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Guest – I was choosing between Taylor Swift and Tyler Hilton for the next song that's in the story (won't say if she sings or not, just that there will be a song in pretty much every chappie due to my music obsession) and your review helped me pick, so thank youuuu!
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Thanks to everyone who took the time to review, and everyone who is following the story or was favorited it or story alerted. And thanks to everyone who bothers to read!
ALL RIGHTS GO TO ALLY CARTER! Apart from the song, which is 'Our Song' by Taylor Swift, and no matter how much I love it, it most definitely doesn't belong to me.
Last time on 'Broken Hearts, Faded Smiles & New Dawns'… ZPOV "Do you play an instrument?""Guitar," Cammie replied with more conviction. Wow, I didn't know she played guitar! I did too, not that I would ever tell anyone. I'd never hear the end of it if anybody at Roseville High found out, it was tiny so news travelled faster than you could say 'gossip.'
Meanwhile, Mrs Murray was practically exploding. Cammie was clearly her new favorite person. "How charming! Do you sing?"
Cam only nodded this time.
"That's wonderful, dear! Would you please do us the honor of playing a little something?"
I held my breath, waiting for her answer.
CPOVOh my gosh. Did she seriously just ask me that? Is this woman crazy? She wants me, the shyest person on the freaking planet to sing in front of an entire class? Yeah right! Pigs will be flying to Jupiter before that happens.
"Erm, I don't really…" I trailed off, unsure of what to say.
"Oh, come on dear, just one song. We have plenty of guitars lying around, and we're all desperate to hear it. Aren't we class?" Mrs Murray said. There were shouts of agreement from all over the classroom. "See? Everyone will be extremely supportive. Just one little song, dear. One song."
I thought for a moment. Okay, so it was scary. But it wasn't like I was going to die, was it? And I know I'm not great, but I have a decent voice, don't I? And besides, it's not like it was my idea in the first place.
"Okay," I said, standing up. "One song."
Mrs Murray clapped her hands together, crying, "Oh, this is simply wonderful, dear! Now do you want to use a guitar pick or fingers?"
She was already hurrying over to the nearest guitar and tuning it.
"A guitar pick please. And, if it's not too much trouble, please can I have a capo, Miss?"
"Not at all! No trouble at all, I'll find you one right away."
And less than a minute later I was sitting on a stool in front of my entire music class with a guitar on my lap and a pick in my right hand. I looked at all of the faces for a moment, my eyes flitting over the students who were all staring, expressionless, at me. Then my gaze landed on none other than Zachary Goode, who's lips were turned up at the corners in something between a smirk and an actual smile. I wasn't sure what it was that made me start the song. It might have been the look of admiration in his eyes, an emotion I was pretty sure Zach didn't display often. It might've been the suggestion of a real smile. Whatever it was, it worked, because soon enough I was strumming the opening chords to a song I knew by heart.
I was ridin' shotgun
With my hair undone
In the front seat of his car
He's got a one-hand feel
On the steering wheel
The other on my heart
I look around, turn the radio down
He says, "Baby is something wrong?"
I say, "Nothing,
I was just thinking
How we don't have a song"
And he says
Our song is the slammin' screen door,
Sneakin' out late, tappin' on your window
When we're on the phone and you talk real slow
'cause it's late and your mama don't know
Our song is the way you laugh
The first date "Man, I didn't kiss her, and I should have"
And when I got home 'fore I said amen
Askin' God if he could play it again
I was walking up
The front porch steps
After everything that day
Had gone all wrong
And been trampled on
And lost and thrown away
Got to the hallway,
Well on my way
To my lovin' bed
I almost didn't notice
All the roses
And the note that said...
Our song is the slammin' screen door,
Sneakin' out late, tappin' on your window
When we're on the phone and you talk real slow
'cause it's late and your mama don't know
Our song is the way you laugh
The first date "Man, I didn't kiss her, and I should have"
And when I got home 'fore I said amen
Askin' God if he could play it again
I've heard every album, listened to the radio
Waited for something to come along
That was as good as our song
'Cause our song is the slammin' screen door,
Sneakin' out late, tapping on his window
When we're on the phone and he talks real slow
'cause it's late and his mama don't know
Our song is the way he laughs
The first date "Man, I didn't kiss him, and I should have"
And when I got home 'fore I said amen
Askin' God if he could play it again
Play it again
Oh yeah
Oh oh yeah
I was ridin' shotgun
With my hair undone
In the front seat of his car
I grabbed a pen
And an old napkin
And I wrote down our song
I finished, smiling a little, nervous of what the reaction would be. My eyes automatically drifted back to Zach. His mouth was open, eyes wide, a look of happiness and surprise on his face. Slowly, he started to clap. The applause was taken up by a couple of other students, getting louder and louder until it was deafening. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Students were standing up, cheering, shouting my name. They liked it. They thought I was good. They weren't booing or hissing like I'd expected.
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TPOVI walked into the cafeteria and headed over to the lunch line. A.N. I can't for the life of me remember what it's called or if there's even a name for where you queue up to get your lunch, sorry! A long wait later, I was taking a seat at my usual table where Anna, Courtney, Mick, Dillon, Josh and Owen A.N. couldn't think of any other Roseville boys so I just made up a random name.
"Hey guys," I said.
"Oh my gosh, Tina, the new girl has such an amazing voice!" Anna squealed. I raised my eyebrows in confusion and gestured for her to elaborate. "She's in my music class, Mrs Murray was questioning her about like what instruments she played and stuff, and in the end Mrs Murray got her to sing. She was playing guitar too. I filmed it on my phone, you have got to watch, I've never heard anyone with a voice like that in my whole life, Tina!"
I grinned at the excitement coming off of her in waves. "Well let's see the video then! You can't tell me about it and not show me."
She nodded, pulling her phone out of her bag and placing it on the table, tapping on different things until she found the file. She pressed play and the seven of us leant over the screen, watching.
A totally gorgeous girl with dirty blond hair and striking blue eyes was playing the guitar and singing.
"Wow," I breathed. "You're right, Anna, she's amazing."
I had to admit though, I was jealous. It wasn't fair that someone that gorgeous had that much talent. I mean, what about me? Why didn't I get blessed with a voice like that?
The song came to an end and I could hear insane applause. Okay, now I was really, really jealous. When she was filming, Anna must've spun in a circle, because the cheering students came into view. And sitting at the front, clapping and whooping like there was no tomorrow, was none other than my long-term major crush, Zach Goode. He was so fit, with that sexy smirk and those emerald eyes. That was when I made my mind up that I hated this new girl. Zach would never clap like that for an ordinary girl, he must like her, but I'd already decided years ago that he was going to be my boyfriend.
"Shame she's got such bad stage fright," Anna said nonchalantly, "she could go far."
"She has stage fright?" I asked, trying to make my voice sound as nonchalant as Anna's.
"Oh yeah," Mick put in. She had music with Anna. "She was terrified, you could just sense it. She could be really big, like a totally huge megastar, with those looks and that talent, but I doubt she ever will when she's that scared just in front of one class. If it had been in front of, I dunno, the entire school, I reckon she'd have, like, a breakdown or something."
That was it! I needed to make sure the entire school saw the video. But if they all saw it, then they'd all know how great she was…
Then it hit me. I could alter the sound, make her sound stupid, she'd be the laughing stock of Roseville High, a social reject, and there was no way she'd ever get a boyfriend. Zach wouldn't date a social reject! Then he'd come running to me, realising how much he loved me.
Smiling to myself, I took a bite out of my sandwich.
"Can I borrow someone's phone? I need to tell my mom something but I've got no credit," I explained. Anna, being the stupid but really sweet person she was, offered right away.
"Here, use mine."
Taking it, I said, "Thanks!"
With a few taps, I was sending a message to my phone with the video file attached to it.
Tension! Tina's got an evil plan. And you might've forgotten, but Zach had a Genius Idea in chappie 2 which you'll be finding out about soon.
And Macey and Luke are going to be in the next chapter! So things are getting pretty darn dense.
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