There was a loud knock at the door as I ignored it, "adam open the door I know youre in there! You cant hide inside forever, you have to come out at some point" my mothers voice sounded from the other side of the door.I looked at the clock I was meeting the boss of the record company in an hour, so I had to get rid of my mom. I opened the door, "what do you want? I have somewhere to be" I said. "I want to talk to you, this is Doctor Smithson" she said as an elderly man in a suit appeared next to her. "That's nice but I have things to do, people to meet and such" I replied shutting the door behind me.
"Adam will you stop and listen for once in your life!" she snapped her voice clipped and edged with ice. "Fine you've got 5 minutes" I snapped back crossing my arms, "adam I think there is something seriously wrong with you. I think you need to be evaluated by doctor Smithson and his team. They really are very good you know" she told me. "This is getting old mom, im not going to see some shrink ok. Its not going to happen now if you'll excuse me" I answered heading for the lift. "Don't you dare walk away from me" she cried, "why not huh? You don't listen to me, you don't care what I have to say. Youre obsessed with this shrink, no offecnce doctor. But don't worry, I haven't had anymore dreams with tommy in, ive not lost it quite yet. Now I have a meeting to get to, if it goes well im leaving for LA at the end of the week" I said as the doors slid shut behind me.
I got to the restaurant and straightened my tie before heading inside smoothing my shirt, I scanned the room trying to guess which guy was the one I was meeting. I had never seen him before, "you must be adam" a voice as I turned. Walking over to me was a tall, slim man dressed in a suit with a briefcase. "Yes that's me, you must be the record company CEO" I replied holding out my hand.
"Jerry Dawes, shall we sit?" he answered shaking my hand firmly as we sat down. "So I want to sign you to my label, Ive heard some of your songs and I love them" he told me as I sipped my coffee. "You listened to them? Wow, im glad you liked them" I answered. "I really did, I think you'd do well. So will you take the job?" he asked. I considered it "I think id like that where do I sign" I replied. He smiled and opened his briefcase, he slid a piece of paper across the table to me. I picked it up and read through it, "so?" he asked.
"This is good do you have a pen?" I asked. He pulled a pen from his pocket and handed it to me, I took it and signed on the dotted line. I handed it back to him, "when do we start?" I asked. "I would like you to come back with me to LA at the end of the week, that way you can meet the other people you need to and we can do a shoot for pictures for the list of people we represent" he explained.
"Ok awesome I look forward to it" I replied, "good my driver will pick you up at 7am on Friday. Pack for a few days" he said. "Sounds good to me, it was a pleasure to meet you" I said as we stood. "The pleasure was all mine, I'll see you Friday adam" he replied shaking my hand as he left. I watched as he slid into a sleek black audi that had pulled up on the kerb. I smiled properly for the first time in ages, my life was moving on. It was hard not having tommy there to share all these new things with, it made me miss him more.
I rubbed the dull ache in my chest as I headed up the road towards my apartment block. I headed through the lobby and towards the lift making a mental note of everything I needed to pack. The doors slid open as I unlocked my door and stepped inside, I headed for my room and dragged out my suitcase. I got the same feeling I always did like someone was with me, I looked round the room and noticed some things were moved.
I shrugged it off as I had probably knocked it earlier as I packed some things. I was looking forward to it, starting a new job doing something I loved. My eyes fell to the picture of me and tommy on the side as I reached for it and stroked it. "I wish you were here with me for this, I will make you proud tommy I promise I will" I said. "I know you will" came the whispery voice sending shivers down my spine as a cool breeze surrounded my body. For a split second I thought I saw him, saw him standing at the end of the bed.
I ran my hands over my face putting it down to the fact I was tired, my mind must be playing tricks on me. I blinked and everything was normal again, "jeez I really need some sleep. Im going crazy" I mused thinking out loud. I finished packing things, tidied up, put some of tommys things into bags for charities and keep piles before I finally collapsed in bed exhausted.
