He Called Me Kid. Disaster Engagement Series, Book 4. Lynn Smith

He Called Me Kid Disaster Engagement Series Book 4 On the morning of my wedding as Carmela helped me on with my vail I started to panic “we better get a move on Carm he’s waiting for me down stairs, and I know he will be really nervous. I’m already so late” she just smiled at me and said “he can wait Gorgeous, after all he waited all these years, another five minutes won’t kill him” Two years had passed since the last time I stepped foot in LA, and a lot had changed in that time. When the private jet touched down in LAX I was excited to see my friends. I hadn’t seen them in eight months since our last band meeting. The Big Man had been filming a new movie in Cuba and the three of us went down to see him and it was one of the wildest band meetings there had ever been. And now I was back in LA I couldn’t wait to see them. The Big Man was now a huge Hollywood Star, he had won every award possible and was in high demand in the movie industry. He was still a ladies man and he was constantly being linked to every actress and model he could get his hands on. Fran was running the record company from the LA office, and for the past 6 months he was in a relationship with a girl called Joanna. She was from a rich New York family. The Big Man said she was a total b***h but I hadn’t met her yet and I really wanted her to like me. I literally couldn’t believe that he had a girlfriend, but I was pleased that he had decided to settle down with someone. He seemed happy, although he was hard to read sometimes and any time I brought her up when I was speaking to him he would change the subject. I did find it a little strange but I knew that he was just a private kind of guy. He had always been like that and it pissed me off because I was like an open book with him. After all he was my best friend but he would never give anything away to me. Another thing I found strange was that Carmela hated her and Carmela liked everyone. But I didn’t want to judge the girl before I met her and I was going to meet her soon so I could make up my own mind. Carmela and Chris had another baby daughter and she was adorable. They called her Ocean...Yep Waterfall and Ocean. Poor kids. Little Ocean looked just like her dad and she cried constantly which was exactly like Chris. The boys were still mates with my ex Tommy which kind of annoyed me. He was still an actor in Hollywood but it was mostly action movies so it wasn’t exactly acting. All his movies were the same, it was just him jumping out of planes and shoting guns. He had a girlfriend too and her name was Lilly. They had been together for about a year and I seen photos of her online and she looked like a nice English girl, a bit plain but nice. I remember the first time we had split up and he said he had been seeing a girl called Lilly and dumped her because he was still in love with me. I found out from Chris that it was the same girl. At first I felt sorry for her but then I realised it was probably just another one of Tommys lies, they had probably been together the whole time I had been engaged to him. Knowing him he probably kept her on the back burner to see how things went with me and him. The thought of seeing him made my stomach turn but I could put all that behind me because he was Lilly’s problem now. Stacey was still filming her tv sit com and she was famous all over America which she loved, but the show was coming to an end soon and she wasn’t sure what to do next. And as for me, I had released my solo album which was a world wide hit. It was number one in most countries and I did my own tour and won lots of music awards. It was a fantastic feeling to know that it was all my own work and although I missed the boys on tour, I felt like I had been able to grow up a lot without us all living in each other’s pockets. I felt the most confident and comfortable in my own skin than I ever had been and most importantly I was happy. I was going back to LA because it was coming up to the ten year Anniversary of our first band album release and we decided to do one huge gig to celebrate it. Although I thought it would be better to do it in London the boys had commitments in LA so it made sense for me to go to them. As the plane landed with a bump I let out a scream. I had never been a nervous flyer but sometimes when travelling in a private jet it felt a little rocky. I stared out the window and I was glad to be back on the ground. Then I felt his strong hand squeezing mine “you alright Kid?” he asked I looked at him and he was as handsome as ever even after our long flight “yeah that was a bumpy landing” he stroked my face “are you excited to see your friends kid?” He asked “yeah” I said with a weak smile and although I was looking forward to seeing them, I was also a little nervous. I wasn’t sure what they would think of him. Although I thought the world of him, the boys had never really liked any of my boyfriends in the past. Then he broke my thoughts “I’m excited to meet Fran, I hope he likes me” he said with a funny look on his face “of course he will, everybody likes you baby” I said stroking his face. And it was true, everyone liked him and he was the life and soul of any party and no one ever had one bad word to say about him, well except for my mum of course. “I know but, what if he thinks I’m a d**k” he was cute to be this nervous, but I thought it was funny because it was only Fran he was talking about “he won’t, he will love you because I love you” he stared into space and he was deep in thought for a moment “I’m warning you I might cry when I meet him” I knew he was exaggerating, but I still couldn’t help but imagine him crying and it made me chuckle “I swear to god if you cry, I will dump you” he looked at me with a serious look on his face “do you think he will sign my t**s?” I hoped that he was kidding “of course he will baby” “do you think we will be best friends?” “of course baby” he smiled and relaxed into his chair “I can’t believe we have been together for nearly two years and this is the first time I’m meeting the band” I gave him a look “I don’t mean to be funny, but I’ve been keeping you away from them on purpose” he let out a laugh “I promise I won’t embarrass you, I’m on my best behaviour” he kissed me on the lips and although I was only pulling his leg I was still nervous. Vinnie unbuckled his seatbelt at the back of the plane and came forward “Miss Knight are you ok? that was a bad landing” he looked worried “yes I’m fine, thanks Vinnie” he cleared his throat to get Vinnie’s attention “I’m fine too Vinnie! Thanks for asking” he said sarcastically. Vinnie looked embarrassed “sorry Sir Steel, it’s just that I heard her scream” he slapped Vinnie on the back “you should be used to it by now Vinnie, I make her scream every night” I could kill him sometimes “John” I screeched and Vinnie shook his head and laughed, well I couldn’t take it away from him, he did make me scream every night.