Alex walked through the streets of Sheffield and smoked a cigarette. Half a year earlier, together with his band - Arctic Monkeys - he released his first studio album, WPSIATWIN. He and the rest of the guys realized that the album would appeal to a few people, after all, they were already somewhat famous on the Internet.

However, what happened overwhelmed him a bit. The fastest selling debut in the UK, over 360,000 albums sold in a week. None of the boys expected such results. Especially not Alex. As a lead singer, he was the center of attention, which was contrary to his rather shy and withdrawn nature.

He was buried deep in his thoughts, not paying much attention to the people he passed or the events that took place on the street. It was happening to him more and more often lately. Driving into the recesses of your mind and sort of hiding there from the growing recognition.

His eyesight, however, sharpened at some point when he passed a certain girl, who was leaning by the wall and were smoking a cigarette. She was wearing a T-shirt, his band's official merch that went on sale online just a week ago. Seeing this T-shirt on someone he had never seen before was like a bucket of cold water poured over his head - it made him realize how much his life was about to change.

Alex sighed and decided to talk to the girl. After all, it was the first time he had ever seen someone in his merch. And the girl was really pretty.

"hey" he said, and leaned on the wall next to her, taking out a cigarette for himself. "really cool shirt. you like 'em?"