Here we go.
The tour bus came to a slow stop at 4 in the morning. No, they had not arrived at the venue, they driver had been driving a long time, so it was a pit stop and coffee break. Carly was up, sitting staring out of the window. She couldn't sleep, she was too nervous. She watched as the driver, Hank got up to exit the bus but stopped when he saw Carly. "Hey there." He said softly trying not to wake up everyone else. She waved at him, "Nervous, eh?"
She nodded, pulling her legs up on the sofa. "Well about to stop and get some coffee." Hank said pointing to the little café the were parked up at. "You want to come along?"
"You paying?" She giggled. He shrugged, "Sure." She smiled at him and got off the sofa. She was wearing a pair baggy blue checked pyjama bottoms, some ugg boot slippers and a tank top. She grabbed a hoody on her way out and pulled it over her head. She honestly didn't care if people saw her in her pyjamas. Hank was also Connect 3 and now Carly's bodyguard, so he would save Carly from any paparazzi or press. She followed the dark skinned bodyguard out of the bus, he locked the door behind him, and they went into the café. Carly flopped down in a booth and watched as Hank went over and ordered himself a coffee. "Carly, what do you want?"
"Err, a doughnut please." Hank nodded and ordered it for her. "Oh my gosh, you're Carly right? Shane Gray's daughter." The woman said at the counter as she placed the a lid on the coffee cup. "Yeah." Carly smiled. "Wow, me and my sister are going to the concert tonight." The woman said, she looked like she was in her mid 20's. "Really? Cool."
"Yeah, you're performing as well right?" Carly nodded. "Great." She grinned. Passing Hank the doughnut and coffee. He gave her the money and walked over to where Carly was. "You know, not many celebrities would come into a small café in the middle of nowhere, at 4 o'clock in the morning wearing their pyjamas." She called across at room of the empty café.
Carly took a big chomp out of her doughnut before replying with food in her mouth,"I'm not like a celebrity."
"I can see that." The woman grinned. "Hey, what's your name?" Carly asked.
"Jen."
She turned to Hank. "Give Jen some backstage passes, if she wants them." Jen's face lit up. "Really?" Carly nodded.
"Er, Carly. One, I don't carry backstage passes around with me all the time and two, don't you think you should talk to Shane first?"
"One – What kind of a bodyguard doesn't have tickets on them."
Hank rolled his eyes. "The ones that are not salesman." Carly glared at him, "Two – If I talk to him now he'll be all cranky and not remember the conversation anyway."
Hank sighed and grabbed his keys, "Wait here." He walked back to the bus and Carly finished her doughnut. "So Jen, who's your sister?"
"Vicky. She's totally in love with Connect 3." Vicky.... Why does that name sound familiar in that context. She thought, but shook it off. "Awesome."
"So is Shane like single?"
"Seriously why do people use me as a source of my dad's dating status? Honestly, I mean do you think I really want to talk about that?" Carly groaned, rolling her eyes. "Sorry." Jen giggled. Hank returned with 2 backstage passes and handed them to Jen. "Thanks so much. See you later." Carly and Hank said goodbye and headed back to the bus. "I'm going back to bed. Thanks for the doughnut."
Hank started up the engine. "No problem. Night." Carly went back to her bedroom and took off her hoody and ugg slippers. She climbed unearth her covers and turned to her side to see the picture of her and Mitchie sitting next to each other, Carly had a grin on her face and Mitchie was laughing at her. She had obviously done something funny before the picture was taken. Carly smiled and switched off her lamp before falling into a soft sleep.
-x-
Carly was awoken by some kind of 'heated discussion' between her family. She moodily got up and put her slippers on before dragging herself out of her room. She rubbed at her eyes and walked into the room to see Caitlyn, Shane, Ella, Jason and Nate. "Dude, what is with the noise? Do you know what time it is?"
They turned and looked at Carly. "Sorry, Jason stole my pancake." Nate said like a five year old. "I did not, it was mine in the first place." He defended.
Shane had a smirk on his face as Jason and Nate slowly turned to him. He finished chewing and wiped his mouth. "Now it's gone."
Nate and Jason's eyes narrowed at him before Jason grabbed him in a headlock and Nate frizzed up his hair, the thing he hated most. "That's why I got woken up? Because of a pancake?" Ella and Caitlyn nodded, obviously thinking the same thing as Carly – that they are childish and pathetic.
"Guys, stop it!" Shane yelled. They continued and Carly rolled her eyes before 'accidentally' spilling syrup over them. "Whoopsie." She giggled along with Caitlyn and Ella. "Carly, why the hell did you do that?" Shane asked.
She shrugged and pour syrup on her pancakes. "You guys were being childish, so I thought I'd be childish too." They all groaned before walking away, most likely to get changed. Carly smiled and put a pancake in her mouth. "Nice one." Ella said giving Carly a high five.
A wail was heard coming from Nate and Caitlyn's room and that could only mean one thing, Grace was up. "NATE!" Caitlyn yelled. "I'm changing!" He called back from the bathroom. She groaned and went to get up but Carly stopped her. "I'll get her." She chimed and ran into their room. She picked Grace up and cooed at her, she slowly started stop crying which made Carly grin. She returned to the kitchen, which had a small dining table in it, Carly passed over Grace to Caitlyn who bounced her up and down. "So you excited?"
"And nervous." Carly replied. "You'll do fine!"
Shane was the first to return and Carly picked up the syrup bottle making Shane hold up his hands in defence mode. "You are so funny." She laughed mocking Shane. He came a pushed her off her chair. "Not cool." She huffed crossing her arms. Shane laughed and pulled her up off the floor. "We're here!" Hank called out. They all turned to the window to see the concert venue. "Wow." Carly breathed out.
"Are you ready?" Shane said to Carly. "No, not really. But it doesn't look that is an option." He gave her shoulders a gentle squeeze and smiled at her.
-
Carly had just finished her rehearsal, which was pretty scary even without the crowd. It was Connect 3's turn to practice while Caitlyn, Carly, Ella and Grace watched. "OK, what about a blue lights." Shane said into the microphone and the lights changed to red. "That's some good looking blue." Carly yelled. Ella lightly pushed her while laughing. "The BLUE one." Shane repeated, the light stayed red. "Ok, thanks." Shane muttered sarcastically and turned to face Nate who shrugged at him. "We're fixing it, take five." A voice said from the speakers. Nate hoped down off the stair and picked up his daughter. "Aaa, ooo joo."
"Yeah, I totally agree." Carly said to Grace's 'talking'. "Shut up Carly." Nate stuck out his tongue at her. "Real mature."
Shane and Jason came down as well and sat down. "So how are you doing your hair tonight?" Shane asked. "I was thinking, Straight or maybe loose curls. Or Waves or....why do you care?"
"I don't. I'm just making conversation." He smirked.
"Oh, I think you should have you hair like this." Carly slapped on the back of the head. "Yeah, that looks good." Shane glared at her.
"God, you wouldn't think that you guys were father and daughter." Caitlyn stated. "He started it!" Carly defended crossing her arms.
Soon the sound check was over with and they were getting ready for the concert, of course Carly was panicking while Connect 3 lounged around in no rush at all. "Oh... Where's that sliver belt?" Carly said digging through her dressing room. "Unless you wear this!" Ella said pulling out a black dress. Carly stopped and looked at it, "Back to square one." She dumped a bunch of clothes on the floor.
"Ooh, wear this!" Caitlyn said pulling out a bright yellow top with a picture of headphones on. "Stop it....Ooh." She grabbed the top off of Caitlyn and found some black shorts to go with it. "These!" Ella squealed passing her some black boots. She ran into the bathroom and got changed quickly. When she came out, Shane and her uncles were in there. "Oh yay, let's all hang out there." She said as she rolled her eyes.
She found a black belt and quickly put it on. "You're going out in like 5 minutes." Jason told her.
"Thanks for the reminder!" She muttered before finding some accessories. "Carly, you need to get out here." Rachel yelled through the door. "You know what? I've changed my mind, I'll just go wait in the bus." Shane grabbed her arm. "Don't be silly. You'll do fine! Do you want me to wait with you?" She nodded and said bye to the others who wished her luck.
"I can't do this!" Carly squealed, trying to walk away from the stage entrance but Shane stopped her. "You can!"
"B-But, what if I trip or fall?" She panicked. Shane waved his hand at her, "I do that all the time."
She rolled her eyes and the music to her first song began to play. "Oh god."
"Don't worry. You'll do fine." He reassured. "Oh my god, What song is this?!"
"The Fame."
"I've forgotten the lyrics!"
Shane chuckled. "No you haven't... remember? I can't help myself, I'm addicted to...."
"A life of material. Got it." She smiled nervously at him.
"Please welcome for her first ever performance, Carly Torres." She started to get dragged and Shane gave her one last hug and a kiss on her head before she vanished out on stage. The crowd cheered as came out on stage, she looked around and saw the – what seemed like – millions of people. She held the microphone up to her mouth and started to sing, here we go.
"I
can't help myself All we
care about is runway models Fame, doing' it for the fame
I'm addicted to a life of material
It's some
kind of joke
I'm obsessively opposed to the typical
Cadillacs and liquor bottles
Give
me something I wanna be
Retro glamour Hollywood, yes, we live for
the
'Cause we wanna live the
life of the rich and famous
Fame, doing' it for the fame
'Cause
we gotta taste for champagne and endless fortune."
She
started to move around stage a bit and became more comfortable with
it. The crowd was starting to like the song and Carly. She smiled
brightly at his and gave the song her all. "Fame,
fame, baby, the fame, fame I can see myself in
the movies All
we care about is photographic
We live for the fame, fame, baby, the
fame, fame
Isn't it a shame, shame, baby? A shame, shame
In it
for the fame, fame, baby, the fame, fame
With my picture in the city lights
Photograph, my
mind and whatever else
You'd like to shoot you decide
Girls
on film and body plastic Fame, doing' it for the
fame Fame, fame, baby, the fame, fame Don't ask me how or why Fame, doing' it for the fame Fame, doing' it for the
fame Fame, doing' it for the fame
Give me something I wanna see
Television
and world wide famous musicians
'Cause we wanna live the life of the rich and famous
Fame,
doing' it for the fame
'Cause we gotta taste for champagne and
endless fortune
We live
for the fame, fame, baby, the fame, fame
Isn't it a shame, shame,
baby? A shame, shame
In it for the fame, fame, baby, the fame,
fame
But I'm gonna make it happen
this time
My only dream tonight
Yeah, I'm gonna make it happen
this time.
'Cause we wanna
live the life of the rich and famous
'Cause we wanna live the life of the rich and famous
Fame,
doing' it for the fame
'Cause we gotta taste for champagne and
endless fortune
'Cause we
wanna live the life of the rich and famous
Fame, doing' it for the
fame
'Cause we gotta taste for champagne and endless
fortune
Fame."
As the song ended people began to cheer louder than before. "Thank you." Carly said sweetly in the microphone. She took another look at the crowd as she caught her breathe. "Wow, thank you so much. This is such a great opportunity and I just wanted to thank everyone who made it happen." A few people ran on with a chair and microphone stand. "Now I know you'll are all waiting for Connect 3-" Screaming cut her off and she laughed. "Wow, you do realise they're like old." The crowd laughed a bit but continued to cheer. "I'm kidding." She laughed. "Now this is a song I wrote ages ago about myself." She told them, sitting down on the chair and picking up her guitar. "It's called 'My World', I hope you like it."
"Please
tell me what is taking place, You
know I always stay up without sleeping, Can't help if I space in a daze, I
never spend less than an hour, When you're
all alone in the lands of forever, Can't help if I space in a daze, (la
la la la) Take some time, Can't help if I space in a daze, Can't help if I space in a daze,
Cuz I can't seem to find a trace,
Guess it must have got erased somehow,
Probably cause I
always forget,
Every time someone tells me their name,
It's
always gotta be the same.
(In my World)
Never wore cover-up,
Always beat the boys up,
Grew up in a five thousand
population town,
Made my money by cutting grass,
Got in
trouble in every class
All in the place of London town
And think to myself,
Where do I belong forever,
In whose arms, the time and place?
My eyes tune out the
other way,
I may switch off and go in a daydream,
In this
head my thoughts are deep,
But sometimes I can't even speak,
Will someone be and not pretend? I'm off again in my World
Washing' my hair in the shower,
It always takes five hours to make it straight,
So I'll braid
it in a zillion braids,
Though it may take a frigging' day,
There's nothing' else better to do anyway.
Lay under the milky way,
On
and on it's getting too late out,
I'm not in love this time this
night.
My eyes tune out
the other way,
I may switch off and go in a daydream,
In this
head my thoughts are deep,
But sometimes I can't even speak,
Will someone be and not pretend? I'm off again in my World
Mellow out,
Party up,
I
don't fall down,
Don't get caught,
Sneak out of the house.
My eyes tune out the
other way,
I may switch off and go in a daydream,
In this
head my thoughts are deep,
But sometimes I can't even speak,
Will someone be and not pretend? I'm off again in my World
My eyes tune out the
other way,
I may switch off and go in a daydream,
In this
head my thoughts are deep,
But sometimes I can't even speak,
Will someone be and not pretend? I'm off again in my World."
The crowd was cheering once again and Carly had a bright smile on her face. After one more song, her time was up and go. She ran backstage and Shane captured her in a hug, "See I told you! You were great!"
"Thank you!" She squealed, they walked back to Shane's dressing room where they had moved. "You did great." Caitlyn said, getting up and hugging her. "Thanks guys."
"Guy's your up." Rachel yelled. "OK, we're off."
They all said goodbye and wished them luck. Connect 3 was off and ready to go on stage. "Well we're off to raid their food, so we'll see you later." Ella said as her and Caitlyn went, leaving Carly all by herself. She started to wonder if her mum would be proud of her and all the things she had done. She had gotten into trouble, a lot but that was just Carly, she knew that. Carly sighed as she got out some clothes and went into the bathroom, quickly having a shower. After letting the hot water sooth her and her thoughts, she stepped out and put her clothes on. She flopped down on the sofa in the dressing room and watched the screen that allowed her to see Connect 3's performance. She watched as they preformed and were amazing – why did Shane not want her to be apart of his wonderful life? Sure the press was on them all the time but it was not match to how she felt up on that stage – it was like she belonged there. Maybe, he was confused. He didn't know what to do, so he just left it. Was that what the 'truth' was? Her phone vibrated, it was Jez. "Hello."
"Hey sexy!" He joked. "Have you performed yet?"
"Yeah, it was well scary but when I got up there on stage, it felt-"
"right?"
She laughed. "I was going to say like I belonged there but that's good too."
"Well us – meaning Kyle, Sasha and I – are making a official Carly Torres website."
She rolled her eyes. "Shut up. I don't want that!"
"Too late, thanks to Kyle's amazing skills we already have the homepage. Boo-ya!"
"Seriously, like no-one is going to look at it."
Sasha's voice came onto the phone. "Not yet at least, because it's so not ready. Plus when your CD gets realised which..."
"You'll put it on the website." She finished off. "Guys... come on."
"Carly, stop being so.... stubborn." Kyle said. "People are going to love you!" Carly rolled her eyes at her friend. "We've got to go... See you on Wednesday?"
"Yeah, love you all bye."
"Bye Carly!" They all yelled making Carly giggled, she hung up and placed the stomach as she continued to watch Connect 3 perform, 'burnin' up' and Carly remember when they were in the car and Carly was mocking his singing. She laughed slightly and yawned, she started to doze off in a nice relaxing rest but then she fell asleep. Not that she cared.
-x-
Shane came bursting through her dressing room doors after the concert, Carly eyes flew up and she fell off the sofa. "What did you think?!" He said grinning, still buzzing with energy. "Err- Good."
"You fell asleep didn't you?" Carly scoffed getting up of the floor. "No..."
Shane raised his eyebrows. "I just like the floor." She stroked the floor with the back of her hand. "What song did we close with?"
"Burnin' up?"
"Wrong!" He laughed and went to hug her but she stopped him. "You'll all sweaty and nasty. Shower then hug."
"Fine, no hug."
Carly shrugged. "I'll live." He rolled his eyes before exiting the room and Carly went out exploring. She passed a few dressing rooms and poster of Connect 3 lying around, so she found a marker pen and drew beards and moustaches on them. Giggling, she ran away and found a bunch of Connect 3 fans holding backstage passes, Carly then recognized Jen. "Hi Jen." She said. "Hi! Thanks for the passes! When are they coming out?"
She shrugged. "No clue-" She stopped when she saw the face of Nate's stalker... Vicky. She pulled Jen aside and spoke in a low voice just above a whisper. "OK, I don't mean to scare you but there is a crazed stalker behind you."
Jen turned around and laughed. "No, that's my sister, Vicky-"
"Who's a crazed stalker..."
Vicky then spoke up. "I can hear you, y'know." Carly squeezed her eyes shut. "Crap, they're going to kill me. Why didn't did you tell me you're sister is a stalker?!"
Jen was very confused and Carly groaned in frustration before running away, back towards the dressing rooms. She was 100 percent, royally and utterly screwed, Nate was going to kill her. Caitlyn was going to kill her. Shane was going to kill her.... Everyone was going to kill her. She run right into Nate and Caitlyn with Grace. "Carly did you do this?" Nate said holding up the poster which Carly had just doodled on. "No.." She giggled. They rolled her eyes. "Another question... Why are you running?"
"Well..." Carly need an excuse and fast. "I heard.... from valuable resources that.... the road is very busy tonight.... due to an.... accident. So like... we should skip the backstage tour and just.... drive."
Nate and Caitlyn weren't buying it. "What did you do?" Caitlyn asked. "What?! Why do you assume that I have done something wrong?"
Nate held up the poster again and Carly smiled sweetly before speeding off again. She went into her dressing room and quickly closed the door. "Crap. Crap. Crap." Shane came into her room as she was walking around chanting. "What are you doing?"
"Nothing, just exercise." She smiled."OK... we're off to do the backstage tour now. So I'll talk to you later." He left the room and Carly mentally slapped herself, she needed to tell someone... Ella. She walked around trying to find Ella when she spotted the backstage fans, she hid round a corner and poked her head out. She saw Hank between Vicky and Jen and Nate, Jen was explaining something to Hank and the others. Carly couldn't make out what she was saying and all of a sudden they all turned and looked at her. Carly smiled sweetly, waving at them. Nate's eyes were a weird shade of brown/black and that could only mean one thing. She was dead.
-x-
"Hey everyone! As you may or not know, we – meaning me or a member of Connect 3 – must write a blog after each concert and I'm first. So today, was my first ever real concert and I was scared, very scared but I gave it my all... What did you think? Anyway, after that Connect 3 performed and as always were great – even though I did fall asleep in my dressing room...
After the concert was finished, some lucky fans who got backstage were given a tour but I was slightly ruined by me and I have been told by Shane and Nate to apologize to their fans who were on that tour as I did something stupid. But in my defence I didn't know what I did was stupid until I realized what was going to happen. So, I'm sorry.
- Carly xox"
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