'It wasn't all that you thought it was!' ~ Alex Turner Fanfiction

June 2003

Today is the day. The day they joked about for years. The only issue is Matt's baby cousin won't be turning up like he had hoped....although that was his fault. You see just over 12 months ago Jasmine Dawson was cast as Jemima Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and she invited Matt and his friends to go. Matt felt so bad that he hadn't gone to see her since, he just couldn't afford to go and with college and his band he just couldn't find the time. Tonight was the night of their first gig, the Arctic Monkeys were playing The Grapes in Sheffield City centre.

"Ey, Maffew ya ready?" Alex broke Matt out of his thoughts.

"Uh..y..yea!" Matt stuttered.

"I'm really sorry she ain't comin' mate..I truly am!" Alex looked at Matt with sympathy.

"Nah..Al it's my fault she ain't comin'...i've made no effort whatsoever!" Matt sounded pretty pissed.

"That's because you've been busy...ye can't 'elp that!" Alex defended.

"With a band that probably won't go anywhere!" Matt shouted back at him.

"Ey, Lads calm down...if we are gunna do this we gotta go now!" Jamie's voice came from the doorway.

So it started, Matt was banging away at the drums, Alex, Andy and Jamie strumming away, with Alex's thick accent singing words that sort of made no sense. People were screaming and dancing and they all seemed to really be enjoying the really random songs coming from the small band on the stage.

It was a success...oh who am I kidding it was incredible. The crowd seemed to really enjoy it. Matt spent the whole time hoping his little cousin would turn up but she didn't....he knew that tonight and tomorrow night were her nights off so he had hoped that she would at least support them, he was wrong of course he was wrong...why would she support him if he didn't support her....it was only fair and he deserved it.

"I am truly sorry man...I hoped she would turn up too!" Alex apologised sounding truly upset for his best friend.

"Don't be Al, it's my fault and I 'ave to deal with the consequences!" Matt sounded as if he was about to cry.

"Yes, but she should've turned up to at least support you!" Alex remarked in the calmest voice he could.

"Why should she? I didn't turn up to her openin' night, so why should she turn up tonight!" Matt was pretty damn hurt and his emotions were all over the place.

"Come on man, let's get you a drink... it might calm ya down!" Alex dragged Matt out of the room they were in. As the band exited the room they were greeted with a loud applause and high pitched screaming...so people really did like it then!

10 days later

It was Jasmine's and Luke's closing night. They had spent the last year together and had become the best of friends...but now they would go back to their lives before Chitty, Luke would go back to Barnsley and Jasmine would go back to Stratford-Upon-Avon. They had promised each other they would keep in touch..I mean they did during Christmas...Christmas! That was the first Christmas Jasmine had spent in Stratford, every year Jasmine and her parents would go to Sheffield for Christmas and spend it as a big family...just this time Jasmine refused to go after Matt didn't turn up to her opening night, she hadn't seen Matt in over a year and she missed him terribly but she was still so hurt by what happened in April last year.

"Right! Are you two ready to go?" Izzy's soft voice echoed from outside the hair and makeup room.

"Coming Iz!" Jasmine responded as she grabbed her water bottle. "Let's go smash this Luke!" Jasmine high fived Luke as she grabbed his arm and dragged him out.