Mitchie returned to her cabin after her lessons for the day. She was about to open her door, then she stopped. She began to hear acoustic guitar strumming. She turned around to see where the music was coming from and saw Jim on the deck of his cabin strumming away on his Dove. She decided to go up closer to him, but she tried to be as quiet as possible because she didn't want him to stop playing. Then he started to play a tune that Mitchie recognized, as he played it a bit more he started to sing
"I heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah"
As he was about to sing again Mitchie walked up to him, and began to sing herself
"Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah"
Jim looked suprised at first when she began to sing, but he continued to play with a smile formig on his face. When it came to the final verse, Jim began to sing first
"Maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody that outdrew you"
Then Mitchie sang the other half
"It's not a cry you can hear at night
It's not somebody who has seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah"
Then they sang the final part together
"Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah"
As they stopped, Jim looked slightly stunned. "Wow, I just sing 'Hallelujah' with Mitchie Torres. The guys back home are not gonna belive this."
"Jim, I never knew you could sing like that. Your voice is amazing."
"Just comes with the package I guess. What about you? Your voice is down right beautiful."
"Well it's not that beautiful", Mitchie began to blush a bit
"My ears seem to disagree with you. Hey is there anyone in the mess hall?"
"I don't think so, why?"
"The piano is still in there right?", he put his guitar in the stand and grabbed his cane
"Yes, why?"
He got up out of his chair, "Just come with me", she followed him until they reached the mess hall he sat down at the piano. "Care to join me?", she sat down next to him, "Mitchie, I have a small confession to make"
"What is it?"
"Im actually a huge fan of yours"
Mitchie was shocked by this news, "Are you serious?"
"The first day we met, when you bumped into me, I was litteraly screaming like a fangirl on the inside. And since we're here, there's something else I wanted to tell you. One of my dreams is for us to sing a duet of 'This is me' while I play the piano, and I mean a full on duet and not just me singing Shane Gray's part.", he was silent for a second, "So what do ya say?"
"I say, start playing"
With a smile, he began to play the song, and Mitchie began to sing
"I've always been the kind of girl
That hid my face
So afraid to tell the world
What I've got to say
But I have this dream
Right inside of me
I'm gonna let it show
It's time to let you know
to let you know"
Jim joined her on the chorus,
"This is real
This is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light shine on me
Now I've found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me"
Jim began to sing the second verse
"Do you know what it's like
To feel so in the dark
To dream about a life
Where you're the shining star
Even though it seems
Like it's too far away
I have to believe in myself
It's the only way"
They joined their voices again for the chorus
"This is real
This is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light shine on me
Now I've found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me"
Mitchie began to sing the first part of Shane's verse
"You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing"
Jim came in for the second half
"I need to find you
I gotta find you"
He continued to the next part
"You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me"
Mitchie concluded the final part
"I need to find you
I gotta find you"
They both then concluded the song with the final chorus
"This is real
This is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light shine on me
Now I've found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me
This is me
Now I've found who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me"
They both just sat there for a moment catching their breaths until Jim spoke up, "I can't belive that just happend"
"So was that how you hoped it would be"
"I know it's cheesey to say, but was way more than I hoped it would be"
"Well congradulations. Hey we better get out of here, the kids might start coming in soon." They both left the building and started to walk down the path
"You know something, I almost can't wait to get back home and to my family. Im gonna have some stories this year"
Mitchie laughed, "Yes you will. Whose all in your family?"
"My parents and my brother"
"Where do you live anyway?"
"Denver, Colorado"
"Really? Im going there on my next tour. You should come. I'll make sure to get you backstage passes."
"Why thank you"
"I'll need to get a few, I bet you have tons of friends, right?"
"Actually I don't have to many. I mean ever since I started college I made a couple of friends, but in high school, nu-uh"
"You can't be serious"
"You know, i've never even had a girlfriend, i've never even been kissed. At my school, the girls weren't exactly lining up to date a guy who couldn't even see. I actually went to a Private school filled with snotty stuck up girls who seemed unatracted to a guy who couldn't tell them how pretty they were, or drove expensive cars. I usually was just some blind guy."
Mitchie began to tear up a bit, she gave Jim a really big hug, "That sounds like an absolute horrid high school life"
He broke away from the hug, "It's ok, I managed to fight it. Now im singing duets with Mitchie Torres"
"Well, let's hope the rest of the summer can be like it"
(I do not own the rights to 'Hallelujah' or 'This is me' at all. Don;t sue me, They are 100% not mine)