The Little Things ✔️

Dreams turn into reality

I sit in the hospital room looking down at the sleeping Nat. She looks so elegant when she sleeps I can see why Jason loves her. Although I'm happy I'm sat here next to my best friend I can't help that think about the dreams I could have followed. It still hurts to think that I could be up on stage singing my heart out at this moment in time. I feel my face heat up with sadness but I keep it in. My phone starts vibrating. I look in my bag and see its Mat. I take the call.
"Hi." He says.
"Hey. What's up?" I had no idea what Mat was wanting to talk to me about.
"Look on the live broadcast in ten minutes." He says.
"I really must go now gorgeous." He says and he puts down the phone. I sit there in silence just listening to the beeps and noises of the machines. I knew of course that I should watch. See what Mat sings to the thousands of people. But once again I can't help but feel hurt for not being there. I log onto the website with the artificial glow of my laptop screen filling the dark room. A few moments later I see Mat come onto the stage. He's smiling but looks upset. Or maybe it's just nerves but I just wish I could be there to hug him and tell him it's ok. The audience are already screaming at him and saying they love him I wish I could be there to experience that with him.
"Hi guys." He says. The audience scream again.
"Before I start I want to tell you a story. A few months ago I met a girl. She was funny talented and beautiful and I fell in love with her. Sorry guys your dreams are crushed." He says I laugh at how cute and how at home he looks up on that stage then he carries on.
"But a few days ago her best friend turned very ill so she had to decide to be here or there. It hurt her to choose she wanted to meet you guys and do what she does best. But she put her friends before herself. And that's what I love about her. So I want you guys to love her as much as I do and I've taken a recoding of her singing to accompany me. I wouldn't be standing where I am without her. She was the one who dragged me into this she was the one who was asked to perform not me." Mat starts to play the opening to Tenerife sea. The chords making perfect sound and filling me with light. He starts singing the first verse and you can see the recording of me on the screen behind him. The crowd start screaming and shouting. They go crazy when the chorus kicks in. I can hear myself harmonise with mat and once again the crowd goes wild. I can hear a few people screaming asking for my name saying they love me. I can see Mat looks upset but happy to be there. For a split second he looks into the camera and smiles knowing I'm watching my man on the stage singing. The last chorus plays and then  the ending comes. The room falls silent and Mat comes back to the microphone.
"Now can you see why I love Alice so much?" The crowd goes wild screaming shouting and chanting my name. I'm barely there yet the world knows my name.
"The love of my life Alice Mary Jones." Mat says as he begins to play the second song. Throughout the rest of the concert my phone blows up with emails asking for record deals and fans finding my social media and loads more. More than I could have ever wanted. All I waned was to love what I do and I found that a long time again so this is just pushing my to do more than I ever thought I could. Mat plays all the songs we had rehearsed for tonight. The crowd sings along and chants mine and Mats name. I check my followers on my social media that's exploded. Once it was 10 now it's 47,490. I've grown "fame" from my boyfriend. The things Mat does for me will never get old. These are the reasons i cherish him in my small warm heart. At the very end of all the songs before Mat walks off stage he says something.
"I hope your watching all these people love and adore you Alice. You aren't even here and your causing a riot. Then something happens that I don't expect.
"WE LOVE YOU ALICE!" The crowd shouts as one. The broadcast then cuts out and I'm left sitting looking at the website. I sit there for just a few seconds in silence. How has this happened? I'm so confused yet so happy. I've made my dream by not even being there. I do the first thing I think of and text Mat
I love you Xx i press send and get an almost immediate reply.
I love you too Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Nat suddenly wakes up and looks at me.
"I had the weirdest dream that Mat was singing at a concert and the crowd went wild for you but you weren't even there." She says. I smile at her.
"Darling that was all true. It all happened." I say almost laughing. My dreams have turned into reality. And I couldn't be happier.