Sooo...this is my new story. It's a bit strange, messy and not that great. I wrote it going through a bad time, and it's kind of reflected in it. I hope you all enjoy it, even though some parts are quite corny and strange. Thanks guys, please review.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the storyline.
Shine a Light On Her
Chapter 1- An Invitation
It had finally arrived. The single silver envelope with the London postmark on it. Lucie Streeton and my address was written in swirly writing, also silver. I flipped it over. No return address. I grinned to myself. I knew who it was from anyway. I pulled out a kitchen chair and sat on it, opening the envelope, pulling out the silver and white paper inside. Silver and gold sparkles fell into my lap as I opened it.
The Falcone and Fletcher Families request the pleasure of the company of
Lucie, Laura and Maree Streeton
To celebrate the marriage of
Giovanna and Thomas
On
Saturday 11th July 2009 at 3pm
Dress: Formal
RSVP: June 15th 2009
I grinned to myself and turned the computer on. It was time to send Tom an email...
The next few weeks passed extremely quickly. We'd booked flights to England for a week before (the fifth of July) and were all pumped to go. Our parents had decided they'd let us go by ourselves. It wasn't that they didn't want to see the happy couple get married; it was more that they didn't feel it was their place to be there.
The day before we were to leave, Sophie invited Vanessa and me to her house to stay the night. Then we'd get on the train to Melbourne and then get on the plane and fly there. It was going to be awesome.
Vanessa and I showed up at Sophie's at almost exactly the same time, both with food and movies. It was silent as we put our things into Sophie's bedroom where there were two extra beds were set up. Sophie's laptop was sitting open on her bed.
'Guess who I've been talking to,' she grinned as she bounced onto her bed.
'Dunno. So you'll have to tell us,' Vanessa smiled, sitting down beside her and pulling the laptop closer. 'Tom!' she suddenly squealed.
Sophie nodded. 'It's like seven in the morning over there!'
'Is he still online?' I asked, peering over their shoulders.
'Let's see,' Sophie said, taking the laptop back and clicking on his Skype number, then the video call one. Her and Vanessa showed up in the box, so I moved closer to be there too. There was a ringing noise and the other box underneath us lit up and there sat Tom Fletcher. I hadn't spoken to him for weeks, ever since I RSVPed to him. We had talked to the boys a lot after we came back, but a lot had changed since then. They'd been busy jetting all over the world to countries and we hadn't really had much of a chance lately.
'Lucie! Vanessa! Hey!' Tom exclaimed, grinning at us.
'What about me?' Sophie pouted.
'Soph, I've been talking to you for the last hour,' he chuckled. 'We're looking forward to seeing you three again.'
'So are we!' Vanessa giggled.
'We'll be there at the airport when you fly in. We promise. If we're not there, catch a taxi,' Tom laughed. The looks on our faces must have changed cos he laughed harder and shook his head. 'I'm joking. We'll be there.'
'Well you're just lucky our winter holidays are late this year, otherwise we couldn't come cos of school Mr Fletcher,' Sophie said, pointing at the camera.
'Aw, well we could've helped you again. I say we were very good helpers last year,' Tom smiled.
'Tom, I came inches away from failing maths!' Vanessa exclaimed and he laughed.
'Well, I can't say we did such a good job at that class.'
'We have to bring our homework for the holidays over too. And we all had to get the whole week off work. But it's worth it!' I grinned.
'Work? You girls never told me anything about you working!' Tom exclaimed.
'Well we've barely spoken to you lately Mr Fletcher!' Vanessa reminded him.
'Oh yeah... well, spill! How long have you been making money for? And where?' Tom asked curiously.
'Sophie works at the bakery near her house, Vanessa works as a waitress in a restaurant and I work in a toyshop. We all got them in about April,' I shrugged.
'Sounds cool. You'll have to tell me all about them when you get here. Zac's still not off school yet Luce, by the way. They finish the week after the wedding,' Tom said and I nodded.
'Are you excited Tom?' Sophie asked.
Tom's face immediately turned into a huge grin. 'Of course.'
'That's good,' we smiled.
'Well, I better let you girls go. I have to head into London with the other nutcases for some last minute best man suit thingys,' he sighed. 'I'll see you tomorrow! Can't wait!'
'See ya Tom!' we grinned and he gave us a wave and shut off his camera.
'Can't wait,' Sophie grinned, lying back on her bed.
'Should be bloody awesome!' I replied, also grinning.
'Do they still live together?' Vanessa asked.
'Tom hasn't told us he moved... So I dunno. I guess we'll find out when we get there,' Sophie shrugged.
'Well, let's stop wondering and get the party started!' Vanessa exclaimed and we all laughed.
That night we watched their new DVD and all their old ones. Sure, they were amazing, but they didn't have the same feel as they used to have when we used to watch them before we met them. There was that fangirl excitement, the urge to want to meet them and proclaim our love to them. But now, to us, McFly were friends, not people we would scream and break down in tears if we saw them on the street. We were no longer fangirls or groupies. We were friends of the band. And that felt cool.
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