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Mitchie's POV:
Shane didn't turn around for the rest of the dinner. We left our table before he did, and I hoped that he would catch up with me. As we were walking out of the dining room Kaiti was talking about The Connect Three.
"Why would they be on this cruise?" she wondered aloud as we came to the elevator.
"Not sure" I said, disappointed that Shane hadn't talked to me.
"Look Mitchie, three people just went in that elevator! You lost, you have to go sing!" My sister told me and pushed me towards the elevator.
No one in my family had ever heard me sing before. I loved it, but I was embarrassed. What if I was bad? I'd rather just sing in my room. I wrote songs too, but I would never let anyone see them. Besides, who would I show them to? I didn't have that many friends. My best friend was Sierra, and she was a bit of a nerd, I had to admit it. I used to be popular, but when we moved this year I just didn't fit in. I was really out of place. Everyone at my new school was rich, while I was middle class. I never really thought about it until this year.
I scrambled to get in the elevator, saw that my floor was already pressed, and took a deep breath. I didn't look at the people who were riding with me, I couldn't. I closed my eyes and began to sing a song I had written.
Do you know what its like,
To feel so in the dark?
To dream about a life,
Where you're the shining star?
Even though it seems,
Like it's too far away,
I have to believe in myself,
It's the only way…
This is real, this is me.
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light
Shine on me
Now I found, who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me
I finished just as the elevator got to my floor. I ran out and sprinted down the hall. I looked back and saw three shocked figures. I couldn't see there faces because my contacts had fallen out. I know that they were shocked. Well, two of them were. One was looking down at the floor.
I was horrible. I sounded terrible. I thought to myself. I know I did badly. I shouldn't have lost the bet. Why did I even make the competition in the first place? I thought, getting angry at myself. But I'll probably never see them again, I reminded myself. I walked into the room and saw my sister who had taken another elevator.
"That was embarrassing" I told her.
"Sucks for you!" she said, smiling. "Now, let's get changed into normal clothes and explore the ship!" she told me.
I got changed, still thinking of Shane. Maybe we would run into him.
We walked to the pool deck and looked over the side of the ship. The night was beautiful and perfect. The moon was out and shining and you could see all of the stars. There was a breeze that was blowing my hair gently and the smell of salt wafted around us. Suddenly there was a flash.
"Kaiti!" I said and looked at my sister. She was into taking pictures of everything. I hate having my picture taken. I never looked right, always…uncomfortable.
"Don't worry, it looks good" she said, but wouldn't let me see it. I rolled my eyes as she took more pictures of the ship.
Shane:
The sound was more beautiful than anything I've ever heard. And the song was amazing. Not like the songs that my brothers and I had to sing. No, that song was real. I don't know why that girl sang, I don't really care. All I know is that I'm glad she did. I need to find her, who ever she is. Her voice was small and modest, but big and bold at the same time. It was powerful and strong and real and true and honest. It was unlike anything I'd ever heard.
I hadn't lifted my head. I wanted to dislike it. I wanted to stay in my bad mood. I wanted so badly to still be angry and complain. But I couldn't. Her voice and her song made me want to jump and sing and dance and hug everyone I saw. But I was too stubborn to let it show. I heard her run out of the elevator, but when I looked she was gone. It made me sad and angry and jealous of whoever she was running to.
"Who was that?" Nate asked as we got out of the elevator.
"I wish I knew" I said softly, and then louder I said "Where was she running to?"
"Maybe she was afraid of elevators…" Jason suggested.
"No, she wasn't" I said, angry at him for not helping. "Where did she go?"
"I don't know. I'm sure we'll see her around" Nate told me as he opened our room.
"Yea right" I said, angry again. "She had the most amazing, pure, beautiful…" I cut myself off. "She had a good voice" I said. "And now we'll probably never see her again."
"Dude, it's just a girl" Jason told me. "Let's go explore the ship, ok?" I knew Jason was trying to make me feel better. He always made me and Nate feel better whenever we were down. He was like a puppy, one look into his simple, naïve face and you felt better.
"Ok" I sighed and changed into my normal clothes.
We walked around the decks and found a teen lounge. It turns out there were more teenagers than we expected. Only about 10 were there, but still we thought there would be almost none. As soon as they saw us they screamed. We ran through the halls as they chased us and dove into the first guy's bathroom we saw. After a few minutes we came out.
"That was crazy" Nate said, looking around.
"Yea, what are we gonna do?" I asked.
"Maybe we could do something, like give a dance class. Maybe we wouldn't be such a big deal to them if they got used to us" Jason said.
"Jason that's a…really good idea" Nate said, making Jason smile.
"Give a class?" I said, still in a bad mood.
"We gotta do it if we want to have a peaceful vacation" Nate reminded me.
"Ok, fine" I gave in.
"Good, I'll call the activities manager" Nate decided.
Great, a class. This was the last thing I wanted. Teaching a bunch of amateur dancers is so much fun! Not! They would probably all ask for my autograph and want a picture in a magazine with me. Then they could go home and tell their friends that they because BFF's with Shane Grey, the famous rock star. No way, I thought. No one is going to hang out with me just because I'm famous. Not this time.
Well, there you go. I hope you liked it! So, Shane heard Mitchie sing, but doesn't know that it's Mitchie! That makes him frustrated, which makes his attitude even worse! plus now he has to teach a class! Please review, and give me ANY suggestions you have! seriously, tell me what YOU think should happen! Thanks a ton for reading my story, I hope that you like it so far!
