Moments
Chapter 3: Happiness Falling
Chapter 3: Happiness Falling (Tori’s P.O.V.)
I still couldn’t believe that the guys had tweeted me yesterday. My best friend Amber couldn’t believe it either, until she saw them this morning. That was all that we could talk about today. Even our friends Natalie and Cody got into the conversation, and they don’t even like One Direction.
But now I was heading home. I had plans to record my new cover, I mean it was Friday. I had narrowed my listed down a lot last night, before I had fallen asleep. I needed to get home so I could make my final decision and start recording. I was so excited that the guys might be watching my covers and I couldn’t wait to put up a new one for them to watch.
“Hey buddy,” I said as Ranger rubbed against my leg before I could fully get in the door. I leaned down and rubbed behind his ear as I closed the front door.
“Mom?” I called, “I’m home.”
I was answered with silence again. I sighed as I headed through the house in search of my mother. I smiled as I found her asleep in her bed. I wasn’t surprised though, she had been working a lot lately and I was sure that she could use the sleep.
I slowly closed her door before I crept down the hallway to my room. I let out a loud sigh as I sank into my bed. I enjoyed the softness as I thought about what song I was wanting to do for this week. I began reaching blindly for my laptop, coming up empty handed. I turned my head and saw that it wasn’t where I thought it should have been. I sat up as I began to scan my room. My eyes finally rested on it.
I stood and walked over to my dresser, lifting up my computer and going back over to my bed. I relaxed as my laptop turned on and logged in. I stared at the shortened list for the song that I would be doing this week. I had gone from about twenty songs to just having three: Tell Me a Lie, Stand Up, and They Don’t Know About Us. I had decided that I would do another song by One Direction in case they were watching my videos.
“Which one?” I asked myself as I thought through each of the songs. Tell Me a Lie was at a medium beat with very meaningful lyrics. I could do that song, but I would have the issue of the gender in the song. It is clear that they are singing to a girl. I decided to move onto Stand Up. I enjoyed this song and was pretty sure that I wouldn’t have any gender problems. But the more I thought about it, I thought of how upbeat Stand Up was. I really didn’t want to try and cover a song that upbeat. My voice was more acoustic. That ruled that song out as well. That left me with one more song on my list: They Don’t Know About Us. I thought for a moment. That song was soft and I really liked it. There was one or two places where the guys said girl, but I could easily change that to boy.
It seemed to be a no brainer. My next cover was going to be They Don’t Know About Us. I started to go through my media player so I could practice with the song a few times before I tried to record it.
That was when I heard a vibrating noise on the bed next to me. I grabbed my phone and looked at it as it continued to go off. I gave my phone a funny look as I stared at the unknown number on the screen.
“Hello?” I asked, wondering who could be calling me.
“Tori-Ly?”
My eyes widened. That was my internet alias for everything that had to do with my singing. Who would be calling me from an unknown number and calling me by that name.
“May I ask who’s call?” I asked. I really wanted to know who I was talking to.
“My name is Richard Boling. I am part of the management team for One Direction.”
I felt my eyes widen as my heart started racing. I was being called by the management of One Direction.
“Yes?” I asked a little more excited than I had hoped, “How can I help you, sir?”
“My attention has been brought to your account on YouTube and your recent covers of the boys’ songs. I was calling to discussion this with you.” He started. I waited eagerly for him to continue. I was so excited it was almost uncontainable. I couldn’t believe that this call was happening.
“This call is to give you a warning.”
That was not what I had been expecting.
“A warning?” I asked.
He answered, “You are not allowed to cover anymore songs that are by One Direction. If you do, it will be seen to that your YouTube and Twitter pages are shut down for good.”
I sat on my bed with my mouth gaping open. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I was being called by a big management team to be told not to cover anymore songs by a certain band. This is not how I imagined this call going.
“Do you understand what I am saying?” I heard through the phone, “Do I need to start the process of the deletion of Tori-Ly?”
“No, sir.” I muttered into the speaker, “I understand.”
“Good” he said, “It was a pleasure talking with you.”
And with that, the line went dead. I pulled my phone away from my face and stared at it. I could easily say it hadn’t been a pleasure for me to speak with him. I didn’t care if he was management for the guys or not, he was a total jerk. And that was putting it lightly.
I looked back down at my media player, paused on what was supposed to be my next cover. I sighed as I opened my webcam. It looked like I had an announcement that I needed to put up for my viewers.
I still couldn’t believe that the guys had tweeted me yesterday. My best friend Amber couldn’t believe it either, until she saw them this morning. That was all that we could talk about today. Even our friends Natalie and Cody got into the conversation, and they don’t even like One Direction.
But now I was heading home. I had plans to record my new cover, I mean it was Friday. I had narrowed my listed down a lot last night, before I had fallen asleep. I needed to get home so I could make my final decision and start recording. I was so excited that the guys might be watching my covers and I couldn’t wait to put up a new one for them to watch.
“Hey buddy,” I said as Ranger rubbed against my leg before I could fully get in the door. I leaned down and rubbed behind his ear as I closed the front door.
“Mom?” I called, “I’m home.”
I was answered with silence again. I sighed as I headed through the house in search of my mother. I smiled as I found her asleep in her bed. I wasn’t surprised though, she had been working a lot lately and I was sure that she could use the sleep.
I slowly closed her door before I crept down the hallway to my room. I let out a loud sigh as I sank into my bed. I enjoyed the softness as I thought about what song I was wanting to do for this week. I began reaching blindly for my laptop, coming up empty handed. I turned my head and saw that it wasn’t where I thought it should have been. I sat up as I began to scan my room. My eyes finally rested on it.
I stood and walked over to my dresser, lifting up my computer and going back over to my bed. I relaxed as my laptop turned on and logged in. I stared at the shortened list for the song that I would be doing this week. I had gone from about twenty songs to just having three: Tell Me a Lie, Stand Up, and They Don’t Know About Us. I had decided that I would do another song by One Direction in case they were watching my videos.
“Which one?” I asked myself as I thought through each of the songs. Tell Me a Lie was at a medium beat with very meaningful lyrics. I could do that song, but I would have the issue of the gender in the song. It is clear that they are singing to a girl. I decided to move onto Stand Up. I enjoyed this song and was pretty sure that I wouldn’t have any gender problems. But the more I thought about it, I thought of how upbeat Stand Up was. I really didn’t want to try and cover a song that upbeat. My voice was more acoustic. That ruled that song out as well. That left me with one more song on my list: They Don’t Know About Us. I thought for a moment. That song was soft and I really liked it. There was one or two places where the guys said girl, but I could easily change that to boy.
It seemed to be a no brainer. My next cover was going to be They Don’t Know About Us. I started to go through my media player so I could practice with the song a few times before I tried to record it.
That was when I heard a vibrating noise on the bed next to me. I grabbed my phone and looked at it as it continued to go off. I gave my phone a funny look as I stared at the unknown number on the screen.
“Hello?” I asked, wondering who could be calling me.
“Tori-Ly?”
My eyes widened. That was my internet alias for everything that had to do with my singing. Who would be calling me from an unknown number and calling me by that name.
“May I ask who’s call?” I asked. I really wanted to know who I was talking to.
“My name is Richard Boling. I am part of the management team for One Direction.”
I felt my eyes widen as my heart started racing. I was being called by the management of One Direction.
“Yes?” I asked a little more excited than I had hoped, “How can I help you, sir?”
“My attention has been brought to your account on YouTube and your recent covers of the boys’ songs. I was calling to discussion this with you.” He started. I waited eagerly for him to continue. I was so excited it was almost uncontainable. I couldn’t believe that this call was happening.
“This call is to give you a warning.”
That was not what I had been expecting.
“A warning?” I asked.
He answered, “You are not allowed to cover anymore songs that are by One Direction. If you do, it will be seen to that your YouTube and Twitter pages are shut down for good.”
I sat on my bed with my mouth gaping open. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I was being called by a big management team to be told not to cover anymore songs by a certain band. This is not how I imagined this call going.
“Do you understand what I am saying?” I heard through the phone, “Do I need to start the process of the deletion of Tori-Ly?”
“No, sir.” I muttered into the speaker, “I understand.”
“Good” he said, “It was a pleasure talking with you.”
And with that, the line went dead. I pulled my phone away from my face and stared at it. I could easily say it hadn’t been a pleasure for me to speak with him. I didn’t care if he was management for the guys or not, he was a total jerk. And that was putting it lightly.
I looked back down at my media player, paused on what was supposed to be my next cover. I sighed as I opened my webcam. It looked like I had an announcement that I needed to put up for my viewers.
I am honored to hear that, thank you bunches. :)
11/25/13