My study group is here finally, "hey guys," I greet them, Riley looks a bit shocked, "Riley are you alright?" I ask confused.
"Yes I'm fine, I just didn't know you had such a huge house," Riley says in shock.
"Oh, well yeah, I live with my boyfriend, oh hi Alfonso," I say nonchalantly.
"Hi Ems," he greets.
I show them to the living room, "we can set up in the living room, I will order a few pizzas," I say getting out my phone. We start studying and it's really intense, we make numerous notes and we discuss the damage alcohol has on babies on utero.
I hear the doorbell, more like the front gate, "I got it angel," Storm says walking to the door.
"Thanks babe," I say going back to my studies, nobody at Harvard really knows I am with Storm, I try to keep things separate, and after nearly two years nobody makes a huge deal of it anymore when I'm around so it's been pleasant, I forget that some people don't know.
"Emily?" Riley calls
"What's up Riley?" I ask looking at her.
"Why does his voice sound so familiar?" She asks and I shrug.
"He's British, " I joke. Alfonso has been flirting with me quite a bit and it's so annoying but I just deal with it. Storm walks into the living room holding four pizzas and sodas
"Angel, thanks for ordering for Jill and I, too." Storm says giving me a kiss on the forehead.
"Riley and Alfonso meet Storm my boyfriend," I introduce him and he flashes them a huge beaming smile, dick. They are in utter shock, they can't even speak, "nice meeting you both, see ya later angel," he gives me a peck and leaves to his studio.
I sit waiting for them to get over their shock, Riley is first to speak, "your boyfriend is Storm Michaels, as in The Wicked? Storm that just released a song this morning?" She says in shock.
"Yeah Riley," I say shrugging.
"What the actual fuck this is insane!" Alfonso says in total disbelief.
"Alfonso what?" I say taken back by their reactions.
"We just fucking met Storm Michaels and we are eating pizza in his house that he shares with his love, angel, you!" Alfonso says.
"You sang with him at the Grammy's," Riley pipes up.
"Yes I did," I say annoyed now.
"How did we not know this, we have been friends for over 6 months!" Riley says completely in disbelief.
"Well sometimes I want people to like me for me and not because of Storm," I say irritated.
"We like you alright but we are fans," Alfonso says, I nod.
"Well let's eat and chat," Riley says.
"Riley no," I say sighing.
"What? Is he a beast in the sack?" Riley says wiggling her brows. I throw her with a pillow, "I will take that as a yes." She says laughing.
"Emily this is just insane, I'm sorry, he's the biggest rock star alive," Alfonso says excited.
I sigh again, "yes Al, but he's also human and he eats, sleeps and takes a shit just like a normal person," I say face-palming and they burst out laughing.
"Ok, we get it we are totally going into fan mode we are sorry, but shit it's Storm," Riley says being a little sensible.
"You guys done freaking out?" I ask, they nod we eat and study and we are finally done with the last chapter. I take a stretch, and decide to throw them a bone, "you guys want to see Storm live?" I ask.
They practically die on the spot, I call him first, "babe can we come down? Play a song for them or I will never hear the end of it," I ask.
"Sure angel." Storm says with a chuckle.
We head down to his studio, he has that cold rocker look, I walk over to him and he puts an arm around me resting on my ass, I kiss his cheek. "I think they deserve it, they were good," I say smiling.
He nods, Jill rolls her eyes, "let's do this, no filming." She says.
Ken gets their phones, "sorry guys," I say apologetically.
"We don't care," Alfonso says.
"Angel, you doing this with me?" Storm asks.
"Ok," I answer him, and we sing 'Black Rose' just for them, Jill does bass, and we play the track for the drum beats, Storm does his thing on the guitar, and they stand in awe. We finish, and I totally forgot how fun this was.
"Fucking awesome!" they both scream.
We laugh, "come on guys he has work to do," I say and he gives me a peck. "Thank you Storm."
"Anything for you angel." Storm says and gets back to work. I walk them out it's twelve am already. I see them drive off and Ken checks the perimeter with his men.
I go back down to Storm and Jill, "Jill you crashing here tonight?" I ask.
"Yeah I'm knackered," She says yawning.
"I'm going to bed, don't stay up too late, we have your thing tomorrow," I say and Storm pulls me into a kiss.
"Be up soon," Storm says to me.
I put on a t-shirt and hot pants and I climb into bed and put on the Entertainment channel.
'The AMA awards is upon us and rumor has it' The Wicked' will be opening this year and Storm will also be performing solo, rumor has it it will be the new hit that went on air this morning. There is alot of buzz stay tuned'.
I sigh I don't want a repeat of the Grammy's, he's barely been out of rehab. "You're still awake?" Storm asks walking into the bedroom.
"Yeah," I answer and he strips down and gets into bed. "Jill settled?" he nods.
"Now why don't you tell me what's wrong?" Storm asks llokong at me with his clear blue eyes.
"AMA's," I say honestly.
"Why is that a bad thing angel?" He asks.
"You went off the rails after the Grammy's, I guess I'm just worried." I say fiddling wihh my fingers.
"I promise you, there's nothing to worry about," Storm says firmly.
"You never told me about it though," I say irritated.
"I was going too but you beat me too it, please angel I need you, I need you there by my side, it's just after your mid terms, so next Saturday," Sroem begs me.
"ok," I sigh.
"Now can I make love to my gorgeous girlfriend?" Sroem asks smiling and I nod.
We wake up the next morning, Storm has his drug test today and he has to check in with a sponsor. We get ready early, to avoid the cameras, and we get to the hospital and he does the test, and he passes. He calls his old sponsor and he is good to go, I need to go home and study and Storm has to go practice with the band and do some more songs for the album. I drive myself home and Storm goes to the bigger studio, since the other band members arrived today.
I get home and immediately book the flight with the private plane, and the hotels, and a special dinner for his birthday in Ireland and after that France. I bought Storm a one of a kind guitar, used by his idol and signed too by AC/DC Angus Young lead guitarist it cost a pretty penny but he's so worth it. I hit the books, and I study for hours, I have two exams tomorrow. It's nearly ten pm and Storm finds me on the bed studying. "Angel, what are you still doing awake?" he asks concerned.
"I just wanted to go over things one last time." I say worried.
He closes my books, "you're set, I know you are, you were saying this stuff in your sleep last night," Storm says smirking.
I laugh, "oh shit, I'm sorry," I apologize.
"No need to be sorry you are ready," Storm says meaning it.
The week flies by and I am so confident I have aced all my exams. I get the results Saturday morning. I have cut my hours at my job, I work three times a week now, I can't do everything, it's been killing me. It's Friday night and I have the weekend off, Oliver is coming over he's done with his exams too I haven't seen him in nearly two weeks. Him and Dom are going strong, they are living together, Dom moved in two weeks ago. Jill and Carter are together still love hate. We are having a barbecue tonight to unwind and everyone is coming over, Riley and Alfonso too, turns out they are a couple, they took a road trip up to hang with us.
Storm is actually doing the barbecue with Oli, I was a bit worried about having booze around but he's tolerating it well, nobody is drinking excessively. I sit on Storms lap, while Oli takes over for a while, everyone is having a good time, music is playing. We make out and we don't care who sees, we are all happy and celebrating. I get an email, and I check my phone, "Storm baby my results are in early."
"Well check it angel!"
I click the link and check online to see if the results are posted "98% average, straight A's!" He picks me up and swings me around!
"Love has a 98% average Straight A's!" Storm shouts to everyone, the others check online and we all have pretty good averages. We all sit around the outside table by the pool and eat, chatting. I look around and this has become my family.
Storm holds my hand, and he looks at me with such pride and love. Everyone is too drunk to drive home, so Storm takes the one lot in his SUV and I take the others, Ken drives with me. We drop them all off and I drive home, finally we both pull up, "what a night my dark Prince," I say giggling, he laughs. We head inside and take a shower. I am so tired we get into bed and Storm holds me close and I fall asleep listening to his heartbeat. We wake the next morning and I find a small gift on his pillow and a note, "hope you like the gift I knew you would ace it, have rehearsals for a few hours, go pamper yourself take Oli, Versace sent over some dresses."
I find his Amex stuck at the bottom, "oh and I love you angel."
I get up and decide to go have a massage, mani and pedi done, and have my hair done. I book a day at the spa, Oli is totally in, he is in heaven. "Em, do you ever wonder how much Storm is actually worth, I mean he trusts you with his Amex," Oli asks.
"No, I don't because it doesn't matter to me, I love him for him not his money, but a pamper day is always welcome, besides, we have our own money." I answer. We have our massages and then nails done, I decide on French tips, it's classy, but I do them black. I have my hair coloured, I put in some dark blue streaks in and it looks good with my black hair. I get a text from Storm "Angel, the glam team is coming over in a half hour, I won't be too long."
"Oliver our Champagne and caviar dream is on hold, I have to go home and get glammed up, get your outfit and come over," I say to Oli.
"Sure I will meet you in an hour, ciao Bella," Oli says in the most ridiculous Italian accent and makes me laugh.
I get home, and the glam team have arrived. I have a shower, and it's already three pm. I want something fun for tonight, I choose a black and silver grecian dress, it's a black mini dress one shoulder with black tulle over it that flows into silver shimmering at the bottom with a silver infinity clip on the one shoulder, it's Dolce, I didn't choose any Versace though. I pair it with a black and silver sandal very high with a little platform for comfort, a simple strap around the ankle and two across my foot. I open my gift from this morning, it's a platinum cuff encrusted with diamonds and sapphires with matching earrings. I wear my hair in tight and loose curls letting it flow and put a diamanté clip just on the side.
Oli is watching me get ready and smiles a huge smile, "Storm is going to flip when he sees you," Oli says chuckling.
I smile, "I hope so," I have blue and black smokey eye with a touch of silver with false lashes, and a red lip with gloss, and I put my jewellery and my ring on, grabbing my silver clutch.
Oli is wearing a grey suit with a casual white shirt. Storm walks in and he looks incredibly hot. He's wearing a black fitted Armani suit, a navy shirt open a few buttons too far and I see his cross, a dressy ankle boot and loose long straight hair, he has the most gorgeous hair, and he's clean shaven with a little eyeliner for his rock star look.
His breath hitches and he stares for a moment. "Holy shit angel, you look like a rock goddess, I love the blue streaks my queen. I like the black tips," he gives a naughty smile, I blush, and the glam squad leaves.
"Oli Dom is down stairs for you," Storm tells him and he runs.
"Storm I have something for you," I say shyly. I give him a small box he opens it, "it's a platinum ring with black titanium and platinum infinity sign, because it's our thing, "it's my promise to you this time, I love you."
"I love you too, thank you angel, you have no idea what this means to me," Storm says and he slips it on his ring finger, we look married but we aren't.
We get into the limo with everyone, we all look super awesome, a bit goth but awesome. Jill has a red and black strapless dress on, red fades into black which matches her red and black hair, we are the only women we need to bring it. We arrive at the awards show, and we get out last, this never gets easier, but it's exciting. We have about ten bodyguards, and walk the dark grey carpet, people are going crazy when they see us, people are chanting the bands name and Storm's name. I hear people gasp at my dress or just me in general, Storm and I stand in front of the AMA wall for pictures. He holds my waist and then pulls me into a kiss for the cameras and people go wild, he does a bit of press and I get asked a few questions:
Press: 'Emily we know very little about you, are you studying?'
"yes I'm studying to be a doctor", I say smiling.
Storm chimes in, "98% pass, she's brilliant." He brings his left hand hand up to kiss my left hand.
Press: 'we see you two wear rings are you secretly married?'
"We are happy that's all that matters," Storm says and gives a cheeky smile. He poses alone and so do I.
Press: 'we love your dress who are you wearing?'
I answer, "Dolce," and I pose so they get the front and back, Storm stands proudly watching me and we hold hands and walk into the venue. Successful carpet moment.