Clear as Day (Scotty McCreery fanfic)

Chapter 8- First Fan

~Scotty's POV

While Emilly was driving I thinking back to the diner.... First that nice old lady. How she said she'd never seen a love like ours' ...? Huh I don't know I'll ask Emily later, maybe. Then when the little girl asked me to sing for her.. I didn't expect everyone to turn around and start clapping. I just thought 'Oh I'll just sing the chorus no big deal.' But when they cheered for more, I didn't realize I was that good. OOH and who could forget about the random camera crew, and of course being on live TV. Man news travels fast around here. It was all just fantastic! Just one thing, I certainly don't want to become a stuck up celebrity either. I need to prove that.

We had made it to the corner of Ohio by nightfall. Emily had driven through the Virginia's and I took over just before getting through WV. It was definitely time to stop, find a place to sleep and get dinner somewhere. I insisted on paying because this was the road trip that I wanted to take, and I invited Emily so guests shouldn't have to pay, anyways. 

We found another cute little diner in Logan County, Ohio. Hopefully nothing too crazy would happen this time. I was wrong. When Em and I walked in there was a whispering coming from one of the booths, and they were clearly looking at us. A younger teenager came over to us asking if we are the two that were on the Virginia news this morning. I was shocked, but I answered truthfully and she went to take out her phone. "Can I have a picture with you guys, the first one from before you get even more famous." I was touched and asked if she was going to vote for me if I made it through. All she said before walking away was, "Oh you'll make it through."

~Emily's POV

That younger girl was so nice, basically saying that Scotty will be famous. I do take back what I had thought earlier about how I think he might be a stuck up celebrity. He cares about everyone we had met so far, and I have known him way too long to ever let that happen. We finished dinner and paid and were just about to walk out when people started clapping and cheering. We looked around confused and they were chanting 'Song, Song..." It was for Scotty, they wanted him to sing. He looked over at me, almost like asking for approval. I elbowed him the side and mouthed 'go.' This time he sang "It's America," By Rodney Atkins. When Scotty got to the chorus;

It's a high school prom, it's a Springsteen song, it's a ride in a Chevrolet

It's a man on the moon and fireflies in June and kids sellin' lemonade

It's cities and farms, it's open arms, one nation under God

It's America

The diner was singing along the whole time. I still can't believe how fast news travels. Scotty was having fun, sort of having expected it. Just the absolute eruption in the crowd. It was good practice. After that we got out to the truck and drove around to find a motel to sleep in for the night. The guy said all they had left was a single bed room because it was their busiest time of the year. Scotty just said he'd sleep on the floor. It wasn't a big deal we had slept under the stars together and we used to have pajama parties with Travis all the time when we were little. We got to the room and it was fine for a one night stay type of thing. I grabbed my pjs and toothbrush from the truck and headed in to find Scotty passed out on one side of the bed. Its allowed since today was so busy, Hah he didn't even take off his boots. 

~Scotty's POV

I woke up about an hour or two later and Em had been quietly watching TV. I sat up and she said "So how's it feel to already be a superstar?"

"What do you mean?" She pointed at the TV and I had now made the Ohio news for singing! "That's amazing, like even if I don't make it .." She cut me off.

"Don't even think that. All of these people must have at least proved how good you are. It's gotta be so much better hearing it from them rather than just from me all the time."

"Nothing will ever be better than that. I just want you to know that no matter what happens you are still one of the only people I will come to. I promise not to become a stuck up celeb."

I could tell that made her feel better because she sighed and then I realized it was 12:54am. "Goodnight Scotty." I scooted over and hugged her tight for a few seconds and then we both fell asleep and were able to sleep in again.

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A.N.

So guys Scotty's getting pretty famous huh? They haven't even gotten to Milwaukee yet.....

Do you think Scotty will stay true to his promise or will the fame take too tight of a hold on him?

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Love y'all ~Em~