MINE"FOREVER-ALWAYS"

Best Friend

"All right, then... let's do it!" Shawn said opening the door for me. "I'm so excited!" I said clapping my hands together. I inched towards the door. No stage fright. No fear. The audience is mine. They love me. I love them. I took a deep breath. I looked back to my crew members and my best friend, Shawn. He gave me thumbs up.

"Keep calm, and smile. The stage is all yours, little girl." He chuckled and pushed me out of the door. "I'm not a little girl." I protested. It made him laugh once again. I smiled back.

"Entry in 5...4...3...2...1" Annie said.

I stepped on the small circle protruding out of the ground. It started to rise up towards the stage. It was pitch black at first, total silence. I tapped the microphone softly to check whether it's still working or not. Yes it was, as the speakers made a soft sound as well. I took a deep breath as drummer gave me a hinting beat saying I should start now.

"Hey London! How are you all doin'?" I said.

And there it was...roaring crowd...ear piercing screams, cries. There they are... my fans...my family.

"Alright, alright... there you are. My lovely people," More screams at the last sentence. "You guys... are amazing... you all are like my family. And I love you more than anything else..." I said. They are an amazing audience. The kind of I always wanted. As I uttered the last few lines, they all went silent.

"Can I hear it once again for my crew and my band, can I?" I raised my hand up in the air making a circular motion with them indicating 'a huge round of applause'

Again the same happened, their ever enthusiastic shouts and claps. I heard a few young men at my right side shouting my name.

"Alaska! Alaska! Alaska!" I gave them a big smile. One of them acted as if I stabbed a knife straight into his heart. This made me giggle.

"So London, what song is in your playlist today?" I heard a few of them shouting a few names of my songs. "Tell me... or maybe we should cancel this concert, shall we?" I teased them. They all shouted 'NO' at the same time.

"No? Then what should I sing. Um... lemme think..." I placed my index finger on my chin and tapped it softly. "Um... what about 'enchanted', huh?"

They all started to hoot as Alex, the guitarist, started to play the introductory tone. I began...

'There I was again tonight,

Forcing laughter faking smiles,

Same old, tired, lonely place...'

The audience began clapping softly to the beat.

'The walls of insincerity, shifting eyes and vacancy,

Vanished when I saw your face,

And it was enchanting to meet you..."

I slowly began to dance on beats...

'Your eyes whispered have we met?

Cross the room your silhouette,

Starts to make its way to me,

The playful conversation starts,

Counter all your quick remarks like,

Passing notes in secrecy,

And it was enchanting to meet you...

All I know is I was enchanted to meet you...."

Now, the drummers chance to beat it up. The audience howled up once again making me jump up and down.

'This night is sparkling, don't you let it go,