A.N.
Gomen ne for not posting the next chapter so soon, it's just that it has been so nice here and we hardly get any sun anyway, so I've been sunbathing, sorry! Any ho, thank you so much for all my lovely reviews and emails, I love it when I get them, makes my day! ^_^. Any ho enjoy this chapter. Dedicated to the ppl who love it!!
Arigatou
~*Cherry Li*~
~*Teen Dream*~
Mimi smiled as she sang along to their song on the bright stage, where screaming people and cheers came from below them. The whole thing felt right, her dream was coming true and now everyone knew, her little or rather big secret. Mimi dropped her gaze to the front of the crowd where her parents stood crying with joy and her friends smiling in delight, especially Yolie who was jumping up and down screaming her name. The video was playing behind them, and out of the corner of her eye, Mimi could see herself on the large screen lying on the bed and miming to the song. Her heart raced when Matt then winked at her as the song went on and they both sang together. Hundreds of girls screamed for him whenever he sang, and hundreds of guys whistled when Mimi did her bit or shown her in the video wearing something low. Mimi smiled more when she realised that they really liked the band, and the press were going frantic, taking their pictures and trying to find out who they were.
"How on earth did we not guess this?" TK kinda' called to the others as the band played.
"I have no idea. But it explains a lot" Kari replied
"Yeah like how your brother was outside Mimi's house" Yolie said to TK.
"I guess, but the stories they told us were lame, I just don't understand why they couldn't tell us?" TK answered
"Maybe they wanted it to be a surprise, and also so we might not tell any one else" Ken said and everyone looked at Yolie
"What? I wouldn't tell! Any way this is one big surprise, but look at their parents, they're really shocked" Yolie said and pointed to a really happy bunch of proud parents.
"Yeah" TK said then looked back up at the band who were just finishing their song "But it is a cool song, and Matt and Mimi sound great"
"Yeah" the others agreed, and cheered when Mimi did her final note and the song ended.
Matt did a slight puff and mouthed an 'are you Ok?' to Mimi who smiled and nodded. They both then turned to the others who got up and they all did a big group hug, to the cheers and applauds of everyone in the crowd. Jyou and Izzy both smiled in satisfaction that everyone loved them and Jyou walked back onto the stage to introduce the band then start the press conference.
The band then parted and sat down in a row behind a long table that was situated on the other side of the stage. Matt and Tai sat on the end whilst the girls sat beside them and Jyou in the middle. The crowd then quietened and listened out for the name of their favourite member.
"Well you've heard them and we all hope you liked them" Jyou said into his mic and the crowd screamed. "But I'm sure you wanna know who these guys… and girls are. So here they are to introduce themselves"
"Hey I'm Taichi but everyone calls me Tai " Tai smiled and Kari his parents and cheers from girls in the crowd erupted. "I come from just outside Obadiah, so I'm local! Anyway I play the drums and also backing vocals" Tai smiled and the crowd screamed especially Kari.
"Er… hey I'm Sora and I also come from Obadiah, I play the keyboard and I am also a backing vocalist" Sora said a little nervously but the crowd all cheered, to her relief.
"Hey I'm Mimi" Mimi smiled and all the guys in the place cheered and whistled making Mimi blush, and Matt a little jealous. "I play the guitar when needed but I mostly sing for the band"
"Hey guys I'm Yamato Ishida, but you can call me Matt" Matt began but girls' screams stopped him as he couldn't be heard. "Well I also play the guitar but I mostly sing with Mimi for the band" Matt finished once the girls calmed down, mostly Jun who was immediately 'in love' with him.
"So that's Teen Dream, now we'll take questions from the press and then some of you guys" Jyou smiled and the crowd applauded.
"So who chose the name?" one reporter asked the band
"Well that was Mimi, kinda" Matt answered and Mimi quivered when he spoke her name.
"So are any of you guys dating one another?" another asked
"No they're all the best of friends" Jyou cut in
"How does it feel like to be in a band?" another reporter asked
"It feels great, like the name says it's a teenage dream, and we happen to be living it" Mimi cheered
"How long do you think you will last?" a dark haired evil eyed reporter asked with a twisted smile. The band looked at eachother with an odd look but Tai ten turned around
"Well that all depends on you guys out there!!" Tai smiled and the crowd screamed.
"Nice one" Matt smiled to Tai who nodded in satisfaction that he actually done something right in his life.
"Right I think we'll give the crowd a shot" Jyou then suggested and loads of hands flung into the air. Men with mics walked into the crowd and picked a few people.
"Hey I'm gonna be your biggest fan, your song was so cool, but how long did it take you to shoot that awesome video" one girl asked.
"It took about a day, but about 3 days preparing for it" Sora answered
"Matt I love you, are you single?!!!" Jun then shrieked into the mic to Davis' embarrassment. Matt looked at the others who shrugged.
"Well yeah I am" Matt smiled a little and all the girls smiled.
"You guys are sooo cute, do you have any photos of yourself?" a girl asked a little excitedly.
"Yeah we do, you can get them when we do some autographs in a mo." Tai replied with a smile obviously happy that he's got girls after him.
"Er… hey Mimi. You look sexy in that video and now, fancy a date?" a sleazy guy asked giving Mimi a wink. Mimi felt disgusted and was just about to tell him where he could shove his 'invitation' when Jyou nudged her slightly.
"Erm… maybe…" Mimi smiled dryly trying to be mysterious to the guy, who high fived his friends. Matt glared at the guy a little and the 'evil' reporter from before noticed this, and smiled.
After a few more questions involving the girls and then the guys, the interview was over and the band went into a room where their new fans would come in and get an autograph.
"This is going great guys, everyone loves you. All news and television programmes are going on about you, this is fantastic" Jyou cried in excitement.
"Really? Everyone?" Mimi asked a little surprised.
"Yep, looks like your music stars now" Izzy smiled
"Cool" Tai said as he sat down behind the table with the others.
"Here are the photo's mostly the group one of you lot, but some might want individual ones and paired ones so just sign on yourself" Jyou instructed as he pointed to a pile of photos that would be given out by a very bulky man.
"Oh I haven't seen them yet" Sora said "I wonder what they're like?"
"Well here are most of them" Izzy said handing the band a few photos from the photo shoot.
"Wow we look great" Mimi smiled
"Aww don't I look cute" Tai beamed
"Whatever Tai" Matt sighed and then came across the photo of him and Mimi together on the fluffy couch. Matt blushed a little when he saw how close he and Mimi were and how beautiful she looked.
"Hey Matt is that the one with you and Mimi?" Sora asked taking the picture from him and snapping him out of his 'day dream'. Mimi looked up and looked over Sora's shoulder. Mimi also blushed a little once she saw the picture and how she was laid up against Matt's bare chest.
"Aww Mimi, you two look cute together" Sora smiled and the pair blushed.
"I look cute aswell!" Tai cut in and Sora smiled to him.
"Well put on your smiles, and please be nice" Jyou begged as the fans began to shuffle into the room.
Girls let out muffled cries when they saw the guys and ran up to them placing their photos of the band in front of them. Tai loved it as he asked the girls how they were, and if they enjoyed the performance, whilst Matt was off in his own little world and just signed his name on his photo. The girls would walk off and nearly faint after seeing their new idols and the lads would try and get Mimi's and Sora's numbers as they signed for them. Mimi bit her tongue when they did this, but Sora just giggled and blushed.
Suddenly a shriek came from one of the girls as she ran to Matt, pulling a smaller boy with her.
"Hey Matt, I'm like your biggest fans, and I love you. I'm Jun!" Jun cried and Matt sat back a little startled.
"Er… weren't you that girl from the crowd?" Matt asked a little cautiously.
"Yes! Oh you remember me.!" Jun squealed in delight as she hugged her signed photo of Matt on his own. "I'm gonna marry you one day!!" Jun called as Davis pushed her out of the room "Don't forget me!!"
"I'll try too" Matt sighed and the others laughed at him. "Hey she could have killed me"
"Or kissed you to death" Sora smiled
"Sorry Matt, it just looks like your very popular with the girls" Mimi giggled
"Aww why Matt" Tai pouted.
"Hey guys" Kari smiled as she entered the room with the others.
"Kari, you made it!" Tai smiled and hugged his sister.
"We wouldn't miss this, although you could have told us" TK said
"Well we would only spoil the surprise" Matt answered.
"Did you enjoy the show?" Sora asked
"Definitely, you guys are really good" Ken said and the band smiled
"Yeah and it explains, a lot like TK's brother being at you house!" Yolie said to Mimi
"Oh yeah" Mimi said and Jyou looked over to them "The real reason was that I forgot my lyrics sheet and Matt brought them to me" Mimi explained and Jyou looked back to Izzy again.
"I thought he was having a thing for you" TK smiled and Matt glared at his brother.
"Well can we have some autographs for your #1 fans?" Ken asked
"Sure" Mimi smiled and signed the photos with everyone.
"This is so cool, we each know one member of Teen Dream personally! Wait till everyone hears about this!" Yolie cheered
"And that's the reason I never told you" Mimi laughed
"I'm not that bad" Yolie said to her defence " Am I?"
"No of course not" Ken smiled wrapping an arm around her, yet nodding slightly.
"MIMI!!" Mimi's parents cried when they entered the room and hugged their daughter. "Why didn't you tell us, this is fantastic!!"
"Well… I … surprise!" Mimi smiled and her parents hugged her again.
Suddenly the door opened again and the other band members parents rushed in and hugged their children with pride.
"You sounded great out there, I should have guessed though" Matt's dad smiled
"Well you were never that bright" Matt laughed.
"Tai, oh you look so grown up! But promise me you won't live the rock star life!" Tai's mum asked worried to her son
"Hey I promise as long as you can let me breath!" Tai spluttered and his mum let go.
"Ken did you know that Sora was in a band?" Sora's mum asked her nephew and her shook his head.
"No one knew it was kept a secret so you would all be surprised" Sora answered
"Well I'm so proud of you, you all looked and sounded fantastic" Sora's mum smiled and all the parents agreed.
"Sorry to break this up, but the band need to get refreshed and need sleep" Jyou said interrupting the reunion.
"Are they not allowed to come home?" Mimi's mum asked.
"We've got a lot of things to do tomorrow, so I'm afraid they need to stay in a hotel, if that is ok" Izzy explained.
"Ok" the parents agreed and hugged their children one last time before exiting the room.
"Speak to you tomorrow ok?" Matt smiled to his brother
"Yep, see you guys!" TK said
"Bye everyone, don't forget me!" Yolie cried and was carted off by ken who waved to everyone.
"See you Tai, take care" Kari smiled and hugged her brother
"Your like mum" Tai smiled
"I know, bye!" Kari waved and left with TK.
"Wow that was a long day" Sora sighed sitting back in her chair.
"Yeah my feet are killing me" Mimi groaned
"Well we've gotta go over your single and interviews tomorrow, so lets say 7 at the studio" Jyou smiled and the band groaned to his horrible decisions of time.
"Well if it's like the interview before then it should be ok" Matt said
"Yeah, but what about that creepy reporter, who was he any way?" Sora asked
"Ah, that was Owikawa. He's a top reporter yet likes to find out the dirt on anyone and ruin their career." Izzy replied
"Yeah he was the one who found out that Whitney Swords was actually a man" Jyou said
"He's the guy? But why invite him to the press release if he'll only try and stir up trouble?" Matt asked
"Well even if he is a creepy reporter he still can write about you that will reach millions of potential fans, so we had to invite him." Izzy answered.
"I still don't like the guy, I bet he's up to something" Mimi sighed and rubbed her feet.
~*~
Davis pushed Jun away from the room and walked out into the streets as Jun babbled on about Matt. Davis sighed to himself, he never did prove his worth to Kari and now everything was over. Davis and Jun walked passed the tv crew and reporters who were loading everything away after the launch. Suddenly a tall creepy man who tapped him on the shoulder stopped Davis.
"Er… yes?" Davis asked a little frightened by the man.
"I'm Owikawa, reporter, and I was wondering if you knew the band at all" Owikawa asked
"Not really, but I know this group who does, but I'm not exactly pals with them at the moment. If you asked me I think the band is stupid" Davis said with annoyance.
"Really?" Owikawa smiled
"Davis come one! I wanna put this on my wall!" Jun cried waving the signed photo of Matt.
"Listen, if you can get me anything on the band, y'know gossip from the inside, I'll make you famous" Owikawa smiled
Davis thought about what he had said " Famous? Kari will love me then! But I hardly know this guy, and he is creepy…"
"Ok then I'll do it" Davis smiled and shook the reporters hand.
"You won't regret it" He smiled darkly.
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Ohhhhhh looks like Davis is gonna be a spy for that creepy reporter. What will this do to the band? And will Davis find out anything, that might break the band up? Review and find out!!! ^_~
Arigatou
~*Cherry Li*~
P.S. Read 'The calling' and 'Digitally Mimi' if ya get the chance!!!
