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Creative Dreams> parts 34-36

"How many more days?!" Mel called from the rear of the bus.

"TWENTY SIX!" Michelle yelled back staring out the window at surrounding Newcastle.

Twenty-six more days of touring the UK and they'd get some time off. The first week of the Creative Dreams tour had been absolutely miserable for them. Five females crammed in a bus was not always a pleasant experience. Mel still wasnt feeling well the first few days, Michelle was a wreck missing Kian and Meg would be up all night unless Bryan sang her to sleep over the phone. But things got better after the second week, when they settled in and got used to the schedule. Everyday was another radio station or two, maybe a magazine interview, an in-store appearance, and/or a photoshoot. They'd even made a few TV appearances.

"Rissa! GET UP!" Rae said shaking Rissa who was asleep in her bunk.

"Huh.......leave me alone..." Rissa said covering her face with a pillow.

"We're in Newcastle...like fifteen minutes from the radio station....you better get up and fix your face." Rae teased.

"Ha Ha." Rissa said getting out of the bunk and dragging herself to the little bathroom on the bus.

"What's wrong with her?" Meg asked popping out from her bunk above

"GOD YOU SCARED ME!" Rae jumped not realizing she was still in her bunk.

"Boo!" Meg laughed hopping down.

"I don't know.....I overheard her fighting with Nick on the phone last night."

"Oh...well that sucks. Meg frowned

"Sure does." Rae agreed

"I dont know how they kept it going this long." Meg went on saying as she looked for her shoes around the bunks. Then Rissa came out of the bathroom letting the door shut with a slam.

"Ok, where the hell are my shoes?!" Meg said changing the subject.

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"There was no way I could fake another smile" Rissa said to Michelle as they sat on the curb by the bus waiting or everyone else.

"I can still see the flashes. " Michelle said squeezing her eyes shut.

The girls had just finished a magazine shoot.

"So where are we headed to next?" Rissa went on to say

"Birmingham I think...Im not sure actually, why don't you ask Miss Organized." Michelle joked as Meg bounced out of the building chatting away on her cell phone. They could tell by the smile of her face who she was talking too.

"Yeah right...if she even stops talking to Bryan." Rissa said. To their surprise Meg was off the phone a minute later sitting next to them on the curb.

"So how are the guys?" Michelle asked

"Kian's fine." Meg said knowing that's all Michelle was worried about.

"Ok" Michelle blushed. She tried not to call him 24/7 but couldn't help herself.

"Well at least now he can spend some quality time with his hair." Rissa blurted out. Meg burst out laughing. The guys always picked on Kian about his hair and even the girls got in on it over the summer tour.

Even Michelle couldn't help but laugh as she tried to stick up for her boyfriend

"You know Rissa-" she began to say as Rae came out of the building

"GUYS! GET IN HERE!!!" She was yelling

"What's wrong?" Rissa said as the three of them got off the curb

"COME ON!" Rae yelled back running inside. Meg, Michelle, and Rissa ran across the lot into the building. Once they got into the dressing room area they saw Rae leaning over on the floor. Getting closer they realized Mel was passed out on the floor.

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"I'm what?" Mel said sitting up in her hospital bed.

"Your pregnant miss." The doctor told her

"No way.........are you sure?" She asked stunned

"I'm very positive." He nodded adding

"You really need to take better care of yourself.........."

Mel could see the doctors lips moving but the only thing she was hearing was 'pregnant' over and over in her head. Finally she paid attention, just as he was finishing.

"......so I'll release you in a little while, but your going to have to get some rest alright?"

"yeah....okay." Mel nodded, still in total shock. As he walked out Rissa, Rae, Meg, and Michelle came in. Mel burst into tears as they surrounded her.

'What? Mel...what's wrong?" Rae asked. None of them knew yet and they were all really worried.

"Oh God.....I'm pregnant!" Mel sobbed

"Pregnant....God Mel I though you were dying or something!" Meg said relieved.

"Meg!" Michelle glared at her

"What?" Meg said shooting her back a confused look.

"Wow...Mel I don't know what to say." Rissa sighed

"Me either." Rae said.

"I cant believe this." Mel sniffled calming down

"Mel....don't worry, Shane will be thrilled!" Michelle said trying to make her feel better.

"Don't you dare tell him!" Mel said wide-eyed.

"Mel, you have to tell him" Meg said

"I cant....I don't even know how I'm feeling about it right now.....I just cant tell him yet." Mel tried to explain.

"We wont say a word Mel...we promise." Rissa swore as the others nodded in agreement.

Part-35

"No...Nick it isn't like that!" the girls heard Rissa yell into her cell phone from the back of the bus.

Mel, Rachel, Meg and Michelle look at each other.

"I think she's fighting with Nick, again." Michelle said.

"They've been yelling at each other over the phone for the past week." Meg said.

Rachel nodded.

"Fine, maybe it's better that way." Rissa said and then they heard her click off her cell phone.

Minutes later Rissa came out of the back of the bus and sat down with the girls. She started sobbing.

Rachel put her arm around her. "What happened Ris?"

"Me and Nick...we broke up." She cried.

"Oh Rissa I'm so sorry." Mel said hugging her.

Rissa shook her head. "I'm fine...his loss, right?"

Meg smiled. "Yea, definitely."

Rissa dropped her head into her hands. "Ahhhhh! I hate this feeling!" she yelled.

"Group hug!" Mel said. All the girls hugged each other and then they hit a bump and all the girls ended up on the floor of the bus laughing.

"See, she smiled." Michelle said looking at Rissa.

"Oh, yea...we're good." Meg added.

~~~~~Radio interview.

DJ: "Hi. I'm here with the newest girl group Creative Dreams. Girls why don't you introduce yourselves."

Meg: "Hi I'm Meg."

Rachel: "I'm Rachel."

Mel: "Hey I'm Mel."

Michelle: "I'm Michelle."

Rissa: "Hi I'm Rissa."

DJ: "Okay, so girls how are you enjoying your stay here in England?"

Rissa: "Um, well it's been really, oh...this is Rissa...it's been really nice. (girls laughing in the background) Shut up...no it's been great."

Meg: "Rainy."

Mel: "Yea, yea it's rained a lot. But it's been fun."

DJ: "Tell everyone where you are from."

Michelle: "The US of A."

DJ: "They're American."

Rachel: "We're American...hi." (girls laughing)

DJ: "Well, I have some information here that says Melody is dating Shane from Westlife."

Mel: "Um...well..."

Rachel: "We really don't have time for relationships, you know? We are really busy."

{She wasn't exactly lying.}

Rissa: "Yea."

DJ: "So how do you feel about your first single "Tell Me." debuting at number 1 on the charts?"

Meg: "Good." (laughing)

Michelle: "It's amazing, we are really happy."

Mel: "It's the best...we were so amazed! It's a dream come true."

DJ: "You girls write all your own songs, correct?"

Rachel: "Yes, sir, every word is ours. We do it all by ourselves."

DJ: "The album came out a little bit ago. It's been number one for weeks...quite an accomplishment. Do you girls plan on picking up where the Spice Girls left off?"

Rachel: "I dunno if picking up where the Spice Girls left off is a good thing or bad thing so...no comment." (laughter)

Mel: "I think that we'd like to be as successful as them, but without...ya know... our own lip gloss or lollipops with our faces on them." (laughing)

Rissa: "Or a really bad movie." (more laughter)

Meg: "She didn't mean that."

Rissa: "Sorry, sorry...yea...no...the movie was good." (laughing)

Michelle: "We plan on being very successful...I hope we can do it. God knows there are a lot of talented artists out there."

DJ: "Do you girls lip-synch?"

Mel: "We don't lip-synch."

Meg: "Oh god no! We get paid to sing, so that's what we do. We'd never lip-synch. People don't come to see you mouth words to a song. They pay to hear you sing your heart out. And that's what we do. We go out there and give it everything we've got."

DJ: "And that my friends it what sets these girls apart."

(Play's the girls single 'Tell Me')

Rachel: "Hey, that was us... singing our hearts out." (laughter)

Mel: "You know what else sets us apart?"

Michelle: "We're all cute." (laughter)

Meg: "We're smart and horribly nice." (laughter)

Mel: "No, no...well yea...but not what I was thinking. None of use were on The Mickey Mouse Club." (Laughter)

Rissa: "Rae was on Kids Incorporated!"

Rachel: "Oh god." (laughter)

DJ: "What's that?"

Michelle: "Rachel, Rae...sing the song!" (laughter)

Rachel: "No."

Mel: "It was kinda like MMC, but I dunno...different. It was on Disney, right after MMC."

Meg: "Her mom has every episode on tape!" (laughter)

Rachel: "I was like 12. Jennifer Love Hewitt was on it too. And two of the girls from Wild Orchid."

DJ: "Wild Orchid?"

Rissa: "It's a girl group."

Rachel: "We filmed right next door to Mickey Mouse Club. Yes... I knew Justin, JC, Britney, and Christina." (laughter)

Michelle: "And she still does."

DJ: "You still talk with them?"

Rachel: "Oh yea. Me and Justin are good friends."

DJ: "Really?"

Rachel: "FRIENDS!" (laughter)

Mel: "Tomorrow in the paper it'll say Justin Timberlake to marry Rachel Holmes. Just watch." (laughter)

DJ: "Well girls your a great laugh but we got to go."

Michelle: "Awwwww."

(everyone sighs and says awwwww.)

DJ: "Say bye girls."

Meg: "BYE GIRLS!"

(all the girls echo her.)

~~~~~On the bus

"Tired, can't keep eyes open...sleep...sleep." Meg mumbled as she put her head down on the table.

"Then go to sleep." Michelle said.

"Can't! I have to wait for Bryan to call." she said trying to keep her head up.

"Your crazy." Rissa said.

"Hey look! Mel's back from throwing up!" Meg yelled seeing Mel come out of the bathroom.

Mel gave her a nasty look and sat on the couch. "Why do they call it morning sickness...I'm sick most of the Goddamn day."

"It just depends on the person. My sister was never sick when she was pregnant with my niece. But some people are sick thru the whole first trimester." Rissa said.

"Doctor Rissa has spoken." Rachel said.

Everyone laughed.

"When are you gonna tell Shane?" Michelle asked.

Mel shrugged. "Next time we see each other, I suppose. As long as I don't throw up on him first."

Just them Meg cell phone rang. "Hello!" she yelled into her phone lifting her head off the table. It rang again.

"Meg, press the receive button." Rachel said slowly.

Meg smiled. "Shut up....hello? Bryan!"

"I'm going to sleep." Michelle said.

"Ditto." Rissa replied.

"I'm gonna throw up..." Mel added heading to the bathroom.

Part-36

Twelve days before the UK tour was over the Creative Dreams ran into a little bit of a problem. They were in London for three days when they found out they had been double booked for appearances. Once the girls had finally got a hold of their *absentee* manager it was decided that two of them would fly out to Manchester where they also had a few radio appearances booked. The other three would stay behind in London finishing up appearances there. After hours of debating the night before two of them were suppose to be on a 5AM flight, it was decided that Michelle and Rissa would fly ahead to Manchester.

So the next morning Rissa and Michelle flew out and Mel, Rae, and Meg were up and out early to appear on a morning television show. As they waited backstage in the lounge they started looking at magazines.

"Hey look! Its us!" Rae said looking at Top Of The Pops. Sure enough there was Creative Dreams in the magazine. The girls laughed at how silly they looked goofing off for the pictures. They started looking at other magazines and papers and one in particular caught Meg's eye.

'What the....." she said seeing a picture of Bryan and some blond girl.

Mel leaned over reading the headline out loud.

"Bryan Westlife back in the arms of Kerry Kitten-" Rae elbowed her to stop and she took the hint. The three of them went on to read to themselves. Once Meg as finished she threw the paper down and grabbed her cell phone.

"Meg its *The Sun*! Its crap!" Mel said as Meg walked out into the hallway.

"Uh-oh" Rae frowned.

~~~~outside the lounge~~~~

"Pick up dam it!" Meg said aloud as she paced back and forth down the hallways.

"Hello?" she finally heard

"Bryan its me." Meg said coldly

"Hiya luv!" he said

"Bryan do you know what I saw today?"

"What?"

"I saw YOU on the cover of *The Sun*"

"Oh yeah?" Bryan said surprised

"With that Atomic Kitten chick!"

"Luv-"

"Don't luv me Bryan-"

"Megan you know that paper is pure bullsh-"

"Bryan there were pictures!"

"Of what? I did see her the other night, she was at a party I was at..thats all...end of story!" Bryan told her. Meg didn't say anything after that.

"Meg?"

"Yeah...I'm still here" Meg said quietly

"Just forget about The Sun ok-"

"But Bry-"

"Please"

"Fine" Meg said seeing Mel waving her down from the end of the hallway.

"I miss you."

"I miss you too....I gotta go Bry."

"Alright, I'll see you soon."

"Bye"

"Bye luv"

Meg sighed clicking her phone off. 'I miss you'....that was nice, but what about 'I love you'? That's what she wanted to hear.

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The next night Mel, Rae and Meg were back on the bus, riding out to Manchester. Mel was trying to get some sleep but all she could hear was Rae on the phone with Mark in the bunk above her. So Mel got up and wandered up to the front of the bus. Meg was sitting at the table starring at the raindrops on the window.

"Hey" Mel said sitting down next to her.

"Hey Mel" Meg said giving her a quick smile

"You don't have to fake a smile for me." Mel told her. Meg laughed a little "Sorry"

"You still don't believe that crap you saw do you?" Mel asked

"No" Meg shook her head.

"Your lying."

"No I'm not......"Meg insisted

"Your not telling me something."

"Mel I'm fine really"

"Meg...you guys have been here for me with...." Mel trailed off meaning her being pregnant

"Shane Jr." Meg joked. Mel laughed and went on saying "You know Bryan loves you-"

"That's just it, I don't know." Meg told her

"What do you mean?"

"He's never said it Mel...I mean really said 'I love you' to me."

"And what about you, did you say it to him?"

"Well....no"

"God you two are SO stubborn....Shane was right-"

"What? Don't talk to me about stubborn when you haven't even told him about the bab-"

"Hey calm down!" Mel said cutting Meg off.

"Sorry Mel" Meg apologized

"I have an idea." Mel said after thinking for a few seconds.

"Shoot"

"How about you promise to call Bryan first thing tomorrow and tell him and I will tell Shane about this baby."

"Deal" Meg agreed.

"Good...now lets get some sleep." Mel said getting up

"Sound like a g-" Meg began to say until she was cut off by a loud screeching sound. Before either one of the girls knew what was happening the bus spun around completely and landed on its side. Mel was thrown toward the back of the bus breaking her ankle and smacking her head on the wall. Meg was pinned to the floor once the table came loose from the wall. In the back of the bus Rae was thrown from her bunk. She was the only one conscious though.

"Holy shit" she said realizing the wall in front of her was actually the floor of the tour bus.

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