A DREAM COME TRUE Learn English Through Story Level 3
chapter one
it’s all a dream
dreams ambitions everyone has them
some people dream of scoring a penalty
in the world cup final
others want to travel around the world
ellie stevenson dreams of being a singer
ellie is a normal 17 year old girl
she lives in a quiet village in the
beautiful yorkshire dales
she goes to school has a part-time job
in her dad’s shop
and enjoys spending time with her best
friends
cassie and skye
this is the story of ellie and how
dreams
sometimes do come true
pencils down please i quickly try to
finish writing one last sentence
but miss jones sees me
ellie stevenson the exam is over
please miss another 30 seconds
five she says and takes my paper
there’s nothing i can do now i hate
biology
i want to be a singer i wanted to study
music
at a level you can’t study music
said dad when i told him at the start of
the sixth form in september last year
if you want a good career you need to
study science
he’s right the sciences are important
ellie
agreed sky i’m going to study chemistry
biology physics and maths
boring why don’t you study french like
me
suggested cassie my other best friend
mr lake the french teacher is gorgeous
i never told anyone about my dream after
that
now here i am trying not to fall asleep
as miss jones finishes collecting the
answer papers after the biology exam
i start to yawn oh i
stayed up studying all night i’m
really tired i close my eyes
i only want to rest for a minute but
soon
i’m not in the exam room i’m on stage
in front of thousands of fans my fans
they are shouting my name i start to
play the guitar
and they all cheer they sing the words
to my latest hit
ellie ellie miss jones’s angry voice
wakes me up
eh sorry it’s time to go
home she says shaking her head
i’m the only person left in the room
everyone else has already gone
i was dreaming again i feel
stupid as i pick up my bag and walk
towards the exit
outside it’s raining it’s spring
but the sky is gray and miserable
it seems like it will rain forever and i
haven’t got an
umbrella ellie ellie
wait for me i turn around and see
skye running towards me the only thing i
can see is her wild black curly hair
the rest of her is hidden behind a pile
of library books
skye is one of my best friends but she
is the last
person you want to see after an exam you
know the type
when skye gets a b she’s disappointed
that was so difficult
she starts to ask me what i answered for
question four
when my mobile rings
it’s cassie hi cassie i say
glad of the interruption can you come to
my dad’s stables
she asks she doesn’t say hello how are
you
typical cassie i have to work in my
dad’s shop this
evening i have to start at 4 30 and it’s
already four
don’t worry about that i’ve got
something much more important to talk to
you about
meet me at the stables in five minutes
and bring skye with you
but i start to say but she has already
hung up
when we get to the stables cassie is
busy riding one of the horses
she looks elegant in her riding clothes
her makeup and
nails as usual are perfect she finishes
one final lap
and then climbs down from her handsome
black horse
good you’re here now
i’ve got a surprise for you both you
know my dad asked me what i wanted for a
present after studying hard for the
exams at the end of the first year
skye starts to laugh cassie has never
studied for an exam in her life
everyone knows that everyone except
cassie’s dad
well here it is what do you think
she gives us each a piece of paper with
a smile
tickets there is a silence as we read
glastonbury festival no it can’t be
i read it again just to be sure
glastonbury i can’t believe it
i’ve always wanted to go to glastonbury
tickets for glastonbury are really
expensive
says skye i can’t afford tickets for
glastonbury
don’t worry about that they’re a present
from me
well from my dad he’s got to go away on
a business trip
he’s going to see some new horses in
saudi arabia
i think he feels guilty leaving me for a
month
for a moment she looks sad her dad is
always going away and leaving her at
home with the housekeeper
suddenly i have a horrible thought dad
he’ll never let me go the glastonbury
festival
lasts three days my dad worries if i go
out for more than three hours what’s
wrong ellie
asks cassie aren’t you happy i thought
you loved music
i do i say quickly i do
and of course i want to go it’s just
that
i feel stupid i’m 17 years old
but i sound like a baby i just don’t
know how i’m going to persuade my dad to
let me go
that’s a shame ellie says cassie you see
on mtv this afternoon they said that
another group is going to perform too
but if you don’t want to see murphy play
live
murphy i ask my voice shaking
my heart starts to beat loudly that’s
what i said
murphy the sexiest most gorgeous man
alive
but if you don’t want to upset your dad
she tries to take the ticket back no
i shout quickly pulling the ticket away
from her
i’ll be there cook him a nice dinner
suggests cassie work extra hours in the
shop
suggest skye the shop
i suddenly remember and quickly look at
my watch
4 35 what is it asks cassie
the shop i say running towards the door
i’m late for work i can hear cassie and
skye
laughing as i run out of the stables and
into the cold rain
but i don’t care and soon i am laughing
too
i’m going to see murphy
chapter 2 lying to dad
have you told your dad about glastonbury
yet
asks cassie a few weeks later
we are walking skye’s pet dogs to the
countryside of the yorkshire dales
i love living here we let the dogs off
their lead
they run and start to play in the fields
i feel that
nothing could spoil this perfect moment
but then cassie reminded me that i
haven’t told that about the festival
it’s difficult to find the right moment
i try to explain cassie looks at me
and i know she doesn’t believe me
honestly
the shop’s always busy and then he was
angry with me for failing that biology
exam
we put down our blanket cassie lies down
and starts to read a fashion magazine
skye takes a chemistry book from her
rucksack
and starts to study i lie down too
i thought that cassie was happy with my
explanation
but soon she asks why don’t you speak to
liz
my stepmother she’s always trying to
make you happy
if you ask her she’ll definitely say yes
then she smiles your dad
can’t say no she lies back happily in
the sun
but it doesn’t seem right i like liz
i don’t want to cause an argument
between her and dad
when we say goodbye cassie says promise
me you’ll tell him
i will i say tonight
tonight i answer but i don’t sound very
sure
when i get back the shop is quiet dad is
singing his favorite elvis song
and i realize that this is the perfect
moment
hello love he says with a smile he is
busy stacking shelves
but he stops to kiss me on the cheek how
was your day
fine i say but i don’t look at him
i feel guilty already dad
for a moment i don’t speak dad hates
lies
but then i think of murphy you know the
final exams are in june
you know those big exams at the end of
the first year of the sixth form
yes of course i do so
well cassie has suggested that we have a
party after the exams
the last weekend in june at her place
you know to celebrate cassie’s dad said
that it’s okay for me and skye to sleep
there afterwards
we can help clean up after the party
what else can i think of to say
how can i continue then
we can spend the next day planning what
to study in the summer holidays
make a study plan for all of us that way
we’ll all be really prepared for the
next school year
then we’ll spend another night there and
then i’ll come back
i can’t think of anything else to say
dad looks at me in a strange way
surely he knows i’m lying a party
hmm so you’re sure you’re going to pass
next time
of course she’s going to pass and she’ll
deserve a party afterwards
it’s liz coming out of the storeroom
with a large box
she has curly red hair bright pink
lipstick
and even brighter earrings she wears so
many bracelets that they jingle when she
walks
i’m still not sure says dad
who’s going to this party apart from you
skye and cassie oh just the boys and
girls in the class
we’ll probably have a barbecue in the
garden then listen to music and dance
it’s going to be so good to relax after
all that studying
she’s right bill liz smiles at dad
and he starts smiling too no problem
ellie
he says but i hope you’re going to study
hard for the exams
i jump up and hug him thanks dad
i kiss him on both cheeks just make sure
you pass the next
biology exam with studying and preparing
for glastonbury
the next month passed quickly sky
learned how to build a tent
i bought my train ticket and cassie
bought 10 different tops for our weekend
everything was perfect that is
until early one friday evening in may
i was in the storeroom putting away
boxes after a delivery
when i heard dad say a name i know well
hello steve i haven’t seen you for a
long time
says dad steve
steve it’s cassie’s dad
what’s he doing here he never comes into
the shop
i quickly start to climb down the ladder
but in my hurry
i miss the last step and fall onto a
pile of boxes
my ankle hurts but there’s no time to
think about that now
i run as fast as i can into the shop my
dad continues talking to steve
it’s nice of you to let the class have a
party at your place steve
says dad steve looks confused
sorry what party when
i watch them in silence i don’t even
breathe
after the exams the last weekend in june
i think
continues dad and then you’re going to
have three teenage girls in the house
for a couple of days
almost as bad as the party
my heart starts to beat faster and
faster as i wait for steve to answer
please don’t tell him please
oh now i know what weekend you’re
talking about bill
says steve but there’s no party that
weekend
that’s when the girls are going to
glastonbury no
no no glastonbury says dad
his face starting to turn red you mean
the rock concert yes anyway i must go
bill
come and have a drink with me at the
golf club sometime
but dad doesn’t answer him slowly he
looks at me
his eyes are big and angry and even his
bald head has become purple at that
moment
i knew that my dream of seeing murphy
was over
chapter 3 dad finds out
but i’m 17 years old dad i’m not a baby
anymore
i don’t care you’re living in
my house that means you do what i tell
you to do
there will be no rock concerts
it’s an arts festival not a rock concert
i don’t care what it is you’re not going
you
lied to me ellie he turns to liz
a party a day with her friends making a
study plan
i was so stupid to believe all of that
i’m sure you went to concerts when you
were my age
that was different things were different
then
says dad can’t you talk to him
i ask liz but she shakes her head
i’m sorry ellie she tries to put her arm
around me
but i don’t let her leave me alone
i shout pushing her arm away i’ll never
forgive you both for this
never i run up the stairs and throw
myself onto my bed
it’s not fair everyone else’s parents
let them go to concerts
why can’t mine i pick up my mobile phone
and try to phone cassie but i have no
credit left
i throw my phone onto the bed just as
liz knocks on my door
ellie dinner’s ready i’m not hungry
you’ve got to eat ellie leave me alone
i don’t want anything i shout
how can i eat ever again seeing murphy
was going to be the best day of my life
but half an hour later she is back this
time she comes in before i can stop her
i close my eyes hoping she’ll think i’m
asleep
i made you a sandwich she sits on my bed
and touches my arm gently i brought you
a magazine too
there’s an article on that singer you
like murphy isn’t it
i don’t want your stupid magazine
i was going to see murphy live at
glastonbury
not that you can understand i pick up
the magazine
and throw it across the room it hits the
photo of her and dad’s wedding
it falls to the floor and breaks
liz gets up and slowly starts to pick up
the pieces of broken glass
i tell myself that it’s their fault i’m
angry because dad won’t let me go to
glastonbury
because he thinks i’m seven not
seventeen
but i still feel horrible as i watch liz
leave my room
she looks sad and there are tears in her
eyes
when she has gone i pick up the magazine
on the cover there is a photo of murphy
the thought of missing glastonbury makes
my stomach hurt
but i still look through the magazine
when i get to the article on murphy more
tears fill my eyes
but then i read something that makes me
stop crying
do you want to meet murphy would you
like to go to glastonbury
tour backstage and meet the star himself
we are going to make one lucky reader’s
dream come true
if you can sing then we want to hear
from you
to enter just send us a tape of you
singing your favorite murphy song to
music now send us your entries by the
10th of may
10th of may oh no that’s monday
today is friday if i want to enter
i must send my entry tomorrow morning
suddenly my anger disappears i feel
excited
i know that thousands of people will
enter the competition
and i don’t have a lot of time to
prepare but
could i be the one dreams come true for
some people
sometimes don’t they first i have to
decide which song to sing
i pick up my mp3 player and finally
choose a romantic
song i listen to it twice but i know
that it’s the right one
i close my eyes and listen to the words
i forget about dad and the sadness in
liz’s eyes when she picked up the broken
photo
i forget about school and the homework i
still haven’t done
i take a deep breath and press record on
my cd
player i pick up the microphone and
start to sing
and when i stop five minutes later i
know that i
can’t do any better all i have to do now
is wait
chapter four the long wait
the next morning i woke up early
when i went into the kitchen liz was
cooking breakfast
dad was reading the newspaper normally
he says good morning and gives me a kiss
on the cheek
today he didn’t even look at me when i
sat down at the table
i heard you singing last night says liz
she puts a plate of bacon and eggs in
front of me and smiles
says dad closing his paper and getting
up from the table
liz watches him leave the room and then
sits down next to me
well she asks starting to eat her bacon
sandwich
did you finish it finish what i ask
the tape of course for the competition
she smiles give it to me and i’ll post
it when i go to the supermarket
just then dad comes back into the
kitchen
liz stops talking and we both look up at
the same time
for a moment i worry that he heard
everything
liz looks worried too but then he picks
up his glasses and says
hurry up and eat your breakfast ellie
the windows neat cleaning and then i
want you to clean the shelves
no problem dad i say with a smile
he says again as he leaves the room
thanks liz i whisper giving her a hug
when dad has gone
and i’m really sorry about breaking the
photo
don’t worry about it just remember me
when you’re rich and famous
you’re going to win ellie i know you are
i wanted to believe it too it seemed
impossible
but all day and for days afterwards i
couldn’t think of anything else
just thinking about meeting murphy made
my heart beat fast and my cheeks go red
it also made dad’s bad temper easy to
live with too
because i wasn’t allowed out the only
time i saw
cassie and skye was at school they were
really sorry that i couldn’t go to
glastonbury
cassie had a big argument with her dad
and skye said she didn’t want to go to
the festival without me
but i said they had to go then the first
day of the exams arrived
and for a week i didn’t have time to
think about the competition
biology was still difficult but at least
it seemed like i was going to pass
but then the exams were over and my
thoughts returned to the competition
the magazines said that they were going
to contact the winner by the 22nd of
june
the night of the 21st of june i couldn’t
sleep
will they send a letter to the winner or
will they telephone
why was i thinking about it anyway it
was impossible that i
play nelly stevenson was going to win
but that didn’t stop the butterflies in
my stomach
as i watched the sun rise the next
morning
the postman usually delivers our post at
about 10 o’clock
he stops for a cup of coffee with liz
but it was already 10
- just when i started to imagine the
worst
i saw him approaching on his bicycle but
he didn’t stop
he always stops but today he drove by
with only a wave and a friendly smile
when he stopped next door i went outside
hello ellie he says are you okay
you look worried exam results don’t
arrive until august
i know i’m fine it’s just
is there any post for us this morning we
always get something
bills usually dad says but anyway
i stop for breath and try to smile sorry
he shakes his head nothing for number 32
today
are you waiting for something important
can you check please
i insist but his bag is almost empty
and i can see there is nothing there for
me
maybe they will phone instead yes that’s
it
while i’m out here the phone is ringing
and dad can’t answer it because he is
busy
i run back into the shop but there are
no customers
the shop is empty and the phone isn’t
ringing
dad is doing a crossword and liz is
painting her nails
has anyone phoned dad i ask out of
breath
no he says i look at the clock
10 55 there’s still time
i wait and wait lunch time passes
but still there’s no news i watch the
clock
and the minutes go by so slowly but
still the telephone doesn’t ring
and then it is five o’clock and i know
that my
dream is over i didn’t win
i feel stupid for believing even for a
second that i could win
ellie ellie dad’s voice makes me look
up what is wrong with you today
all you’ve done is look at the clock and
be miserable
peter isn’t feeling very well i need you
to deliver the evening newspapers
i don’t like delivering newspapers but i
pick up the bag and walk out of the door
my dream is over broken like the picture
of dad’s wedding
i want to be alone
when i get back it is late i wanted to
talk to liz
but she has already left her italian
class
i can’t talk to dad he didn’t even know
about the competition
and anyway he is asleep in front of the
television
the unfinished crossword on his knee
i suddenly feel very tired so i go
upstairs to bed
i don’t go into the kitchen so i don’t
see the note on the door of the fridge
there’s a folded piece of paper on the
bed but i don’t even open it
i am so tired and unhappy but i throw it
angrily into a corner
and get into bed i go to sleep crying
chapter five ellie’s adventure begins
ellie liz shouts knocking loudly on my
bedroom door
wake up you’re going to be late
i pull the bed covers over my head what
does she
want it’s only six o’clock
last night i decided that i was going to
stay in bed all day today
there’s no school and i don’t have to
work in the shop
i don’t have anything to do all day not
like
cassie and skye who will be at the train
station waiting for their train by now
excited about glastonbury the bands they
are going to see and the
fun they’re going to have maybe dad was
right
becoming a singer was just a dream
i pull the bed covers over my head more
and i’m about to go back to sleep
when liz knocks on my door again loud
this time
ellie you’ll miss your train if you’re
not careful
um what train you need to pack your bag
and you must eat a good breakfast
it’s a long way to glastonbury
i throw the bed covers off me and get
quickly out of bed
what do you mean what train what about
glastonbury
didn’t you read my notes she asks when i
open my bedroom door oh ellie we’re so
proud of you she gives me a big hug
will you please tell me what’s going on
you won
i told you i said you were going to win
slowly i start to understand what she is
saying
and my legs begin to shake just after
you went out with the papers
there was a phone call from music now’s
editor your dad answered the phone
he was shocked at first of course he
didn’t know about the competition
but when he heard that they chose you
that you were the best
she takes a deep breath you’re going to
glastonbury
you won ellie you won for a moment
i just stand in silence i’m dreaming
this can’t be true i won
i won i won
and then we are both laughing and
hugging
when we finally stop dad is standing in
front of me
he isn’t smiling he looks very serious
and for a terrible moment i don’t think
he’ll let me go
what did they say dad you have to get
the 802 train to london
you’ll meet the journalist who is going
with you
his name’s mike peters and then you’ll
get the train to glastonbury together
i’m still not happy about you going to
london on your own
i’ll be fine what about this
journalist i don’t know who he is
he could be a serial killer oh bill
laughs liz giving him a hug ellie’s a
big girl now
and i’m sure she’ll phone to let us know
she’s okay won’t you ellie
of course i will see there’s nothing to
worry about
says dad but this time he says it with a
small smile
now hurry up you need to have a shower
and pack your rucksack
i’ll make breakfast don’t just stand
there bill
find the camera ellie will want to take
lots of photos
i can’t wait to tell cassie and skye but
i don’t have time to do that now
i don’t want to miss the train and i
still have to get ready
what shall i wear my hands are shaking
as i pull out
tops and jeans from my wardrobe nothing
seems right
not for meeting murphy meeting murphy
i still can’t believe it an hour later
when we are standing on the platform at
the train station
waiting for the train to arrive and you
pack something warm didn’t you asks dad
yes dad i’m so excited even his worrying
can’t stop me smiling
and your phone as soon as you get there
he continues
as the train slows to a stop in front of
us
when i look at dad again there are tears
in his eyes
but he looks very proud i give him a
quick hug
thanks dad i whisper in his ear then i
get on the train
my adventure is just beginning
chapter six good morning glastonbury
when i get off the train two hours later
mike is waiting for me
he is wearing jeans and a white t-shirt
he doesn’t look like a journalist he
looks more like a student
and at first i feel very nervous but
then he smiles
and shakes my hand hi you must be ellie
he says hello i try to sound mature and
confident
but i can feel my cheeks starting to
turn red
come on our train will be leaving in 10
minutes
we walk to platform 4 in silence where
our train is waiting
here we are says mike he gives our
tickets to a smart ticket collector
welcome on board sir he turns to me and
smiles
miss we are traveling first class
we sit down in our big comfortable seats
you’ll need this says mike and he passes
me a press badge
for a while i just look at it it says
ellie stevenson music now
maybe i am still asleep in a minute liz
will come in and wake me up ellie
we’re going to be really busy i have
interviews to do
and photos to take for the magazine with
that pass
you can go everywhere even backstage
sometimes i might have to leave you
alone is that okay
okay is he joking me
backstage this is amazing
our interview with murphy is at six this
evening
murphy hates people who are late so we
must get there on time
he gives me a copy of the questions we
will ask and for the rest of the journey
we talk about music
as we get closer to our destination the
train gets
very full most of the passengers talk
excitedly about the festival
the atmosphere is amazing and we haven’t
arrived yet
when we get off the bus that takes us
from castle carey station to the site
it’s raining but i don’t care and nobody
else seems to either
this is going to be the best weekend of
my life
for a moment i just stand and look
around
seeing things that i have only read
about before now
the sea of tents in the distance the
huge pyramid stage
where murphy will play later on the
friendly and relaxed atmosphere
i need to take some photos before our
interview with murphy
says mike interrupting my thoughts have
a look around
this is my mobile number if you need me
he gives me a piece of paper
have a good time and with a wave he
disappears into the crowd
after phoning dad i decide to phone
cassie and sky
they still don’t know that i’m here
cassie
i say when she eventually answers the
phone yes
the line is very bad it’s me
ellie guess where i am what
it’s ellie i’m here at glastonbury
i shout back i’m at the pyramid stage
where are you but then i see her
so i walk over to my two friends skye
sees me first ellie she shouts
and throws her arms around me then
cassie
screams a big smile on her face
oh what are you doing here she gives me
a hug
and i quickly tell him about the
competition
wait a minute cassie says her mouth
open in disbelief you’re going to meet
murphy the murphy
i smile and nod when where
tell me ellie this is amazing she starts
to jump up and down and hug skye
excitedly
we’re going to meet murphy i need to get
changed
which top should i wear the pink one or
the green one and my hair
she takes a mirror out of her bag and
looks at her reflection carefully
cassie i’m sorry i try to explain
but my mobile starts to ring
it’s mike ellie i’ve got the chance to
interview chris martin from coldplay
but he’s only available at 6pm
that’s when we’re interviewing murphy i
know
will you be okay to do the interview by
yourself you have the questions in your
backstage past don’t you
i’ll let them know that you’ll be alone
okay but
before i can ask anything else the line
goes dead
i quickly try to phone mike back but his
phone is engaged
what do i do now i want to meet murphy
more than
anything but can i really go there by
myself
what do you think ellie asks cassie
i almost forgot that cassie and skye
were there
i was asking skye which earrings go best
with my green
top says cassie cassie
i try to interrupt but she is so excited
that she doesn’t hear me
she obviously thinks that they’re coming
with me but they can’t
i only have one backstage pass these
are my silver ones she holds a different
earring up against each ear
sky you need to get changed too you
can’t meet murphy looking like that
cassie will you shut up and listen to me
for a minute
i shout so loud that she instantly looks
at me
i’m really sorry but you can’t come
her smile disappears but then she laughs
you’re joking right but the look on my
face tells that i’m not
what do you mean we can’t come we’re
your best friends
of course we can come with you i’m
really sorry suddenly her eyes fill with
anger
she doesn’t look pretty anymore that’s
okay ellie
we understand says skye quietly
she looks disappointed too but she gives
me a small smile
to show that she isn’t angry no it’s
not shouts cassie don’t you remember who
got you a ticket back in march
cassie please don’t be like that i say
you know i’d love you to come too
well then either we come with you and
meet
murphy or
she holds her hands up in the air or our
friendship is over
chapter 7 the dream
is over
i’m sorry i look at cassie
and then at sky i tell myself that she
will understand later
that she can’t be angry forever but i
know
cassie come on skye
cassie takes skye’s arm and they walk
away
i feel awful they’re my best friends
but i can’t miss an opportunity like
this
i look at my watch it’s already 5 30
i have half an hour before the interview
but when it gets to quarter two
i still haven’t found where i need to be
mike said that we were to interview
murphy in his van
but there are so many and they all look
the same
feeling desperate i try to phone mike
again
but his mobile is switched off i quick
look at my watch
6 15 i remember what mike said
murphy hates people who are late why did
i have that
stupid argument with cassie why didn’t i
phone her after the interview just when
i thought i was never going to find
where i needed to be
i see one of murphy’s musicians coming
out of one of the vans
i start to run but then a big strong arm
stops me you can’t come back here
a loud voice says i look up at the
tallest man i have
ever seen he is dressed in black from
head to toe
a label on his chest says security
it’s okay i say trying to catch my
breath
i’m here to interview murphy for music
now magazine
murphy isn’t giving any more interviews
today
he says but i’ve got my pass
look i hold it up to show him he checks
my name against a list he has
you’re late your interview was at six
i know murphy hates it when people are
late
i know i interrupt but please you have
to let me see him
but it’s no good he crosses his arms
across his huge
chest and stares down at me and i know
he won’t change his mind
what am i going to do now how can i tell
mike that i missed interviewing murphy
because i was arguing with my best
friend
i stand there for a moment and my eyes
start to fill with tears
i don’t want the security guard to see
me cry so i turn to walk away
just when i think things can’t get any
worse i see
mike coming towards me before i can
explain what has happened he says
i’ve just spoken to another journalist
chris
the singer murphy was going to sing a
duet with hasn’t arrived
he’s really angry and has refused to
give
any interviews people are saying that he
might not even sing tonight
he’s so angry so that means
no one i mean no one at all has
interviewed him today
exactly says mike phew
that’s a relief i say quietly
i am relieved that it wasn’t my fault
but i
really wanted to meet murphy i have lied
to my dad and my best friends will
probably
never speak to me again for what
nothing come on let’s go and enjoy the
festival
says mike trying to sound cheerful but i
feel
awful is it okay if i stay here for a
while
i ask and try to smile i’d really like
to see the next band i lie
the truth is that i want to be alone
this was going to be the best weekend of
my life
now it is the worst if you’re sure
says mike i’ll be at the other stage if
you want me
he disappears into the crowd everyone
looks
relaxed and happy and i feel like i’m
the only one who is miserable
after a while i decide to go and find
cassie and skye
i’ll apologize and hopefully cassie will
forgive me
but just as i’m about to leave the door
to one of the vans opens
and familiar music fills the air the
security man
bends his head low and steps out into
the rain
he sees me watching i told you there
were
no interviews you’re wasting your time
waiting here that music
i ask i’m wrong i must be
the music that’s playing inside that van
murphy loves it says the security guard
what is it i mean do you know who it is
some girl who won a competition the
magazine
sent it to him and he really likes it
so it is true suddenly i don’t feel sad
anymore
i feel excited and happy and proud all
at the same time i stepped closer to the
van
but the security guard stops me but you
can’t go in there miss
he says you don’t understand i say
that’s me that’s my song
the dream is just beginning
what did you say your name was asks the
security guard
ellie ellie stevenson i won the
competition
i i have to make him believe me
for a moment he doesn’t move he looks
like he is thinking about what to do
but then he says wait there a minute
and he disappears into the van after
what feels like a year
he eventually comes out the boss wants
to see you
he says holding the door open
murphy wants to see me murphy wants to
see
me what are you waiting for he says when
i don’t move
my heart is beating fast and my hands
are sweating
i quickly wipe them on my jeans and
slowly climb the steps into the van
when i get inside murphy is sitting on a
sofa
his guitar on his knee his green eyes
are even greener than they look in the
magazines
when he looks at me and smiles i think i
will faint
somehow i don’t a miracle
ali right i’m not i always hated my name
but the way he says it it sounds so nice
i
really like your voice wow he really
likes my voice
i i’m really pleased i mean
that’s great i feel my cheeks starting
to turn red
why do they always do that murphy looks
up at me
and smiles one of his famous big smiles
do you know the words to tonight tonight
yes i can’t talk properly anymore
what is happening to me he picks up his
guitar
and starts to play he wants me to sing
with him
now calm down ellie take a
big deep breath i tell myself to imagine
that i am at home
in my bedroom alone i am not in the van
of my favorite singer
backstage at glastonbury those gorgeous
green eyes are not looking at me i
close my eyes and take a deep breath
i’m nervous but soon i’m in a world
where only music exists
there is nothing else i start to sing
and only when the song is over do i open
my eyes
instantly embarrassed once more
terry murphy shouts and the security man
appears
yes boss i’ve changed my mind
he stands up takes my hand and leads me
outside
calm the band i’m going on stage
and ellie’s coming with me
what i can’t there are thousands of
people out there
but murphy doesn’t look worried he holds
my hand
tighter as we follow the security man
towards the pyramid stage
when we get there murphy’s band is
waiting
as they start playing i turn to murphy
i have to make him understand that i
can’t do this
but before i can find the words they
call us onto the stage
the crowd cheers everything is so much
bigger and louder than i have ever
imagined
my heart begins to beat faster than ever
and i’m sure that i’m going to faint
but then the crowd is in front of me
when they see
murphy the audience goes wild
good evening glastonbury
are you having a good time a bigger
cheer
i’d like to introduce you to a special
friend of mine
a young woman who has an amazing voice
and an amazing
talent i want you to make her feel
welcome tonight
everyone this is ellie
he turns to me and smiles and i feel
like i’m going to faint
but then the crowd starts to shout ellie
ellie ellie just like in my dream then
the band starts to play
murphy takes my hand in his at first my
voice shakes with emotion
but then i close my eyes feel murphy’s
touch
the crowd sings with us and it feels
incredible
now it has started i don’t want this
moment to end
when i open my eyes and look at the
crowd at the front i can see
two faces i know cassie and skye are
there
they are both smiling proudly and i know
that
everything is going to be okay after a
final applause i leave the stage
and murphy continues with his
performance i watch him from the side
with terry the security guard
when he finishes i turn to leave but
then i feel a hand on my shoulder
and murphy says ellie where are you
going
his eyes are shining with the magic of
performing
thanks for letting me sing with you i’ll
never forget it
please don’t go yet his voice is quiet
and soft
i really like you to stay he whispers
taking my hand and when i look into his
green eyes
i know that dreams sometimes do come
true
but maybe mine was just beginning