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༺Chapter 2༻

Once Brittney parked her car, she turned to me with a wicked smile and said, "Good luck."

"Wait, why would I need luck?" Brittney didn't answer my question. She whipped open her door, got out, and bounced over to my side of the car. Brittney waited a few impatient seconds. When I didn't come out, she knocked on my window. With a sigh, I opened my door and slid out of the car.

"Please, remind me why I let you get me into this."

"Because, you love me. Duh!" She was grinning from ear to ear, making me very nervous. She was planning something, and I had a feeling I wasn't going to like it.

Brittney looped her arm through mine and guided me to the front door Melony Mcholly's house. After I realized who's house this was I dug my heels into the ground. Brittney turned around with reassuring smile on her face. Though, to me nothing was very reassuring at this point.

"Oh, come on!" Brittney exclaimed. What happened next was something I never would have expected.

Brittney bent over, put her arms around the back of my knees, and lifted me off the ground. She threw me over her shoulder with me letting a surprised squil fly out of my mouth.

"What are you doing Brittney?"

"Hoping!" She laughed.

"For what?" I exclaimed.

She set me down and said, "your courage." She opened the door and began dragging me through the house.

"Look at that!" she whispered in my ear, "I think the guys like what they see."

Now that she mentioned it, many of the boys' mouthes were open in shock. When we passed the bottom of the staircase, heading towards the living room, I heard somebody's surprised statement of: "Omigosh, is that Ivyx?"

I knew I was probably as red as a tomato. We stopped for a second and I took the chance to look around. Near the back of the room there was a microphone, and very large speakers off to each side of the room.

A girl who I thought I recognized as Ai Kiroyami stood behind the microphone. She was trying to sing E.T. by Katy Perry. Ai wasn't exactly singing though, it was more like she was just slurring out the words.

Ai was japanese, with the signature black hair. Hers was cut close to her chin and it was tipped with white. Her brown, slanted eyes were shadowed a dark grey and her lipstick was actually blue.

Behind me I heard somebody let out a low whistle. I glanced back to see Whyatt, my long time crush. His chocolate brown eyes were wide with appreciation. He had a slight blush on his tanned cheeks. A hat was on his head of black hair, his full, pink lips smiled at me. Me. I turned away and curtained my face with my hair. This was so embarrassing, yet a flutter of joy filled my stomach.

We continued through the room. When Brittney stopped again she stood in front of the dj, who had sandy blonde hair and sea green eyes. His fake tan was a little too much and his skin glistened with sweat.

"Leave Me Alone." Brittney had a flirtatious smile highlighting her features.

The dj nodded, then asked, "who is it by?"

"The Veronicas," Brittney replied examining her nails. "Don't play it just yet though, I'll be back in a second." She turned to me, and that was when it clicked. She was gonna have me sing. I shook my head viciously.

"Nooooo, Brittney. Please don't make me do this." I pleaded.

Brittney smiled warmly at me, "you can do this." She lead me to the microphone. A couple of minutes after she disappeared into the crowd, the music began.

The song continued and I gripped the microphone as if my life depended on it. Soon enough I was supposed to start singing. I opened my mouth to let out the first words in the lyrics... and stopped.

I froze up.

I felt the blush I knew I already had on my cheeks darken. My heart beat quickened, I could hear it in my ears. My legs became rubbery and I knew was about to collapse.

No, I told my self, don't do this to yourself in front of the whole freaking school. I saw Brittney whisper something to the dj, then the song stopped. In a couple of seconds a different song started to play, but it was still me who was supposed to sing. This time brittney played Fighter by Christina Agulara. This was the song Brittney had heard me sing when she'd found out I was "amazing."

The song started and I closed my eyes. Suddenly, it was just me. Me and the music and the microphone I gripped tightly in my sweating palms. I relaxed, allowing the music to flow through me, and I sang. For the first time in my life I didn't feel like the embarrassing shy girl I once was. I was stronger now. And I owed it all to my best friend in the world.

Once the song was over I opened my eyes. The whole room was silent. Right as I thought I'd blew my chance at being noticed, everybody started cheering. I was smiling like a goof ball by the time Brittney bounded up the steps. She took three large steps across the stage and pulled me into a breathless hug.

After she finally released me, I stepped off of the stage and came face to face with Melony Mcholly.