Chapter 5
It was finally the day that Harry, me and Tank were to go down and stay in the intercontinental hotel for Harry's callback. Harry had squealed again when he woke up and remembered what was happening today. He didn't find it funny when I exclaimed "I'm going to call you porkers now cause you sound like a pig" to be honest I wasn't doing it to annoy him but get his mind of what he has been practising for. It didn't help when dear old Tommy asked harry "so what you going to play then porkers or doesn't it work like that?" This meant tat the two would just going to call each other annoying names for the rest of the journey. "Oi you two stop with the name calling I'm support to be the littlest Judd and you two are acting like it". Well that told them. I don't miss a Friday of school for them to argue. Although after my outburst they ignored me for the rest of the train journey. I guess ill have to give them the silent treatment when we get there.
When we finally reached our stop I stood up and got of the train in silence both my brothers giving me strange looks as they followed me. "Hey Choc what do you want to do when we get to the hotel is not have to meet Tom or Danny until 3". I was surprised to learn the other guitarists name but did not show it. Both Tank and Harry kept asking me the same question throughout the taxi ride to the hotel. When we got to the hotel it was 12:30. Before Tank could get to the desk I went up to the lady and asked her "is it alright if when my brothers come to check-in you give them 2 keys so I can explore without them?" I was borough lay surprised when she said yes. So when Tank went up to her and said "Thomas Judd twin room?" He assume pd it was normal to get 2 keys and before he could even think about giving 1 to Harry I took the 1 held out to me by the woman and walked of to find the room. I assumed it. Was on the fourth floor the number of the room being 498. Just like last time I was in London I could here Harry running after me. "Choc where are you going?" I just yelled in his general direction "I'm going to find my room". Because I had my head thrown back so he could here me better i didn't see the guy getting out of the elevator I was walking past. I didn't realise I had walked into said guy until I was on the floor with a achy bum.
"Oh I'm so sorry I didn't see you there let me help you up" I guessed this was the guy I had bumped into as Harry or Tank would never be as polite. "Choc are you hurt what happened I saw you fall ...oh hi" I guessed Harry had only just seen the person I had walked into. I looked up to see the hand of the stranger which I gladly accepted and pulled myself up. Then I finally got to see who I had walked into he was quite chubby but in a good way and had the nicest big brown eyes and single dimple. I looked back at Harry to see him staring at the dimpled stranger "Oi porkers its not nice to stare" but he still didn't stop "Harold quit staring". That got his attention and the strangers who started to giggle "oh sorry mate you just look like someone I know" the transfer the introduced himself "I would hope so I'm Tom".
Oh no wonder I thought his voice sounded familiar I think the politeness gave it away. "I thought so but didn't want to guess what you doing here thought we were meeting at 3" now that I thought about it why was he here. "Oh no me and Danny live here at the moment and I was just wandering about. So who's his?" Harry looked down at me as well as Tom both remembering I was there before Harry could answer I stuck my hand out "hello I'm the littlest Judd". Tom chuckled like he had done in the phone "I remember from the phone nice to meet you in person" he smiled again showing his dimple which I had the urge to poke when it appeared. Harry must have guessed what I was about to do as he grabbed my hand when it was in front of Tom's face. Tom went cross eyed looking at my finger which made me laugh even more. "Errrrm what was she about to do?" Before I could defend myself Harry opened his big fat gob "you'll have to excuse her she's a bit weird" I frowned at his explanation. "Actually" I got as far as the first word in my statement and cracked up laughing I absolutely love the word actually and always laugh when I here it. "See she's weird".
"No I'm not that word is just funny. I was going to say actually I'm not weird you just have a dimple that is really tempting to poke" I stifled a laugh after actually and ended by sticking my tongue out at Harry. Tom looked from me to Harry and back again. "Your right she is weird I found that out when she answered the phone and introduced herself as the littlest Judd" I had to interrupt him "we'll that means Harry is the weird one he's the one who taught me to say that along with Tank I mean Tommy and his nickname for me is Chocs which is short for Chocolate." Wow that was a mouthful. "First who's Tank or Tommy?" Harry answered for me as I was still catching my breath "my other brother Thomas she says he's Thomas the tank engine shortened to Tank"
"We'll that explains that and I think we can say your both weird and your right actually is a funny word. If you really want you can poke my dimple if you want" as soon as Tom had said that I knew we were going to be friends. I nodded so hard my head hurt and Tom smiled at me showing his dimple. I then realised that Harry had been holding my hand throughout the conversation he then let go and I poked Tom dimple and giggled. Harry just rolled his eye at us I guess he couldn't believe Tom had let me do that. "So where's Tank then?" I liked Tom he let me poke his dimple and he called Tommy Tank. "Yeah Harry where is Tank?" Harry finally stopped laughing at Tom saying Tank and answered us "I think he went to the room because Choc here went the wrong way" I just looked down and blushed.
When we finally got to the room Tank was layin on one of the beds with the tv on. "We'll he looks very energetic you would have though I would call him porkers right porkers" Harry glared at me "stop calling me porkers I don't sound like a pig" This made Tom laugh and I had to admit when he laughed it did sound quite high pitched. Tank just turned the volume up and ignored us "Hawwy can we go walk about pwease" I said in the baby voice with my puppy eyes which always worked on Harry. He looked like he was going to agree but then pointed to Tom so I turned to Tom and pouted with my puppy eyes and he just nodded. "I'm waiting to find someone who can resist tat face you know" Harry explained to Tom who nodded in agreement "I don't think you'll ever find them mate". Well there was one mean old lady but she gave in eventually I think Tom may be right. So as I skipped down the corridor happy to have made friends with Tom he and Harry walked behind me and talked about what was going to happen this weekend. I shocked them when I started spinning instead of skipping. I shocked them even more when I stopped mid turn "you guys should stay in touch even if Harry doesn't get in and by the way if he doesn't get in then you would have made the wrong decision." While Harry was trying to shush me Tom just smiled and muffled a giggle. "I think we will make the right decision don't you worry" he finished with a wink in my direction. I hope this means that he prefers Harry to the other guy.
"So when do we get to meet Danny who I only found out about in the taxi?" Harry looked at me confused so I shrugged my shoulders. "You do realise I did talk about him before" now this got me confused "you did when?" Harry thought for a minute then a look of realisation crossed his face "I might no why you don't remember you were eating your special ice-cream" now that would explain it I really want some ice cream now. I must have dribbled thinking about it because Harry wiped my chin. Tom looked at me then turned to Harry "I take it this ice-cream is good then?" Harry just looked at him with a disgusted face "nope is disgusting mate that's
why it's her special ice-cream no one else eats it in the house". Tom looked curious "why is it a weird flavour" we'll I guess it was its in lists of weird ice-cream flavours "you could say that it licorice the best flavour in my opinion but hard to find". Yeah by the look on Tom's face he didn't like the sound of it either. "Soooo back to meeting Danny" we'll there we go I broke the awkwardness. "Well we were going to meet Harry and Martin the other guy at 3 but if you want to meet him too we can go to our room?" I wanted to say yes but though I best ask Harry. "Can we harry?" He shrugged so I took that as a yes and nodded to Tom. Then I remembered the laughing when I was on the phone to Tom "Tom was Danny with you when you phoned Harry and I picked up?" He looked deep in though for a while then his eyes lit up as he smiled and nodded. "I thought so I heard him laughing when I screamed when you told me Harry go the callback".
When we finally arrived at Tom and Danny's room Tom and Harry just walked in while I out of habit knocked on the door and waited in the doorway out of sight and so I couldn't see anything except Harry's back. I think it was good I did as Harry span around and put his hand over my eyes "Dan we have guests" I heard Tom say to his bandmate then a reply came in a heavy northern accent "yeah let them in then your in the way of the door". Obviously neither Harry to Tom wanted me to see Danny at this moment I wonder why. "Well this is Harry" I felt Harry move forward still not letting me see or be seen "and this is his SISTER" before Tom could continue I heard Danny swear under his breath and some rustling of clothing I assumed he was not wearing enough clothes to be in the presence of a girl. When Harry finally took his massive hand away from my eyes I still couldn't see Danny because Tom was in front of me. "I've just realised I only know you as the littlest Judd. What's your actual name?" That explains the confusion on his face. "My name is Charlotte Louise Marie Judd but most call me Charlie". "Well now that is cleared up Charlie meet Danny, Danny meet Charlie". A look of recognition passed over Danny's face "so your the littlest Judd that screamed" we'll I hope that doesn't become a nickname. "Yep that's me".
After talking to Danny and Tom for a while it was nearly 3 so they had to go meet Martin. "Now Harry if you come after us then it won't look like we've met yet and Martin won't get jealous and stuff" wow Danny sounded smart for once in all the Tom we were speaking. "Ok I'll see you soon I have to take Choc to Thomas anyway" Danny had been too all about the weird nick name and our brother so wasn't confused anymore well not that much anyway. "See you guys later it was nice meeting you" and with that being said Harry lead me to and back up to our floor and to the room to find Tank how we had left him earlier on. "Good luck Harry you won't need it though I can tell they love you already see you later" then I gave him a big hug and kiss on the check for luck then flopped down on my bed. As I was drifting of to sleep I heard a muffled "yeah good luck Haz see you soon" then Harry saying thank you and leaving shutting the door quietly so not to wake me.
When I woke up it was 4:30 and Tank was still watching tv and being boring. "Hey Tommy can I go walk around please?" I had to use Tommy so he would at least think about it. "Hmm I guess so just don't get in trouble" I put my best innocent face on and he raised eyebrows at me "fine I promise, I'll see you in a bit". So of I went skipping towards the lift. Hmm the best idea would be to start at the bottom and make may way up through the hotel so I pressed the button of the ground floor. The same lady was at the reception "I see you got round to exploring" I wonder if she knows we're its best to look around. "Yeah, do you have any suggestions?" She looked down at a list of rooms "well we have quite a few rooms down here that you might like". Well looks like the original plan is still in action "thank you" I said skipping down a corridor. Looking in the first door I could see a piano. As I was playing random keys and humming I could here what was happening in the room next door. I could here drums and not any drums but the all to familiar drum beat of Harry playing year 3000. I couldn't help but sing along. I didn't realise the drums had stopped until the door opened. "What are you doing down here?" We'll how could I put this nicely "Tank is boring and I wanted to explore" well it was nicer than your brother is a poo head who just wants to watch poo. "So what are you doing?" Come to think about it I couldn't see anyone with him. "Oh I'm just practising before I have to perform in front of Tom, Danny and their managers. Do you want to watch now you've had you nap?" Why did have to laugh about me having a nap he knows I have to sleep when travelling or father travelling. "Yeah go on then".
When Harry went to perform for them I waited outside to support him and when they had finished I was going to ask Tom about the bass player. As I was thinking about learning the bass Harry walked out. "Harry Harry Harry you did great your amazing" I shouted in his ear as I tackled him to the ground. I heard laughing but it wasn't just Harry so I looked up to see Tom and Danny stood in the doorway. "Just to remind you Harry we need you to perform again tomorrow before we make are mind up" Tom had obviously practised his no expression face so he didn't give anything away. "Yeah ok mate" Harry said a bit wheezy I realised I was still sat on his stomach. Opps. "Charlie are you going to get off him?" Danny asked the question on both his and Tom's faces. "Nope it's quite comfy" we'll it was till Harry started tickling me which made me roll around on the floor good thing I was wearing jeans today. I didn't notice Harry stan up and all 3 boys look down at me while I continued to roll around in the corridor. After about 5 minutes I just sat up with a solemn face "what you guys looking at" Harry looked at Tom with raised eye brows "and you thought I was lying when I said she was weird". I would have taken offence to that if I wasn't so tired from all the laughing.
The rest of the day me and Harry spent going in random rooms and messing about. Before I knew it Harry was carrying me to my bed. That's the one advantage of being quite small for your age your big brother can easily carry you. When I woke up it was already lunch time which meant that Harry was already with Tom and Danny so I would have to wait to see him after the final bit of the callback.
There was finally a knock at the door. "I'll get it" Tank bellowed as he came out of the bathroom closer to the door. I want to be the first to hug Harry and tell him well done and hat is my reason for tackling him to the ground before he could get the door. "Why is Thomas own the floor in pain?" Harry asked while I was crushing him in a hug. "Well I wanted to see you first and at least it's not you this time" it was then I noticed Tom and Danny with the NAND managers which only meant one thing. "Ahhhhhhhh" we'll that came out more high pitched than I expected I then ran and hugged Tom and Danny to which they fell over because they weren't expecting it. I stopped my hugging feat when I reached the managers who now looked really scary and tall. Ahh I ran behind Harry then realised that it says he managers laughing which had scared me. Again people laughed at me that's been happening a lot lately. "I take it you got in the band then either that or Charlie just got that completely wrong" Tank exclaimed form his place still on the floor. "Yep Charlie was right when she said that Martin would be the wrong decision. Found that out after he could only really do fancy tricks" yay I was right I didn't realise I was doing my happy dance until Harry had to hold my shoulders.
"So what do we do now?" I asked everyone once Fletch the manager and the other man whose name I didn't know left. "We'll we could go down to mine and Tom's room and chill there till you got to leave" I wonder if that was including Tank? " your welcome to join us Tan I mean Thomas" when Tom nearly slipped up with his name are and Harry burst out laughing as much as we did when he first called him Tank. Tank slightly glared at him and said "no it's alright you kids go have fun" wow he sounded old "your only 2 years older than me and your starting to sound like dad when we ask him to play cricket". That's true dad always says that when we ask him to do something that involves moving a lot. "Yeah yeah" oh he's mad.
"Ok see you pops" and with that we went down to Tom and Danny's room. When Danny started playing his guitar he reminded me off bass "so do you have anyone in mind for the bassist and are they nice?" Tom looked up confused about the question I guess. "Well we've got a few in mind for callbacks and they all seem quite nice why?" Now how to explain "well if they are nice they might be able to teach me to play" the ground was getting boring to look at so I started looking around the room anywhere than Tom. "Well I can play a bit of bass if you want I can teach you a bit and then you can ask the bassist when we find one" my eyes must have grown at least 5 times there original size before I jumped up and tackled Tom to the ground in a massive hug "oh yes please Tom thank you" Harry was pulling me of Tom whil Danny was roaring with laughter in the corner "seen as I'm in the band your going to have to get used to Chocs and her tackling hugs. Sorry".