Chapter One
Alright, so the name is Magenta Harmony Anderson. But most people just call me Maggie or Mags. I have three sisters named Ava, Adaline, and Morgan. I also have five best friends named Mollie Larsen, Amelia Manhoff, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, and Kevin Jonas. And to top it all off...I have a secret that only my parents, sisters, and few other relatives know of. I'm not just Maggie Anderson, but I'm also the singing-sensation Bailey Ray.
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"Maggie! Maggie, wake up!" I heard my best friend Joe say next to my ear. If people talked around me when I was sleeping,I was guaranteed to wake up, scared out of my mind.
"AHHHH!"I screamed at the top of my lungs as Joe stepped away from my bed. I looked up at him and shot him daggers with my eyes for scaring the crap out of me.
"Well aren't you Little Miss Sunshine this morning?" Joe asked me sarcastically and sat down on my bed. I noticed my song book laying inches away from him and I quickly grabbed it and stuffed it under my pillow. Joe noticed my sudden movement. "What was that?"
"A bug." I said lying through my teeth. He believed it. Gosh that boy was gullable. I looked at the digital clock that sat on my bedstand and it read '9:44'. Bailey's new song 'Mary's Song (Oh My My My)' was about to play in a minute and I looked back at Joe. "Can we put the radio on?"
"Yeah, sure." Joe said turning on my stereo and swicthing it to our favorite station...the one Bailey's song would be playing on. And yet, of course...
"And now, from the beautiful and talented singing-sensation Bailey Ray, her new hit 'Mary's Song (Oh My My My)'." Mikey Robb announced on the radio. My voice rung throughout the whole room and Joe just sat there listening to my song.
She said 'I was seven and you were nine'
I looked at you like the stars that shine
In the sky, pretty lights
And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
Growing up and falling in love
And our mamas smiled and rolled their eyes
And said 'Oh my my my'
Take me back to the house in the backyard tree
Said you'd beat me up, you were bigger than me
You never did, you never did
Take me back when our world was one-block wide
Dared you to kiss me and ran when you tried
Just two kids, you and I
Oh my my my my
Joe had no idea, but this song was about someone he knew. And no, it wasn't about him. But it was about a certain Jonas we all know and love. Nick. Nicholas Jerry Jonas, I had been in love with that name since I was twelve years old.
And the first part of this song was extremely true...and based on true experience. I remember, we were both eight...not seven or nine like the song says, I just added that in there to cover up who it would be about.
Nick, Joe, Kevin, and I all sat in my treehouse that was in my back yard. We were having a fight on who was the strongest. I said I was stronger than Nick, and he told me 'No you aren't! I could beat you up...I'm bigger than you!' But he never did.
So that part was true, and also the part about our daddies joking about us growing up and falling in love, and our moms smiling and rolling their eyes. Also the 'dared you to kiss me and ran when you tried' part was true.
"I know what we can play!" An excited Joe said bounding over to Nick, Kevin, and me. We all gave him a look and he simply shrugged and said "Truth or dare. Nick you go first, Maggie dare him to do something."
"Okay." I said looking Nick right in the eye and smiling. "I dare you to kiss me." Nick just shrugged and leaned in, but not before I had sprinted out of the way and all throughout my yard. I heard Nick's feet against the crunching leaves and smiled as I just kept on running.
When the song was over, Joe just looked at me and smiled. Oh no, this is it. This is when he tells me he knows I'm Bailey Ray and everything comes crashing down.
"You know, Maggie." Joe said, turning to look out my window to cover his smirk. "That song reminded me of Nick and you quite a bit."
"What?" I asked him nervously. If he wasn't going to tell me that he knew I was Bailey Ray, he would be telling me he knew and liked Nick. Correction...loved Nick.
"Come on, Maggie. Don't play dumb. We both know you like him." Joe said looking at me with complete seriousness. I stared into Joe's eyes and I could feel the heat coming up my neck and reaching my cheeks. "See, you're even blushing."
"I do not like Nick." I declared with defiance, not wanting to let Joe break through my defensive wall. Joe gave me a a look. "Okay...maybe I think he's cute." That earned me another look. "Alright, a lot." One more look. "Fine, I'm hopelessly in love with him, are you happy now?"
"Very." Joe said smiling. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go get ready for a meeting with the one and only Bailey Ray."
I choked...on what? I don't know...either my tounge or my spit...or maybe a mixture of the two. "She's coming on tour with us, you know." Joe said as he walked out my door.
TOUR? I was going on tour with them? Why did I not know this yet, and why did I not know I was meeting them as Bailey today? I'll never be able to pull this off now...they'll know it's me the minute they see me, even if I do have a different color hair and eyes.