music - Damiano David

9

sunday 16th May
6 days till the grande finale

"lauren? LAUREN!"
Lauren jumps awake, looking around her to see her bestfriend looking directly at her, frowning at the girl.

"we're you even LISTENING!"

"woah woah, please, stop shouting" Lauren says, pulling the pillow over her face, "what were you saying?"

"well Miss, i'm not gonna listen to my bestfriends absolutely amazing story! i was just telling MYSELF, about last night!" Quinn says, sitting herself down next to Lauren on her bed.

"oh yeah, what happened last night?"

"now you want to hear...ugh okay so, last night after the club, me and the cyrpus girl-"

"Elena" Lauren corrects, sitting up in her bed.

"yes yes whatever, anyway, Elena and i had been talking like all night yeah, and like you know, flirting and stuff, SO we came back here, and you'll never guess what happened" Quinn says smiling from ear to ear.

"you had sex?" - "we had sex!"

"you know what...good for you Quinn, that's more than i could achieve last night"

"woah okay" Quinn says, "i smell a bad situation, what happened"

"after you left last night, i bumped into a certain Italian boy, and...i don't know, it was like we had a moment" Lauren says, "i have no idea if he felt anything or not, god it's gonna be so awkward"

"...did you kiss?"

"well i mean technically no-"

"did you feel anything?"

For a while, Lauren dosnt answer. She felt something of course, but was that something the feeling that Quinn thought she felt? the spark?

"i'm gonna take that as a no..." Quinn says, leaning on the headboard, "Italians are like that babe, you never know what their feeling, there like a board...no no, a wall"

"...i'm pretty sure their the complete opposite-"

"sh" Quinn says, holding up her hand, "your in a state of shock, you need to rest"

"what happened to you and Ethan though? I thought you were like...all aboard the Italian train!" Lauren laughs, taking a large sip out of her cup.

"like i said, stiff as a board"

"are you sure?" lauren starts, "he seemed pretty interested last night"

"LAST NIGHT?" Quinn shouts, sitting up of the wall, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN LAST NIGHT"

"when you were on the pole? you know when you were dancing and stuff..."

"WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME, oh no no, and he saw me go off with the Cyprus girl!"

"Elena" she corrects.

"WHAT IF HE DOSNT LIKE ME ANYMORE! WHAT IF HE- WHAT IF HES MOVED ON LAUREN!" she shouts, panic written in her eyes.

"well...you have Elena?"

"I DONT WANT HER!" she tells, "I WANT ITALIAN BABIES! UGH! this is the biggest betrayal since Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star.."

The room is silent for a while, a range of emotions flying around the two girls, both of their arms crossed over their chests.

"...was it good sex?"

"let's just say i'd let her El Diablo on me any day"

"oh wow"

<3

Today, the girls had planned to do a tour around Rotterdam, but since it was already half way into the day, they were both slightly limited. They both took their car, driving a lot slower than previous times.

They both Drove outside of the main city, and around a few of the more quieter spots, driving past lakes and hills filled with flowers.

The girls were now pulled over in a field, sitting in the flowers while the boot of their car was wide open, providing enough sound from the radio.

"This is Radio Global, and I'm Adele Williams. Now we're gonna play another Eurovision Artists song now, and this one is by the Italian group, Måneskin. they are known for rock songs but this one, is actually quite emotional when you know what their singing about. This is Torna A Casa!"

"Lauren shut your face, i wanna listen to this" Quinn runs to the car, turning up the volume significantly.

"woah okay, this is different" she says, sitting back down next to Lauren, "damn this is gonna be my crying song!"

"what was it originally?" Lauren asks.

"Lost without you...or heal...wait no or lost without you!...basically my whole playlist..."

"...same girl-"

"-Quindi Marlena torna a casa, che il freddo qua si fa sentire-"

The girls listen to the rest of the chorus in silence, listening to the difference in his usual tone of voice to the tone in this song.

"it's 4:28pm, and that was.." Quinn runs back to the car, turning down the radio once again.

"oh yeah, defiantly my crying song"

"100%"

The girls walk back into the car, the rest of the radios music playing through the speakers.
Once they reach the city again, the girls parked their cars at a cafe around the corner from the hotel.

"i think we're gonna remember this trip forever you know Lauren" Quinn says, half eating her muffin.

"yeah, i mean, who wouldn't remember eurovision?"

"no no, i mean this trip in general, without the eurovision" Quinn says, "i'm so glad we're friends Lauren"

"pardon?" lauren says, "not killing yourself are you?"

"i'm being serious Lauren, promise me we'll always stick together"

"i promise Quinn, nothing will ever come between us, i'm sure of it"

<3

QUESTION - FAV MÅNESKIN SONG?
i adore torna a casa, makes me cry, and i love, i wanna be your slave.

ALRIGT LISTEN UP. Ive seen loads of things on tiktok about maneskin and the europeans "gate keeping" and how their upset americans have found it. Now as a european myself, i'm entitled to my own opinion and i want to speak on this. Yes i understand where certain people are coming from, about not wanting to turn it into a dance, or a trend etc, but i personally think that Maneskin deserve the hype they could possibly receive if there music reaches world wide. ALSO i saw someone trying to cancel the song "i wanna be your slave", please, if you see this, kindly, get tf away from me :)

Oh and i read that the song, Torna A casa, is translated into Come back home, with the extras being Marlena come back home. Basically, (correct me if i'm wrong) he's begging for it to lift him out of his misery. It's an anthem for those who passed through bad moments and want to be happy again.