New Beginnings

Self conscienceness

We sat on the London Underground, Maddy and I were sitting together, Charlie opposite us, and as I listened to The Lighthouse and the Whaler's album replaying through my mind, I occasionally found myself glancing at Charlie, fumbling with his tangled up earphones, watching the tense line of frustration evolve throughout his face, and the slight sign of relief as he untied the final knot and lookde up to see I had been staring at him the entire time

I glanced away, slightly embarrassed, and as Maddy looked at me in confusion, I changed the subject as soon as possible

"So where are we heading ?" I asked briefly

"Ikea, there's a new one opened in London and my room looks like a death pit "she laughed

"Okay yeah sure, then are we heading into Oxford street ? You want to do a bit of shopping and I'm going to head down to the studio for a bit so ill meet up with you guys later on" I smiled, as we arrived at our stop

We headed into ikea and grabbed a trolley, and began walking through all the showrooms

"Ahh imagine if this was actually your room !!" I gazed

"Well it can be if you want " Charlie grinned, picking up one of everything that was in the room and putting it into the trolley

"Is that all really necessary ??" I laughed

"No I suppose you could live without this" he said, and took the plant pot out and placed it on his head

"Instagrammmm !!" Maddy shouted as she snapped a picture of Charlie before he could realise as within seconds his face was posted across the world with a pot on his head

"I hate you" he grumbled

"Love you too bruva" she grinned, kissing his head and going off to find some things for her room

I just laughed and placed my hands in the trolley to push it but Charlie did at the same time, and as our hands touched a shockswave of electricity ran through us

I pulled away and stared into his eyes in surprisement, which were staring back into mine

"Ehh ill push, you look for stuff" he said awkwardly

I followed his lead, naturally and picked up some new curtains and bed sheets, all floral and pink

"Why so girly .." He groaned

"Because I'm a girl asshole" I said, chucking stuff at him

"Hey guys do we need anything else ??" Maddy asked, filling the trolley to the brim

"If we buy anything else, you won't have any room in your bed to sleep in !!" Charlie laughed, looking at the two trolleys stuffed to the top

We paid for our stuff and got it to be delivered to Wilton Uni

"Okay I'm off to treblenotes, meet you at Starbucks when your finished give me a call" I said and hopped on the next train

I arrived at the studio, but I went in the back entrance as I wasn't using the store or radio, I wanted the music studio

I walked in to find several rooms with guitars, pianos and many more instruments

I sat at the piano and ran my fingers along the keys, playing a few classics to warm up

I then headed into the recording studio and began playing the backing of a song I had been working on

Once I was finished, I headed into the room and played it back, listening to it and editing extra sounds

I went back in and put on the recording beats and as soon as the backing started, I began to sing

I got lost in the emotion of my own words and near to the end of the song I heard a guitar playing along in the backing, and I looked up to see Charlie strumming along with four chords to my song

Utterly embarrased, I stopped immediately and walked out to him

"What are you doing here !!! Your not aloud to hear !! It's private !!" I said, blushing

"Sophie laurentos, you are one of the most amazing singers I have ever heard, apart from me, just kidding " he grinned

I blushed again, not because of what he said, but because of the way he looked at me

I sat at the piano and began playing again

Charlie got hold of the script, and after the first chorus, he joined in on chords on the guitar and began singing with me in harmony

I looked up at him and he was staring at me, and I smiled and continued on, losing myself in words that had meant enough to me for them to end up on paper in a song

As we finished, I turned around and saw David standing there, he had recorded the whole thing

"You two are unbelieveable, why didn't you tell me you were a duet !!" He said, shaking his head at us

"We're eh not" I said awkwardly

"What ?? Nonsense your chart material !! Whose song is that anyways I've never heard it " david said, appearing to be downloading our song onto a drive

"It's mine, it's called undivided love" I smiled , frowning when he began walking upstairs with my song

"Where are you going with that !!!"I argued, running after him

"To play it on air for your fans" he smiled

"NOO please I'm not good enough !!!" I panicked

Charlie came up behind me and held my hand

"Why don't we let the listeners be the decides of that " he smiled

I relaxed at the presence of his touch and reluctantly allowed David to play the song

I sat nervously listening to my own voice playing across London, and when Charlie came in, I notice a soft edge to his voice which emphasised the songs meaning and point

It finished and David announced who it was and Soon enough tweets and emails began flooding in

"They fricken love you two !!" He grinned, handing me the twitter

I scrolled through tweets hash tagged #undividedlove and #sophie+Charlie and sure enough they were all asking when our album was coming out and when the singles being released on iTunes

I buried my head into Charlie

" I can't do this right now" I murmured and ran out of the store, but Charlie followed me and pulled me back

" you are amazing, and you've struggled throughout your life, don't ignore the one thing in your life that's going well for you " he said to me, looking concerned, and I wasn't sure whether he was talking about the music or him