| G & G Chapter 8 |
| I got into my room and shut the door. I knew Marie wouldn't try to come talk to me because she knew I was angry. I changed into some shorts and a tank top and went down through the living room on to the back deck. I sat down in my favourite chair and decided just to relax. I heard the door open behind me. Marie came and sat down in the chair next to mine. "Hey." Marie said not making eye contact. "Hi." I said back to her. "I am sorry. Uh...I didn't even mean for you to think that Dhani and I were...up to something. We weren't. He loves you too much. I wouldn't do that to you and either would he. But I am sorry you had to go through that." Marie apologized. "Thanks." I said getting up and giving her a hug, "Now let's go inside and see what the boys are up to." We walked into the living room. Marie sat on the love seat and I sat on the big yellow chair and put my feet up onto the coffee table. Dhani looked at me and came and wedged himself into the chair next to me. "What's wrong?" Dhani whispered into my ear. "Nothing, I am fine." I said reassuringly. I laid my head on his chest as he put his arms around me. *** *** *** A couple months went by and we cut a record, FINALLY. Jay was so proud. Things went by smoothly. We were all really excited when our tour was about to start. The first venue we were playing was MGM Grand in Las Vegas. That night we did all of the usual stuff. As I sat in our dressing room getting ready to perform, Amit burst through the door from the staging area. "Hey, I am really nervous, are you guys nervous, cus I am really nervous, I think I might throw up. Do you know how many people are out there, there are 40,000 people just to let you know!" Amit said pacing around the room biting his nails. "And you know what Amit? Everyone out there is gonna be watching and judging us!" Dhani said laughing ad Amit's eyes widened. "Amit, he's just kidding. You will be fine. Everything will be fine, nobody will be judging us!" I said trying to calm Amit's nerves. "Ok. Good." Amit said relaxing. "Hey get to the stage, you are on in 2 minutes." A tall bald middle-aged man came in and announced. We all walked through the door and made our way behind the stage. "And now here they are, A*Teens!" The announcer yelled to the screaming audience. *** *** *** After our performance we went backstage and changed clothes so we could go to do press. As we sat there in our dressing room we began realizing how big this whole thing was. "We made it. Our first show. We did it!" Marie said staring into space. "Yeah, and I didn't throw up or anything!" Amit said proudly. I looked over at Dhani who gave me a quick wink when we were interrupted. "Press room is ready." A man said holding open the door for us all to pass through. He led us into a huge room full of people where we sat at a small table and answered questions from press and backstage pass holders. "How old are you guys?" A press lady from Bop Magazine asked. "We are all 17 years old." Amit answered. The questioning went on for about half an hour when our manager announced we would only answer one more question. We looked around the crowd and Blake appeared in front of the table we were seated at with an armful of beautiful flowers. He stood up and approached the table. "Marie, I know what I put you through and I am really really sorry. I didn't know what I had until it was gone and I realized it that day I saw you in the mall. I really miss you. I would feel extremely priveledged if you would be my girlfriend again." He said hopefully handing her the flowers. We all looked at her, waiting for an answer. She slowly stood up and leaned over the table and gave him a hug. The whole audience clapped, and we knew things were back to normal, well a little better than normal. ***************************************************************************** |