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"Just look at it," Bella said as we finally saw our very first album sitting on a shelf in Wal-Mart. "Beautiful."
"We look good," Jasper said, grabbing the CD.
I looked down at our CD and nodded. We looked fucking awesome. The cover that was chosen for our first album release had all of us on the cover. Bella stood in the middle while Jasper and I stood to her left and Emmett and Jake to her right. We were all looking to the left with different expression on our faces.
The only color showing was the vibrant red of our vests and that of Bella's lipstick.
Behind us, what was once just a white backdrop was transformed to look like a city. Only the city was desolate, on fire, destroyed.
Damn, they did a good job.
"I want to buy a copy." Bella said, bouncing in place.
"Now, you want one?" I laughed. "You didn't want one when they were offering to give it to us for free."
Bella shrugged, "We need to numbers so they don't drop us."
I laughed, "So you figured by going out and buying our own..."
"Shut up," she said, bumping me with her hip.
"Clearly, you don't need help with that," Kate said, gesturing back to the wall. "There are like two CD's left."
I glanced back at the rack and finally noticed that Kate was right. The CD in our hand made three but the rest were gone.
"Maybe they only put out three," Emmett joked.
I looked at the other CD's. Each row had about eight or nine CD's in it.
Damn.
"Wow," Bella gaped. "Who knew we would be that popular."
"Well, your song has been playing on constant repeat for a while now." Leah said. "I'm sure tons of people were interested to see what other material you have."
"Now I'll feel bad if I buy it," Bella said. "I'll just ask Rosalie to snag us a copy."
"Good idea."
Jasper placed it back on the shelf and we all admired it once more.
Yes, this is what we do with our Saturday morning. Instead of sleeping in, we hurried to the nearest Wal-mart to check out how our CD looked on shelves.
I can speak for us all when I say we did not expect them to sell out so fast.
I figured maybe a handful would be gone the first day so this was definitely a good sign.
"Mom, puh-lease," someone whined from behind us. "You don't understand. Their songs...it fits my life. I need it."
"You say that about every band."
"Mom," the teen girl whined.
"Just grab it," the girls mom sighed. "And meet me near the milk."
"Yay, you are the best!" The girl bumped into me in her haste to get toward the CD's. "Oh, sorry about that. I'm just...Holy Shit."
Her eyes grew wide as I stepped aside.
"You're breaking twilight!" The girl announced. "I'm here to get your CD. How did I get so lucky?" she kept rambling. "I heard previews of Monster and Kiss me slowly last week and I just...I fell in love with them."
"Wow, thanks." I said, genuinley pleased.
"This is amazing!" she continued squealing. "Who would've thought I'd come in to buy the CD only to run into the band? How awesome is that? Oh, God, I'm making a fool out of myself. Sorry...Don't call security."
Bella laughed beside me, "It's okay, really."
"Can I get an autograph? And maybe a picture too? My best friend, Nikki; she loves you too, she'd just die."
"Really? You want our autographs?" Jake asked surprised.
"Well, duh," the girl said, grabbing our CD.
"You're the first to ask us," Jasper explained.
"Oh my God, what an honor!" she smiled brightly as she thrust the CD into my hands.
"Anyone have a sharpie?" I asked.
"Here!" the girl handed it to me. "I'm always prepared. I mean, this is LA."
Smart.
I signed the CD and passed it to Bella who did the same.
"Your hair looks amazing." The girl eyed it like she wanted to touch it. I was thankful that she didn't. Mainly because Bella didn't like people messing with my hair; it was hers.
Although, I doubt she'd smack down an innocent fourteen year old for doing it.
Eh...maybe.
"Thank you." I said, running my hands through it. I didn't do much with it this morning. I pretty much just rolled out of bed and walked out the front door.
I attempted to tame it in the car after Jasper told me I look like I had just been electrocuted.
To which I replied this was Bella's handy work.
And that earned me a slap from Bella.
Once we had all signed the CD, Krystal; as I learned her name was, asked for a photo before shoving her camera into Kate's surprised hands.
We all gathered around Krystal and smiled at the camera.
This was weird.
But kind of cool at the same time.
But definitely weird.
It was hard to wrap my head around the fact that someone actually wanted my autograph. I still feel like the same uncool asshole that I was in Seattle.
"All my Facebook friends are going to be jealous that I got to meet you first," Krystal giggled. "Thank you so much for taking the time for me."
"No problem."
"It was fun," Jasper added.
"That was different," Bella said, smiling slightly. "I certainly didn't think anyone would be interested in our autographs just yet."
"You're famous, everyone is interested," Kate said as she rewrapped herself around Emmett.
"Technically we aren't," Jake said.
"You have a CD on shelves in stores all over the world, you're famous," Kate said with a snort.
"They mean they aren't droves of fans famous," Leah said, rolling her eyes. "I agree, that was totally unexpected."
"Still," Kate huffed. "You have a CD on shelves, that means you're famous to some degree. Anyone would want a picture and an autograph."
I guess she did have a point there.
I would ask for someone's autograph if they had a CD out, even if they weren't that famous. I guess it'd be cool to say I was the first one to get an autograph before they were more well known.
"Are you guys ready to go?" Bella asked. "Rosalie wants us to meet her at her office."
"Uh oh,"
Bella's phone dinged again.
"Ha, it's not anything bad," Bella laughed. "How did she know?"
We took one last glance at our CD before we took off for Rosalie office in our rental car. Yes, we finally caved and got a rental. While the rockstar limo treatment was great for a while, it felt much better to have a vehicle of our own.
This way, we didn't have to wait on anyone when we wanted to go. We could just pick up the keys and drive ourselves.
The next thing on our list was going to be looking for an apartment. Something small that all five of us can fit in for the time being. We would eventually go back to Seattle but it was just easier to stay in LA right now.
Although, soon we wouldn't be in LA anymore. We'd be all over the place with our tour. So, was it really a wise decision to sign and pay for a place we weren't even going to be living at?
Nope.
Well, I guess we'll just stick with the hotel.
Rosalie barely gave us time to sit down before she launched into our five-month long itinerary.
"Great, you're all here," her eyes lingered on Kate for a second. "Right. So, starting tomorrow, you have to be up at about six am to make sure you get on set on time. The music video will probably take two weeks, maybe more, maybe less. Once that is over with you've got a break for about a month and a half so you can do whatever but after that you have the VMA's, which I just found out you will be performing at. How Marcus pulled that one off, I'll never know...Sometimes he acts like he's the manager of you all when he's not...Ugh but that's beside the point. After the VMA's, you start your very first tour. Tickets will actually be going on sale in about a month."
"Wow."
"Do you have the places we're going yet?"
"Yes," Rosalie handed us each a packet.
"Is this our schedule?"
"Yes," Rosalie breathed out. "I typed it up last night."
"It's like fifty pages." Emmett complained.
Rosalie raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, we have our very first concern in Seattle!" Jasper cheered.
"I figured you'd like that," Rosalie grinned.
I looked down at my own packet and saw the dates and a detailed description of every place we would go.
It even had the places we would stay and where our meet and greets and CD/ poster signing would be.
"Also to be added to that list, you'll have another photo shoot sometime this week so that they can make some more band merchandize."
"But we already had one."
"For the album," Rosalie said in a duh tone.
"Oh, okay."
As I read through the packet, I started to get stressed out. So much to do, so little time.
Damn.
At least we have a break before all this crazyness starts.
So, sorry I didn't update yesterday. I've been with family and I thought I had managed to transfer all my files to my flashdrive but I did not so I had to rewrite this chapter from scratch. I probably won't update again until Monday (Because I get home Sunday night.) Don't worry, the daily updates will come back :D
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