well here we go UPDATE #5!!
I took my mom around to meet the others before rehearsals “Hey Emmet!” “Alyssa! how was your first meet and greet?” “Oh let me tell ya Emmet, you missed quite a craic! and as you might notice me mum came to the meet and greet! Mum, this is Emmet and Emmet this is me mum her name is Sarah “A pleasure to meet you! This young lass of yours is amazing!” he said giving my mom a hug “so I’ve heard I’m glad she’s with you
lads!” said my mom “might I be able to give you my autograph?” said Emmet. “Sure!” Emmet went and grabbed a poster with his picture on it and signed it with a heart to Alyssa’s Mum with love Emmet Cahill XX “here you go!” “Thank You Emmet!” “My pleasure!” “Emmet I’m going to take me mum around to meet the others I’ll meet you on stage alright?” “Alright lass, see you soon!” Emmet gave me a hug and headed out to the stage “I love that Emmet he’s so sweet!” said my mom “I agree! Emmet always makes me smile when I feel down” “Colm!” “Ah, Alyssa!
how was your first meet and greet?” “Ah Colm it was nothing short of amazing! me mum surprised me at the meet and greet I’m so glad she came to see me! Mum this is Colm, Colm I’d like you to meet me mum Sarah “ah! How nice to finally meet you this young and beautiful lass has talked a lot about you” “so I’ve heard!” “Might I give you my autograph?” “sure!” Colm ran and got a poster with a picture of him on it and he signed it to Alyssa’s mum Sarah with love from Colm he wrote a little smiley
face and a heart and handed the poster to my mom “I’ll meet you out on stage alright Alyssa?” “Alright Colm!” I smiled and we hugged and he headed out to the stage “Hiya Ryan!” “Well if it isn’t the beautiful Alyssa!” Ryan kissed me on the cheek and hugged me “How was your first meet and greet?” “Oh Ryan it was great! Neil and I had a good craic! I wish you could’ve been there.” “Well the next meet and greet is in St. Louis, Missouri and I already told Sharon you’re going to that meet and greet with me who is this lovely lady with you?” my mom began to blush “Ah I almost forgot! Ryan this is me mum her name is Sarah she
surprised me at the meet and greet tonight! Mum this is Ryan and Ryan this is me mum Sarah “How wonderful to finally meet you! The lass talks about you a lot!” “So I’ve heard” “Oh! I have something for you by the way Ryan went to grab a poster he had already signed it to Alyssa’s mum Sarah with love Ryan Kelly XX he even put a heart and a smiley face like Colm did. “You ready for rehearsal Alyssa?” said Ryan with a smile and I said
nervously “I suppose… Ryan what if I fall?” Ryan put his arm around me and said “Don’t worry we won’t let you fall even during the show we’ll catch you if you stumble and start to fall” “Thanks Ryan” “you ready to get out there?” I smiled with confidence and said “of course!” my mom and Ryan walked on each side to help me in case I lost balance on my crutches when we got out onstage we stood ready to listen to Sharon “alright, things are going to be different tonight the only song that Alyssa will be performing That’s A Woman and heartbreaker” “umm Sharon how is she going to be able to slap me in heartbreaker if she’s on crutches she might fall and heartbreaker just isn’t the same without the slap” “hmm Neil how about you hide at the
corner of the stage and when Ryan gets close enough to Alyssa for the slap part take her right crutch and Ryan take your left arm and put your arm around her waist that should be enough support so she doesn’t fall why don’t we rehearse heartbreaker now I want to make sure this is going to work alright places everyone and begin music!” Ryan began to sing and Neil was hiding ready to take my crutch a minute and fifty seconds into the song Ryan got close to me and I passed my crutch to Neil without looking and Ryan quickly put his left arm around my waist I went in for the slap and “uh oh oof!” I lost my balance good thing Ryan caught me “I gotcha!” said Ryan “stop the music!” said
Sharon “you alright Alyssa?” said Ryan “yeah just a little confused I just lost my balance when I went in for the slap “I may have not been holding on to you tight enough Neil pass up the crutch we’re going to have to start over” Neil passed up my crutch and we went back and started over I did the same thing Ryan came close to me I passed my crutch to Neil without looking Ryan put his left arm around my side and I went in for the slap this time I did it without a stumble or fall and Ryan had me in a tight grip Neil set my crutch under my arm and I steadied it and
Ryan and I moved away from each other at the end of the song Ryan and Neil gave me a huge hug and said “good job you did great!” “Aww thanks guys!” “Ok now let’s rehearse that’s a woman” said Sharon. After rehearsing that’s a woman and several songs for tonight’s show we headed backstage where the whole Celtic Thunder Family gathered to take a big family photo my mom even got to be in the picture we took a serious picture a picture of the guys holding me while I laid sideways and then Sharon said Alright everyone be silly this one’s a goof off photo!” Ryan came and swept me off my feet and into his arms and we acted like we were going to kiss and Damian gave Ryan an ugly look the rest of the guys stuck out their tongues and
acted silly and my mom had a look of shock on her face for the picture it was a fun photo session after the photo session Sharon said ok everyone IT’S SHOWTIME!!! Oh and Sarah you get VIP seating and here take this walkie talkie and put this ear piece in I’ll let you know when it’s time for Alyssa’s next outfit change and you can come backstage to help her out and you can take pictures too if you’d like” my mom looked like she was thoroughly enjoying herself “wonderful! Be careful up there tonight my monkey I love you” I hugged my mom and said “I love you too mom” my mom went to take her seat and the concert began. We sang several crowd favorites and a couple songs before mine and Ryan’s duet in heartbreaker Sharon said to my mom through the walkie talkie ear set “Quick Change for
heartbreaker!” my mom was escorted backstage and after she got me into my next dress she said go get em’ honey!” she was escorted back to her seat and told Sharon I was ready Ryan passed by me gave me a wink and said “don’t slap me too hard” I giggled and said “I promise I won’t and If I do I owe you a kiss on the cheek to make it feel better” he smiled, gave me a quick hug and went out on stage I soon joined and just as we rehearsed I handed Neil my crutch without looking Ryan put his arm around my waist so I wouldn’t fall and I went in for the slap, I think I may have slapped him too hard his cheek was red Neil slipped my crutch under my arm and I quickly exited the stage I plopped down on a couch and cried and said to myself “idiot! How could you slap him so hard?!” after heartbreaker Ryan and
Neil ran off stage “come on! Alyssa went off the stage in a frenzy something’s wrong!” Ryan and Neil came running into the lobby area where I was sitting on one of the couches crying “Alyssa!” Ryan sat next to me and Neil sat on the other side of me and put his hand on my back and Ryan took me into his arms in a tight hug and sobbing in his arms I said “Ryan I’m sorry! I’m so sorry!! I didn’t… I didn’t mean to slap you so hard I didn’t think.” He kissed my forehead and said “hey, you didn’t mean to it was purely for theatrical reasons you’re alright” sniffling I said “I still owe you that kiss” he smiled and turned his cheek and I gave him a kiss to make it better “I hugged him again and said “you’re
like a father to me you’re so loving and so kindhearted” he smiled and gave me another one of his bear hugs “hey what am I chop liver?” said Neil and I said “oh Neil come here!” I gave Neil a huge hug and he said “so Ryan and I have been wanting to ask you this for a while we were wondering after this Celtic Thunder tour is over would you like to join us on our next Acoustic By Candlelight tour?” “I’d love to!” “yay!” Neil jumped around like a little kid and Ryan and I laughed. My mom came in and said “hey you monkey it’s time for your quick change for the next song! And Ryan,Sharon told me to tell you that you need to go get your trench coat for the next song” “aww ok mum” I said. After Ryan and I did our quick changes mom told me “you’re
doing great out there just this song and then Ireland’s call and then you guys are done for the night! Go get em’ you two!” Ryan and I decided to have fun in the song That’s A Woman he swept me off my feet and he spun around a few times and then in the last line he sang “who would’ve thought I’d ever get caught with a woman!” and right at the end of the song he dipped me down towards the stage and then he carried me off the stage the crowd went wild they loved it! The final quick change was my short green dress and after we sang Ireland’s Call we got a huge standing ovation everyone loved it! After the show was
over my mom helped me change into my new pajamas and we all returned to the tour bus. “Well kiddo it’s been fun and momma would love to stay with you but I gotta get home to your brother and sisters” I hugged my mom really tight and said “Mommy I don’t want you to go not again I can’t stand to be separated from you not again.” She put a finger under my chin and lifted my chin up to meet her eyes and she said “sugar, you’re with some great lads I hate to leave you again too but I promise I’ll see you again soon when the chance comes, come on I’ll tuck ya in.” Mom and I walked to mine and Damian’s room on the tour bus and I
climbed into bed she covered me up and stayed with me for a few minutes Ryan came in and said “we’re going to be leaving in about five minutes I’ll stay with the lass after you go and before you go Damian, George and Keith have signed posters for you and I left a signed copy of my solo CD sitting on one of the small tables” “Thank you Ryan” “Well sugar just know this is only goodbye for right now I promise mommy will see you again soon good luck on the rest of the tour!” she gave me a huge hug and
a few kisses and hugged Ryan and told him bye and I said one last time with tears in my eyes “Bye Mommy I love you!” after she said bye to all the guys and took one last picture with them she left the bus and stood outside to watch us go we all waved goodbye to her I waved to her from mine and Damian’s bedroom window it was really sad having to leave my mom and sad that she couldn’t come with us on tour because of my brother and sisters but I knew I hadn’t seen the last of my mom I knew I would be able to see her again soon we were able to follow my mom all the way from Little Rock, Arkansas to the outskirts of Harrison where she lived she lived in Bellefonte she pulled over
to the side of the street and we waved to her once more and she waved to us until she was out of sight. Ryan came to see me in mine and Damian’s room, “how ye holdin’ up” he said “I miss her already I hope I see her again soon like she promises” “ah lass I know I’ve only know yer mum for a day but she seems like a great mum and she loves you very much I promised her we’d continue to take good care of ya and watch over ya you’re a part of our family now and we’d never letcha down! Now ya better get some sleep we’ll be to St.Louis in a few hours see ya in the
morning!” “Night Ryan” “Night Alyssa” Damian came and got into bed with me a few minutes later he gave me a comforting kiss and said “night my sweet Irish gal” “night my handsome Irishman” soon enough everyone was asleep it’s been a wonderful day and tomorrow, I get to go to another meet and greet with Ryan.
Well what an update! it sure was nice getting to be with me mum again for a whole day! too bad she couldn't come with us on tour because of my brothers and sisters it was really hard to leave her but at least i've got the guys and my Damian lookin' out for me and not to mention Ryan made a promise to my mom that they would all continue to take good care of me and hey at least Sharon let me perform a few more songs she thought i couldnt handle more than two boy she was wrong!
be looking forward to UPDATE #6!!