𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 | 𝘑𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘒𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘯

Chapter 11 - Number One

"Alright do you still have energy??", I yelled into the microphone, the audience erupting in a loud cheers.
"Damn right, this next one came out last week. It's about a really special person", I spoke as I walked back to my spot, looking backstage to Joost who stood there with a proud smile,
"It's called Car Park!"
To my surprise, the majority of people already knew the words singing them back to me.
I laughed in shock when the song ended:
"I see you did your homework."

I played my last songs including "His Sofa" which was always nice to play live. Mostly for the first two words being screamed at you.

"Thank you so much for tonight! You were amazing! See you soon loves", I said my goodbye to the crowd after my band and I bowed.
I waved and got off the stage.
Joost stood there with a wide grin. I ran right into his arms, him lifting me up from the ground. "You are unbelievable, Len. I could watch you do that forever!", he mumbled into my hair.
I giggled: "What's holding you back, darling?"
"You're right, nothing", he laughed as he kissed my forehead making me smile at the gesture.
It has become our little thing. He knew I loved it and has never stopped, it reassures me.

Aggu came over to us, he was up after Nina Chuba who was now on stage.
"That was phenomenal, Lenny!!!", he gasped while giving me a side hug,"Also congratulations on being number 1!"
I furrowed my eyebrows, laughing: "What do you mean?"
"Lenny, 'Car Park' is number 1 on the German Single Charts", Aggu informed me. My jaw dropped to the floor, it took me a minute to process. "No fucking way!", I yelled with happy tears in my eyes. I turned to Joost who looked like he already knew but was still grinning.
"I'm proud of you, liefje."
Like we haven't touched each other enough in the past 5 minutes we hugged again, me jumping up and down. He returned the hug keeping me from falling.

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"Lenny we have to celebrate!", Ellie tried to convince me of going out,"Come onnn!"
"Ellie you know I would love to but we're leaving for Friesland tomorrow, remember? We can't be hungover", I reminded her.
"Oh right."
"But we can stay in and open a bottle of wine to celebrate! We don't have to get drunk", I suggested with a shrug.
"Perfect!!!"

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Guess who got drunk! Right Ellie and me.
We went from one bottle of wine to 4 real quick.
Now we were sitting in Aggu's car on our way to Friesland, both insanely hungover.

"I feel like I'm about to puke", Ellie announced.
"Please don't", I begged. If she started, I would too simply because she's puking.
"No I'm good actually", she said confidently.
My head hurt while it laid on Joost's shoulder.
With Aggu driving and Teun in the passenger seat, Joost had no choice but to sit in the back with two girls who were constantly groaning.
My nausea had died down, it was only head that was hurting still. I closed my eyes in attempt to sleep it off which I successfully managed to do.

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I woke up to us still on the road but I saw a sign saying Emmen, meaning we were already in the Netherlands.
Aggu turned to a gas station.
"Does anyone want something?", he asked looking at all of us. I shook my head.
Teun and Ellie agreed to come with him inside to get what they wanted, leaving Joost and me in the car.

"Will you show me around when we're there?",
I asked him, staring into his eyes.
"If you want me to", he smiled.
"Of course, I want to know and see everything!",
I clapped my hands.
"You're really special, liefje", he whispered making my heart beat faster. I looked at him in awe, not knowing what to say to that.
I admired him. His eyes and how bright they were, with that sparkle in them that made me fold everytime I looked into them. His blonde hair and how it fell perfectly. Every crinkle on his face that showed how much he laughed. His very expressive eyebrows, helping me to read him like a book.
"What?", he chuckled. I forgot I was staring.
"You're beautiful", I observed, amazed by his presence. His eyebrows lifted in the centre, with a big smile on his face.
Without a word we both leaned in.
But we couldn't get far. The car door was opened by our 3 other roadtrip friends. I sighed and Joost closed his eyes in defeat. His hand found mine, giving it a gentle squeeze as an apology. We were both disappointed but we knew this wasn't our only chance.
So we just kept driving.

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Our rented house was big. It had the typical Friesland house style. Everyone had their rooms except for Teun and Ellie and also Alanis and Apson who shared their bedrooms.

I got settled into mine which had the perfect view over the land surrounding us. We were close to Leeuwarden yet not too far away from the sea. Something was very relaxing about this place. I opened the window to let the fresh air inside my room. I heard a knock on my door:
"Come in!"
"Hey we're going to make some dinner, your dad also just arrived, you want to come down?", Alanis claimed when she came in. Thank god my dad wasn't staying in this house, it would only make me behave differently.
"Yeah, I'll be down in a minute!", I assured her.
She nodded and left to go back to the others.
I freshened up and walked downstairs to join my friends.

"Oh we used to go to Leeuwarden a lot, it was like a second home", my dad declared as I joined them,"Right Lennon?"
"Mh?", I questioned because I didn't fully know the context.
"Do you remember when we used to go to Leeuwarden every year?"
"I remember going somewhere in Friesland but not a specific city", I shrugged.
It didn't matter if I remembered it or not, the fact that Joost was from this area and I apparently used to come here a lot freaked me out more than enough. That can't even be a coincidence.
Dinner was served and we all settled for the week we were about to spend together.
I call this a bonding vacation. You're lucky if your friendship survives trips. Although I was positive we'd be alright.

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A/N
cutesy little chapter, we're getting somewhere with them!!