For Christmas, Raye, Mina, Darien, Lita, Ami, Rini, Luna, Artimes, Irene, Ken, and Sammy flew out for Christmas. Irene, Sammy,
Ken, Darien and Rini stayed at the house, while the girls stayed at hotels.
Serena had a big Christmas party at her house. She invited the Spice Girls and there familes, and a few friends she made in
the bussiness. Like there new PA's Tor, and Andrew. She invited J.B. and Verne, the girls bodygaurds.
The girls weren't just celebrating Christmas, but there single "Too Much" had gone stright to #1. The Spice Girls had
become the first band in 32 years to have two Christmas number-one singles in a row. It was Serena's best christmas ever, but,
She didn't get a present from Darien, and she wondered why.
Later that night, after everyone was gone, Serena read Rini and bedtime story, Darien then poked his head in.
"When your done, come out by the fireplace. Okay?" Dairen asked.
"okay." Serena said. About 15 mins later, Rini was asleep, and Serena kissed her head, and tucked her into bed. She then walked
out to the fireplace.
"What is it, Darien?" Serena asked.
"Come here." Darien said, and brought her over to the fire.
"The fire burns, just like my love for you, Serena," Darien began, Serena blused. Darien, then got down on one knee.
"Serena, you have givin me my first family. You are the brightness in my eyes. I love you more, then anyone has ever loved
a woman. You are the one for me. You are my family." Darien said, he pulled out a little velvet box and opened the lid. It was
a heart-shapped ruby ring, with little white dimonds surrounding it, the band was sliver.
"Will you Marry me, Princess Serenity?" Prince Endymoin said, he transformed into his Prince outfit. Serena transformed into her
Princess Dress.
"Oh Darien! I say Yes! I'd say yes a thousand times!" Serena said, pulling him back up. He slid the ring onto her finger, kissed
the ring, then kissed her forehead, then stared deep into her eyes and kissed her.
"I love you, Serena. I always will, and always have." Darien said, when there kissed finished.\
"I love you too, Darien." Serena replied. After that, Serena was back into her silk white pjs, and Darien was back into his
black silk pj bottoms and white tee-shirt. They got a dovet, and suggled by the fire, listening to the "Viva Forver". Serena
was staring at the ring.
"Darien, I don't want you to think that im ashamed of you. I mean, the world knows ALL about you. But, would you be offended
if I didn't wear the ring to shows and interviews? I don't want the world to know a 17 year old is engaged to a 21 year old.
Parents could think badly of us." Serena said.
"Of course I woulden't be offended. Just promise me, the day you turn 18, you let the world know, your mine and mine alone."
Darien said, pressing his forehead against her's. Serena giggled.
"You got it, dude." Serena said. They kissed again, soon falling to sleep.
For New Year's Eve, Geri had a party at the Castle in Ireland where she was staying at. All of her friends and family came,
even Raye, Mina, Lita, Serena, Amy, Darien, Raye, Rini, and Mel C.
In Sydney, The girls, besides Geri, were great fun and enthusiastic about the upcoming world tour. As the limo approached the George
Street Cinema complex, there were thousands of teenage fans screaming there names.
Marveling at the crowd, they began bouncing around ideas about there future. "Come on, let's do something else together," said Mel B.
"Like what?" asked Serena.
One of the girls suggested a TV series, which woulden't be as hard as making a film.
"What about September?" Geri asked.
"Huh?" Mel C. said.
"The two-year plan."
They looked at her blanky and the converstation drified onto something else.
In LA, an hour before dusk, they left the hotel for the premiere. It was timed to perfection. The sun was setting as they
approached Mann's Chinese Theatre. They were standing on top of a Union Jack-emblazoned doubledecker bus.
More than ten thousand fans lined the road. Some of them had been waiting more than 12 hours to get the best positions.
A podium had been set ip outside the theater and a long red carpet awaited them. They all wore white tuxedos with plunging
necklines. The girls gazed out across the sea of faces and uprasied arms.
"Five minutes, girls" said the production assistant. She had a walkie-takie in on had, and a clipboard in the other. They were backstage at the Point in Dublin, preparing for the first concert of the world tour. Outside the arena there were six thousand fans waiting for them.
The production assistant appeared again. "We're ready for you now."
The five of them stood together backstage behind the screen and began a little chant that had become part of the buildup. They would repeat over and over, "Tonights going to be great!" getting louder and louder.
The Music to "If You Can't Dance" was playing, slowly building up in volume, until the crowd was at a fever pitch. The screen in front of them consisted of two massive doors that slid back as though they were part of a spaceship.
The 5 of them stood in a lone. Geri was at the end, beside Victoria, Mel B. was in the middle, then Serena, then Mel C. next to her.
Suddenluy, the voice of William Shatner filled the auditorium as he recited the opening lines to Star Trek. Only this time they had been rewritten with a Girl Power theme that had them voyaging "where no woman had been before."
The doors slowly opened and the crowd roared. What a rush! They held themseleves perfectly still, silently counting down 12 bars of eight. The timing had to be perfect.
They strutted down to the edge of the stage.
This was a totally different show from Istanbul. It had a space-age theme and loads of videographics and special effects. It had three costume changes in the first thirty minutes.
After "If You Can't Dance" they sung "Who do you think you are? Do It, Denying, Too Much, Stop, then Serena' sung "Where Did Our Love Go" be herself, then Move Over
after that, they took a 30 minute break, then came back with "Lady is A Vamp, Say You'll be There, Naked, 2 Become 1, Walk Of Life, then Mel B. and Mel C. sung
"Sisters", then Wannabe, then Spice Up Your Life. They ended the show with Mama and came back onstage to do an encore of "Viva Forver, Never Give Up" and "We Are Family."
Geri's voice began echoing through the arena: "Spice Girls, calling Spice Girls. Return to the mother ship."
There were loud booms from fireworks and the drums started beating. They all pretended to be pulled backward up the ramp as though being sucked into the mother ship. Playfully spinning around and sometimes crashing into one another, they dragged the final scene out, not wanting to leave. Then the doors slowly began sliding shut. It was over.
From Ireland, they flew by private jet to Switzerland from a concert in Zurich. From they moved on to Frankfurt. A coach met them at the airport and drove them to the hotel. Mina sat by herself with Raye in the seat opposite and Mel C. in front. Serena and Lita B. were sitting together. Light rain began falling a trickeled down the window.
The Girls had began talking about what they'd do after September. "First, I'm taking a long holiday," said Mel B.
"Me too," echoed Victoria. She was flicking through music magazines.
"But we can't leave it too long," said Mel C. "We have to keep the ball rolling."
There were tentative plans to extend the world tour to Asia and Australia. On top of this, the two Mels had talked about each doing a solo project. There was no sugguestion of the group splitting up. They would simply do individual things and then come back together as the Spice Girls.
The rain had grown heavier. Geri watched the pedestrians huddled under umbrellas or dashing between shop doorways. A businessman held a briefcase above his head and dashed to a waiting taxi.
"I'm thining about not countining after September," Geri said. Staring out the window. The others suddenly stopped talking.
"What?" Serena asked
"Well, I'm not sure. I'm just thinking...."
"Why? What are you going to do?" asked Mel C.
"I don't know. I just think September would be a nice place to finish. Don't you think? In front of our home crowd..."
She threw it out there but nobody reacted. The girls simply assumed that she was joking or having a bad hair day.
She said nothing more, but she now realized that none of the others had any thoughts of calling it quits after the world tour.
Ken, Darien and Rini stayed at the house, while the girls stayed at hotels.
Serena had a big Christmas party at her house. She invited the Spice Girls and there familes, and a few friends she made in
the bussiness. Like there new PA's Tor, and Andrew. She invited J.B. and Verne, the girls bodygaurds.
The girls weren't just celebrating Christmas, but there single "Too Much" had gone stright to #1. The Spice Girls had
become the first band in 32 years to have two Christmas number-one singles in a row. It was Serena's best christmas ever, but,
She didn't get a present from Darien, and she wondered why.
Later that night, after everyone was gone, Serena read Rini and bedtime story, Darien then poked his head in.
"When your done, come out by the fireplace. Okay?" Dairen asked.
"okay." Serena said. About 15 mins later, Rini was asleep, and Serena kissed her head, and tucked her into bed. She then walked
out to the fireplace.
"What is it, Darien?" Serena asked.
"Come here." Darien said, and brought her over to the fire.
"The fire burns, just like my love for you, Serena," Darien began, Serena blused. Darien, then got down on one knee.
"Serena, you have givin me my first family. You are the brightness in my eyes. I love you more, then anyone has ever loved
a woman. You are the one for me. You are my family." Darien said, he pulled out a little velvet box and opened the lid. It was
a heart-shapped ruby ring, with little white dimonds surrounding it, the band was sliver.
"Will you Marry me, Princess Serenity?" Prince Endymoin said, he transformed into his Prince outfit. Serena transformed into her
Princess Dress.
"Oh Darien! I say Yes! I'd say yes a thousand times!" Serena said, pulling him back up. He slid the ring onto her finger, kissed
the ring, then kissed her forehead, then stared deep into her eyes and kissed her.
"I love you, Serena. I always will, and always have." Darien said, when there kissed finished.\
"I love you too, Darien." Serena replied. After that, Serena was back into her silk white pjs, and Darien was back into his
black silk pj bottoms and white tee-shirt. They got a dovet, and suggled by the fire, listening to the "Viva Forver". Serena
was staring at the ring.
"Darien, I don't want you to think that im ashamed of you. I mean, the world knows ALL about you. But, would you be offended
if I didn't wear the ring to shows and interviews? I don't want the world to know a 17 year old is engaged to a 21 year old.
Parents could think badly of us." Serena said.
"Of course I woulden't be offended. Just promise me, the day you turn 18, you let the world know, your mine and mine alone."
Darien said, pressing his forehead against her's. Serena giggled.
"You got it, dude." Serena said. They kissed again, soon falling to sleep.
For New Year's Eve, Geri had a party at the Castle in Ireland where she was staying at. All of her friends and family came,
even Raye, Mina, Lita, Serena, Amy, Darien, Raye, Rini, and Mel C.
In Sydney, The girls, besides Geri, were great fun and enthusiastic about the upcoming world tour. As the limo approached the George
Street Cinema complex, there were thousands of teenage fans screaming there names.
Marveling at the crowd, they began bouncing around ideas about there future. "Come on, let's do something else together," said Mel B.
"Like what?" asked Serena.
One of the girls suggested a TV series, which woulden't be as hard as making a film.
"What about September?" Geri asked.
"Huh?" Mel C. said.
"The two-year plan."
They looked at her blanky and the converstation drified onto something else.
In LA, an hour before dusk, they left the hotel for the premiere. It was timed to perfection. The sun was setting as they
approached Mann's Chinese Theatre. They were standing on top of a Union Jack-emblazoned doubledecker bus.
More than ten thousand fans lined the road. Some of them had been waiting more than 12 hours to get the best positions.
A podium had been set ip outside the theater and a long red carpet awaited them. They all wore white tuxedos with plunging
necklines. The girls gazed out across the sea of faces and uprasied arms.
"Five minutes, girls" said the production assistant. She had a walkie-takie in on had, and a clipboard in the other. They were backstage at the Point in Dublin, preparing for the first concert of the world tour. Outside the arena there were six thousand fans waiting for them.
The production assistant appeared again. "We're ready for you now."
The five of them stood together backstage behind the screen and began a little chant that had become part of the buildup. They would repeat over and over, "Tonights going to be great!" getting louder and louder.
The Music to "If You Can't Dance" was playing, slowly building up in volume, until the crowd was at a fever pitch. The screen in front of them consisted of two massive doors that slid back as though they were part of a spaceship.
The 5 of them stood in a lone. Geri was at the end, beside Victoria, Mel B. was in the middle, then Serena, then Mel C. next to her.
Suddenluy, the voice of William Shatner filled the auditorium as he recited the opening lines to Star Trek. Only this time they had been rewritten with a Girl Power theme that had them voyaging "where no woman had been before."
The doors slowly opened and the crowd roared. What a rush! They held themseleves perfectly still, silently counting down 12 bars of eight. The timing had to be perfect.
They strutted down to the edge of the stage.
This was a totally different show from Istanbul. It had a space-age theme and loads of videographics and special effects. It had three costume changes in the first thirty minutes.
After "If You Can't Dance" they sung "Who do you think you are? Do It, Denying, Too Much, Stop, then Serena' sung "Where Did Our Love Go" be herself, then Move Over
after that, they took a 30 minute break, then came back with "Lady is A Vamp, Say You'll be There, Naked, 2 Become 1, Walk Of Life, then Mel B. and Mel C. sung
"Sisters", then Wannabe, then Spice Up Your Life. They ended the show with Mama and came back onstage to do an encore of "Viva Forver, Never Give Up" and "We Are Family."
Geri's voice began echoing through the arena: "Spice Girls, calling Spice Girls. Return to the mother ship."
There were loud booms from fireworks and the drums started beating. They all pretended to be pulled backward up the ramp as though being sucked into the mother ship. Playfully spinning around and sometimes crashing into one another, they dragged the final scene out, not wanting to leave. Then the doors slowly began sliding shut. It was over.
From Ireland, they flew by private jet to Switzerland from a concert in Zurich. From they moved on to Frankfurt. A coach met them at the airport and drove them to the hotel. Mina sat by herself with Raye in the seat opposite and Mel C. in front. Serena and Lita B. were sitting together. Light rain began falling a trickeled down the window.
The Girls had began talking about what they'd do after September. "First, I'm taking a long holiday," said Mel B.
"Me too," echoed Victoria. She was flicking through music magazines.
"But we can't leave it too long," said Mel C. "We have to keep the ball rolling."
There were tentative plans to extend the world tour to Asia and Australia. On top of this, the two Mels had talked about each doing a solo project. There was no sugguestion of the group splitting up. They would simply do individual things and then come back together as the Spice Girls.
The rain had grown heavier. Geri watched the pedestrians huddled under umbrellas or dashing between shop doorways. A businessman held a briefcase above his head and dashed to a waiting taxi.
"I'm thining about not countining after September," Geri said. Staring out the window. The others suddenly stopped talking.
"What?" Serena asked
"Well, I'm not sure. I'm just thinking...."
"Why? What are you going to do?" asked Mel C.
"I don't know. I just think September would be a nice place to finish. Don't you think? In front of our home crowd..."
She threw it out there but nobody reacted. The girls simply assumed that she was joking or having a bad hair day.
She said nothing more, but she now realized that none of the others had any thoughts of calling it quits after the world tour.
