Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight, I own plot and lyrics.
'music is all I need' Rhianna's Who's That Chick. Think about it.
I was silent for most of the drive, besides when I needed a toilet break, and then the flight was quiet too. Phil looked uncomfortable as he sat opposite me on the plane.
"Bella. What's up?" He leaned forward, but I shook my head, alerting him with my eyes that I wasn't a good time. It would never be a good time. "Come on. I'm here, so may as well. I promise to just listen, and then after give you advice, please?" I sighed, shutting my eyes, wishing I could do as much as ignore him.
"Okay. But this is only because it is dangerous to bottle things up like this. I need to let my steam off. Get it all out." Phil nodded encouragingly. He should wish that he didn't, as I went into a full rant.
"Ok he took me to this party and we got drunk. He started beating the shit out of this guy called Max because he danced with me and I had a drunken one night stand because I was drunk the first time, and then drunk and very pissed the second time. And he won't even try to sort this shit out with me! He's like 'oh I don't trust you anymore. I'm out of this love. This true love that we've had for ages.'" I scoffed as I quoted something that was on the lines of what he said, but with a tint of sarcasm and anger. "And so he makes me move out and stop going to La Push school, and I bet he'll expect me to not talk to him or his friends again! He's SUCH a twat! Why the fuck can't he sort this out? I mean, doesn't he love me enough to listen to me?" The tears started flowing, and Phil was switching positions every few seconds, obviously uncomfortable.
"Can I give the advic-"
"-no. I'm not done." I mumbled. Phil closed his mouth in response, waiting for me to continue.
I sighed "Actually. I am done. Go ahead."
Phil sighed. "I think Jake is...insecure being in a relationship with someone as yourself, and you both were alcohol fuelled, but it was unacceptable for the beating and the...sexing...and Jake seems to be hurting as much as you are. But both of you have different ways of coping with it. You wanted to sort it out straight, and he wanted to call it quits to not make his...heart break any further than it had. And once he laid down his position, you ran. And here we are."
I groaned. "I didn't ask for a summary of Saturday and today. I wanted advice. But, you know what? It's outta my system. I'll go write a song about it. You're done. Watch the movie." I shooed him off and he rolled his eyes as he continued to watch the movie. I pulled out my laptop and got a document open and started typing.
"...You fucking broke my fucking heart
Now you have to face the consequences
get the fuck out of my life you fucking-..."
Okay...maybe a little more younger rated...
"...I don't care about you anymore
I've forgotten what its like since I walked out that door
But you shoved me out of the room so don't blame me
You won't help what us so you force me to flee
What happened to when it was 'we?'
Have you forgotten what we were meant to be
Obviously
Obviously
Go ahead and scream and shout
I don't give a fuck of what you're talking about
Cause I'm on my way to some brighter future
I'm keeping my head up before you steal it from me
And I can't wait for you to see
That you obviously
Very Carelessly
Let me go
Slipped through your fingers..."
We soon arrived at California, and I pulled one suitcase along with me as the paparazzi shoved questions left right and centre.
"Bella Swan! Is it true that you and Jenks are dating?"
"Bella! Where is Jacob Black? Why isn't he with you?"
"Bella!"
"BELLA!"
"No comment." I mumbled incoherently, passing through as Phil pushed them away with his big muscles.
"Step aside" I dashed into the car that was there to pick me up and pulled my hand luggage with me as Phil shut the door before the paparazzi could reach us, and put my suitcase in the boot. He climbed in the other side after me, and I flinched as paps starting banging on the car and trying to take pictures through the tinted windows.
"Is it legal to do this?" I gestured to the paps, and Phil shrugged.
"Probably. But they still do it. And you get criticised if you hit them." He shook his head incredulously. I smirked. If only.
"Thanks for earlier, Phil." Phil nodded once politely and looked forward. "Where are we going?"
"To a hotel about 20 minutes away? You have the pent house." He answered. "They're keeping you here and Kim'll set you up with some jobs locally that will boost your career, and soon you may need two of me..." he laughed to himself. "Kim tells me it all." He winked.
"Cool." I said as I looked behind me. "Can we get rid of the waste?" I muttered to myself, referring to the trailing paparazzi cars, following every turn we had. Phil called out to the driver to step on it.
"Don't worry bout it. They're not allowed in, and the place is guarded and has gates. They'll get the police if they break in." I nodded. Soon I found myself in the penthouse suite, which was already furnished, and surrounded by a few brown cardboard boxes and suitcases.
"Okay, time to get to work." I muttered. I decided against unloading, I just pushed the boxes into the cupboard and shut the door on it. I jumped on my sofa, just as Kim called.
"Hi Bella! We need you to audition tomorrow for acting. We know you can sing, so we need to to act! And if you can't, heck, just practice!" I laughed.
"Ok. When and where?"
"The script is on the kitchen side, we'll send a car for you at pick up tomorrow noon sharp. We won't make you wait."
"Ok then see you."
I went to the kitchen and found the script, a series of sheets in a plastic folder, and sifted through. There were clear instructions on who I was, and who everyone else was. I re-read it and practiced in front of the mirror, trying to keep my posture correct and facial expressions. So once I felt prepared enough, I signed onto my video uploading account and found I had half a million views on some of my videos! I was shocked. I accepted Jenks friend request, and saw he had new videos of his tour. I clicked on one, that was 10 minutes long. It was the night that we came, and this girl was going undercover with his camera.
"Jenks has just gone to get ready, and what do we have here?" She zoomed in on me and Jake looking comfortable. "Isn't that cute!" There was a hint of sarcasm in her tone. The next slide was of Jenks getting changed, only in his jeans.
"Look what we have here!" The girl's voice spoke, Jenks turned to the camera and groaned.
"Seriously, you have to stop doing that..." He laughed and put a shirt on. "Here, lemme take that." The camera shook and then a blond girl stood there, hands on her hips. "Ha! How'd you like that?" She scoffed and walked away. "Yeah, go on. Walk away." He then turned the camera to face himself. "Sorry about her." The next slide was him performing, then of me on stage, waving and speaking to the crowd. The whole video had a hundred thousand hits already. I sighed. It was going to be like this, obviously. Jake was tagged in the video so I clicked on his site. His recent video dated yesterday. I clicked on it. Jake was sat on his bed, I recognised it, and he had a small frown between his eyes, like the last time I saw him.
"Hi everyone, erm...its Jake. At the moment, me and the band are back home, and we're recovering still from our UK tour. Well, I thought I'd answer a few questons from the fans, since today I'm not really...busy." he sucked in a breath of air. "OK, someone asked me recently..." I heard a knock on my door, and jumped.
"Come in." I shouted, and the door slowly opened. A big muscly guy with dark curls knocked and smirked.
"Hello new neighbour." He stepped in casually and made his way to me, sticking out his hand, but going in for a hug anyway. "I'm Emmett."
"Hi Emmett. I'm Bella."
"Yeah. Kinda guessed." I laughed, nodding.
"So where do you live?" I asked him, looking into his bright blue eyes.
"Floor below. I'm with my brother right now. I'm his bodyguard too." My eyes widened.
"What is he? Extremely rich or famous?" I joked.
"Famous. He's on a film here so we're here for the next few months." He took a seat next to me. "How long are you here for? The last person up here left after a week."
"I'm...not sure. Possibly a few months. I might go see my folks back in England sometime...you didn't hear from me, but I'm going on tour soon." He winked at me and I laughed. There was something about him that seemed familiar...maybe the smile, or the face..."Hey, do I know you from anywhere?" He frowned and shook his head.
"I'd know if I'd seen you before." I shrugged.
"You look familiar."
"I don't know." His phone beeped, and he picked up. "Hey babe, yeah I'm up in the penthouse...yes...no she didn't mind. Bella Swan." The phone went off and he laughed. "I think my girlfriend may be coming up in a second. She lives here too, she's Eddie's co star on the film. She absolutely adores you, I swear. I think she'd switch to lesbian for you." He joked and I laughed along.
"I've heard that before..." I mumbled. Emmett laughed harder, as soon a blond girl knocked on the door. I recognised her. Rosalie Hale. Her eyes widened when she saw me, and I jumped up to shake her hand.
"Hi, I'm Bella!" I greeted.
"Rose. So sorry about Em, he doesn't know what intruding means." We giggled.
"No problem, seriously. I like company."
"What's this Bella?" I turned around, shocked, as Emmett had the laptop open, and was looking on Jake's profile page. I gasped and ran over to shut the laptop.
"Oh my god! Emmett!" Rose criticised. "Stop going through people's things!" Emmett sulked and mumbled a sorry.
"It's okay, its just...personal stuff." I mumbled defensively. "Actually, everyone will find out anyway soon. Just don't tell anyone just yet. Me and Jake broke up." Silence filled the air as I turned the laptop off quickly.
"Really? Are you okay?" Rose soothed and I nodded.
"Dude, it's his loss. BIG loss." Emmett shook his head and I laughed.
"I'm ok. I think. It didn't end up on good terms, I must say, but..." Rose pulled me into a hug and Emmett pulled us both into a bone crushing hug, squeezing tighter.
"Em...can't breathe!" I squealed as he let go. It took me a few seconds to get my breathing right again. He chuckled and sat down on the sofa.
"So you're not doing anything today, are you?"
"No. I just moved in."
"Where are the boxes?" Rose wondered, and I walked to the cupboard where I opened one side, and showed her the evidence. She giggled.
"Well we should do something. Eddie's at the studio so...SHIT! Am I meant to be there?" Emmett asked worriedly, looking at Rose anxiously.
"Well, yeah, but its been hours. He'll be fine." Rose shrugged. "Wanna go shopping?" I nodded and grabbed my bag. We went to the lower floor to their room so they could change and then we headed off in a silver car with dark windows. No pap could get us.
"So who's this Eddie?" I asked, filling the sort of silence.
"My brother." Em nodded to the music and made a turn.
"Oh cool. Now I have no idea where we're going, and Phil isn't with me, so you are my eyes and ears, ok?" Rose nodded.
"Sure Bella." Rose answered in amusement. "Plus, we have Em. He's a bodyguard." I face palmed. Right.
I was stunned as we drove past parks, filled with teenagers my age, and realised that I was hanging around older people.
"Hey, how old are you both?" I looked to Rose to answer first.
"I'm 17." Rose smiled.
Emmett wiggled his eyebrows encouragingly. "Care to take a guess?" With his huge muscles and cheeky smile, he looked about 18.
"18?"I too a guess, raising the pitch of my voice in question
"I'm 19. Close, though." Em smirked. "And you're 15, right?" I nodded.
"Uhuh. Emmett is a unique name, haven't heard it before...actually I have, couple of year ago, but it's still something uncommon."
Emmett shrugged. "My folks thought I looked like an Emmett. It was either that or Kellan" He shuddered, then parked on the side of the road and we went through some expensive looking shops. I bought a pair of red high heels and a floaty dress that I can wear for social occasions. Rose bought a set of lingerie to surprise Emmett with and some striped heels, as we went to the next store to find Emmett showing off his football skills to an 8 year old boy and girl.
"Shouldn't you stop him flirting with that poor girl?" I asked Rose, shaking my head and covering my mouth to hide my smile. Rose smiled.
"I think it isn't the girl he's flirting with..."We burst out laughing, which caused Emmett to notice us, and the football hit the floor and rolled off, the two kids chasing after it.
"I...was just..." he tried to cover for himself. "Oh what the heck, I want to buy it!" He went to grab another and went to the counter. Happy with our shopping, our mood suddenly dropped as the first paparazzi caught us, and we sped to the car before more arrived. We had settled int he car, zooming off, when the conversation picked up again.
"I have an audition tomorrow." I started. Rose smiled brightly at me.
"Oh yeah, what for? Want me to go through the lines with you?" I nodded, and as soon as we got to the room, we sat on the sofa and Rose glanced at the script.
"Okay..." Rose mumbled to herself. I was guessing she was absorbing the words, understanding what the script was about. "Don't forget, improvisation is great, but make sure you stick to the script too. This is for Three times as lucky? I LOVE that show! Ok, let's begin."
"How can I possibly understand what you're talking about? You're making no sense!" I acted as Hilary, the guest star. Rose was playing Mark.
"How can you not understand that! It's like the one times table! 1, 2, 3..." Rose slapped her hand as she counted. I groaned.
"You want me to break up with someone I don't even know? First, who is it, second, why did you do it and why do I have to be the one to break up with him, and thirdly, what does he look like?" I smirked and raised my eyebrow convincingly.
"See? First, second and third! Don't ask me why, just DO!" She gave me the jazz hands and we finished the scene until my lines were over, and she gave me a positive look.
"that was great, honestly. Good luck for your audition tomorrow, but I have to go make sure Em doesn't break anything with that ball of his. See ya!" I waved her goodbye as she shut the door, and I relaxed into the sofa, re-reading the lines again. It was getting late, and I went outside to the balcony, welcoming the cool breeze and the lovely sights of California. It was about 8pm. What time would it be over in England? Probably very early in the morning. I called it a night and shut the french doors and went to the bed. The next morning, I was driven to the audition, and I met Kim at the entrance.
"Can you do it? Have you learnt the lines? You're on now! GO!" She shoved me anxiously into the room, and I laughed quietly to myself. In front of me was a collection of men and women, about 5 altogether, and I told them my name.
"Hello Bella." One of them called. "You may begin. I will read Mark's lines." I went through the lines again, and shook their hands when I was done.
"We'll give you a call once we're done, okay? Nice to meet you, Bella." I went through to meet Kim on the other end.
"I think it went well..." I smiled at her, and she hugged me.
"Thank GOD! We have sorted the prep for your tour, and we're arranging for the song list and who the choreographer would be, areas and tickets and all this and that. Don't worry about a thing, we'll sort it all out." Kim winked at me and I laughed. "I'll give you a call once they've got back to me, okay?" I nodded and walked with Phil back to my car.
The call came fast, as soon as the day was over. I was in Rose's room reading magazines when my phone buzzed.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Kim. I got the call! You got the job!" Kim squealed and I did a little dance.
"Yay! When do I start?"
"They're gonna need you this time next week. We'll send you a car for 4am, because we need to get you into makeup."
"Cool cool. Okay great thanks!" I hung up. "I got the job!" I shouted at Rose, and we both jumped up and down excitedly on the spot.
"I'm so happy for you! I hope we do a film together sometime!"
"I hope so too!" I heard the front door slam and Emmett stuck his head through beaming at us and went to give Rose a kiss.
"We're home!"
"I kinda got that..." I laughed. "We?"
"Me 'n' ma bro!" I heard a door slam again. Emmett frowned. "He's probably in his room."
"How old is he?" I wondered out loud.
"16." I felt my heart pound a little harder. He's my age, close anyway. Rose saw my expression and shook her head.
"Nuh Uh honey. Don't fall for a guy who travels. You won't like it any better than he will." Emmett put his arm around her.
"What? Why?"
Rose sighed. "Have you ever known a guy that you really liked, then he had to leave?" Rose looked at Emmett, and I'm guessing she was worried about when he had to move for his brother.
I sat down on the bed. "Yeah. It...broke my heart."
"Is that Jacob?" I heard, and shook my head.
"No. I don't want to talk about it." I put a hand to my face. "Anyway, I have to go. See you." Rose whined and grabbed my arm as I was about to bolt.
"No! Bella! I'm sorry for ruining your moment, I just want to protect him. He's like a brother to me! He once fell hard for some girl and had to leave her for his job, and it killed him to do that. One look at you, and he'll fall for you. No doubt. And then one of us will leave and both of you will be broken hearted. And you will fall for him. He's a looker."
"Does he know I'm here?" I questioned. Why were we making a big deal over some stranger? ...
"No. You're just 'Rosie's new friend.'" Emmett answered.
"So who is this guy then? Do I know him from anywhere?" Emmett shrugged lifting his hands in air. I shrugged Rose off and jumped on the bed.
"Why are we talking about this then? He's that important to you?" Both nodded.
I hummed. "Alright, I won't show my face to him, as long as you help. Wanna go to my place?" We went out the door and through their living room.
"We're going to be upstairs. Knock if you need anything." Em shouted. We walked up the stairs and I unlocked my door.
Rose whispered in my ear. "I know it's crazy how we're so protective of him, but he's a good kid, who probably wants to settle down in a few years time when his career has set off further. But we love him so much like family and Em can't bear to see him in pain again."
"When was that?"
"Couple of years ago, he said. He won't talk about it much, just that he met a girl while filming. He fell for her hard, and he had to leave to continue the film." Rose sat down slowly onto my sofa and turned on the TV. "He was a mess, and always had to compose himself for the cameras, but behind the front, he was... a mess, as I said before."
"A little young to fall in love, isn't it?" I'm such a hypocrite. I'm such a hypocrite. Rose nodded, but shrugged.
"Yeah, but does that say that it's impossible to fall in love at a young age?" I shrugged.
"Possibly."
"I mean, you were with Jake, for how long? Were you in love?" My jaw tensed.
"Rose..." I sighed, shutting my eyes. "Do we have to go into this? I thought I said I wouldn't speak to him." Emmett stepped into the room, his loud shoes giving him away.
"Sup peoples!" Em made me jump half a foot as he landed on the sofa next to me. I put my hand to my heart, in an attempt to steady it, calm it down. "Eddie wanted to come, he was bored, but I convinced him to stay. I'm like a spy, I swear-" The door knocked, and I looked at it in question.
"that him?" I asked. Em got up to look through the peep hole, and I crept behind the door. Em saw me and put a finger to his lips just before he opened the door.
"Eddie!" He laughed. "What's up?"
I heard a groan. "Stop calling me that, Em!" I tried to turn to see through the gap in the door, but Emmett held the door so close to me that I couldn't move. I was starting to feel slightly claustrophobic. I held my breath.
"Dude, what's wrong?"
"Who lives here? Do they know you're here?"
"They do."
"They?"
"Uhuh." Em swiftly lied.
"Where are they?" Emmett pushed the door further into me, and I gasped.
"They're shopping."
"So why are you here?" I could tell both were getting frustrated.
"Because you're downstairs, and they said if me and Rosie wanted any personal time-" He was cut off by his brother.
"Ok ok I got it. I'll be downstairs." I heard the steps fade.
"Dude you need to get some. It's getting boring now." I heard the smirk in Emmett's voice.
"NO" His brother shouted down the hallway as Em stepped back a step and shut the door, relieving me of my oxygen. I collapsed on the floor, gasping.
"Shit EM! I couldn't breathe in there! Did you have to open the door so far?" Rose helped me up, and I clutched onto her.
"Sorry Bells!" Emmett apologised, and I tensed slightly at Jake's nickname for me.
"Next time, be as quick as possible. Or maybe I'll hide somewhere less...claustrophobic..." I mumbled and went to the sofa.
"What do you wanna do?" Em sat on the sofa next to me, then spun around so his head was hanging off the end and his legs were in the air. "Wanna see the sights of good ol' LA?"
"Can we go to the Hollywood sign?"
"Let's go!" Em went to notify his brother as we went to the car and waited for Em to hurry up. Rose sat in the passenger seat and Em took the driver's position again.
"Teach me how to drive?" I joked. Emmett shook his head.
"Not with this car. Costs a small fortune! But once you get your own, I'll teach you. You can start learning soon." I beamed at him.
"Thanks Em."
"No problemo."
The days past, and I spent a lot of time either, rehearsing my lines with Rose, or shopping, or staying in when Rose and Em had to go to the movie set. They offered to take me with them, but I refused. Maybe another time, when I'm in the business. I soon was on my way to the set for Three Times As Lucky and it was basically a big plain building, if I'm honest. It was early in the morning, and I posted on line to say I was on set, and then I opened my door. A woman came to greet me and take me to make up and costume, as I was slightly late. Well, sorry! But I was tired, and it's 4:30 AM! The woman tutted as she concealed my dark circles, then powdered my face and put eyeshadow on. I rolled my eyes, then someone messed with my hair, styling it. I went through costume and then was sent to go over my lines with the director, and he'll show me where I am and such and such. I was to play Hilary, a friend of Mark's, who was played by Eleazar Undermeyer, a twenty year old guy with a cracking smile and pitch black hair. He came up to me and shook my hand, the other holding the script.
"Hey Bella. Nice to finally meet you. I'm Eleazar." I let go of his hand and held the script with both hands.
"Hey. I'm Bella." I smiled. "When do we shoot?"
He held up his hand. "Woah, slow down tiger, we need to do a few practices, then at 7 we'll shoot your scenes. Our director wants it perfect, to get great hits that we have you on board. In the afternoon I have some scenes myself, as well as everyone else, but you'll have to find out whether they need you later on. Okay. First scene..." We began reciting the script, and we practiced for an hour, finding ourselves comfortable on the set, where I should stand and so forth, what movements I should do to act human, etcetera.
"Okayyy...Action!" I heard a snap and I knocked on the door. A few seconds later the door swung open, revealing Eleazar. I grinned up at him and opened my arms. Eleazar laughed merrily and picked me up, spinning me in a circle.
"Hilary! What are you doing here? I thought you had moved to Arizona?" He put me down, and I shook my head.
"I've just moved back. Work was a bore there- I realised how much I missed...this place..." I looked around disgustedly at the room. Eleazar made a 'pfft' sound and pushed me inside.
"Hey! I have just got a new room mate, so it's kinda packed." I nodded and followed him to the kitchen.
"And who is the lucky guy or girl?" I put my hand on the side of the chair, leaning on it, then my hand deliberately slipped and I stumbled, but regained my balance.
"Guy. His name is Rob, and he's coming in a second." Eleazar looked distracted as he grabbed things from the fridge, and started making a sandwich. I casually stole a ham slice and started eating my way through it. The door swung open again, and I heard the director shout 'cut'. I relaxed and finished the ham off.
"We'll do that one more time and then we'll switch to the next shot."
The day went by quickly and I had a lot of fun doing 'work'. They did try to arrange their filming to my schedule to morning and early afternoon, as the next day I would have to go back, and then in the afternoon tomorrow, I had a photo shoot, and then at 7, I had a radio interview and performance. It was now 4pm, and I was messaging a few friends from England, but they went to bed as it was around midnight for them. It was so great to finally talk to them, however I missed out on a lot of gossip, even though my tutor came to teach me every other day. I was about to sign off, when Heidi came on line, and started a conversation straight away.
H: Bella. How are you?
B: Hey. Could be better, could be better. you?
H: I'm good. I miss you and your wackiness :(
B: I miss you too. Hows everyone?
H: They're ok. Jake's in a period of self loathing.
B: Oh. Well...that doesn't make me feel good.
H: Oh! I didn't mean it like that! I didn't want you to blame yourself! He's doing this to himself.
B: He wanted this to happen. How can I do anything to fix it? Pretend that I'm feeling better, or as if I'm hitting it as hard as he is? I can't do that. I still love him, and it kills me to hear how upset he is, but he put this on himself. He wouldn't cooperate, and kicked me out. So I've come to accept that it's over between us.
H: I'm so sorry, Bella. :( I know how it feels, to an extent, with Embry... I just can't bear for Jake to be like that. It sucks on all of us, to be honest.
B: I'm sorry you have to be there. You can always move in with me :') its far enough away to ignore him.
H: Where are you now?
B: Don't let Jake know?
H: Promise.
B: The paps will let him know anyway, but I'm in LA. Far away.
H: LA? Wow.
B: I know. It's so new. I have some jobs going on around here, and so forth..
H: Oh shit. gotta go miss you xx
B: Miss you too xx say hi from me to everyone
I didn't want to tell her about the tour. Somehow she was the closest thing to Jake right now, and I didn't want him to know. I decided to take a walk around the hotel, maybe go into town and buy something nice. I saw a dress that caught my eye earlier, maybe I'll get that. I called Phil on the phone, and he agreed to come with me, despite my intention to shop. I managed to stay inconspicuous getting there, but getting back was a mess. Paparazzi and fans attacked us, and I had the urge to hit the paps. I swiftly got into the car and the driver sped off, leaving the crowd behind. I guess this was one of the points of being a celebrity.
The next day, I got to the studio at 8, and was sent to makeup, and performed the middle scene that we left out yesterday. I said my goodbyes,and the director told me that this wouldn't be the last time I would see them, maybe I would make a return. I was then taken to my photoshoot, and I got dressed up in the clothes they provided, and they had experts do my makeup. I posed a little as the photographer kept on complimenting me with each pose I did. I smirked slightly and looked down in a seductive matter.
"Perfect Bella. Now the next outfit." He seemed pleased by the results, and at the end of the photoshoot, he picked out the best pictures out of the lot, which were going to be made as posters and sold.
"This one's my favourite" I pointed at the picture on the screen, the one where I looked the most natural, and happy. I was laughing at the camera, my eyes slightly off to the right, and I was sitting down. The guy nodded, and thought they were all brilliant. I then went to get back into my normal clothes, and I went with Phil back into the car, and the radio station was based further off so I decided to go head that way, instead of going back to the hotel for a few hours. I could stick around for a while. We got there at 6, and we hung around, meeting some unfamiliar faces until at quarter to, I got settled in the chair next to the presenters, Huilen and Demetri. I had listened to them yesterday on the radio, to get an understanding of who they were, and what they did.
"Hi Bella!" They both shouted, and hugged me. "We'll be on in a few minutes, after two more songs." I nodded.
"Hey! Oh that's cool. Gotta love my music." Both grinned.
"Here." They handed me a set of headphones, and it made it easier to hear them, like I was putting the radio speakers to my ear. A few songs later, Huilen started to speak into the circle microphone, touching her headphones unconsciously.
"Hey y'all know we have a special guest with us today...and that special guest is Bella Swan! Hi Bella! How's it going?"
I laughed. "Hey! It's great to be here. I am definitely loving the sunshine! It may seem normal for you, but in England it is absolutely freezing! It's so nice to go out in a summer dress and flip flops."
"And we're hearing that you are working on Three Times As Lucky?" I looked to my publicist, who nodded, giving me to all clear to reveal the information.
"Yep. I'm playing Hilary, and the episode should be on TV anytime now. I finished filming this morning, and it was amazing to be there, meeting everyone."
"That sounds so great! And we also heard that you are going on tour? Around the USA?" I looked back at Irina, who arrived to see me through a little before 7. She shook her head.
"Um...I can't confirm or deny anything at the moment, but when I find out, you'll find out." I laughed it off, and they moved on to the next question.
"Well if you do, I'm making sure I get my tickets early!" Huilen joked, and I nodded.
"Yay!" I giggled.
"Okay, we have one final question before we let some listeners call in...we know that you are dating Jacob Black, but we've been receiving messages that you two have broken up now. Care to say anything to that?"
I took a deep breath. "Yeah, actually...um...Jake did break up with me. It's a sad situation, but I'll recover."
Huilen looked sadly at me. "Oh! I'm so sorry. Well, if Jacob is anywhere close to listening, he should know that thousands of single, or even not single guys are queuing up for her now! Now, we have...Vera on line one, hello, Vera?" All I heard was a screeching, and a 'OMG!' I laughed lightly.
"Hello Vera?"
"Oh my gosh oh my goshh!" I heard voices in the background. "Answer her! No you! OKAY!"
"HI!" The girl breathed heavily, and I smirked.
"Um...we wanna say how Jacob is a complete idiot for doing that to you!" The girl sounded high, on helium, or caffeine. She had a shaky giggle and a California accent.
"N'awhh, well thanks! I think so too!" Everyone laughed.
"What is your question, Vera?"
"Um...oh yeah, right. Bella, in your dedications paragraph on your album..." Uh oh. I kind of had a feeling on where this was going..."Your inspiration for music, who is it? We don't think it was Jacob, so who is it?" Yep. I knew it. Jake pointed that out the one time, but I laughed it off. I felt put on the spot, and the devastation of losing Edward hit me like a ton of bricks.
"Edward." I mumbled, unthinkingly.
"Edward?" Vera asked. I blinked, not having realised that I had said that out loud.
"Um...er...yeah. Edward. He was my inspiration. He gave me the idea in High School." I put a hand to my forehead and tried to shake the images out of my memory. I looked at Huilen.
"Ok, thank you for calling Vera...ok...we have our next caller, Henry. Hi Henry!"
"Hi Huilen and Demetri! I love your show! Hi Bella!" Henry spoke, and from his voice, he sounded quite young, but past puberty.
"Hi Henry, what can I do for you today?"
"Um...well I was wondering, what is your type of guy? Huilen, I am DEFINITELY one of those guys! Haha!" He chuckled, a booming laugh that made me smile.
"Hmm...well I don't really...have a type. I guess someone who I can have an hours on end, just talking about something as simple as pancakes with chocolate on top, sprinkled with hundreds and millions." I laughed. "But that equals a best friend. My guy would be my best friend, as well as that personal attraction you feel, that it doesn't feel like your dating your friend, that should stay a friend, you know?"
"Yeah. Pancakes, chocolate and hundreds and millions are the bomb." He stated, and I laughed.
"I know, right?" I slapped the side of the table, and Demetri smirked.
"Leave the flirting to another time, yeah?" He laughed, and Huilen smiled.
"Thanks for calling, Henry!" Huilen said, and Henry said his goodbyes, and the next caller came up, another guy with a thick American accent.
"Hey Bella, I was wonderin' if y'all could do any accents?" That made me laugh. Me and accents? No thanks.
"I don't think I can do any, besides whatever accent I already have...I'll make a tit outta myself for even trying." I looked up at Irina, and she had laughter in her eyes.
"Naw, go on! We won't tease ya!" I heard his booming laugh again on the other end.
"Hmm...okay. I got my automobile...and my computer...and my wadder...and...this isn't working, is it?" I giggled, and Huilen nodded.
"Keep going, Bella. With a little practice, I wouldn't be able to tell you were English!" I THINK she was joking.
"Umm... how bout an ozzi accent? I watch that Aussie Tv show all the time. Doyathink my accents ace or what?" I tried to do an Australian accent.
Everyone clapped when I stopped, and I felt my blush arriving.
"Huh?" I heard from the other end, and I burst out laughing.
"Gidday?" I smirked, my eyes dancing with humour.
"Is that an Australian?"
"Did you not hear me clear enough?" I went back to my own voice.
"Sorry, that's all you can have with Bella, Hun. We gotta make room for some more calls. Bye!"
"Bye!"
"Hello, new caller."
"The name is Kachiri and WHAT the heck did ya do to lose a guy like Jacob Black? I mean, you must've done something so terrible, or maybe he got fed up of you, right? I don't think Jacob's in the wrong here, it's probably yo-"
"-Excuse me?" I stammered. "Are you here to-" I glanced at Irina, who had a panicked expression on her face, and she mouthed 'calm' to me. "-to insult me? Or ask me something fan based?" Demetri frowned.
"Well my question, if you weren't too-" Her voice cut off.
"Okay. She obviously isn't going to say anything mildly important." Demetri mentioned, and I gave him a thankful look. He nodded, lips turning up at the corners. "One more question, ready?"
"Hi Bella" I sort of recognised that voice.
"R-Rose?" I smirked.
"Hi! Don't count this as a call from the fans, but Bella you need to get some cheese when you get home. We're making pizzas and Em ate all the margeritta cheese." I burst out laughing, tears springing to my eyes in laughter.
"Rose is this the best time? I mean-" I let out another laugh. "-I'm on the radio. Huh." Rose's tinkling laugh echoed through my headphones.
"Well you didn't answer my text or pick up my call! Okay gotta go before Em sets something on fire- see ya!"
"Bye Hun." I wiped the tears from my eyes and giggled weakly.
"Well that sounded like Rosalie Hale, is it?" I nodded. "You wanna take another call?" I continued to nod.
"Hello Bella! I would like to know, how many instruments can you play?" A female voice asked.
"Well...I play the acoustic guitar, I'm guessing the electric guitar if it works the same way...um...ukulele...keyboard/ piano...I can tap a drum..." I laughed. "The triangle...a tambourine...umm...what else is easy? Ooh! I played the recorder, but I've forgotten most of that..."
"And what is your favourite one of them all?"
"Well it has to be the triangle." I smirked. "No, um...it's between the guitar and piano. Both I love dearly."
"Ok thank you for calling! Bella will be performing her single after the break, so don't go anywhere!" I was then directed to behind a screen which held a microphone and guitar, and I got seated.
"...I should've been stronger
Should've been harder
But I was frightened
Couldn't go any longer
Should've been stronger
You wouldn't like it
But you would leave me
And I would take it
Got home one night
Saw the blood on the walls
You had got a little angry
Smashed down the halls
the fear that I felt
Came back again
What started it this time
Causing you pain?
You pull on my hair
Knock on me cold
Woke up the next morning
You acted like the same old
I knew if I took control
I'd be outta here
But I was too scared
So full of my fear
I should've been stronger
Should've been harder
But I was frightened
Couldn't go any longer
Should've been stronger
You wouldn't like it
But you would leave me
And I would take it..."
I slammed on the side of the guitar as I performed Stronger, and belted out the final lyrics before the end of the song. Once that was over, they put on more music and came to say goodbye to me. It was quarter to 8 and I was shattered, and we had a few pictures taken and then I was escorted out into the cold and back in the car to be driven home. I managed to get Phil to grab me some cheese on the way back, as well, and then I knocked on Rose's door.
"Who is it?" I heard an unfamiliar shout.
"Bella!" I called back.
"Who?"
"Bella. Bella Sw-" I stopped. No! It must be Em's brother! I made a run for the stairs to go to my place, just as I heard the door open. I hid behind my door, breathing heavily from the fact I was almost caught out. I called Rose's phone.
"Bella?"
"Hey! Um...I just knocked...why didn't you answer? I'm up at mine now, if you want the cheese." I laughed.
"Oh! Great! Yeah sorry we're busy in the kitchen. I'll be up in a sec. Once it's made, do you want a slice? I'm sure Em will eat most of it, bu I could save you some."
"No thanks. It's cool I think I might just crash now anyways." I mumbled, sliding to the floor. Rose hung up, and I rested my head on the back of the door. It wasn't long before Rose opened the door, flinging me to the side as she did so.
"OH BELLA! Sorry Hun!" She helped me up and took the cheese. "I have to get back before Em sets anything on fire. I'll see you soon." She kissed me on the cheek and ran off, and I locked the door before anyone could come barging in again, and slowly made my way to the bedroom, where I collapsed onto my soft, springy bed.
"BELLA!" I heard a banging on my door, "BELLA OPEN UP!" More thumbs. I groaned and got out of the bed, and crossed the distance from the bed to my front door in the matter of a few seconds, wanting them to shut up. I swung the door open.
"BEELL-a." Em smirked and checked out what I was wearing. "Huh." I looked down. I was just in my bra and shorts, so I covered my breasts with my arm.
"What do you want?" I rubbed my eye and ran my fingers through my hair to get it out of my eyes. Em shrugged.
"We wanna spend the day with you." He walked in, and Rose followed his tail.
"Oh. Ok then. How was the pizza last night?" Rose groaned.
"Em burned it in the oven. It was meant to be 20 minutes, not 40. So our place is getting aired out. Good thing we have a mini fire extinguisher." She sighed and put her hand to her head. I took the opportunity to grab a top from my bedroom, and put it on as I walked out, and I brushed my teeth and washed my face. I went back out and they were already comfortable- Rose reading a magazine and Em playing a game on the PlayStation 2.
"What's that Em?"
"Burnout 3.I love this game." I joined him after the end of that race and chose a super car, and I zoomed ahead of Em, too fast, as my car immediately crashed into the side of the road. Em laughed as he sped off, and I took the fact I was behind him to hit him on the back of his car, sending him crashing.
"How far are you on Burnout mode?" Em asked, cussing as he crashed.
"Um...not sure. Wanna try it later?"
"Uhuh. OOH GOT YAH!" He tackled a computer car, and I laughed.
"That isn't me."
"Oh."
We had a few more games on the game, then we took turns on the competition mode, to gain more cars and areas. Rose joined in after a while, and expressed her love for cars as we played. I smirked at that.
The day went by in a blur, from spending most of the day on the PlayStation 2, switching games from different Burnouts, 1, 2 and 3, and we went on Grand Theft Auto: San Andres. And did some missions. I was awesome at that, especially the dancing ones where you had to match the buttons to the screen. Haha. We went on my dance mat, and then played a game that was Em's favourite.
"SMACKDOWN: JUST BRING IT!" Emmett screeched, and I laughed.
"Uhuh. Want to challenge me? I can take you down!" Rose giggled at my enthusiasm.
"Bella. Watch what you say. Em is constantly on this game downstairs."
After the games, we sat down to watch a movie. I think it was a good day well spent. I felt as if they had become my closest friends, and it was weird to be in this situation. I should be at school today, I thought, worrying about my hair and boys and the bitch in town. But here I am, a celeb, hanging around with other celebs. Working.That was a biggie. I'm probably earning thousands for everything I do so far. That's probably more than I can handle! I spent a lot of time thinking, so I missed most of the film, but I felt that I enjoyed making music, music was all I need, acting was extremely entertaining and work while, and I enjoyed meeting new people and making new friends. It felt as if I belong here. I felt at home. It was slightly exciting and thrilling. And I could handle it.
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