I'm sorry this took so long! I hope you guys like it! (I'm also testing out P.O.V.'s so I'm sorry if you get confused)
Also I decided that I didn't like where the story was going so I changed it up a bit. Soz.
Tonight was the night that she was going to perform.
Piper knew that it was normal to be nervous but god, was it normal to feel like puking every 5 seconds? She knew it was nothing big, just a small gig for an event at school. They were really only performing 3 or 4 songs. Though honestly, could you blame her? She didn't have many friends for a reason and performing in front of her a crowd, which was seemingly getting larger and noisier, did nothing to settle the tiny people prancing about in her stomach. (Seriously, it felt that bad).
When the lights dimmed and the crowd hushed, Piper took in a deep breath and walked out onto the stage. The lights stung her eyes a little but the roaring of the audience seemed to calm her down. Slightly. Thalia grabbed the microphone and spoke without a single waver or tremble in her voice.
"Hello everybody!"
Cue cheering of audience.
"Tonight as a guest performance, we would like to take three requests from the audience and then perform 2 of our original songs written by our very own talented, Piper McLean!"
Okay so five songs it was. Wait hold on a second, 3 reque-
"Sorry if we take a while between songs, we just have to pull up the score sheets online."
Ah, so Thalia appeared to be psychic now.
Jason took the mic from Thalia and walked down to a freshman and her boyfriend, who was a sophomore from the Archery Club. The older boy, Will, sweetly asked for them to play "All of Me' by, John Legend, which earned several "awww's" from the crowd.
Piper's hands were trembling as she lifted them up to the strings, her nerves getting the better of her. She glanced around the room and made eye contact with Reyna, Nico's sister and gave her a grin. She hadn't realised that the two were even related until Nico introduced them. Reyna didn't usually hang out with others much, in and out of school. She was much more focused on studying and focusing on school, which Piper totally respected.
Reyna smiled backed, eyes sparkling, and gave her two thumbs up. She mouthed,
'You can do it',
And Piper felt confidence, slowly but surely, moving through her. Her fingers moving to their own accord and Piper's voice came out as a steady, sweet sound, sure and clear.
This carried on twice more, using Reyna as her guide, before Piper's original songs were played.
"Okay guys, now we're gonna play Girls/Girls/Boys which is dedicated to a special someone, am I right Piper?"
Piper looked down and fiddled with the strings on her bass, her cheeks tinged with pink. The audience roared in laughter and Nico, feeling Piper's discomfort, started playing the beat to song.
I don't wanna hear you've got a boyfriend
Sometimes you're better of alone
But if you change your mind, you know where I am
Yeah if you change your mind, you know
Where to find me
'Cause I don't ever wanna be your boyfriend
And never did I think that I
Would be caught in the way you got me
Push another girl aside and just give in
Girls love girls and boys
Girls love girls and boys
And never did I think that I
Would be caught in the way you got me
But girls love girls and boys
And love is not a choice
(A/N: I'm not going to put the whole song up, cause that's boring)
Piper finished the song, out of breath and red faced while the audience applauded loudly.
She blew Reyna a kiss and winked while the other girl just rolled her eyes and stuck up her middle finger. Piper laughed and grasped her chest dramatically.
'You wound me,' she mouthed.
Reyna simply rolled her eyes again and poked out her tongue, a hint of a smile on her lips.
Piper looked back out to the audience, smiling like crazy, because Holy Hera! These people actually enjoyed her song! Her eyes swept around the room to see if she recognized anyone else's face when something caught her eye.
A blonde with long hair and a tall brunette guy making out.
Annabeth and Percy.
Piper's face fell, her eyes closed and her throat constricted. Something inside her physically hurt, like an ache that spread through her chest and body.
A single tear streaked down her face and she turned her back and ran.
Omg sorry guys this won't have a happy ending bUT IT'S WORTH READING TRUST ME. THERE'S LIKE ONE OR TWO MORE CHAPTERS TO GO STICK WITH ME TO THE END PLEASE?!