“Well blow me…. the ice queen has a heart after all. She knows how to apologise.”
“Yeah well… don’t get used to, I don’t make a habit of it.”
“Right you pair pack it bloody in… your acting like children, either fuck it out or just leave it out now, we’ve got bigger issues to deal with right now.” Connor chirps up, walking over to K he indicates to the letter and she hands it over to him with a huff effectively ending their spat.
Me and K had a wonderful day together, even after the way the day started. We’ve trailed around the streets of Madrid and enjoyed lunch in the Buen Retiro Park whilst admiring the parks amazing fountain. I may have had a day with my mofo but Tyrone wasn’t far behind us, trailing behind us like a shadow. Connor was adamant that he was to come with us, Karina wasn’t happy about it and spat her dummy out but when he gave her a big speech on how he wasn’t willing to take any risks with my safety she soon backed down and gave in, plus with the come hither eyes she was giving him I have a feeling he’s going to be her poor next victim.
We’re just getting ready to go watch the guy’s play their show and afterwards we’re all heading out to some club, I was quite happy to stay in and curl up with my Kindle reading The amazing Broken Series by Chloe Walsh, if I wasn’t already in love with Connor I would quite happily rip Kyle Carter’s clothes off in a heartbeat. But I won’t be telling Connor about my extreme love for a fictional character, that guy has serious issues when it comes to other men and me, can’t say I blame him though I'm the same with him and other women.
Just the thought of his ex skanks Rebecca and Vanessa and my skin crawls.
I'm just adding the last few touches to my makeup when Karina comes strolling into my ensuite bathroom looking like she’s just walked off the bloody catwalk. The girl has a serious figure it’s the only thing I hate about the girl. I have figure envy. The silver dress she’s wearing clings to her like a second skin, showing off her long slender legs I would kill for.
Jammy bitch… good job I love her.
“Do I look alright Al? Do I look fat? Because I feel it tonight.”
Coming to a halt, my mascara wand hanging mid air I look at her as if she’s lost her marbles as she gives me a twirl showing me the full impact of the dress. It’s long with a slit up one leg which shows off her toned leg with a high neck but the back is completely cut out and very low, held together by just two cami straps.
“Wow mofo… you do realise Johnny is going to blow a bollock when he sees you in that dress?”
Ignoring my comment about Johnny she just turns and asks me again.
“You sure I don’t look fat?”
Shaking my head at her diversion.
“No mofo you don’t look fat, I pinky promise.”
Tottering out on her heels she leaves me to get ready.
When I've finally decided on something to wear I head on out to a waiting Karina who is propping up our mini bar and slurping on what looks like our favourite drink.
“Cheeky Vimto mofo?” She slightly slurs holding a glass out to me.
How many she bloody had already?
Taking the offered drink from her hand she gives me a whistle when she registers what I'm wearing. I have on a teal blue tea length dress that’s covered in roses with a low cut back and a plunge neckline, it’s the only thing I could find that covered the scars on my leg that was going out worthy.
Thank god for ASOS and a last minute panic buy.
Repeating my words back to me she sniggers. “Now Connor is going to blow a bollock when he sees you in that dress.”
“Ha ha fucking ha ha mofo.” I retort.
Taking a mouthful of my cheeky V I savour the taste and think I might just get a little drunk tonight.
My first obsession is
You.
My second obsession is
Having sex with
You.
Connor
Me and the guys are just getting our inner ears plugged in and getting ready to go on stage. I've done this a thousand times but for some reason tonight I feel a little on edge and for the life of me I can not put my finger on why. Maybe it’s because I've been talking to Charlie and he still has no idea who is behind all this bull shit that’s going on, he can’t trace the letter Karina had sent to her because there was no postage on it. Whoever sent it knows what they’re doing and it's frustrating the shit out of me. I have no control over this and I hate it.
I've got Tyrone constantly shadowing Allie and now Karina, not that she was happy about it but she had no choice in the matter I wasn’t risking Allie’s safety just because she spat her dummy out. Plus I think if Tyrone didn’t go everywhere with them then Johnny would, the guy has been walking on pins since the minute he managed to get her here, which I still have no clue how he did it, he’s been tight lipped about the whole thing.
Looking at my watch I notice it’s almost seven and the girls should be here by now, the show starts in half an hour and we were supposed to have a drink in the green room before we went on.
Just as I'm about to pull my phone out of my jeans pocket to call Tyrone to see where he is with my girl I hear girly giggles from behind me, a giggle I would recognise anywhere and my heart warms that she’s here.
That’s she safe.
She’s become my obsession, I know it's not healthy to be this wrapped up in someone but for her I would walk to the ends of the earth for.
She’s it for me.
She’s my life now.
I’d die for her in a heartbeat.
I never for the life for me thought I would fall in love… but I have and it’s amazing, I don’t give a rats ass if the guys take the piss out of me, one day it will be their turn and I can sit back and laugh.
When she reaches me she reaches up on her toes and gives my lips a delicate kiss, because even with heels on she’s still at least seven inches shorter than me.
When she pulls away I get the chance to take her all in. And my god she took my breathe away. She looks like an Angel. My Angel. And I thank the heavens above that she came into my life.
Pulling her closer to me I place my hand on her back and all I can feel it bare skin.
“Erm… Angel… do you mind telling me why I can feel your skin through your dress?” Spinning on her heels at the same time pulling her hair over shoulder and revealing the back of her dress. I swear my heart stops beating on the spot.
There’s a massive chunk missing out of the back, her beautiful soft skin on display.
“Angel, I think they missed a piece when they made that dress, you mustn't have noticed it surely?” She look at me with a huge smile on her face before she says.
“Do you not like it?” I'm about to answer her when Johnny comes strolling around the corner whistling his head off.
“Nice dress Rocky.”
Nice dress? Is he having a laugh?
He looks at me with a massive grin on his face. The fucker knows exactly what I'm thinking about the dress and he thinks he being funny.
Then he spots K’s dress and he looks like Roger rabbit when he first see’s Jessica.
Eyes bulging out of their sockets and his tongue dragging about ten mile behind him.
Ha, serves him right… fucker.
“What the fuck you wearing?” Johnny asks her. She gives him a dirty look before she hits him with it.
“A dress what do you think I'm wearing? Not that it's got anything to do with you. So why do you care so much?”
Johnny looks as if he's about to say something but stops himself, he looks like he’s thinking about what to say before he opens his mouth again.
“I don't… and you can't really call it a dress when it's missing half the material can you.. Love?” His face nor comment isn't fooling me, I know Karina has an effect on him and seeing her in that dress doesn't help his situation. Not one tiny bit. And it seems I'm the only one to notice this.
On the inside I'm howling with laughter it’s about time he
got a taste of his own medicine, a woman who doesn’t bow down to him and caters to his every whim. It’s refreshing to see.
“And are you drunk?” He spits at her.
“What the hells its got to do with you yet again, no I'm not drunk I've just had a couple of Cheeky Vs with my home girl here.” She says gesturing to Allie on a hiccup.
She’s so had more than a couple but at this moment in time I couldn’t care less because the shit she’s giving Johnny is rather funny.
“Guy’s it’s time to get ready, you're on in five.” Our tech tells us.
“Right ok John boy save your domestic till later, where are the other two slackers?” Just as Johnny goes to answer me Max chirps up from behind me.
“We’re here fuckweed, we had a pressing engagement to attend to.”
Rolling my eyes at him and Liam, I know exactly what he means. They’ve just been and had some fun together with some band tart. I don't ask because I really do not what to know, or have the girls especially Allie to hear all about their dirty sex stories, it will only land me in the dog house as well. And possible make things worse for Johnny.
Who am I kidding, it will definitely make things worse for him, because he's worse than me. The stories I could tell about that guy, I could write a book and make an absolute fortune.
We get the head nod from our tour manager that it’s show time, giving my Angel one last kiss I bound up the stage steps leaving her whilst I go do my thing.
We’re just finishing up with another amazing show and it’s encore time. Through the entire show Allie has stood on the sideline watching and shaking her arse with Karina, now I'm going to slow it down a little with a song that’s not mine but it’s a firm favourite in the industry that everyone knows, but won’t get that I'm only singing it for person in particular.
Pulling the guys in to tell them what I plan on doing they all agree and re take their places.
Liam starts the slow beat with his drums followed by Johnny on his guitar which then Max follows and before I know it I look over my shoulder to where she’s standing and I blow her a kiss so she know’s this one is for her,
Some people live for the fortune
Some people live just for the fame
Some people live for the power, yeah
Some people live just to play the game
Some people think that the physical things define what's within
And I've been there before, and that life's a bore
So full of the superficial
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, yeah
Some people search for a fountain
That promises forever young
Some people need three dozen roses
And that's the only way to prove you love them
Hand me the world on a silver platter
And what good would it be
With no one to share, with no one who truly cares for me
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, yeah
If I ain't got you with me baby
So nothing in this whole wide world don't mean a thing
If I ain't got you with me baby.
I finish the song, there's this almighty cheer, but I don’t pay attention to any of it. There’s only one person’s attention I want right now. I look over to Allie just as a single tear falls down her face. She knows this was for her and I meant every word of it. I know they are happy tears, she only confirms it when she mouths to me ‘I love you.’
A bad penny always
Comes back.
Allie
I'm on such a high right now.
When Connor started singing ‘If I ain't got you’ my hairs stood up all over my body, I had the biggest butterflies in my stomach. He sang it for me. Even though he never actually said it was for me, I just knew. When he finished I just wanted to run at him and fling myself around him. I didn't though, as much as I wanted to I hold myself back, that was until he walked off stage after finishing the show. So as you can imagine nothing is going to bring me down tonight.
We make our way towards Gabana 1800 club for our big night out. Me and Karina probably more excited than anyone else. But that doesn't faze us, we know they have done this plenty of times before, but for us it's a first and I wouldn't want it to be with anyone else but her.
We pull up outside the front of the club, which if I'm honest doesn't look like much from the outside. It's sat on the main road among the rest of the flat but tall buildings. But you can never judge a book by it's cover so I couldn't wait to see what's on the inside. That's if I can see past all the flashing lights. And for a split second I start to panic, which I think Connor sees as he turns to face me.
“Allie if you don't what to do this we can go somewhere else. I don't want to hide you forever, Jeez I want to show you off to the world and let them know you're mine… but if you don't feel comfortable…”
“It's ok Connor… I'm ready. It's like you say, you can't keep me a secret forever anymore and I don't want you to.” I give him a small smile and let out a big deep breath which I didn't even realize I was holding in.
“Atta girl…. Woop it's party time.” Karina says before the doors to the limo open and Liam and Max jump out drawing most of the attention away from us to them. Johnny gets out next and just when I think he's about to carry on walking leaving Karina to walk into the club all by herself he turns and puts his hand out for her to take.
“I know I'm not your favourite person at the minute but would you like me to walk you in… you know… incase you fall over in those ridiculous shoes of yours and they catch it all on camera.” He gives her a small smile waiting for her to reply when Connor whispers in my ear.
“You do know that's not why he wants to walk her in, don't you?” I turn my head to the side away from their view.
“No… but I think it's a good idea.. Stupid shoes long dress and all that, it's easily done trust me.” I laugh and he just shakes his head before telling him why..
“Ok you're both so weird, but the real reason he wants to walk her in is so everyone here knows that she's his.” I turn my attention back to them just as Karina takes his hand. Camera’s flash all around them people shouting out asking ‘Who's the woman on your arm Johnny?’ and ‘Is this your date for tonight or is it serious?.’
My god they're like vultures. Trying to get the next top story line. Jeez you’d think they had a life. You’d think I would have a bit more empathy for these people considering what my Dad’s business is… but I don’t. And then my stomach dropped, I've got to go through them to get into the club, what will they shout at Connor or even worse at me. I'm not stupid I know people have heard rumors in the press about Connor and a secret lover, but now they are going to see her. Me.
They’re going to know we lied to them when we first denied our relationship when it was first leaked to the press, no matter what me or Connor say to them I know they will paint me as a liar in their stories.
“You ready Angel.. Just keep your head down and ignore whatever they ask. Ok?” God bless him he's trying his best to keep me calm, and if I'm honest it's kind of helping.
“It's o
k Connor I'm fine.. Let's not hide anymore.” I say my voice stronger than what I'm feeling inside right now. He nods his head at me before getting out the limo and holds his hand out for me just like Johnny did Karina, I push my hair back out my face and check my dress is sitting right because I don't want any mishaps to make it front page news and when I think I'm all set I take his hand and climb out the limo. He puts my hand into his arm so I'm now linking him, giving me a small smile as we start to make our way towards the clubs front door. This time the camera flashes are going off ten to the dozen, to the point I can't see a bloody thing. I grab onto Connor's arm as if my life depended on it, breathing in and out, in and out. Just when I think I've got my breathing all under control the voices start shouting.
“Is this the girl you’ve been hiding Connor?”
“Why are we only just seeing her know?
And then I hear the final blow, which if it wasn't for Connor holding me up I would have fall to floor.
“Allie can you tell us why you were attacked and do you know who it was that did it?”
What the fuck? They know my name already? How do they find this stuff out. I want to scream at them, they don't know what I went through or how things happened, at least I hope they don't.
But I don't get chance to say anything as Connor pulls me closer to the point of pain before he's pushing me inside the club towards Johnny who's there waiting for me like he knew what Connor was going to do before it even happened. Once I'm in the safety of Johnny's arms, I turn just in time to see Connor get up in some slimy reporter's face. I haven't got a clue what he said because I'm too far away but as he walks back towards us I hear him shout.
“Have some fucking Respect.”
Giving him the raised eyebrows Johnny asks.
“Do I even want to know what that was all about fucker?”
“Just don’t ask dude.” He’s seething whatever it was has got him worked up to a point where he’s physically shaking with anger.
Placing a hand on his shoulder I lean up to him and plant my lips on his, hoping my kiss will calm him down some. When I pull away he takes a deep breath and looks me straight in my eyes. “You're my heaven Angel, I needed that. Thank you.”
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