Taking Chances
The Interview
Nelly POV
This interviewer was rude but I was determined to be on my best behavior for this, I may not like her but I’m going to make it out of this interview alive. She showed up ten minutes late, without even getting in contact to tell me, and then she has the nerve to ask where I’ve been. I was starving so I went to get a donut and she came while I was in line. I could’ve went back home to change into something a little more decent, but it’s not like my fans haven’t seen me sweaty. We finally got down to the interview after I brought a box of glazed donuts, and her declining them, not so politely.
She handed me the mic and I took it and smiled at her. “I’m Nelly Jameson and I’m one-fourth of My Tears of Pain and you’re watching Stars TV!” I said to the camera with a smile on my face, as he turned to the interviewer, whose name I still didn’t know because she never told me.
“So Nelly I heard that you recently went through a breakup with your boyfriend, Clark. Care to elaborate on that?” The interviewer, Madonna (camera guy whispered it to me) said. I took a deep breath preparing to speak.
“Um… there isn’t much to know. We had our differences and decided it was time to break it off. It didn’t end of good terms but I’m glad we both knew what we wanted. I’m glad we both knew that this relationship isn’t what we wanted anymore.” I told Madonna, wishing Jase were here to save me from answering anymore prying questions from her.
She nodded her head in “understanding” before moving onto the next question. “We heard that you were going on Warped Tour this year. Are you and you’re band excited to be on there again, after last year?”
I nodded and smiled, “Of course. Warped Tour is like a big band summer camp. My band and I enjoy ourselves all the time on Warped and could’ve asked for a better family for the summer. I’m doing some guests vocals for bands this summer too which makes me happier.”
She nodded before continuing, “We haven’t seen Jason around lately, what has he been up to? He didn’t quit the band did he? We love Jason!”
I laughed and shook my head; “No Jase said he would never quit the band until he was old enough to be those kids, grandparents. Jase has been busy doing some project on the side as of late, you’ll hear more from him.” This interviewer was boring and I could already see her getting negative comments from that, and she didn’t even pay attention to me either. Her phone, which was getting text messages, was getting more attention than me. I internally groaned this was going to be a long interview… I grabbed a donut, eating it while she looked at me with a face of disgust.
“When can we expect another around the world tour? And what bands would you be touring with?”
I shrugged, “I’m not quite sure when but maybe last this year, early next year is when we’ll start. And I’d love to tour with All Time Low, Pierce The Veil, and Sleeping With Sirens.” I told her wishing she’d give better questions.
“Onto the fun questions. This is called favorites. Favorite Halloween costume?”
“Um… I once dressed up as Minnie Mouse. I think it was a year ago but it was fun and cool. I don’t know what to be this year, maybe Tomb Raider. For Halloween this year, wherever we’re at we’re going to play in our costumes and have a contest.” I told her excited to get these details out, because I’ve been holding it in for months, literally.
“Favorite TV?”
I scoffed, “If you don’t like Dragon Ball Z then you could politely kiss my ass.” I said simply.
“Favorite band that inspires you?”
“This is easily Blink-182 because their music is fucking awesome! If you never heard of them, check them out, like right now! Pause this shiz and go do it.” I told the camera, seriously.
“I actually interviewed them once, they seemed cool and chill. Now, favorite color and number?”
“Favorite color is blue and black. My favorite number is 7, simply because those how many states we toured on our very first tour back in high school.”
“Now I have some ‘what if’ questions… What if your band wasn’t named My Tears of Pain? What would’ve been the name?” Madonna asked the question that every interviewer asks us.
I shrugged and answer casually, “Jase and I usually come up with names for songs, tours, DVD’s and anything else. We don’t use a name that takes longer than twenty minutes to come up with. So if we weren’t named this now, we’d probably be named the very first name we thought of which was These Sexy Mofos which would’ve been very funny.” I told her, I loved explaining the past choice names of our band.
Madonna laughed having found it funny, “What if your latest album haven’t have sold so well?”
“Honestly? I hate thinking about ‘what if the album haven’t sold so well’ because it means that I have no faith in our fans. I love our fans with the sense of familyship I loved my band and family with. Because whether other bands who take their fans for granted, knows this or not, the fans made us famous, they made us who we are today. So I want to thank our amazing fans because guess what? I love you guys so freaking much!” I said to the camera smiling. The people in the donut shop didn’t look bothered because this was a regular occurrence. If I would have an interview in my hometown it was always in this donut shop, no matter where I was currently at in Maryland.
Madonna nodded, “Most bands really don’t seem to know that anymore, it’s good to see a band so well rooted and down to Earth as you guys. Only other bands I could compare to you guys would be All Time Low. On the topic of All Time Low, in my last interview with them Alex Gaskarth admitted to liking your band. How does this make you feel to know somebody like him like your band?”
I smiled, “It feels wonderful. To know other artists listen to our music and support us. I also heard he brought our new album and this goes out to him! Thhhaaannnnkkk yooouuuuu Gaskarth!” I sang to the camera because I knew this interview cannel never did edits or cuts, they’d put it up as soon as the interview was done.
“Speaking of your new album… How has the success of your junior album ‘Nylon’ compare to the success of your sophomore album ‘Dandelion’?”
“Our junior album had taken longer to write and record because I wanted everything to be raw and natural, no edits. In our sophomore album we didn’t have nearly as much emotion in the album. Both albums sold extremely well to be truthful, but there was a greater and better response to Nylon on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and every other social site out there.” I told her.
“Has social sites, such as those helped your band in your quest to become better known?”
“I would think so, this band has very social site account out there and our name is the same. The letters making up My Tears of Pain, capitol letter ‘MT’, lowercase ‘o’ and capitol ‘P’. You can reach any of us on there.”
“Finally question, any last words you want to say to your fans?”
“You guys are fucking amazing! I love you guys, go out and buy Nylon if you haven’t and come out to see us. We give some free shows for Maryland, don’t be afraid to stop by and say ‘hi’ and I hope to see you guys soon!” I said before the cameraman turned the camera off.
“Thanks for taking the time out to come do this interview.”
“You’re welcome, I love doing interviews. Besides I was right down the street with some friends.” I told her, before grabbing the leftover donuts and prepared to leave. “Good-bye.” I left before she could reply and started walking the 15-minute walk to Alex’s and my place. “Guys, I’m back!” I called out to them, walking into the kitchen.
“Hey Nells, I was wondering where you were. How did you get back?” Jason asked me as I walked into the kitchen. He was currently raiding the fridge, most likely looking for something to eat.
“Walked, didn’t want to call you or Alex. Here I brought donuts.” I said shoving the box of donuts to Jase and walking into the living room.
“Hey Nelly. How was the interview?” Alex asked me.
I shrugged, “Just wait a good seven minutes and we’ll watch it.” I told them, knowing it’ll be up soon since she was already uploading it as I walked out. Alex just looked confused. “She doesn’t make edits or cuts. So it should be up soon because she was already uploading when I left. I brought donuts back I don’t know if there’s any left, you’ll have to ask Jase.” I told him. He nodded and went back to watching TV. Jase walked out the kitchen with his laptop in his hands.
“What channel was it again?” He asked me.
“Stars TV, ya know the one with the boring ass lady?” I told him, taking a seat beside him, as he sat beside Alex.
“Yep, I hate her. She put it up, let’s watch it!” Jase said too excited for this. Alex scooted in closer to see, but I hate this smart idea of just playing the interview on the TV for everyone else to see too, instead of them crowding around the laptop.
“Just play it on the PS3!” I told Jason or Alex to do. When neither of them got up I got up to do it. As I passed them, I smacked them both on the back of their heads.
“Oww!” Came on sync from the two but I just ignored it before hooking up the PS3 and going to the YouTube app and typing in ‘Stars TV’ and hitting search. My interview was the first one that popped up with the word ‘new’ beside it.
“Everybody sit and watch!” I yelled and everybody took a seat and watched the TV intently, me included. As the interview wore on it was boarding a hour before it finally ended, we laughed at it from time to time making fun of something. “Did you see her face, while I was eating the donut!? She looked like she wanted to murder me, right then and there!”
“These donuts are famous now! They had camera time and now the fame is getting to their heads.” Jack said looking at the donut in his hand before taking a bite from it.
“Can’t believe you guys talked about me, and I did mention you guys’ album though. It’s amazing!” Alex said giving me a hug.
“Thanks, you talked about me too!” Jase said joining in on the hug.
“You dissed Clark on YouTube, differences my ass.” Martin said. I laughed and shrugged. Soon everybody joined the ‘group’ hug, and before long somebody elbowed my head.
“Dammit! That hurt!” I shouted to nobody in particular.
“I’m sorry!” Came Zach’s voice from behind Astro and me.
“It’s fine!” I said even though my head hurt like hell now. “Just a headache Zach.” I told him to ease his conscience. We broke the group hug soon after and I went to start dinner. Once the food was done, I called the boys in and we sat at the table eating like a big family.
“Thanks!” I heard in union from everybody at the table once they finished eating. I nodded and Alex and Jase said something about doing dishes so I nodded and went upstairs. I got ready for bed, changing my clothes and brushing my teeth. Laying down in bed, I just realized how tired I was and was out like a light in the first five minutes.
This interviewer was rude but I was determined to be on my best behavior for this, I may not like her but I’m going to make it out of this interview alive. She showed up ten minutes late, without even getting in contact to tell me, and then she has the nerve to ask where I’ve been. I was starving so I went to get a donut and she came while I was in line. I could’ve went back home to change into something a little more decent, but it’s not like my fans haven’t seen me sweaty. We finally got down to the interview after I brought a box of glazed donuts, and her declining them, not so politely.
She handed me the mic and I took it and smiled at her. “I’m Nelly Jameson and I’m one-fourth of My Tears of Pain and you’re watching Stars TV!” I said to the camera with a smile on my face, as he turned to the interviewer, whose name I still didn’t know because she never told me.
“So Nelly I heard that you recently went through a breakup with your boyfriend, Clark. Care to elaborate on that?” The interviewer, Madonna (camera guy whispered it to me) said. I took a deep breath preparing to speak.
“Um… there isn’t much to know. We had our differences and decided it was time to break it off. It didn’t end of good terms but I’m glad we both knew what we wanted. I’m glad we both knew that this relationship isn’t what we wanted anymore.” I told Madonna, wishing Jase were here to save me from answering anymore prying questions from her.
She nodded her head in “understanding” before moving onto the next question. “We heard that you were going on Warped Tour this year. Are you and you’re band excited to be on there again, after last year?”
I nodded and smiled, “Of course. Warped Tour is like a big band summer camp. My band and I enjoy ourselves all the time on Warped and could’ve asked for a better family for the summer. I’m doing some guests vocals for bands this summer too which makes me happier.”
She nodded before continuing, “We haven’t seen Jason around lately, what has he been up to? He didn’t quit the band did he? We love Jason!”
I laughed and shook my head; “No Jase said he would never quit the band until he was old enough to be those kids, grandparents. Jase has been busy doing some project on the side as of late, you’ll hear more from him.” This interviewer was boring and I could already see her getting negative comments from that, and she didn’t even pay attention to me either. Her phone, which was getting text messages, was getting more attention than me. I internally groaned this was going to be a long interview… I grabbed a donut, eating it while she looked at me with a face of disgust.
“When can we expect another around the world tour? And what bands would you be touring with?”
I shrugged, “I’m not quite sure when but maybe last this year, early next year is when we’ll start. And I’d love to tour with All Time Low, Pierce The Veil, and Sleeping With Sirens.” I told her wishing she’d give better questions.
“Onto the fun questions. This is called favorites. Favorite Halloween costume?”
“Um… I once dressed up as Minnie Mouse. I think it was a year ago but it was fun and cool. I don’t know what to be this year, maybe Tomb Raider. For Halloween this year, wherever we’re at we’re going to play in our costumes and have a contest.” I told her excited to get these details out, because I’ve been holding it in for months, literally.
“Favorite TV?”
I scoffed, “If you don’t like Dragon Ball Z then you could politely kiss my ass.” I said simply.
“Favorite band that inspires you?”
“This is easily Blink-182 because their music is fucking awesome! If you never heard of them, check them out, like right now! Pause this shiz and go do it.” I told the camera, seriously.
“I actually interviewed them once, they seemed cool and chill. Now, favorite color and number?”
“Favorite color is blue and black. My favorite number is 7, simply because those how many states we toured on our very first tour back in high school.”
“Now I have some ‘what if’ questions… What if your band wasn’t named My Tears of Pain? What would’ve been the name?” Madonna asked the question that every interviewer asks us.
I shrugged and answer casually, “Jase and I usually come up with names for songs, tours, DVD’s and anything else. We don’t use a name that takes longer than twenty minutes to come up with. So if we weren’t named this now, we’d probably be named the very first name we thought of which was These Sexy Mofos which would’ve been very funny.” I told her, I loved explaining the past choice names of our band.
Madonna laughed having found it funny, “What if your latest album haven’t have sold so well?”
“Honestly? I hate thinking about ‘what if the album haven’t sold so well’ because it means that I have no faith in our fans. I love our fans with the sense of familyship I loved my band and family with. Because whether other bands who take their fans for granted, knows this or not, the fans made us famous, they made us who we are today. So I want to thank our amazing fans because guess what? I love you guys so freaking much!” I said to the camera smiling. The people in the donut shop didn’t look bothered because this was a regular occurrence. If I would have an interview in my hometown it was always in this donut shop, no matter where I was currently at in Maryland.
Madonna nodded, “Most bands really don’t seem to know that anymore, it’s good to see a band so well rooted and down to Earth as you guys. Only other bands I could compare to you guys would be All Time Low. On the topic of All Time Low, in my last interview with them Alex Gaskarth admitted to liking your band. How does this make you feel to know somebody like him like your band?”
I smiled, “It feels wonderful. To know other artists listen to our music and support us. I also heard he brought our new album and this goes out to him! Thhhaaannnnkkk yooouuuuu Gaskarth!” I sang to the camera because I knew this interview cannel never did edits or cuts, they’d put it up as soon as the interview was done.
“Speaking of your new album… How has the success of your junior album ‘Nylon’ compare to the success of your sophomore album ‘Dandelion’?”
“Our junior album had taken longer to write and record because I wanted everything to be raw and natural, no edits. In our sophomore album we didn’t have nearly as much emotion in the album. Both albums sold extremely well to be truthful, but there was a greater and better response to Nylon on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and every other social site out there.” I told her.
“Has social sites, such as those helped your band in your quest to become better known?”
“I would think so, this band has very social site account out there and our name is the same. The letters making up My Tears of Pain, capitol letter ‘MT’, lowercase ‘o’ and capitol ‘P’. You can reach any of us on there.”
“Finally question, any last words you want to say to your fans?”
“You guys are fucking amazing! I love you guys, go out and buy Nylon if you haven’t and come out to see us. We give some free shows for Maryland, don’t be afraid to stop by and say ‘hi’ and I hope to see you guys soon!” I said before the cameraman turned the camera off.
“Thanks for taking the time out to come do this interview.”
“You’re welcome, I love doing interviews. Besides I was right down the street with some friends.” I told her, before grabbing the leftover donuts and prepared to leave. “Good-bye.” I left before she could reply and started walking the 15-minute walk to Alex’s and my place. “Guys, I’m back!” I called out to them, walking into the kitchen.
“Hey Nells, I was wondering where you were. How did you get back?” Jason asked me as I walked into the kitchen. He was currently raiding the fridge, most likely looking for something to eat.
“Walked, didn’t want to call you or Alex. Here I brought donuts.” I said shoving the box of donuts to Jase and walking into the living room.
“Hey Nelly. How was the interview?” Alex asked me.
I shrugged, “Just wait a good seven minutes and we’ll watch it.” I told them, knowing it’ll be up soon since she was already uploading it as I walked out. Alex just looked confused. “She doesn’t make edits or cuts. So it should be up soon because she was already uploading when I left. I brought donuts back I don’t know if there’s any left, you’ll have to ask Jase.” I told him. He nodded and went back to watching TV. Jase walked out the kitchen with his laptop in his hands.
“What channel was it again?” He asked me.
“Stars TV, ya know the one with the boring ass lady?” I told him, taking a seat beside him, as he sat beside Alex.
“Yep, I hate her. She put it up, let’s watch it!” Jase said too excited for this. Alex scooted in closer to see, but I hate this smart idea of just playing the interview on the TV for everyone else to see too, instead of them crowding around the laptop.
“Just play it on the PS3!” I told Jason or Alex to do. When neither of them got up I got up to do it. As I passed them, I smacked them both on the back of their heads.
“Oww!” Came on sync from the two but I just ignored it before hooking up the PS3 and going to the YouTube app and typing in ‘Stars TV’ and hitting search. My interview was the first one that popped up with the word ‘new’ beside it.
“Everybody sit and watch!” I yelled and everybody took a seat and watched the TV intently, me included. As the interview wore on it was boarding a hour before it finally ended, we laughed at it from time to time making fun of something. “Did you see her face, while I was eating the donut!? She looked like she wanted to murder me, right then and there!”
“These donuts are famous now! They had camera time and now the fame is getting to their heads.” Jack said looking at the donut in his hand before taking a bite from it.
“Can’t believe you guys talked about me, and I did mention you guys’ album though. It’s amazing!” Alex said giving me a hug.
“Thanks, you talked about me too!” Jase said joining in on the hug.
“You dissed Clark on YouTube, differences my ass.” Martin said. I laughed and shrugged. Soon everybody joined the ‘group’ hug, and before long somebody elbowed my head.
“Dammit! That hurt!” I shouted to nobody in particular.
“I’m sorry!” Came Zach’s voice from behind Astro and me.
“It’s fine!” I said even though my head hurt like hell now. “Just a headache Zach.” I told him to ease his conscience. We broke the group hug soon after and I went to start dinner. Once the food was done, I called the boys in and we sat at the table eating like a big family.
“Thanks!” I heard in union from everybody at the table once they finished eating. I nodded and Alex and Jase said something about doing dishes so I nodded and went upstairs. I got ready for bed, changing my clothes and brushing my teeth. Laying down in bed, I just realized how tired I was and was out like a light in the first five minutes.
Notes
This chapter took up a good 4 and 3/4 pages. Safe to say this is easily the longest chapter. It's so surreal that school is over. I'm going to miss my friends, but not the work! :)Chapter 6 Fact: Longest chapter so far.
Yep, I will.
8/13/13