The sweetest Melody

Melody looked down at her feet as she sat quietly in the warm waiting room at yet another record company showcase. She'd been through this before, getting so close but having her dream cruelly ripped away due to "unforeseen circumstances."

She'd slipped off her high heels and lifted her feet to rub them as the clock on the wall teased her with its monotone ticking. She laughed at herself; never did she think she'd be singing in front of record company producers in high heels while dancing along to routines she had made up in her parents garage.

A harsh knock on the door brought her out of her day dream as her friend and manager Jake walked in with a smile on his face. He sat a coffee cup opposite her and grinned.

"Melody, we've had an offer, in the showcase was a band that have set up their own record company as they weren't happy with the way they were being told to do things. They've recently decided they wanted start signing new talent, and they want you"

Jake sipped his coffee and pushed a pile of paperwork under her nose.

"What? That's amazing, are you sure they want me" she stuttered out as she slid her shoes back on, and sipped her coffee.

Worries filled Melody's head, they hadn't signed anyone before, and what if they didn't know what they were doing or how to market her. She panicked slightly and worried about if she was just clinging onto straws.

Jake looked at her and laughed, "I know what you're thinking, but you know I wouldn't let you down, plus there nice guys, and I've promised you since we were young I'd get you signed and I'm doing it now"

Melody opened her mouth to argue back but realised Jake was right, she wasn't going down without a fight. Jake flipped open his phone and announced she'd be meeting with them tomorrow afternoon to discuss terms and conditions.

"Jake, can you calm down with the manager talk, and just chill" She pushed her long blonde curls behind her shoulders and slid her reading glasses on to read the contract. "Who is this band anyway, surely enough I must have heard of them" she said with a grin.

Jake clicked his fingers away on his phone and looked up "It's not really important, just go home and get some rest and we'll worry about it tomorrow"

Melody picked up her bag and thanked Jake for her coffee before making her way out of the office block and along the busy streets of London to make her way home. A short tube ride later and she stepped onto the familiar streets of home, she laughed. Nineteen and still living at home with her parents while she struggled to get signed, brilliant.

She unlocked the door and went inside to find the house empty with a brief note on the fridge from her parents informing her they were out to dinner with friends and would be back later. She grinned as her cat walked in and wrapped himself around her legs, she picked him up and decided if her parents hadn't remembered she'd had a meeting with the record company producers, her cat Snickers sure had.

Her phone buzzed in her pocket and she opened it to see a new message from Jake

"GET TO SLEEEEEEEP x"

Melody let a laugh escape her lips and decided it wasn't even worthy of a response, she made some food and jogged up the stairs into her room to find her sheet music on the floor and her piano covered in sticky finger prints with her guitar missing a string.

Her younger brother Bentley who was four had obviously been trying his hand at music, she couldn't help but grin at the thought at she cleaned up the mess and settled under the covers.

Melody was nervous about tomorrow but had soon fallen into a deep sleep.