Top Of The World

Chapter 14

It was about 11am when Alyssa woke up again, still in Bruno’s arms. She tried to get out of his arms real slow. ‘Hey, where are you going?’ Bruno whispered half asleep. ‘Need to go to the bathroom and somebody left my kitchen like a bomb of pancake dough exploded yesterday morning’ she smiled at him. ‘I’m so sorry, Aly. I will-’ ‘No, it’s fine, go back to sleep.’Aly got up and walked out of the room.
Bruno couldn’t get back to sleep, so he went outside to smoke a cigarette.
‘Well, hello there!’ Bruno heard a man say, he couldn’t see anybody because the sun was shining right into his face and he had to cover it with his hand.
‘Um, hello’ he said a little insecure. Then he noticed Damian on his balcony.
Then suddenly Damian noticed who it was and started screaming like a girl. Bruno didn’t know what to say at all. ‘Oh my goooooooosh!! You are B-B-B-B! Oh my goooosh!!’ Damian was totally out of his mind. Alyssa came outside. ‘Aly, you never told me that you were dating… HIM!’ Damian yelled at her. Alyssa had to laugh ‘Oh Hun, I didn’t know it either!’. Damian was quiet. ‘I’m serious, I had no idea.’ Aly said again. Damian was just shaking his head at her.
‘Oh you… I can’t believe it. But anyway, could I get an autograph for me and my friends at the club?’ Damian ran inside.
‘Um, what kind of club is he talking about?’ Bruno asked Aly a little confused. She just laughed. ‘Don’t even worry!’
Damian got out with a bunch of posters. Bruno signed all of them without bitching around. Afterwards he went back in and looked for Aly. He found her in the kitchen.’You can choose, wanna order something and be sure it will taste good and you’ll survive or… I’ll cook somethin!’ she laughed. He didn’t answer her. He was behind her and put his arms around her. She let go of what she has done. Tilt her head back against his shoulder and closed her eyes.’I don’t worry force you, but will you tell me what happened yesterday?’
‘I will, when I can. I’m sorry, I don’t wanna be dramatic and shit but… I know you for like two weeks now. I can’t trust you yet.’ She thought that she ruined it, that he will let go of her and walk off. But the opposite happened, he hold her even tighter. Gave her a kiss on the cheek and said ‘I will order us a pizza, alright? Safety first’

Weeks were passing by and Alyssa and Bruno did a lot of things together and they got closer to each other every time.
It was November already and it was time to release Alyssa’s first record.
Aly came into the studio, totally confused.
‘Oh, guys. I can’t do that. I am too nervous. What if they don’t like the song? What if they won’t applaud? What if I will mess it up and forget the lyrics? What if-’
‘Alyssa Daniels! Shut the hell up!’ Phil said strongly. She just stood there and tears were coming to her eyes. She was an emotional wreck and to be yelled on was just too much at this moment. ‘You will do wonderful and everybody will love you, because you are like the next Beyoncé and you will rock this fucking stage tonight on SNL.’ Phil noticed that she was very thin-skinned right now.
Aly became very close to everyone and she and the Hooligans were real good friends by now, even Phred was still kinda upset that she enver went out with him and that he never had a chance over Bruno.
Alyssa, Bruno, Phil and Jamereo arrived together with Dre at the SNL studio.
Suddenly Aly turned around and said ‘Okay, I can’t do that.’ But unfortunately she ran into Dre, who was walking behind her. He was looking at her shaking his head ‘Oh no young lady, you’re not going anywhere!’
Bruno came and put his arm around her waist and whispered in her ear ‘You will blow them away.’.
‘5 minutes and you’re up Aly!’ this one guy who is responsible for the musicians on SNL said to her when he took a look into her dressing room.
Alyssa got up and walked to the stage. Bruno followed her. ‘I believe in you, baby.’ He said softly before he kissed her on her lips real fast.

Chapter 12

Aly let go of his face. They were staring in each others eyes and the world seemed to stop turning for a second.
‘Wow..’ Bruno said smiling, still not realizing what just happened. He laid back and licked his lips. ‘Um.. I’m sorry. It just happened.’ Alyssa was kinda embarassed, never before she just kissed a man like that. Bruno didn’t say anything but gave her a little kiss on her lips again.
They were talking almost the whole night and fell asleep on the couch together. Dressed.
The next morning Alyssa woke up alone in her bedroom. ‘Huh? How did that happen? Am I going crazy?’ She got up and went to the kitchen. There she found some self-made pancakes and a litlte note saying
Good morning beautiful. I had to leave for work, but we will see each other in the studio today, right?! Can’t wait to see your face again! Bruno’
‘That’s really cute!’ she thought while she leaned on her fridge. Suddenly she felt something wet on her arm, she looks at it and the fridge. ‘Why the hell is there dough on the fridge?’ she said. ‘And on the counter? And in the sink? Oh lord, that guy is killing me.’
Her whole kitchen really was a mess and all of that for just two pancakes. Alyssa tried not even to think about it. She read the note again and there it stood STUDIO. Damn! She had to go real quick, even she will run late anyways.
‘Great Alyssa, great.’ she said to herself while she was rushing through her appartement, leaving her kitchen as dirty as it was.

After arriving in the studio, she ran down the hallway as soon as she could.
‘Watch out, girl!’ Ari is shouting at her after she ran into him and he spilled his coke all over his shirt. While running she turned around ‘I’m so sorry! I’ll buy you a new shirt!’
She slammed open the door, all the Hooligans were in the studio and were looking at her.
Her hair looked like she was in a Hurricane and her mascara was like all over her face.
‘Hi!’ she sighed, totally out of breath. She smiled at Bruno but he was looking kinda weird at her and pointed on his breast the whole time. Alyssa was totally confused ‘Are you okay?’ she said to him. He just nodded and pointed at her and then at his breast again. Alyssa finally looked down on herself and blushed right away. While running her shirt must got out of place a little. Well, not just a little actually. You were able to see the whole right side of her bra.
She was so embarassed. And everybody was still looking and smirking at her.
She had no idea to react, all she wanted was to run out of the room but that would be too immature, she thought. So she tried to act all cool, which totally won’t happen, but she just said ‘Hey, at least I’m wearing one!’, referring to the girl in the club that kissed Bruno.
She just heard Jamareo saying quietly ‘Buuuurn!’ from the back. Everybody laughed. She put her shirt back into place, put her stuff down and started working.
The whole day she couldn’t really look one of the guys in the eyes.
For lunch some of them went to a restaurant around the block. Alyssa and Bruno walked next to each other and everytime their hands met, they felt those so called butterflies. Alyssa stopped at a shop window and kept talking. After a minute she noticed that she Bruno is not answering her and that it got a little noisy. She turned around and saw Bruno in the middle of a little crowd of girls. They were taking pictures with him and got his autograph, how weird is that.
Phil got back to her ‘Hey, don’t worry. He will survive!’ he started laughing.
After the girls left, they went to the restaurant. Alyssa was looking at Bruno the whole time with this questioning look. But he didn’t give her an answer.
‘She still has no idea, has she?’ Phil whispered into Bruno’s ear. He shooked his head looking happy. ‘I think it’s great the way it is. And I’m not lying at her, I’m just not telling the whole truth!’ Bruno said to him quietly and they laughed. ‘You’re right , bro. Just put it this way! And it’s not your fault she is like living on the moon!’ Phil laughed a little more. Bruno stoped laughing and said pretty serious ‘Don’t make fun of her, dude!’ Phil immediately stoped and looked kinda shocked. Bruno left him like that a little, then giggled a little and continued to eat.

The whole time Alyssa couldn’t stop thinking about Bruno and those girls. ‘Why did they come up to him and took a picture with him? I mean, I know he’s good looking, but that’s not a reason to do that.’ she thought to herself. In the studio they worked on some new songs for her and tried to record another one. ‘I need to go to the restroom real quick!’ Aly said and walked out of the room. She got to the restroom and got her phone out. ‘I just have to google him… This is all getting too weird.’ She opened Google and typed in Bruno Mars.
She couldn’t believe her eyes. ‘Oh my fucking god! He’s a fucking star and I had like no idea. Why did nobody tell me?!’ Alyssa was confused, she called Rachel.
‘Ray! Did you know about Bruno? About his Grammys and music and shit?’ ‘Um, yea. He’s the guy that is singing this Grenada song. I thought you know?! How could you not know him? Where the hell do you live?’ Rachel laughed. ‘I thought this was the reason why you were extra excited. But now I know, you really are in love!’ ‘In love?? No!! I am not in love, Rachel! You remember my last relationship, right! I don’t wanna fall in love again, especially not so soon!’ Aly said to Rachel, kinda agressive, because she didn’t want it to happen. ‘Oh girl, you know you are!’ Rachel said all calm and serious. ‘Yes… I do…’ .
The girls hung up and Alyssa realized some things. He was in the VIP lounge, he took her to expensive places, there were people taking pictures of him.
She teared up a little. This whole situation was way too much for her right now. The turn of her career suddenly, the hard relationship she just escaped and then Bruno, the guy who’s giving her the chance to trust again, even she believed she won’t be able to trust somebody for a long time. And then finding out about him, which wasn’t a bad thing but it was so unexpected to find out.
She looked in the mirror, then put some water in her face, dryed it and went back to the studio. She stood there watching Bruno and all of a sudden she just said: ‘Dude, you’re the Grenade-guy!’
Bruno stoped the music.

Chapter 11

‘No, no, no Aly! That’s bullshit! Rachel said.
A few days have gone by and Alyssa hadn’t heard anything from Bruno. But luckily Rachel got back from her trip. The girls were sitting on a bench on Venice Beach and watching the guys skateboarding.

Alyssa turned to Rachel. ‘What is bullshit?” ‘Well, first of all that you didn’t call me. But I will forgive you.’ She smiled. Alyssa gave her a look. ‘Okay, seriously, it’s bullshit that the girl kissed him at club, but you have no idea how that happened. You don’t know if he kissed her back or if he started it. And if you think he started it, that’s bullshit as well!’ Rachel was really serious about that. ‘Wanna know what else is bullshit?’ Aly gave her a look and said ‘Is that your new favourite word?’ ‘Shush!’ Rachel put her pointer finger in front of her lips. ‘Bullshit is to stay mad at him forever and not talking to him. I mean, how old are you? Don’t be so childish!’ Aly is looking at her with big eyes ‘Wow! Why are you so aggressive? What’s wrong?’ ‘Sorry girly,’ Rachel sat back down on the bench after walking up and down in front of Alyssa ‘But, I don’t know. That’s just the truth. Maybe you guys should start all over again.’ Aly got up. ‘You are right. All of that is ridiculous! It’s.. it’s just…’ ‘Bullshit?!’ Rachel said sarcasticly. They started laughing. ‘Let’s get some food girl, I’m starving! And then we’ll text him. Something not so weird as the last time.’ Rachel got up and put her arm around Aly’s shoulders. They went and got some grilled cheese and ice-cream.
Then they texted Bruno.

Bruno was working hard the last days. Always trying to avoid meeting Alyssa in the studio.
He really regreted what he did and thought about her all the time.
‘I just don’t know how to apologize.’ he said to himself. ‘Maybe start by saying ‘I’m sorry’ ’ Bruno was surprised to get an answer from Phil, he thought he whispered.
‘Yea, you are right bro. I never said anything to her again.’ Bruno looked down.
‘Oh Brunz, things will work out. All of a sudden it will just go like this’ he fliped his fingers ’ and things will work out.’
Bruno nodded and got back to work. A little later his phone rang, a new text.
‘Hi, I’m Alyssa. I’m a little german drama queen and I would like to get to know you. Because I heard you are pretty awesome. ♥A’
Bruno jumped out of his chair. He couldn’t stop smiling and showed Phil the text. He was just smiling at Bruno. ‘Text her back! Go!’ ‘Alright, alright!’
Bruno sat back down and texted her back. ‘Oh hello there. That sounds seductive. You got time tonight for some wine and a good talk? I think, I know where you live, I could be there at 7. xoxo BM’
It didn’t took a minute to get her reply. All it said was ‘Can’t wait!’
Bruno was so happy. And Alyssa was, too.

‘We need to go home soon! I have to buy some food. And candles. Should I buy candles? Is that too corny? And I need something nice to wear. Shouldn’t be sexy, should it?’ Alyssa was running wild. Rachel couldn’t do anything but laughed at her so hard that people were already looking at them. ‘What??’ Alyssa stoped walking. ‘You are too cute! You act so crazy haha. Why are you so excited?’ Rachel was still giggling. ‘Because…well… because..I really like him. And I am so excited that he really wants to come over. God, I can’t wait.’
They bought some candles, some food from the china restaurant around the corner of Aly’s place and a new sexy dress.
She was all ready when it was 6:30pm. At 6:45 the door bell rang. She ran to the door and opened it. In front of her was standing a really handsome young man. ‘Umm… Hello?’ she was a little disappointed that it wasn’t Bruno. ‘Hey! Wow…’ the guys said. ‘What?’ ‘Oh, I mean um, I’m sorry. I am Nick, I am your new neighbor from upstairs!’ She remembered Damian saying something about that. ‘Ah yes. Hi! And welcome to the house!’ Alyssa said smiling while reaching out her hand. He shook it. They had a little smalltalk when suddenly Alyssa saw a bunch of flowers coming up the stairs. Nick turned around and saw Bruno. ‘Oh my, I didn’t know. Wow. Um, hi! Hello!’ Nick said. Alyssa was confused why Nick was so excited all of a sudden. ‘Hey!’ Bruno said to Nick and then looked at Alyssa. Who was standing there in the doorway with her red hair in curls wearing a blue kinda tight dress with black high heels. It was hard for him to breath properly. ‘Hey!’ he said to her. She just smiled at him. Bruno tried to get past Nick with his bunch of flowers. After he got in, Nick said goodbye and she closed the door.
Bruno came back out of the kitchen, putting the flowers into a vase.
They looked at each other deep in the eyes. You could almost feel the tension.
‘I missed you!’ Bruno said. At the same time Alyssa said ‘I got chinese food!’
Wait what? ‘Oh god, what did he just say? And what the hell did I say?’ she thought to herself.
‘I mean..um…-’ She tried to say something but she was so nervous. Bruno started laughing. ‘Chinese sounds great!’. Alyssa walked past Bruno into the kitchen. Shaking her head to herself. He was watching her from behind. She looked amazing in this dress. This is the first time she bought new clothes for a date and it’s the first time she wears a dress to one.
When she came back to the living room with the food, Brunz was sitting on the couch undressing her with his eyes. After they ate she said ‘I’m sorry about all that. I just wish you would explain it to me.’ She was all calm and ready to hear him out.
Bruno was telling her the whole truth. That he was just dancing with that girl at the club because he saw Aly with Tyler, that she kissed him and that he walked away from her as fast as he could, that he really was sorry about the last date he ruined, that he really was with his ex girlfriend and he told her what happened.
When it came to the last part her eyes started tearing up a little. ‘Oh honey, you have no idea how sorry I am.’ Bruno stroked her cheek very softly. ‘No, Bruno. I don’t even have a right to be jealous or something…but…it just hurt. I know, it’s stupid.’ Bruno gave her a little kiss on her lips. ‘Are you ready to start all over and have a good fucking time together?’ Bruno smiled at her. Alyssa nodded and started smiling as well.
‘Hey, I have a little surprise for you. Where is your guitar?’ Bruno asked. Alyssa pointed behind him. ‘What do you-’ ‘Shhh, just listen beautiful!’ Bruno winked at her.
’Oh, her eyes, her eyes make the stars look like they’re not shinin’
Her hair, her hair falls perfectly without her tryin’
She’s so beautiful
And I tell her everyday
Yea, I know, I know when I compliment her, she won’t believe me
And it’s so, it’s so sad to think that don’t see what I see’ he stoped.
‘That’s all I got so far. Actually I wanted to show you first when I was done but I couldn’t wait for it.’ Bruno smiled and put the guitar away. ‘So…? You like-’ before Bruno could answer Alyssa leaned over to him, held his face in her hands and gave him a long kiss on his lips.

Chapter 04

‘She killed it!’ Phil walked into the studio ‘Who are you talking about, bro?’ Phil asked. Bruno turned around and said ‘Umm…you know, the girl from last night.’ He was kinda embarassed that Phil caught him talking about her, like he is fangirling.

‘Oh yea, she is-’ before Phil could finish his sentence Bruno started talking to Cee - Lo again.

They worked on new songs almost for five hours and after they are done Phil totally forgot to tell Bruno about Alyssa being in the Club this morning.

Meanwhile in Downtown L.A.

Aly got done cleaning the Club early and spent the day at a Lakers game and at Venice Beach. Even she’s not living in Los Angeles for a very long time, she already made a lot of great friends.  The best friend she found, is Rachel. She is 23 years old and a beaitful, blonde and flawless woman. But not snobby at all, you just have to love her.

Rachel and Alyssa  got home to Aly’s small apartement, which is just above an american diner. Inside Aly walked straight to the balcony, because she saw Damian, the guy from the other house on his balcony. ‘Daaaarling!! Where the hell have you been the whole day? I’m having a date tonight and I still don’t know what to wear. You need to help me. Wait I will go and get my clothes!’ Damian went inside right before she could even answer. So, she lit a cigarette and sat down. Rachel came outside and sat right next to her.

After they decided on which outfit Damian is gonna wear tonight they headed inside, turned on the music, got the beer out of the fridge and started dancing and singing.

‘With you I always feel like I’m 13 years old’ Rachel laughs. Alyssa gave her a big smile.

They spent the night at a pub around the corner. Flirting and dancing with some guys.

And one of them looked really familiar.

Alyssa couldn’t help it, but starred at him. After she talked to Rachel, she turned back around but the guy was gone. ‘Shit’ she tought. Suddenly somebody tapped on her shoulder. Immediately she turned around and saw Eric. ‘Hey! Aren’t you the girl that performed at the Hendrix last night?’ ‘Oh my goooood!! People start to recognize you, baby!!!’ Rachel screams in Alyssa’s ear. Of course Aly got all excited, especially when she rememberd that he was in company of this really handsome guy, but she tried to keep her cool and replied ‘Yup, that was me. Hope you enjoyed it!’ Eric nodded in agreement. 

‘Well, I gotta go now. Keep bokin’! Eric said and walked away. ‘Keep bokin’?’ the girls said at the same time. Rachel looked confused. ‘What the hell is that supposed to mean?’ Aly shrugged her shoulders.

Tuesday

BEEP BEEP BEEP 

‘Fuck you!’ Alyssa turned around again. She is laying in her big bed with so many pillows, that you have to be afraid that you suffocate in the middle of the night.

After some minutes she got a bad consciense on herself and got up. She put her fluffy bathrobe on and went to the bathroom. ‘Wow, Aly. No wonder you’re still single. Who wants to wake up besides that?!’ she said to herself while looking in the mirror. After she’s done she went to the kitchen to make some coffee. On the way she picked up her mail from the floor in the hallway, okay, you can pass her hallway in like 3 steps. But this apartement is her little castle which she loves so much and everything that’s in there shows a different side of her. With her coffe, a cigarette and and the mail she went outside on the balcony. It is middle of august and the weather is just amazing. 

All of a sudden she spit out her coffee all over her balcony. ‘What the fuck?!’. 

She put her coffee away and read the letter like 5 times. ‘How the hell? What video?’

She went inside and called the number which is written on the letter.

‘Electra Records, Chrstina McCandless my name. How can I help you?’ the woman on the other end said.
‘Hello! Alyssa Daniels my name. I just received a letter from you which says that I am invited to an audition or something. Because you liked my video. But I never sent in any video and so you probably got the name wrong and some poor girl is waiting for her reply. I just wanted to make sure you’ll get it right.’ ‘Oh, let me check that real quick. May I have your name again, please?’ Alyssa said her name again and the woman was gone for a while.
‘Hello? I’m back, I’m sorry that it took me so long. My boss was busy. But I have to tell you that there didn’t go anything wrong. You are the girl that performs at the Hendrix Bar in Downtown, right?’ Alyssa couldn’t reply at first, she was shocked. ‘Excuse me? Alyssa? Are you still there?’ ‘Um, yea yea. I’m sorry. I am just shocked right now.’ ‘Oh, that okay. But anyways, you’re the right person. We are happy to see you soon!’ ‘Oh okay, well, thank you then…. I guess.’ ‘You are very welcome! Have a great day!’ the woman replied and hung up.

Alyssa sat on the floor of her living room. How did that happen? Who sent in a video of her?

‘Is that destiny?’ she thought to herself…