I want to be on TV / the fabulous fantasy life of Hesta, chapter 10
We well and truly rocked that night. Even Sam seemed impressed. 'Label monarchy' was even more dark and meaningful than it had been in rehearsals, and 'it's only air' made me feel so powerful and in control, I could have screamed. The performance was immense.
Stokell was happy, Harry was hyper and I was ecstatic as we left the stage. I was still buzzing when I went over to see Sarah and Stacey, who'd been sitting by the bar the whole time.
"Awwww, Hesta baby" mumbles Stacey as she hugged me
"That was awesome, I never knew you could play like that, you make me feel bad" smiled Sarah, "But we have news for you now"
"What" I said quite intrigued
"I'm in a band... WITH STACEY!" my heart sank like stone
"And we were looking on the notice boards for guitarists and singers, and we have some people lined up to audition!"
"Well done" I replied half heartedly.
I'd known for a long time that my two best friends could play instruments. They'd been my partners in music lessons for years. I would have gladly joined them then and there. I would have teamed up with them long ago; it's just the fact that no one had ever asked me that was holding me back. I didn't like to be the one to ask the questions.
"When did you decide this?"
"Just now-ish. When we were watching you play. We've seen how happy you are to be in the band, and... well it's just a good way of expressing yourself, isn't it? We want that"
Stacey didn't always make perfect sense. What did she want to express, and why would she want to? Could have asked me to be expressive with her? Why didn't she ask me to join with her instead of pestering Stokell to let me join his band? Had I really looked that happy next to him...
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What happened next surprised me. Stokell came up from behind me and grabbed my sides, just like he used to when we were going out. I squealed in shock and spun round to come face to face with those big blue eyes again;
"You did great tonight" he barely breathed
"No, we did great tonight"
For a moment I thought he might kiss me, but he just tilted his head and gave me a big, warm hug. I replayed that moment over and ever in my head for weeks. I felt like I had the first time Stokell gave me a hug, before he asked me out. The difference was that he hadn't.
Stokell was happy, Harry was hyper and I was ecstatic as we left the stage. I was still buzzing when I went over to see Sarah and Stacey, who'd been sitting by the bar the whole time.
"Awwww, Hesta baby" mumbles Stacey as she hugged me
"That was awesome, I never knew you could play like that, you make me feel bad" smiled Sarah, "But we have news for you now"
"What" I said quite intrigued
"I'm in a band... WITH STACEY!" my heart sank like stone
"And we were looking on the notice boards for guitarists and singers, and we have some people lined up to audition!"
"Well done" I replied half heartedly.
I'd known for a long time that my two best friends could play instruments. They'd been my partners in music lessons for years. I would have gladly joined them then and there. I would have teamed up with them long ago; it's just the fact that no one had ever asked me that was holding me back. I didn't like to be the one to ask the questions.
"When did you decide this?"
"Just now-ish. When we were watching you play. We've seen how happy you are to be in the band, and... well it's just a good way of expressing yourself, isn't it? We want that"
Stacey didn't always make perfect sense. What did she want to express, and why would she want to? Could have asked me to be expressive with her? Why didn't she ask me to join with her instead of pestering Stokell to let me join his band? Had I really looked that happy next to him...
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What happened next surprised me. Stokell came up from behind me and grabbed my sides, just like he used to when we were going out. I squealed in shock and spun round to come face to face with those big blue eyes again;
"You did great tonight" he barely breathed
"No, we did great tonight"
For a moment I thought he might kiss me, but he just tilted his head and gave me a big, warm hug. I replayed that moment over and ever in my head for weeks. I felt like I had the first time Stokell gave me a hug, before he asked me out. The difference was that he hadn't.
