I am so sorry! I know what I said, but some bad things happened to me and I went down hill for a few weeks, but I'm getting better and I turned my life around! No more late updates!
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Jasmine was in her room. All she was thinking about was music and Shadow. She thought of her past. She would always talk on and on about music with Shadow. Even though he didn't understand music he still liked being with Jasmine. She was sitting in her room listening to her own music. She listened to her whole album. She thought off her tour and her last stop. It was her hometown. Her cousins were there to support her, but Shadow wasn't there. She wondered what made Shadow become an outcast. She didn't have a best friend anymore. Her cousins were always there for her, but the only person who liked music was Manic. They only talked during the school hours though.
Her album finished and looked out her window from her bed. Her looked in the corner of her room with a blank stare. Her red and black guitar Shadow gave her was still gone. It was still in her closet. She played it everyday, but at the same time she felt so much pain while playing it. It reminded her of Shadow and her old life. She loved that she went on tour, but she lost so many things during the last three years. She became closer to her whole family, but she lost all her friends. She made new friends at school, but mostly because she is famous.
"Jasmine! Someone is here for you." Jasmine' mother called from downstairs.
Jasmine sat up from her bed. She got up and walked to her bedroom window. There was no other cars in the driveway. Someone must have walked to her house. It could be Amy. She knew where Jasmine lived. Her cousins knew where she lived... Does Shadow remember where she lives. Jasmine's heart started to pound faster as the though of Shadow waiting at the front door ran through her head. She walked out of her rom and walked down the stairs slowly. She tried to see who was at the door, but her mother was blocking the view.
"There she is!" Jasmine's mother said.
"Manic. What are you doing here?" Jasmine asked.
"The school concert is coming up. Do you still want to do it?"
Jasmine thought about it for a second. Everyone could get a private concert at school, but her tour was over. She stilled loved being on stage and people calling her name. Manic waited for her response. Jasmine looked Manic in the eyes.
"I'll do it!" Jasmine said.
Manic grinned at Jasmine. Maybe Shadow would come to the concert. While Jasmine was on tour she never saw Shadow in the crowd. Not even when her tour was over, she never talked to Shadow. She only talked to Shadow at school now. Maybe once a week. Jasmine started to think about Shadow now. What if Shadow come to the school concert just to see her sing and dance on stage? Would he even do that? The was in the past. Manic told Jasmine everything she needed to do.
"There's a meeting about it Friday after school."
"Do you know who will be in it?"
"All the grades. This is the first year that Freshman are in it."
"Why?"
"Because of you."
"M-Me?"
"Yea! You are kinda world famous. Everyone will be there... Unless they ditch."
The two friends thought of certain people would want to the ditch. All the people who didn't like music. Manic left the house and Jasmine shut the front door. She thought about the school concert. It couldn't be like her tour. She knew what was coming.
Jasmine went upstairs to her room. She walked over to her window and stared out her window. What if Shadow was going to be there? Jasmine thought back to her tour. She didn't see Shadow at her concert. There were a lot of people though. Tons of flashing lights, but Jasmine didn't know Shadow anymore. Shadow seemed like that type of person to ditch a class or two. Jasmine shook the thoughts out of her head. It was just like being on tour. She had tons of people screaming her name and she focused of everyone. Not just one single person she still cares about.
Jasmine blinked a couple of times. She saw Sonic running in the street. She knew he doesn't have a job. Maybe she could get some information out of Sonic about Shadow. She knows Sonic hates Shadow. He never liked him even when they were kids. Sonic was gone and that got Jasmine thinking. What if Sonic saw Shadow at the school concert. She knew her new friends would be there to support her. Manic was going to be there for sure. He wouldn't miss that for the world. Jasmine couldn't stop thinking about what Manic said at the door though. Because of her everyone in any grade could be in the concert.
"No turning back now." Jasmine said sitting on her bed. "Now to pick a song to perform."
Jasmine flipped around her notebook for the perfect song. She listened to every one of her albums. She would need an upbeat one. That was about half of her songs. She needed one that was at the top of the charts. There were a lot though. It had to right for the school. Teachers wouldn't want a song about sex or drugs. There were two songs in front of her. She didn't know which one to pick. They both reminded her of Shadow. She would let one of her friends pick. She hadn't sung these songs in years. She would need to hear the music to remember how the song goes.
"Let's take it from the top again." Manic said.
Jasmine and Manic were in the band room. It was the end of the school day. They always went to the band room during their off period. Jamsine was in a small sound booth the school had. Manic was pushing all the buttons. Jasmine felt like a rockstar again. She missed that feeling. Her heart started to beat faster once the music started to play. She knew which song she was going to sing. She let Manic pick the song, but he didn't pick. Manic told Jasmine 'which ever song you feel more confident about that's the song you should sing'.
She picked a song that Shadow couldn't forget. They would sing that song together. It was their theme song. Jasmine sung it all the time when she hung out with Shadow. The music played and Jasmine held her headphones tight. Manic lowered the music and nodded his head to the beat. She started singing with all the power she had. It was an upbeat song. Most people liked this song. The song ended and Jasmine looked at Manic who was writing some stuff down.
"I don't think I ever heard that song before." Manic said as Jasmine walked out of the sound booth.
"I didn't like the idea of other people hearing it. It's a really special song."
"I bet. You changed when you were singing it."
"R-Really? Is that a bad thing?"
"Depends."
Before Jasmine could ask anything else the bell rang. The hallways filled up with students. Manic and Jasmine went to go find their friends. The concert would be next week. As the two friends were walking through the hallways everyone said hi to Jasmine. They were people she never talked to before. She didn't know any of theses people, but she didn't worry about it. Manic found Silver and Blaze talking at the front door.
"If you quit I quit." Silver said to Blaze.
"I already put in my two week notice. My parents want me to focus on school."
"I see your guys are thinking about leaving?" Manic asked.
"Yea. Parents theses days. Jasmine you've been working for the past three years." Blaze said.
"Oh yea! Her tour!" Silver said.
The fours friends walked home. Sally and Amy were hanging out at the mall. Tails and Cream were doing homework together at Cream's house. Knuckles was playing football. Rouge was at the art show in downtown. Jasmine didn't have anyone to hang out with, so she went for a short walk to clear her mind. The school concert. She didn't know what to expect. She missed middle school concerts. She brushed off the feeling. Her hands fell into her pockets and she looked down at the ground. The sun went away as the clouds covered it. The wind started to pick. She turned around and headed back home.
"What are you doing out here?" Asked a voice.
Jasmine looked up to see if someone was talking to her. Sonic was standing right in front of her. He seemed out of breath. He had shorts on and a tank top. He was holding a black water bottle as well. Jasmine shrugged her shoulders.
"Just taking a walk." She replied.
"I can see that. Manic told me that you're doing the school concert."
"I wanna know why you don't like Shadow." Jasmine said changing the subject.
Sonic started to chuckle as what he just heard. He took a sip of his water, and thought for a moment. He started to laugh at himself and he rolled his eyes. He shook his head and looked at Jasmine with a straight face.
"You know... sometimes it's best to leave things in the past. Shadow is one of those things." Sonic said. "He's different."
"He's just lost. I left him."
"We'll finish this later."
Sonic ran off leaving Jasmine alone again. No one liked Shadow at all. Sonic hated his guts. Tails followed in Sonic's footsteps. Same with the rest of her friends. They never known Shadow like Jasmine did. She went home thinking about what Sonic had said to her. She didn't want to believe anything her friends said about Shadow. He talked to her two times! He saved her from Scourge. That was weird though. Shadow never liked talking to anyone, and anyone means everyone. Dinner was made once Jasmine got home. She didn't really eat. Her mother didn't say anything about it. She knew Jasmine was stressed out from school. Trying to get her life back to the way is was... It was hard for her.
"I think you'll do great tomorrow!" Cream said walking Jasmine to class.
It's been a few days. The weeks went by fast for Jasmine. She had been counting the days till the concert. Tomorrow would be the concert. Manic was planning everything. He was on edge with everything going on. So many people wanted to join in last minute, but he had to say no to them. All the acts were together. Jasmine was going last. She was so excited, but she felt bad Manic. He was to busy planning everything, that he forget to put himself in the concert. He was happy to watch his friends up on stage.
"Manic, I really need a drummer for my act." Jasmine said.
"I'll find you one, don't worry."
"I want you to be my drummer."
Manic laughed at the thought, but Jasmine held his wrist and they made eye contact. She meant what she said. Manic couldn't fight with her. He agreed to it. She smiled and they couldn't wait till tomorrow. Jasmine kept asking the girls about Shadow and what they thought about him. They knew he wouldn't show up. He had better things to do. It would be a Friday and Shadow doesn't like supporting the school. He hated school and everyone who walked the hallways. Jasmine didn't want to believe that. She ignored what everyone was saying and focused on the song she was going to sing.
"All of Me. I don't remember you singing this song at all." Blaze said sitting at the lunch table.
"It's a very old song." Jasmine said with a smile. "An old friend and I wrote it together. Kinda."
"Kinda?" Amy said. "Is this about Shadow?"
Jasmine shrugged and grinned at the thought. It is about Shadow. He loved that song. It was their song. They would play it and dance around the room together when they were little. Once Jasmine was on her three year tour she forgot about it for a while. She wondered if Shadow remembers this song. He had to. They played it so many times. Jasmine even remembered the dance moves Shadow and her came up with when they were little. She'll never forget those days. They didn't have anything to stress about. It was just all fun and games.
It's Friday. Manic had everything in order. Everyone who was in the concert got to skip all their classes. All day they were in the band room. Jasmine stayed by Manic's side. She didn't know anyone else who in the concert. Her heart was beating faster and she thought about Shadow sitting in the crowd cheering her on. She knew that wasn't going to happen though. Her friends were going to be in the front row. The bell rang it was time for the concert. A lot of kids ran out the doors to go home and skip the rest of the day. The concert was going to end when schools ends. There were no more classes for the day.
Jasmine back stage. She felt like she was on tour again. She was the last act. Her hands were sweating and she kept rubbing her hands together. She poked her head through the curtains. A couple of freshman were doing their act. They were making fun of the school. Everyone was laughing at their jokes. Jasmine laughed at some of them. Manic was all over the place. He was running all around the back stage. Each act had a time limit. Everything was on the right track. The freshman's act was done and people were clapping. Jasmine knew no one that were performing.
"Shadow's not coming." Manic said knowing who Jasmine was looking for. "He's home right now."
"How do you know?"
Manic shrugged his shoulders. He didn't want to fight with Jasmine right now since she's about to go on stage and perform a song that meant the whole world to her. Manic walked away from her and figured out who was going next. Just a few more acts and it Jasmine would be on stage. Jasmine took out her Ipod and put her headphones in. She listened to the song she was going to perform. All she could think about was Shadow.
"Next up is Jasmine!" Manic yelled through the microphone.
Everyone started to clap. Jasmine walked up on stage. Manic handed her the microphone. The curtained rolled away from the center of the stage. Manic saw his drums and got on them. He pulled out his drums sticks. There was also someone who played the guitar on Jasmine's right side. Manic banged his drum sticks together. Jasmien stood up straight and looked at the crowd. She saw her friends in the front room. They all gave her a thumbs up. Then the music started to play. It was a rock and roll song. Everyone got up from their seat and started to jam out.
"I am... all of me" Jasmine sung.
She sang with passion. She ran across the stage. She was jumping around and having the time of her life. Everyone was cheering and jumping around. Manic was banging on his drums as he watched Jasmine. Even though Jasmine was a rock star, it felt like she was just another high school student. Lights were shining on everyone. Jasmine felt like it was another concert, only for all of her friends. Her hair got in her face, but she didn't care. She was having the time of her life and no one could ruin it. She looked at her friends and then at the crowd. Even the teachers were jamming out to her song. Everyone loved the song.
Jasmine grabbed the microphone and jumped off the stage. All the students were cheering her name. They loved her music and herself so much. Jasmine jogged around the room before getting back on stage. While there was a guitar solo Jasmine moved her hair out of her face. She was breathing really hard. She dropped her hands to her side and looked at the crowd. She looked in the back of the room. There were so many students. A smile appeared on her face. She lifted the microphone back to her lips and began to sing again. She gave it all she got.
The song ended and she fell to her knees and pumped up her arms in the air. Everyone was clapping. They never sat down after that. The concert was over and the curtains closed. Jasmine waved to her friends and they all gave her a thumbs up. Jasmine stood back up and handed the microphone to Manic. They both hugged each other.
"That was great, Jasmine!" Manic said. "Everyone loved you!"
"It wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for you! You were great! Thank you!"
The bell rang and school was over. Manic had to stay after school and help clean up. Jasmine left and doing what she could to help Manic and his friends. Jasmine went to her locker. Her heart was still beating fast. She loved the rush performing gave her. She put her hair up so it was up out of her face. She drank some water from her water bottle.
"I saw Faker there." Sonic said standing behind Jasmine.
"Oh god!" Jasmine said jumping around. "You scared me, Sonic!"
"Let's go, Sonic." Sally said tugging on Sonic's arm.
"I'll met you outside." Sonic said pushing Sally off of him.
Sally mouthed 'sorry' to Jasmine. She didn't understand what was going on. Sally shrugged her shoulders and headed out the front door. Sonic crossed his arms and looked down at Jasmine. She didn't know what to do or say to Sonic. Something was bugging him.
"Did you like it?" Jasmine asked.
"Of coarse, but I saw your look when you saw Shadow in there."
"So what? What's your problem with him?"
"He's gonna hurt you again. It's bad enough he turned into a greedy little hedgehog. You can't trust him."
"I'll keep your word on that."
Sonic left without saying another word. Jasmine never understood why Sonic and Shadow never got along with each other. Something must have happened when she went on tour for three years. Sonic didn't like to talk about his feelings. Sally might tell Jasmine if they were closer to each other. Cream doesn't like to bring up the past. Tails wouldn't go behind Sonic's back. Amy just talks about Sonic all the time. Knuckles didn't seem like he knew anything. Rouge wasn't close with Sonic. Sonia wouldn't understand her brother's fights. Manic didn't like that kind of stuff. It seemed like the only person to talk to was Shadow...