Chapter 2

The next day was nothing but anxiously waiting on the phone call from the record label telling us whether we had been signed or not. I absentmindedly twirled a strand of my light brown hair as I paced back and forth across the room, phone in hand. I noticed Ashley typing away on her computer. As I turned to begin retracing my path yet again I glanced over her shoulder at the screen. She was looking at the record label’s website, obviously just as impatient as I was.

Several hours later with still no call. I had given up my pacing and was now lying on my back staring at the ceiling, and Ashley was starting to doze off with her headphones in sprawled out on the couch. I heaved a frustrated sigh and rolled to face her.

"Do you think they will ever call?" I asked while giving my phone a hard look, willing it to ring with good news.

"I don’t know," she sighed. "But if they are I hope they do it soon. I’m getting tired of waiting." I nodded in agreement and slowly got to my feet to stretch. I began to yawn but abruptly stopped when a shrill ringing filled the air. I gasped and dove on the floor where I had left my phone. Ashley excitedly popped her ear buds out and sat up, her full attention on the phone.

"Hello?" I answered, trying not to let the extreme emotions I was feeling show in my voice. I certainly didn’t want anyone from the label thinking I was desperate, regardless of the fact that I was very much so. I paused to listen to the results I had been wanting to hear all day.

"Ok. Thank you very much." I replied calmly, ending the call and setting my phone on a nearby table.

"Well?" Ashley asked, practically bouncing in anticipation. I glanced up at her, my face wiped clean of emotion, except for a small smile tugging at the corners of my lips. I continued to just stare at her, becoming quite amused by the frantic look on her face. But I couldn’t take it anymore.

"They signed us!" I exclaimed, a huge grin spreading across my face. She screamed and leapt off the couch engulfing me in a hug. We both cheered and carried on for a while before flopping back to the couch and proceeding to text all our friends and family to tell them the good news. After that, I explained to her all the details and that they wanted to meet with us today to start working on our first single.

Less than an hour later we were in the car, heading towards our new future. I knew that from this day forward, things would never be the same.

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