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Four Is A Crowd
Chapter 2
Brown just smiled back, sadly. "I've tried my best, guys. But the bosses are set on sending you a co-writer to improve your songs."
"You've got to be kidding me!" And that was one of the first and only times that Jason said what they all felt deep within. They were utterly shocked to say the least.
"Sadly, no," Brown answered shrugging. "But on the bright side, I managed to convince them to let you work with one of my people. Get the best out of the worst, boys. She's really not that bad."
"She?" Shane asked incredulously.
Brown nodded. "She's one of my former campers, now an instructor. She's one of the best song writers I have ever known."
"Do we have to?" Nate pleaded.
"Give her a chance, Nate," Brown said, turning to face the boy. "Not only is she a friend of mine, but she's also the record label head's daughter. You don't want to piss her off."
His eyes widening, Nate spoke up. "Michaela Torres?"
"Exactly," answered a grinning manager.
Shane just rolled his eyes. "Oh no, another goody-two-shoe."
Suddenly, the door opened, someone swiftly entering the room, taking all the attention off of Shane and Brown.
"Nice to know that you're judging people you don't even know," the intruder exclaimed, smirking by the sound of it.
Even before he turned his head to look at the entrance way of the conference room, Shane knew that she, the intruder, had to be an angel walking the earth. Her voice was pure bliss to his spoiled ears. He just had to put a face to this amazing voice and that was exactly when the boy turned on his heels.
"What the-," but the raven haired boy was stunned speechless before he could even finish his sentence.
There she stood, his angel, the girl he had watched arriving, only a matter of minutes earlier, confidence radiating off of her, one perfect eyebrow raised into the crown of her brown, almost black, silk locks.
"Rendered speechless? That has to be a first for a popstar like you," she answered, still smirking.
"Rockstar, thank you very much," he corrected, after a little while, snapping out of it. "And I was not speechless."
"You so were, Shane," Jason exclaimed, laughing at his bandmate's facial expression.
"Whatever," Shane grumbled, after shooting Jason a death glare.
Shaking his head at his friends' behavior, Nate stepped forward. "Ignore them," he advised. "They're just two idiots with a little sense for music."
"Good to know," Mitchie laughed. "I'm Mitchie Torres, by the way."
"It's nice to meet you, Mitchie. I'm Nate Howard," he said, smiling, shaking her hand before pointing at Shane and Jason. "And those two are Shane Gray and Jason White."
"You're Connect 3," she said, nodding.
"Obviously," Shane mumbled.
Brown, having heard Shane's mumbling, quickly clapped his hands. "How 'bout we all get seated and talk about how we'll go from here?" he asked enthusiastically, plopping down on one of the love seats in the room, Jason quickly following.
"You mean she's actually coming on tour with us?" Shane asked, horrified.
After half an hour of talking things through, Brown was finally sick of Shane's complaining and general behavior.
"Yes, yes, she is, Shane. And that's final. She's gonna help you write your songs so she needs to be around you as much as possible. What better way than the tour?" Brown explained, subtly rolling his eyes.
"Very mature, Brown," Shane said with as much sarcasm as possible put into it, having caught his eye-roll. "However, I still don't like it," he said, crossing his arms over his chest stubbornly.
"What's your problem, dude?" Nate asked exasperated.
"Yeah, Shane, what is your problem?" Mitchie asked herself, rolling her eyes in the progress.
Shane had to think for a moment, not knowing what to say, but came up with something rather quickly. "How do we know you're actually any good? It's not like we need an amateur helping us out."
"If that's all!" Mitchie said, smirking. "Anyone got a guitar I could borrow?" she asked the musicians.
Jason quickly sprang from his seat, grabbing his and holding it out to her, "Here, take mine."
Looking up at his goofy grin, it took Mitchie a lot not to just laugh. This boy was too adorable for his own good. "Thank you, Jason."
Seizing the guitar in her hands, Mitchie thought for a moment of what she could play. It had to be one of her own songs. But which one? No way in hell would she play anything too personal. Well, all of her songs were personal, they were, after all, based on her very own life, but some were safe to play. Having made her decision, she quickly started strumming Jason's guitar, playing the opening cords of the song. Soon, she started singing as well.
What did I do to deserve this?
Tell me the truth and don't lie
You're pretty good at that but, no not this time
You walk around like you run the world,
Running your mouth, and talking about me now,
They think that you're the perfect girl,
They're gonna see everything so get back
This song was about a girl she had known while attending one of the public high schools her sophmore year. The girl thought it was funny to trick Mitchie into believing that they were actually friends. Well, turns out, she only wanted her money and was a backstabbing bitch.
It's gonna come back around
You know that this town is just too small and I'm too tall to take this again
You're just too adverse but I got news
You know you're just gonna loose
Everything and everyone that mean so much to you.
Shane was mesmerized, to say the least. Hell, he was in big trouble. This girl talked back, looked like and angel and even sung like one. If she really was going on tour with them he'd be damned. Hell, he knew her for less than an hour and was already awestruck. This whole thing would really end badly. For both of them.
You keep hearing everything that people say
And you cant take the pain another day
It's coming back around
I told you this town was just too small
You're just too adverse but you can stop now
It's gonna come back around
And around and around and around and around
Yeah yeah
It's gonna come back around
You know that this town is just too small and I'm too tall
To take this, take this again
You're just too adverse but I've got news
You know you're just gonna lose
Everything and everyone that mean so much to you
Everything and everyone that mean so much to you
Everything and everyone that mean so much to you.
Coming to a close, Mitchie kept her head down, drawing in the silence before looking up, Shane straight in the eye.
"I was asked to be here, I didn't beg to be here, Shane. I'm only doing Brown a favor," Mitchie grinned at Shane's agape mouth. "Now, if you'd excuse me."
And with that she quickly stood up, placing the guitar safely on the couch, before leaving the room.
Minutes passed before someone even thought of speaking.
"Wow, she is good, uncle Brown," Shane admitted, finally breaking the silence.
"That's what I said, right?" Brown said, grinning. "Glad you came to your senses, bud."
A/N: Can you say epic fail?
Well, this update was short and crappy and I apologize for that, but I desperately wanted to update and, well, this is what I came up with!
Next up is the tour and I'm gonna tell you, there's gonna be A LOT of drama ;)
However, the song in this chapter was 'Back Around' by Demi Lovato.
I hope you still review! Please bear with me, I'm sick :(
Love you guys,
-C