I'd Like to be Somebody Else

Chapter 79

I was tidying up the kitchen after eating with Peggy and Jimmyi with the TV on in the other room.

She was upstairs cleaning him up and changing his clothes since he'd been allowed to use his own spoon and got his spaghetti everywhere.

I'd paid very little attention to the telly, it was just background noise until I heard Oasis mentioned. I left the kitchen and got straight in front of the screen, turning up the volume.

"Noel Gallagher is flying back from the States, the remaining dates of their tour have been cancelled. Reports suggest Oasis have split as he walks away from his brother and their band in anger." the reporter revealed as footage of him in an American airport played behind her.

"Peggy! Something's happened!" I yelled.

She came and watched the report, holding Jimmyi. "Thought something serious had happened!" she said with a sigh of relief.

This was serious but no one had gotten physically hurt as far as we knew. "I have to get down to London. Now." I told her urgently.

"D'you need me to babysit?" she offered.

"No, he's coming with me." I couldn't leave him that long. "Thanks though."

She hugged me. "Be careful, Love. Drive safely and don't worry, everything will be alright again."

I quickly gathered our belongings and packed them into the car, I was on the road as quickly as I could. I played music, avoiding the radio, to try to distract myself from the news.

The paparazzi was already waiting so I rushed in as fast as I could. They shouted questions at me but they knew more than I did and I wasn't saying a word. Once I was inside I paced around Supernova Heights' living room with the TV on, waiting for updates. The sofa was suddenly not comfy in the slightest, I couldn't sit still.

Jimmyi played with a shape sorter, proving he was a Gallagher by throwing the shapes in frustration when he couldn't sort them.

The news reported Noel had landed, not long later he walked in, dropping his luggage and heading to the kitchen. He didn't even notice we were there.

I scooped Jimmyi up, sitting him on my hip and found Noel. "Hi Daddy!" I spoke for Jimmyi.

"What are you doing here?" he asked as he got a beer from the fridge.

Jimmyi was excited to see him, he reached out for him. "Dada!"

"We should ask you the same. We saw a bit of a news report." I told him in my normal voice as he took Jimmyi. "Oasis split?" I quoted questioningly.

"Never believe the media, you should know by now." he responded before talking to Jimmyi. "The silly media doesn't know what it's on about."

"The silly media got Mummy to drive four hours to get here so Daddy's going to have to explain himself better than that." I responded in the same baby voice.

"Mummy's had a wasted journey because Daddy hasn't quit Oasis or whatever they said." He put Jimmyi on the floor, putting an end to that strange medium of argument.

"Then why have you cancelled a load of gigs? Where are the others?" I questioned in my normal tone.

"I assume they're still in America and I cancelled them for the band, not in spite of them." he answered.

"What d'you mean?"

"June '93, we signed the contract right?" he asked rhetorically. "Three years later, we haven't stopped, we've just been pushed to do more and fucking more. Guis' had nervous exhaustion... We have to press pause before we all get it."