Emma Harrigan's POV: "Carmen Rebekah Ash (df1beedfe7ea4c626d3932824ff417) is a superstar." That is the last sentence of my presentation on the infamous Carmen Ash. She's amazing – beautiful, talented, brave, and inspiring.
"I am her biggest fan. I know everything about her. Did you know that her favorite color is black; she hates pink, except hot pink, but only when it is paired with black. She's 17 and her birthday is June 16th, in 10 days. Her favorite food is mac and cheese, but cheeseburger is a close second. Her two best friends are Luke Hemmings, and Tyler Lockwood– whoever that is. She met Luke when she was six whilst visiting Australia for the summer. Her favorite Starbucks drink is Iced Caramel Macchiato. She has two brothers – Ryland, who's 23 and Jayden who's 15 and super hot and one sister – Arden, Jayden's twin. Hmm what else… She's English and has moved from America to England and back numerous times, but was born in London. She loves-" "Emma, Emma! Calm down! I know you're excited that we are going to meet her on Sunday but you need to chillax." "I know, I know… But I'm SO excited!" Anna laughs. "Today's Friday! Two more days!" "You need to have gotten an A on this project to go, so don't get too excited. But you did an awesome job, so I'm sure you'll be fine." She reassures me. "Thanks!" "Girls! These students were quiet for you so you must return the favor, unless of course you would like an F!" Our teacher scolds, making us shut up immediately.
Carmen Ash's POV:
"Yea, mum, I know!" I respond to my mother's constant reminders to pick up my sister Arden from soccer practice. Normally, family of a superstar wouldn't be able to do most sporting events with the public, but I live in the part of LA where everybody's gotten used to seeing famous people on the street. Sure they ask for autographs, but unless they're tourists, they usually don't freak out. My tutor just left after another gruesome day of schooling. I am homeschooled because when I became famous, I was still in need of an education and couldn't go to my normal school.
I get dressed in /D8MHH1 and get into my car /Bj7vDD. I drive to Starbucks and order my usual - Iced Caramel Macchiato and a Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino for Arden.
I then drive to the field and got out. Sadly, with any celebrity, even though the fans may not be crowding you constantly, the paparazzi make sure you are never left alone. It's been getting better though. Luckily, I have my bodyguard, Adrianna, with me, and she "escorts" them away.
"Arden!" I yell as I walk over to the benches. She jogs over with all her stuff. "Hey, how was practice?" I ask before handing her the Frappuccino. She rants on about all of her accomplishments and finishes with, "You know all the boys are crushing over you, its so annoying!" which I laugh hysterically at. I love picking Arden up from practice, it gives us a chance to hang out and be normal for once, before we get back to the real world.
"So… you and Ariana are going to do some planning of your birthday party tomorrow-." "No. You may not come to my party." "Please?" "Why would you want to come anyways? Oh wait, because of your enormous crush on one of my best friends!" I say, referring to Luke Hemmings, as we ride to Chipotle for dinner. After dinner we'll go to possible venues with Ariana and Frankie. You can help me pick. That is about the only thing other than the guest list that she is letting me plan!" Arden laughs. I pull out my notebook where the list of guests was. "So, I am letting the guests bring 2 friends each, here's the list so far." I hand her the notebook and she started reading. "You're inviting everybody from Vine?" "You mean Cameron, Nash and the lot?" She nods her head. "Of course. I met them at some awards show and we became friends, so I thought, why not?" "Heh, ok then," She says. "What about Taylor Swift?" She asks. I hand her a pen to write it. "And Selena. What about the Vamps." "The Vamps are touring right now, and not anywhere near Los Angeles…" "Did you run by Stewart the fact that you are having a party on your birthday? I don't think he'll allow it… You are supposed to be with them on your 18th birthday, for the ritual for-" "I don't want to hear another word, Arden! I told them that I was done with them! I don't want to be a part of that life! Besides, the ceremony can be held off for as long as a month." By the time we start arguing we finished dinner and are walking to the car. Once we get in, Arden yelled, "You're a werewolf, Carmen! You can't just ignore that! Whether or not you like it, that trait will be with you for the rest of your life! I know you don't like it, but you are about to be eighteen, you will have to marry the next Alpha, and there is nothing you can do about it!" "Well, maybe there is! I don't want to marry Daniel, but what if- what if I leave the pack, for good?" "You are destined to marry the Alpha, you can't just run away from that! You aren't like a normal wolf Carmen; you have a duty to your family and pack to do this! You cant just skip out of it like normal wolves can and become some loner wolf!" We debated for what seemed like hours even when we were pulling into the first venue "I don't want to, Arden! I want to be normal, you should too!" . We then notice Ariana coming to our car and opening the door so we immediately shut up. Nobody can know our secret. "Come on! You have a meet-up and concert in New York City tomorrow, yelling about whatever you two were conversing about isn't worth losing your voice!" Ariana scolds. We both laugh and mentally schedule the completion of the argument for later on. "So this is the first place; Frankie picked this one out." (first venue without wedding décor.) Arden's eyes widen as do mine "Wow!" We say in unison. Ariana nods in agreement. "Hey guys!" Frankie says as he walks over to us. We go to three other places and end up choosing the second venue. We go to my house and up to my room /fc8uof and sit down on my bed. I get out my suitcase and start packing while Ariana and Arden go to fetch some food. "I heard that you two were arguing about the marriage." My mother says as she enters the room. "I don't want to marry some alpha, I want to marry someone I love. I know that we owe Daniel's family "everything" for taking us in as members of the pack when dad died, but I don't want to marry him!" "Fine, then don't." I give her a questioning look. "If you really don't want to, then don't. But if you are abandoning the pack, you're leaving them with no queen. Now that would be a disgrace to our family! You would be disappointing your father." "I know. I'm sorry, mum; I just don't like the idea of an arranged marriage. I've met Danny, what, one time? He seemed fine, but he's a stranger!" "I understand, love." I let a tear drip down my cheek. "Aw, its ok, love. We'll talk about this on the plane, ok?" "You guys are coming?" "They have school off this week so I thought, why not?" "Thank you!" I hug her. She leaves and I finish packing. Arden, Frankie, and Ariana come in with cookies. We sit down on the rug and talked about going to NYC and what Ariana and I are going to perform. For the first time, Ari and I are touring together! "What if you guys sing 'Bang Bang' for the first song in NYC?" "But we don't have Nicki to rap!" I point out. "I'm sure she'd be happy to make a guest appearance!" "Then c'mon, let's get going to the basement to practice!" Frankie orders. My basement is equipped with a microphone and many instruments, along with everything needed to make the audio perfect and ample seating. We practice and laugh our asses off for hours until we look at the clock and see that it's close to midnight. "Oh, we better get home… Coco, Toulouse, Ophelia, Fawkes, Cinnamon and Sirius will need food and we both need some rest before tomorrow's show!" Ariana states, referring to her and I performing in NYC.
"Are you ready, girls?" The stage manager asks Ariana and I. We both nod and looked at each other. Ever since we left her house, she, and my whole family have been acting weird. They're hiding something... Even the crew is acting unnatural. "Hey, guys!" I yell as they cheer. "This first song will have a guest appearance from none other than Nicki Minaj!" They cheered even louder as I started singing. (A/N - Carmen is Jessie J in this song, but usually Carmen's voice is Bea Miller) When we ended Ariana exchanges looks with the band. The tune to my cover of "See You Again started playing, which was weird because I recorded this song with Ryland but he was in Afghanistan right now. (By Boyce Avenue and Bea Miller)
I run up to Ariana and whisper, "What the bloody hell are you doing?!" She smirks. "Sing!" She ordered. "It's been a long day without you my friend, and I'll tell you all about it when I see you again." Ariana starts harmonizing in the background. What the hell is going on?! "We've come a long way, from where we began, oh I'll tell you all about it when I see you again, when I see you again." I start tearing up because my brother's part is coming up and I don't know what to do. It is his part right now and there is silence until a man started singing:
"Damn, who knew?
All the planes we flew
Good things we've been through
That I'll be standing right here talking to you
'Bout another path
I know we loved to hit the road and laugh
But something told me that it wouldn't last
Had to switch up
Look at things different, see the bigger picture
Those were the days
Hard work forever pays
Now I see you in a better place (see you in a better place)"
I turn around to see Ryland in his military uniform with Ariana next to him smiling. They stop the music and I give Ari my mic and run up and squeezed him as tight as I possibly could as the crowd cheers with all their might. He picks me up and twirls me around. After I wipe the tears away, I grab my microphone from Ariana and started singing with him.
"How can we not talk about family when family's all that we got. Everything that I would do you we're standing there by my side. And now you're gonna be with me for the last ride." "It's been a long day, without you my friend, and I'll tell you all about it when I see you again. We've come a long way, from where we began, oh I'll tell you all about it when I see you again, when I see you again." I finish. "Oh oh ooh oh ooh ooh ooh." I cut him off by hugging him again and he picks me up off of the ground and kisses my head. Everyone bursts into cheer and I saidsay "I've missed you, so, so much." He tears up. "I've missed you too." A river of tears flow down my face rapidly.
At this point I'm glad that the makeup artist had been in on it and therefore used waterproof makeup.
We finish up the concert and even played a few games and Ari and I answered questions.
Ugh, great. I have a meet and greet. As much as I love my fans, I want to have some time with my brother. I go backstage and the audience clears out except for the people from the meet and greet. I come back out after I take out my earpiece and give the stage manager my mic.
"Hey guys!" I excitedly greet about twenty people. "Oh. My. Gosh. Car-Carmen Ash… Oh my gosh." I smile at the girl who seems to be freaking out. "What's your name, love?" I ask. "Um... Emma. Emma Harrigan." "Well, Emma – would you and your friend like a picture?" She nods eagerly.
When the trivia game is over, Ryland adds up all of the points and they come out to be: Group One – 22, Group Two – 27, Group 3 – 13, Group 4 – 11, and Group 5 – 27.
"And the winner is… It's a tie!" Ariana yells excitedly. "There is only one 1st place winner to come to the party. We have two more question for you." I say. "The tie-breaker - What is Ryland's middle name?"
Each group murmurs amongst each other. Someone from Group 5 raises her hand. "Is it Finn?" Ryland shakes his head no and I see Emma smile widely at the other group's failure. "Group 3?" Emma's hand immediately shoots up. "Flynn." She states knowingly.
"Yep! Ok. Now, whoever answers this question from group three first gets to come to my party as a VIP and bring two guests. 2nd-5th place is a $200 gift card to Forever 21, Abercrombie, Express, or Hollister. Ok, the question is – What did I do for Jayden's birthday party last year?" Emma and her friend think about it and whisper into each other's ears trying to figure out the answer.
Somebody shouted out, "You went to Disney Land, right?" "Nope." "You went to New York City!" Somebody else shouts out. I shake my head again.
"You went to Hawaii." Emma says courageously. "Yes, we did!" I exclaim. Somebody from the stage crew comes out and gives Emma three badges, one for her and two for two other people. "Ok, so for the four of you in Group 3 – Which gift cards do you want?" Emma's friend immediately shouts out Abercrombie while a young boy says Hollister, a teen girl says Forever 21 and another says Express.
We finish up with everything and get into the tour bus. "I can't believe you're back, Ryland." "Somehow, neither can I." "I missed you so much!" I say as I hug him.