I know this is WAY passed due and I apologize life just got very crazy but better late than never, right? I hope you guys are still out there waiting for this and I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for reading and not leaving me.
The months that we had off flew by and before we knew it, it was time to go on tour again. We all took great advantage of all the time we had off. Alice and Jasper were doing great together; after her accident Alice went back to therapy and Jasper insisted that he should go with her. Eventually they were both back to normal and more in love than ever so, of course, when he asked her to move in with him she jumped at the chance.
Paul and Jacob had also taken their relationship to the next step moving in together. Jacob had even proposed to Paul who shot him down but said as soon as they could legally get "married" and not have a commitment ceremony he would accept the proposal. So for the time being they were just living together and enjoying every moment of it.
Emmett and Rosalie had the biggest news of us all, they got married. None of us knew about this until it was already said and done with. Two weeks before Christmas they both disappeared for a few days and nobody could get a hold of them. When they came back the first one to notice anything was Alice who jumped when she saw matching rings on both of their left hand ring fingers. We all fussed at them for not telling us right after we congratulated them and insisted we go out of dinner and dancing to celebrate.
My relationship with Edward was going great; we weren't ready to get married or anything but there was talk about him moving in with me after our next tour was over. We spent almost every night together anyways and the only time we weren't at my place was when he had Molly, who was now my BFFE. I had met Vera and was afraid that it would be awkward but she was really nice and told me she was glad that Edward had finally met someone who could make him happy and who would treat their daughter the way she should be treated.
As a group we all decided that after this tour Ben was going to "retire" and Bella was going to replace him. Jasper, Edward, and I had already worked out a few songs for the new album and Emmett and Jacob were working diligently on figuring out the perfect album cover. We stuck to the true feel of Rita's Gift and the album was going to be nothing but Hard Rock.
Edward and I were currently stretched out on one of the sofas on the tour bus as we were headed towards Charlotte North Carolina for our first stop on our states tour. This tour was definitely going to be different than the last tour. First off Rose got rid of the groupies, well at least Jessica. There was a lot less drinking happening and there were absolutely no more drugs. Of course we all had our crazy fans who still threw underwear at us when we arrived or received letters with naked pictures but that was never going to change. Everyone had already come out to the public as couples except for Edward and Ben, so we both got the bulk of the letters and creepy fans now.
"Are you nervous for tonight?"
"No, I'm just ready to be back on stage with all of those screaming fans. I just wish they were going to be screaming my name rather than screaming for Ben."
He kissed the side of my head, "I know but you just have to pretend for a little bit longer. By this time next year they will be screaming for you and no one else." I closed my eyes and smiled knowing that he was right.
When I opened my eyes again we were at the hotel but we only had time to get our rooms and drop our stuff off before we had to get over to the pavilion for our sound check. Rose was acting like a maniac making sure that everything was exactly the way we all liked it at the venue and chased off anyone who looked like they weren't dong their jobs but staring at us instead.
Everything was crazy and before I knew it the opening bands were off the stage and I was waiting for my queue to start our set. The stage was amazing. Of course there was the normal wide stage for us to use but Rose had insisted on adding a longer piece of stage that would allow me more freedom to interact with the audience, which I loved but Edward didn't like that idea. Rose, in her own fashion, told him to shut up and get over it. We started off the concert with one of our newer loud and fast paced songs which really got the crowd going and we were just eating up the energy.
Our set was coming to an end as I made my way out onto the extended part of the stage touching hands with all of the wild fans singing our final song before the encore when a crazy girl reached out and pulled on my wig so hard that had it been my real hair I would have a bald spot but since with was fake the wig just came right off. I was so shocked I didn't know what to do and I stopped singing. Luckily Jasper was quicker than I was and as the guys continued to play Jasper started singing.
When I looked off to the side Rose and Alice were standing there waving at me to come to them. I could hear people in the crowd booing but the guys still continued to play. "Oh my God what do we do?" Rose started pulling my hair down and tried to get it to look presentable as Alice ripped open my flannel shirt sending buttons flying across the floor and quickly got a black corset wrapped around me that jutted my chest up making it look twice as big. Rose pinched my cheeks until I smacked her hands away and Alice put some lipstick on me. I was amazed that all of this happened before the song was even over.
Alice was quickly working her magic of beautifying me as Rose yelled at Jasper who was closest to her. "She's coming back out! Mz. Hyde!" Jasper gave her a quick head nod and yelled out to all the other guys Edward nodded that he heard Jasper but he was staring at me making sure I was ok and I just smiled. "Rose we don't have anything ready for that song, it's not even been released yet!" She shook me as if I was hysterical as Jacob started beating the drums. "Just go out there and make it work." I nodded and waited until it was time for me to go out onstage but grabbed Alice's pink trench coat and ignored her yells for me to put it back.
Once the alien voice came over the speakers saying, "Mz. Hyde" I walked out onto the stage pretending to be sweet and innocent; which caused several fans to boo. I ignored the sounds coming from the angry fans and made my way out to the center of the stage.
In the daylight,
I'm your sweetheart,
You're goody-two-shoes prude is a work of art.
But you don't know me,
And soon you won't forget,
Bad as can be, yeah you know I'm not so innocent
I tore Alice's jacket from my body and tossed it behind me being sure no fan could grab it. A bunch of people screamed enjoying the new song and the performance.
Better beware I go bump in the night,
Devil-may-care with a lust for life,
And I know you,
Can't resist me,
Soon though you,
Are so addicted.
Boy you better run for your life!
Welcome to the nightmare in my head,
(Oh god!)
Say hello to something scary,
The monster in your bed,
(Oh god!)
Just give in and you won't be sorry,
Welcome to my other side,
Hello it's Mz. Hyde!
I strutted my stuff around the stage just like I would have if I was Ben and the crowd seemed to be enjoying it.
I can be the bitch,
I can play the whore,
Or your fairytale princess who could ask for more.
A touch of wicked,
A pinch of risk-ay,
Good girl gone bad, my poison is your remedy
Better be scared, better be afraid,
Now that the beast is out of her cage,
And I know you,
Wanna risk it,
Soon though you,
Are so addicted.
Boy you better run for your life!
I swept my hand out in front of me pointing at the entire crowd letting them know that I meant they would be the ones who would be addicted.
Welcome to the nightmare in my head,
(My god!)
Say hello to something scary,
The monster in your bed,
(My god!)
Just give in and you won't be sorry,
Welcome to my evil side,
Hello it's Mz. Hyde!
Hello it's Mz. Hyde!
Hello it's Mz. Hyde!
I'm the spider crawling down your spine,
Underneath your skin.
I will gently violate your mind,
Before I tuck you in.
Put on the blindfold
There's no way to be sure,
Which girl you'll get to know!
(It's me Bella, I swear!)
I ran my hand down Edward's arm causing him to shiver slightly but her never faltered in his playing.
Welcome to the nightmare in my head,
(My god!)
Say hello to something scary,
The monster in your bed,
(My god!)
Just give in and you won't be sorry,
The nightmare in my head,
(Oh god!)
Say hello to something scary,
The monster in your bed,
(Oh god!)
Just give in and you won't be sorry,
Welcome to my evil side,
Hello it's Mz. Hyde!
Hello it's Mz. Hyde!
I danced around the stage and ended the final note in the middle of the stage with my fist thrown in the air and the lights went out as soon as the music stopped. I closed my eyes waiting for the response of the audience and I almost cried when the response was them screaming for more instead of booing me off the stage.
Edward put his guitar down and quickly scooped me up in his arms kissing me so passionately that I felt like I was floating away from the earth instead of being held firmly in his arms. He didn't put me down until we were off the stage away from the prying eyes of the fans.
"You were amazing!"
I blushed, "No everyone else was amazing. I mean Jasper saving me by taking over the lyrics and then Rose and Alice making me presentable and you guys for playing Mz. Hyde on the fly. It felt like an out of body experience but a kick ass one at that." Edward pulled me against him and held me tightly until Rose interrupted us. "OK I know that we normally stick around at the venue for awhile after show but I think we should get the hell out f here before this gets out and there are a million paparazzi out there waiting for us." Everyone knew that Rose was right about that and we quickly ran out the back to the bus trying to avoid all of the questions, but everyone was yelling at me trying to get my attention.
When we got back to the hotel we all went to Rose and Emmett's room so we could try and figure out our next move. Clearly the secret was out and trying to do the tour as Ben would just be stupid. Rose was on her cell getting her ass chewed out by our record label and it just made me feel worse about the whole thing, but everyone kept comforting me and saying it wasn't entirely my fault.
It took three hours for Rose to finally get off the phone and when she did the first thing she did was to grab three mini bottle of vodka out of the hotel fridge and downed them. "So what did the label say?" Jasper kept his head down and held on tightly to Alice's hand.
"OK so of course they are extremely pissed that we kept them out of the loop and I played it off that I didn't know about this because otherwise I would be out of a job and you guys would be stuck with an asshole to take my place. They are going to let us keep all of our tour dates but they are sending out someone to go with us until we get this under control to handle all of the press. No one is to answer any questions about this incident, but they think every show should be done the same way. We start off with Ben and have the wig come off in some way and then you jump right into Mz. Hyde which will be the introduction of Bella. They are hoping it will seem as if we have planned the entire thing if the whole tour is done this way."
Emmett handed her another bottle which she quickly downed. No one spoke for a good five minutes. "I think it's a good idea we were planning to have Bella become our lead female singer for the next album anyway so why not let her debut and get her face and voice out there now. At least then the fans will know what to expect from us in the future." Edward held my hand tightly, "Jacob's right this is the best plan to cover this up and help transition us to having a female singer." Everyone else nodded agreeing that this
was the best course of action and we quickly separated to go to our own rooms.
The morning after the incident one of the agents, Mike, from the label was there to help us out and let me tell you he was the world's biggest pain in the ass. He was constantly trying to keep us hidden from the public, which none of us were used to. If we wanted to go out to eat then he insisted we wear disguises so not to be recognized but he would still call ahead to wherever we were going to make sure that we would have a private room.
I thought for sure that Edward was going to kill Mike when he suggested that we not share a room at the hotels because it would make us both seem less available and we were supposed to be the sexy people in the band who guys and girls both wanted to fuck. I had never seen Edward turn so red in the entire time I had known him. After a long discussion Mike decided that his suggestion was a stupid one and never brought it up again.
The three month long tour felt like an eternity with Mike there and I was so glad to finally be home, that was until we had a meeting with the label. They apparently did not like the idea of me being the lead singer in the band and felt that if I was to stick around then they needed to find a male lead singer to roughen up our sound. Rose immediately came to my defense which cost her her job. It was like a domino effect after they fired Rose. Emmett walked out with her without even saying goodbye they started talking about how we could replace Emmett that anyone could play guitar. I looked at Edward who was looking over my shoulder at Jasper and Jacob and we all stood at the same time telling them to go screw themselves and left the building. We wallowed and licked our wounds for two weeks before we decided we needed to find a new label to work with.
"Well, what about this one?"
"No Emmett they are too intense everyone there had at least one facial piercing and I don't even want to think about what else they had pierced."
I laughed as Jasper shuttered when he spoke, "Oh Jasper if you only knew how much excitement those piercings can bring to the bedroom…. Not that I think we need anything like that babe." Alice and I laughed as Paul dug himself a hole and was then trying to get him self out of it.
I groaned and stood up and started grabbing the dirty plates from the kitchen table we were sitting at. "We aren't going to find a place that we all agree on!" Alice stood to help me, "Why don't you guys just start your own label, I mean you have the fans and the money to do it on your own."
Everyone, but Alice, stopped what they were doing and looked at each other. "That's not a bad idea. We could turn Edward's house into the recording studio since he's moving in here and just do everything ourselves. The band is so popular that we don't need the clout that a label provides, and we have Rose who has the same connections that any label would. I think we should seriously consider it." I was really excited that this could be a real possibility. Sure it would take some time and work to turn the house into a studio, if Edward would let us, but it would be the perfect solution.
A couple of months later we were recording our new album in Edward's old home under our new label. Rose already had a small tour scheduled which was perfect for us since Alice was pregnant and would be due a month after our tour ended and Edward and I were planning to use the time traveling all around as our honeymoon.
Our wedding was to take place a week before our tour giving us time to go on an actual five day honeymoon to Fiji before we were scheduled to meet the rest of the band in New York City for our first stop. The wedding itself was going to be very small, which was driving Alice crazy. She desperately wanted us to have a big event like her and Jasper. The only people invited were Edward's parents, the band of course, and Vera and Molly. The service and reception were both held in our backyard where no paparazzi would be able to see us.
Life was as perfect as it could get without it being a fairytale. We, like all couples, had our problems but we always found a way to work them out. Our story was far from over but it was nice to be out of that chapter and onto a happier one where we were surrounded by family and friends who we knew would always be there for us.
THE END!
Lyrics are from Halestorm Mz. Hyde check them out!