Who Wants To Live Forever...

It's A Hard Life...

TIME JUMP FOLKS! IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT EVENTS IN QUEEN'S STORY THAT WERE SKIPPED, THEY MAY BE COVERED IN THE NEXT BOOK - THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES. THANKS!

Just a reminder that Lulu is Tiger Lily's best friend and school mate.

4th September 1984

London

Tiger Lily's POV

I finally got the present I had wanted for years. It wasn't going to cost them anything. I had begged for this and was told I was too young. But now I'm ten and I finally got it!

"Here's your backstage pass and you cannot take this off for anything..." Papa told me as he placed the cord around my neck. "Promise me you will listen to Clare and Dom and do what they say!" I nodded. I would. I was so happy I was here and finally getting to see my Papa and Daddy perform, I would do whatever they asked.

I had been to a few soundchecks in the past but was never allowed to see the actual concert. 'Too dangerous...too loud...to raucous...' were some of the reasons. My favorite silly reason was 'a lot of bad language!' Ha! Like my Papa's day to day speech isn't peppered with bad language? But that is in the past because I am finally seeing Queen tonight!

Daddy was leaning over and checking his eye makeup in a mirror as I sipped my can of Coke. It was funny to see him put on makeup and fuss over his hair so much. But I guess they all were. Papa had been seated in a chair earlier and some man was styling his hair. Uncle Deacy had got his hair permed last winter and it now was like a giant puffy cloud. It was as big as Daddy's hair. Papa like to tease him about it. I think he looked kind of cute.

Uncle Freddie was sitting and sipping a drink as Phoebe helped him put his shoes on. He caught me looking at him and grinned. He waved at me.

"Come here princess..." he told me. I scooted off my chair and walked over to him. I leaned against the barber style chair he was seated in. Freddie looked me over with approval. "I still can't believe you are 10 Tiger Lily..." he said and looked a little sentimental. "I can remember when you were still in nappies and your Daddy wouldn't ever let anyone else hold you..." Freddie teased. I grinned back at him and looked at his manicured hands. His moustache was perfect and his skin was so nice. I always thought he was handsome like a prince from one of my fairy tale books. Papa and Daddy are handsome but Uncle Freddie is extra handsome in his stage outfits. He was wearing red leather trousers and a white vest. A black leather jacket with big white arrows on it hung on the wall next to him. Phoebe was tying his Adidas trainers.

"I'm too big to hold now..." I pointed out and Freddie brought a hand up to his heart.

"Don't tell your Papa or Daddy that...it will break their hearts..." he told me and sighed. "At least Deacy has a baby we can coo over..." he remarked as he glanced over at Aunt Ronnie. She was holding Joshua and talking to Dominique. Uncle Deacy and Aunt Ronnie had him last December. They already had three before him. I liked Robert and Michael was okay. Laura and I were so far apart in age and she was shy like her father. And Joshua is just a baby. Michael gets along pretty well with Jimi. They are close in age and both like school a lot. I like hanging out with Mia and Clare and Dom is a lot of fun. The person that is funniest is Crystal. He and Papa are always laughing and joking about something and they even play tricks on people sometimes. Crystal was talking to my Aunt Clare right now. We were getting ready to go out to our seats for the concert. "Just remember sweetie that you were the first little Queenie and you will always be our little princess..." Freddie told me with a tenderness that made me smile.

"I'll always be your princess Freddie...don't worry..." I replied. He reached over and gently pinched my chin. I giggled at his affection.

"You need to start your warm ups..." Phoebe advised Freddie. He nodded as he handed him his cup and stood up from his chair. He winked at me as he was handed his leather jacket.