Chapter Three: Lights! Camera! Welcome!
"OMG! I can't believe this!" Ino squealed forcing Rena to hold the phone at arm's length.
"I know, I know," Rena replied laughing. "It's pretty amazing!"
"Not to mention the pressure," Sakura added.
"It'll be fine, forehead," Ino said waving off the comment without a second thought.
"M-maybe S-Sakura-chan has a point," Hinata said softly.
Rena let out a soft giggle. It was always difficult to get everyone on the phone, but the news was simply too big to wait. She had called Sakura then three-way called Hinata. Sakura then three-way called Ino. It was a long line of calls, but in the end it was worth it to have them all on the phone at the same time. Rena had missed grabbing everyone after school so she was left with the option to call. She had been so excited she had barely been able to get out the exciting news. They had been asked to perform at the welcome back to school festival. On many levels, it was extremely exciting. On others, it was extremely stressful. They had only a few days to prepare and a ton of planning had to be done. There wasn't a moment to waste.
"Girls, this is going to be great. It's an awesome way to start of the year. Ino, you already admitted that she wanted to know how to start of the year great. This is it! I mean, honestly! This is going to be great," Rena exclaimed.
"I don't know, Ren," Sakura began. "I mean this is kind of sudden and in front of the entire school. Are you sure this is the way to introduce ourselves?"
"Absolutely! We can practice every day until performance time. Ino, you can coordinate the outfits. I've been working on some arrangements. Sakura, you can help me trying out a few of the new arrangements and maybe we can even try a few different songs too. Hinata, you can make sure the school is ready for us. Check their equipment. Make sure it's up to our standards."
"Sounds like a plan!" Ino cheered. "We're going to need a fitting at my place before hand. How about tomorrow?"
"Slow down, pig. Ren, this sounds all well and good, but have you told Naruto and Sasuke yet?" Sakura asked with a sigh.
Silence followed as realization dawned on all four of them.
"Rena!" Ino and Sakura yelled making her hold her phone away from her ear again.
"Sorry! I guess I got a little ahead of myself. I was just so excited…"
"That you forgot to tell Sasuke?" Sakura demanded. "He is going to be so ticked!"
"Calm down, Sakura. I can take care of it. Plus, it might be better now that everyone else is on board, getting them on shouldn't be that hard," Rena replied.
"You have no idea how you're telling him, do you?" Ino asked.
"None at all."
"Oh Rena-chan. A-are you sure this is such a good idea?" Hinata asked.
"Completely. Don't worry. I can handle this. Just trust me. I'll call you girls later okay?"
There was a chorus of goodbyes before she hung up the phone. She took a deep breath and scrolled through the contacts on her phone. She smiled a bit as she hit the familiar number for her best friend. She waited patiently as the phone rang.
"What's up?" Sasuke asked casually.
"Hey Sasuke-kun!" Rena replied happily.
"What do you want?" He asked bluntly.
"Aw, come on Sasuke! Can't I just call to say hello and be happy about talking with a friend?" She tried.
"You always greet me with 'Sasuke-kun' when you want something. So what is it this time?"
She sighed.
"Oh Sasuke you know me too well."
"Rena…"
"Well, you see I got called to the office and the principal asked if we could be the talent for the upcoming school festival because she had heard so much about us and heard us this morning and knew that we had talent. It's not much compensation, but it's something and I kind of already said it would be great if we could and I got the girls to agree but I forgot to tell you because I was so excited and…" She blurted out in such a rush most of the words ran together.
"Rena calm down," Sasuke sighed. "I could only understand about half of what you said. Slow down and try again."
Rena sighed loudly.
"Alright, long story short, we were offered a gig and I said yes. It's for the welcoming festival at school. Please say you'll go along. The girls are all on board," she said, silently crossing her fingers and praying it would all work out for the best.
For a while, it was silent. Rena held her breath waiting for an answer. Finally, there was a sigh.
"When are we performing?" Sasuke asked at last.
She squealed into her phone jumping up and down as she stood on her front porch.
"Oh arigato Sasuke-kun! I really, really, really owe you for this!" She continued to squeal.
He chuckled softly on the other end.
"Yeah, yeah. Just give me the details alright?"
She squealed again and launched into all the details. She gave him a schedule of rehearsals and "appointments" for fittings. He could only sigh and agree. She was too excited to really care about his more or less indifference to the situation. All that seemed to really matter was that she was working on getting the gig together. She was rarely able to get so worked up about a performance and she always jumped at the opportunity. She could hardly believe the chance she had been presented. It was Wednesday and the festival was Friday. They didn't have much time. She made sure that Sasuke would be at rehearsal later that night then hung up so she could do the same with Naruto.
The days that followed seemed to pass in a blur. They rehearsed every day after school and at lunch they hashed more of the details. The girls and Naruto were giddy with excitement. Sasuke remained relatively indifferent, though he would make his opinion known if he strongly agreed or disagreed. Still, he could only smile at the eagerness of his friends. The festival was a big deal for all of them. Their first "official" gig. Rena was glowing with anticipation. He hadn't seen her that happy in a long time. It was a nice change of pace.
At long last Friday arrived. Rena was nearly jumping up and down as she went through out her school day. She didn't even care that she was being stared at or that the boy from the first day was also in her gym class. Everywhere she turned he seemed to be there watching her. It was creepy, but she pushed it from her mind. She was just glad that the day of her performance had finally arrived. She, Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto stayed after school to help set up her stage.
Rena took charge giving strict directions on how to move the equipment from the drum kit to the amps. She tested everything to make sure it worked and had her friends stand in their assigned spots so she could make sure it was just right. When she was more or less satisfied, they ordered pizza and talked as they ate. Rena drank as much water as she could get her hands on. If she was going to sing, she needed to be hydrated. About two hours before the performance began, Ino and Hinata came back. Ino brought with her the outfits they were wearing for their concert.
"Ino these turned out great!" Rena praised as she held up her outfit.
"Of course they did," Ino smirked. "I did design them did I not?"
Sakura scoffed as she picked up hers.
"Well, we'd better get changed. We want to be prepared long before the rest of the school shows," she said grabbing her own outfit.
"Right. So let's head to the bathroom!" Ino cheered. "You guys better change too. Since some people don't like to stand still for their fitting, I want to make sure your outfits fit properly."
She shot an icy glare toward Naruto who in turn shrank back slightly. He grabbed his outfit and turned toward Sasuke.
"Yeah, well whatever Ino. Come on Sasuke."
The Uchiha rolled his eyes, but picked up his own outfit regardless and headed toward the bathroom with his friend. The girls scurried off to the bathroom. Rena stripped off her t-shirt and jeans. She hummed softly as she removed the straps from her bra, thankful she remembered to wear the one with removable straps. Finally, she picked up her performance outfit.
She slipped on the blue-green, one armed halter top that stopped a little above mid-thigh. One the right side, there was a star resting at about her waist. Streaming down from that were alternating strips of blue and gold material that had been sewed into the top. Over her left shoulder was a magenta flower. From it there were alternating magenta and gold streams of fabric. It was much too short to be worn on its own. She pulled on a pair of knee length, black leggings. Finally, she pulled on a pair of black ankle boots that had an inch wide silver band at the top. Finally, she packed up her school clothes and put them in her bag before stepping out.
Ino was waiting for her. She was wearing a purple halter top with silver purple collar tied up around her neck. On the bottom of the right side of her shirt was a gold star which matched the larger one on her back. Her leggings were silver with knee length black boots. Her hair was pulled up in its usual ponytail, her bangs parted so the hair fell near her left eye. She smiled as she gave her friend a once over.
"Looks fantastic!" she said with a smirk. "Now get over here. I've gotta do your hair."
She plugged in the curling iron and pulled her friend over.
"Hold this," she ordered before stepping out of the bathroom.
"Yo Naruto!" She screamed. "Bring me a stool!"
Rena giggled at her friend's demanding nature. While Rena was in charge of the band, Ino was a close second. She gave even the best of them a run for her money. She turned toward the stalls when she heard one of the doors open. Hinata stepped out, pushing her blue-ish, purple, shoulder length hair behind her ear shyly. She wore an off the shoulder, short-sleeved lavender shirt. On each sleeve was a silver crescent moon. She too had silver leggings but wore black flats instead of boots. She smiled at Rena.
"Well? H-how does it look?" She asked.
"You look great, Hinata," Rena smiled.
Her friend blushed and fiddled with her fingers a little.
"A-Arigato, Rena-chan. You look beautiful," she mumbled in response.
"Arigato."
"Am I ever wrong?" Ino smirked as she returned carrying a wooden stool.
She sat it down near the plug where the curling iron was set and motioned for her friend to sit down. Shortly thereafter, she began brushing her friend's hair and separating it into sections.
"If you think it looks good now, wait until I'm done with her hair," Ino smiled as she began curling her friend's hair. "Hey Sakura, are you done yet?"
"Hold it, pig! I'll be out soon enough," Sakura snapped. "Geez! You're so impatient."
"Hey, I'm the one that's trying to make sure we have enough time to finish getting ready. Remember, I still have to check out the guys' outfits more thoroughly. I only caught a glimpse of Naruto's. Now hurry up! You still gotta do your hair and make-up," Ino responded.
"I know, I know. Just give me a minute."
Rena giggled only to be snapped at to hold still. She sighed and sat as straight as she could so that Ino could finish her hair. She hummed softly as she waited. She would normally do her hair herself, but Ino had insisted saying she had the perfect idea. It was also the first performance so who was she to argue? Ino had a passion for fashion and was usually spot on. Finally, the last stall opened to reveal a slightly disheveled Sakura. Her hair was messed up, but her clothes lay perfectly. Her magenta top was a sleeveless halter. At the top of the right side of her shirt was a sun with a golden center and silver beams stretching out from it that matched the one on her back. She wore denim like leggings with knee-length boots. She absent mindedly ran her hand through her hair.
"What did you have a lot of difficulties?" Ino teased.
Sakura rolled her eyes as she grabbed the nearest brush.
"Not really. I just forgot it was strapless and had to fight with my bra a bit," she said slightly miffed.
Ino grinned as she continued to curl her friend's hair. She was in one of her smug moods and it wasn't easily diminished.
"Oh relax Sakura. You look great. Well, great except for your hair. You might want to fix that."
The pink haired girl rolled her eyes and began brushing her hair. Rena sighed, wishing she could shake her head. Still, she managed to sit perfectly still.
"Oh come on you two. No need to be bickering. We have a performance to give! Why don't we just work on some warm ups?"
Ino sighed.
"Oh Ren, you're always so worked up about that stuff."
"Hey, I know that we need to be warmed up before we go out. Why not do some practicing instead of bickering?"
"It's kind of hard to do that when we still have hair and make-up to do," Sakura replied shaking out her hair.
Rena sighed.
"Fine, but we can at least be somewhat productive. Hinata, come here."
The Hyuuga girl moved over blocking the view of the mirror from her friend.
"Okay, now give me your hands. I don't want them cramping up. It's going to be a long performance."
"A-arigato, Rena. A-are you sure we can do this?" Hinata asked softly.
Rena smiled as she began massaging her friend's hands. She understood the worry, but she tried to be optimistic.
"We can do this, Hinata. We're going to be amazing."
"Amen to that!" Ino cheered setting down the curling iron.
She gathered up her friend's hair and pulled it up into a high pony tail with a gold scrunchie. She stepped back with a satisfied smirk, proud of her work.
"There!" she said putting her hands on her hips. "Finished. Now you just need your make-up and you're all set!"
"Thanks Ino. I owe you," Rena smiled before releasing Hinata's hands and standing up.
She stretched a little before going to her bag to dig out her make-up. Ino leaned up against the wall and inspected each of the outfits. She nodded satisfied.
"We look amazing," she smirked.
Rena laughed as she applied a light layer of mascara, eyeliner, and a little blue eye shadow to help make her dark blue eyes pop while she was on stage. She finished off with a little glitter lip gloss. She also sprayed some hair glitter in her hair to make her shimmer and used some vanilla scented glitter body spray. It wasn't enough to over kill, but it was just enough so that she would shimmer with a soft glow when under the spot light. Sakura added a little pink make-up and adjusted a red head band in her hair until it sat just so. Ino smoothed hers over with a bit of glitter and Hinata brushed her own one last time. When they were all satisfied, they packed up their bags and left the bathroom, the various heels clacking nearly simultaneously.
"Geez! It took you guys long enough!" Naruto complained as he turned to see girls.
"Humph. Perfection does take time, Naruto," Ino snapped, turning her nose up slightly.
"Yeah, well…" he stammered, twirling a drumstick in his hand. "W-we should get going."
"Now hold on just a minute, I have to make sure your outfits fit right," Ino scolded. "Now stand up straight."
Rena couldn't help but giggle as Ino strode over to the blonde boy and made him stand up straight before circling him like a hawk. She had to admit, Naruto looked good. He wore a black t-shirt with a large, silver leaf shape embroidered, representing the school. On his left sleeve was a red-orange spiral that he often wore. Around his fore head, was a sliver band with a black spiral in the middle. It was topped off with a pair of dark blue jeans and black shoes. He looked relatively handsome and even presentable. She smiled a little as Ino nodded satisfied.
"You're turn, Sasuke," she said turning her attention to the Uchiha boy.
Sasuke wore a silver long sleeve button up shirt. On his left sleeve was an embroidered Uchiha symbol that matched the smaller one on the bottom left corner of his shirt. On the right sleeve was a black embroidered symbol for the school similar to Naruto's. His was topped off with dark blue jeans and black shoes. His expressions changed from indifferent to annoyed as Ino circled him, tugging at times to make sure it lay perfectly.
"Would you knock it off?" He finally snapped.
"Well excuse me, Mr. Touchy!" she huffed. "I just wanted to make sure it fit."
"It fits," he growled.
She pouted and crossed her arms.
"Alright, that's enough you to. Let's get in a couple of warm-ups before we take the stage. We don't want to strain ourselves or crack a note."
"Fine," Ino huffed.
"Hn," Sasuke replied.
Rena sighed and led the way to the band hallway where they piled into a practice room that held a piano. While Naruto didn't have any drums, Sasuke, Sakura, and Ino brought their instruments in for a tuning and a few warm-ups. From there Rena lead a few vocal warm ups. At long last they got their 15 minute warning. Rena took a deep breath to clam her nerves then followed the others out to the stage.
The festival was held out behind the school from the football field to the baseball field. It was a fairly large area and lined with booths which different clubs had bought to flag down newcomers. There were concession stands and more. There were also some stations set up inside the school. However, her main interest was the stage that had been set up a few yards from the school. It was off to the side, yet still the center of the event. Rena forced another deep breath before she climbed up the stairs. They did a quick sound check, from the mikes to each of the amps. Finally, the principal stopped by and gave her the thumbs up. Rena smiled and nodded to the rest of her group.
It started with just Naruto on the drums and clapping. Then Hinata joined on the keyboard.
"Come on!" Rena called into the mike as Hinata began. "She's the girl with the best intentions. He's a man of his own inventions. She looked out the window, he walked out the door. Well she followed him and he said what you looking for," she sang.
Ino then joined on bass followed shortly by Sasuke and Sakura on guitar.
"She's said I want something that I want. Something that I tell myself I need. Something that I want. I need everything I see. Something that I want. Something that I tell myself that I need. Something that I want and I need everything I see. Yeah," she sang in harmony with the others.
The crowd that had been scattered throughout the area slowly began to collect around the stage. She closed her eyes and felt her hips start to sway in time to the music. She loved the stage and that was where she was. She opened her eyes and smiled preparing for the next verse.
"He's been living in a pure illusion. She's got to come to her own conclusion. Right when you think you know what to say, someone comes along and shows you a brand new way," she sang.
"She's said I want something that I want. Something that I tell myself I need. Something that I want. I need everything I see. Something that I want. Something that I tell myself that I need. Something that I want and I need everything," the group sang harmoniously.
"Cause it's so easy to make believe, seems you're living in a dream. Don't you see that what you need is standing in front of you, oh!" Rena sang taking over again.
"Oh! I want something that I want. Something that I tell myself I need. Something that I want. I need everything I see. Something that I want. Something that I tell myself that I need. Something that I want and I need everything I see, yeah, yeah, yeah," the group finished together.
There was a light applause when they finished their song. Rena smiled and took a small bowl.
"Thank you all for coming out tonight!" She called in greeting, holding the microphone. "I'd like to take a moment to introduce you to your fabulous entertainment for the night. Back on drums, we have the talented Naruto Uzumaki!"
He smirked and did a quick little drum beat. Rena smiled at the applause and turned to her other side.
"On keyboard, the lovely Hinata Hyuuga!"
She trailed her fingers along the keys with a shy smile and light blush tinting her cheeks.
"Playing bass, that fabulous Ino Yamanaka!"
Ino smirked and did a small number on her deep, purple bass. Rena felt the smile stretch as she grew near the end of her list.
"Our second guitarist is the sensational Sakura Haruno!"
Sakura, like Ino, smirked before playing her piece. Finally, Rena turned to her other side where Sasuke stood.
"Our lead guitarist is the one and only Sasuke Uchiha!"
The crowd went wild as some of his fangirls screamed. He fought the smirk but did a short ditty anyway. Rena smiled at her friend before finally turning back to the audience.
"And I'm Rena Asho your lead singer for the night. We hope you enjoy our show and let's kick it off with Crazy Dreams by Carrie Underwood!"
When the applause began, the others began to play.
"Hello you long shots, you dark horse runners, hairbrush singers, and dashboard drummers. Hello you wild magnolias, just waiting to bloom! There's a little bit of all that inside of me and you. Thank God even crazy dreams come true," Rena sang, moving more with the music.
She kept a bottle of water near the microphone stand and was careful not to hit it, but she hardly put the microphone down.
"I've stood at the bottom of some walls, I thought I couldn't climb. I felt like Cinderella at the ball, just running out of time! So I know how it feels to be afraid, and think it's all gone and slipped away. Hold on, hold on! Here's to you free souls, you firefly chasers, tree climbers, porch swingers, air guitar players. Here's to you fearless dancers, shaking walls in your bed rooms! There's a lot of wonder left inside of me and you. Thank God even crazy dreams come true," Rena sang, with the others chiming in with their harmony.
"Never let a bad day be enough," she sang with a chorus of "ah" behind her. "To go and talk you in to given up. Sometimes everybody feels like you. Oh feels like you, just like you, yeah!"
"I've met some go getters, some difference makers, small town heroes, and big chance takers. I've meant some young hearts with something to prove! Oh yeah! Here's to you long shots, you dark horse runners, hair brush singers, and dashboard drummers. Here's to you wild magnolias, just waiting to bloom! There's a little bit of all that inside of me and you. Thank God even crazy dreams come true. "
"Thank God even crazy dreams come true! Yeah," she sang, before the last bit of music at the end.
There was more applause and she bowed again. She couldn't keep the smile off her face. She nodded to her friends and they began the next piece, Cowboy Casanova. Rena moved more as she let herself get into the music. She gestured to the crowd and at times moved over to her band mates and sang with them. From Cowboy Casanova (by Carrie Underwood), they moved to Hit Me With Your Best Shot (by Pat Benatar). From there, they performed Love Story (by Taylor Swift), The Night Before (Life Goes On) (Carrie Underwood), Dream on Dreamer (by Cascada and which she dance much more, almost a completely choreographed routine), Songs Like This (Carrie Underwood), Perfect Day (Cascada), Naturally (Selena Gomez), and So Small (by Carrie Underwood). Rena smiled and bowed after each song. After the two by Cascada, since those required more movement, she took a sip of water. She took a drink after So Small and smiled. She took a few deep breaths and to another bow, waiting for the noise level to die down. Behind her, she heard the beginning piano part to What Can I say, by Carrie Underwood. She tried to be calm, but still turned to look back at Hinata. Sure, they had rehearsed the song, but it was a duet. Rena could sing the female part backwards if she wanted to, but she had no one to sing the male part. Naruto could sing okay if he had something to hear and match which made him okay in a group. However, he was not a soloist. Sasuke had immediately refused the part as soon as Rena had looked at him during rehearsal. Now they were performing. Ino simply smirked and nodded. Rena, bit back the sigh and turned back to the crowd.
"Piercing words, eyes are red, watched your tail lights in the rain, empty heart filled with regrets, I know we were both to blame, and I'm not sorry that it's over, but for the way we let it end. So I said all I had to say in letters that I threw away," Rena sang, closing her eyes for a moment then opening them again. "And you should know, please believe me, I've picked up the phone a thousand times and tried to dial your number, but it's been so long. It's never easy. It's like trying to spin the world the other way. So what can I say?"
She held her breath unsure of what to expect next. There would either be silence or Naruto would try to fill in. She closed her eyes, waiting those few bars.
"How did it come to this?" Sasuke sang.
She whipped around and stared at him, nearly forgetting to sing her part. The girls in the audience went wild, screaming nearly over the music.
"I think about you all the time," they sang in harmony.
"It's not excuse, but I wish that I never made you cry. I'm not sorry that it's over, but for the way we let it end," he sang stepping closer to her.
She took the hint and moved back by him so that he could keep playing rather than try to pick up the microphone and just sing. The smile slowly inched its way onto her face.
"I couldn't find the words to say And you should know, please believe me, I've picked up the phone a thousand times and tried to dial your number, but it's been so long, it's never easy, it's like tryin' to spin the world the other way. So what can I say? (what can I say?) What can I say? (What can I say?)" They sang together (Sasuke singing the part in the parenthesis at the end).
"I hate to think all you had of me (I said all I had to say) is a memory I left you, pace between what was meant to be (In letters that I threw away) and the mess that it turned into." They continued, which Sasuke taking the lead (Rena singing the part in parenthesis).
"And you should know, please believe me," Rena sang sweetly.
"I've picked up the phone a thousand times and tried to dial your number! But it's been so long, it's never easy, it's like tryin' to spin the world the other way," they sang together.
"It's like tryin' to spin the world the other way." Sasuke continued.
"What can I say? What can I say?" Rena sang.
"What can I say?" Sasuke finished.
The crowd went wild! Rena looked at her friend a moment longer, a soft smile playing at the corners of her lips. She finally bowed to the crowd, then stepped aside gesturing toward Sasuke. His cheeks turned a light pink for a moment, but he did nothing more than nod causing the fangirls to scream again. Rena smiled.
"Thanks Sasuke," she whispered. "I really owe you one."
"Hn," he replied.
She smiled and moved back to the center stage. They moved onto Change (Carrie Underwood), Some Hearts (Carrie Underwood), Undo it (Underwood), Wasted (Underwood), and To Where You Are (Chloe of Celtic Woman) before they took a break. The girls chatted excitedly as they got water and took advantage of their time to sit down. The event was made to last for about three to four hours. Rena had counted and recounted and they had enough to last a bit more than two hours. That would give them time to relax and wander around too. She had previous cleared it with the principal so she wasn't terribly worried. She rolled her neck to help get out all the aches. The following week would be the first official full week of classes. She wasn't really looking forward to all the work, but she couldn't say she wasn't ready for the school year to begin. With a little luck, it would be a year to remember.
When they got back on the stage, they kicked it off with Butterfly (the Japanese opening to Digimon) with Sasuke taking the lead vocal for the song as well as tackling the guitar solo. It was one of few songs where Rena sung strictly background. The fan girls got a kick out of it, but after that, Sasuke went back to just playing the guitar and singing background. The followed up with Twisted (Carrie Underwood), Runaway (Cascada), You Belong With Me (Taylor Swift), I Told You So (Carrie Underwood), Goodbye (Kristinia DeBarge), White Horse (Taylor Swift), Lessons Learned (Carrie Underwood), Our Song (Taylor Swift), Faded (Cascada), Temporary Home (Carrie Underwood), Who Do You Think You Are? (Cascada), He's All that (Cascada), Because of You (Kelly Clarkson), You Won't Find this (Carrie Underwood), Cinderella (Play), Holiday (Cascada), Hot 'n' Cold (Katy Perry).
"Alright, well thank you all for coming out tonight! I'm afraid that we only have two more songs for you this evening. But hey, school really starts next week. You know what they say, sometimes taking the next step forward 'starts with goodbye.' I hope you enjoy it," Rena smiled, introducing their next to last song, Starts With Goodbye (Carrie Underwood).
"I was sitting on my doorstep, hung up the phone and it fell out of my hand, but I knew I had to do it and he wouldn't understand," she began after a short musical intro. "So hard to see myself without you. I felt of a piece of my heart break, but when you're standing at a crossroad, and there's a choice you've gotta make. I guess it's gonna have to hurt. I guess I'm gonna have to cry and let go of some things I love to get to the other side. I guess it's gonna bring me down, like falling when you try to fly. It's sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life starts with goodbye," she continued with the harmonies mixing in.
"I know there's a blue horizon somewhere up ahead just waiting for me. Getting there means leaving things behind, sometimes life's so bitter sweet. I guess it's gonna have to hurt. I guess I'm gonna have to cry and let go of some things I love to get to the other side. I guess it's gonna bring me down, like falling when you try to fly. It's sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life starts with goodbye.
Time, time heals the wounds you feel, somehow, right now. I guess it's gonna have to hurt. I guess I'm gonna have to cry and let go of some things I love to get to the other side. I guess it's gonna bring me down, like falling when you try to fly. It's sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life starts with goodbye. I guess it's gonna have to hurt. I guess I'm gonna have to cry and let go of some things I love to get to the other side. I guess it's gonna bring me down, like falling when you try to fly. It's sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life starts with goodbye,"
She bowed again and smiled. Finally, she looked at her friends and gave them a final nod. She felt tired, but it was well worth it. She really did love the stage.
"Whatcha gonna do when the show is over? Whatcha gonna sing when the song ends, yeah? How you gonna cope when there is no closure? Where you gonna reach when the goal gets higher? How you gonna make it through when you think you lost your chance? Play on when you're losing the game. Play on 'cause you're gonna make mistakes. It's always worth the sacrifice, even when you think you're wrong. So play on, play on," she sang, her movements slower as she worked to slow her heart rate, which was considerably slower after the previous song.
"Even when the floodgates swing wide open, never let current take you down, no. Even when you're not sure where you're going, swimming through a mess and you can't get out, just going through the motions and trying not to drown. Play on when you're losing the game. Play on 'cause you're gonna make mistakes. It's always worth the sacrifice, even when you think you're wrong. So play on, play on.
Even through a storm on the darkest night, don't you ever give up the fight, even when you feel you're all alone. Play on, play on. Play on when you're losing the game. Play on 'cause you're gonna make mistakes. It's always worth the sacrifice, even when you think you're wrong. So play on, play on. Play on. Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Na, na, na, na, na, na. Na, na, na, na, na, na."
Finally, she bowed and gestured to each of the other band mates who took their own bows before they finally bowed simultaneously. It was an overall job well done. Rena couldn't stop smiling. Slowly, the crowd dispersed and they began cleaning up their equipment.
He watched as she helped her band mates pick up the equipment and clear the stage. It was certainly an….unexpected performance. They even got Sasuke to sing solo. Who knew? But she, yes she had really captured him. Who was she? What was she to the young Uchiha? He remembered hearing once that they were best friends. It was very interesting. He made a mental note of her description and tried to recall her name. She was definitely one worth remembering and he would be sure to do his research thoroughly.
