The Rockstar

Chapter 6 : Late night moment

I lay on a huge king sized bed and felt like a king for a second. I thought of becoming a rockstar and building a huge mansion. It’s been an hour since I laid on the bed but I couldn’t fell asleep as my mind kept imagining the things. I felt thirsty so I decided to go to the kitchen and drink some water. I woke up and went to the kitchen. While drinking, I saw Jennie through the window. She sat at the edge of the swimming pool and staring the sky.I strolled out and stood beside her. She lifted her head and asked

“Didn’t you sleep?”

I sat beside her leaving my bare feet in the water.

“I couldn’t sleep. What are you doing here?” I asked.

“Nothing. Staring the sky.”

“I think you are looking at the stars and the moon.”

“Probably. Look at them they are beautiful.”

I lifted my head and gazed at them.

“Yes they are. So -You are the night person?” I said more like questioning.

“I love to be a night person. People usually love what they couldn’t do or couldn’t have.”

I looked at her eyes and said

“You don’t roam at nights?”

“I am not allowed to. Since I was little, I returned to home before 10. If not, then I would be with my family or George. They never allows me to feel the darkness.”

“That's crazy. You are 18 now, a singer and you can do whatever you want. Moreover, no one loves darkness.” I rolled my eyes.

“No one loves dark heart.” Jennie retorted.

I kept silent for a minute and asked.

“You want to feel the darkness, right?”

“Yes. I want to go to a dark place far away from the people. I want to shout, scream, dance, laugh like a kid and feel the air in darkness under the stars in enjoyment. But I never got that chance. Whenever I think about that, I just make my room dark and enjoy. For once, I want to leave this reality and live according to my imagination.”

“But you do concerts at night. What’s the difference?”

“That is entirely different. There, I am a singer and would be surrounded with everyone and enjoying with them. But that’s not the thing.  I want to feel the late night moments which I never had one. Leave it Daniel. I know it’s weird. No one understands.”

“I think I understand.”

I stood up from there and said

“Come on. Stand up.”

“Why?” Jennie asked.

“Stand up. We’ll go out.”

“What?” she confused.

“Jennie! This is your life. Live it to the fullest.”

With that she stood up and said

“But we can’t go. George won’t allow me.”

“Who is asking for permission here?”

“What?” she widened her eyes in disbelief.

“Jennie don’t worry. Don’t be a good girl always. Life becomes boring when you follow all the rules. Break some of them and experience the joy.” I winked.

“I----but---" She stammered.

I look into her eyes deeply and said

“Trust me.”

I didn’t know why I said or what I was doing. I just want her to be happy.

She nodded looking into my eyes.

We slowly strolled intothe living room and took George car keys.

“It’s not my car key. It’s George’s.” Jennie said.

“I know. We are not going by your car. We are going by his car. Because if security guard sees your car he won’t allow us to go out. If it’s George’s he probably think George is heading somewhere and won’t ask any question. And no one can see what or who is there in George’s car from outside.”

We then went to George’s room and relieved to see him in a deep sleep.

“He won’t wake up. He drank a lot.” I said.

We saw the gunman snoring heavily and we locked his room from outside. We took our steps to the parking area and reached the car.

“What if they wakes up with the engine’s sound?” Jennie asked.

“Even the sound of volcano won’t interrupt George’s sleep. That much he drank. And about your gunman? He can’t listen this sound from his room. Even he wakes up he can’t come out. No one can hear his voice from that room. He couldn’t even call anyone because I snatched his mobile.”

I told her showing the mobile and started the car. I drove the car while Jennie sat in the passenger seat. We reached the gate and the guard didn’t doubt us. Successfully we exited from the house.

“Where to?” Jennie asked.

“To the darkness.” I replied.

Her lips curved in a smile with my reply. We drove about forty five minutes and reached the hill area. I halted the car and got down.

“Where are we?” she asked.

“In a restricted area. This place is restricted at nightbecause it’s too dark and many accidents happened here. No one comes here because anything can happen to anyone.”

She gulped at my sentence and I Laughed at her reaction.

“Come on.” I offered her my hand. She looked at me for a minute.

“Trust me" I said and she took my hand. It was the first time I touched her. I never touched her before. Even when she gave an autograph, when we talked, when we took selfies, I didn’t touch her. I felt something strange in my heart with her touch and I can say that she felt the same.

We climbed the short hill(not exactly a hill to say) forfew minutes. It was not much slant so anyone can climb easily.When we reached the top, we were welcomed by a cool breeze. I looked at her eyes which was filled with pleasure. And her hair strands kept blowing in the wind which made her look ten times more beautiful.

“It’s beautiful.” She shouted looking at the view from the hill.

“Yes it is.” I said looking at her.

“How do you know about this place? I mean, I don’t a single trace of human here.”

“I am good at discovering.” I Laughed.

She Laughed with me and kept feeling and admiring the breeze.

“You know Jennie, you can shout, sing and even scold here. No one can hear you.”

She smiled and shouted

“Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ! I am Jennie. Jennie, the queen of the world.” She shouted.

I Laughed looking at her.

“And here- he is Daniel. He is my knight.”

“Knight? Seriously?” I asked.

“Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you kept saving me from this morning. You saved me from that bloody Jamie, you saved me from my disappointment and I likeeeeeeeeeeeeee you.” She kept shouting.

I enjoyed seeing her crazy actions, weird shouting and at that moment I really believed that I was good at discovering. I discovered another side of the sweet and calm Jennie.

“Daniel I love this place. No one is here. I can shout, scream and I can do whatever I want. We barely know eachother yet you made me fulfil my desire.”

I smiled and said

“I think I’m going to be deaf tonight.”

Jennie hit my arm and said

“Let’s listen to the songs.”

She took out her iPhone from the wallet and played “DARKSIDE- Alan Walker”

She said “My favourite”. She looked into my eyes and started singing along with the song

(We're not in love

We share no stories

Just something in your eyes

Don't be afraid

The shadows know me

Let's leave the world behind)

She intertwined her fingers with mine. We both danced and jumped

(Take me through the night

Fall into the dark side

We don't need the light

We'll live on the dark side

I see it, let's feel it

While we're still young and fearless)

We were laughing, singing the song and felt like there were only us existing in the world. Not only her, I felt relaxed and enjoyed the moment leaving all my stress and tensions behind. I loved the way she sang the song. I thought to make her happy but instead I felt happier than her. I never felt this way in my entire life. The darkness, stars , the moon and Jennie.At that moment, I never wanted anyone or anything in my life except ‘Us.’

(Let go of the light

Fall into the dark side

Fall into the dark side

Give into the dark side

Let go of the light

Fall into the dark side)

She paused the song and asked

“If I am your Genie and can grant anything you ask for. Then what will be your wish?”

I looked at our intertwined hands and said

“I wish Jennie and I remainlike this forever.”

She smiled at my reply and said “Genie doesn’t grant moments or feelings.”

She looked at me and continued

“This is my first time staying out at midnight. It’s almost 1. You know Daniel, my life is not the same everyone thinks about. Friends, parties,blah blah... it’s not my life. When I was staying in Texas, I was surrounded by a lot of guards. I really hated that.Though my dad won’t live with us, he arranged an irritating security for us. Matthew and I go to school with them. After school, I go to home. I never spent late nights with anyone. I pity on myself sometimes. I spent almost my sixteen years of life like that and it changed a bit when I moved here. I live like a normal person here without any heavy security except that sleepy gunman whom I can avoid easily. Thanks to George. And you know what?You are the first guy whom I spent my time with.”

“Really? Unbelievable? What about that Jamie dude? How did you know about him? Schoolmate?”

“School? No. Since my high school, I mean after moving here, I was home-schooled. He was George’s friend’s son. I met him at a party.”

“Home-schooled? Really pity on you.”

We went silent for a minute and I said

“Jennie! Do whatever you want. Don’t think about anything or anyone. You don’t have me in your life before but you have me now. I will be with you, always.”

We both looked at each other with admiration and I could feel my heart pounding. I looked at her lips and we both brought our faces closer. Our moment was interrupted by someone who was shouting behind us. It’s the police.

“Hey! What are you doing in the restricted area? Who are you?”

Because it’s too dark he couldn’t see our faces.

“Nothing. We were just listening the songs .” Jennie said.

“Jennie, he won’t listen to us till we bribe him. I normally do that when I come here with my friends. Let’s give him something and we’ll leave.” I said to her.

“No Daniel. Let’s play with him.”

“What are you discussing? I’m arresting you for entering into the restricted area.”

“No you can’t.” Jennie said while stepping towards him.

“Why?” The police questioned.

“Because I snatched your handcuffs.” Jennie said while snatching the handcuffs from him.

We both laughed looking at him. Jennie held my hand and said to the cop

“Hey cop! If you want this, then catch us.”

With that we ran from there intertwining our fingers. The cop chased us with his heavy body. Because of his heavy body he couldn’t got down from the hill easily. He panted a lot. He took his revolver and aimed at us.

“Stop there. Else I’ll shoot you.” He shouted.

We raised our hands in surrender. He came towards us. She gave him the handcuffs but suddenly she snatched the revolver.

“Don’t move" she shouted.

I was really shocked with her behaviour.But she was very cute while acting like a kid.

“Give me my gun.” The cop shouted.

“Catch us.” We again ran from him and the music resumed accidentally.

(Beneath the sky

As black as diamonds

We're running out of time

Don't wait for truth

To come and blind us

Let's just believe their lies)

We ran laughing like maniacs. The cop literally begged us to return his revolver. We ran and ran till we reached the car.

(Believe it, I see it

I know that you can feel it

No secrets worth keeping

So fool me like I'm dreaming)

“Jennie get in the car" I shouted.

She jumped in and I started the car. She threw his gun from the window and we drove off in full speed without giving any chance to the cop to notice us or the license plate.

(Take me through the night

Fall into the dark side)

She turned off the music and said

“I wish we had met earlier. This is the first and best late night moment in my life. Thank you for today.”