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•BRAD•

Hi there. My name's Bradley. You can call me Brad, for short. I have brown curly hair which I've inherited from my mom. I don't really do much with my hair- I just take a shower and then bam, it's what it is already.

If you don't know it yet, I belong to a band called 'The Vamps'. I am the lead singer and the rhythm guitarist. We have had 10 world tours within the span of 9 years which we are really proud of.

When it comes to dating & relationships, I've always told myself that I won't date normal girls. It interferes with everything. I for one, am a person who doesn't know how to balance my personal and professional life. That's why between each and everyone in the band, I am the one who's worst at communicating with the fans.

Don't get me wrong, it's never my intention to generalize but most of the time, girls don't understand how things work.

I mean with constant gigs and bookings, I'm not home 90% of the time and the remaining 10%, if ever I do get it, is spent with Jesse and my family.

In case you're wondering, Jesse's my golden retriever. I've had her since I was 14 years old.

We're like a couple because I let her sleep on the bed with me. And whenever she's not in the mood to do that, I cuddle her on the couch.

I don't have plans to leave home just yet for the very reason that even up to now, my mom still cuts my hair. Let's just call her "Mama Simpson" in this story.

She's still the one who buys my boxers and groceries. I won't deny that I'm very lucky that I have her cause aside from Jesse and Natalie; Mama Simpson and Dad are my everything.

Natalie is my big sister. She was the band's first photographer. But we eventually hired Dean Sherwood- whose photography skills are sick by the way. On the 5th world tour of the band, we hired Nat again cause the gigs were crazier than before.

More fans, more pictures, more moments.

Now back to the dating thing, maybe some of the girls will understand, but it'll give them a hard time.

I really don't welcome jealousy that much in a relationship. I mean, a little jealousy is fine but almost all of the time, the girls I've dated had jealousy issues and that's why I'd rather not date anyone at all.

I deal with loads of fans everywhere, not mentioning almost all of them are girls. It's hard to be in the situation where I have to please my girlfriend and my fans, both at the same time. I just want to save them the heartbreaks that are inevitably given to people who date celebrities. So I think I'm a good guy for doing that.

But some point in time, there will be a single bloody moment where I will get hit by that possibility of falling in love with a regular girl.

And she will be all that I need to break all the rules I have tried so hard to follow. She'll make me defy all of them. She'll break down all of the walls I've spent my whole life building.

I emphasized the word 'will' there, didn't I?

Because I thought it will come someday, not today. This will be a story of how I found my she. Of how I fell in love with her and of how we ended up.

🎵 Here we go again, another drink I'm caving in, these stupid words keep falling from my mouth. You know that I mean well, my hands are meant for somewhere else, your eyes are doing naughty butterflies.

It was Tristan, the band's drummer's 29th birthday, when we decided to host a house party and invite five random fans to join the fun. We agreed to shoulder the expenses because it's been how many years since we started and trust me, they were always there to support and they never disappointed us.