Chapter 3
"Wow," I murmured to myself, before turning back and continuing down the stairs. I walked into our rehearsal space and grabbed by amp from the closet at the back before plugging my guitar in. I checked it was in tune before setting it down and turning to help Emmett with the microphone that he was still struggling with.
Jasper arrived a few minutes after we had finished setting up and quickly plugged his bass in. Emmett then went to fetch Edward.
We had decided between the five of us, myself, Jasper and Emmett (band), Rosalie (manager) and Alice (stylist) that we would talk to Edward in a sort of interview style affair before we made him audition to make sure that we could all get on with him. Then we had asked him to prepare a cover of his choice to sing acoustically (apparently he played the piano) and we then decided to put him on the spot and would give him a sheet of lyrics and would play with him to make sure his sound fitted with our sound.
"Right then Eddie-boy, have a seat," Emmett boomed as he walked into the room Edward following right behind him.
"Emmett, how many times do I have to tell you, my name is Edward, not Eddie-boy, Eddie-kins or The Edinator," Edward said in a frustrated tone of his gorgeously silky voice, he was obviously used to Emmett's general annoyingness. He took a seat to Jasper's left and rested his right ankle on his left knee.
"Okay, I'll start," Rosalie began. "How far away do you live from our rehearsal space, Edward?"
"I currently live in Seattle, but I am thinking about finishing High School in Forks and living with Esme and Carlisle, so I could be living about thirty feet away from rehearsal space." Emmett beamed, he had obviously known about the possibility of Edward moving in with him and appeared to love the idea of a brother.
"Me next," I said, feeling very confident all of a sudden. "Do you have a girlfriend?" I looked straight into his green eyes and raised my eyebrows.
"No," he answered simply. "Boyfriend?"
"No."
"Much to the pleasure of her fan club, they all think she's available," Jasper said, playfully digging me in the ribs.
"Okay, moving on from the subject of Bella's love life, shall we audition?" Emmett interrupted.
"Yep, have you got a keyboard around here anywhere?" Edward asked.
"Over there," Alice pointed.
"I'm going to sing Wonderwall by Oasis, okay?"
"Sure"
"Today
is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you
By
now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do
I don't
believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now"
His voice was beautiful, much like his eyes, and his face, and his hair and his body……
"Backbeat
the word was on the street
That the fire in your heart is out
I'm sure you've heard it all before
But you never really had
a doubt
I don't believe that anybody feels
The way I do about
you now"
Get a grip on yourself Bella, this is your future band mate here, you have to be able to concentrate without thinking about how cute his mouth is when he sings or how his eyes crease up when he closes them in between lines……
"And
all the roads we have to walk along are winding
And all the
lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that
I would
Like to say to you
I don't know how"
He plays the keyboard so well as well, we should probably write some parts for this instrument too……
"Because
maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me ?
And after all
You're my Wonderwall"
As he drew to a close I knew he was the guy for me, I mean us, I mean the band. He was so hot, and his voice fitted our sound perfectly. He fitted us aesthetically as well as vocally.
"Wow," all five of us breathed in unison.
"No need for the surprise song guys, we've found our man,"