Rise to the top

The life of a Rockstar

The light coming through the blinds woke Aiden earlier than he wanted, he had just got back from a late night interview 3 hours ago.

As he rubbed the sleep from his eyes he noticed the blonde hair on the other pillow, strange, he thought,he didn't remember Emma being in the bed when he got home.

He must be more tired than he thought.

He went into the bathroom to shower and wash away the cobwebs, he had a lot to think about.

His manager,Blake, had suggested that he announce a songwriting contest for his fans, it was such a good idea he couldn't believe he hadn't thought of it himself.

He loved meeting his fans and showing his gratitude to them, after all without his fans he would just be playing for himself in his bedroom.

Lately though he hadn't had much chance to interact with the fans, Emma had been spending a lot of time with him at concerts and on tour and didn't like all the screaming fans, she said they scared her and that most of them looked crazy.

I tried to explain that I liked interacting with my fans but she can't seem to make sense of it.

As Aiden gets dressed and puts the coffee on he thinks about the past few months with Emma, he loves Emma, she was there for him when his mom died just over a year ago.

She helped me get through the grief and anger and showed me that I could go on with my life.

Lately though I had noticed small changes in Emma's attitude, she was still her usual self with me but on a few occasions I had herd and seen Emma be incredibly rude to people.

Like last week at the CD signing, as I was coming back from my bathroom break I overheard Emma being quite mean to a young fan.

"Don't waste your time trying to get him to notice you, honey, you don't stand a chance with those tattered rags and blotchy complexion. Besides I give him everything he needs, trust me, he won't be looking anywhere else."

When I came round the corner the poor fan looked ready to run away crying, I walked up to her, ignoring Emma completely, I took her hand. "Don't mind her sweetheart, she's just had a bad day. I apologise for her behaviour."

With that I give her a peck on the cheek and sign her CD with an extra special message to make up for the upset.

"Thank you" she whispers and walks away.

Emma gave me the excuse that she had been harassed by young girls all morning and just snapped, she looked genuinely upset as she apologised to me, but I'm finding it harder to trust or believe that I know the real Emma, I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt for now though.

Aiden had also caught her being rude to the doorman to his penthouse and a waitress at his favourite restaurant, nothing as bad as the fan at the signing but it made him wonder what other things he had missed about Emma.

"Hi babe, are you Okay? You look upset." Emma say sleepily, grabbing a mug of coffee from the pot.

"I'm fine, just thinking." Aiden says wile trying to fight a yawn.

"Are you coming to my concert tonight?"

She looks surprised i even had to ask " of course I am, I wouldn't miss it, babe."

I give her a one armed hug and a kiss on the temple before I grab my jacket and keys.

"I will ring you when I get out of the recording studio, love you, bye."

As I get to the door Emma rushes up to me " don't forget you said you would ring that movie producer for me, just think how great it would be for us to co star in a movie together."

She had been pestering me about this for a couple of weeks now, so far I had put it off, I had no desire to do a movie just yet, I wanted to concentrate on my music.

She could tell by my face that I was going to give her another excuse so she rushed to interrupt me.

"Please, please babe. You promised you would do this for me. It would really boost my career to be in one of Grayson Gold's movies, all you have to do is call him and tell him you will do the movie but only if I star in it as well."

I rubbed the back of my neck, not able to think of an excuse to refuse.

"If you love me you would do this for me, don't you want me to do well in my career?" She pouts at me, I can't believe she put me in that position, she should want to make it on her own merit, not ride to the top using my name.

"Fine, I will ring him when I get out of the studio. I will speak to you later."

I open the door, turn around and give her a small wave, then I'm on my way to Blake's office but not before I notice the satisfied smile on Emma's face, she did get what she wanted after all.

As I walk in to Blake's office I notice a woman sat in one of Blake's arm chairs reading some papers.

She looks up and smiles, introducing herself "hi I'm Kate, Blake hired me to help with your songwriting contest, and if all goes well he will keep me on."

She shakes my hand, "nice to meet you Kate, I'm Aiden. I can't wait to announce the contest, the fans will be stoked."

Kate smiles " of course they will, who wouldn't want to work with Aiden Masters."

I laugh, slightly embarrassed, she seems nice.

She looks to be between 30 and 35, about Blake's age, I think.

" I have to speak to Blake about some boring manager stuff but I'm sure I will see lots more of you Kate, I will defiantly need help with this contest. We will have thousands of submissions."

She laughs and rubs her hands together " I know, I can't wait. That is what I love about this job, all the undiscovered talent out there just waiting for me to find them."

I laugh along with Kate, "I see you two have already met?"Blake joins us, shaking my hand and giving me a one armed man hug.

I pat his back as I pull away "Kate seem more than capable to help with this contest, just don't forget I need to be involved. You two listen to the songs and weed out the ones worth listening to, get me a list of the top 20 and I will take it from there. That okay with you guys?"

They looked at each other, then me and nodded their heads "yes".

I give them both a smile of satisfaction "Great, I'm off to the studio to work on some new songs. Call you later Blake, bye Kate."

* * *

When I'm finally satisfied that the song is perfect I pack up my stuff and head out of the studio, grabbing my phone I remember the promise I made to Emma, I didn't want to but maybe I should just get it over with.

I find the number in my contacts and put the phone to my ear before getting in the car.

"Hi this is Aiden Masters, I'm calling for Grayson Gold. He should be waiting to hear from me."

" I can meet with him tomorrow afternoon, I will be bringing my girlfriend, Emma, with me."

"Okay then, thanks, bye."

That ordeal over with for now I start the car and drive home, I need to get some things before the concert tonight.

As I'm driving home I have a brilliant idea, I could announce the contest at the concert tonight, it would be full of fans, reporters and paparazzi so half the world would know about the contest seconds after I announce it, Blake would love that, the more press the better he would say.

I will call him when I get home, I think to myself.

I hope the fans love the surprise announcement.