Cross My Heart

Chapter 53

GWEN'S POV:

Tonight was the album launch party! I'd been practicing meeting lots of people, especially men, for this night. And for the tour. I met sooo many celebrities tonight! Not that I knew many, but a few names I'd heard on the radio as a kid, so that was exciting to me. Gavin made me take selfies with every celeb I met. My mum was there too, and she was LOVING IT. She had more selfies than me. We mostly walked around together, mingling or just standing awkwardly in the corner when Gavin couldn't be by my side due to interviews or quick photo shoots and stuff. I was just glad I had my mum there to be with. She was just glad she got to meet all her favorite singers and a few actors and actresses. This seemed like it was going to make Gavin an even bigger celebrity, this new album.

My mum ended up hitting it off with some record industry guy called James. Finally I was able to be with Gavin almost nonstop by the end of the night, and we were able to loosen up and drink some, and be together. We ended up watching and following my mum around, as she was getting cozy with this guy she met earlier as we were standing at the buffet. He dropped a piece of sushi on her hand as she reached to get something, and his plate tilted. It was true love from that moment on...at least tonight, so far.

It was fun to see my mum seem happy and flirty for once.

People were really starting to know Gavin's  name now, and I was going to hate not being able to go to the beach anymore, or just walk down the street without him being attacked by people wanting autographs and pictures. That wouldn't be fun. But it's part of who Gavin is, so I'll get used to it.
He says he'll have so much more money, we will be able to get a house somewhere and live easily forever. I told him I like the flat, and I like the way our lives are now. I don't want to be rich and fancy. Plus, I think he has enough money NOW to live comfy forever! Why does he need more??

I actually started sulking one night when we talked about it in bed. He had to console me because I didn't want to be rich! I just wanted things to be the way they were now. Except Nate would have his own flat, and a great girlfriend. Gavin laughed at me the entire time he consoled me. I mean, I wasn't crying or anything. I was just...sulking and sad. I know, it's funny, but it's the way I felt. And he reminded me that he WAS rich, and that's why I liked things the way they were. We had nothing to worry about. Money for whatever we wanted to do. Everything was easy.
Yeah, I guess he had a point. But he still doesn't need more. I'm just saying!

Gavin told me he loved me even more now, because I'm definitely not after his money and riches.
And then he tickled me until I almost peed my panties. I kept warning him. But he thought I was bluffing. I wasn't.
That's what happened after the money talk, so I added it in, alright? Ha ha.

Anyway, the launch party was pretty cool. I felt fancy, as we arrived in a limo. I was hanging with celebs, and it was just an experience I'll never forget. I wouldn't like to do it all the time, but it was neat once. Or once in a while. (Even though I hung with a celeb every single day. I slept with one every night...it just didn't feel like it to me, and I was glad.) I knew there'd be more things like this. Awards, awards parties, etc etc etc, Gavin named a bunch of stuff.

It was funny to see him in work mode. He told me he'd been off so long, he was himself again, and now he had to switch back into work mode. Being polite to every single person around, smiling when he didn't feel like it, being nice to people he didn't even like, endless interviews, photo shoots, meetings, etc......he had a different personality I noticed at the launch party. It was his work personality. It was 95% him, only with a little more....politeness? Control? I don't know what the word would be. He just had to hide a little bit of himself. Rope himself in a little more...adjust to everyone else a little bit.

The presale numbers were way higher than expected, and that meant a tour was going to be arranged...well, it probably already WAS being arranged. The album was on sale officially this day, and sales were already strong. So I was starting to get nervous about the tour. It was going to be here before I knew it. I'd miss my mum and dad. I'd miss my Wednesday lunches and spontaneous evening shopping trips with my mum. I'd miss Sunday dinners with my dad and his family. They did Sunday dinners before they met me, and when they invited me in, I was so excited to be a part of it, I cried as soon as I sat down at the large dining room table when dinner was ready. I sat, and looked round for a second, at all the faces of the people who shared my blood, and I couldn't believe I was sitting here with them all. So yeah. Tears flowed suddenly, and I had a little "moment" there, consoled by Gavin, but then he stepped away when my dad came and took over being a shoulder, as always.