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be honest I wasn’t sure if I could do it either.”Going on tour with Noah was a huge deal. It was the first time I was really, properly, going to go away on my own. And, even though every detail had been raked over with a fine-toothed comb, I was still nervous about going.
    â€œOf course you can. This is going to be an incredible experience and I am so jealous. Now, Penny, unzip and show us what you have.”
    I follow his instructions and cringe at the first thing in my case. Elliot reaches inside and pulls out the biggest woollen cardigan you’ve ever seen, with wide, comfy sleeves I can wrap round myself almost twice. It belongs to my mum, who wore it—as she says— only when she was pregnant, and not before or since.
    Elliot takes it out and holds it in front of him. It hangs down past his knees. “You do know it’s going to be the height of summer while you’re on tour, right? Why do you need to bring an entire flock of sheep with you?”
    I snatch it out of his hands. “It’s my comfort sweater.” I hug it to my face and breathe in the scent of my mum’s signature perfume. It smells like home. “It’s to help with my anxiety. Miss Mills said that if I was worried about being anxious and homesick on tour I should bring with me the one thing that will always make me feel safe. That will remind me of home. Packing my entire duvet didn’t seem like the most practical option, so the second choice was this cardie.”
    He takes it from me, folding it up neatly and putting it back in my suitcase. “OK, you can have that one. But this you can’t have!” He pulls out a baby-pink button-down with ruched fabric roses on the pockets. “You’re going to be on tour , not heading to afternoon tea with your nan!”
    â€œOK, that one can go.” I laugh. “I’m no good at this!”
    Elliot dramatically rubs his temples. “Sometimes I think you’re a lost cause, Penny! We’ll have to deal with this later. But back to business: What are you going to wear tonight   ?”
    Now it’s my turn to be dramatic. “I’ve literally tried on everything I own! I can’t find a single thing. Do you think I can get away with just throwing a black tank top on with my jeans?”
    Elliot pulls a disapproving face. “No way. That’s not nearly dressy enough.”
    â€œHow about this?” Alex holds up a black skater dress I forgot I owned. It’s got a little daisy print on it in white and yellow. I bought it from ASOS one day while I was supposed to be revising with Kira and Amara but have never worn it.
    â€œThat is just perfect!” says Elliot. “My boyfriend, ladies and gentlemen: stylist extraordinaire.”
    Alex shrugs. “Hey, you work in retail long enough, you pick up a few pointers.”
    I take the dress from Alex’s outstretched hands and nip into the bathroom. I change into the skater dress, and face myself in the mirror.
    I can’t believe I’m finally getting to see Noah in concert. It feels like I’ve been both waiting for and dreading this moment ever since he got the call that he was going to be supporting The Sketch on tour. I pull my long red hair out of its bun, and it falls in waves around my face. Mum has shown me a little trick with eyeliner, which I try now, flicking the line up past the outer corner of my eye. Instantly my eyes look more alluring and catlike. Maybe I can pull this off. My new tagline: Girlfriend of Noah Flynn.
    I think I’m going mad as the first few beats of Noah’s album start playing in my head, but when I open the bathroom door I realize that Elliot and Alex are playing “Elements,” one of the eight songs on Autumn Girl . Each song Noah has written is better than the last—but the title track, “Autumn Girl,” which was written for me, is still my favourite, of course.
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