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Small Town Girls and Hollywood Boys
Chapter 6
BPOV
"and the winner is…" Emmett swiftly opened up the paper card. " Tanya?" he said uncertainly. The crowd became quiet, and Tanya walked to the spotlight, excitedly, throwing herself all over Edward.
He looked confused, then pushed her off of him. It was so quiet in the auditorium, you can literally hear a pin drop. Until… the crowd started to boo, and become angry, almost rampant. Edward grabbed the microphone and tried to get their attention. He got really frustrated. Edward, frustrated looks hot. I quickly erased that thought in my head and brang my self back to reality.
I grabbed the microphone from Edward, and whistled into it, causing everyone's attention to turn to me.
Wow. I didn't know I whistled that loud.
"Okay. It's okay everyone. Seriously. Why don't we just give a round of applause to Tanya. She is a really good singer." I said, with a small smile, directed toward Tanya.
That was a lousy attempt. Only about 1/5 of the people listened to me and applauded and cheered loudly. I think those are her only fans.
Truth be told, I thought I would've won, because of all the applause I got earlier. But whatever. Whatever was done, was done. I didn't really care, I mean life will go on.
But then came the comments…
"BELLA YOU SHOULD'VE WON!"
"I LOVE YOU BELLA!" that was unsuspected.
"RE-TRY!!!"
"TANYA YOU SUCK!"
"NO FAIR! SOMEONE CHECK THE SYSTEMS!!"
The angry mob then ran toward Twilight's manager, Mike. He quickly ran toward the nearest exit, with a bunch of angry people following him. If we weren't in the situation we were in now, this would be hilarious.
Emmett, Jasper and Edward were no where to be found. Tanya was on the stage holding a trophy, looking dumbfounded and slightly sad, that no one wanted her to win. She then got the hint and went somewhere backstage. Rose and Alice were missing too.
I looked around and found my self in the middle of the stage in an empty auditorium. By myself. Where was everyone?
EmPOV
When I read Tanya's name out of the card, I was just as surprised as everyone else. I really thought Bella would win. And in reality, I don't think I can live with Tanya, neither could Edward. I have a really big feeling that Edward likes Bella more than a friend.
Edward had such little achievement calming the crowd, so Bella, unexpectedly grabbed the microphone and whistled. Loudly. It was pretty hilarious that someone as quiet as Bella could shut up a crowd of hundreds. And it was something that Edward couldn't do. I laughed at that thought, and then came back to reality.
After getting the crowd's attention, there were comments. Some that were directed to Bella and some that were hate comments to Tanya. Soon after the comments, Mike almost got trampled on by the angry crowd. He ran out, making the crowd run after him. And the security wasn't doing such a great job either.
Well anyways. Me, Jasper and Edward. Or should I say Jasper and Edward went to go get to the bottom of this. Turns out, someone rigged the voting thing. I don't know how though, as Jasper and Edward only talk in 'smart people language', something that I don't always understand.
Anyways all I know is that it could be Tanya. Or one of her "fans". But that all had to be figured out after we get this over with.
We quickly had a re-try, but doing it the old fashioned way. Voting ballots were filled out and stuck in a box that was monitored by not only security guards, but security cameras as well.
It took us 2 more hours to tally up who won, for real this time. Some people left quickly after voting, but most of the people hung in there and did whatever they could do for 2 hours in the crowded auditorium.
EPOV
Wow. I cant believe that someone would rig the voting. If Tanya wins this time, then we could still hold an investigation, to see who did it, and if she was part of it.
"Yo! Dude, Edward, here's the new envelope. This one should be valid though, so go announce the real winner." Emmett said as he passed me another envelope. I clutched it tightly in my hand. And then walked out to the waiting people in the auditorium.
"Good evening everyone, sorry for the wait, it seems as we had a slight malfunction as you guys now know." the crowd murmured their reply.
"Okay, so to announce the real winner," I opened up the envelope, carefully but quickly, "and the winner is Bella!" I said happily. Bella grew a smile on her face as she walked up to me and accepted a trophy. Why we had trophies I don't know, isn't a permanent spot in the band good enough?
"Congrats" I whispered, and then gave her a friendly hug. Now that I see that someone like Bella was going to be in the band, maybe all this would turn out great, which was complete opposite of what i thought in the beginning.
"Thanks." She replied, then gave her thanks to the awaiting crowd, who were getting pretty loud.
I looked out into the audience and saw once again another crowd near Mike, but smaller. Much smaller, who were protesting that Tanya should've won, ugh, can't these people just live with the final results now?
APOV
Wow. She did it! Yay! I was so happy for her. I gave Rose a big hug and we both jumped up and down. It took us a lot of effort, not to jump Bella on stage.
"…and lastly thanks for voting!" Bella finally finished her mini speech. The crowd applauded and made their way out of the building.
I jumped up from my seat and ran onstage, with Rose following close behind. On our way to the stage, we saw Mike and another group, but Tanya's fans, who were trying to convince Mike that this was wrong. I rolled my eyes and stuck my tongue out at them. Childish, I know but it seemed to work as some of them spotted me and gave me a death glare.
"Congrats Bella!!" I said as I grabbed her for a hug and jumped up and down. Now that my best friend was going to be a superstar, we can go shopping and buy awesome clothes that other stars wear. The newest fashions will be mines. I mean ours. I smiled wide at the thought.
"What are you thinking about?" Bella eyed me cautiously. I gave her an innocent smile, but didn't reply.
"Congratulations Bella!! I can't wait for your first concert." Rose screamed into Bella's ear. She cringed. Rose was loud, when she was excited.
"Thanks Rose, where are the guys?"
"Um… I think their backstage. Wait let me check my phone." Rose said then pulled out her iPhone. "They are backstage in Edward's dressing room."
I looked at her. How does she know?
"Text message." She replied and showed me her phone.
"Ohh.." I replied, then followed her and Bella to Edward's dressing room.
EPOV
I was so happy for Bella when she won. I knew she had it in her. She did have a slightly surprised look on her face. She is special. I mean in this competition, when Tanya won, she just accepted it right away with no protest. How many times do you see a girl like that? Not many.
"Hey guys!" Bella said as she walked in with Rose and Alice. Immediately, Rose walked toward Emmett, and Alice walked toward Jasper. Bella sat on the couch across from me.
Oh you have no idea how much I want her to sit next to me, and just give her a congratulatory kiss. But my self control stopped me.
"Bellaa!! Congratulations!" Emmett ran over to her and gave her a giant bear hug.
"Erm. Thanks. Em-mett. Can't breathe." She sputtered.
Emmett quickly let go of her, causing her to fall to the ground. She glared at him. I was surprised that she didn't have any clumsy moments the whole day today. Except for now, which was Emmett's fault.
He let out a laugh and pulled her up. Bella, then walked toward me and sat down next to me.
Then after a long silence, Mike burst in, his hair tousled and his clothes distraught. He was gasping for air.
"The fans of Tanya got to you, I'm guessing?" Emmett said with a smile.
"No freaking duh." He replied then went to the fridge to get a water bottle. I have decided that this would be best time, as since we didn't even like Mike, to just announce something to him. I glanced at Emmett and Jasper, who nodded and gave me the "go ahead".
"Um… Mike? I know this is a bad time, to tell you." I started. "But you're fired."
Mike let out a colorful vocabulary, but with no other comment, and then walked out the door. I wasn't expecting that, but at least it all went well. There was awkward silence in the room, until Bella questioned me.
"Edward?" Bella asked.
"Yeah?"
"Why did you guys fire him? Don't you need to find a manager now?"
"First off, he's a jerk, and second we don't need to find one, when Rose is going to be our new manager." I replied like I said that in everyday small talk.
After Bella became the new singer, the guys and I got worried about her friends. I don't think that Emmett, Jasper or Bella would want them to leave, so we gave them a job, so they can stay with Bella through this whole new experience.
Her eyes widened. Then my hearing almost went dead. This was worse than in concerts. Rose was screaming so loud you can hear anything. Alice smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes but she jumped up and down with her friend anyway. Bella gave them a group hug. The three of them had a bond, that no one could explain, if something good happened to two of them, they would be happy, and not complain.
In a way, they were all like Bella, a group of one in a kind girls, who we all happened to stumble upon.
"Um.. excuse me you guys?" Jasper interrupted their little party.
They abruptly stopped moving and turned to look at Jasper.
"Alice, you don't think we forgot you right? I mean you three are inseparable, we can't leave you out, and so you are manager of makeup and costume." Jasper said with a smile. Alice apparently loved clothes and makeup, something that she told Jasper when they were playing 20 questions over the phone.
More screaming and jumping. Sheesh. What's with girls and screaming?
BPOV
I had always wondered what would become of my friends, when I made it. I mean, I seriously didn't want to let them go. They were my life. But right now, I couldn't be happier; I would have them by my side in this whole new journey.
Rose would be an excellent manager, and Alice probably got the best job she could've possibly dreamt of. It was nice of Edward and the guys to think of my friends too.
Now I'm starting to rethink, maybe, just maybe, Edward isn't all that bad after all.
a/n: wow. I didn't mean for Tanya to come out like this, but whatever.. short chapter and def. not the best chapter I have written. sorry, but I wanted to get this out. or shall I say, I needed to get this chapter out. haha… lalala.. I would nvr in a million years let Tanya win.. are you guys kidding me? Muahaha.. tricked you tho, didn't i? –evil grin-. Now be nice, since I gave you this a day after, and review please. ;)
xoxo
elaina