All That We Could Be

Chapter Fourteen

By the time Fallon had any time to think, a whole week had passed. April had brought on an onslaught of newspapers wanting to interview her. Plus she had to do the magazine covers. Her Saturday night performance with William watching in the crowd hadn’t helped matters. The more she was seen with him, the more the tabloids speculated on their relationship. William had already met Cheryl and Fallon had met his father and mother. So far William seemed clean. It was just his words that made him seem like a slick person.

Today was another Saturday that she was spending at Lively! because today she was going to announce her next singles and do an exclusive performance of the two of them. Fallon was nervous. Today had been full of surprises. Craig had made her agree to do a special interview with ‘The Daily Mail on Sunday’, plus she would have a spot on GM TV during the next week to announce her single to the rest of the public, and then of course Popjustice.com had asked to preview her re-release and single. Craig had been dropping hints that she may have to do an interview with them too.

Fallon waited backstage, Cheryl had gone out to do some announcements. Apparently there were some special guests in the crowd that needed to be mentioned. She could hear bits and pieces of what Cheryl was saying. “…To welcome the first team of…” Fallon had zoned out once again, not bothering to catch the rest. William would be here tonight also. Fallon knew that later they would probably go and he would take her to some high end club, where she would probably just listen to his stories…Fallon didn’t know why she was humoring Cheryl this way. It was all Cheryl’s bright idea to go out with William. Before Fallon could fret over this any more, she heard Cheryl announcing her.

Fallon got up on the stage. There was a large crowd present. Her eyes were drawn to a corner of the room. There was a large gathering of guys in the same team uniform. Fallon’s heart stopped and then started with a pound that she thought everyone could hear. There standing in the corner was Daniel and he was with his new team: Manchester United. Daniel looked just like she remembered him, gorgeous.

Fallon got the sudden urge to run off the stage, but immediately knew that there was no way out of this.

“Hi…everyone…” Fallon spoke tentatively. She gathered her words, hoping that once she got through this part that she’d still remember the words of the songs. She made sure to keep her eyes away from where she knew Daniel was standing. She could see William close to the stage. “Umm…tonight I have the privilege of giving you all an exclusive performance of my third singles. I decided that from my album and the re-release there was a pair of songs that just went together. So tonight I will be performing for you ‘Broken’ by Lifehouse and ‘By The Way’ by Theory of A Deadman. I hope you guys will like it.” Fallon said to the crowd, happy that she hadn’t forgotten the words just yet.

She stood on stage wearing a short sleeved pleated maroon dress, with black heels. Great…he has to be here the one night I might actually sing a song about breakups…-Fallon thought. She made sure that she didn’t even glance in Daniel’s direction. She was terrified that she might actually lose herself and forget all the words.

The backing track started. Fallon steeled herself.

“The broken clock is a comfort, it helps me sleep tonight, Maybe it can stop tomorrow from stealing all my time” Fallon sang, she knew the nervous feeling had started to pass. “I'm falling apart, I'm barely breathing, With a broken heart that's still beating, In the pain there is healing, In your name I find meaning.”

Fallon tried not to look at Daniel while singing the chorus. In the end she lost. She glanced at him, he was sitting on a stool with a few team mates. He still had the look of perfection, even in his uniform. He had been looking at her, the moment their eyes met, he turned away.