Chapter 1-Love At First Sight
"We are now landing in Denver, Colorado. Thank you for flying American Airlines." I was almost there. I was going to meet up with my idol, Molly Phillips, in about half an hour. I couldn't wait. How did I get so lucky? Well, my dad owns a newspaper back in Boston and I'm a reporter for him. I usually do reviews of local clubs and restaurants, but that gets old, fast. So dad decided to do something big. He called in a few favors and got me this gig. An on the road reporter for the Molly Phillips tour, which starts in about a week. I walked off the plane and into the terminal. I was looking for a sign with my name on it. I was supposed to be met by Molly's agent. I scanned the sea of faces for my name, and then I saw it. It was held by a kind looking woman of about 40, she was blonde and a little shorter than I was. She looked like she was in quite a hurry. She was accompanied by a boy around my age, with blonde hair and blue eyes, about 6'0" in height, obviously her son. I walked over and she greeted me kindly. "Hi, I'm Irene Bell, Molly's agent and this is my son…" Her overly anxious son cut her off. "I'm Clu!" He said as he extended his hand for me to shake. "I'm Alyssa Martin, Ally for short." "Nice to meet you. We'd better get going; everyone at the house is anxious to meet you." She said pushing me towards the baggage claim. "Who's everyone?" I directed the question to Clu because Irene looked to busy checking every bag for my luggage. "Well, there's Jack, Molly's son, Fi, Molly's daughter who's out of town at the moment, Annie, she's really cool, you'll like her, my dad Ned, oh and there's my brother Carey." He said in barely a breath. "Cool." I had barely said it when Irene came over pushing a luggage cart with all my bags. "Okay, let's go!"
Clu and I talked the whole way to the house. He told me everything, from Jack's girlfriend Gabe to Annie's interest in the paranormal, he even told how Carey talks in his sleep sometimes. As I walked up the drive I felt like I knew these people and I hadn't even meet them. Irene unlocked the door and we walked into the house. "Honey, we're home!" Irene said putting my bags down. "We're in here!" I heard a voice call from the living room. I knew the voice. It was Molly's. We moved into the living room and I saw a sea of faces. "Everyone, this is our new tour reporter Alyssa Martin." Irene proclaimed. "But you can call me Ally." I added. Everyone introduced themselves one by one and finally I came to Molly. "Hi, I'm Molly as you probably already know." She laughed a little as she said it. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you. I love your work." I said as I prayed I wouldn't pass out. "Well, thank you." "Hey, where's Carey? I thought he said he would be here." Irene asked no one in particular. Annie replied, "He got tired of waiting and went to get some food. You know Carey, always hungry." We all laughed. Soon they all went back to doing whatever and I sat on the stairs and went to work on my laptop.
Dear Dad,
I got here safe and sound. Everyone here is so nice.
I've already made some new friends, Annie and Clu. They tour with Molly too so
I won't be lonely. Don't worry about me dad I'm in great hands. I won't get in TOO much trouble while
I'm her and I'll make you proud, I promise. Yes, I'll write you everyday no
matter what.
Love You Daddy,
Alyssa
I closed my laptop and that's when it happened. That's when I met him.
Almost the instant I closed my laptop the door opened. "Hey guys I'm…… Hello, who are you?" He asked me. "I'm Alyssa Martin, the tour reporter, but you can call me Ally." I said assuredly. "Hi, I'm Carey Bell, Molly's guitarist, but you can call me Carey." I laughed and then I really looked at him for the first time. He was about 6'5", blonde hair, blue eyes, and really cute. "I assume you've met everyone." He said looking me straight in the eye. "Everyone except you and we just met so yes, I've met everyone." I said in a somewhat mocking tone. He laughed, he had a gorgeous laugh. "Do you like Thai food?" He asked me. "I love Thai food!" I said overjoyed that someone else liked the stuff. "Why do you ask?" "Just because I'm the only one in this house who will eat it and I kind of got too much. Are you hungry?" "I just go off of a 4 hour flight, what do you think?" "Great, let's go up to the loft!"
We sat up in the loft talking and eating. He said that we
might as well get to know each other considering that we were going to be
spending 2 months together. We had so
much in common. We both loved Thai food and playing the guitar and we're both
sugar junkies. Then he went and got his guitar out of his room. "You're really
good." I said as he finished a self-written piece. "Thanks, I just wish I could
think up some words to go with it though." Maybe I can think of something." I
looked at the clock and it read 12:30 AM. "In the morning, it's too late now."
Then he looked at the clock. "Yeah, you're right. The others probably fell
asleep on the couch again. I'll see you in the morning!" And with that he gave
me a kiss on the cheek and retreated to the room he shared with Clu. I slowly walked
down the hall to Fi's room where I was staying. I took a quick shower and got into
bed. I stared at the ceiling thinking about the day. I had met my idol, made some
new friends, and fell in love with the man of my dreams. Oh man, is this a dream?
If it is, nobody pinch me.