This chapter is really short, but I wanted to post again before the weekend was over. I hope you like it. I probably could have added more. Anyway, please review and thanks so much for all of the other reviews.
Chapter 11
We arrive twenty minutes later at the red carpet. I watch as stars like Linkin Park and Paramore walk down the carpet. My heartbeat quickens. Bill looks at me and I swear that he can hear it. Holy crap I'm nervous. My palms are sweating. I wipe them on the seat.
"Are you okay?" Bill asks. I nod. "Let's go." He knocks on the window and the door is opened. Tom leaves first, followed by Gustav and Georg, then Bill. He holds out his hand and I take it. I step out of the car and hear gasps. Fans stop screaming and reporters rush over.
"Bill, who is this?"
"This is Ali Wood. She is a good friend of ours." He squeezes my hand and winks in my direction. I smile and cameras flash. I think I will be blind by the end of the day.
We continue to walk down the red carpet. We get stopped every once in a while and it takes what feels like forever for us to reach our seats inside. We are seated around a table covered with a white table cloth that has rose petals laying all over it. I lift one up and inhale the scent.
The awards get underway. I clap politely when someone wins. Finally the category of Best Band comes up. Everyone around our table gets tense.
"And now lets find out the nominees for Best Band," says Hayley of Paramore. "Linkin Park!" Applause. "Fall Out Boy!" More applause and more tenseness. "Tokio Hotel!" I cheer along with everyone else. Bill smiles at me and I reach out to hold his hand. "And the last nominee is Three Days Grace!"
She waits for the cheers to die down. I look at the round Comet in her hands and say a quick prayer that the guys will win. Also that everything will go swiftly if they win.
"And the winner of Best Band is," she pauses for effect, "TOKIO HOTEL!" Bill jumps up and hugs his brother. Everyone is laughing and hugging. Bill grabs my hand and pulls me along after the guys to accept the award. We reach the stage and Hayley passes the award to Tom.
"The only people we want to thank are our fans, who made this possible. Thank you so much. We are so proud." The crowd cheers. Bill smiles and then takes the mic again.
"And before we go back to our seats I have something else to say. I promised my fans that if I ever got a girlfriend I would tell them. So here she is. Everyone meet my girlfriend Ali!" Silence and then a smattering of applause. I feel my cheeks flame. They don't like me. Bill tilts my chin and kisses me, causing everyone to cheer. We walk back to our seats.
"I think that went rather well," says Bill. I laugh.
The rest of the night soon becomes a disappointment. Tokio Hotel loses Best Video to Apocalyptica for their video Somewhere Around Nothing. I hug each of the guys when we lose. Tom hugs me a little too close for someone who just wants to be friends.
Finally, the show is over and we start to leave. Once outside we are swarmed by paparazzi asking me how I feel about dating Bill Kaulitz. I tell them it's amazing, which leaves Bill looking the happiest he has all night. How long must I lie to myself? Because I know that there is a part of me that wants Tom. And that just isn't right.