Hello every one, ben28 here with my second story. For those who don't know, Sabrina Carpenter (who plays Maya on the show) is a rising teen pop star who recently released her new single "smoke and fire." This got me thinking, what if Maya got discovered for her singing? I mean, I'm sure someone else came up with this idea but I think my story will be different. So without further ado, I give you Maya's big break.
"Oh come on, Maya you gotta help me out." Beg Riley as we were on our way to her house from school. "Riley I told you I'm not gonna teach you how to flirt with Lucas." I explained to her, I'm not even sure why she would want me to teach her how to flirt. After what happened on new years, we all agreed that we would avoid any relationships between us. "So why do you want me to teach you how to flirt?" I asked her, "If you need to know, there's this guy I met at school the other day, his name is jack deven and he's really cute." "Okay riles, if you say so." I knew she wouldn't lie to me, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
"So Maya, what do you wanna do tonight?" "I don't know" I replied, "maybe we could watch a movie or something?" "Yeah sure thing peaches." Once we got to her house, we ended up watching "The Little Mermaid" (Riley picked the movie.) We couldn't help but sing-along to the songs. It wasn't until after we sang "part of your world" when Riley asked me something. "Maya?" "Yes riles?" "How come you never sing in public?" This kinda surprised me, "What do you mean?" "I mean, you have a pretty voice, how come you don't sing more often?" "Riles just because I know how to sing doesn't mean I should jump up on top of table in the cafeteria and start singing show tunes." Riley started laughing when I said that, "Oh Maya I don't mean something like that, I just think that with if I could sing like that, I wouldn't keep it a secret." "Okay first, I'm not keeping it a secret, I have singed in front of other people before, and second, I'm not you, so don't say stuff like that." "Sorry Maya, it's just,... I think that you should at least consider joining glee club or something." Glee club, really, I mean sure that sounds like a good idea, but it doesn't mean that it's going to like the TV show. But I thought I'd keep her happy so I told her, "I'll think about it." "That's all I'm asking." She told me.
After a while, I decided to head home so I said goodbye and all that fun stuff, and started walking home. When I got home, the first thing I noticed was a note my mom left on the counter, it said that after she got off from work, she would go straight to a date with Shawn, and that she wouldn't be home until 9:00 so there was some leftovers for me to have for dinner in the fridge. It's nice that mom is dating Shawn, she seems more happy then usual. after getting something to eat, I decided to go into my room and try to catch up on some homework. While I was working on some math, I started to think about what Riley said earlier, I know I'm a good singer, but she's right, I don't really do it in public. I guess I'm just not interested in doing something like that. So what if I'm not interested, it doesn't mean that I'm shy or anything right? I tried to focus on my math but I couldn't help but think what if? What if I joined the glee club? What if I sang in public? I just couldn't shake the thought out of my head. So I started thinking, what if I did something to show Riley that I'm not hiding my voice. Then I could show her that I'm willing to sing in public. But what though?
I KNOW! I could make a video of me singing, then I could show it to her to prove my point. So I went and grab a video camera that Shawn gave me for Christmas, and after setting it up and finding a song for me to sing, I pushed the record button and started to sing "Hello" by Adele.
The video looked GREAT, I mean I knew that I sounded good but hearing me actually sing for myself I thought I sounded awesome! But... after thinking about it, I realized how stupid I was acting. Making a video to prove a point to my best friend, what kind of person does that? So I decided to not show the video to her, but I kept it on my camera anyways. Now that my head is back to normal, I can get back to working on my schoolwork.
It's been a few days since I made that video and I haven't told anyone (not even Riley) about it. I was walking to one of my classes, when Riley came running up to me. "MAYA!" She couldn't help but yell as she ran over to me. "What riles?" "Jack wants to know if want to go on a date with him!" As she told me what happened, I couldn't help but get all happy inside because the look that she gives when she's happy is priceless. "That's great Riley I, couldn't be happier for you." "Thanks peaches, now all I have to do is convince my dad to let me go." I giggled a little bit when she said that. "So anyways I gotta get to class, thought I'd let you know, and I'll see you later." Riley explained as she went off with a skip and a jump, that's just how she is. As I made it to my next class, I couldn't help but notice that on the poster board there was a sign up sheet for glee club. Why won't this singing thing leave me alone! While I wasn't paying attention, Susan Wright (she and I have health class together) walked up behind me and asked "Interested in joining?" Clearly seeing what I was looking at, "I'm not sure, My Best friend asked me the same thing a few days ago and I haven't been able to get it out of my head." "Well whatever you choose, I'm sure you'll make the right choice." "Oh, I highly doubt it." We both turned around to see Missy Bradford (who also has health class with us) standing right behind us. A little confused I asked her, "What are you talking about Missy?" "You would never make it into glee club Maya it's just not gonna happen." Susan, wanting to stand up for me, asked her with a stern voice, "What makes you so sure that she's not gonna get in?" "Oh simply the fact that I'm not only a member of glee club, but I'm also in charge of auditions for this month, so if I say that someone was not good enough, they'll believe me." "But Maya's a great singer you wouldn't just-" "If I say she's bad then she's bad" Missy cut her off. "No matter what you think of her singing, no matter what she thinks, of her singing. She won't get in." Getting a little annoyed by this I asked her, "Why don't you want me in glee club?" "Simple, your not good enough." And with that, she walked into class as the bell rang.
Once I got home I couldn't help but shed a few tears. I don't normally cry especially not when other people are around me, but what Missy said to me earlier today really hurt. I mean I know that she was just trying to make me feel bad, but it worked. She won, but I can't let her win, I knew what I had to do. I had to prove to her that I'm not a terrible singer, and I knew just how to do it. I grabbed the laptop that me and my mom share, plugged in my video camera, went to YouTube, pulled up my video of me singing "hello", and uploaded it, that will show her. All I have to do now is wait.
Thanks for reading, chapter two will be out soon so stay tuned. For now I'll see you later.
