Concierto de Amor

"🎵Oh oh..Only for you. Oh oh only for you🎶....

“And...that’s a wrap everybody.” The director shouted and it was followed by a roaring round of applause from the people inside the theater. At the time, the people in there were the crew, the staff and the performers for Melody’s first ever headlining concert.

She looked around and met eyes with the people she was working with and bowing to all the sides of the stage. She was firmly holding on to the microphone as she was clutching it as close to her chest as possible. She was emotional but she was trying to hold everything in inside. She was thinking that saving it for the real thing is better.

She stood straight and placed the mic close to her lips and with a big smile on her face she proclaimed “Thank you very much everybody. The final rehearsal was a success. I hope that we can surpass what we did today in the concert. In three days, my dreams, everything that I have dreamed of ever since I was a little kid will come true. And all of it will not be possible without you guys. Thank you very much.”

She concluded her brief speech and went out backstage. She was ushered out with a loud applauding crowd and some of them were really shedding tears for her.

After fixing herself up in the dressing room, she got ready to go. With a big gym bag over her shoulder she went for the door.

Sebastian, her long time driver fetched her from the door, he took the bag from her and guided her towards her car. She got in the car and as soon as she sat down she grabbed her phone and dialed a number.

The number she called rang for a minute and went to the voicemail. It was her fiancée Mark. Mark was a movie star. He was famous. Was, because lately, projects for him are quite rare to come by. She could not get ahold of him so she decided to drop by his apartment.

“Sebastian, drop me off at Mark’s. Thank you.”

“But aren’t you supposed to be resting now? Your mom’s waiting for you at the villa.” Sebastian answered while trading glances with the rear view mirror.

“Ahm, it’s fine. I’ll be quick. I just have to see Mark. He said he will be coming to the rehearsal today.”

“As you wish."

The drive took about 20 minutes and she appeared in front of her fiancée's door. She opened it up with her key. She walked straight towards the bed room. Flabbergasted she was stopped on her tracks and she shrieked. It was Mark, lying on his bed, naked.

She would have thought he’s being attacked if not only for his tight grasp around the waist of the naked lady on top of him going up and down while moaning.

“M...Melody? What are you doing here?” the surprised guy asked her as he was desperately trying to separate himself from the lady atop him.

“How dare you?! What am I doing here? You ... you...” she wanted to scream, she wanted to curse at them, she wanted to hit both of them but her knees turned limp, her body shook in shock and her voice left her body.

Her eyes melted as tears started flowing from them. She mustered all the strength she has left and turned running towards the door. It took her less than a minute to be on the streets and she ran. She continued running without even seeing the way clearly. She ran and ran until her legs gave out.

She lost track of time running and as she halted to a stop she looked around and could not recognize where she was anymore. As she turned into a corner she saw a convenience store.

She went inside the store, grabbed a hat and an eyeglass to somehow hide her face paid using her mobile phone and asked if she could use the clerk’s phone charger. She left her phone with the clerk to charge up a bit and she sat on one corner of the store.

Grabbed a bottled juice and took several sips from it. She was looking through the glass walls of the store and stared into a guy having trouble fueling up his car. She smiled within herself as she thought how clumsy that guy was.

The smile soon began to turn into a frown as she remembered the fun things and memories she shared with Mark. The midnight driving, the getaway cars and all those long drives they enjoyed.

She pictured herself on the passenger seat of his car while Mark was filling up the car. They were laughing at random things and happiness was their company. She wiped the tears away from her eyes and she buried her chin on her palm whilst looking lost into the sky shifting to night time.

She got up and walked towards the counter, she claimed her phone and thanked the clerk. “I can’t bear to watch that guy anymore.”

Melody walked up to the pump where the guy was having trouble with.

“Excuse me, you need to pull this lever here, lift the nozzle and when you are ready, you squeeze. First time in a self service station eh? You just place it back when you’re done.” She said as she slowly walked away absorbed in her mobile phone. Many missed calls from her fiancée and other calls from Sebastian.

Hey there!!!

What's up? You're here and thank you so much for that. This story is brought to you by yours truly and @immaryandmerry . This is the first part of our collaboration project. It's funny though, we have the story, the plot but still haven't talked about the title. So this will also be a surprise even to my co-conspirator.

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