Chapter 10
SPOV
"Eeeeeeeeeeee"
I squealed like a small child at Christmas for about a minute before I ran out of air and had to sit down.
I sank onto my sofa, my smile widening as I remembered the 'talk' Ash and I had just had.
The relief I felt at having cleared some of our issues was making me feel light as a feather.
I no longer cared about any rumours because me and the woman I love had sorted ourselves out enough to go on a date.
I wiggled my feet in the air in excitement and let my arms fly out around me.
I paused when my hand whacked something off the arm. The rectangular box I'd seen in Ashley's hand earlier hit the floor with a light tap.
After staring for a second I reached out and grabbed it.
I was about to rip the paper when I notices a note written in tiny writing on the side. I recognised Ash's flowing italics and eagerly read it.
Don't open this until I tell you, it's to do with the date I'm about to ask you on. I really hope you said yes and that I made you smile again. If you said yes I will see you tomorrow at whatever time we agree to, dress smart casual. Xxxxxxxxxxx
I laughed out loud at her crazy rambling, she did make me smile.
APOV
I stumbled along the street outside Moon with the stupidest smile on my face.
Before I knew it I was happily belting out don't stop.
If you wake up and don't wanna smile, if it takes just a little while.
Open your eyes look at the day, you'll see things in a different way
DON'T STOP, thinking about tomorrow
DON'T STOP, it'll soon be here
IT'LL BEEEEEEE better than before
Yesterday's gone, YESTERdays gone.
I pretended to play through the instrumental section with my piano then spun around on the pavement as I started the next verse.
Why not think about times to come,
And not abooout the things that you've done,
If your life was bad to you,
Just think what tomorrow will do.
I flung myself around a couple holding hands and smiling at me as I broke into my best chorus yet.
Don't stop, thinking about tomorrow,
Don't stop, it'll soon be here,
It'll be, better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone.
I took my arms back from around their necks and hopped up onto the roof of a taxi, the driver staring at me from his window.
I air guitared my way through the solo in my head making it believable.
I nodded to myself as I hopped off the other side of the taxi into the road. The cars had all stopped but I was having waaaay to much fun to stop now. Traffic be damned.
I span around as I climbed over bonnets singing to the people inside the cars. Thinking of a single blond haired beauty the whole time.
All I want is to see you smile,
If it takes just a little while,
I know you don't believe that it's true,
I never meant any harm to you.
I put all my power into the next chorus as pointed out at the small crowd from the roof of an explorer. Loads of people sang the next chorus with me, which only made me get more into it.
DON'T STOP, thinking about tomorrow, I was conducting now
DON'T STOP, it'll soon be here,
It'll be, better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone.
Every single one of the people in the cars and in the crowd on the road joined in for the last few notes. They were surprisingly in tune too.
Ooooooooooooooooo don't cha look back
Ooooooooooooooooo don't cha look back
I finished big by harmonising with the best crowd ever over the last line then leapt off the side of the roof onto a mini and leant down to the driver's window. The atmosphere was electric and I was sure my face was ridiculously cheesy.
"Hey hun," I said to the startled looking woman inside. "Do you mind if I sign autographs from your roof so I don't get crushed. She looked thoughtful; people were already starting to get closer.
"Um well I don't know what if they scratch it?" She looked slightly scared.
"If that happens I'll fix it or buy you a new one, concert tickets are yours too if you'd like." I smiled.
She just grinned and nodded at me.
I stood up on the roof to address the crowd.
"Hi, I get that this traffic needs to get moving so I will give autographs to these people at the front but that's it sorry folks I have to go soon." I shouted.
I quickly signed things for the first ten or so fans but then slipped Kyla's number to Alison, the mini driver, before walking along the queue of cars roofs and jumping off one I slipped quietly away from the crowd.
This has to have been the best Sunday EVER.
I smiled to myself as I made my way back to my hotel; I needed to talk to Kyla and the SSG about tomorrow night.
SPOV
I heard my phone ring as soon as I'd put the box safely away in my bedside table and ran to answer it.
"Heeello." I sang.
"Oh my freaking god Spence get on your damn computer NOW."
I grabbed my laptop and began to log on.
"Hi to you too Jess, what's going on?" I said.
"Just get your ass on your stupid laptop thingy and look up your girl on YouTube."
I typed my password frantically not even questioning who Jess meant when she said 'your girl'.
"Hurry the fuck up Spence." Jess shouted. I pulled my phone away from my ear.
"Ow, what the fuck happened Jess?" I growled, my ear hurt.
"Just type Ashley Davies into the search bar Carlin." She growled back.
I typed her name and immediately got millions of hits.
"Which one do I click on Jess."
"Take a guess Spencer."
I took a proper look at the page in front of me and gasped.
Rock princess flashmob concert.
Holy crap I clicked on the link and waiting impatiently for the video to load.
"Press play Spence."
"Ok we'll watch it together Jess, that way I know what you're seeing. On my count, one, two, go."
I watched as the video showed the love of my life dancing around the street outside my apartment belting out the lyrics to Fleetwood Mac's biggest hit. This song was mine and hers when we were together, we used to sing it every time one of us got sick.
Ash looked so happy as she sang a verse to a smiling couple.
Whoever was filming this must have already had their camera on because they caught the whole thing.
At first Ash had been meandering down the street with a huge smile on her face, then she had started to hum. Obviously completely unaware of the camera following her.
Ash had then begun to hum quietly to herself before her fingers came out in front of her, playing an imaginary piano in midair.
Then she had air guitared before beginning to sing.
She stared at the sky as she sang.
I laughed loud when she pretended to play the drums and guitar and spun around with her arms out like a little kid as she sand another verse.
The couple she was singing to looked confused but happy and just smiled at her.
I gasped and nearly dropped the laptop when she jumped onto the roof of that taxi.
Her air guitar looked real, like she was genuinely playing the solo in her head.
As she danced over random car bonnets singing her heart out a crowd was starting to grow around her. The road was completely blocked.
The cameraperson had managed to get quite close and was clearly on top of a car opposite Ash as she sung to random people before climbing onto an explorer high above the crowd and belted out the rest of the song.
The crowd was going crazy and her enthusiasm was obviously infectious as the crowd and me and Jess began singing with her belting it out the same at final chorus.
I watched Ash expertly conduct the crowd through the last two lines really getting into the harmony she put around them.
As the video footage ended with Ash laughing to herself on top of the explorer wearing a grin that looked like it could break her cheeks. Her nose was more wrinkled than I'd ever seen it.
"SPENCER."
"Oh my god Jess." I said.
"I know right I've been calling your name for like two minutes now, how cool was that Moon is all over this thing man. What happened?"
"She came round and we talked, I mean really talked she ate some of my stirfry and I agreed to a date tomorrow night."
"Aw you made stirfry, do you have any left?" She whined. Typical best friend.
"That's what you got from that Jess?"
"Yeah Yeah Yeah Spence, you guys are dating again. Whoa all that hoohah was because you agreed to go out with her tomorrow?"
I smiled to myself.
"I hope so." I really did too.
"Wow Spence she must be crazy in love with you to be that free in front of a bunch of people."
"I know and I have some stirfry left I'll box it up for you k?"
"Thanks Spence, I've gotta go I have to check on the bar but I'll see you soon, we need to go shopping for your DATE!" She squealed and hung up, she wasn't big on goodbyes.
I thought about how people would look at Ashley's random behaviour and decided to look at the comments underneath the video which had over 500 000 hits already.
There were some nice ones that said how nice it is to have an artist freely express themselves like that but a few were just bitchy about the traffic jam and how she barely signed any autographs afterwards.
I closed the laptop and decided I should work out a little, gotta be ready for tomorrow night.
APOV
"Hey Ash, you are one crazy rockstar but at the same time you are the bestest most geniusest sister ever. What a perfect way to show Spencer how you feel." Kyla said as she squeezed me tightly the moment I walked in the front door of our suite.
"Um Ky as great as that is for me, what the hell are you chatting on?" I asked.
"Your impromptu performance has nearly a million hits Ash and Spencer is definitely gonna see it, it was you guy's song right, I heard you singing it to her a few times?" Kyla smiled at me.
So that's what happened to make her so bubbly. I wonder who filmed it; I was in my own little happy world during that song. I smiled just thinking about the reason for it.
Ky took my hand and led me over the her laptop on the coffee table and we sat down to watch me perform.
After the video finished even I was a little embarrassed at how random I looked but Ky assured me I looked overwhelmingly happy.
"Why were you randomly singing outside of where Spencer's apartment is anyway Ash, did you tell her about the press conference?"
I thought carefully before I answered.
"Ky I only said I would try to talk to her about it, not that I definitely would. Anyway it doesn't matter too much now all the press need to know is that I'm in love and I have been since I was 16 they don't need to know anything else ok?" I knew I wasn't going to get away so easy though.
"Aaaash, you should've discussed what she wants you to say go back there and talk to her better this time." She whined at me.
"Actually Ky we did talk, really really talked and she agreed to go on a date with me, she said we can start back at the beginning and work our way from there." I wiggled around on the sofa in excitement.
"OMG Ashley that's awesome I'm so happy for you guys do you need any help? When's the date?" I smiled at her enthusiasm.
"Actually Ky I have something planned but I'm going to need the SSG's help in pulling it off. Andthedateistomorrow." I said.
"WHAT? Who the hell makes a date they need help with for the next day? You dummy." She had a point there but I really wanted this date to happen I would've taken her out tonight if I could.
"Sorry Ky I couldn't help it, I wanted to see her again." I looked down sheepishly.
"Alrite Ash you're forgiven. Now give me the deets so we can get this show on the road."
Here goes nothing...
Phew thank god. I've written a few more chapters and there will be updates every day this week.
I have been pretty ill unfortunately but I'm waaay better now so I can get on with this story.
Thanks for waiting hope it'll be worth it. Let me know.