Chapter 170: Tour Begins!

Chapter 170: Chapter 170: Tour Begins!

{A/N: Season 2 Finale!}

[Edward POV]

After I sent Taylor home, I went back to my place and turned on my laptop.

"Joseph, right. Just you fucking wait." I murmured with rage in my eyes.

I didn't even sleep that night, and when the morning came, I worked out tremendously to calm down my emotions.

"What are you doing?" My dad asked.

"Waiting." I said while doing shirtless pushups.

"For?" He asked, a bit intrigued.

"For you to get to work before I can finally be at peace."

"That's a little hurtful."

I realised that I had accidentally released my pent up anger at him, so I apologized, "Sorry."

"Want to talk to Dr Linda?" He asked.

"YOU GO TALK TO HER!" I exploded after he kept badgering me and lingering around.

I went to the Entertain company in the afternoon to settle Taylor's signing with our agency. When I met with Taylor, she smiled and tried to act like usual, but I knew that she was still feeling awkward about the whole thing.

She was feeling anxious because she blurted out that she was going to abandon me, and provided no explanation about that. And I was also anxious because I wanted to hear the details to understand her better.

But as we didn't communicate with each other, the air between us kept getting colder and colder. We sat next to each other in the meeting room with Harvey, Pepper, and Taylor's lawyer.

"Alright. Taylor, we will give you the same contract as Edward, but you need to understand that his extra percent of the income was based on his ability to create his own melody and produce his own songs, so it won't be exactly the same." Harvey explained simply.

Taylor didn't talk as she read the contract. Harvey then continued, "But, the conditions for the extras will be there if you decide to fully create your songs. We won't discriminate against you, so don't worry about it."

Taylor smiled brightly and then said, "Let's talk about employee benefits. Will I be able to choose who I'm dating?"

"Sure. But keep it on the downlow when you are still trying to get to know each other. If you decide to get serious, then we can reveal it. This is just a suggestion, not a rule." Pepper said with a sly smile as he glanced at the both of us.

Taylor and I automatically turned towards each other, and then we decided something inwardly. After the signing process, we told each other what we had decided to do.

"Let's just keep things the way it is for now." Taylor said.

I agreed with her and added, "Yeah. Besides, we won't be seeing each other much for months!"

"That's true. Who knows what will happen during that time!" Taylor muttered with a nervous smile.

...

Later that night at my house. As I turned on the news;

[The Vice President of a highly rated entertainment agency was arrested earlier this morning for possession of illegal narcotics and heroin inside his apartment. The police stated that they received an anonymous source before they took action.]

The footage showed Joseph's figure being escorted to the police car with his hands cuffed behind his back.

[Not only did he try to resist arrest but police also found multiple incriminating documents in his apartment. The suspect was found to be blackmailing aspiring young girls into having sex with him for a chance in their career, with the numbers of victims in the double digit figure.]

I changed the tv channel as I opened up a can of beer before sitting on the couch.

[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Turtle in a Hard Shell!]

"Turtle power." I exclaimed with a smile on my face as I watched the cartoon show. However, as the incident happened, a heavy desire to clean my house grew inside of me.

Unfortunately, my house was already clean.

"Fuck." I cursed before angrily went to tend the garden in front of my house. The sunflowers I had planted when I first decided to change had bloomed. My front yard was filled with the sunflowers, which eased up my frustrations.

"~Needless to say, I keep her in check, She was a bad-bad, nevertheless (yeah)~"

I hummed as I water the sunflowers in the middle of the night.

...

"Ohh, you guys have waited for this long enough." I said holding a microphone as I stood in front of my fans. They cheered and applauded as I walked on the stage. In front of me was filled with banners of my name and my posters, which made me smile.

Before my tour started, I had plans for a fan meeting, but it was postponed because of my trip to Wisconsin. I wanted to do it online, but I decided to make sure to have a more personal touch in this.

We were all inside an auditorium near Pasadena, where more than 500 girls had come to join the fan meeting. Not only that, hundreds more were waiting outside the venue just to catch a glimpse of their new favourite artist.

I sat on a tall stool on the stage before the emcee let the first girl ask a question.

"Hey, wait, I know you." I said to the girl, interrupting her.

The girl smiled, flattered, and I added, "Yeah. You came to my school concert. Rebecca right?"

The girl squealed before saying, "Edward you're the greatest guy on the planet!!."

The crowd laughed and I chuckled. She then asked, "My question is about your song, Toxic. Did you experience that personally?"

I gulped some water before replying slowly. Most of the girls just wanted to talk to me, and I had fun with them for a while.

"Edward, what should we call ourselves as your fan club?" Lily, the president of the fanclub asked.

"Hmm..." I thought seriously. I didn't want something like 'Beliebers' or 'Swifties', and I wanted something that means a lot to me.

"Hey, who's here have ever watched the Japanese animation, One Piece?" I asked them while raising my hands up.

The crowd were confused for a while before I saw some sparsely raised hands from them.

"You guys might not know this, but that show is my favorite show in the world." I said with a laugh. The fans smiled as they listened intently to my words.

"Inside the show, there's a character with the same name as I am, The Captain of the Whitebeard Pirate Crew, Edward D. Newgate. If you guys know my dad's business, then you can see where I got the reference for it."

The crowd gasped in realization and murmured. "Anyway, that character is named the Strongest Man in the world. Now, I carry the same name as him, so I may not be able to be the strongest man, but I want to strive to be the best performer in the world."

"So my thoughts are like this. Just for you guys, for my fans. I will be the 'Captain', and you guys will be the thing a pirate always dreams of...'Treasures'."

"How is that? Is that cool? It's not confirmed yet, so if you have any other suggestions, just let me know." I spoke casually.

"Treasures...Hehe...That's a great name." Lily mumbled to herself.

"How about NewBies?"A girl gave a suggestion.

"That sounds like Bieber's new fan name." Lily shouted quickly to shut down the idea.

I was also startled when I heard the name. To be honest, it was pretty great. But I'm pretty sure that the girl who mentioned it was a member of the new dark side of Twitter that has been shipping me and Justin Bieber together.

I shuddered at the thought and listened to a few more suggestions. We got 'Army', 'New Armada', 'Gaties', ENTrain, and a lot more. After a vote, my original idea won.

The fan event went for an entire day. I took pictures with the fans, gave out some autographs. I ended up signing everything from papers, albums, posters, shirts, and even in some cases bare skin.

"Just...don't tattoo it on yourself okay?" I said to the inked goth girl who wanted me to sign her shoulder.

"Oh ho~ But I will." She said excitedly.

When I was done with the event, I waited alone in the waiting room as my manager handled my logistics.

Dreaming about the things we could be

But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard"

Edward raised his hand to the sky, "Said, "No more counting dollars, we'll be, we'll be counting stars"??

"??Yeah, yeah??"

"Oh my god. I am in love with the song." Elsa muttered. "What about me baby?!" Jacob asked fearfully.

Mrs Henderson who was standing amongst the crowd smiled at Edward's growth and said, "Goodbye Edward."

Edward smiled at the crowd. His skin glistened with sweat as he walked to the left side of the stage.

"??I feel your love, and I feel it burn

Down this river, every turn

Hope is our four-letter word

Make that money, watch it burn!??"

Claire smiled and joked, "He's making all that cash to burn? No wonder he's been working crazily for money."

"Mom, that's not funny." Alex retorted.

"??Old, but I'm not that old

Young, but I'm not that bold

And I don't think the world is sold

On just doing what we're told

And I feel something so wrong~

Doing the right thing~??"

"??I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie~

Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly??"

6 days of tour at the Staples Center, and Edward performed to over 100,000 people.

"??Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep

Dreaming about the things that we could be

But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard

Said, "No more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars"??"

After that, it was non-stop traveling and performing for him. He didn't spend time like his peers, spending summer at the beach or going to the amusement park.

"??Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep

Dreaming about the things that we could be

But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard

Said, "No more counting dollars, we'll be, we'll be counting stars"??"

He slept for only 4 hours per day, his schedule was busy with fan meets, interviews, meeting important people, and performing.

??Oh, take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I've learned??

??Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I've learned??

Without him realizing it, summer was already over.

??Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I've learned??

??Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I've learned??

When he finally arrived in New York, the one person he wanted to meet there didn't come to see him. Rather, he only met her mom– Desire.

??Everything that kills me... makes me feel alive??

His face carried traces of fatigue, but he gave his all during his performances. From dancing, to interacting with the fans. Performing during the rain, and also while it was very hot outside.

??Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep

Dreaming about the things that we could be

But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard

Said, "No more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars"??

When school finally started again, Haley was concerned when Edward missed out on the entire first week of school.

??Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep

Dreaming about the things that we could be

But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard

Said, "No more counting dollars, we'll be, we'll be counting stars"??

??Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I've learned??

??Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I've learned??

??Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I've learned??

??Take that money, watch it burn

Sink in the river the lessons I've learned??

While others were studying, Edward was conducting interviews and was going to attend various awards programs. His life had become so different from his friends, that it was hard for him to even talk to them.

"Hmm...I hope Edward will come back soon." Haley muttered as she waited for him to reply to her texts.

(2 months timeskip after this)