A/N- Gah! Alright, I know I supposed to post a new chapter of Blood Red Killer Instinct before I posted the next chapter of this... but I heard this one song and it just kind of hit me, and the chapter was like completely planned out in my head. Anyways, I don't know how many of you noticed, but for the first time there was no songs in the last chapter... which I myself hadn't realized until after I had posted it, so obviously there's a few more in this chapter. Please R&R!!
Chapter 8- First Stop
We were setting up for the first concert of the tour, of course, Alice had already taken me shopping once, before Edward came and literally dragged us out of the store. They were almost completely set up, after that was their run through and then a day of relaxation and preperation. There really wasn't much point to me to stop shopping considering that they wouldn't let me do anything anyways, so I did as Alice said which was 'sit and look pretty'. After a while I plugged into my ipod and spaced out, watching as the Cullens moved things around, as Alice studied things from the floor and decided whether or not something needed to be moved.
Besided the Cullens there was a bunch of workers bringing stuff in and putting it down, only for one of the Cullens to take it and put it where they wanted it to be. As soon as things were all brought in, they shooed off the workers and started moving a little faster than the average human, but still not vampire speed, just in case someone came in and saw them. From then on it was only a couple of minutes before everything was set up and ready to go. Alice dragged me away as soon as everything was set up to finish shopping whilst the boys started rehearsing.
Before we realized it, it was time to get ready for the concert, Alice insisted that I change and let her do my make-up, by now, I was starting to get used to it, so I just let her. By the time she was done, I was wearing a black flowing halter top, tight jeans and of course, stilletoes to top it all off. she had taken my hair and curled it, pinned part of it up and done my make-up completely. Once again, she had done her job and I looked fabulous.
Rosalie and Alice got ready now, about ten times faster than I was and they probably looked about fifty times better than I did, of course, they completely denied that. Carlisle and Esme shooed us out the door of the hotel and into the cars.
The parkinglot was completely almost completely filled, people were parking on the street and anywhere they could. People were flooding in through the doors, running through the parkinglot and squealing, and they weren't even inside yet. We went in through the back, the guys there to meet us almost as soon as we came through the door. I caught a glimpse of the stage, and part of the audience, from what I could see, there was tons of people here already, and still more flooding in like crazy. Despite what I would have thought, it wasn't as loud as I thought it would be backstage, but I knew from when I went to their concert, it was very loud out there.
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The crowd looked ready to explode, I guess it was a good thing that the guys were to go on any second. From where I was, I could see the stage perfectly, the lights were dimmed and the guys were being introduced. The crowd was just screaming, I didn't think they could get much louder, but of course, just like before, they had. Edward, waited at center stage for the crowd to settle down a bit, though it was clear that they didn't have any intentions of doing so anytime soon. After a little while, he spoke into the microphone, his velvet voice loud and clear, filling up the building. "Hey guys, how's everyone doing tonight?" the crowd screamed in response. "That's good, that's good, so here's how things are going to go; we've got a few surprises for you guys tonight, we're not going to tell you what though, you'll know what the surprises are as they come,"
"Oh they'll definately know when the surprises come." Emmett said into the mic.
"Ok, seriously guys, enough talking, these people came to see a show!" Jasper cut in. The crowed screamed in approval. As of now, Rosalie, Alice, Esme, Carlisle and I were all frowning, what were they talking about, surprises? this could be a lot more interesting than I thought.
The guys started playing, notes ringing out perfectly, it was a catchy song right from the beggining.
I almost got drunk at school at fourteen,
Where I almost made out with the homecoming queen,
Who almost went on to be miss. Texas,
But lost to a slut with much bigger breastes.
And I almost dropped out to move to LA,
Where I was almost famous for almsot a day. Alice was dancing beside me already, I was laughing at both the song and Alice.
And I almost had you,
But I guess that doesn't cut it
Almsot loved you,
I almost wished you would have loved me too. Now I was trying to figure out which one of them had written the song, I was guessing that it was probably Emmett.
I almost held up a grocery store,
Where I almsot did five years and then seven more,
Cause I almost got bopped for a fight with a thug,
'Cause he almost made off with a bunch of the drugs,
And I almost got hooked on,
'Cause you ran away
And I wish I would have had the nerve to ask you to stay. Yep, definately Emmett, but it was a good song.
And I almost had you,
But I guess that doesn't cut it,
Almost had you,
And I didn't even know it. Now the question was, who was the song written about. I quickly glanced at Rosalie, but she was enjoying the song as much as Alice was.
You kept me guessing and now I'm destined,
To spend my time missing you,
I almost wished you would have loved me too. I was dancing with Alice now, Carlisle was laughing at us, as we danced around wildly.
Here we go thinking about all the things I could've done,
I'm gonna need a forklift 'cause all the baggage weighs a ton, (baggage weighs a ton)
I know we had our problems,
I can't remember one. People in the audience were dancing and screaming, nothing that different from the one I had been to.
I almost forgot to say something else,
And if I can't fit it in I'll keep it all to myself,
I almost wrote a song about you today,
But I tore it all up and then I threw it away! The music slowed dramatically, as Edward sang into the mic. his velvet smooth voice singing the lines perfectly.
And I almost had you,
But I guess that doesn't cut it,
Almost had you,
And I didn't even know it.
You kept me guessing and now I'm destined,
To spend my time missing you,
And I almost had you, (and I almost had you).
Almost had you,
I almost had you,
And I wished you would have loved me too, (I wished you would have loved me too) Emmett and Jasper came in at all the perfect places, I really couldn't believe how easy it seemed for them to write these songs.
The crowd cheered in approval as the last notes rang out. They went right into the next song with hardly a pause in between.
Born Helena Jane with a restless soul,
She moved west to California,
Became a centerfold,
And once you change your name well the pieces fall,
Now she hardly recognizes herself at all, Edward's voice was almost soft, yet still firm and audible.
And there's never any rain,
When you want it, A hollow little game,
And you've won it,
Looking for a thrill but you've done it all. I loved this song, as I did the last, both were on the CD I had gotten when I had gone to their last concert, but I had a feeling that not all the songs playing tonight were going to be off that CD.
So long, put your blue jeans back on girl,
Go home, remember, Hollywood's not America,
So long, put your blue jeans back on girl,
Go home, remember, Hollywood's not America. (oh yeah!) Emmett and Jasper were just as into it as Edward was, their voices ringing out in complete perfection over the audience's cheers.
Everybody here's from somewhere else,
You can make a million dollars,
But you might lose yourself,
You can take the heat,
And let your heart grow cold,
They say acting's just pretending, but even that gets old. The people in the audience had settled down a bit, swaying back and forth now, as opposed to jumping up and down and dancing around.
And there's never any rain,
When you want it,
A hollow little game,
And you've won it,
Looking for a thrill, but you've done it all. Their voices were amazing, the music was amazing, all and all, they were amazing, I was surprised that there wasn't a picture of them under the definition of it in the dictionary!
So long, put your blue jeans back on girl,
Go home, remember, Hollywood's not America,
So long, put your blue jeans back on girl,
Go home, remember, Hollywood's not America.
And I know (I know)
What you're doing, (What you're doing)
I know, that you, you can be, anything you wanna to be
So long, put your blue jeans back on girl,
Go home, remember, Hollywood's not America,
So long, put your blue jeans back on girl,
Go home, remember, Hollywood's not America,
Hollywood's not America,
It's not America... The music faded out slowly, Edward's voice fading out slowly getting quieter. When the notes died, the crowed started cheering and screaming.
They played a few more songs and then Edward pulled the mic. out of the stand. I looked at my watch, as did Carlisle, all of us frowning now. Edward looked like he was trying to think of what he was going to say when Jasper came over and took his mic. "Dude, it's not hard, just say it, here, I'll do it for you- Bella, get out here." I froze for half a second before slowly walking out onto the stage, the crowd cheered even though they didn't really know anything about me, or even know me for that matter. "Ok, Bella here, has helped us out a few times, written us a few songs-"
"A few?" Emmett said into the mic. Jasper half turned to glare at him.
"Yes, Emmett, a few, quite a few." Jasper rolled his eyes before turning to face the audience again. "But you see, Bella here doesn't just write songs, she can sing them too," my head snapped to Jasper, I couldn't believe this! Edward gave me an apologetic look as Jasper finished what he was saying. "So, we're going to let Bella sing you a couple songs, while we grab a drink, and... don't sing for a couple minutes... but we'll still play... just not sing... ok you know what? Bella's going to sing, we're not, end of story." I gave Jasper the WTF? look as he shoved the mic. into my hand. Making sure the mic. was away from me I turned to them.
"What the hell am I singing?" Emmett shrugged, and Jasper looked from Edward to me.
"Not my idea!" Jasper declared. I knew I wasn't going to get an answer, this was going to be like the other night in their living room, just start singing and hopefully they pick it up fast. I gave them the 'you're total idiots' look and turned back to the audience.
"Alright, so, I didn't actually know I was going to be called out here, so therefore, I have no idea what I'm supposed to be singing, let alone why I'm being called out to sing in the first place, and further more any song I have written not for them, they don't have music for, so, we're kinda gonna go with it...this is gonna be interesting." I put the mic. back, shook my head once, I couldn't believe they had done this. And I started singing.
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum almost as soon as I was done the second line, Emmett had started with a distinguished beat.
No more gas, in the red, can't even get it started,
Nothing heard, nothing said, don't even speak about it,
I'm alive in my head, don't want to think about it,
Feels like I'm going insane yeah,
It's a thief in the night to come a grab you,
It can creep up inside you and consume you,
A disease of the mind, it can control you,
It's too close for comfort, oh oh, Soon there was computerized music in it too, I looked over at them questioningly to see Edward with a laptop sitting on a table at the side of the stage.
Oh, you break lights, down in the city of wonder,
Ain't gonna play tonight,
Watch out you might just go under,
Better think twice, your train of thought will be altered,
So if you must falter be wise,
Your mind's in disturbia,
It's like a dark decending light,
Disturbia, I ain't gonna go scaring you tonight,
Disturbia, I'm getting used to the white light,
Disturbia, disturbia. That was the least of the surprises, next thing I know Alice and Rosalie had mics. and were singing harmonies.
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum Jasper stood awkwardly doing nothing, while everyone else was doing something.
Faded pictures on the wall,
It's like they talking to me,
Disconnecting all your calls, the phone don't even ring,
I gotta get out or figure this shit out,
It's too close for comfort, Alice was dancing like no one was watching, Rosalie gave her a look before eventually giving in and starting to dance herself, both of them dancing kinda crazy. I could hear Emmett complaining that he wasn't getting to dance, and then the next thing I knew he was up dancing with Alice and Rosalie. Then things started to click in my head, if Emmett was up here, who was on the drums? I turned to see Jasper drumming out the beat. Carlisle was looking at us like we were nuts from off stage.
It's a thief in the night to come and grab,
It can creep up inside you and consume you,
A disease of the mind, it can control you,
I feel like the monster. oh oh oh. Soon enough I found myself dancing, but it seemed to be almost coreographed, I just threw a few moves I had seen in music videos together and did them.
Oh, you break lights, in the city of wonder,
Ain't gonna play tonight,
Watch out you might just go under,
Better think twice, Your train of thought will be altered,
So if you must falter be wise,
Your mind's in disturbia,
It's like a dark decending light,
Disturbia, I ain't scaring you tonight,
Disturbia, I'm getting used to what you like,
Disturbia, disturbia The crowd was cheering and dancing, though I think they would if pretty much anyone came up on stage with the Cullens.
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum It was chaos on stage, but it was organized chaos, everyone was doing a certain thing, but each certain thing was kind of random.
Disturbia
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum For being a complete surprise, I thought the performance was pretty good.
Release me from this curse I'm in,
I'm trying to maintain but I'm struggling,
If you can't go,
I think I'm gonna hide,
Oh, you break lights, here in the city of wonder,
Ain't gonna play tonight,
Watch out you might just go under,
Better think twice,
Your train of thought will be altered,
So if you must falter be wise,
Your mind's in disturbia,
It's like a dark desending light,
Disturbia, Disturbia,
Ain't no scaring you tonight,
Disturbia, getting used to what you like,
Disturbia, disturbia It sounded almost exactly like it did in my head.
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum
Bum bum be dum bum bum be dum dum The last notes rang out and the music faded away, people cheered and screamed, and the yelling mixed it with it made a very loud combination. Edward once again had a mic. in his hand.
"Um. wow."
"We knew you coulds sing, we knew you could write songs, but since when could you dance?! Alice and Rosalie had to teach you how to walk without falling just a couple weeks ago!" Emmett yelled into the mic. Edward smacked him across the back of the head. Then Jasper spoke into his mic.
"Agreeing with what Emmett said, but I have to say that was pretty good."
"And now we need to stop babelling and tell them what the last couple surprises are." Rosalie was smirking now, I had a feeling I wasn't going to like this.
"Yes, now you get to hear a song by the ever fabulous Rosalie, Alice and Bella, and we're going to leave the stage now, and be back when they're done!" Alice and I turned on Rosalie, hadn't one almost chaotic performance been enough for one night? Apparently not. Rosalie filled us in on what we were singing and we took our spots, I had been wondering why Rosalie had made us make a dance for this song. Each of us had a mic. in hand and were ready to go. The music started and so did we.
Boys call you sexy, and you don't care what they say,
'Cause everytime they turn around they screaming your name,
Just call you sexy, and you don't care what they say,
You see, everytime I turn around they screaming my name. Alice sang into the mic. perfectly.
Now I got a confession (ha ha ha ha),
When I was young I wanted attention (ha ha ha ha),
I promised myself that I'd do anything (ha ha ha ha),
Anything at all for them to notice me (ha ha ha ha). Rosalie sang into the mic. an innocent look on her face.
But I ain't complaining, we all wanna be famous,
So go ahead and say what you wanna say,
You know what it's like to be nameless,
Want them to know what your name is,
'Cause see, when I was younger I would say... I sang into the mic.
When I grow up, I wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies,
When I grow up, I wanna see the world, drive nice cars, I wanna have groupies.
When I grow up, people know me, be on TV, be on magazines,
When I grow up, fresh and clean, number one chick when I step out on the scene,
But be careful what you wish for 'cause you just might get it, you just might get it, you just might get it,
But be careful what you wish for 'cause you just might get it, you just might get it, you just might get it, get it. We all sang into our mics. our voices combining perfectly.
They used to tell me I was steamin' (ha ha ha ha),
Until I fucked up on the TV (la la la la),
I always wanted to be a superstar, (ha ha ha ha),
And we've been singing sons of bitches this far (ha ha ha ha), Alice sang into the mic., showing her attitude in exactly what she sang.
But I ain't complaining, we all wanna be famous,
So go ahead and say what you wanna say,
You know what it's like to be nameless,
Want them to know what your name is,
'Cause see when I was younger I would say... Rosalie sang out her voice crisp and clear.
When I grow up, I wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies,
When I grow up, I wanna see the world, drive nice cars, I wanna have groupies,
When I grow up , people know me, be on TV, be on magazines,
When I grown up, fresh and clean, number one chick when I step out on the scene,
But be careful what you wish for, 'cause you just might get it, you just might get it, you just might get it,
But be careful what you wish for 'cause you just might get it, you just might get it, you just might get it, get it.
I see you staring at me,
'Cause I'm a trend setter,
This is true 'cause what I do, no one can do it better,
You can talk about me 'cause I'm a hot topic,
I see you watching me, watching me,
And I know you want it. I sang into the mic. when we were writing, I had thought it up, but I wasn't intending on actually using it.
When I grow up, I wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies,
When I grow up, I wanna see the world, drive nice cars, I wanna have groupies,
When I grow up , people know me, be on TV, be on magazines,
When I grown up, fresh and clean, number one chick when I step out on the scene,
But be careful what you wish for, 'cause you just might get it, you just might get it, you just might get it,
But be careful what you wish for 'cause you just might get it, you just might get it, you just might get it, get it.
When I grow up, I wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies,
When I grow up, I wanna see the world, drive nice cars, I wanna have groupies,
When I grow up , people know me, be on TV, be on magazines,
When I grown up, fresh and clean, number one chick when I step out on the scene,
But be careful what you wish for, 'cause you just might get it, you just might get it, you just might get it,
But be careful what you wish for 'cause you just might get it, you just might get it, you just might get it, get it. The song was finally over, but the concert wasn't, the guys came back on stage after the crowd gave us an awesome uproar, and did a couple songs from their new CD, the songs they performed were all by me, I knew them better than they did.
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I was tired by the time the concert was over, and I was more than a hundred percent sure that the concert would be all over the papers, talking about me, Alice and Rosalie not to mention the hottest guys on the face of the planet. Of course as soon as we got in the car, nothing other than The Cullens were playing on the radio, Edward stabbed the power button and the car went silent, nothing but the sound of the warm air coming through the vents. Finally Edward spoke, his perfect voice breaking the silence. "That was some performance you put on tonight." I laughed slightly.
"Next time it might be convenient to know that I'm going up on stage, or at least have something ready for me to sing." Edward shifted uncomfortably.
"Yeah, that was pretty bad planning on my part..." I gave him a look, knowing that'd he'd be able to see it, even in the dark.
"Really? I didn't notice."
"Alright, so I totally and completely screwed up, but you still took my failure and made it a success." he said a slightly hopeful sound in his voice, as if he was hoping I'd forgive him.
"I guess I did, it looked like everyone was having fun anyways..." he seemed to relax slightly at that. Then we sat in silence again until we pulled up infront of the hotel.
Once in my room, I had a shower and collapsed on the bed, going to sleep practically instantly.
A/N- Right, before I forget to write it, the names and artists of each song are in order as follows; Almost by Bowling For Soup, Hollywood's Not America by Ferras, Disturbia by Rihanna, and finally When I Grow Up by The Pussy Cat Dolls. Other than that, I have worked on the Blood Red: Killer Instinct chapter a bit, and will hopefully have it up soon! In the mean time, please press the pretty button below and review!!
