boots? Listen to find out! And take the quiz the narrators took and let us know your results (and also if you were as confused as we were taking it)!

Folks, truly and honestly welcome to the freaking Oscars, because BOY do the narrators bust out their acting chops for you this week...!!! In this week's episode, Harry and Tessa go last minute Christmas shopping (the last minute-ness cannot be emphasized enough), where they bump into some old...friends? Question mark? An encounter that encourages Tessa to have a talk with Harry - only after they eat with Anne and set up the Christmas tree and take awkward family photos, of course. The talk is dramatic and heavy, mostly due to the narrators' reading, because let's be honest, how deep is Miss Todd really getting here? Who stakes a claim on ties for Ken? Who broke all the Christmas ornaments Anne got? Why is Harry French now? Listen to find out!

Hello again! Sorry for the quick hiatus...the Ides of March did a doozy on us...But we return with an episode that's all giggles! This week, Tessa returns to their- her- his- THE apartment, receiving comfort from Harry – aka, wiping her tears and snot and makeup all over his white shirt. Disgusting. She then makes a *drum roll* lasagna and spends some time with Harry and Anne (and Anna Todd) before bed. Well, bed for her, at least, because Harry's back on the floor. That is, until he is plagued with a nightmare. The next day, Harry goes to "work" while Tessa and Anne have a girls' day, at the end of which Tessa comes home to an angry Harry, and we promise it only gets worse from there but in the most confusing way. Why is Harry turning into a wolf? How is Tessa a champion of women's rights? Will she get Harry a glass of water? Give us your eyes and ears, and listen to find out!

If y'all can get through the intro, we have quite the episode for you. (Sorry, we've got things to say!) This week, we endure Tessa and Harry having to pretend to be a couple while Harry's mom (who is still named Anne somehow) stays at the apartment for a visit. It goes as well as you can imagine: Harry throws a little fit, there's a concrete floor situation, and Tessa acts like an idiot. With things so tense the ceiling fan stops, Tessa goes to stay at her mom's house until she can move back into a campus dorm. She is of course met with her mother's usual warmth (none whatsoever), and a surprise visit from her mom's boyf- I mean, Tessa's ex-boyfriend, Noah. To conclude, a secret revealed has Tessa fuming as she drives through the snow – and don't you dare call her while she does that. Why does Julia start shuffling? Who are Mr. and Mrs. Porter/Porto/Porno? Who does Tessa hang up on because it's snowing? Listen to find out, and be sure to BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH.

So much goes on in this week's episode, and again, we're not sure if it's the story or us. Either way, we hope it makes up for missing last week - sorry, besties! Harry goes to Liam for help, and maybe he does get it, but things go off the rails (only in the narrators' fantasies). Then he leaves without a hug, which will be hilarious later. Tessa, on the other hand, goes on her date with Trevor, and however awkward and robotic you were expecting it to be, it's worse. But it goes...well? We honestly couldn't tell you. Then it's back to the hotel room for Tessa, where she finds her car again, with a surprise inside! She spends her birthday with take-out, fictional women, and Liam. She then goes to the apartment she used to share with Harry, where she gets to share it with Harry and a special guest. Maybe a lot actually did happen in the story this week... Either way, rest assured we made it even crazier. What smutty romance book is Liam reading? Who's naked corpse appears? Which product does Anna Todd give the Fenty Beauty treatment to? Listen to find out, MA'AM, and take the quiz to find out what book genre you are, and let us know what you get!

Strap in folks - we've got another doozy of an episode. Tessa has not one, but two visitors to her hotel room: Trevor, and Harry. We can all guess how that goes... But it ends with Tessa and Harry...uh...baking a cake...if you know what I mean... Then, in the morning, Tessa and Harry have to deal with the ramifications of the baking they've done together. And by "dealing with the ramifications" I of course mean that they're going to be absolute idiots and fight about it. After that, Tessa's off to the work conference, where she gets asked out on a date...and she says yes! Meanwhile, Harry's heading home, ripping up his money and being mocked by Santa. Did I mention it was a doozy? And it's all brought to you by Fenty Beauty! (Not really, but could you imagine?) We're known for bark, bark, barking, but who's meowing? Who is letting Tessa know that the sky is just so blue today? Who fucked Harry's girl? Listen to find out!

Honestly, we can't tell if this episode is so long because a lot happens or because we can't shut up – either is possible! This week, Tessa, Kimberly, Vance, and Trevor head to Seattle for the conference, where they network, network, network about digital publishing or something or other...We're not sure, and neither is Anna Todd. Trevor and Tessa are weird, Vance is REALLY weird, and Kimberly is here for a good time. We also get a glance into Harry's sick and twisted mind, where he's basically whipped by Tessa and ruining everyone's good time about it. Everything is going well (or as well as things can go in this story...did we mention Vance is really weird in these chapters???) until Tessa blesses Harry with a phone call. What could go wrong? Why does Daisy get their ass beat by Harry? What is Anna Todd trying to tell us? Which cocktail are the narrators? Listen to find out! And find out which cocktail YOU are by taking the quiz, and let us know your results over on our instagram, @fanfictioninourtwenties!

We called it: definitely no closure from that conversation Harry and Tessa had! This week, Tessa temporarily moves into a hotel room, and her neighbor is a familiar (though no less unsettling) face – Trevor. The two talk and sparks fly – well, that's what we're supposed to think. It's hard with Tessa making everything about Harry, the cold weather, and how she's now "homeless" (she's not). That, and the big serial killer vibes Trevor's giving off. Harry pops up again at Tessa's work, getting himself so mad that he almost kisses Trevor...yup, you read that right! Then, the gang heads off the Seattle, Ohio's New York (according to Trevor)! Is Washington cold? Did Trevor kill his mom? Who committed grand theft auto? Listen to find out!

"This wrong, but so right. But wrong." Couldn't have said it better myself, Anna Todd. This week, we get to see how Tessa continues handling her breakup with Harry. Spoiler: she's not doing very well, but we're not surprised. Tessa goes to work, where Vance and Kimberly cut her way too much slack (if you ask us). We also get to reconnect with Tessa's mom, and as always, it's a...delight... And Tessa's ex-boyfriend/Tessa's mom's boyfriend, the GAP king himself, Noah, returns! Finally, we have a very emotional scene with Harry and Tessa, where they finally get some closure. (Do they though? I mean, there's like, 95 more chapters and another book after this...) Will Tessa ever be able to piss again? What is the soundtrack to Harry and Tessa's breakup that had Anna Todd herself crying? Listen to find out!

Yes, that's right, we're picking up where we left off. Last season we read Anna Todd's "After," and this season we are reading the sequel, "After 2." (Spoiler alert: it's just as bad as its predecessor.) Tessa has her world rocked in the Blind Bob's where she finds out what Harry and his friends have been hiding from her. She runs off with Zayn, only to go...right back...to the Blind Bob's. Sounds productive. Then she visits her dear friend Liam, where he spills the beans to Ken and Karen (which, honestly, was kind of a dick move). What's the big secret that has everyone in the Blind Bob's shaking? Ken and Harry do WHAT with Tessa between them? Will the narrators pick truth, or dare? Listen to find out!

WELCOME BACK TO THE OSCARS! Did you miss us? We missed you! Catch up with us in our season two introduction episode before you jump into the next one where we start reading our next fanfiction: "After 2" by Anna Todd!

Aaaand that's a wrap on season one of Fanfiction In Our Twenties! Please enjoy this final episode where the narrators (attempt to) recap the insane journey we just went on for over a year, answer questions from fans and each other, finally found out who is Harry and who is Tessa, and announce something very exciting! We cannot thank our listeners enough for all the support you've shown us. We started this as a silly little thing, and it became something so fun and exciting because of YOU! We aren't sure if/when we'll be back, but know that we'll always welcome y'all to the Oscars <3

This week's the week, folks: it's the last reading episode for this season of FIOT :') Listen along as we finally get to Ken and Karen's wedding, where we meet one very...suggestive gammy, where the narrators narrate AND MC, and we are truly left hanging off of the most annoying cliff we've ever encountered. Thank you so much for joining us on this terrible journey - it was worse than we remembered, but so much better than we ever could've imagined because of YOU! Stick around, we have one more recap and Q&A episode after this one, as well as an exciting announcement! peace and love <3

It's the penultimate reading episode! Things seem to be building up this week... Tessa gets Harry to spill some tea that is honestly very personal and she shouldn't have pushed; Carol Young stops by the apartment and it goes about as well as you'd expect it to; and Hessa gets ready to go to the wedding and sees a familiar, yet BUSTED face on the way. No breaks with these two! Whose cheeks? How many pumps over? Who's the guy from The Beatles that could never write "All Of Me"? Listen to find out! *ALSO! Just a heads up: The source of Harry's nightmares are in this episode, but we paraphrase and quickly and with as little detail as possible.

This week it's just us - the narrators... and you! In this episode, we get to see Harry and Tessa settle into their new apartment as only they would: with sex and an argument. What fun! Where is the rest of Chapter 93? Why does Daisy do ASMR for the last half of the episode? What do the stars say Hessa's 'do's' and 'don't's' for the day are? Listen to find out!

This week, we are joined by another lovely guest: Kate! Kate and the narrators drudge through four chapters. Hessa goes to a party; Harry almost kills someone (unfortunately not Tessa), and our lovers move into their new apartment. Can you believe it took four whole chapters for just that to happen? Anyways...What's Jace's party trick? Where does Ronnie have to sleep? Who calls Tessa only to reveal they saw her mom *wink wink*? Listen to find out!

While these chapters are not super interesting - just Tessa and Harry being both lovey-dovey and fighting, per usual, plus the introduction of a shady character - they sure are fun, because this week we are joined once again by Caitie, who valiantly reads as ~everyone else~. Who do we see again after what feels like years, but for only two seconds? Deal or no deal? Who is @loves_c_and_69_and_soccer? Listen to find out!