Palaye Royale Fanfic

Chapter 12 - Posters

Chapter 12 - Posters

When I went next door, Sebastian and Emerson congratulated Remington and I so I guess he'd told them last night. I shyly smiled as he took my hand.

"Ready to rehearse?"

I had to replace a string on my bass guitar and was crouched over on a chair when Remington walked over.

"You look cute when you concentrate."

I looked up at him and he tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear. I was so happy and leaned into his touch.

"Ready for the photoshoot today?" Sebastian asked us.

We introduced ourselves to the photographer and he seemed quite nice. We soon learned that he was really bossy and had a 'vision' for the perfect picture so just let him direct us as props for over an hour.

"Okay we need Remington front and centre because everyone notices the singer first. Sebastian if you stand to his left because you're very tall...yeah side on like that and give a moody face into the camera. Yeah perfect! Elodie if you stand next to Remington...closer, closer yeah that looks great. Now Emerson on the right and hold your hat."

We finally took a good picture and I ended up sleeping over on the sofa so we could spend a lot of time editing it to make a poster.

The poster had details of a website where people could stream our music, as well as Sebastian's phone number and email address for bookings. We spent the next day putting it up in pubs and bars and even on lampposts - anywhere where people could see it.

It turned out our posters had been a great idea, and we had a booking to play in a bar at the end of the week. We needed to look at the location first and meet the owner tomorrow and do a sound check but we were all so excited.

"What if they don't like us?" I asked.

Remington put his hand comfortingly on my knee.

"They've heard our recordings and we don't use auto tune or any electronic apps so we should sound the same live."

Sebastian had been keeping track of our streaming online and people seemed to be loving our album. We spent the day rehearsing the songs we would be performing and when we got to Ma Chérie, I went over to the microphone to sing the harmonies next to Remington who even snuck in a quick kiss on my cheek when there was a pause in the music.

Sebastian drove us to the pub and we met the manager. He already had a drum kit and microphone hooked up to the speakers but thought it would be better if Sebastian and I used our own guitars. We played for the pub staff and they seemed to love it which was great.

"The chemistry between the singer and the bass player is electric! Can you guys work on having more parts where you're next to each other and showing affection maybe? Cause the audience will love that!" The manager told us afterwards.

Remington, Sebastian and I worked on a routine we could do for out show so we weren't stationary all the time during our performance. Emerson couldn't really move but he didn't mind as he preferred being in the background.

We had all the times and songs ready for tomorrow and didn't want to over-rehearse and stress too much, so decided to just chill tonight.

Mum invited Remington over for dinner and he turned up in a shirt and smart trousers.

"Wow you look great!"

"You don't think it's too formal?" He asked nervously.

"No you look lovely and Mum's going to love you even more now."

Ryan was there too for dinner and the four of us spoke all throughout dinner. It was like they'd known Remington forever which was great.

"Elodie's told me all about the gig you guys have tomorrow - are you excited?" Mum asked.

"I'm a bit nervous because it's our first public performance but it should be fun."

After dinner we watched a movie and then Mum and Ryan went up to bed.

"He can stay the night if you want."