"Are they waiting for us?" asked Lita C. as she pulled the curtain back a few inches. Below the girls in Oxford Street were five thousand people, chanting for the Spice Girls.
They were holed up in the Berkshire Hotel, waiting for our cars to arrive. "Listen to that, will you," said Serena, getting misty-eyed. Lita C was also blinking back tears.
Sections of the crowd were singing "Wannabe"- spontaneously taking the different parts, so that one side sang "I'll tell you what I want what I really really want" When the other side replied, "So tell me what you want, what you really really want."
"Okay, the cars are ready," said Jerry Judge, the head of security. "Okay, go, go, go! Move, move!" He urged Mina forward. The cars edged off and moved slowly around the block, approaching Oxford Street again. Suddenly, there seemed to be a thousand stars bursting from the footpaths. They could here screams and see their faces lit up by the strobelike flashes of the cameras.
They pulled up outside the HMV store, where a cheery picker stood ready to carry them aloft to turn on the Christmas lights. As the doors open all the girls heard or saw were screaming fans and signs saying MARRY ME, SERENA! And I LOVE YOU RAYE!
Dr.Fox from Radio One did the introductions and each time he mentioned a name the crowd went wild.
"So tell me, Mina, what are you doing for Christmas?" asked Foxy
"Sleeping!" she said, and the crowd roared again. Then it was time for the countdown. They lead the crowd.
"TEN!"
"NINE!"
"EIGHT!"
"SEVEN!"
"SIX!"
"FIVE!"
"FOUR!"
"THREE!"
"TWO!"
"ONE!"
They all hit the button and the Oxford street lit up in a blaze of neon. All of there faces were beaming. For the first time, they felt truly famous.
They were holed up in the Berkshire Hotel, waiting for our cars to arrive. "Listen to that, will you," said Serena, getting misty-eyed. Lita C was also blinking back tears.
Sections of the crowd were singing "Wannabe"- spontaneously taking the different parts, so that one side sang "I'll tell you what I want what I really really want" When the other side replied, "So tell me what you want, what you really really want."
"Okay, the cars are ready," said Jerry Judge, the head of security. "Okay, go, go, go! Move, move!" He urged Mina forward. The cars edged off and moved slowly around the block, approaching Oxford Street again. Suddenly, there seemed to be a thousand stars bursting from the footpaths. They could here screams and see their faces lit up by the strobelike flashes of the cameras.
They pulled up outside the HMV store, where a cheery picker stood ready to carry them aloft to turn on the Christmas lights. As the doors open all the girls heard or saw were screaming fans and signs saying MARRY ME, SERENA! And I LOVE YOU RAYE!
Dr.Fox from Radio One did the introductions and each time he mentioned a name the crowd went wild.
"So tell me, Mina, what are you doing for Christmas?" asked Foxy
"Sleeping!" she said, and the crowd roared again. Then it was time for the countdown. They lead the crowd.
"TEN!"
"NINE!"
"EIGHT!"
"SEVEN!"
"SIX!"
"FIVE!"
"FOUR!"
"THREE!"
"TWO!"
"ONE!"
They all hit the button and the Oxford street lit up in a blaze of neon. All of there faces were beaming. For the first time, they felt truly famous.