Backstage

Chapter 13

Amelia smirked at me as she fiddled with the lemon tea bag that swam about in a little floral tea cup. Twisting the string around her fingers she gazed out onto the Norwich street. It was raining hard so we had taken shelter in The Oak Room cafe and were sat sipping flavoured tea in a cosy room with a log fire. Amelia had been my best friend throughout high school and she was in her final year of uni, she had come to visit me for the day before heading out to Australia.

"Do you remember when we told Mr Ryan that I wanted to move to Australia and you where going to America!" She giggled

"Didn't he tell us to shut up and stop being stupid" I smirked back

"Yeah but now look at us!" She smiled

"Don't you mean look at you! Going of to Australia with a degree in philosophy and I am here working in costa." I cringed as I thought back to high school days

"Belle, follow your heart...."she added seeming to lift my spirits

"What do you mean" I questioned

"Find what makes you happy and go there" she smiled putting her hand on mine

"Go to America?" I asked confused

"Yes Belle! America. If that's what you want no one can stop you!" Amelia twisted the string around her finger. It was easy enough for her to say! She had a perfect life she was so pretty had a amazing career, good degree, perfect boyfriend and following her dream. Craving America I tried to twist my tea bag in the same kind of sexy effortless way she did. "Plop" I had pulled the string off and the little bag of blueberry fizzed at the bottom of my cup. I failed sexy tea bag stirring well that's a first.

Amelia was in hysterics as she looked into the cup " only you Belle!" She stammered

"Cheers thanks bye shut up" I teased back

"That was our little catch phrase back in the day" she smirked

"I miss those days" I smiled nostalgically thinking back to the day I met Amelia. "Hey remember when I met you and you were like 'sup bro! I am Amelia by the way'" she cringed in her seat

"Yeah but I recall you saying, hey I am Belle and Luke and James being like but she prefers Bellend" she teased

"God yep I defiantly prefer to be called penis to my own name" I laughed back causing the whole contents of the cafe to turn and stare; about 99% were elderly women who tutted in shame before resuming conversations based solely on knitting.

"Okay penis we need to sort your outfit out for tomorrow!" She smiled

"Yeah haha umm I was thinking trackies" I answered honestly

" you haven't changed have you Belle" she giggled

"Nope" I answered truthfully

"You need something eh du sophistication" Amelia spoke in a kind of French accent

"You gone all France'sa on me" I smirked back

"Dats me" she laughed "right back to it"

"How do I go sophisticated? Without looking like a poshed up sloth?" I quizzed

"Maybe some black trousers and t shirt with a coloured blazer." Amelia answered

"Where should we look? The usual suspects you should be able to get some a Miss sexies on the market, and the usuals peacocks,primark, new look, topshop, miss Selfridge you know the drill." She smiled as we headed out of The Oak House.

The trousers and T shirt where easy! I mean plain black skinny trousers and a t shirt arn't exactly rare things are they! The blazer was proving tricky I had tried on about fifty black ones, pink ones, blue ones, flowery ones you name it I had tried it but I looked like a cretin in all of them.

The funniest by far was this one that looked nice on the hanger except the sizing was odd. There was one on a mannequin so Amelia made me stand on the mannequin stand so she could compare our sizes, she then stripped the mannequin and tried it on. It didn't fit around my tits but was too baggy pretty much everywhere else it was only then did we realise we were in Topman! The mannequin was even a man! We tried to redress the mannequin but he fell over onto the floor so we legged it out of the shop in stitches.

I was on blazer number 56 now it was a coral pink fitted blazer and judging by the look on Amelia's face we had finally completed our mission! We then added a pink and white flower necklace and some black low heeled shoes. Amelia looked proud of her outfit creation. It was then a little spark adorned her eye.

"Make up" she squeaked

"Clunge!" I randomly yelled confused

"Yes..... Wait what" Amelia giggled "no we need to get you some matching stuff"

Having tried on varies foundations, examining different mascara wands and holding eye shadow palettes to my head we chose my face. A light ivory foundation- much to Amelia's disgust. She always liked to go a shade up but I always went a shade down. We had two mascaras one for length and volume one for curl, eyeliners and a pink lipstick. Nude eye palette which unless you are glittery is not nude.

I laid in the bath watching the bath fizzed fizzing away cheerily. It dyed the water a seemingly pink and blue colour which swirled around me. Amelia and me were staying in a hotel in Norwich I don't exactly know -why well I do but you will think I am terminally insane. I had told Esme and Millie I was going on holiday for a few days up in Nottingham but really we were spending one night in a Norwich hotel, Interview tomorrow and Cardiff hotel before coming home.

We had rang room service- twice to ask for McDonald's. They said no both times much to our annoyance so we continued to play snap, the only game in the hotel room. Amelia was great at this actually although she got stroppy if she lost which is always amusing. It was weird being in this hotel I could see our own block of flats clearly I could ever make out two figures on my balcony at one point. I thought it must be Esme and Dan although I thought this was odd as Esme was spoused to be at some birthday meal but I had unbeknown to them seen Eddie and Millie walk past about half an hour ago.

When I got back from Cardiff Esme had asked me to be a extra in her film thing. I wasn't sure if this was a film course or some love making course at the moment though so maybe there was hope for me. I hadn't particularly wanted to be part of the film as I would have to socialise! People was not my strong point. Esme however had bent and twisted my leg into it with Millie's help- knowing my luck she had asked Eddie to be a extra too so it would be a couple and a gooseberry god my life was good.

I really was done with relationships though so it didn't bother me. I mean first Liam wandering out of my life due to my 'history' and then Ash who was a complete dick although I missed him a great deal. In my mind I still wanted to text him but I knew he would just be more angry at me.

I woke with a start and clambered onto a train half with Amelia, the train was off at 4:30 in the morning! We were going to save ourselves 150 quid though so we would be fine I guess but I was incredibly tense and then I did it I just text him.

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