Thanks again to anyone that reviewed. They mean a lot to me. Hope you all enjoy this chapter. The first part of the interview focuses on Demi but the second half of the interview is about Ashley. I don't know how I feel about this chapter I feel it could have been better. Oh well… i tried.
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Regular text is Ashley's POV. italics and bold are Spencer's POV.
Chapter 6
Both Demi and I are waiting to be called up on stage by Ellen. I am wearing black skinny jeans, a white T-shirt, with a black leather jacket over it. Demi is wearing a blue dress with a light jacket over it.
"Ok I'm sure everyone will recognize out next two guests. One is a Disney Princess whose music career has made her a worldwide superstar. The other is the daughter of a rockstar who has started her own career as an actress. Ladies and gentlemen Demi Lovato and Ashley Davies." The crowd stands and cheers while Demi and I both make our way to the stage. We wave to the crowd before hugging Ellen and taking a seat with the crowd still cheering. out of habit I put my arm to rest on the back of the couch behind Demi.
Once it seems that the crowd has calmed down a little, Ellen begins to talk.
"Welcome and thank you for coming to the show."
"Thank you for having us" replied Demi.
"Ok well first we fill start off with Demi and her new movie. Your new movie is called 'Refuge in Music'. You want to tell us what that is about?" Ellen asks
"Sure, I play the main character, Dianna. She is the new girl in her senior year in high school. She is labeled as an outcast because she is pretty much a nerd in the school. So she constantly gets bullied at school by her peers. Anyway, she takes refuge in music and her life starts to change. It's a musical about bullying, acceptance, friendship, and growing up as a person in general." Demi concludes.
Madison, Caitlyn, Heather and I were watching Ashley's interview in my living room. Ashley looks beautiful as always and Demi looks stunning. I am sitting on the couch with Heather next no me while Caitlyn and Madison occupy the other couch. Madison seems to be sitting a little bit closer to Caitlyn than usual.
"We totally have to go see Demi's new movie." Caitlyn says aloud. Everyone agrees and continues to listen to the interview.
"That sounds like a great movie and I can't wait to see it. Bullying is something that is very wrong and needs to be stopped." Ellen says.
"Yeah I mean, I had a first hand experience with bullying as a child. I know how it feels and it feels horrible." Demi says her voice cracking a bit in the end. I put my arm around her shoulder to offer some comfort. She seems to gain some strength to keep talking. "Thats why I was so determined to be in this movie. I want to get that message across that bullying is not right."
"It's movies like this and shows like Glee that are slowly making a difference. Especially through music." Ellen states.
Demi nods, "I completely agree. Glee does a tremendous job in showing all of the problems normal teens have trouble with. Teen pregnancy, bullying, homosexuality, the pressure of being popular in school. Its all something that teens deal with daily. Glee uses music to get a message across and that is what is really inspiring about the show. It inspires teens to overcome their fears and be who they want to be."
"And that is what 'Refuge in Music' is all about." Ellen adds.
"Exactly. I can relate to it because music is a big part of my life. It helped get me through the rough times in my life." Demi says.
"Tell us how have you been since your recovery in rehab." Ellen asks
"Its been great. I have so much more inspiration for music and I have a much better perspective in life. I have figured out who my true friends are. One of them happen to be sitting right here with me." Demi says while giving me a hug. The crowd coos at that before Ellen starts talking again. This time on a lighter topic.
"I heard that you wrote the songs that they use in the movie." She asks directing the question to Demi.
"Sort of. They had songs for the movie already chosen. I felt that they weren't emotional enough for the movie. I wanted the songs to have meaning."
"So you fired the writers?" Ellen asks jokingly.
Demi laughs before responding. "No I just told them that they weren't meaningful enough and they put me in charge of finding better songs. I decided the best way to have the perfect song was to write them myself. That way they have meaning and are relatable. I called Ashley to come and help me write them."
"Oh so you both wrote them?" Ellen asks to clarify.
"yes, together we wrote the songs for the movie."Demi responds.
"Ashley how was it working with Demi."
"Well in the beginning it was a little difficult because I was shooting a movie in Canada." The crowd cheers. when a picture of my movie comes on in the background.
"We will talk about your movie in a little bit." Ellen says.
"So as soon as I was done filming, I went back to L.A. and helped Demi write the songs." I answer.
"She is insanely talented with music." Demi gushes."When it was time to actually record the songs, Ashley helped make them better by providing suggestions to make them better. There is one song that we came up with for Dianna's turning point. We were having a difficult time figuring out what instruments we wanted to use for the song. In the end, it ended up being just me singing with Ashley playing an acoustic guitar in the background. It was all her idea and It came out better than anyone would have thought."
"I really think that the songs sounded better because Demi was singing them. Not only does she have a fantastic voice but she puts so much emotion in what she sings. While we were recording the song for Dianna's turning point, we were in the studio and Demi just got lost in the song and had tears in her eyes by the time she finished. That's how you know you are a true artist." I say.
The crowd cheers at the end of my little speech.
"Ok here is a preview of Demi's new movie 'Refuge in Music', then we will go to a quick commercial break before we talk to Ashley about her new movie." Ellen says to camera.
I didn't know Ashley was coming out with a new movie. She must also be a good songwriter to have Demi Lovato talking about her talent like that.
A few minutes later…
"Alright we are back. You just say a preview to Ashley Davies's new movie'Graduation Week'. Ashley can you tell us a bit about that?" Ellen asked.
"Well as you all just saw it's about a group of teens who try to make the best out of their last week of high school. You see them go through the entire high school experience. Senior prank, ditch day, prom, everything. Throughout the movie the characters are making their final plans for the future. They finally start to realize that after they graduate, they start a whole new chapter in their lives."
"And tell us about your character." Ellen says
"My character's name is Alex. She is the troublemaker in the group."
"Kind of like yourself" Ellen states.
"That's exactly like Ashley. She won't let anyone tell her what to do. and she does what she wants" Heather says from beside me.
"Yeah, I mean, I like to make the best out of a situation and just have fun so I could relate to that. So Alex has taken it upon herself to make her friends have the best high school experience. It's because of her that everyone has a good time before Graduation."
"It sounds like a fun movie to watch and it's also very relatable." Ellen says. "By the way you are still in high school right?"
"yes I am in my senior year."
"So it must have been kind of weird to shoot a movie about an experience the rest of the cast has had except for you, am i right?"
"Absolutely. I was the youngest person cast in the movie. Everyone else had already experienced their senior year while I hadn't even started mine. When it came down to shooting the big moments in the movie, it was harder for me to do because I have never had that experience before and I could only act what I think i would feel."
"Talk about your senior experiences so far. You are in a public school in Ohio right?"
"Yeah I moved into a small town in Ohio and attend public school. Right now we are on winter break, but so far it's been great. I have made some really great friends and joined a sport."
"That's right. You tweeted a picture of your new basketball jersey." The picture I tweeted of my jersey showed on the background.
"yeah we had my first basketball game a week ago against our biggest rival."
"How was it?"
"It was great. They are really great players and it was a bit of a challenge." I reply truthfully.
"Last night you played a one-on-one with Kobe Bryant." A picture of me hanging on the rim after my victory point showed on the screen.
"Yep"
"And you won!" Ellen exclaimed.
"Yeah it was fun. I have actually known him for quite some time and he taught me how to play along with the rest of the team." I say.
"Ok well I can't bring up last night without mentioning the mystery girl you were with." Ellen says with a knowing smile.
A picture of me and Spencer kissing during the Kiss Cam showed on the screen before it was changed to one of me with my arm around her. You couldn't recognize her because of the hat and sunglasses. She was smiling and watching the game while I was smiling and looking at her angelic face.
"Holy Shit! Spence that's you!" Madison exclaimed looking at the T.V. "Your on T.V.! And they're talking about you!"
"SHHHH let me hear." Heather tells Madison.
I am staring at the screen with wide eyes. I knew people would see us at the game but I didn't think they would ask about it.
I stay quiet and pretend to look around.
"A picture was leaked a week ago with you and that same girl and ever since then people have been going crazy trying to figure out who it is." She explains.
A picture of Spencer and I kissing outside of the school under the mistletoe shows up on the screen. Spencer is wearing my leather jacket and I have my arms wrapped around can't see Spencer's face so that makes me relax.
"Oh My God. That's you guys before the big game! Spencer that's you!"
"I know Madison" I look at the picture and am thankful that you can't really see my face. I'm pretty sure both schools are watching this interview.
"Are you two together?" She asks curiously
"it's not official" I say.
"Demi you were also at the game last night with Selena Gomez." I fell Demi tense a little at this."Did you happen to meet Ashley's mystery girl?"
Demi relaxes a bit and answers."yes, It was very brief but she seems like a sweetheart."
Oh my gosh! Demi just said i was a sweetheart. I am still in shock that she even remembers meeting me. I saw her tense a little at the mention of being seen with Selena Gomez. I have a suspicion that something might be going with them. I saw them holding hands yesterday at the game. Also I saw how Selena look at Demi.
"Alright well it seems I wonk be getting anything out of Ashley. Sorry folks." Ellen says jokingly. "Everyone in the audience is leaving with tickets to go see 'Refuge in Music' and 'Graduation Day'. Thank you Demi and Ashley for coming today."
"Thank you for having us on your show.' i reply.
The show comes to an end and all I can think is the fact that people are trying to figure out about me.
"Ok I want to see if people really are talking about you two." Madison says while changing the channel to E! News. After a while of watching they finally start talking about Ashley.
"Welcome back to E! News. Last week there were rumors that Ashley Davies may have a new romance in her life. Yesterday the teen actress was seen at a basketball game with a date. Not only did she win a game against Kobe Bryant, but she also showed some affection during the Kiss Cam"
They show a picture of Ashley and I kissing during the Kiss Cam.
"Earlier today the teen had an interview in the Ellen DeGeneres Show and when asked about the mystery girl, she didn't give many details.
The clip of the Ellen interview begins to play.
"Are you two together?" Ellen asks.
"it's not official" Ashley says.
It goes back to the host talking.
"We might not have any details about the Mystery Girl but we will certainly try to figure out who she is."
Madison turned off the T.V. and they all looked at me.
"Don't worry Spence, They have no idea you even live in this little town." Heather says.
I feel better knowing that people in out town won't know a Lion and a Knight are together. Now all i am worried about is whether or nor Ashley will make things official between us or not.
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Alright I know this could have been better but I was having a hard time with the transitions of the different topics. So everyone knows that Ashley is dating someone but they don't know who exactly. Next chapter will hopefully be better than this one. Once again that you to anyone that reviewed. Don't forget to review for this chapter. Tell me what you would all like to see in the next chapter or what you want to happen.