Hang Onto Yourself

Hang Onto Yourself Part 4

Nova paced nervously in the hotel room waiting for Anna to finish collecting her things that may or may not be needed for the meeting, her cell phone, lippy, perfume, note book, lots of things.

Her bag was like a bottomless pit! Nova handed her cigarette packet to Anna "Would you mind taking these in your bag for me?" she asked, not before removing a cigarette to smoke on the way, as Anna put them in her bag.

"Right, I think we're ready" Anna said. Anna hadn't had an easy time with Nova from the moment she arrived at Nova's flat on the Saturday night. Nova's nerves were shot to pieces, and her temper could be short when she was like that.

She would speak with an irritated tone to most questions. Anna was so laid back she took it all on the chin, she knew Nova didn't mean it and just had a lot on her mind.

They had tried to go out, catch a show on Broadway, but Nova stared into space for most of it and Anna knew exactly the topic going round her mind. "I wish I had my weed" Nova moaned. "No you don't, wouldn't be good to go to the meeting high or stoned would it?" Anna said rolling her eyes, she wondered if Nova thought all the answers were found in a stupid drug.

"Right, c'mon" instructed Anna sharply. Nova took a deep breath trying to calm her nerves and walked out the door.

Out on the street New York was not as busy as they thought it might. Most people were at work by now, so really it was only tourists.

Anna lead Nova who was busy looking around more than where she was going, "C'mon" she urged Nova. Anna thought she had already spotted David's building the day before while they were out, so she knew roughly where they were going.

Nova, still not paying attention bumped shoulders with a business man who seemed in a hurry, she turned to apologise immediately but the business man wasn't happy "WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING TOURIST!" he shouted at Nova.

The good thing about America was no one knew who she was. The Viva Diva's had never cracked the US. Anna concentrating and checking her note book for the building she thought was the right one, in fact was, she motioned to Nova, "This way".

They walked through the door and over to the concierge. Anna did the talking, Nova was too nervous and had a habit of having a slight stammer when she was nervous. "Hi there, we have a meeting with Mr. Bowie for 10am, can you confirm that he's on the top floor?" The concierge confirmed and called for the lift.

Nova was admiring the architecture in the lobby. She wasn't generally into things like that but it caught her eye.

Next thing she knew Anna was pulling on her arm, she was away with the fairies and wasn't listening to Anna and didn't hear the ding of the lift when it arrived. "C'mon dozy!" laughed Anna grabbing Nova's arm and dragging her into the lift thanking the concierge. As the lift started to move Nova suddenly crouched down holding her arm across her stomach the other holding on the railing in the lift.

"Whats wrong?!" Anna asked concerned, "I f-f-feel so sick" Nova whispered. Anna crouched down to Nova's level "Look, you don't know why you're here. Everything will be fine. What do you thinks going to happen?"

"I don't know, and thats the w-w-worst part of all this" Nova breathed, embarrassed her stammer had surfaced. The lift reached the top floor and the doors opened. Anna helped Nova stand and they walked out the lift together "You will be fine. Just see what he wants. It's probably not anything you've even thought of and you've been torturing yourself for nothing!" Anna mused.

"I know, I k-know". Nova tapped herself on either side of her head in an attempt to straighten her mind out and hope her stammer went away. It didn't work she still felt nervous and it was unlike her stammer would go just yet. Anna knocked on the door, the only door on the floor it seemed. Nova took another deep breath, Anna whispered "It'll be fine" out of the corner of her mouth.