The Voice (Luke Hemmings)

66. Epilogue Part 1

*4 years later*

The four of us walked down the steps into the studio we see on TV every night. The blue eyed, short, blonde haired woman welcomed us with wide arms. "Thank you so much for coming!" She said while giving all of us a hug. "Thank you for having us, it's a pleasure." Anna said and we all nodded in agreement. "So, take a seat." Ellen said and we all sat down. "So, how are you doing? Just ended your American leg of the tour right?" I nodded. "Yea, it was so, so, so great. There were so many people coming to see us, and it was just amazing to realize how many people actually like our music." I said. Ellen nodded. "Well, to the audience, how about you introduce yourselves?" We nodded and looked into the camera. I began. "Hi, I'm Skyler and I play guitar and I sing." Next to me sat Anna. "Hey, I'm Anna, I play drums. And sometimes a little bit of singing." I chuckled. "Yo, I'm Charlotte, I play guitar and sing." Last up was Vic. "Hi, I'm Victoria, or Vic as everybody calls me, I play bass and sing." The audience applauded loudly and a smile found it's way on my face. "And together, we are in a band called City Blackout." We all said at the same time after Anna silently counted down. We bursted out laughing and turned to Ellen again. "I've been wondering for a while now... Where does the name come from? Because... City Blackout. That isn't just something you come up with immediately right?" I smiled. "Well, Skyler actually came up with the name. We were having a sleepover with the four of us and Sky decided to paint her nails. We always wore black nail polish, but hers was always the best. So I asked: 'What's your nail polish called?' And she looked at the back of the thing and it was called 119 City Blackout. So yea, the name came from nail polish." Charlotte ended the story and we all chuckled at the thought of how it went. "Wow, that's actually really original." Ellen said. "And how did you guys meet? Because I know Skyler knew Charlotte from The Voice, but how did the rest meet? "It's quite a funny story actually. Anna and me met on Twitter and became best friends, but I lived in LA, and she lived in Sydney. Anyways, my mom and dad ended up divorcing and my mom wanted to move far away, so we decided to move to Australia. There I met Anna for the first time and we grew even closer. And then I auditioned for The Voice, and I don't know when exactly, I think it were the first live shows, there I met Charlotte and we bonded over the same music taste. And then we went to LA with the 4 finalists and the judges and we became really good friends." I said. "And Victoria?" Ellen asked and we all bursted out laughing while Vic pouted. "That was hilarious. So, I was quite known in Australia, because I won The Voice and all of that. So I had a couple of fans. One decided to stalk me at my house. There is a monitor in the kitchen, connected to all the cameras around the house and outside. So I was in the kitchen and saw movement from the corner of my eye. I looked at the monitor and there was a girl, all ninja style, moving around the yard, trying not to be suspicious. She made it to the house and was like, her back was pressed against the garage door and she looked around if anyone caught her yet. But after a while she looked up and saw a camera pointed at her directly and seriously, you should've seen her face. It was hilarious. And I was really bored before, so I was really thankful that she brightened my day, so I invited her in and we hung out a couple times and that's how we became friends." I said. "Wow, that's a really awesome story. I think every fangirl is jealous of you now." Ellen said to Vic. "Yea, I'm kinda jealous of myself to be honest." I chuckled. "And you filmed it right? The footage from the security camera?" Ellen asked me. "Yea, it was so hilarious, I had to share it with everyone, so I put it on Twitter. Wait. Do you have it here?" She nodded. "Ah, please show it." I said. She grinned and I heard Vic groan from the other side of the couch. "Okay, here's the footage of Vic stalking Skyler." Ellen said and the video was shown. After it was done we all bursted out laughing. "I'm still so embarrassed." Vic mumbled while we all calmed down. "I have more pictures. Like... This." She showed a picture of our tour bus and we all smiled brightly. "Our baby!" Anna said. The picture was a bright red and white Volkswagen van. And we called it Reese, because we love Reeses. "It might not be the most spacious van, but we love it." Charlotte said and we all nodded. "Did you take this on the whole tour?" Ellen asked. "Yea, but it broke down a couple of times, so we had to get it to a mechanic, and we delivered Fender a lot of stress because of that, but it all worked out. Fender is our manager by the way." Ellen nodded. 'And this picture?" She showed us a picture of Delta on stage. "Your support act, Delta. Did you know her before the tour already?" I nodded. "Yea, I knew her even before Charlotte and Vic. When I was still in school I had a job at a local restaurant, and I sung there. Delta sung too. But when I auditioned for The Voice I had to quit, and I never performed there again, sadly. And then Delta decided to audition for The Voice too, and ended up on second place. She brought out an album, but it didn't really take off. Which is weird, because she's an amazing singer. And we still needed a support act, so we decided she could tag along." I said. "And you all had to choose a sport while being on tour right?" Ellen asked. "Yea, that's right. We had to stay fit, you know, because we like pizza, and Burger King, and McDonalds and stuff, so..." She smiled. "And you chose Kickboxing?" I nodded, not knowing where this conversation was going. "Yea, we figured. Look at this." She showed us a video where the four of us and Fender were walking through the corridors of the studio. "You filmed this?" Charlotte asked from next to me on the couch. Ellen just grinned and looked at the video. This was before we came on. You saw us walking through the corridors, through a door and then a super-scary clown came falling down in front of us. I think it was because of the kickboxing, but my instincts took over and I did a high-kick straight into the clown. After that I stepped back and saw that it was just a puppet. The four girls and Fender were still screaming. The video ended and we all bursted out laughing. "Remind me to never piss you off yea?" Vic said and I chuckled. The video played again. "But really, look at Fender. He looked like he eats metal sheets for breakfast, but he's the one screaming the loudest." I said and we all laughed again while watching Fender. After the video was shown in slow motion it stopped and Ellen turned to us again. "Okay, let's play a game." She said and we nodded, Char rubbing her hands together, while sitting straight up. "Just so you know, we're very competitive." Ellen chuckled. "It's called guess the tattoo." 'Oehh' Was heard over the couch. "Okay, I guess we can do that." Anna said. "Okay, you have to tell what it is, whose it is, and what the meaning is." Ellen said and we all nodded. "Okay, first one." She showed us a photo of a tattoo with 'Stars are only visible in darkness'. "Ah easy." Char said. "That one's Anna's, it's on her arm and it's Imagine Dragons lyrics." Anna smiled and held her arm up with the tattoo on it. "Dingdingding." Was heard through the studio and I chuckled. "Okay, next." There was a picture of a palm tree and I smiled. "That's Sky's." Vic said. "It's on her ankle and... I don't know the meaning... Maybe LA?" I smiled and nodded. 'Dingdingding'. was heard again. A picture of a lion was shown. "That one's Char's, it's on the inside of her arm and it means... Eh... Narnia?" I asked and Char shrugged. "Close enough." I chuckled and the 'Dingdingding' sound was heard again. Another picture was shown. 'I'm the violence in the pouring rain' was tattooed. "That one's Vic's, it's on her ribs and it's Halsey lyrics. "Dingdingding." Wa heard again and I shook my head with a smile. Another picture was shown, with the roman numbers XXIV II MMXV on it. "That's Skyler's, it's on her shoulder and it's the date of her audition." I smiled brightly. This was the most meaningful tattoo I had. I mean, my audition brought me here. So I think it deserved a place on my body so I could never forget it. "Okay, the last one. If I'm going to show you all your tattoo's we'd still be here tomorrow." I chuckled and shrugged. That was kinda true. She showed a tattoo of a small rainbow. We all looked at Char with a smile. She took a deep breath. "Ehh.. I was the first one, just to show everybody that I'm gay, I don't know. I went through a lot because of it and I just wanted it to be tattooed on me. And after I told them I was gay they were really supportive, but I was still scared that they would kick me out or something. I know they'd never do that, but still. I don't know why I thought that. Maybe because I was different? I don't know. Anyways, one day they all came to me, with the same tattoo on their arms tattooed just to show me they were totally cool with it and I didn't have to worry." Her voice cracked and Anna put her arms around her. "And I'm so thankful for them because they're the best friends someone could ever wish for." She said and we all 'ahww'ed and pulled her in for a hug.

"Honey, I'm homee!!!" I yelled while slamming the door shut. It's still weird to say that you know? I always feel old. But it's funny either way. I heard someone running down the stairs and a minute later a koala clung onto me. Kidding, it was Luke. "Heioo, how was it?" He asked while pulling me in for a kiss. "It was great. She's really nice." I said and he nodded. I told you so, nothing to be nervous for." He said with his cute dimpled smile. "Well, I'm gonna go to bed. I'm jet lagged as hell." I said and he nodded while picking up my suitcases. I know not to argue with him on carrying my suitcases upstairs. I followed him upstairs to our bedroom and plopped down on the bed, my eyes too heavy to keep them open. I felt Luke putting the sheets over me and pressing his lips to my forehead. "Goodnight babygirl."

A/N:
There will be one more chapter after this... :'(