Meeting Marshall Mathers: The Slim Shady Era

Chapter 8

"What did he say to you?" She was waiting on tenterhooks and asked me as we walked into the toilets. I looked around to check no one was eves dropping, all the cubical doors were open,

"He was just talking, nothing of significance"

"Nothing of significance?? Shut up and out with it!" We chatted as we topped up our make-up... Dina then came in with her friend Chelsea,

"Hey Jodie, can we have a word?" She looked at me in the mirror,

"Yes of course" i popped the lid of my lipstick back on and into my little handbag, she stared at Karlie,

"Alone.. please" She smiled sweetly at her, but in quite a patronising way, if that would of been any other regular girl best believe karlie would of caused a storm for the cheek,

"I'll be on the dance floor" Karlie walked out with Dina's friend Chelsea, very unimpressed,

"Is everything okay?" I leant against marble surface top,

"I know this may seem a little forward, but Jodie... it's Marshall.. he likes you" i was rendered gobsmacked by her insane statement,

"Why would you say something like that?" I felt insulted, i bet she was just saying that because she knew how much this whole experience had meant to me, was she taking the piss out of me?

"No, J listen to me, please, Marshall, he's been going through a lot of tough shit with the divorce with Kim, i mean we haven't seen him really perk up since you came to the party last night"

"I don't understand where this is all coming from, this is all too much" My mind was racing, I didn't want everyone poking their noses in and ruining any of the fun between myself and Marshall, it would put him off majorly,

"I know it'll be hard for you to take into context, because you've gone from watching his show to... let's say becoming more close to him, and, i know it must be scary for you, possibly coming into all of this fame but i promise you you'll be okay..."
I just emptily stared at her, "J i know a good thing when i see it, i think you two need to get a little more acquainted in your own space"

"It's just... i don't know what to think, I'd never in my wildest of dreams would of ever thought that I'd end up here with him, them and..."

"Look, listen to me, this is real, it's happening tonight so you need to deal with it. I saw Marshall watching you for a while last night before he came to dance with you. And yeah he probably wanted to bed you no doubt about that I mean look at you hunny you're fucking beautiful, but you're different. Many girls drape themselves around him, it's always been easy for him, but you've given him more of a challenge. You like to laugh, you get on with his friends and you've been upfront, not all shaky and crying and well, desperate... Maybe because he knows now you won't sell a story or it could be that playing hard to get makes him want you even more, I don't know but whatever it is you've got, he wants it..."

"I think you have it all wrong, i really do, I'm just a fan, and he knows that, he's never dated a member of the public, so why would he change that for me, especially when he's going through a divorce, he might just need a confidante, i don't know, but what i do know is i need a drink" I needed to get my head straight,

"Don't say i didn't tell you, you could of had a chance to be with someone you've wanted to be with all your life!" she went on as we walked out of the toilets together,

"Dina, i've never thought about actually going out with him, yes im insanely attracted to the guy, yes i think he's a fucking brilliant genius but still i don't know him as an actual person? I'm not one of these fans who say they are in actual love with their idols, you can't be in love with someone you've never met and dating someone for me is a serious thing, I didn't expect anything else other than some fun, I didn't even expect that!"