He's not my dad

Chapter 36

The room was so loud that I could hardly hear what was being said. The woman stood across from me had short black hair and really dark eye make up, I had heard the word congratulations but after that I only picked up the odd word. I smiled and nodded at her politely.

"Did you miss me" strong arms came around my waist.

The woman who was speaking at me smiled and walked away.

"Always" I said melting into his touch.

I turned and beamed at chuck. His big brown eyes were lined with black eye make up making his eyes pop. His ripped denim jeans sat tightly on his legs like a second skin. His look screamed rock star, like a young tommy lee.

I licked my bottom lip just looking at him. "Hi"

"So we're number one" his lips were against my ears. I was surprised that his tone was so cool, I expected him to be bouncing on the walls.

I nodded happily, chuck was so proud. He had wanted this for years and he finally had been rewarded for his hard work. The band had been celebrating since we had heard that our debut single had gone straight to the top of the charts. Chuck hadn't been with us he promised to meet us to celebrate after he had run his errands.

"So what was so important that it kept you away from the countdown" I called as he kissed my neck.

"I had lunch with my grandparents"

"Oh"

Chuck smiled " they told me that their happy were together and to ignore my father"

I put my arms around his neck "they did, there very open minded"

He nodded and smiled brightly, "so everyone knows about us."

My parents were a little confused but they promised to support whatever made me happy and that was chuck. I imagine it will be awkward for my dad as he has become close with Greg but there both big boys I'm sure they can work it out.

Chuck grabbed us a drink from a passing tray and pulled me out of the bar. We sat on the wall and kissed.

"My grandmother said I can go live with them till I get a place"

I swallowed the last of my drink , I wasn't expecting that. I knew him living with me had only been a temporary fix but I was liking having him around.

"Oh"

Chuck was silent, he was looking at me like he was trying to read my mind. "You must be missing having your room to yourself and my stuff everywhere must be driving you crazy"

"I actually like having your things around"

"So you want me to move out but leave my stuff" he smiled at me knowingly.

"I guess you could stay too, it would be unfair for me to separate you from your stuff"

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Chuck and I were officially a couple and had been for the last month. In that whole time chuck didn't hear from his dad once, I felt guilty for causing the rift between them. They had never had the best relationship but they had never not spoken before.

We were still a fairly new band so we were having to appear in so many music and morning tv shows that we hardly slept past 7. If it wasn't for chuck living with me we wouldn't have had any alone time. 

We had been promoting our single to within an inch of its life. People must have been sick of seeing us on TV, I certainly was. I had enjoyed meeting the presenters who I watched on the tv and chuck had loved the attention. The rest of the band hated it and requested that they only be shown on camera when performing.

Chuck and I had just been slathered in make up so we sat on the red sofa ready to discuss our second single.

The shows host holly shook our hands before she sat across from us.

"Welcome back , were here with chuck and Taylor from the rich kids. Thank you for getting up so early to come see us" holly was smiling brightly at us.

"Thanks for having us" chuck replied. He was so confident in front of the camera he would flirt with the presenters without coming across as creepy.

"What time did you stop parting, you must be still celebrating your 4 weeks at number 1"

I smiled "I'm not going to lie we didn't leave the club until 2 so we're probably still a little buzzed"

Holly laughed. "So the band hangs out socially too, how did you all meet"

"It's a funny story actually, me and the guys all attended the same private school. We formed a band 6 years ago but Taylor wasn't our singer until this summer" chuck laughed.

"How did you become involved Taylor"

"Well I had gone to a gig to support the band and I saw genie there so I let them know to give it all they had"

"And can you believe it just ten minutes before our lead singer quit" chuck said finishing the story.

"I bet you couldn't believe your luck when you were asked to sing" holly asked.

"No it was quite the opposite, I refused to sing. I had been working in an
Office, singing professionally was never part of my life plan. I didn't have a choice but to sing , the guys had worked so hard they couldn't lose it. I did think it would only be for that night"

Holly was laughing "so you didn't expect to be a part of the now very successful band. I bet your happy that you stayed"

"I really thought the band would just get a replacement singer but genie liked us all together and asked me to stay. I couldn't refuse and I'm glad I didn't, I love performing with my friends. It's the best job in the world" it felt like a life time ago when I had been forced to Join, I can't believe I almost walked away.
Chuck and i were staring into one another's eyes, it was like there was only us in the room.

"You two are very close, is it true that your a couple" the blonde asked as she looked down at our tangled hands.

I hadn't realised we were holding hands it had just become so natural that our hands met instinctively.

"A couple of what" chuck joked.

I bit my lip and looked at the floor.

"Are you dating" she asked although it was clear by her smirk that she knew the answer.

"We don't have time for dates, were either with the band or sleeping" I joked.

"But are you sleeping together" she prompted with a cheeky wink.

Chuck lent forward to answer before I could open my mouth "holly, when we're in bed together you can be sure that we're not sleeping"