Deer in the Headlights

Part 24 - Plans

Apologies if things are going a little slow, I'm going to be moving a step faster than I had planned because I really want to get to the good parts; we ain't got time for this ;D

[Adam's POV]

With a deft movement of my hand I casually push my glasses back onto the bridge of my nose from where they’ve slipped from. My eyes squinting slightly as I looked at the open laptop screen in front of me. Opened up were various web pages and blogs as well as the sleek silver and white platform of the iTunes home page that was almost always open on my laptop nowadays. Casting my eyes down the page my heart skips a little as I see, with delight, that Fireflies was still at the number one spot; it was crazy to think, but the success of Fireflies just seemed to be growing with every day that went by. Now in several countries it was gaining chart places faster than I could believe, and with a touch of fear in my heart, I realised that the song was still continuing to snowball out across the nation and even further beyond that.

I look up from the bright screen as from across the room, Austin shuffles slightly on the couch. The distraction providing me with a chance to look away from the music for a moment and to stop getting too absorbed in it. Almost as if he had heard my thoughts, Austin looks up from his own laptop that is leaning precariously on his lap and throws me a grin.

“Still number one?” He asks while scratching his head lazily, the mop of his blonde hair becoming even messier as he does so. Grinning back at him I nod my head, trying my best to hide how excited I am.

“Yeah, I can’t believe it; it’s crazy.” I reply somewhat shakily; my thoughts about the success being quite mixed. Of course I was incredibly grateful for what the song was doing, not in a million years would I have imagined for this to happen; but I guess that was the problem. With the success I knew I would be going on tour soon, and I knew without question that it would be much bigger than anything I’d done before. More new experiences, meeting new people, probably hours of rehearsal and countless nerve racking interviews.

I try not to think too much about it as my stomach twists uncomfortably inside of me. As much as I tried for it not to bother me I couldn’t help the knot of fear that was building up in my mind with each day, the future I knew held many things and I knew for a fact that I was going to have to man up and take this once in a lifetime opportunity with as much passion and spirit as I could muster.

A knocking on the front door disperses my thoughts in an instant. Blinking my eyes I return to the real world with a puzzled frown on my face.

“Oh hey it’s Brielle.” Austin says with a happy note in his voice. I look across at him to see he’s stood by the window, a grin plastered on his face as he hurriedly goes over to the front door and invites her in. From my vantage point on the couch I could just about see them both hug one another as they greet; warm, happy voices meet my ears and a second later they walk back into plain sight.

My heart trembles a little as I see Brielle, her pretty face lit up in a warm smile.

“Hey Adam.” She says breezily. My mouth wobbles as I try not to smile too widely, the sudden rush of energy I felt was getting hard to contain.

“Hey Bri, how’re you?” I ask politely, keeping my eyes focussed on her calm icy ones. Walking across the room in front of me towards the piano stool Brielle nods her head as she sits down.

“I’m alright; maybe a little tired from work today but I’ve still got enough energy to bug you guys.” She says with a giggle. I can’t help smiling at her charm; it seemed a little strange how I was only just noticing all these little things about her now, but with each new discovery I felt more drawn to her, weird as that was.