Saturday, February 10, 2007
The next morning Chelsey awoke with her face buried in Frank’s chest and his arms around her waist. She nearly jumped in shock as his hands moved lower. She couldn’t move. She thought of every single way to move but it would all result in waking up Frank. She whimpered in frustration, but this was all it took to make Frank start to rustle. Chelsey silently prayed he wouldn’t open his eyes, but unfortunately, he did. His eyes widened at first but slowly his lips curved into a smirk.
“Morning,” he said his voice husky from just waking up.
“M-morning.” Chelsey blushed adverting her eyes she questioned. “Co-Could you please let me get up?”
“Hmm, what if I don’t want to?” He said letting his hand drop further than they already were. Chelsey turned red.
“Could you please get your hands off my ass please?” she asked flustered.He squeezed her bum quick before answering. “Alright,” and then let go of her.
She slowly got out of the bed just as Mikey and Gerard were getting up. She grabbed her bag and went into the bathroom leaving a very goofy smiled Frank.
“Dude, she is SO awesome!” Frank laughed.
“You’re just lucky!” Gerard grumbled.
“You’re just jealous,” Frank said in a sing-song voice.
“Dimwits,” Mikey thought laughing silently to himself.
All of them rushed to change which ended up with Chelsey walking in laughing. Frank had his head in the wrong hole in the t-shirt. Gerard was trying to zip his pants and buckle his pants at the same time and Mikey was grabbing for his shirt.
“Boys,” she said laughing and sauntered out of the room in black pants from the day before, a MCR shirt with revolvers a blazer with an arm band which was also MCR not to forget her skinny red and black stripped tie.
“Shit!” they all said at one point.
She walked out to talk to Ray as she grabbed her guitar and she practiced and organized the different solo’s she got to do which ended up being half of his solo’s, but she was that good.Gerard, Mikey and Frank came out in their costumes from the Helena video. The usual.
“Okay guys I’m nervous as hell and if we don’t go now we won’t get a chance to do a rehearsal.” Chelsey rushed out in one breath when she felt a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
“Chill Chels,” Gerard said smiling down on her. “There’s nothing to worry about, You are just awesome…”
“Thanks,” she said blushing slightly as her black lined eyes twinkled. “… And that’s why I also want you to sing with me. In the second chorus of ‘Helena’ onwards, so every chorus after the first time I sing the chorus and in ‘I’m Not Okay (I promise)’ every chorus and the ‘I mean this ever so much that I am’ and then Frank will jump in? Cool? Cool.” He said leaving an open mouthed Chelsey.
“Don’t let flies get in there,” Mikey said gently closing her mouth with the tip of one long slightly rough finger. She blushed, grabbed her guitar and walked out to follow them into a rather squashed van. God there’s no space in here!
“Alright
girl and boys! Today you are gonna announce our very own rockette, Chels, and then go through interviews and your two performances which is one at the beginning and one at the end. So ready Chels?” Brain asked. Chelsey just gaped like a goldfish and Brian patted her head. “Atta’ girl.” He smiled and the rest laughed.
Chelsey closed her mouth and rested her head on the door with Mikey squashed right next to her. She slowly and repeatedly started hitting her head on it before someone’s calloused hand prevented her from hitting her head. She turned to face Mikey and he smiled. “Don’t worry! This’ll be fun!” he whispered. “Why don’t you like lean on my shoulder and take a nap or something and I’ll wake you up when we’re there?” he smiled as she nodded yawning softly and leaning her head against his shoulder.
He really missed this feeling, Alicia used to do it all the time, till she cheated on him. It was over then.(A/N: Sorry Alicia/Mikey fans! I like them as a couple too [um, sort of...]but its for the story’s sake!) Dreams of flashbacks overcame Chelsey and she nearly shrieked when Mikey gently woke her up.
“Sorry Chels, but we’re here. It’s time to get out there, we got caught in a traffic jam so there’s no rehersal time! We have got to get out there now!” he said gently pushing her out the door.The moment she got out she ruffled her hair giving it the purposely messy look checked her make up, especially her lipstick and eyeliner in the van window and turned to them.
“Where the holy fuck is my guitar?” she queried, obviously nervous.
“Don’t worry Chels its already been set up on stage but right now we have 15 minutes to chill before stage time.” Gerard said placing a reassuring hand on the small of her back, walking towards the dressing room. Once in there Chelsey said something. “Okay guys, I’m so sorry if this bugs you but I usually sing really loud before any show, it kinda gets the nerves to stop trying to kill me.” She smiled.
“Gee can you sing the ‘I’m not okay’ chorus and I’ll harmonize?” he nodded and started singing. Chelsey picked up on the second word, harmonizing perfectly giving the rest of them shivers even Brian.
“Okay thanks now you guys can do those jumping jacks while I sing crap,” she said laughing at their faces. “Yes, I do do research.” They chuckled and went to what they were doing but looked up when Chelsey sang. Her voice chilled them to the core. Brian was so impressed and could barely believe what he was hearing.
Is love really the tragedy the way you might describe? Or would a thousand lovers still leave you cold inside? Make you cry... These tears of pearls All these mixed emotions We keep locked away like stolen pearls Stolen pearls devotions we keep locked away from all the world Your kisses are like pearls, so different and so rare But anger stole the jewels away and love has left you bare Made you cry... These tears of pearlsIt was ‘Tears Of Pearls’ by Savage Garden. They were speechless, even the crew couldn’t say anything.
“Whoo… alright, I’m ready as I’ll ever be.” Chelsey smiled as the boys came up to her out of they’re trance and all grinned, giving her hugs and saying reassuring words like “we’ll do great,” and “Don’t worry about it!” they were right.
There was nothing too worry about. When the FUSE hosts introduced them as ‘My Chemical Romance’ something within Chelsey clicked. She finally understood. She was a part of this band now. She could be Chelsey on stage and people wouldn’t care. They were in it for the music. With a broad smile Chelsey started off the first riff alone playing with so much precision that when Ray joined in, nobody could tell the difference, she smiled at the audience, winked at the guys, blew kisses at the girls, jumped around like a mad woman just like frank and played it calm and cool like Ray at the same time. When she stepped up to the mic people cheered her on with Gerard, the band was grinning with pride. She just knew how to capture the audience. Now came for her part alone she jumped up to the lead mic as Gerard sashayed aside and sang in a very harmonious yet sarcastic tone that the audience loved. “And I mean this ever so much that I am-” And she pointed both middle fingers at the audience as Frank screamed “OKAY!” and kissed her on the cheek, the audience took pictures of her and she knew she was going to be turned into a display picture or a emoticon, and the picture of Frank kissing her on the cheek would be everywhere but she didn’t care as Frank and Mikey yelled ‘awesome!’ in her direction she nodded as a very smiling Gerard sang the rest of the way with her, their lips inches apart from sharing a microphone.
When it was all over Chelsey wiped her brow slightly, barely even sweating. Gerard, Frank, Mikey, Ray and Bob gave her a group hug whispering how proud they were of her.They walked to the interview stage and shook hands with the two hosts before sitting down. “
Well hello,” The guy said, none of them really catched either of the hosts names. “This is My Chemical Romance, (roaring cheer and screams from the audience) and their newest member. What’s your name?” he asked politely. She knew what she was going to do she had discussed this in the dressing room.
“Dude’s and Dudet’s I am the awesome Chelsey who is not at all egotistical, I’m not even modest am I?” She smirked making the audience laugh and guys swoon, the band was laughing knowing this was a good tactic.
“Nice to meet you Chelsey Now is it true you guys found her only yesterday?” The female host asked.
“Yeah, But after a lot of terrible auditions, and then we find a saint with a guitar strapped on her and vocals to die for, I mean wouldn’t you guys pick her?” Gerard asked the audience and the cheered.
“Well looks like they like you Chelsey, So why don’t we have people from the audience ask you questions?” The guy host asked.
“Sure,” she said leaning on her knees and they picked a girl who wasn’t skinny but wasn’t plump, overly thick eyeliner and onyx black hair. “Hey Chelsey I’m Gina,” she smiled giggling and Chelsey sat up smiling.
“Well Gina you have my full attention.” Chelsey smiled as she squealed and composed herself the rest of MCR grinning with pride, not expecting her to handle the audience so well.
“Um, where are you from and how old are you?” Gina giggled.
“Hm, I’m originally from Singapore, seriously, I moved to NJ when I was 16 years old and I am now 26 years old.” She smiled and Gina sat down.
A rather good looking guy who had Ryan Ross, Panic! At the disco, hair (A/N: I’m just using it as a description, I know Panic! Wasn’t even out yet.). He was also wearing a MCR t-shirt. “Hi Chelsey, I’m Tyler,” he said smiling his black eyeliner-ed eyes were twinkling.
“Well nice shirt Tyler,” she said grinning. “Do you guys know who that is?” she said in a pseudo innocent ‘I-don’t-know-a-thing’ voice and the audience yelled out ‘MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE!’ Frank and Gerard laughing, Mikey and Ray gaping and smiling at the same time while bob just grinned, all of them not believing how she was commanding the audience.
“Sorry Tyler got a noisy lot here today, and all I wanted to know was what your shirt said, strange huh? Well carry on,” she said as the audience laughed.
“Were you a huge fan of My Chemical Romance before you joined?” he asked blushing slightly as she smirked.
“Oh yeah, I was the girl at the warped tour who would chug beer out of a keg to get a free MCR t-shirt, I was NUTS!” she laughed.
“You really did,” frank said laughing.
“Yeah, can you believe it?” she asked while facing him and turning to this bimbo-ish girl who looked really out of place, probably waiting for Britney Spears to come out but came on the wrong day, chewing gum and twirling her hair in her fingers.
“Like I’m Amber,” she giggled stupidly as the people around her shot her death glares.
“Yes my dear what is it?” Chelsey said in her fake British accent which sounded very real mind you.
“Are you like dating all of them? I mean um Gerald I mean Gerard, his brother and their other guitarist? Like cause like my friend is watching live and asked me to ask.” She snorted and giggled while Chelsey cocked an eyebrow.
“Oh yes! Our secret is out boys! I’ve been secretly having sex with them! At the same time! GASP! Like I can’t believe you figured us out! Oh woe is me!” she exclaimed standing and doing over the top movements and broad gestures as everyone laughed even MCR and the hosts. “And the best part is…” she looks left to right and looks like she’s going to whisper but “
I’ve only known them for one day!” she laughed saying it sarcastically making it extremely clear that she was not dating them.
The interview with all of them went on and on a finally they did Helena with Chelsey singing every chorus after the second one. She jumped on Bob’s bass drum and unlike Frank landed gracefully on the ground behind her. She would play with Mikey who stood and didn’t move much because of his asthma. Gerard and Chels sang harmoniously giving the room good chills spurring the audience to cheer louder. When the song was over they went back stage and Brian exclaimed. “Chelsey! You guys! You were fucking awesome!” he yelled.
“I got chills and Chelsey that was one of the most entertaining interviews I have ever seen! You were hilarious,” he said smiling.Chelsey turned pale quick.
“God I don’t how I did it but now I’m going to be sick!” she ran to the bathroom careful to throw up in the toilet bowl so she didn’t ruin her brand new pants. When she was done Gerard ran over and held her left shoulder and brushed the hair from her face with the other and looked into her eyes.
“Are you alright?” he asked clearly worried. Mikey ran over and grabbed her hand massaging the back.
“I’m fine guys don’t worry,” she said smiling and Frank came over with orange flavored tic-tacs. “Here,” he said offering her one. “Trust me the after taste will disappear once you have two.” He smiled as she popped two in her mouth smiling as the bitter after taste disappeared.
“Thanks Frank,” she smiled.
“No problem I’ve had my fair share of before and after show nausea,” he said.
She smiled and noticed that three very hot men were standing around her.
God she’s gonna lose it.
So she just walked away smiling, trying to clear her thoughts of images that were soon to be.
This Is Wrong...Is it? 4:09 AM
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