Raura [ON HOLD]

The next day...

It's lynch time! I mean.. lunch time.

I smiled to myself and shook my head.

I'm losing it.

It wasn't until his morning that the news hit me. I'm gonna be singing and sharing music in front of someone other than my sister.

It's not like I have stage fright or anything.. I just get so nervous... Especially because..

Ross will be there.

Ughhhh.

I'm just not gonna think about it.

I'm having some pasta that Ness made. It's my favorite kind of pasta. It has mayonnaise, celery, ham and of course, macaroni.

It's no traditional pasta but it's a creation of Ness'. It's bomb dot com.

Speaking of Ness, it was easy to get her to come with me. She supports my dream. But.. I also think she's just coming because I told her the whole band was going to be there. Which to her probably meant: Riker will be there.

Aww.. Rocky...

"Laur!?" Ness shook me.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"It's time. Let's go." She smiled.

"Okay."

We walked out the back door and headed for the garage. I've never been in there, but trust me.. This isn't your regular garage. It's huge! 10 cars probably fit in there! No joke!

I would've changed into normal clothes.. But honestly I have only one outfit. An old shirt and pants. These slippers are my only shoes. My sister and I never buy clothes. We save every bit of money we collect. In case of emergency, or a dream :)

Rocky and Rydel were outside as we made it to the front of the garage.

"Hey Laur!" Rydel hugged me.

I then overheard Rocky and Ness shake hands.

As I pulled away from Rydel, I got a glimpse of them and they were both smiling big...Maybe instead of poor Rocky I should've thought:

Poor Riker... (;

I then hugged Rocky, and Rydel hugged Ness, catching her off guard.

"Nice to see you again." Ness said.

"Yup!" Rydel said in return.

"C'mon girls," Rocky said. "Everyone but Ross is here.. He uh couldn't make it."

I felt kind of sad hearing that. I want to know what he thinks of my music. Hmm...

Rock led us inside and there were seven cars in there. Holy fuck.

Most of them were Ferraris and Lamborghinis.. There were others but I had no idea what kind they were.

One space was empty, and as I got closer I saw that the sign on it said:

ROSS

I wonder what his car looks like.

We went around the corner and there were motorcycles, boats and even segways in there. Woah.

There was a small door there and Rocky headed for it. We followed him through it and entered a small dark room.

I saw Riker and Ryland in there. They looked impatient.

I then saw Ratliff and he smiled at us, waving a pair of drumsticks in the air, Rydel sat next to him.

Rocky told me to go into a small recording booth they had, whenever I felt ready. He pulled Ness with him and they sat together. I was oddly pleased by that.

I took a deep breath and looked around the room. I could feel their eyes on me but I still took my time.

There were food machines there, ranging from cotton candy to beer vending machines. I almost forgot that a lot of them were more than 21. Including my sister.

There were bean bags and blankets all over the place and I just wanted to lay on them.

Instead I walked in the recording booth.

There was more bean bags and blankets there and any kind of instrument you could imagine. Woah for the second time.

"Can you start please?"

I turned and saw that it was Ryland speaking through the intercom.

I responded by heading towards a piano in there. The Lynches have a piano in their living room and I self taught myself how to play whenever Mrs. Lynch wasn't home.

I took my song book out of my apron and flipped to the song I was gonna play.

I nervously lay it on the piano and placed my hands on the keys.

I then shut my eyes, breathed and opened them again. Here goes.

I then started playing the piano, forgetting that I had an audience.

I've been wishing for something
missing...

To fill this empty space...

To show the person behind the curtain...

So you'll understand...

Who I really am...

The me that you don't see,
Is praying there's a chance you still
believe,
Tell me that I'm worth it, I'll prove that I deserve it, and I can be the me that you don't see

This dream we're facing is so amazing...

And I want to fit in...

My whole life I wanted to be a part of
something...

I'm reaching out my hand...

I'll show you that I can...

Oh!

The me that you don't see,
Is praying there's a chance you still
believe,
Tell me that I'm worth it, I'll prove that I deserve it and I can be the me that you don't see

To be standing tall,

No shadows at all,

That's all I really want to do..

To be a circle of one,

Stepping into the sun...

Sharing the light that's here with you...

I'm here with you...

Oh! Woah!

The me that you don't see,
Is praying there's a chance you still
believe,
Tell me that I'm worth it, I'll prove that I deserve it and I can be the me that you don't see

Oh woah...

I'm praying there's a chance
you still believe...

Tell me that I'm worth it, I'll prove that I deserve it...

And I can be...

Yeah...

The me that you don't see...

I finished the last note. I put my book in my jacket and bit my lip, waiting for a response, but all I heard was the sound of my thoughts.

Other than that, there wasn't a sound.