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chapter five

CHAPTER FIVE

The sound of loud guitars and drum kits wakes me up the next morning. Groaning, I roll out of bed and land with a flop on the floor, taking the duvet with me. Blindly, I fumbling for my phone before finding it. When I unlock it, the screen is so bright it burns my eyes, and I have to squint to see the time.

6:47 am.

Outraged, I stomp out into the living room with only my boxers on, and find that Craig, Barry and Ross are all jamming out to a session of Cell Mate. I cross my arms over my bare chest, coughing to make my presence known.

All three of them look up and burst out laughing when they see me, half naked, with bed head hair and a grumpy look on my face.

" Sam, mate," Ross tries to say through his laughter, " we've been waiting ages for you to wake up."

" You mean to say you've been playing guitar since earlier?" I ask incredulously.

" Well, aye," Barry says. " Aimmi phoned. We've got another gig at the Hydro next week."

" What?" I exclaim. They all nod, excited looks on their faces.

" It's more for the radio stations and all that, but still, it's the Hydro," Craig says.

I laugh in disbelief, running a hand through my tangled hair. Flopping down on the couch, I watch as the guys begin to practice Cell Mate again.

So how long do they plan to do this for?

Quickly, I pull out my phone and begin to look for someone to hang with for the day. I mean, Jamie could be a possibility, but I just hung out with her yesterday.

I decide to text her and just see whether she's up to anything before asking her.

Hey, yesterday was really fun. I enjoyed it (:

Then, I check my Twitter. A few fans have tweeted me with pictures from the Great Divide tour, so I retweet them and find a tweet from my sister. It's a picture of my niece playing with a mini toy guitar that I gave her, probably not really knowing what it is.

It's captioned, someone wants to be like her uncle ;) @sammctrusty

I laugh and tweet her back, saying that my niece is destined for the stars. A text appears at the top of the screen from Jamie and I open it.

yeah, so did i! it was so fun!

Smiling, I text back: We have to do it again some time. So, what are you up to today?

oh, not much. i don't really have anything planned.

Maybe I could ask her to meet me back in the woods?

I place my head in my hands. This is going too far. I haven't even sorted out my feelings for Jamie. Something tells me that we're just going to stay friends, but another part tells me that I could change that. Do I even like her that way? How can I tell if she likes me?

I guess a part of me does fancy her. The way her hair goes straight back to wavy when the wind hits it. The way her eyes twinkle, like they hold the sky in their warm hazel colouring. The way she never uses capitol letters when she texts. The way her right hand wobbles slightly when she points at things -

Okay, maybe all of me fancy's her.

Sighing, I grab my phone and quickly type back a message.

I have a proposal. ;)

A millisecond later, I have received another text from her.

go on then, mctrusty. ;)

I laugh slightly at the cute nickname she has developed for me. Grinning widely, I text back: We have a gig at the Hydro in two weeks. You should come see us play. :)

oh, i don't know. . . i have kind of bad anxiety and things like that can trigger it :/

My heart plummets. Isn't that girl talk for 'I don't want to'? Frowning, I quickly suggest something.

Aw, come on. I'll be there the whole time, I promise. <3

Her text comes back not a moment after.

. . . okay, as long as you promise to stay with me

I will, I promise.

Happy with myself, I hop up and grab the microphone from it's stand, joining in with Cell Mate.

This has to be the best performance of our lives.

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hey there!!

this chapter was a little shorter but it was getting boring so this was the appropriate place to end it.
sam has a crush on jamie, how cute!!
do you think she returns the feelings?
only I know. ;)

love you all a million for reading, voting and commenting!

- sams princess xox