Disclaimer: The Song You're Gonna Be is sung by Reba McEntire.
Sam spent the next week scouring the youth center basement and attic for a guitar. It was essential that she find one for the song. The day before the assignment was due Sam gave up looking and just figured that she would sing it with music. As Sam was getting ready for bed she saw a faint pinkish light coming from behind a box. She mentally prepared herself as she cautiously walked up to the box. Sam peeked around it; low and behold there was an acoustic guitar. Sam pulled the guitar out from behind the box. She then looked up and said, "Thanks mom." Sam spent the rest of the night tuning, cleaning, and practicing. Sam woke up the next morning bright and early. She was pulling on her blue jeans when she heard a noise coming from downstairs. Sam quickly put her pink spaghetti strap shirt and then her pink off the shoulder shirt. She then quietly snuck downstairs, wishing all the while she had had her dad's invisibility. Sam peeked around the corner and saw Ernie bent over one of the juice machines. Sam breathed a sigh of relief and snuck back upstairs to put her pink chuck's on. Sam couldn't believe how much chuck's cost in this time compared to hers. The shoes that Sam had found could easily cost about eighty dollars, but here she could pick them up for under ten. Once she was ready Sam tiptoed down the stairs with the guitar, checked to see where Ernie was, and then slipped out. Sam was so happy that she almost skipped to school. Once she got to her gym class, though, the feeling had kind of depleted. Sam changed and went to the floor to practice her stretches. When Sam entered the gym she saw a balance beam set up; left over from the gymnastics invitational. It was still really early so Sam made sure no one was looking and mounted the beam in the horizontal splits. She then did a few basic aerials, a couple of back and front flips, and a split leap. After Sam did a pirouette she looked to dismount. Sam decided to do a double back, so she flipped, flipped, and finally dismounted. As she came up she heard clapping from the other side of the gym. Afraid to look Sam grabbed the beam for support and turned around. On the other side of the gym was her dad and his friends. Sam groaned; she didn't want them to get to suspicious because she was acting too much like her mom. She stayed by the beam as they came up to her.

"Wow Sam that was awesome," Rocky said.

"Yeah pretty cool," Adam replied.

"A very interesting skill." Billy answered.

"Where did you learn it?" Kat asked.

"Well I started gymnastics when I was four. My mom was my couch. I'm currently the state champ."

"Really? My girlfriend is a gymnast."

"Really who is she?"

"Kimberly Hart."

"Oh that's really cool. How long have you guys been dating?"

"About two years now."

"Aww well I hope that it lasts, true love is so hard to find these days."

Everyone looked at her funny and before she could respond the bell rang and they began class. This class period they were studying the wonderful art of soccer. Mr. Sandoval put them into four teams of eight, four against four. Sam's group was comprised of her dad, his friends, and Andrew. Since Sam was dating Conner she knew everything about soccer. They had even played together and she had kicked his butt once. So with their team set and the captain picked they split the teams up. Red team was made up of Rocky, Tommy, Kat, and Sam. Blue Team was Adam, Tanya, Billy, and Andrew. The match was interesting to say the least. Andrew was out for Sam's blood and Sam wasn't passing or even acknowledging Kat. The match ended in a draw neither team ever scored. Sam was purely disappointed at this as she walked to her English class. Earlier Sam had told Ms. Appleby about how she didn't have any pictures and how she was going to sing the song instead. Ms. Appleby accepted the change and had allowed Sam to store her guitar in her class room for safe keeping. Since Sam was the very last to go she just sat there and watched everyone else. Her dad's collage made her want to cry because he talked about her grandparents, the ones she never knew. Finally it was Sam's turn so she grabbed her guitar and went to the front of the classroom. "I don't have pictures, but I have song that I'm going to sing for you. My mom wrote it for me when I was born."

6lbs and 9oz. lookin' up at me
Like I have all the answers
I hope I have the ones you need
I've never really done this, now I know what scared is

Sometimes I'll protect you from everything that's wrong
Other times I'll let you just find out on your own
But that's when you'll be growin',
And the whole time I'll be knowin

You're gonna fly with every dream you chase
You're gonna cry, but know that that's okay
Sometimes life's not fair, but if you hang in there
You're gonna see that sometimes bad is good
We just have to believe things work out like they should
Life has no guarantees, but always loved by me
You're gonna be

I'm afraid you'll have to suffer through
some of my mistakes
Lord knows I'll be trying OH to give you what it takes
What it takes to know the difference
Between getting by and livin'

'Cause anything worth doing is worth doing all the way
Just know you'll have to live with all
the choices that you make
So make sure you're always givin' way
more than you're takin'

You're gonna fly with every dream you chase
You're gonna cry, but know that that's okay
Sometimes life's not fair, but if you hang in there
You're gonna see that sometimes bad is good
We just have to believe things work out like they should
Life has no guarantees, but always loved by me
You're gonna be

Someone's everything
You're gonna see
Just what you are to me

You're gonna fly with every dream you chase
We just have to believe things work out like they should
Life has no guarantees, but always loved by me
You're gonna be
Always loved by me

As Sam finished tears began to well up in her eyes and she had to be excused to go write herself. Since she came here she missed her dad, the one where he knew he had a daughter, her boyfriend, and her friends. The thing that was the most hard on her was that her mom's anniversary was coming up soon and she wouldn't be there to put flowers on her grave. Sam slide down the wall and just sat there and cried. Suddenly she felt two strong arms envelop her into a big hug. Sam didn't care who it was she just cried into his shirt.


Okay so I hope that you guys like this chapter as much as I do. If you ever have a chance to see the music video you will see why I chose this particular song for Sam to sing. Please R&R and I will see you all in the next chapter.