If you're wondering why I have lots of updates, I used the time I didn't have internet to write a lot of chapters. Here comes the disclaimer and the claimer: I don't own Lemonade Mouth but I own my new song, Doesn't Matter.

Stella's POV

I knocked on her door.

"Come in." I heard her say. She sounded like she'd already began crying.

"Hey." I greeted her. Despite the now tear-stained face and slightly red eyes, she still looked like the Nichole who was passionate and was better than Krissy in so many ways.

"What do you want?" She asked me.

"I overheard." I told her as I sat down on her bed with her.

"Go ahead and rat her out for all I care. If you pity me and pick me because of it, I don't wanna open for your band. She was probably right anyway." Nichole said with a sigh.

I shook my head. "Don't you know how wonderful you are Nichole? You're everything that Lemonade Mouth is and more. You're the band combined into one person and I don't need to rat her out for you to be picked because I'm pretty sure that everyone else thinks you're so much better."

Nichole looked at me and I saw something new in her eyes: Hope. "You really think so?" She said with a sniffle.

"I know so. Now get a pen and some paper. You know how to write songs?" I asked her.

"I've lived most of my life writing songs." She told me.

I grabbed the guitar and helped her write the song.

I'm not a beauty queen who just struts on the street
All I wanna follow is my heartbeat
Stop telling me I'll always be a nobody
We both know that I'm meant to become somebody

If you only knew that I could do what you can
If you only knew I could score a ten
There's so much you don't know
But I'll let my light show

Her voice blended perfectly with the guitar.

I'm not perfect I know
But to me It doesn't matter
I'm not for show
I try my best to tell myself you're not perfect too
I'm pretty sure you torture me because you know it too

I could hear the passion in her voice. I was amazed that Mrs. Brennigan had told me that this girl was only 13.

Stop tripping me 'cause I'm way too stoked
You're not the boss of me you bloke
I'm gonna go all out and let go of every fear
Because I'm already here

I'm gonna show the world that this is where I'm meant to be
There's nothing that I can't make them see
Everything's in place now
I'll be the one to take a bow

I planned to make this girl's dreams come true. This girl had a voice that could amaze people and I intended to do just that.

I'm not perfect I know
But to me It doesn't matter
I'm not for show
I try my best to tell myself you're not perfect too
I'm pretty sure you torture me because you know it too

For someone who was 3 years younger than me, she was pretty much a virtuoso.

You can take everything away from me
But you can't take music from my heart
First of all, you can't take it because it's something you can't see
Lastly, this is only the start

She was making the real magic. I was merely helping.

I'm not perfect I know
But to me It doesn't matter
I'm not for show
I try my best to tell myself you're not perfect too
I'm pretty sure you torture me because you know it too

She faced me. "You seriously think I'm better than Krissy?"

I smiled and nodded. "You really need tostop doubting and asking me that."

She giggled. "I have to go with everyone else and see who wins your little showdown." I told her.

She nodded. "I'll be prepared for Krissy the next time I see her."

I left the room and went downstairs.

"So have we decided on anyone yet?" I asked them as I pulled out a seat next to Mo and Charlie.

"We were just about to start voting." Olivia said.

"Who are you for Charlie?" Mrs. Brennigan asked.

"Nichole of course. That girl's got some power." Charlie said. I could have knocked him to the ground and kissed him then and there but I decided against it.

Mrs. Brennigan nodded and took note of his vote. "How about you Wen?"

"Nichole too. That girl's got both spunk and game." He said.

Mrs. Brennigan took note of his vote as well and pointed the pen at Scott.

"I'm also for Nichole. She's much more talented." Scott said.

I did a fist pump under the table and Charlie spotted me. I smiled sheepishly and he shook his head and rolled his eyes

Mrs. Brennigan pointed to Olivia.

"Nichole. I think she can make it far and maybe we can be the springboard to fame." Olivia said with a smile.

"Very well said Olivia." I complimented her.

"How about you Stella?" Mrs. Brennigan asked me.

"Nichole of course! The girl has passion, passion that we can't afford to waste." I answered as fast as I could.

Mrs. Brennigan then looked at Mo.

"I vote for Krissy." She said.

Everyone at the table gasped.

"I'm just voting for her because I pity her." Mo raised her hands up in front of her.

I breathed a sigh of relief knowing that that was her reason.

"Obviously, Nichole wins. You guys go break the news to them and I'll go call Nichole and Krissy's parents." Mrs. Brennigan left us.

"Okay, let's split up three by three. Girls will get Nichole and boys will get Krissy." Olivia said.

Wen groaned. "Why do we get Krissy?"

"Because I said so." Olivia said through gritted teeth and Wen got the message.

We began to walk to Nichole's room.

"I wish I could do that to Scott." Mo said.

"It's easy. Just grit your teeth and glare at him iand he'll do everything you want." Olivia told her.

I knocked on Nichole's door.

"Come in and be quick about it." I heard her voice on the other side.

I opened the door to her room and she was on her bed wearing something else now. She wore a navy blue cardigan, a black dress knee length dress with a white sash and white flats.

"Okay, where's Nichole and what have you done to her?" I said.

She rolled her eyes. "After our little 'pep talk', I decided to change into something that made me look like I was happy. I still have my spikes though." She said and showed me a bracelet on her wrist with rhinestones and small spikes.

"Why do you wear that?" Mo asked her.

"I hate it when people drag me by the wrists." Nichole said.

"Well you shouldn't have worn your spikes because the votings done and we wanted to drag you downstairs." Olivia said.

Nichole bit her lip. "I seriously hope I won."

I smiled. "Let's go downstairs and found out." I extended my hand for her to take and she did. She was just an inch smaller than me.

"Thank you Stella." She said.

"For what?" I asked.

"For bringing me up when I was down." She answered and I smiled at hr.

We went downstairs and found the boys there with Krissy who wore a short white dress with a light pink rose on it.

"So what's the decision?" Krissy asked with her arms crossed. She seemed impatient.

Nichole looked hopeful. I could see her fingers crossed under the table and she smiled at me nervously.

"I don't know how to say this Krissy but let's just keep it short and simple." Mo said.

"Oh you lost boo hoo." I said wanting to speed up the process.

Krissy looked shellshocked and Nichole beamed.

Krissy covered her hands with her face and sobbed.

Nichole pitied her, stood up and began rubbing her back. "There are so many opportunities out there. You know someone can make you a star. You weren't half bad." She said in a soothing voice.

"LEAVE ME ALONE YOU CHEATING BITCH!" Krissy shouted at her and ran to her room, tears trailing behind her like thread.

"Oh no." Nichole covered her hands with her face as well, looked up and groaned.

"it's not your fault she lost." Liv told her in an even more soothing and comforting voice.

"We chose you because you were more talented and extremely passionate." Charlie said.

"Yeah, she wasn't as good as you." I agreed.

"Thank you." She said and removed her hands from her face.

Suddenly, we heard a shot and a high-pitched scream from a familiar high-pitched voice.

Uh oh. This story is about to take an unexpected turn because of Nichole and Krissy. Nichole will have 2 more chapters but she won't be too big on chapter 12. Chapter 11 will be pretty tragic. YAY! Updating again which makes me happy. Just keep reviewing and I might post by tomorrow. MAYBE.