The sound of a phone ringing pulled me from a deep sleep. I fumbled around on the bedside table for my phone, but it wasn't mine ringing. I nudged Rem but he barely stirred, the phone rang again. Reluctantly I got out of bed and went over to his clothes from last night which were in a heap by the side of the bed and pulled his phone from his jean pocket. It was Seb.
"Hey Seb"
"Hey Poppy, how you doing?"
"I'm good, just sleepy, everything ok?"
"Yeah great, I'm sorry to wake you, is Rem there?"
"He's still asleep, you need him urgently?"
"Tell him we've been nominated for a Kerrang award"
"Holy fuck are you kidding me?" i squealed
"Best International Breakthrough, oh and one more"
"Yeah?"
"Rem's up for Hottest Man in Rock"
"Oh my godddddd" I screamed
"Pop? What the...?" Rem stretched and sat up in bed, rubbing his eyes
"You're the Hottest man in rock baby"
He looked at me totally confused
"Who you on the phone to?"
"Seb, he wants to talk to you"
I threw him his phone and sat down on the bed next to him, excited for him to hear the news. His eyes widened as Seb delivered the news and the biggest grin broke out across his face.
"Holy fuckin' shit no way! Oh my god, this is amazing, I can't believe this!"
Suddenly my phone started to come to life, Kerrang had released the nominees and my phone was blowing up with mentions and tags on Instagram and Twitter. I quickly headed to the Kerrang site to vote and sent out a tweet and posted to instagram:
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@Poptart Soldiers of the Royal Council, you got this right? Got vote for my mans and our boys :-)
"I'm so proud of you Rem" I said, going in for a cuddle
"I need to go tell Em" he said, hopping out of bed, pulling his clothes on as he stumbled out of the bedroom. I smiled and went to take a shower. I had loads of work to do on the photos from yesterday so that was my day planned out. The boys had loads of merch to sign and dispatch and I knew they'd be going to the studio at some point.
I dried myself quickly and diligently applied my stretch mark cream before dressing in a plain white tee and a denim skirt tying my hair in a bun and wrapping around my favourite headscarf. lots of gold jewellery and I was good to go. I had decided if I was going to hide my pregnancy that I needed to get creative with my photos, I was already working out the best angles to conceal my bump but today I went for a leg selfie.
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@poptart Mama got tanned! Who even am I?
Remingtonleith Ur hot AF!!
I smiled at Rem's comment and went downstairs to make tea. Emerson and Rem were sat at the kitchen island, heads buried in their phones, occasionally speaking to each other.
"What's up guys?"
"We're invited to the Kerrang awards, timing works out great as it's just before Reading and Leeds Festival so we can do it all while we're in the UK. You look beautiful by the way" said Rem, pulling me in for a quick kiss.
"This is so exciting, you guys I'm so proud"
I made tea and then left the guys to it to go work on my photos from yesterday in the office. I spent all day working, culminating in a 2 hour skype conference with the Vans team going through the looks. I finally called it a day around 10pm knowing my photos were going to be seen across the world in magazines and on billboards. As I was shutting down my computer, Rem came in behind me and put his arms around my neck.
"You done babe? It's getting late, you've been in here all day"
"Yeah I'm done, just shutting down"
"Could you take an instagram photo for us?"
"Of course"
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@Palayeroyale We're nominated for International Breakthrough at the Kerrang Awards! It would mean the world to us if we won this, SOTRC please vote! Also our vampire boy is nominated for Hottest Man in Rock, go tell the world what we already know! Photo cred Poptart
The guys were in the mood to party, Emerson was already stoned, smoking a joint and drinking Amaretto liquor, Seb was on the Mother's ruin and Rem was drinking Jack Daniels. I joined them out on the patio. Their bassist Dan had come over, along with Hayden from Crown and his girlfriend Caity. Caity knew about my pregnancy so we sat talking while the guys began getting rowdy. Feeling a bit out of the party as I was sober, I called it a night and left them to it, Rem finally joining me in bed at 4am somewhat worse for wear. He attempted foreplay but was asleep within minutes, I laughed quietly to myself. My husband, nominee for Hottest Man in Rock, fast asleep with his trousers around his ankles and his Docs still on.
