Believe it or not I actually got another chapter done! I'm sorry it took so long! By the way happy late new year!
Anyways, enjoy this chapter!
I wait in Ethan's office patiently with Lynn as he goes to get the head of his marketing team. Today's the day I'm supposed to find out if his marketing team was able to get everything for the start of my summer tour. I have to admit, I'm pretty nervous. Even though I've rehearsed countless hours with Richard, the choreographer, and the band there's a possibility the tour might not happen. This makes me a little more nervous about this tour.
"Vanessa calm down!" I hear Lynn say standing in front of me where I was sitting on Ethan's couch.
"Sorry." I apologize. "I'm just nervous about the tour thing you know? I hope it happens."
"And it will!" Lynn assures me. I smile my thanks at her.
We wait a few more moments before the doors open and I see Ethan, his assistants and another man I haven't met come into the room. I stand up immediately.
"So?" I ask eagerly.
Ethan motions for me to sit down at one of the chairs in front of his desk. I do as he wants and sit. He and the man I don't know go behind the desk.
"Vanessa," Ethan says. "This is Matthew. He is the head of the marketing team here." Matthew puts his hand out.
"Nice to meet you." He says to me.
I shake his hand. "You too."
"Anyways, Ethan brought me up here to tell you about your possible tour..." Possible?
"And?" I ask wanting him to get to the point.
He points somewhere behind me and I look over my shoulder to see Cathy and Kyle holding a roll of paper. I shift my body to look better and they unroll it to reveal a poster. The top had the cursive 'Vanessa Rose' in white and under that there was a collage of pictures of me from a photo shoot. Each picture was over lapping another and they were all different colors. The background was light blue. I looked at the bottom of the poster to see: MAKE IT IN AMERICA SUMMER TOUR 2013. It's my tour poster!
"No way!" I say standing up to get a closer look at the poster.
"Yes way," I hear Matthew say. "And look at the bottom." He says.
I scan the bottom once again and it says 'Special guest ad opening act: Mary Bradmon'.
"She's coming too?" I ask excitingly.
"Yes! She talked to her music producers and they agreed!" Ethan says excitingly.
This is awesome! I'm going to have a summer tour with Mary Bradmon! I haven't seen her in so long. I hope we're still good friends.
I go back to Ethan and Matthew and sit back down happily.
"Here is the list of tour dates and locations." Matthew says handing me a piece of paper. I take it and scan through it. I'm going to start off in Orlando and I'll be going to Atlanta, San Francisco, Phoenix, Boston, and Seattle. The tour ends in Manhattan meaning that I'll be in New York at the end of this tour. I saw the dates and noticed it starts on the 20th of June. That's exactly two months away!
"Perfect!" I exclaim giving the paper back to Matthew.
"I planned it so school would be out and made sure it ends in September." Matthew tells me. "Plus, tickets go on sale this Saturday!"
"Really?" I ask excitingly.
"Yup and the marketing team has already started advertising. We just need you to Twit to Tweeter." Ethan says.
"Good point." I say and take my myPhone out to get on Tweeter. "Does this mean I can tell my friends about the tour now?" I ask knowing I want them to come to the Orlando show.
"Of course. It's not a rumor anymore." Ethan assures me. This brings a smile to my face.
"Great! I can't wait to tell them."
...
"Hey guys," I say happily as I join my friends at the lunch table. I couldn't wait to tell them about my tour!
"Someone looks happy." Austin commented.
"That's because I am!" I say. "I have some big news!"
"Did elephants take over the world already?" (1) Dez asks randomly. We all stare at him oddly. "What? It could happen!" I roll my eyes but smile knowing it's just Dez being Dez.
"Anyways," I say continuing. "Guess who's going on a summer tour?" I ask as if Trish got a new job.
"Who?" Dez asks. Trish smacks him upside the head. "Hey what was that for?"
"For being an idiot." Trish answers causing Austin and me to snicker. "Anyways, I'm so happy for you Ally!"
"I thought you would be a little more surprised." I confess to Trish.
"I was when I first heard about it." I stare her a little confused. This is the first time I'm telling them about this... Trish rolls her eyes. "I saw your Twit earlier this week."
"Oh right," I say back forgetting about the twit.
"Also, Kendrick keeps telling me about it." She says smiling to herself.
"Ooh!" Dez and I coo at the same time causing her to blush a little.
"Okay enough of that." Trish waves a hand in the air.
"Okay, well the tickets are supposed to go on sale tomorrow at eleven." I tell them.
"Good!" Trish says happily. "I scraped up enough money from my jobs to probably get a ticket."
"Where are you performing?" Dez asks eagerly. "Miami?"
"No the first stop is in Orlando." I tell them.
A look of disappointment goes across Dez's face. "Aw, I love Miami." Dez says sadly.
"You live here." I state the obvious.
"I know." Dez says back to his normal self.
"So are you guys getting tickets for the Orlando show this summer?" I ask to confirm.
"Definitely." Trish says.
"Okay." Dez answers.
I turn to Austin. "What about you?" I ask.
He puts a smile on his face. "Of course." He says. I smile at all my friends.
"Thanks guys!" I say back happily. We continue to talk though lunch about my upcoming tour until lunch ended and we all had to go back to class. We all decided to meet at Sonic Boom to get the tickets online together. I honestly can't wait for that!
...
"Come on come on..." I exclaim eagerly staring at my laptop with my friends. Its 10:58 right now and tickets are going on sale in two minutes! This wait is aggravating me.
"Honey you need to calm down," My dad says from behind the counter. "You don't even need a ticket."
"But Mr. Dawson," Trish answers for me. "They go on in two minutes!"
"I know," He says. "But you're all crowding the small edge of the counter." I look around to see that my dad was right. We all look like we have personal space issues. (2) The four of us take a small step back that separated us just a little bit. My dad rolls his eyes. "Yeah that helps." He says sarcastically.
I stare at him with my eye brows raised. "Really dad? The tickets for the summer tour are going on sale-"
"NOW!" I hear Trish yell right next to me causing me to jump in shock and excitement.
She refreshes the page quite quickly and the screen for Ticket Master (3) reloads showing the sale page. All of us are screaming at Trish "Three tickets!" "Get the best seats!" "Hurry up!" After a moment of the yelling Austin, Dez and I made Trish turns around quickly. "Calm yourselves! I'll get it done!" She yells back at us causing us to shut up. But I knew we were still bubbling with excitement. After what seemed like forever Trish looked up from the screen with a huge grin on her face.
"So?" Dez asks.
"Floor seats. Row D." Trish says confidently.
We all high five happily. "This is great!" I exclaim. "You guys are coming to see me perform!"
"Of course we are," Trish said. "This is a huge thing for you! It's your first summer tour!"
"I know! I'm so excited!" I say.
I look over at Austin and Dez to see Dez telling Austin something. He seemed to look a little upset. I look back at Trish and we look at each other curiously before deciding mentally to go see if everything was okay.
"Hey," I say as we make it over to them. "Is everything alright?"
"No Austin's upset." Dez states. Austin gives him a look.
"Dude!" He yells to his best friend. "Why'd you say that?"
"Because!" Dez yells back. "You just told me."
"Wait," I say to them. "Why are you upset Austin?"
He looks at me for a moment then at Trish and Dez who are standing next to us. "Can I talk to you upstairs?" He asks me quietly.
"Sure." I say confused with how he's acting.
We both walk up to the practice room leaving Trish and Dez down stairs. Once we're in Austin closes the door. Why is he acting so strange all of a sudden? I go and sit on the piano bench while Austin is still standing in the middle of the room.
"So what did you want to talk about?" I ask.
He rubs the back of his neck. "Ally how excited are you about this tour?"
I smile standing up from the bench. Oh I'm thrilled! I can't wait to go literally all over the country! I'm going to be performing all over! Mary Bradmon's going to be with me too! Not to mention the band is also coming! It's going to be so much fun..."
I stopped my happy rant as soon as I saw another flash of sadness cross Austin's face.
"What's wrong?" I ask him walking over to him so I was standing in front of him.
"Well," He starts out. "I'm really glad that Vanessa got a summer tour but..." He looks at me. "Ally are you going to miss us?"
At that point I realized why Austin was so upset. "Of course I am!" I say to him. "But I'm only going to be gone for three months. It's not like it's going to be a year."
"I know but three months without you?" He questions. "I was looking forward to spending the summer with you!" I can relate to him considering my busy schedule I had over the school year.
I put my hand on his shoulder. "Do you not want me to go?" I ask.
"Oh no Ally you have to go!" He says. "This tour is huge! Everyone is excited for you! I am too. It's just; I'm really going to miss you." He says sheepishly.
I smile at him with my heart bouncing around in my chest and pull him in for a hug. I fell him hold onto me tightly. "Austin I'm going to miss you too." I assure him and I pull away from the hug to give him a quick kiss. "It's sweet to know that you'll miss me when I'm gone."
He smiles at me. "How could I not? You're amazing."
...
I stare at the practice room taking in everything around me. This is the last time I'm going to be seeing it in a while. It's finally June and that means my tour is starting up! I can't believe this is happening. Exactly a year ago I never was Vanessa and here I am now getting ready to leave for a tour that's for Vanessa. This is truly amazing.
I keep thinking about my friends though. I really will miss them. I know Trish has been spending more time with Kendrick because he's going to be on tour too. Austin and I have tried spending more time together too. Also, the four of us, Austin, Trish, Dez and me, would hang out all the time. Trying to squeeze in all the time we could before I left for this tour was a blast.
I also think about my parents. My mom's the only one coming on tour with me. My dad has to stay in Miami and watch Sonic Boom. I'm really going to miss having my dad around.
I hear the practice room door open and I look to see Austin poke his head through the door. "How are you?" he asks coming into the room.
I sigh. "I'm okay. Just thinking about things before I leave." I tell him.
He comes and sits next to me on the piano bench. "Are you nervous at all?" He asks grabbing my hand and intertwining our fingers. I smile at his gesture.
"A little. But that's not what I'm thinking about." I tell him. "I'm thinking about you, Trish, Dez, my dad, Miami..."
He smiles at me. "Ally you know I'm going to miss you just as much as you're going to miss me. Trish and Dez are going to miss you too just as equally as I am. Not to mention your dad will too. But we all want you to live this amazing dream you have."
I smile back at him. "How am I going to survive these three months without you?" I question causing him to chuckle.
"Don't worry you will." He says and leans in to kiss me. It was a nice, slow kiss that made my heart race. How am I going to survive without him?
In the middle of the kiss I hear the door open and someone clear their throat. We break apart and I turn to see my mom standing on the other side of the room.
"You guys look really cute together but Ally and I need to go back home for Ally to become Vanessa." My mom tells us. I feel the heat rise to my cheeks at the thought of someone walking in on Austin and me kissing. I stand up along with Austin and the three of us make our way back downstairs.
When we get down there I see Trish, Dez and my dad waiting. I let go of Austin who I was still holding hands with and make my way over to them. The first person I go up to is Dez.
"Bye Ally!" He says as we give each other a hug. "Don't be gone for too long."
I smile my thanks at him before turning to Trish who wraps me in a bear hug. "I can't believe my best friend is going to be gone for three months!"
"Well you have my number. And not to mention Kendrick's" I tease.
She slightly blushes. "I know I know..."
Once we break our hug I see my dad. I run into his open arms. "I can't believe it. My little girl is going on tour!" He exclaims.
"And to think a year ago you had no liking for this Vanessa idea."
He rolled his eyes. "I never said that."
I giggle. "But you sure showed it."
I hug him once more before turning towards Austin. Like everyone else we share a long hug. "It's only three months right?" He asks.
I nod against his chest. "Nothing more."
I look up at him and he quickly leans in and kisses me. It was really sweet too. I think it would have lasted longer if my dad didn't ruin the moment...
"Okay Ally!" I hear my dad say causing us to break the kiss. We both start laughing before I peck his cheek and separate from him to meet my mom at the doors of Sonic Boom.
"Well, this is it." I say to myself out loud. "One last stop at home and then off to meet Ethan."
My mom puts a hand on my back. "Are you ready?" My mom asks.
I nod. "Let's go."
I look back at my friends and Dad ad wave to them one last time before my mom and I leave Sonic Boom for the rest of the summer.
The dream starts now.
So this was like making a fast forward to the tour. The next chapter will be after her tour is over.
(1) This is a joke from a video I saw from John Green. I don't think you guys know him. If you do isn't he awesome?!
(2) Laughing at this because in the show Austin and Ally have personal space issues…
(3) Real ticket site
My reply to dymond Holloway: This was Winners and Losers right? She felt weird about it because she didn't think Austin liked her at the time and she just did to try to make him feel better about not getting the contract. Thanks for reviewing
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By the way have you guys seen the promo for Girlfriends & Girl friends? I'm so excited! I would go further into it but I don't think you would want to see 10 paragraphs just on the promo XD
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