The notes chorused through the air as I sung the final phrase.
"Don't Forget" I had sung this song with all the power and emotion that my body had.
"Thank you California. I hope you had a great night" I yelled into the microphone. I ran off the stage and into my dressing room.
"Issy, Issy, Issy" I could hear the audience chanting.
"Looks like they want an encore Mandy" My best friend Charlie laughed.
"They wouldn't be such a bad idea" I replied.
"You know you can't. You have to get home before your brothers." She told me.
"Argh, Don't remind me. I don't see why they have to come home. Why can't they just announce their tour dates now and go" I complained to her. I walked over and sat down in front of my mirror and carefully took off my wig and placed it on the mannequin.
I am Amanda Louise the 15 year old daughter of Denise and Paul Grey, older sister to Franklin Grey and younger sister too Paul Jason II, Shane and Nathaniel Grey better know to the public as the Disney heartthrobs Connect 3. Too me they are just my pain in the neck brothers.
I am also Isabella 'Issy' Ryan the new up and coming Disney teen queen. I guess you could say it's a bit like Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus but except for the record company, Charlie and my manager Tony no one knows about my true identity. Not even my parents. Now I bet your probably wondering why I wouldn't just use my real name Amanda Grey. Grey that's why. I want people to like me and my music because they appreciate it and really do like it. NOT because of my last name and I have lived the last 15 years in my brothers shadows and it was time to do something for myself.
"Don't start this again Amanda. Just be happy their coming home" she begged me.
"But im not happy their coming home, I don't want them too" I whined.
"Why not. You love having them around" She asked me. I had gotten changed and we were now in the car on the way home.
"Because they will be here for a few weeks and I will forgive them for well everything. Then once we are all happy again they turn around and have to leave. It happens all the time. They don't understand the amount of pain they put me through" Don't get me wrong deep down I love my brothers to death but on top I don't, im sick of all the pain I go through because of them I mean we were the perfect family before they became famous then it ruined everything.
I had to drop out of school and become home schooled. My friends all turned against me and I had other people pretending to be my friend because they wanted to get to my brothers. Our family started getting more distant as the time went on. The boys were always working and I mean always the only time they would be home was too sleep and if I was lucky I would see them once a month. That's when dad decided it would be best to move to California. I had to leave my two remaining best friends behind and start a whole new life.
We pulled into the driveway and we both climbed out of the car. I thanked our drive Tom and grabbed out my keys. I opened the door and let Charlie in and followed, we took a seat on the lounge and she turned and looked at me. She looked me directly in the eyes and wouldn't stop. She kept staring and staring and she eventually figured it out.
"OMG I can't believe you're still upset about that it was like 4 years ago. You need to tell them how you feel or get over it" she started rambling.
Flashback
"Mandy come here we need to show you something" 15 year old Shane yelled out to me. I jumped off the lounge and ran down to the basement.
Mandy used to be that girl
The one that never said a word
But she only sang
S Club 7 and all those boy bands
Now it's been a few years
It looks like things have changed
Now she's mine and I want to say
Mandy always laughs when I act stupid
I am unaware that I'm a nuisance
With her it's never wasted time
Mandy always knows exactly what I'm
Thinking and she's always on my mind
And now, I'm never gonna let her go
Cause Mandy always knows
Mandy always tells the truth
Even when it's hard to do
And she always understands
Even when it don't make sense
Even though she is the blonde
I'm the one that feels so dumb
Mandy always laughs when I act stupid
I am unaware that I'm a nuisance
With her it's never wasted time
Mandy always knows exactly what I'm
Thinking and she's always on my mind
And now, I'm never gonna let her go
Cause Mandy always knows
When I have a problem
I'm sure that Mandy knows
When I'm feeling lonely
I'm sure that Mandy knows
When everything's crazy
She's always there for me
and I'm sure that she knows
I'm never ever gonna let her go
"Guys that was amazing" I congratulated them.
"Well were glad you like it because we wrote it for you" Jason chimed in.
"Really, you promise" I questioned them.
"We promise" They all said. I gave them all a hug then run upstairs to ring Charlie and tell her.
End Flashback
A week or two passed and the boy's music took of rocketing them to fame. They had their first concert coming up and it was the day that they were going to be performing 'Mandy' for the first time.
Flashback
Charlie and I were sitting in the audience watching the boys perform when I heard Jason start to play the familiar tune of 'Mandy'.
"Okay guys, this is a new song that we wrote and we would like to dedicate it too our good friend Amanda VanDuyne also known as Mandy." Shane said into the mic at the exact same time my heart shattered. I mean I was 10 years old and my brothers had broken a promise too me, what 10 year old wouldn't be shattered.
End Flashback
"I can't just get over it Charlie. Forgive and forget like I normally do. I just can't do it anymore. That one night 4 years ago they broke my heart Charlie. They broke it in half and since that night you have been the only person that I have trusted. Since that day they have broken every single promise they make and I don't think I am physically strong enough to handle it anymore. I am exhausted from it all. I just can't." I cried.
Charlie Juliet Williams is my bestest friend in the whole entire world. She is the only person who has stuck by me through everything. Charlie and I do everything together, I tell her everything as she tells me everything. Charlie has stuck with me through things that a normal teenage girl doesn't have to go through. The Fame that came along with my brothers, the ridicule I get from the media, the school kids that pick on me because of my last name and the kids that suck up too me. Charlie is my best friend practically my sister and I love her to death. We used to live next door to each other in New Jersey then we moved her and about 1 year later they moved up here too because her dad got a new job.
"Why didn't you ever tell us you felt that way?"
The song used in that was 'Mandy' by the Jonas brothers and there was reference to 'Don't Forget' by Demi Lovato.
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