One In A Million

3. Knocking On Heaven's Door

Alice and Toby asked their friends to be their roommates and live together in the same floor, which would be better for all of them, and especially for the band. Their friends agreed with their suggestion; they rented a place to do their rehearsals and they started living together. Like always, they continued playing in small places and in the streets, where people gave them money for the quality of their "show". They put makeup on, dressed sometimes with smoking and weird clothes, and had fun. But it was always the same. Alice wanted to go further than that, but she didn't achieve it no matter how hard she worked, until one day. The owner of a very famous pub near where they lived saw them playing and asked them if they could play the Saturday night there. Alice and her friends couldn't believe it:
Tom: Guys! This is a big opportunity! This pub is not only famous, lots of owners from records go there at night to see if they can catch new bands!
Alice: I can't believe it Tom! This is our opportunity, we must choose our best songs to play!
Toby: We have to be perfect that night!
Jane: What are we waiting for? Let's go and rehearse the songs!
Lena: Yes!

- SATURDAY NIGHT -

It was 11 p.m. Andromeda arrived earlier to prepare everything for their performance. Before stepping on the stage, while the owner of the pub was presenting them, the five friends held each other's hands and looked deeply in their eyes. They took a deep breath, and with so much faith, they stepped on it. Lots of applauses were sorrounding them. The instruments and the microphones were prepared onstage. They took their instruments and they started feeling very confident. Toby started the count for their first song, "I won't back down", and everything started. They played 5 songs and when they finished, all the people that was in the pub, stood up for them. Alice's eyes were showing an image of faith and the result of hard work through the years, the endless days, and the sleepless nights writing songs with her friends.

After their performance, a guy called Eric Brown, owner of "Altimus Records" went backstage and talked with them:
Eric: Hello, my name's Eric Brown. I saw your performance and I'm impressed. I've never seen a band that good in this place for years. If you want, I can offer you something.
Alice: Yes, sure.
Eric: Do you want to sign a contract with my record and start working there? I would give you time to think about it. Here's a paper with all the terms and conditions you need to know before accepting. Oh! And here's my number, you can call me when you are a 100% sure about this.
Toby: Thanks so much Eric, we will think about it for sure and we will try to call you as fast as possible.

Eric said goodbye to the guys and they started jumping up and down all together, at last...they finally achieved it!