CHAPTER 15
A few days go by and my parents are leaving, I'm still on bed rest, but I'm up and about now a bit more. Storm is dropping them off so they are taking his plane back, and he's going to run an errand he said. Next week is our trip, I'm so excited. His gift has been hidden for a week, Oliver is keeping it for me.
It's our first day alone together, the doctor is coming over to check on me and do Storms drug test a bit later. I get ready, Maria, our new house keeper is so sweet she helps me get dressed because it still hurts when I bend over. I put on a short baby blue sun dress and ballet flats, hair in a ponytail. I decide to go down to Storm's studio, I have learned how things work from being down here with Storm, I see one of his new songs written in his note book, he has the prettiest handwriting I have ever seen, I always tease him that he writes like a girl.
I sit down and read it:
"Keeper"
*Verse 1*
'Life knocks you down,
but you keep on,
it throws you down but you keep on, just a look,
just a feeling takes you away because your my keeper,
my one prayer,
my one last hope.
Trying to keep it together,
but it feels like floating away,
all I do is want you to,
to hold you, to keep you,
when I feel like it's all gone,
I look at you and I keep on,
keep it together,
my keeper, my prayer.
*Chorus*
You pull me back,
when I feel like running away,
my keeper
My keeper for life,
nothing else matters,
My keeper you pull me back,
when I feel like running away,
for you I keep coming back.
You pull me back,
when I feel like running away,
my keeper
My keeper for life,
nothing else matters,
My keeper you pull me back,
when I feel like running away,
for you I keep coming back.
*
*Verse 2*
You came to me like hurricane,
I didn't know what hit me,
my keeper,
you brought me back,
my lifeline my hope the prayer I never knew I had,
like a high that I never felt before, infinity.
*Chorus*
You pull me back,
when I feel like running away,
my keeper
My keeper for life,
nothing else matters,
My keeper you pull me back,
when I feel like running away,
for you I keep coming back.
Yeah I come back again.
*Bridge*
My keeper my heart,
my life,
nothing in this world except you my keeper...
Yeah taking me higher,
to a place I never knew,
kept pulling me back but I am free, My keeper yeah
my keeper.
*Chorus*
You pull me back,
when I feel like running away,
my keeper
My keeper for life,
nothing else matters,
My keeper you pull me back,
when I feel like running away,
for you I keep coming back
I keep coming back to my keeper the one that set me free.'
*End*
Wow, this is incredible, you need to read between the lines, it's so deep and so raw. I can't help myself, I fiddle on the Mac his password isn't hard, it's angel and I see the title 'Keeper' it's the track he's been working on, Draft tbree is the one I pick, it's the last one, I listen to the melody and read the words and its full on rock, you can feel the emotion in each of their instruments, the drums the bass, the lead guitar, the effects laid over I even hear some violins and a piano, I know he plays but he never plays alot.
Out of curiosity, since nobody is around I decide to sing just the first verse and chorus, I go in, I play the track, and run to the mic and close the door, this is such a rush. I start.
'Life knocks you down,
but you keep on,
it throws you down but you keep on, just a look,
just a feeling takes you away because your my keeper,
my one prayer,
my one last hope.
Oh yeah my last hope...
Trying to keep it together,
but it feels like floating away,
all I do is want you to,
to hold you, to keep you,
when I feel like it's all gone,
I look at you and I keep on,
keep it together,
my keeper, my prayer.
You pull me back,
when I feel like running away,
my keeper
My keeper for life,
nothing else matters,
My keeper you pull me back,
when I feel like running away,
for you I keep coming back,
yeah I keep coming back.
I'm so into it, eyes closed belting it out and I stop let the melody play and I hear the music stop, I hear Storms voice. "Jesus love, that was incredible!"
I nearly have a heart attack "Fuck! Are you insane!" I screech, he bursts out laughing. He's been listening the whole time and I'm as white as a sheet, like I've been caught with my hand in the cookie jar.
"Come here, angel," I stand rooted, I'm not sure if he will be mad even though he kinda liked it, I'm not supposed to be sneaking around in here, just on principle it's wrong. "I'm not mad, come here." Storm says with a smile.
I take the headphones off and walk through the door back into the technical side. "I see you were curious, I have been writing and the band has been doing this when you were asleep," Storm says because the room is sound proof. "Listen to how good you are," I cringe.
"You recorded it! No Storm, I was just messing around, I like the lyrics, I was being silly, your biased, your my boyfriend," I ramble.
He looks at me, "you are rambling," he puts a finger to my lips, "shhh, listen," he plays it back, I sit with no expression.
"It's me it sounds terrible, kill me now," I continue to ramble and he laughs.
Storm takes his phone out,"Jill tell those fuckers upstairs to come down and to stop raiding my fridge." They pile into the the studio all eating pizza and soda. "Listen to this, keep quiet till it's done and I think this is what we have been missing on the song," Storm says excited. They stay silent and nonchalant, he presses play, and I sit on the couch head in my hands. They all pause and look at me then Storm, "I caught her singing alone in here, I recorded her."
"That's incredible," Jill squeals.
"Jill please I was just messing around." I say in utter embarrassment, like I was caught, come on people.
She ignores me, "Dominic what do you think?" Storm asks.
"Hell yes," Dom answers.
"Carter?" Storm asks.
"I say we keep her on the track, it sounds sick dude." Carter responds.
"Angel, you done that like nobody was watching literally and you can hear it, you don't care its uninhibited, it's amazing, so I am turning this into our second duet, and this is going on the new album, it needed you," Sroem says and I fall back on the couch defeated. "Guys I'm going to isolate her voice, play it over you doing the instruments live right now, then we are both going to be singing the bridge and choruses," Storm instructs all. Of them, and they just nod, Storm goes in and picks up his guitar, and they adjust the sound a little to my voice, and then while he's playing Storm starts singing, and he motions for me, I get up and wince from my ribs and he almost drops Stella his guitar. I show him I'm ok, I go in and we sing the rest of the song together, when I sing with Storm it feels so natural, I never wanted a career in music, but this is a fun thing to do with him now and then.
They play the track back and listen to the whole thing, "love, I want you to pitch with me here at the bridge and keep going while I sing a few more lines and then join me by pitching as loud as you can and going for it in the last chorus and come down with me at the end yeah?" Storm instructs like a true professional and I nod. We go for it, and I give it my all, with Storm, and we are done. We listen one more time, "Perfect!" Storm says happily and I see that's a wrap.
My cell phone rings "Maria?" I answer.
"Ma'am the doctor is here," Maria informs me.
"Ok," I answer putting the phone down. "Storm we have to be upstairs the doctor is here," I tell him, I didn't realise we have been here for a few hours.
We go up stairs and Storm does his test, which is negative, he's doing so well, and the doctor checks me over and listens to my heart, it's perfect. "You are healing quite nicely Miss Richard's," Doctor Siraj says.
"I'm so glad, my ribs still hurt a bit though," I tell her honestly.
"Give it a few more days and it should be just fine, keep taking your medication when you need it," She says.
"Oh doctor, I need my contraceptive shot," I remind her.
She winks, "say no more, I have it with me."
Storm looks on while I get the shot in my ass. The doctor leaves, "Are you ever going to stop taking it?" He asks a little annoyed.
"Do you want to be a father right now?" I ask raising a brow at him. .
He looks pensive, he always moans when I do this, "I wouldn't mind," he says smiling.
"Well Im only twenty and I need to finish my studies first. If it happens by accident then ok, but I need to finish my studies," I say exasperated.
"Ok angel, no pressure but we would have one beautiful child," he says playfully and I actually melt.
"Let's go finish our other baby downstairs," I joke changing the subject, he laughs.
"Ok angel."
They edit the song, add some effects and take out some noise, and the song is perfect now. They send it off to the label, and Storms agent. "Guys what do you say we all go out to dinner and celebrate? Storm asks.
"Yeah sure, we are starving," Jill says.
I turn to Dom, "Dom call Oliver, have him meet us there."
"On it boss lady." He jokes.
"Meet in an hour?" Storm asks and they all agree they wana get changed too.
Storm and I have a shower, he helps me because it's a bit hard to bend. We get done I straighten my hair, I put on blue skinny jeans, a black lace tank top, not see through, and my leather jacket, I pair it with a black pair of platform heels, Louboutin's. I put on a little make up some liner and mascara and a red lip, my infinity necklace and diamond studs. I'm ready, I walk out and Storm looks at me like I'm water and he's been stranded in the desert. "Love, you look beautiful."
"Thank you babe, so do you," I wink at him. He has on black jeans fitted, a white shirt, a few buttons open a leather jacket, he looks hot loose hair liner on, he looks like the ultimate bad boy.
"You done staring angel? I know I'm irresistible but we have to meet the guys and Jill," Storm teasese.
I giggle, "oh alright."
We go to a Nobu, and have a variety of sushi and Thai food, they guys are drinking and getting drunk, Jill is drunk already all over Carter, Oli is extremely emotional talking to Dom, and we are laughing and caboodling in the corner making out. Storm's phone rings, "Hey JD." Storms agent and manager, "What's up man? they like it? They want to release it tonight? It's so quick, well it is perfect. Put Emily Richards on the track as Angel, yeah she's amazing. So iTunes and Spotify at twelve and audio on YouTube at twelve, awesome man, Bye."
"Storm?" I ask wondering what that was about.
"Guys the track is going live in forty minutes, let's get back home, we have to hear this and see the numbers," Storm says excitedly and we all rush back home with ten minutes to go we have one flat screen on YouTube and the other on Spotify. The song is also being dropped on the radio all at twelve midnight. They are tweeting and Instagramming pictures of us all waiting for the song to drop, Storm and me take a selfie, "waiting 1 minute to go," on his Instagram.
We count down, "5, 4, 3, 2, 1!" and it plays on the radio, we watch the numbers climb on YouTube and ITunes, and Spotify and we listen, and it sounds incredible! We take a video and post it to Instagram, of all of us watching the screens and screaming and they catch a kiss of me and Storm. The followers go crazy, one million views on YouTube and counting, 800,000 on iTunes, and Spotify, great start! We read the comments:
'Sick Song'
'instant favourite, you guys sound amazing xx.'
'I love it, purchased and on repeat.'
'Hot new song hard rock and deep, The Wicked ft Angel, it's insane!'
'Storm your girlfriend sounds amazing, this song is huge! The Wicked does it again, love the instruments guys! True Rock.'
Storm kisses me long and hard, "Thank you angel for doing this."
"It's incredible, thank you Storm for bringing me into this world. Even for one track, I got to feel how you guys do, this rush is truly amazing." They are all like awww. "Oli bitch what do you think?" I ask smiling.
"My bad bitch Ems is a rock star!" We all laugh.