SKYWAY, CHAPTER THREE: “EDINBURGH”
-‘So, guys, as you all know, Phil and I met the fabulous Jessie J yesterday…’ I say and pause a minute as the shouts from the crowd are getting louder, ‘And it’s fair to say she’s the most amazing person you’ll ever meet, she’s lovely!’ I notice a girl at the front who was screaming her lungs out. I jumped off stage and walked over to her. –‘Would you like to say something?’ I ask her, laughing. –‘YES! OH MY GOD YOU AND JESSIE J WOULD BE PERFECT TOGETHER!’ she cries out. –‘She’s straight, isn’t she?’ –‘NO SHE’S BI LIKE YOU, YOU SHOULD TOTALLY DATE!’ I smile at her and climb back on stage. –‘Jim, it’s time to bother you with love, how is she?’ Jim looks at me with a look telling me to shut up. The crowd was going crazy, no one knew about his girlfriend. They have been together for six, nearly seven, months. –‘Well, her name is Elena, but I call her Ellie. She’s here actually…’ his voice trailed off. –‘Wait a minute, Emma, who gave you the right to talk about my girlfriend?’ –‘Ellie told you she wanted to tell the world, management told you to ‘go ahead and be happy,’ but I knew you would be too scared to tell everyone, so I helped you a bit. Ellie asked me to.’ I smile proudly at him, but he rolls his eyes. –‘Back to you and Jessica J, when are you going to ask her out?’ –‘Not today, not tomorrow, not in a week, not in a month, not in a year, not in a century. I only met her yesterday, and I figured she’s not my type.’ –‘You two would be cute together,’ Phil buts in. –‘She’s not my type.’ I look at Michael for assistance but he smirks. –‘What is your type?’ –‘Someone who is caring, but not too caring, I can take care of myself. And someone who is confident and who isn’t afraid to share their opinion. Someone who I can spoil and make feel like the happiest person in the world.’ –‘I’m happy to inform you Jessie meets all these requirements.’ I roll my eyes at Phil and he smirks. –‘Anyways, let’s continue what we’re here for, who’s ready to meet Ellie?’ I shout. –‘Babe, come here for a second,’ says Jim and she walks on stage. Ellie seems to be quite nervous, she bites her lip and buries her face in the crook of Jim’s neck. –‘So, everyone, I want to introduce you to my girlfriend, Elena. She is honestly the best thing that ever happened to me, and I hoper you will love her… almost as much as I love her.’ He kisses Ellie on the lips and they both blush furiously as the crowd wolf-whistles. –‘The next one’s for you, lovebirds!’ I say and wink at them.
I’m sitting on my bed in our hotel room, we usually share one. But now Ellie’s touring with us, Jim shares a room with her and I’m hanging around with Michael and Phil a lot. Mostly Phil. I’m randomly playing my guitar when Phil whips out his phone. –‘I feel like you should do a cover of a song,’ he says smirking. –‘Okay then, what do you want to hear?’ –‘I think you should tell the world how much you adore Jessie J!’ yells Michael. –‘But I don’t!’ –‘You do, you talk about her all the time. So now go sing a Jessie J song.’ I sigh. –‘Which song do you want me to play?’ –‘What about… Crazy ‘Bout You? Because you’re obviously crazy about Jessie,’ Phil says. I roll my eyes at him and start playing made up chords to the song.
I unlock my phone and check my twitter to see people’s opinions on the video. I like feedback, because that’s the way you can see how you can improve. I see most of them are positive, other tweets are hate. There are people who get hurt by seeing hate, but actually I don’t. Sometimes I do get angry at people for judging my family, and yeah, that hurts, they don’t know them, my family is amazing. I also see quite a lot of people commenting on my short nails. Tweets like: “SHORT NAILS!! That can only mean one thing, Em is fucking Jessie tonight. Have fun @SkywayEmeli #Jemma” I laugh out loud earning glares from the lads who are in the middle of a conversation. –‘Sorry, the fans are being crazy as always. Lunatics they are.’ They lads roll their eyes and continue their conversation. I take a photo of the lads and post it to Instagram. After taking some weird selfies I decide it’s enough and lock my phone and put in on the charger.
