.Chapter 12!!
yay for update!
tis be fun when you do a running commentary to Mulan with old friends and new.
anywhoo... here's the chapter.... ENJOY THE BELLAMY!!!! DAMMIT!!!
(by ze way, there shall be cameos in the next chapter!!!)
The crowd outside was getting slighty restless as they waited and waited for SOME KIND OF MUSIC to be played. Why weren't we out there? Someone had misplaced my guitar, and the mics hadn't been checked yet. I was on the verge of a complete mental and physical breakdown.
"It'll be alright!" Freddy yelled at me as I went slightly catatonic on the couch. "Seriously, they've gone to find the guitar. If it's not back in 3 minutes, I will personally kick the guy's ass!"
"Donny, sweety, are you gonna be okay?" Jimmy asked as he sat next to me. I stayed silent, slightly shaking a bit.
"She's gonna have to be alright," replied Henry, "because the crowd is getting really restless..."
"I'VE GOT IT!" yelled a stage hand as he pushed my guitar into my hands. The guys on stage were working as hard as they could, checking and rechecking the mics for any problems.
I stood up. "D-D-Dear lord of mu-mu-music. Please grace us with the ability to play music good tonight as we impress the-the giant crowd.... We need to play our best, bu-but we have n-no cookies. So... P-please help us through tonight!"
We all bowed our heads and headed for the curtain. I closed my eyes and breathed slowly. Feeling like I was gonna throw up, I turned around to get some water, only to find Matt Bellamy shoving a bottle of water into my face. "Thought ya moight need some watah before you go onstage."
I sighed and tried to pull a smile, but failed. "I'm so nervous, Matt..."
He pulled me into a hug. "Don' be, sweets."
Zoe turned around, but turned back as she saw us hugging. But the last thing Matt said bothered me a bit. It was like Jonah was here for me, only in Matt Bellamy's body. That didn't matter though. He still smelled like sweat and coffee, and I breathed it in.
"We're ready!" whispered the guy on stage.
I turned back to Matt and smiled. "Wish me luck!" I said, pulling a smile.
He kissed me, in front of the band, and smiled. "Oy wish you luck. Now go out theh."
Grabbing my guitar, I walked onto the stage with a huge smile on my face.
"HEY HEY! HOW Y'ALL DOING TONIGHT?!"
The crowd went wild.
"RIGHT! So I'm With Stupid's here to make up for the LONG ASS wait you guys went through! And we're gonna start off with a little song called BRICK WALL!!"
The band went into the song as the crowd cheered. During the song, I continually looked over the crowd to see our booth being filled with more and more people and our new album being sold through the roof.
"Thank you! You're beautiful! This next song is dedicated to a little group in our hometown SEATTLE called Jet City Improv! This song's called I WAS A HORROR FLICK EXTRA!"
Some of the crowd went crazy as I went into a singing piano duet with Jimmy, then rocked out with the band towards the middle.
After a couple of our songs, we played Keep The Car Running and I crowd surfed around and back to the stage.
"WELL! HOPE Y'ALL ARE READY FOR MUSE!!!!!" I yelled. The crowd cheered. "You guys are trucking AMAZING! We're gonna play ONE MORE SONG! and then we're off like a herd of turtles! STAY BEAUTIFUL!!!"
We ended the show with Enjoy The Silence and bounced off the stage.
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"HOLY SHITAKE!!!! WE DID IT!!!!" I yelled bouncing up and down on the couch behind the stage.
"I KNOW!!!! WE TOTALLY DID IT!!!" yelled Zoe as she joined me. We bounced up and down for a little bit when finally Dean walked over smiling widely.
"Amazing performance, guys! I'm very proud!"
I ran over and gave Dean a bear hug and continued to jump around. "GAHDIDYOUSEEITDIDYOUSEEITWESOTOTALLYRULED!!!!"
"Calm down, Donny! Seriously!" Dean yelled. "You're seriously too hyper!"
"IKNOWBUTWEJUSTTOTALLYWONTHECROWD!DOYOUKNOWHOWMANYTEESHIRTSALESTHEREWERE?!?!?!?!?"
Dean put his hand on my sholder. "Calm... Down..."
"ARGH!" I yelled, still grinning like a banshee. Freddy started to join my jumping and screaming.
"YOU GUYS!" Dean yelled after a few minutes. "Mr. Bellamy requested that the five of you get VIP placement of your choice for their show. Now you need to decide pretty soon!"
Zoe, Freddy, and I looked at each other and all recited, "Front Row!"
Henry and Jimmy took a seat on the balcony, while the three of us were escorted to the front row. Dean left us alone as the crowd came up to us and slapped us on the back with praise. Even this one guy yelled "DONNY! I WANT YOUR BABIES!" which creeped me out. The lights eventually went down, and Matt walked out onstage with a blue light covering the stage. Dom raised his drumsticks in the air and clicked them a few times, while Chris put his base on slowly. Finally, __________HGWDEYJGKFSDJNGJDJKHSDGHSDGISDKDSYSIYLUSD))P{{{P , the backup keyboard player, opened up Take A Bow as Zoe, Freddy, and I screamed.
"Corrupt... you corrupt... bring corruption to all that you touch," sang Matt as his hair blew in the fan, giving him this fantasy look. "Hold... you'll be hold... and be holden for all that you've done. Spell... cast a spell... cast a spell on the country you run. Risk... you will risk... you will risk all their lives and their souls. And burn... you will burn... you will burn in hell yeah you'll burn in hell. You'll burn in hell yeah you'll burn in hell for your siiiiiinssss."
Dom started in on the drums as Matt pulled away from the mic and looked down, his hair still blowing slightly against the powerful forces of the epic music (or the fans below him). "Ooo. Our freedom is cosuming itself... and what we'll become... is contrary to when we won't take a bow..."
Zoe and I continued to rock out as Matt's voice pulsated and combined with the bass drum. He picked up his guitar (which was scary to see such a stick of a man pick up a guitar that probably weighed twice as much as he did) and began to play the opening strums on the guitar. We all flipped out as they played the last few lines of the song and finish off. Then, they went into Hysteria and the crowd began to mosh. Because we were important people, the guards surrounded us and pushed away which made me happy. All we needed was to get hurt on this trip.
After a couple more songs, the band calmed down a bit, and Matt grabbed the mic. "This next song goes out to ah spesholl audience membah. Ya know who ya are, luv. It's colled Starlight."
Zoe smacked my arm as he smiled and started singing my favorite love song, knowing he was directing it at me. After it was over I screamed my heart out and knew that tonight was gonna be a hot hot night.
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Matt kissed my neck as we sat on the little couch in their tourbus. "You were amazing tonight," I replied, watching Dom and Henry duke it out on Halo 2.
"So wehr you, babe," Matt replied.
I smiled and kissed him as Zoe nudged my legs. "Hmm?" I lazilly replied.
"Dean's comin' in."
Matt immediately stood up with me and we rearranged ourselves as though we were never kissing a cuddling.
Dean walked in and smiled. "A congradulations to you all tonight! You were all fantastic and I salute you a job well done!" We all nodded. "Right, on to buisness. I'm With Stupid's CD went off the sales booth tonight as all the copys were sold! So they are going into reproduction tonight. Now, your cover artist has gone sort of haywire, so he's not gonna give us the rights to the album cover. So, we're in sort of a pickle here."
"Dean! I have an idea!" I replied. "Zoe and I have a friend who is a graphic designer, and she lives in the next city we're playing in. I can contact her!"
"That's the next order of buisness. We are playing Madison Square Garden the day after tomorrow and two days after that. Of course, this is a festival show as well, so we have bands like Saosin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 30 Seconds To Mars, The Shins, and My Chemical Romance with us. You'll get some time to chat them up and things, so that will be fun."
Zoe and I looked at each other. "JOY!" we exclaimed, quite excited.
"So, all of you should get some rest... we'll have a day on the road. If you want to stay here tonight, you can... but tomorrow night, I expect you to be in your own tourbus. Night!" And with that, Dean left.
Zoe and Dom had disappeared after a matter of minutes, and Freddy escorted Jimmy and Henry to the other bus.
Matt took my hand and led me into his bedroom. I plopped onto his bed as he kissed me again. "So, Miss Donneh, how do ya feel now tha you got a song dedicated to ya by your new boyfriend?"
I took a deep breath and stared into his eyes. "In heaven. Socks on, or off, Mr. Bellamy?"
"Duh... on..." he replied grabbing me by the stomach and pulling me towards him.
tis be fun when you do a running commentary to Mulan with old friends and new.
anywhoo... here's the chapter.... ENJOY THE BELLAMY!!!! DAMMIT!!!
(by ze way, there shall be cameos in the next chapter!!!)
The crowd outside was getting slighty restless as they waited and waited for SOME KIND OF MUSIC to be played. Why weren't we out there? Someone had misplaced my guitar, and the mics hadn't been checked yet. I was on the verge of a complete mental and physical breakdown.
"It'll be alright!" Freddy yelled at me as I went slightly catatonic on the couch. "Seriously, they've gone to find the guitar. If it's not back in 3 minutes, I will personally kick the guy's ass!"
"Donny, sweety, are you gonna be okay?" Jimmy asked as he sat next to me. I stayed silent, slightly shaking a bit.
"She's gonna have to be alright," replied Henry, "because the crowd is getting really restless..."
"I'VE GOT IT!" yelled a stage hand as he pushed my guitar into my hands. The guys on stage were working as hard as they could, checking and rechecking the mics for any problems.
I stood up. "D-D-Dear lord of mu-mu-music. Please grace us with the ability to play music good tonight as we impress the-the giant crowd.... We need to play our best, bu-but we have n-no cookies. So... P-please help us through tonight!"
We all bowed our heads and headed for the curtain. I closed my eyes and breathed slowly. Feeling like I was gonna throw up, I turned around to get some water, only to find Matt Bellamy shoving a bottle of water into my face. "Thought ya moight need some watah before you go onstage."
I sighed and tried to pull a smile, but failed. "I'm so nervous, Matt..."
He pulled me into a hug. "Don' be, sweets."
Zoe turned around, but turned back as she saw us hugging. But the last thing Matt said bothered me a bit. It was like Jonah was here for me, only in Matt Bellamy's body. That didn't matter though. He still smelled like sweat and coffee, and I breathed it in.
"We're ready!" whispered the guy on stage.
I turned back to Matt and smiled. "Wish me luck!" I said, pulling a smile.
He kissed me, in front of the band, and smiled. "Oy wish you luck. Now go out theh."
Grabbing my guitar, I walked onto the stage with a huge smile on my face.
"HEY HEY! HOW Y'ALL DOING TONIGHT?!"
The crowd went wild.
"RIGHT! So I'm With Stupid's here to make up for the LONG ASS wait you guys went through! And we're gonna start off with a little song called BRICK WALL!!"
The band went into the song as the crowd cheered. During the song, I continually looked over the crowd to see our booth being filled with more and more people and our new album being sold through the roof.
"Thank you! You're beautiful! This next song is dedicated to a little group in our hometown SEATTLE called Jet City Improv! This song's called I WAS A HORROR FLICK EXTRA!"
Some of the crowd went crazy as I went into a singing piano duet with Jimmy, then rocked out with the band towards the middle.
After a couple of our songs, we played Keep The Car Running and I crowd surfed around and back to the stage.
"WELL! HOPE Y'ALL ARE READY FOR MUSE!!!!!" I yelled. The crowd cheered. "You guys are trucking AMAZING! We're gonna play ONE MORE SONG! and then we're off like a herd of turtles! STAY BEAUTIFUL!!!"
We ended the show with Enjoy The Silence and bounced off the stage.
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"HOLY SHITAKE!!!! WE DID IT!!!!" I yelled bouncing up and down on the couch behind the stage.
"I KNOW!!!! WE TOTALLY DID IT!!!" yelled Zoe as she joined me. We bounced up and down for a little bit when finally Dean walked over smiling widely.
"Amazing performance, guys! I'm very proud!"
I ran over and gave Dean a bear hug and continued to jump around. "GAHDIDYOUSEEITDIDYOUSEEITWESOTOTALLYRULED!!!!"
"Calm down, Donny! Seriously!" Dean yelled. "You're seriously too hyper!"
"IKNOWBUTWEJUSTTOTALLYWONTHECROWD!DOYOUKNOWHOWMANYTEESHIRTSALESTHEREWERE?!?!?!?!?"
Dean put his hand on my sholder. "Calm... Down..."
"ARGH!" I yelled, still grinning like a banshee. Freddy started to join my jumping and screaming.
"YOU GUYS!" Dean yelled after a few minutes. "Mr. Bellamy requested that the five of you get VIP placement of your choice for their show. Now you need to decide pretty soon!"
Zoe, Freddy, and I looked at each other and all recited, "Front Row!"
Henry and Jimmy took a seat on the balcony, while the three of us were escorted to the front row. Dean left us alone as the crowd came up to us and slapped us on the back with praise. Even this one guy yelled "DONNY! I WANT YOUR BABIES!" which creeped me out. The lights eventually went down, and Matt walked out onstage with a blue light covering the stage. Dom raised his drumsticks in the air and clicked them a few times, while Chris put his base on slowly. Finally, __________HGWDEYJGKFSDJNGJDJKHSDGHSDGISDKDSYSIYLUSD))P{{{P , the backup keyboard player, opened up Take A Bow as Zoe, Freddy, and I screamed.
"Corrupt... you corrupt... bring corruption to all that you touch," sang Matt as his hair blew in the fan, giving him this fantasy look. "Hold... you'll be hold... and be holden for all that you've done. Spell... cast a spell... cast a spell on the country you run. Risk... you will risk... you will risk all their lives and their souls. And burn... you will burn... you will burn in hell yeah you'll burn in hell. You'll burn in hell yeah you'll burn in hell for your siiiiiinssss."
Dom started in on the drums as Matt pulled away from the mic and looked down, his hair still blowing slightly against the powerful forces of the epic music (or the fans below him). "Ooo. Our freedom is cosuming itself... and what we'll become... is contrary to when we won't take a bow..."
Zoe and I continued to rock out as Matt's voice pulsated and combined with the bass drum. He picked up his guitar (which was scary to see such a stick of a man pick up a guitar that probably weighed twice as much as he did) and began to play the opening strums on the guitar. We all flipped out as they played the last few lines of the song and finish off. Then, they went into Hysteria and the crowd began to mosh. Because we were important people, the guards surrounded us and pushed away which made me happy. All we needed was to get hurt on this trip.
After a couple more songs, the band calmed down a bit, and Matt grabbed the mic. "This next song goes out to ah spesholl audience membah. Ya know who ya are, luv. It's colled Starlight."
Zoe smacked my arm as he smiled and started singing my favorite love song, knowing he was directing it at me. After it was over I screamed my heart out and knew that tonight was gonna be a hot hot night.
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Matt kissed my neck as we sat on the little couch in their tourbus. "You were amazing tonight," I replied, watching Dom and Henry duke it out on Halo 2.
"So wehr you, babe," Matt replied.
I smiled and kissed him as Zoe nudged my legs. "Hmm?" I lazilly replied.
"Dean's comin' in."
Matt immediately stood up with me and we rearranged ourselves as though we were never kissing a cuddling.
Dean walked in and smiled. "A congradulations to you all tonight! You were all fantastic and I salute you a job well done!" We all nodded. "Right, on to buisness. I'm With Stupid's CD went off the sales booth tonight as all the copys were sold! So they are going into reproduction tonight. Now, your cover artist has gone sort of haywire, so he's not gonna give us the rights to the album cover. So, we're in sort of a pickle here."
"Dean! I have an idea!" I replied. "Zoe and I have a friend who is a graphic designer, and she lives in the next city we're playing in. I can contact her!"
"That's the next order of buisness. We are playing Madison Square Garden the day after tomorrow and two days after that. Of course, this is a festival show as well, so we have bands like Saosin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 30 Seconds To Mars, The Shins, and My Chemical Romance with us. You'll get some time to chat them up and things, so that will be fun."
Zoe and I looked at each other. "JOY!" we exclaimed, quite excited.
"So, all of you should get some rest... we'll have a day on the road. If you want to stay here tonight, you can... but tomorrow night, I expect you to be in your own tourbus. Night!" And with that, Dean left.
Zoe and Dom had disappeared after a matter of minutes, and Freddy escorted Jimmy and Henry to the other bus.
Matt took my hand and led me into his bedroom. I plopped onto his bed as he kissed me again. "So, Miss Donneh, how do ya feel now tha you got a song dedicated to ya by your new boyfriend?"
I took a deep breath and stared into his eyes. "In heaven. Socks on, or off, Mr. Bellamy?"
"Duh... on..." he replied grabbing me by the stomach and pulling me towards him.