Brogan had been accepted for a summer internship at Company magazine. Her first task was to write an article talking about popular bands in the 90s. Brogan had focused around the two bands: Oasis and The Stone Roses. Her boss was impressed with Brogan's article, that she decided to let Brogan do an interview with one of the cast members from Spike Island. When Linda gave Brogan the news, she tried her best to keep herself calm. But when Linda told her who she'd be interviewing, Brogan was jumping with joy from the excitement. Brogan was going to be interviewing: Adam Long.
A week later, Brogan was sitting in a small office, waiting for a colleague to tell her that Adam had arrived. She was shaking. Her nerves were slowly eating her, and she waited impatiently, Brogan checked over her questions for the eighth time. There was a knock on the door, making Brogan's head lift instantly. The door opened, and Linda stood at the doorway with a smile on her face,
"Adam's here."
Brogan smiled at Linda and nodded, standing up, trying to hide her nerves. Deep breaths, Brogan. Deep breaths. She thought to herself.
Linda opened the door wider, and Adam walked inside. Brogan swallowed slowly, taking in his presence, as he wore a white polo shirt, dark blue skinny jeans, and white converses. Adam smiled at Brogan,
"Hiya." He greeted her.
Brogan watched the door close behind him, before she smiled,
"Hi."
"I'm Adam." He introduced himself.
Brogan wanted to roll her eyes and make a comment, but instead, Brogan smiled and nodded,
"I know, I'm a fan. I saw you in Spike Island."
She gestured Adam to sit down, and as he did, Brogan sat down also. Clearing her throat quietly, Brogan prepared herself for the interview,
"By the way, my name is Bee."
Adam smiled,
"Nice to meet ya, Bee."
As Brogan glanced down at her notes, picking up the sound recorder, she noticed in the corner of her eye, that Adam was watching her closely. Clicking record on the recorder, Brogan then turned her attention back to Adam, and she smiled politely, even though her heart was racing at the way he was staring at her.
"Um, okay. So first of all, I just wanted to say how much I really loved Spike Island. Definitely the film of the summer. The film of 2013, in fact."
Adam let out a laugh,
"Thanks, it was fun to film. Glad you enjoyed it."
Brogan noticed that Adam's facial expression had changed slightly. He seemed to be thinking about something, as a small frown played on his lips. She wondered if she had said something wrong, but quickly glanced down at her questions to start the interview,
"Are you a Stone Roses fan, like you are in the film?" Brogan asked, reading the question off her notepad, before she looked back up at Adam.
Adam smiled and nodded at her,
"Yeah, definitely. I absolutely love them!"
Brogan couldn't help but smile back,
"What's your favourite song?"
"Ummm..." Adam paused to think, and then after a few seconds, he let out a laugh,
"Oh god, this is hard. Just one?"
Brogan laughed and nodded,
"Yes, just one!"
"Okay, I'll have to choose... Waterfall." Adam answered, smiling at a Brogan.
She smiled back at him,
"Yeah, that's a really good one."
"What's your favourite?" Adam asked.
"I thought I was the interviewer here?" Brogan teased, and the two laughed. "She Bangs The Drums. Hands down."
Adam smiled at Brogan's answer, and then she looked back down at her notes. She was still shaking, and she could feel Adam's stare on her. Glancing at him from the corner of her eye, she noticed that he looked lost in thought again; a small frown playing on his lips. She swallowed slowly, and she focused her attention back to her questions,
"Is it really the cast that are playing the instruments and singing in the film?" Brogan asked, looking back up at Adam again.
"Brogan?" Her heart skipped a beat when he said her name. "That's ya name, ain't it?"
Brogan blushed slightly, smiling sheepishly at Adam, as she tucked her hair behind her ear and nodded,
"Yeah, it is."
Adam smiled at her,
"I knew you looked familiar! I spoke to you not that long ago on twitter."
She let out a small laugh,
"That's me." Brogan was in shock that Adam had remembered her. She was merely just a fan that spoke to him every so often. Sure he had followed her back on twitter, and the two had discussed the film, etc. But it was still a shock.
"Sorry." Adam said, letting out a laugh. "Din't mean to interrupt the interview."
Brogan shook her head,
"N-No, it's fine." She blushed.
Adam smiled at her,
"We did rehearse day in, day out for months before we actually started filming." Brogan raised her eyebrows in surprise at Adam,
"Oh, wow." She commented.
Adam let a laugh,
"Impressed?" He asked.
Brogan smiled and nodded at him.
"But I will admit, I'm the most musical out of the band."
"You are?" Brogan asked, with a grin on her face.
Adam laughed a little, and he nodded,
"Yeah. I'm the one who got the hang of the guitar, an' that quite easily."
"Damn, if we had a guitar around here, I'd be demanding that you play."
Adam grinned,
"Maybe next time."
Brogan let out a giggle, as her heart skipped a beat his comment. She still couldn't believe that she was sitting in front of Adam Long, and it shocked her even more that he remembered her.
After Brogan finished asking all her questions, Adam decided to change the tables,
"So, what was your favourite part of the film?" He asked.
Brogan smiled, suddenly feeling shy,
"Ummmmm..." She thought back to all of the film, and then she looked back at Adam. "I was going to be really cheesy then, and say all of it, but then the funniest scene popped into my head. It has to be at Widnes, when Tits, Sally, Little Gaz and Zippy are at those big fences, and Zippy just barges against the fence." Brogan laughed to herself, and Adam instantly joined in, nodding showing that he remembered. When she calmed, she then continued. "And then like, seconds on, Zippy and Little Gaz go over to the fences, and you give Zippy a boost. Oh my god, all that scene is just." Brogan smiled, trying to contain her laughter, but Adam started to laugh as he nodded,
"Y'know, that scene weren't meant to have any lines in that bit."
Brogan raised her eyebrows at him,
"Really?"
Adam nodded,
"Yeah. Chris just came up to us and said that it needed some lines or somethin', and he wrote them down on the back of an old receipt and gave it to us to learn."
Brogan let out a small laugh, as she smiled, listening.
"There's an exclusive for ya." He joked.
Brogan grinned at him, and then she looked down at her notes. She knew she had no other questions, but she was suddenly feeling nervous again.
"D'ya think you have all you need?" Adam asked, raising his eyebrows at Brogan.
She nodded,
"Yes, thank you so much. I really am a big fan."
"No problem. Absolutely no problem." He smiled. "We can take a picture. If you want?"
Brogan grinned,
"Oh my god, are you serious?"
Adam smiled,
"Course."
Brogan slid her phone out of her pocket, and she slid up her camera, her hands shaking. She switched it to the front camera, and she stood up, as did Adam. The two stood beside each other, and they smiled into the camera; Brogan taking another two just in case.
"Are they okay?" Adam asked, looking down at her.
Brogan quickly clicked to have a look, and she flicked through the three pictures,
"Yes. Thank you so much!" Brogan threw her arms around his neck, and Adam instantly hugged her back.
"You're welcome." He replied.
Pulling out of the embrace, Brogan smiled and tucked her hair behind her ears, knowing that she was probably blushing like a tomato.
Adam glanced at the clock,
"I was gonna go and get something to eat, if ya wanted to come along?"
Brogan raised her eyebrows at him,
"A-Are you serious?"
He smiled and nodded,
"Yeah, definitely."
"U-Uh… su-sure, yeah!" Brogan replied, trying to calm herself down. Keep yourself together! Brogan told herself. "I jus' need to make sure it's okay with my boss."
Adam nodded,
"Alright, I'll jus' wait 'ere then."
Brogan nodded, smiling shyly at him, and then she walked out of the room, closing the door behind her. Resting her back against the door, Brogan took a deep breath, and then she made her way over to Linda's office door. Tucking her hair behind her ear, Brogan knocked on the door.
"Come in." Linda called.
Brogan walked into her office, and she smiled at her,
"Hiya."
Linda looked up at Brogan and smiled,
"Hi, Brogan. How was the interview?" She asked.
Brogan smiled back,
"It was good. It was really good, thanks. Um… actually. That was what I came here for." Linda raised her eyebrows at Brogan. "Uh, Adam… he recognised me, and after the interview, he asked me if I wanted to go and get some dinner with him?" Brogan bit her bottom lip, still in shock that this was all happening.
Linda smiled at Brogan,
"Oh, check you out, Bee! Already hanging out with the celebrities."
Brogan laughed and blushed slightly.
"It's fine, Brogan. You've done a good job with the interview, so you can go home. I'll see you tomorrow. I want to hear all about it." Linda winked at her, making Brogan blush slightly and smile.
"Thanks, Linda. See ya tomorrow."
"Bye!" Linda called, as Brogan left her office, and then she walked back into the interview room; making Adam turn around,
"I'm good to go." Brogan announced, smiling sheepishly at him.
Adam smiled brightly, and he stood up,
"Awesome! Shall we?"
Brogan nodded, making her way over to her desk, turning off the sound recorder, and she quickly packed everything up into her bag. Smiling and nodding at Adam to tell him that she was ready to go, the two walked out of the room, and out of the building.
"So what's good around here?" He asked.
"Uh…" Brogan looked around, and she noticed the usual café where she usually ate. "Well, I like it here?" She suggested, pointing over at the café.
Adam looked where she pointed and he smiled,
"Alright, sounds good." He smiled, and the two crossed over the street, and walked into the café.
The two sat opposite each other, and Adam handed her a menu,
"Thanks." Brogan smiled.
Taking a deep breath, Brogan looked over the menu, even though she knew what she was getting. Licking her lips, she glanced at Adam through her lashes, watching the way he studied the menu. Quickly looking back at her menu, Brogan smiled to herself. Today was a good day. Brogan definitely knew this. She was still in awe with everything that had happened. She had interviewed Adam Long. He recognised her. And he invited her out to dinner. It was surreal. Brogan was ready to burst with excitement.
"I think I'm just gonna have something easy." Adam told her, looking up at her.
Brogan raised her eyebrows,
"Yeah?" He nodded. "What're you getting?"
"Gonna have a chicken and mayo baguette."
Brogan smiled,
"Good choice."
"Cheers." Adam smiled. "Ya know what you're gettin'?"
Brogan nodded,
"Yep. My usual." She grinned,
"And what's that?"
"Chicken and bacon caesar salad."
"Sounds nice." He stood up. "I'll go an' order then."
Brogan furrowed her eyebrows together,
"What? No!"
Adam looked down at her, looking slightly confused,
"Wha'?"
"Y' don't need to pay for me." Brogan got out her purse from her bag, and she opened it up.
Adam laughed,
"Don't be silly, Brogan. I've got this. Honestly, it's fine."
Brogan frowned at him, as he turned and walked over to the till. Letting out a small huff, she put her purse back into her bag, and quickly got out her phone, seeing a text message from her best friend, Phoebe:
Well?! How did the interview go?! Why have
I not had a text message of you fangirling yet?!
Brogan smiled to herself, and she put her phone back into her bag, deciding it was best to answer to her later. A few minutes later, Adam walked back over to the table, sitting back opposite Brogan. Brogan smiled at him, and she crossed her arms over her chest, as she watched him, feeling shy again.
"I like Leeds." He told her.
Brogan furrowed her eyebrows together,
"Ya do?" Adam nodded. "Why? It's crap!"
Adam laughed, and he shook his head,
"You would say that, cause you live 'ere."
She smiled and rolled her eyes at him,
"Yeah, yeah."
"Thanks for comin' to dinner wi' me. I din't need to set off home for another few hours, an' I thought it'd be nice to have dinner wi' ya." He shrugged slightly. "Ya seem nice enough."
Brogan smiled at Adam, and she blushed slightly,
"You're welcome." She replied. "I'm surprised you even asked me." She admitted.
Adam furrowed his eyebrows at her,
"Why?"
She shrugged slightly,
"Cause I'm just a fan?"
Adam smiled at her,
"So? I think you're good company. That's a good enough reason, init?"
Brogan smiled and nodded,
"S'pose so."
Adam smiled at her,
"By the way, I didn't order drinks, cause I told the woman to ask when she gave us our food."
Brogan nodded,
"Okay, cool."
After the two ate, Brogan and Adam stood up, and the two left the café. Brogan folded her arms over her chest, and she glanced at Adam, whom was already looking at her.
"Well, thanks for keeping me company."
Brogan smiled at him, and she shrugged slightly,
"It's alright. Thanks for inviting me, and thanks for the interview."
Adam smiled back at her,
"No problem. We need to talk more often." He told her.
Brogan blushed and she laughed,
"Definitely."
Turning his body to face her, Adam opened his arms out and Brogan hugged him, wrapping her arms around his neck. The two stayed like this for around half a minute, before they both pulled away, and they smiled at one another.
"I suppose I should stop wasting anymore of your time."
Brogan smiled and she shook her head,
"Don't be silly, I had a great afternoon." Brogan admitted.
Adam smiled at her, and then he leaned forward, kissing Brogan's cheek softly,
"Me too."
Brogan blushed deeply, smiling at Adam, and she licked her lips slightly.
After a few moments of silence, Adam took a deep breath,
"Well…"
"It was really nice to meet you." Brogan admitted with a smile on her face.
Adam smiled,
"You too. Definitely need to do this again."
Letting out a laugh, Brogan nodded,
"Yeah!"
Grinning, Adam waved at her, and then he turned, stuffing his hands into his jeans pockets, and he walked down to where he parked his car. He glanced over his shoulder, to see that Brogan was still watching after him. Giving her a big smile, he then nodded, and Brogan smiled back, before Adam turned and left her view. Brogan took a deep breath, and then she grinned big, shaking her head, as she thought about this afternoon. She couldn't believe what had just happened.