For the song, look up on YouTube: Demi Lovato "Catch Me" + "Don't Forget" Indianapolis 08/08/10
I found it and fell in love
Unfortunately I still don't own SWAC…or the songs used… but I do own Estelle and Andreas (who are really rude, so does anyone else want to buy them?)
ENJOY!
Sonny POV
I took deep breaths and one last swig from my water bottle and handed it to the person next to me when she offered to take it from me.
I closed my eyes, imagined my happy place, fluffed my hair one more time and adjusted my guitar strap. When the lights dimmed I walked out onto the stage to hear lots of cheers. I smiled.
When I got to the center of the stage where the microphone was, I stopped and waited a second. I began after a couple of seconds of contemplating running off stage and going home.
It was just me and my beloved guitar for the first part.
Before I fall too fast
Kiss me quick, but make it last
So I can see how badly this will hurt me
When you say goodbye
Keep it sweet, keep it slow
Let the future pass, and don't let go
But tonight I could fall too soon under this beautiful moonlight
But you're so hypnotizing
You've got me laughing while I sing,
You've got me smiling in my sleep Some violins began playing softly.
And I can see this unraveling
Your love is where I'm falling
But please don't catch me
See this heart won't settle down
Like a child running scared from a clown My voice began to pick up
I'm terrified of what you do
My stomach screams just when I look at you
Run far away, so I can breathe
Even though you're far from suffocating me
I can't set my hopes too high
Cuz every hello ends with a goodbye
"Sing it with me!" I invited the swaying crowd. The backup singers sang along with me this time too.
But you're so hypnotizing
You've got me laughing while I sing
You've got me smiling in my sleep
And I can see this unraveling
Your love is where I'm falling,
But please don't catch me.
I stopped on my guitar and took it off as piano started playing in the back. I traded with a stage guy for my black electric guitar and made my way up further the stage to another microphone. I touched some hands on my way up.
"I love you guys" I proclaimed before I began singing again with just the piano in the background.
Did you forget I was even alive?
Did you forget everything we ever had?
Did you forget, did you forget about me?
Did you regret ever standing by my side?
Did you forget what we were feeling inside?
Did you forget, did you forget about us?
When I began the chorus, the piano ended and my band really started getting into it. My drums guy got the beat going and my guitar guys were preparing for a total rock out session. I slipped my electric guitar around from my back to the from and moved my fingers to my first chord
But somewhere we went wrong
We were once so strong
Our love is like a song
You can't forget it
At that second, I stepped back and threw myself into the music playing my guitar really hard, throwing my head back and forth. Everyone in the crowd was screaming at this point.
Somewhere we went wrong
We were once so strong
Our love is like a song
You can't forget it, at all
The violins and piano started again and my band stopped.
So at last, all the pictures have been burned
And all the past is just a lesson that we've learned I won't forget
Please don't forget
Us.
But somewhere we went wrong
Our love is like a song
But you won't sing along
You've forgotten about us
I sang finishing up the emotional song. The crowd was still going nuts and I couldn't help but grin like an idiot. I don't want to brag, but we really killed it out there.
The announcer man whose name is Dan joined me on stage.
"That was awesome, Sonny! What made you want to choose those two songs?" He asked me.
"Actually, we literally just changed the song a little bit ago when we realized that we needed to step it up and put on a good show," I waved to a couple of the screaming girls near my feet.
"How do you feel about Estelle's comments on you and your singing?" This guy asks the tough questions.
"Honestly, I learned early on in Hollywood that not everyone is going to like you and I respect that and her opinion. I just need to surround myself with positive people and that's how I will get through this," I finished up nicely. In all truth, that girl needs to keep her face shut or she has multiple things coming straight at her. Just saying.
That was un-Sonny of me…I must be getting tired
"Is that really what you think?" He asked me. Is it that obvious?
"No, but I won't be stooping to her level. I'm better than that," I pat his shoulder and gave the crowd another wave before walking backstage to where my friends were waiting for me.
I was immediately engulfed in this huge group hug with Chad, ADUB, and the Jobros (except for Joe who was standing off to the side awkwardly. After we broke up ages ago, we never really got back to being such good friends).
"Way to outshine everyone!"
"You KILLED it!"
"You should've seen everyone's faces when they saw you up there!"
I received many other comments like that all at once and I couldn't help but laugh and smile. I really did encircle myself with good people. I pulled my phone out of my clutch and saw that my phone was already exploding with texts which also made me feel wonderful inside.
I thanked them all and started laughing because I was so happy at the moment.
Once the banquet ended, it took us all forever to get out because we were mobbed instantly by screaming fans. It took us a good hour to finally get to our limo (Allstar Weekend really does love their fans…they took a picture and signed something with each and every one of them which inspired me to attempt to do the same).
I pulled out my phone again when we got inside the vehicle and responded to all the texts and emails I'd gotten while I was performing. Or at least I tried. There were 100 of each, and my phone was telling me to delete some because my inbox was full and more had to come in. We were stuck in this endless traffic, so I got back to everyone and then joined in on the jam session the guys were having.
Instead of blasting music this time, we were playing some live. New music, major hits, undiscovered amazing songs…we played it all!
We got back to the hotel and I instantly flopped onto the couch. I was exhausted like nobody would ever understand. 10 minutes passed of my laziness until I decided to put on something comfortable and turn in for the night.
The next morning we had to get up at 9 so we could catch our plane to Italy. I was losing my voice from my loud talking and singing last night, so Chad was mocking my squeakier-than-normal voice all morning before we left.
"You're sure you have everything?" I asked him and coughed.
"Yup," He made his voice squeak making fun of me. I hit his arm, "Hey!" he said in pain. I rolled my eyes and we carried our bags down to the lobby.
Another limo ride later, Chad and I were sitting in front of the entrance to our plane's gate with ADUB and the Jobros. I obviously wasn't talking much for two reasons: one was that my voice box didn't allow me to do much talking and the other was because I know these guys, and they'll think it's hilarious. They aren't mean, they just find it funny.
I felt someone plop down into the chair next to me. I looked over to see who it was… Estelle and Andreas… perfect.
To avoid any drama, I just smiled and waved. They laughed and that's when the rest of my group noticed they were there. My friends stopped their rock paper scissors battle to just sit and stare at the two next to me.
The best part was that they weren't glaring, it was plain staring. While we were waiting to perform last night, we had all been perfecting our 'creepy stares'. Apparently for good cause, because they were all creepily staring at Estelle and Andreas.
When Estelle opened her eyes from laughing at me and saw Zach giving her this super weird stare, she gasped. I did everything in my power to not laugh. Allstar Weekend is some of the funniest people to walk this earth, so they obviously had the best stares of all. Zach disproportioned his face, put it at a weird angle, and made his eye twitch. It's where if you were passing him in a car and he made that face, you'd either scream and go faster or get into a horrible wreck because you were laughing so hard.
Lucky for Estelle and Andreas, the intercom called that our plane was now boarding. They escaped as fast as they could and we immediately doubled over laughing. We got on the plane and sat down in our spots.
Chad and I were sitting next to each other; across from us were Zach and Cameron. Behind them were Michael and Nathan; behind us were Kevin and Nick. Joe was by some other contestant. The plane took off and I was already drifting off to sleep despite the noise on the plane.
I was forced to wake up when we got to Italy. It was sunny outside and a pretty cloudless day- what a gorgeous welcome! Everyone was taking pictures and updating their Flitters when we got outside.
"Oh my gosh, this place is beautiful!" I exclaimed my voice still squeaking. Chad snickered and I shot him a glare, "Shut up."
We all got a nice car to take to… I don't want to say hotel, so I'll say temporary home because it was basically a house… our temporary home. From there, we got emails for where our venues for the night were.
I took to Flitter to tell my fans:
Get to perform tonight at a super top secret venue in the gorgeous Italy! Check out the link below to find outJ! Can't wait to see my beloved Italian fans tonight!
"You're positive you can perform tonight without completely losing your voice?" Chad asked me.
"Totally. My voice coach just told me to drink lots of water and not to talk above a whisper for the rest of the day until my show starts," I said quietly.
"Ok then. What do you want to do?"
"It's getting late, so we can sightsee tomorrow," I checked the time on my phone.
"In the mood for Italian food?" He grabbed the keys.
"Nah. I could go for some Chinese," I said sarcastically getting my coat and Chad shrugged, "Of course actual quality Italian food sounds good!"
"OH! I thought you were serious!"
"I was on a comedy show- what ever could possibly make you think I'm serious?" We walked out to the car and got inside.
"Just because you were on a comedy show doesn't mean it taught you anything about acting," He said and I hit him again.
"You're so mean!"
"I'm just here to speak the truth, Sonshine," He smirked.
"Stop that! Don't make me raise my voice!" I told him. I find it to be ironic that he's one of the meanest people I've ever met in my life, but we ended up together anyways. I guess I got "lucky" since there are a zillion other girls in the world who are prettier than I am and will do anything he tells them to do, but he went with the headstrong, stubborn, short, brunette who makes him do it himself and do something for her in the process instead. Honestly, as rude as he can be to me, I don't think I could live without him. And as much as he wants to deny it, that last statement is vice versa too.
It wasn't challenging to find an Italian restaurant, not for a minute. But finding the best was hard. We had to ask a few starstruck locals for their opinion before we ended up at a really little, but completely adorable one with a fabulous view.
"What are you getting?" I asked Chad softly after reading over my menu 4 times, unsure of what to get because it all sounded amazing.
"No clue," He must've been thinking the same thing.
A young waitress came over to our table. When she took a look at us, I faintly heard her say ohmygosh under her breath. Chad and I gave each other a quick glance and smiled.
"H-hi. M-my name is uh…" She looked at her name tag, "Luciana and I-I will be you w-waitress tonight. What can I get you t-to drink?" She stuttered obviously nervous.
"Hi. Can I get a water please?" I smiled at her and she looked like she almost fainted.
"Same," Chad said and gave her what he would call his 'million dollar smile' and she nodded a bunch before she skipped away.
"That's so cute," I said silently.
"Just like when you were so starstruck when you met me for the first time," Chad smirked.
"Hey, I was 15 and it was my second week in Hollywood! I would've been starstruck if I had met absolutely anyone," I told him quietly then decided to add in something for all the mean things he'd said to me all night, "Unfortunately it had to be you."
He scoffed sarcastically, "Whatever."
"I mean if it had been Zac Efron, then imagine where I'd be right now…" I continued making him madder by the syllable. That's right. I know which buttons to push.
"Not here with your beloved Chaddy" he tried.
"Nope. I'd be on ZacIsland with my beloved Zacky. Probably on a beach. Really, really, reeeeaaaaallllyyy close," I elongated every word still in my quiet voice.
His eye twitched at the thought, "Ok, I know what game you're playing Sonny, but we all know that you would still be here with moi."
"Au contraire, we all know how much single Zac is interested in me. If he knew for a minute that we were on the rocks, I'd have a call waiting for me," I smirked back. It's true and sometimes really creepy how much Zac likes me. I don't know if he actually does like me or if it's for the whole Chad vs. Zac thing and he's trying to steal me for the publicity, but it's weird.
"You'd miss me too much," He tried to make me feel bad, "And you wouldn't last 2 minutes as Zac's girlfriend."
"He's annoying. I mean so are you," I said and he frowned so I giggled, "But you're somehow on that certain level of annoying that I can handle. His annoying is…creepy."
"But still, if you had met him as an alternative of me, there could've been more perks and benefits. Maybe he's not as good looking and talented as I am, but for some reason he gets everything," Chad complained.
I gave him a sympathetic look, "He doesn't have me. Wouldn't that go under your definition of everything? I'm adorable and as equally, if not more, talented and smart…" I twirled my black hair.
"And stubborn and talkative and loud," He got back at me and I glared, "…But mostly cute…" I smiled at his save.
After dinner, Chad dropped me off back at our temporary home and drove to his venue. I waited for our tour bus because somehow we're taking it everywhere with us.
We arrived at our site and hopped off to see a bunch of screaming fans behind a rope and police officers. I smiled and waved to them before running backstage to get ready.
Yay! Another chapter DONE. I really liked the Channy in here, I thought it was kinda cute They're just adorable, right? Demi should totally date Sterling…just saying…
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LINZ