Mateo Walker

The time is late November, 1998. It is the start of Winter season.

The location is West Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA.

After paying the bill again, Mateo wandered aimlessly on the street. He was wearing a brown coat, and the cuffs and hem were slightly white after repeated washing. The cold wind blew, and Mateo would turn red. He put his hand to his mouth and let out a sigh, then stuffed it into his pocket.

It's almost Christmas, and the streets are covered with colorful streamers, with "Merry Christmas" written all over them, and sparkling powder will fall off when you touch them a little.

Many families have started pre-Christmas purchases. There is a gift shop on the corner of the street. Now it is crowded with people like disneyland on weekends.

That prompted Mateo to look into the store and, through the glass and the crowd, he saw the decorative fireplace inside, hung with shrubs and Christmas stockings, and next to it was a big, tall Christmas tree covered with various decorations in different colors, with a golden star at the top, and gifts piled under the tree.

Although the meaning of the decorative business is obvious, but it still reminded Mateo of the beauty of the past. The time when his whole family was together, the time when mother used to cook delicious Christmas meals for them, the time when there was a smile on everyone's faces, and the time when mother would hold his younger sister and tell them sweet and warm stories.

Christmas without gifts is too pale. Mateo's heart breaks when he thinks of the sight of his sensible little sisters comforting him in a frustrated but strong tone.

Mateo hopes to have a Christmas that he can remember forever, the one on which his younger siblings can have gifts they want, and his mother can also relax and buy new clothes for herself. But in these tough times, having a proper meal is already a luxury for them. As for the gifts, that's not something his family budget can even allow him to think of for now.

Therefore, it has always been Mateo's wish to become a famous actor and earn enough money, so that he and his family doesn't have to ever worry about money in their lives.

Currently, Mateo is one of the many unknown actors in hollywood. After all, as an actor, he doesn't have anything worthy to his name except for a movie which he did as a child. "Rookie of the year" bought him a little bit of succes as a child star, but it soon faded as the years passed. In fact, till few months ago, he never even thought that he would ever become a successful actor. After all, he doesn't have anything special about him except for his appearence, but the appearence has also bought him only bad luck by attracting unwanted dark attention, and nothing else.

The only reason why he is still trying is because it is the shortest way which can make him rich quickly, and also because of the memories he got some time ago. One day, when he woke up, he had the memories of a person from twenty years later in his head, although they were incomplete.

At first, he didn't believe in them and thought it was some kind of ridiculous dream, but he had no choice but to believe in them when he saw the contents of memories turning true, like the dynamic succes of "Titanic" by winning 11 Oscars, and Gwyneth Paltrow's famous controversy of stealing best friend's script.

These memories have given Mateo a second hope that he might be able to become famous if he can act in those successful movies. Although he doesn't know about the succes or failure of every film, but the knowledge of films which would still be famous after 20 years, is still in his head. As the famous saying goes, "Something is better than nothing." So, even this amount of knowledge means a lot to him.

While lost in the thoughts, Mateo walked on the road slowly, not knowing that he had become the highlight of the whole street. Whether it was a parent with a child, a student with a school bag, or a child with a toy, they all focused their eyes on him.

Human pursuit of beauty is eternal.

The shiny dark hair swayed around with the owner's movements, some of which were hung on the forehead, and the ocean blue eyes were bright like blue diamonds but they had the depth of the ocean, surrounded by long and curly eyelashes, which made people have the urge to kiss. With a little movement, subtle clear expressions appear on his face, making one want to explore his whole being.

Some people say that Mateo looks like a mix between the George Clooney and Brad Pitt features, and that too a premium one. And there is nothing wrong with the claim.

Mateo can said to have fully inherited all the advantages of his French, Dutch and American ancestory. His mother Emily is half french, as her father came from France to America for work, and later he married Emily's American mother and settled in America. He is one fourth french, one fourth American and half a mixture of Dutch and British by blood. As for the English and Dutch ancestory, they come from his father whom Mateo hasn't seen in years now. He doesn't remember much about him, and neither wants to.