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| ...When walking through the park on the way home who'd have guessed that Shane would turn up, and promise to get Nicola a record deal... But could it lead to the end of Westlife when Shane and Kian stop talking and start fighting??? |
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I was sitting in another boring RE lesson and slowly drifted off into my dream world, where I was a famous singer and was about to duet with my all time favourite band Westlife. The teacher was saying something about premonitions and dreams but I wasn't really listening, that was until Tanicia, my best friend began to shake me, "Wake up Nic, quick, miss is getting angry!" "What? what did you say?" "Some time today would be nice Nicola." the teacher said, "Sorry miss could you repeat the question." I said looking at Tanicia nervously "yes, the question was do you have any dreams or aspirations in life?" I thought about it for a bit and then heard a smarmy comment from the one person I liked least in the world, Ebonie. "Of course she's got dreams and aspirations, I mean she seems to be in a dream world of her own most of the time" A couple of people in the class giggled, but I just blushed. "Yes miss, I have a dream, I would like to get a record deal and to become a well known, successful singer and to work with Westlife" I finished, smiling. A couple of people in the class laughed, most of them knew about my love of Westlife, since first starting out I had bought every single song and every magazine with them in. "That's very nice" miss said, Ebonie looked a bit miffed. Everyone new I could sing, at least, everyone had told me I could sing, but I didn't believe them, I thought I was rubbish but I still wanted to be a singer mind. School finally finished and I began my way home. I was walking through the park and singing as usual, Swear it again, I thought that I sounded really off key, but my music teacher told me it was brill and was making me go to the music concert rehearsals, I was going to have to stand up and sing in front of everyone. I was real nervous about it, and my friends and family were all convinced I was going to chicken out, I wasn't well known for my bravery, but this time I was determined to prove all of them wrong. I was used to getting funny looks while singing in the park, but I wasn't used to people coming up to me and trying to get my attention, so when I was tapped on the shoulder I was ready and willing to apologise to this person. I turned and looked up to meet this persons eyes and as I did I realised who it was. I stood there for about a minute trying to take it all in. Here in front of me was standing Shane, the most gorgeous member of Westlife, not that the others weren't gorgeous too. I had fallen in love with this guy from day one. "Sorry" I managed to stutter out whilst going a deep crimson colour, I was totally embarrassed now. "Don't be" he said to me "It sounded really good, you a singer?" he asked genuinely. "No, why can you tell?" I was becoming more and more nervous by the minute and didn't really know what to say. "Well you should be, I mean with talent like that you should get a record deal straight away. But you'll need a manager first ..................." "Nicola" I finished for him "Yeah, you'll need a manager first Nicola" "You offering?!" I said jokingly "I would, but I'm still a bit busy at the moment, you know what with the band and all, but I know a few people who may be interested, If you give me your number I'll contact you" We exchanged numbers, yes I got Shane's mobile number, no one at school was going to believe me, even I didn't believe me! I got home and went upstairs to do my homework, but I couldn't concentrate, my Westlife CD was, as always, blaring nice and loud, the whole street probably knew the words by now, but what did I care, I was so happy, Shane of Westlife was going to get me a manager. I was so happy I just didn't know what to do with myself to get rid of my energy, so I went for anther walk in the park, to relax and to re-live the moment I met Shane. I had only been there for a while and was sitting down on a bench when I saw five people heading towards me "Great" I thought, more hassle. I was used to being hassled by everyone at school, they didn't like people if they had talent, most of them were talentless, so I prepared myself for the worst, that's why I was shocked when I realised it was all of Westlife. "Hey, how are you?" Shane said and he came to sit next to me on the bench, Kian, Nicky, Mark and Bryan all came and settled around us and Shane began talking. "I got in touch with those contacts, and if you are allowed off school on Friday, there's a couple of people who will listen to you, decide whether they're interested - which they will be - and then you're on your way to stardom." he finished and looked into my eyes. "Thanks" it was feeble I know, but it was all I could think of at the time. Kian turned towards me and Shane and then turned back towards Nicky and began whispering to him, Shane didn't look too impressed by them and asked what they were whispering about and mentioned to them that Whispering is rude. "We were just saying how lovely yous two look together," for the second time that day I went red, but I wasn't the only one this time, Shane had a bit of a pink colour in his cheeks and then him and Kian began having a fight on the grass. I looked at my watch, it was coming up for seven, "I'd better be getting home" I said, "You sure you can't stay for a while longer?" Shane asked, "No, I'd better not", I didn't want to go or anything but I had to "besides, I'd better stay on the right side of my parents if I want Friday off school" I got up to go and said bye to them all and began on my way. I could hear them all talking behind me and as I turned to wave I saw Shane coming. "Sorry, I didn't tell you what time I'd come pick you up" He said. He was walking with me and as we were going the other four of em ran past us and called back to Shane, "See ya later mate." And then they were gone, the park was quiet again, no more bubbly Irish chatter, except from Shane, he was telling me about what life was like on the road and how he coped being away from everyone he loved, how he wished he had a girlfriend and how much he envied Nicky, I felt I was really getting to know him. It began to rain, quite light to start with, but it soon got a lot heavier, by the time we got to my house we were both drenched. "You'd better come in and get dried off" I said "Can't have you catching pneumonia, after all how will Kian, Nicky Mark & Bryan cope without you". We both laughed and he came in. We were soon warm again, by the time he had to go we had drunk four cans of coke each and demolished two pizza's between us as well as a bar of galaxy chocolate disappear before us. "I guess I should get going" he said, "got to be up bright and early, so I'll pick you up at ten in the morning on Friday then" "See you at ten" I replied, I got up and opened the front door for him, "see you soon" he said and turned to leave. As I began to close the door I began to think about all that had just happened which is why I was taken aback when the door was pushed open again. "Sorry" Shane said, "but I almost forgot something." He moved towards me and gently kissed me on the lips "See you Friday" he whispered and then went. I woke up the next morning and just thought it had all been a brilliant dream but I soon realised it wasn't when I saw Shane's phone number on my desk. I looked at the time. 8 'o clock, and today was Friday. I had two hours before I had to meet up with Shane. I began to search through my cupboard trying to find something suitable to wear and eventually settled for a pair of black trousers, a blue shirt and some smart black shoes. I thought I looked professional yet quite attractive, I was very pleased with the outcome. By the time I had got ready it was almost time for me to leave, as I got to the door the phone began to ring. "Hello" I said as I picked up the phone "Hi" said the person on the other end. I couldn't quite interpret who it was to start with, that was until all that had happened sprung back to mind. It was Kian, at least I thought it was. "It's Kian" he said, confirming my thoughts "I just thought I'd call, what time you meeting Shane?" "About 10" I said unsure of where the conversation was going "I shouldn't really be saying any of this" he said "but I think that you should know that Shane hasn't had a girl like you on his arm before." "WHAT!" I shouted down the phone line "is that supposed to mean?" "Don't take it the wrong way, I only meant it as a compliment" I slowly calmed down "What I'm trying to say is, he's never been with someone who we've all liked and all enjoyed spending time with, and never with any one he's liked as much as he seems to like you" "Oh" I said quite dumbstruck by what was just said "but we aren't together" I said. I was greeted by a reply that confused me for the rest of the day "You soon will be. See ya lata, and good luck" and then he hung up. I looked outside as I heard a car horn toot, it was Shane. I was quite surprised that he was driving and that he didn't have his limo, but his BMW really suited him. I picked up my keys and ran out the house locking the door behind me. "hey" he said and smiled. I smiled back and then he kissed me on the cheek, "nice to see you to" I said with a cheeky grin. "Come on, we'd better get going, we don't want to be late" "could you just tell me where we are going?" I asked, "I mean I know we are going to go and see someone about signing me on, but where are we going?" "you'll see" he said mysteriously, "but first we'd better sort you out with some songs, get in the car, the lads are waiting for us at the studio" "Right" I said, I slid in the seat next to his and he started the engine. "Talking about he lads.." I began " I had a call from Kian a minute ago." "Oh yeah, and what did he have to say?" his happy tone had dropped and it sounded almost as if those two weren't the best of friends at the moment. "What's up?" I asked "Nothing, it's just, Kian and I had a bit of an argument yesterday, it was nothing, we'll soon have it all sorted out" "sure," I said "sure" We arrived at the studio at 10:30 and were greeted by the rest of the lads, they all smiled and gave me a hug, and were all chatting among themselves, except for Kian and Shane, normally those two act as if they are best friends, but as we started recording there was a tense atmosphere. To start with they got me to sing a couple of their songs and then a few more by other artists and then we had a break. During the break I was talking to all of them about life and they asked if I had a boyfriend at the moment and was telling me about the fun they were having travelling the world. Then Kian walked off, he wasn't smiling though, he looked, he looked as sad and angry as Shane had in the car on the way there. "Excuse me for a mo" I said as I got up and went after Kian, "KIAN....KIAN" I shouted as I chased him he turned around and stopped. "Yeah," he even sounded as glum as Shane "What's going on with you and Shane?" I asked "Nothing" "Oh come on, I ain't stupid, you two ain't been talking all day" "It's nothing!" "Shane told me you had an argument" "Did he, well I bet he didn't tell ya what about!" "No....you not gonna tell me either?" I asked "Yeah, yeah sure I'll tell ya, we had an argument over you" "You mean you two ain't talking because of me." I said becoming slightly worried about what was going to come next. "Yes, we ain't talking because of you" he said "What's going on???" a voice from behind us both said. I turned and saw it was Shane. "You trying to turn her against me?!?" he said to Kian, his voice was spiteful, a totally different kind of Shane "No he wasn't" I said defending Kian " I was asking him why you two aren't talking" "Its nothing you need worry about" Shane said "So I shouldn't be worried when two best friends stop talking because of a complete stranger, that stranger being me" "It's got nothing to do with you" Shane said "That's where you're wrong" Kian butted in "it's all got to do with her, and I wouldn't even mind if it was because I had said something rude or hurtful, but it was merely a suggestion" "WHAT???" I was becoming more and more confused by the minute, but they just ignored me. "I never asked you for your opinion" Shane continued to Kian "I didn't ever say you did and I only offered it because I know you too well" "Obviously not well enough" "Oh come on this is stupid" Kian said They continued rowing for a couple more minutes until I finally decided I had had enough. "WILL YOU BOTH SHUT-UP NOW!!!!!" i shouted, Nicky Mark and Bryan came running down from the studio when they heard the shout and for a second it went deadly silent. "Thank you", I said calming down and no longer having to shout to be heard. "Will one of you please tell me what all this is about" I said "Well" Kian started "Yesterday when Shane got back he told me about the kiss and about how well you two were getting on" I blushed slightly and looked to Shane who was presently looking at the floor "and I merely suggested to him that maybe, possibly he should consider asking you out, properly, like girlfriend/boyfriend. And I just joked that if he didn't want to and wasn't that interested to let me know because I sure was." "Is this what the whole thing was all about?" I turned and asked Shane "Well, yes.. but No" "What?" "Yes, but he has never had to worry about girls, I mean look at him, he' s attractive, funny, hard working and girls flock to him. He doesn't clam up in front of a girl, he doesn't have to worry about what to say, he's he's the perfect girl magnet, someone all men envy and are jealous of" "Ah come on" Kian said "I've had plenty of problems with girls. I mean there was this one time when......" I stood there shell shocked for a moment and when I came back I saw Shane and Kian walking off together the best of friends, Nicky, Mark and Bryan called me and we began walking back to the studio. "You alright?" Nicky asked "Yeah, I think so" "you don't wanna let those two get to ya" Bryan said "They are worse then brothers them two, one minute they are fighting, next they are the best of buddies" "you mean they are usually like that?" I questioned "oh yeah" Nicky continued, "you just gotta learn to ignore it and let them get on with the arguments, they soon finish and are the best of buddies again" "just ignore it" Mark said, "It's a really useful skill you'll have to develop if you want to last more than two minutes around them two" "Thanks guys" I said "I'll bear that in mind" I got back to the studio and continued practising, Shane and Kian didn't get back until two o'clock and even then they weren't that much use. Until three that was. Shane eventually decided to use his watch and when he did he jumped up and shouted "quick guys, Nicky, decide on the three songs she sounds best on, Mark get the music for them sorted, Bryan, get the microphone working and we'd better get tidying up" he said as he turned to Kian. "What's the hurry?" Nicky said "The hurry is that a number of interested people who have shown a desire to sign this talented young lady will be downstairs in the foyer waiting for us, now" "Right" Nicky replied. We all raced around for a minute and when we had finished Shane left to go down to the foyer to collect them all. The interested managers and record dealers came and sat in the studio and Shane was in the small room with me for a quick prep talk "Ok, this is it. you got your three songs?" "Check" "You know the words??" "Check" "timings, rhythms, beats etc..?" "sorted" "I think you are ready then. all that is left to say is, sorry for earlier, we didn't mean to upset you, and good luck, not that you need it, you'll do brilliantly" He smiled and I looked up into his eyes "Thanks for the confidence" I mumbled, "I wish I had some" "You will be absolutely fine, go get em" I looked back and he gave me a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek "Go get em" I got out and looked at all the people, all these people who were looking at me. I turned see Shane he smiled and blew me a kiss. Kian, Nicky, Mark and Bryan were up front with the spectators. I heard the music start and I began to sing as best I could, I put all my effort in, but was it going to pay off? The three songs organised were soon over and everyone stood and started clapping. Shane called me over to join him and the lads, they all congratulated me and hugs all round. "Was it any good?" I asked "Any good?!" Shane said " you were super, I've never seen someone captivate an audience like that, it was, well, inspirational" he wrapped his arms around me and kissed me, softly and gently. We only stopped when we heard someone coughing to get our attention. "Excuse me miss" "Yes" I said blushing slightly "Erm, yes, I am an associate of Simon Cowell" "You mean RCA Simon Cowell?" Shane asked "Yes, I have just been speaking to him and the phone was on throughout your performance and needless to say he is incredibly impressed and very interested in signing you" "But I don't even have a manager yet?" I said "Oops, Shane said, I must have forgotten to mention it to you, in the midst of all the arguments, I was talking to Ro and he got in contact with Mikey. I only had to tell him how good you were and he asked if he could possibly be your manager." "You mean Boyzone Mikey" "Yes, so whadda you think??" Shane said "It sounds perfect" I said smiling, I turned and kissed him again, and we were again disturbed by another cough. "Erm, miss, is that a yes then" the man from RCA said "Mr Cowell is very eager to sign you" I looked at Shane for a moment "Go on," he said, "it may mean we can spend more time together" "Okay, I'll sign" "Good" he aid "we'll be in contact" I carried on smiling for a while after the man had gone and the other four all came over and asked what was going on. "She did it" Shane said smiling "You mean she's got a contract?" Kian asked "Yep, with RCA too" "We'll just have to get you a manager now" Nicky said to me "Shane's already done that" I said smiling "With who?" they asked "Mikey Graham" I said proudly "You are kidding" Mark said "Nope, you're looking at the next best thing" Shane said "Hopefully" I added "What do you mean hopefully?" Shane asked "I'm gonna ensure my girlfriend succeeds" "And who's your girlfriend?" I asked "You, hopefully." he said looking serious "What do you mean hopefully?" I asked "Of course I'll be your girlfriend" And a cheer went up all around as we had a long, soft passionate kiss. |