Chapter 4
The callback lasted 2 days so mum said that while Harry was sharing with the person he was up against I would have to ask Tank to take me and share a room with him. So I had been sat in my room trying to come up with the best way to ask Tank for the past 10 minutes so far I had decided its best not to call him Tank. Then I had the idea to ask mum if Katherine to take me. "Mum you know you said I have to ask Tank can't I ask Katherine?" The look she had showed that she was thinking it over "we'll I don't see why not" and with that said I ran of to find Katherine. "Oh Katherine" I said in my cutest voice once I found her in her room "yes" she said mocking me and drawing out the 's'. "You know you love me and your my favourite sister"
"I'm your only sister but yeah" she did have a point "can you take me to Harry's callback and stay at the hotel with me?" She looked like she was going to say yes so I started my happy dance. Which was basically me jumping around in circles. She looked at her calendar then turned around with a frown on her face I stopped jumping straight away "I'm sorry loulou I'm staying with friends in Ipswich for the weekend".
That is how I ended up outside Tank's room with a pout on my face and my best puppy eyes. I knocked quietly at first and didn't think he had heard me until the door swung open. "Hey charlie why the long face?" I decided sniffling would help me " T-t-tommy you know Harry's audition?" He looked thoughtful then nodded "well mum says I can't go without someone to stay with me at the hotel".
"Why can't you stay with Harry?"
"He has to share a room with the other person who got a callback".
"So you came to ask me to stay with you right?" I made my pout extra big and nodded. "I guess so seen as Harry needs his lucky charm" Tommy hardly got to finish his sentence before I jumped on him and gave him a massive hug and then skipped down the corridor to tell harry the good news.
Knock knock knock knock knock "who is it" came Harry's voice from within happy that people were actually knocking. I have learnt when I was 7 to always knock on Harry's door as well as Tank's due to walking in on them both getting changed. "It's the littlest Judd" I said with obvious glee in my voice. Harry opened the door trying to hide a chuckle but then his face changed when he asked "how did you answers the phone to Tom?" I was confused to why he asked but replied anyway "the way I was taught to 'hello Judd house littlest judd speaking' why?" Harry just smiled at my response and chuckled without hiding it. " I was just wondering and you still do the littlest judd thing huh?" I just nodded. "So what were you knock knock knocking about?" I remembered why I was there and started doing my happy dance again. "Whoa slow down there" harry said while holding may shoulders so I couldn't move. "I'm just doing my happy dance because Tommy said that he would stay with me" I looked up to see a smirk on Harry's face and tilted my head until he explained. "You called him Tommy instead of Tank" I just stomped my foot and sighed "I did it to get him to agree now I can't stop" when Harry just laughed at me I walked back to my room until I stopped calling Tank Tommy.
It was at dinner when I finally left my room and went to see the rest of my family. Before going and sitting next to Katherine and Harry I went and kissed both mum and dad on the check. "So what's for dinner mummy?" Mum chuckled because she knew I only called her mummy when I wanted something or there was food involved. "Yours and Harry's favourite spaghetti Bolognese of course" I don't know who squealed more me or Harry come to think about it "Harry do you know you may be turning into a girl" everyone looked from Harry to me and then all asked me either what,why or how at the same time. "It's simple he's been squealing like one for a month now and it started when he heard about the band so either he becoming a girl or a pig" I slightly heard Katherine and Tank mumble "or gay" under their breath then they smiled at each other. I was really concentrating on eating my food when mum thanked Tank for him agreeing to take me to Harry's audition and staying with me. Katherine then looked at me and smiled "so that's why I heard you calling him Tommy after you asked me" I smiled while getting ready to slurp some spaghetti. Tank just looked at me then asked Katherine "oh so Charlie asked you first" I was halfway through slurping my spaghetti when Katherine said "yeah but I couldn't take her because I'm going to stay with friends". That's when he and Harry looked at me because they didn't know that Tank was my second option then burst out laughing when i looked down in embarrassment.
"So when is the callback son" dad finally asked Harry to start conversation again."um this weekend so in 4 days time". Wow I didn't think of it like that it is quite soon and by the look on Harry's face he didn't either. "Well that is soon" Harry nodded "yeah I think when I'm finished I'm going to practise". Hearing this made me sit up in my seat I was just opening to speak when I heard "Chocs you don't need to ask anymore you know tour welcome to watch me practise, plus it helps me get over the nerve of performing in front of an audience" I smiled my cheesiest grin while I said "I'm glad I can be help instead of just being your lucky charm" me and Harry soon finished dinner excited for practise time despite mum trying to stop us guzzling our food. Although when we went to go upstairs mum got out my special ice-cream. It was my special ice-cream because I was the only one that liked it in the house and it was hard to find it was licorice flavour. Mum offered it the way she always does by waving it in front of me and waiting for me to talk before giving me any. "Please mummy". Everyone laughed but I didn't care I had my ice-cream. "I swear you like that ice-cream too much, anyway I'll be upstairs ready when your done. The only reason I knew it was Harry was because he was the only one going upstairs after dinner.
I tried to eat my ice-cream as fast as my dinner so I didn't keep Harry waiting put that was hard when I kept getting brain freeze. That's why when Harry opened his door for me I was stood there with my thumb in my mouth. "C'mon Choc you're nearly 11 and your jacking your thumb. I tried to explain why with my thumb in my mouth but it didn't work. Taking my thumb out of my mouth with a pop I said "I got brain freeze and you should know that this gets rid of it" to be honest he should know this by now I tell him every time I get a brain freeze that if you put your thumb on the roof of your mouth it goes away. "Yeah I know now are you coming in or not?" It was then I realised I was still stood outside his room while he was in his doorway so I pushed him aside and went and sat down at his drum kit. I still don't know how he got it to fit in here to be honest. "Hey I thought I was the one that needed to practise" I just smirked at him and picked upon the drumsticks. "You are but I won't get to play on them again before your callback so you know".
"Fine you can have a go for now plus it might help me if I teach you some more. So what do you want to play today?" He asked raising his eyebrows."Hmm how bout Year 3000?"
"How did I know it was going to be Busted?" I just pouted at him until he moved me onto his lap and took my hands holding the drumsticks. Harry had been trying to teach me how to play the drums for awhile now so far I haven't Ben very good but that might be because I'm more into my singing and what to learn bass as well as drums. "Your not going to learn if you don't stop day dreaming". Opps "sorry I was thinking about bass" hmm I wonder if when Harry gets into the band if the bass player will teach me if I ask really nicely. "So what do you want me to play to practise today?" Tough decision because Harry plays everything so well " what about chilli peppers". So for the rest of the day and that week I would watch Harry practise every night after dinner.