Hey guys. Sorry for the long wait. Thanks for the reviews and here's the next one-shot
Talent Show
Adam's pov:
It was 2:57. School would be let out in 3 minutes. Instead of listening to the math teacher's instructions on finding the surface area of a cylinder, I stared at the clock on the wall. The end of the day announcements came on.
"Remember students" the lady on the announcements says, "Auditions for the talent show next week will be held in the auditorium after school on Wednesday. You can sign up for a time in the office. Everybody have a nice day." The school bell rang. Every kid in my class sprinted out the door. We have been bored with lectures by Ms. Green for an hour. I honestly think we should be watching movies dealing with numbers rather than listening to a teacher lecture things you'll probably forget by the next day.
As I'm walking in the hallways, I hear something. It sort of sounds like a piano. I follow the sound and find out it's coming from the music room. I open the music room door and walk inside. As I close the door, I see Cara playing the piano while singing. Her back is turned and she doesn't see me. Her playing; it sounded so, beautiful and perfect and I'm not just saying that because she's my girlfriend.
"Wow great job" I say. She jumps and turns around.
"Oh" she says, "It's you Adam. Thank you. I've been in here for an hour or so since I had a free period today. She scoots over on the piano bench. "Come sit." I nod and sit right beside her.
"You should sign up for the talent show" I tell her.
"Oh no I couldn't."
"Why not?"
"What if I don't get past the try-outs?"
"Don't worry about that. You'll get past the try-outs."
"And if I do, I'll still be scared to perform in front of everybody."
"Don't be scared. They'll love you."
"What if people laugh at me?"
"Then I'll punch them in the face." She laughs. "What? I will. You don't believe me?" She laughs again.
"Haha" she cries, "You're too silly. Ok fine I'll enter, but only if you promise to sing with me." What?
"Me sing with you?" I ask, "Cara I couldn't….."
"I heard you sing before and your voice is awesome."
"Cara…"
"No excuses. You'll do fine. Please for me?"
"Alright fine, but I'm only doing it because I know it's something you want." She hugs me.
"Oh thank you Adam. Come on let's find a song to sing together." For another hour we search for a song to sing. After a while we finally find one, practiced singing it and then headed home.
"Awww you and Cara singing together is going to be so cute!" Bree exclaimed.
"You better not mess it up Adam" Chase teased, "You'll mess it up for Cara."
"I won't" I reply, "Cara and I are going to do great!"
"What song are you guys singing?"
"It's a surprise. You'll hear it at the show next week."
"Please Adam" Bree pleads, "Just give me a hint." I shake my head no.
"Sorry. I promised Cara."
"Ugh fine" Bree cried plopping onto the couch. All of a sudden her face lit up, "Maybe if I talk to Cara long enough, she'll tell me the name of the song!" She sprints up the stairs to talk to Cara on the phone.
"Hmm…maybe I should enter the talent show." Chase states.
"And what talent do you have again?" I ask.
"I have plenty of talents thank you." Chase huffed marching up the stairs.
At the talent show auditions Cara was shaking like she had just jumped into a bucket of ice.
"Oh my gosh Adam we're up next" she shivers, "I'm freaking out!" I embrace into a hug.
"Don't worry so much about it. If we make it we make it. And if we don't, it's their problem that they don't know what real talent is!"
"Ok." Turns out the next day, we found that we had made the cuts and were performing on the stage next week. Everyone was happy for us and stuff, but I felt really bad for Chase. His mathematician talent act didn't exactly go too well. He didn't seem bothered by it though, so maybe it wasn't a big deal to him.
The night before the talent show, Tasha took Cara and me shopping for clothes to wear for our performance. Cara picked out a pretty pink dress and I just picked out a tuxedo to wear. The next morning and afternoon went by really quickly. In no time, Cara and I were about to go on to sing our song. My whole family was here to support us and so was Cara's family. They all sat in the first two rows. I look beside me and see Cara having a panic attack. She was breathing heavily and panting.
"I don't know if I can do this Adam" Cara exhaled.
"Here sit down Cara" I lead her over to a chair and hand her a water bottle. "Here drink some water."
"Thanks" she says after taking a sip of water.
"Cara, don't worry about the audience out there, just focus on singing."
"Adam I can't…."
"Hey" I say lifting her head up to face mine, "Just look at me out there. It'll be just like rehearsal, just you and me alright?" She pauses for a long time, and then nods.
"Ok" she says cheerfully standing up, "Let's do this." We hear our names get called to go out on stage. Once we get out there I mouth Cara the words,
"Just pretend we're at rehearsal." She nods and we begin to sing.
But with you
But with you I found my place
I see your face,
And it's nothing like I've ever known before
Love is an open door
Love is an open door
Love is an open door with you
With you
With you
With you, Love is an open door
After we finished singing, the crowd cheered. I hugged Cara.
"See" I whisper in her ear, "I told you that you could do it. You did great."
"No Adam" she replies, "We did great."
How was that? If you guys don't know the song they sung at the talent show, it was "Love is an Open Door" from Frozen. Hope you guys enjoyed it! Until next time.