*SEQUEL to 'When Love Takes You In'*
Last time we saw Genesis Carlie Lawrence, her life was in danger with her friend Chloe. Genesis has gotten herself our of many tough situations, but could this be the problem that determines her fate? But somet...
A few weeks ago I released my first holiday EP. I had three songs on it, and I was booked to sing them at an outdoor concert venue in Beverly Hills. I was so excited since this was one of my first concerts that I was performing at in over a year!
I used to do outdoor concerts all the time, but Castle filming always got in my way and I couldn't so them. Now, I have time before the movie starts to sing a lot more.
I had been getting ready for the past hour and was almost completely ready. I just had to finish my hair and do my makeup. I was wearing a long sleeve, red, skater dress with a fake fur vest, and paired it up with my black Converse. Hey, I wanted to be comfortable up there!
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I curled my hair and slipped on a black head band, and then went to doing my makeup. It wasn't hot out but it wasn't cold, typical California weather, so I just did my normal stage makeup with extra setting spray.
I smiled in my mirror and made sure I didn't get wrinkle lines in my foundation, and then went to go brush my teeth for the third time that day. A doctor once told me that you can literally brush your teeth off because of like the enamel, but I wanted to have perfect white teeth tonight.
"Mom! I'm leaving!" I yelled as I went downstairs. "Okay, I'll meet you there in a few hours." She said as she met me at the door with Tegan. My Uber was picking me up early so I could go in for sound check.
The ride to the amphitheatre was quiet. My driver did ask for my autograph since his daughter was a fan of mine. I gave one to him and then got out with my bag. I was met by Angela, my agent, and she rushed me over to be hooked up to the mic.
"Ready to debut these songs?" Angela asked me. "Let's do it." I said with a smile as the mic pack was taped properly.
*Two Hours Later*
I forget how much I love to sing until I'm actually doing it in front of a hundred or so people.
I had sang my three Christmas songs and two Christmas cover songs. Now I was off to signing posters, CDs, and doing photos.
"Hi everybody! Merry almost Christmas!" I shouted yo the group or people in line. I got hollers of approval and I was so stoked.
"I hope you all enjoyed the concert, and hopefully ate excited to get some photos and merch! I'm selling my shirts, posters, CDs, other items, and taking pictures up here." I reminded everyone.
After that, Angela and security started letting people up to the table. Mom was off to the side under a little tent thing with my sisters, and she looked so proud. It's usually her getting all the fans, and it was finally my turn!
I mean we always got stopped for pictures and autographs, even Stella and Tori, but these people came to see me. Nobody else, me.
That might sound conceited, but I was so happy that this many people loved Genesis Lawrence for being Genesis Lawrence the singer. Not the daughter of JLaw, but me.
I met so many beautiful fans. Young, old, short, tall, and they were all gorgeous in their own special way. I must say though, the one that stood out to me the most was a little girl that seemed to have Down Syndrome.
Her mom said that her name was Hope, and that she loved my music and acting. She watched my episodes of Castle all the time, and listened to my music nonstop. She made her own poster collages of me, and juat loved me as a person.
I took about a million pictures with Hope and signed a ton of stuff for her. She was over the moon happy, and hugged me so tight. I had never seen someone so happy to meet a celebrity.
By the end if it all I had sold out of almost everything. I had two CDs left and about a dozen shirts left. "Good job honey. You sounded great!" Mom commended me as we gathered our stuff to leave. I thanked her and got in the passenger seat, checking my social media while she got Tegan in her car seat.
I saw I had a ton of posts that I was tagged in. The ones were mostly from fans who met me that night. I liked most if them and commented on a few. Then I saw a familiar face...
Hope
It must have been an account for Hope run by her mom. The handle was: authentically.hopemccall and I was in love with the caption. I almost started crying.
"Hope had been in love with Genesis Lawrence for the past two years. Tonight she finally got the chance to meet her idol. Genesis was so nice to Hope and was such a real person with her. She disnt talk to me instead of Hope, Genesis had an actual conversation with Hope and it warmed my heart. This is the side of celebrities the media doesn't portray. Behind all the hate there are many beautiful souls like Genesis, who love their fans so much. Thank you for making dreams come true tonight!"
I liked the picture, commented three heart emojis and then followed them with: " It's not everyday I meet someone as great as Hope. Keep on being you Hope! Follow your dreams and I'll always support you!"
I ended that by following authentically.hope and then turned off my phone.
Her mom was right though, it's the side if the media that isn't shown. But if it's my little part of me that I made that girl happy, then does the media really matter?
