Hold On Til May (2013)

Chapter 12

*KATYS POV*

I hadn't seen Bella in over a decade,
I'm not gonna lie,
I thought I'd never see her again.

She got a call one day & she called me after a couple of months telling me she got her big break. She thought that call was gonna get her somewhere.

That's all I know.
I told her okay, alright, good luck, have fun, don't forget about the little people.

Don't forget about me.
I hope she didn't.

But basically, I've seen her all over the news, she's made it to idol status over these ten years.
How? I don't much know but knowing Bella wouldn't be surprised.
She's unpredictable.

But now I'm graduated from high school, I suppose no man has ruled Bella's life since Jake & Will. Life's steady.

I don't really do much, I mean, I'm almost 30 and living in NYC with my two cats. Pumpkin & Oliver.

I'm a business woman, I put my damn eyeliner on each morning, my black dress, high heels.. No time for bands, no time for silly men.

I'm a professional. I don't let anything really catch me.

But today I was walking in Times Square, and on one of the giant neon signs, there she was.

Bella the Trix.
I hadn't felt something in a long time, I've felt numb for a long while.

But this, I felt proud.
A girl I cradled at night, a girl I held the hand of while she was vomiting her dinner & her pills, made it big. She had made herself something.

Her whole life she thought she was nothing, that she was dead meat. That she was worthless as bar soap & she made herself feel that way by marking her body & vandalizing it,
Here she was in front of millions of people. Millions of millions of people knew her name and even I doubted myself when I said she was gonna be as big as her personality.

So here I am in the big city feeling as small as a bug, in front of my old best friend.

She's on tour for herself apparently. And I'm going to go see her concert. I already bought my tickets, I spent $10,000 on front row seats but it's going to be worth it.

I know it will.

*BELLAS POV*

Tonight I'm going to be kicking off the start of my tour in NYC, Madison Square Garden. I'm so very pumped.

Even if I had made it idol status, it's still a pleasure to be back here where I started.
I get excited every time.

It's my time now, I have to go up on stage..

I still get anxiety after all this time. But it's fun.

I go up on stage..

"HELLO NYC, GLAD TO BE BACK!!! YOU GUYS READY??!?!?!!" I scream

The crowd screams back, I swear every time it's better than any kiss I ever had.

I start singing, I start jumping, I start dancing,
I feel alive and it always gets easier.
It makes me melt when I see the faces of those who've paid money to just see me.

That's so cool.

I guess you could say I'm proud of myself,

And I'm lost in my head whenever I'm here.

I'm smiling, I'm sweating, I'm living

I'm alive in this moment.

I look at the front row..

Straight smack in the middle

Time stops.
Slow motion.
Tears form in my eyes.

One single woman in the front,
Katy.

*KATYS POV*

I've never seen her so happy,
She's so joyful. She looks like she's in heaven.
That's all I wanted for her.

She stares straight at me, and it feels like a burn.

It feels like everything's slow mo,
Her body moves slowly and her face slowly realizes who I am.

I'm glad she didn't forget who I am.
Who her best friend was.

*BELLAS POV*

I never ever thought I'd see her pale face again,
She's grown up.

I've grown up.

*KATYS POV*

She made it.

*BELLAS POV*

I made it.