Ma Chérie

Chapter 1

Emerson's POV:

"Remington! Come on time to get up buddy!" I yelled trying to pull Remington out of his bunk while Luis was laughing and filming us for the Royal Television. (Our touring vlog channel on YouTube.) I let go of his legs and he finally got up, so we could get ready for the day. Once everyone was ready, we started to load up for the venue that we were playing in today. As we were loading, we saw some fans sitting outside and I smiled and waved to them. They're so cute and reminded me of myself when I would do that for bands that I would go see. I was walking in the back of the venue with my stuff and bringing it to the back of the stage. Once all my stuff was in, I offered to help Austin set up the merch. When that was done, I went to go find the guys before they set up for the VIP meet & greet. As I was walking, I was looking down at my phone to see if anyone texted me. Then I felt someone bump into me and heard something fall. I looked away from my phone to see a girl with dark almost black purple hair, picking up papers. "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry." I said helping her with the papers. "No, it was my fault. I should've looked at where I was going." She laughed, and we looked up at each other as I handed her the papers. "Thank you. I'm Violet, and you're Emerson, right?" She asked with a pretty smile as we stood up and put her hand out to me. "Nice to meet you Violet. You a supporter of the band?" I asked shaking her hand. "Not exactly. I just found out about you guys two weeks ago when I heard that you guys were coming to preform here." She laughed shyly "So you work here then? That's cool. You must see so many bands go through here." I smiled, and she motioned for me to walk with her as we continued talking. "Pretty much and I try my best to know at least which band member who is, so I don't accidently get confused and offend them. Trust me it's not a fun time." She laughed "Yea I can imagine. So, do you think you could become a fan of us?" I asked curiously "That depends on how tonight goes. But so far meeting you is persuading me to say yes." She smiled as we reached what looked like an office and she sat down the papers. I smiled back at her before looking at the desk to see a sketch pad open to an amazing drawing of a girl sitting in water. "Did you do this?" I asked picking it up "Yea I still have to add some more details to it. What do you think?" She asked "It's amazing. You have to send me a picture when it's done." I smiled at her. "Deal" She smiled back. "Emerson!!" I heard Sebastian yell for me, and Violet laughed "See you before the show?" I asked, "If I can't you'll definitely see me during the show." She smiled "Emmy!!" Remington yelled "Guess I'll have to make sure it's a good show for you then" I smiled back at her before running off to go meet the guys at the stage. "There you are buddy. Come on VIPs are going to be coming in soon." Remington smiled at me "Ok" I said still smiling. As we were getting fully dressed for the show I couldn't stop smiling and thinking about Violet. She was funny, cute, and talented. "Emerson" Sebastian said waving a hand in front of my face. "Huh? What's up?" I asked, "Why are you all smiley?" he asked laughing "Just feeling good today" I said. "Ok" He smirked before walking away. I looked back at the mirror and I saw Austin smirking at me. I gave him a weird look before I remembered that he probably saw everything, so I motioned for him to be quiet and he just giggled before walking away. We finished just in time to go meet everyone. We walked to the table by the stage and sat down before the VIPs started coming in. I love meeting the Soldiers of the Royal Council and hearing their stories of either with the band or other things that they are proud of, from themselves. As we were meeting fans, I saw Violet taking pictures and videos of us. Soon the meet & greet was over and we sat on the stage taking questions and just talking to the fans like we always do. After we ended another great Q&A and Meet & Greet, we started to set up the rest of the equipment and instruments for the show. "They really like you guys" I heard Violet say and I looked up from my drum set. "Yea they're great too though. I love hearing their different stories." I smiled as she took pictures around the stage. "So, are you the photographer for the venue?" I asked as she took a picture of my drum set. "Kind of. I go to different venues who don't have their own to do photography for sold out shows. This venue is one of my top customers." She explained "Do you like it?" I asked "Love it. I started when my mom gave me her old camera on my 12th birthday." She smiled looking down at her camera, I'm guessing remembering the old one. "That's awesome. Can I see some of the photos?" I asked standing in front of her. "Sure" she said standing next to me as she started to scroll through some of what she took so far. "These are amazing. You really have a great eye." I smiled "Thank you." She smiled back. "Violet! Don't forget to get the back of the stage too!" The owner of the venue called out to her and she rolled her eyes annoyed. "Yes Sir!" she called back "Not like I haven't done this a hundred times before." She mumbled before sighing and giving me a small smile and walking towards the backstage. I wanted to follow her, but I had to hurry up and finish setting up.