Imagine singing is your passion, you've been brought up in Ireland so you've always been musical, your parents always encouraged you to sing and then when you got older they started getting you lessons. You're 26 now but you've had no luck in the music business, you had a close shot at being signed a few years ago but the record deal backed out. That crushed you, you felt you had no chance so you got a job as a waitress, you've been there for 4 years now, and you hate it, you hate the managers,you hate your colleagues and you hate the rude customers. But its all you got. you used to live upstairs from the little cafe but the owner made a pass at you and when you said no he kicked you out, you were lucky to keep your job. Today was the same as every other day, rude people being rude, as you approach a table to take an order, someone catches your eye, he looks around late twenties early thirties, he's got short brown hair with a neatly styled quiff. He's got piercing brown eyes and he's got bit of stubble. You walk away to place the tables order and you can feel eyes burning in the back of your neck, you turn around slowly and look directly at this man, he doesn't look away he just stares back at you with a smile on his lips. you decide to take his order so you walk over to a table, "hello sir, what can i get you?" you ask politely, "tea please" he answers. "anything else?" you ask. he shakes his head and you walk away, the feeling of being watched stays with you though. you order his tea and its the end of your shift, as you walk out the staff room you zip your coat up and head for the door, you see the man still sitting there, staring at you. you feel quite awkward so you hurry out the door. That night you get a text from your friend Amy, "Hey girl! ill pick you up at 8! theres a new bar opening..KARAOKE!!!!! x" you smile to yourself as you read the text. you put down the phone and check the time *7.30pm* "Shit" you curse as you jump up to fix your hair and make up, once you're ready its a few minutes to 8, you walk into your living room and look out your big window before shutting your curtains when, that man, he's there, in the flats opposite, hes sitting on his couch watching TV by the looks of it.. you seem him turn around and then he quickly looks at you surprised, you smile awkwardly before shutting the curtains, *KNOCK KNOCK* "COMING" you shout, you grab your keys,phone and purse as you head for the door, Amy's your best friend and she has been since you were kids, "ok. whats wrong" she says immediately, "h..how?" you ask shocked, she taps her nose in the 'its a secret' way. you laugh and start to explain the way that guy was acting, as you walk out the building you have the 'being watched feeling' again, you pick up the pase and practically drag your friend to this bar. She was right..Karaoke! you both head straight to the bar and you notice a guy..he looks familiar.. he's late twenties, he's bald and has ginger stubble, he picks his shot up and says "cheers" as he looks at you before gulping it down. He looks a mess, he has bags under his eyes and he looks scruffy. you smile politely and grab a shot from your friend, "cheers" you say together. Once your finished your shot you run up to the stage and pick a song to sing, everyone seems to stop talking once they see you on stage, even the bald guy turns around "GO ON GIRL" Amy shouts, you giggle and start to sing,
"When I get to Warwick Avenue,
Meet me by the entrance of the tube,
We can talk things over a little time,
Promise me you won't step out of line" ok it wasn't a karaoke song but Duffy was my favourite singer, as you take a breath to start the chorus you notice, its silent, everyones staring at you, during the chorus you notice that guy walks into the bar, he stops dead a he hears you sing, he watches you in amazement, you see him quickly grab his phone, and within a few minutes another guy walks in and stands next to him, he's average height, he's got brown hair and he's got bright blue eyes. you finish the song and someone shouts "more" you giggle and choose another song, this time you choose 'back to black' by Amy Winehouse, "He left no time to regret,Kept his dick wet,With his same old safe bet,Me and my head high,And my tears dry" you begin, you see the two men approach the bald guy at the bar, they shake hands and start to watch you again. Who were they? you finish the song and whole room applauds you, you thank them and head of to the bar for another drink. "Excuse me miss?" you hear someone say, you turn around, its him, the weird guy, "hi, I'm Danny. we've certainly been seeing a lot of each other today haven't we" he says with a wink. "hi I'm y/n" "beautiful name" the bald guy jumps up and says "ok lets cut the crap were looking for a singer to sign.. and we wanna sign you" you hear amy squealing then you feel her fling herself on you in an attempt of an excited hug, you laugh as you push her off, "erm..wow.." you start "she says yes" Amy answers for you, "whats all your names aye? have you got a business card?" she asks them in an interrogating way, the bald guy hands her a card. "so you're Danny, who's Mark and who's Glen?" she asks pointing at the two nameless men, I'm Mark and thats Glen the bald guy says, while Mark and Amy were talking you couldn't help but stare at Glen. He was so handsome, but you still felt the 'being watched' sensation, Danny. He hasn't taken his eyes off you yet. After a few hours of talking the guys get up to leave the bar, but before they do they hand you a business card with their number on. You turn to Amy and she has the biggest smile on her face, a it grows wider you hear a little screech getting ready to burst out her mouth. you laugh at her attempt of keeping it in. "6 shots please" you shout to the barman. You and Amy neck down the shots then head out to the next bar. You're both holding each other up when you see bright pink lights, then yellow then blue then green. "I WANNA GO THERE" you screech like a little kid. you run of not bothering to see if Amy was with you. you run to the bar and order the special of the night "JagerBomb" " 2 JagerBombs and keep em coming" you shout to the lady behind the bar. Amy comes stumbling in about 2minutes after, you gulp down the JagerBomb and the next thing you know you're dancing on the tables. You decide it would be a good idea to jump from one table to the other, as you leap of the table it slides away causing you to plummet to the floor. you suddenly feel tight strong arms around you, "God?" you whisper with your eyes still squeezed shut. you hear laughter but you still don't open your eyes "I'm dead I'm dead this is it I'm in heaven gods carrying me to my cloud yep I'm dead no more singing no more gorgeous glen nope I'm dead" you repeat as you get carried out the bar. "huhum" you jump a little at the sound of a man clearing his throat. "so are you going to open your eyes?"you hear the man say before laughing "erm..i..i cant remember how to" you admit "omg how drunk are you" he asks in between fits if laughter. "ok hear" he says before opening your eyes for you. you jump back, Glen. He looks at you with a smile on his face.. "im gorgeous am i?" he says before laughing again. you feel your face flush red and then everything goes black. The next morning you wake up, in a strange place, a bedroom, you don't know recognise it so you sit up suddenly then you lower yourself back down because your head feels like its just been hit with 100 hammers. "aahhh" you moan while holding your head. "morning sunshine" you hear a cheery voice say, you grab a pillow next to you and you pull it over your head to block the sound. "stop being loud" you moan, you hear laughter again, you suddenly notice the pillow your holding..it smells nice,it smells of..of Glen. "Did we.." you begin. "nope you passed out in my arms last night after i took you out the bar so i brought you here to sleep" Glen said while walking into the bedroom. "Thank you Glen" you whisper. "AMY" you shout before jumping up. "wheres amy?!" you shout. "Amy's here" you hear her say from the living room. "now stop shouting my head hurts" she wined. "you let us both stay?" you ask Glen, "of course"he replies. you smile at him before hugging him and kissing him on the cheek. "we have a surprise for you tomorrow so get some rest now while you can. ill be back later" He says before kissing you on the forehead. After Glens left you walk over to Amy, Shes laying on his sofa moaning and holding her head, she looks up at you "tell me all" shes says knowing you want to talk. "ok i er i like him" you admit. "well duh" she replies full of sarcasm. "and he likes you" she explains. "how d-" you begin but Amy cuts you off. "i heard him on the phone to Dan last night..he told him he was falling for him then he mentioned something about you calling him god.." he says looking at your strangely now. "god? wow how drunk was i last night" you say before laughing. After a few hours Amy decides to go home but you stay. That night Glen comes in, your curled up on the sofa with a cup of tea and a movie, "oh hi" you say before turning off the tv. He just smiles at you, "you staying tonight?" he asks with a hint of plead in his voice. "erm no, i best not over stay my welcome" you say before grabbing your coat. "oh..well..er..i guess ill see you tomorrow then" he says, he looks at you with a fake smile, you can tell he's upset but you don't want to stay to long. "yeah ill see you tomorrow then!" you say with a fake smile. you leave his house and as you shut the door you lean against it wanting to go back in. You hear a band and you realise he's done the same on the other side. you sigh and walk home. That night you get a text, "hey, wish you stayed. go to the studio tomorrow at 10am. G" The next morning you wake up at 8.30am you get in the shower and start getting ready. Its 9.45am now so you leave for the studio, when you get there the lads are already setting up, "Hey" Mark shouts and Danny walks over "hey babe, do you have a song in mind or should we pick on" he asks. "no ive got one" you answer. you walk up to the mic and look at Glen, "I'm tugging at my hair
I'm pulling at my clothes
I'm trying to keep my cool
I know it shows
I'm staring at my feet
My cheeks are turning red
I'm searching for the words inside my head
I'm feeling nervous
Trying to be so perfect
Cause I know you're worth it
You're worth it"
you start, once you've finished you realise by Danny awkward throat clearing that you and Glen haven't taken your eyes off each other, you quickly look away, "so?" you ask worrying they didn't like it. its silent for a few seconds but then they all jump up to hug you "amazing" Mark says excitedly "so much emotion and passion" Danny says "yeah er well done" Glen says. You then trued it with Glen on drums and Mark and Danny on guitar. A few months past, you've got an album out and your becoming increasingly popular worldwide. But you're still not happy, Glen has been acting blunt and distant with you ever since the day in the studio, he tried his hardest not to talk to you or even be near you. one day Danny pulls you over, "whats wrong why are you so miserable?" he asks concerned. "what did i ever do to Glen? he hates me!" you say before bursting into tears. "no no no he doesn't hate you. He's just bad at showing emotion" Danny explains before hugging you tight. You sort yourself out and start practising one of your new songs. Danny walks off into a room and slams the door which makes you jump, you stop singing when you hear shouting "YOU FUCKING IDIOT SHE CLEARLY LOVES YOU WHY ARE YOU TREATING HER LIKE THIS" you hear Danny shout. "YOU KNOW WHY DAN. I LOVE HER. BUT SHE CAN NEVER KNOW. I SCREW EVERY RELATIONSHIP UP. IM NOT GOING TO WITH HER" Glen shouts back "YOURE RUINING IT BY SHUTTING HER OUT YOU DICK" Danny shouts back. you hear movement so you carry on singing pretending you never heard, Mark walks out awkwardly looking at you with a 'did you hear that' look, you nod and he walks over to hug you. "Everything will be ok, Danny will sort him out" Mark says breaking away from the hug. "STOP HURTING THE POOR GIRL" you hear Danny shout. The next day is your concert at the Aviva stadium, you arrive early in the morning and you start setting up and a few hours in you start sound check. You see Glen walk on stage and he smiles before hiding behind his drums shyly. You start to sing, in the back ground you hear Danny shout "do it" but you ignore it, then you hear Glen shout "no" and your heart sinks a little. The moments come, you run out on stage once Danny,Glen and Mark have run on. "Hello Aviva!" you shout excitedly before beginning the show. Half way through you stop to talk to the audience, you introduce the lads and ask the audience to applaud them one by one, "Give it up for Danny" you shout and the audience applaud, "and Mark" the audience carry on screaming "And finally Glen" and the audience scream as loud as they can. "Erm guys" you jump round to see Glen holding a mic, "Hey guys! great show right? Well i just wanted to tell you a story.. well i met this girl about a year ago and from the very first time i laid eyes on her i knew she was the girl for me, i fell in love with her instantly, but then i freaked out and pushed her away, i stopped talking to her and i avoided her like the plague, but today I've decided enough enough, i love her so much and I'm not hiding it anymore soo.." he trailed off before walking up to you, you can feel your cheeks flush red and you can feel your heart beating faster and faster as he grabs your hand "i love you" Glen whispers and the whole crowd "AWHHH's" "i love you too" you whisper and the crowd applaud as Glen leans in and kisses you passionately. "well what a show aye guys" you hear Danny say to the audience. you break away from the kiss but you don't step away you just stand there smiling at each other,nose to nose. "sorry i waited so long" he whispered "no its ok. you're worth the wait" you whisper before kissing him again.
