RUN TO ME
Disclaimer: See Chapters 1-10. The title is taken from the lyrics of the song "Sing Along," which is owned by The Blue Man Group and Dave Matthews. I wrote the song "Uncommon Feeling," so please; if you're going to use it, give me credit for it. I worked hard on it.
to Infinity86- yep. you have guessed correctly, there will be another hookup, and I promise you, it will be very interesting. keep reading, for there will be much more to come very, very soon!
to dizzychick- well thanks! it's reviews like this one and the ones I receive from my "regulars" that make writing this story worthwhile. keep on reading and enjoying! you won't want to miss what happens next!
to msshadylane- formatting huh? I think I can fix that! I'm getting better at it, I think, but there's always room for improvement! keep reading and reviewing and enjoying, and stick around for more to come!
IF I SING A SONG (PART ONE)
That night, after getting ready for what seemed like the entire afternoon-but what really was only about an hour, two tops-Kayla and Jordan made their way to Mickey's for Open Mic Night. When they reached Mickey's, they found Travis, Robbie, and Ray waiting outside in the middle of what appeared to be a pretty large crowd. Ray was standing on the tips of his toes, Robbie was checking his watch, and Travis was looking around, leading Kayla to the conclusion that they were being looked for. The next time Travis turned their way, Kayla waved.
Travis spotted Kayla waving and smiled. "They're here," he said.
"Where?" asked Ray, turning around on his tiptoes and falling over with a crash.
"Over there," Travis said, and he pointed in the direction of the girls, as Robbie tried to help Ray to his feet and keep the laughter at said fallen-over-boy to a dull roar. Travis did what they had agreed to do earlier, and waved the girls over as soon as he made sure Kayla could still see him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kayla saw Travis waving to her and, nodding to Jordan to follow her, began to walk over to them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"We're here!" Kayla said as she and Jordan reached the boys, "I would like you all to meet my best, oldest, and most insane friend, Jordan Rogers."
Ray and Travis nodded hello, but Robbie didn't speak. Here in front of him was-in his opinion-the prettiest girl he had ever seen in his life. She was about half an inch taller than Kayla, with brown hair and sparkling brown eyes. But that wasn't what really got Robbie about Jordan Elizabeth Rogers-her full name, as he was to soon find out-oh no. It was the fact that even in her blue jeans and faded Jimmy Hendrix T-shirt, she looked like a true beauty.
"Um, hi," he said when he finally regained the ability to speak, "I'm Robbie McGrath." Not knowing what else to do, he extended his hand for Jordan to shake.
Jordan stared at his hand for a second, then smiled and shook it, saying, "Jordan Rogers."
"Jordan Elizabeth Rogers," Kayla said with a slight laugh, "But no one really calls her that..."
"Unless I'm in trouble," finished Jordan.
The group laughed and then went inside to get their seats so they could see Lily perform. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Ladies and Gentlemen-if you really believe you deserve to be called ladies and gentlemen. This is the second time this young lady has graced the stage at Mickey's with her presence. Hopefully, she'll actually sing this time. So, keep your grubby little hands off my merchandise, and please welcome-Lily Randall!"
Kayla, Jordan, Travis, Robbie, and Ray all clapped loudly as Mickey left the stage and Lily entered the spotlight from her place backstage; holding her guitar and-this time-ready to perform. She adjusted the microphone and then said:
"Thank you for the, uh, interesting introduction Mickey. Well, many of you may remember the last time I was here at Open Mic Night, and I can promise you that this time, you will actually hear me sing. The song I will be performing tonight is one I wrote myself, and it is called 'Uncommon Feeling'. I hope you enjoy it."
Lily then put her guitar strap around her shoulder and, taking a deep breath, began to play the song and sing her song.
{How do you tell when you've got a feeling}
{That you've never known before?}
{Is it for real or just a dream?}
{How can you be sure?}
{Of a life-changing emotion that flows through your veins}
{And changes the way you see things everyday}
{Is it something you wish for every night in your dreams}
{Or a pain that won't go away?}
{Whatever it is, it will change your life}
{And you can't understand why you don't feel right}
{And the way that you see things will be turned upside down}
{The life that you knew will be turned around}
{This uncommon feeling that you have in your heart}
{Could give your life a brand new start to feel}
{The way you were meant to feel}
{The way life was meant to be}
{For you and for me}
Lily finished the song and took a bow as the entire room erupted in thunderous applause. Cheers of "Lily! Lily!" could be heard throughout the store as Lily's friends rose-along with the rest of the store-to give her a standing ovation that was long overdue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"That...was...AWESOME!" Kayla said as the group of friends left Mickey's together, "You kicked serious ass Lily."
"Best song yet," Travis said.
"Definitely a hit," Robbie said, "Was it written for anyone in particular?"
Lily turned her head slightly to look at Ray, then blushed and said:
"Nope! No one special."
"Yeah, sure," said Jordan, calling Lily's bluff instantly, "You wrote it for Ray, didn't you?"
Lily was taken aback at how easily Jordan had called the bluff, and answered, "I have no idea what you're talking about."
But they all knew that Lily wasn't telling the truth, mostly because they saw the way her and Ray were being all lovey-dovey when they were coming out of Mickey's; but partly because Lily had told Kayla that she had, indeed, written the song for Ray.
"So," Kayla said as they paused near a small restaurant, "Anyone want to come back to my house for some food? My mom said that she'd be willing to feed us."
"What about your dad?" Travis asked, "What did he say about all of us invading your house and eating your food?"
Kayla laughed and said, "Dad doesn't know about it. He's in Vermont trying to close a major merger between these two companies. It's been going on for a while, and they've finally agreed on the terms, so Dad had to fly out to close the deal."
"Your dad's a lawyer?" Robbie asked, a little surprised because Kayla never mentioned what her dad did for work.
"Yeah," Kayla replied nonchalantly, "He's a pretty good one too. He mostly does mergers and stuff like that for companies and small businesses and such. Nothing like defense and prosecution stuff."
"So, all in favor of going to Kayla's house for celebratory snackage?" Ray said.
"Aye"
"Aye"
"Aye"
"Aye"
"Kayla, you're not allowed to vote! We're talking about going to your house, so of course you're going to vote in favor of it!" Robbie said.
"Usually in a group vote, the one who puts forth the motion is permitted to vote for or against the motion," Kayla countered.
Robbie looked at the others and asked, "Any of you get that? 'Cause I didn't."
"In Layman's terms," Travis said, "it means she's allowed to vote."
"Oh."
"So I guess we're all heading over to my house then," said Kayla, "We better hurry up and get there, or else Shelby and her friends are gonna eat it all!"
With that, the kids began running towards Kayla's house, determined not to let their food get eaten by a group of 3-year-olds.
OK, that's the first part in a 3-part chapter series. The time jump will occur in the chapter after the end of this 3-parter, and it will be a 3- month time jump. Just giving you all a heads-up on what's gonna happen.
Title: Celebration (Part Two) Summary: Party at Kayla's! The gang celebrates Lily's triumphant stage debut.
Disclaimer: See Chapters 1-10. The title is taken from the lyrics of the song "Sing Along," which is owned by The Blue Man Group and Dave Matthews. I wrote the song "Uncommon Feeling," so please; if you're going to use it, give me credit for it. I worked hard on it.
to Infinity86- yep. you have guessed correctly, there will be another hookup, and I promise you, it will be very interesting. keep reading, for there will be much more to come very, very soon!
to dizzychick- well thanks! it's reviews like this one and the ones I receive from my "regulars" that make writing this story worthwhile. keep on reading and enjoying! you won't want to miss what happens next!
to msshadylane- formatting huh? I think I can fix that! I'm getting better at it, I think, but there's always room for improvement! keep reading and reviewing and enjoying, and stick around for more to come!
IF I SING A SONG (PART ONE)
That night, after getting ready for what seemed like the entire afternoon-but what really was only about an hour, two tops-Kayla and Jordan made their way to Mickey's for Open Mic Night. When they reached Mickey's, they found Travis, Robbie, and Ray waiting outside in the middle of what appeared to be a pretty large crowd. Ray was standing on the tips of his toes, Robbie was checking his watch, and Travis was looking around, leading Kayla to the conclusion that they were being looked for. The next time Travis turned their way, Kayla waved.
Travis spotted Kayla waving and smiled. "They're here," he said.
"Where?" asked Ray, turning around on his tiptoes and falling over with a crash.
"Over there," Travis said, and he pointed in the direction of the girls, as Robbie tried to help Ray to his feet and keep the laughter at said fallen-over-boy to a dull roar. Travis did what they had agreed to do earlier, and waved the girls over as soon as he made sure Kayla could still see him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kayla saw Travis waving to her and, nodding to Jordan to follow her, began to walk over to them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"We're here!" Kayla said as she and Jordan reached the boys, "I would like you all to meet my best, oldest, and most insane friend, Jordan Rogers."
Ray and Travis nodded hello, but Robbie didn't speak. Here in front of him was-in his opinion-the prettiest girl he had ever seen in his life. She was about half an inch taller than Kayla, with brown hair and sparkling brown eyes. But that wasn't what really got Robbie about Jordan Elizabeth Rogers-her full name, as he was to soon find out-oh no. It was the fact that even in her blue jeans and faded Jimmy Hendrix T-shirt, she looked like a true beauty.
"Um, hi," he said when he finally regained the ability to speak, "I'm Robbie McGrath." Not knowing what else to do, he extended his hand for Jordan to shake.
Jordan stared at his hand for a second, then smiled and shook it, saying, "Jordan Rogers."
"Jordan Elizabeth Rogers," Kayla said with a slight laugh, "But no one really calls her that..."
"Unless I'm in trouble," finished Jordan.
The group laughed and then went inside to get their seats so they could see Lily perform. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Ladies and Gentlemen-if you really believe you deserve to be called ladies and gentlemen. This is the second time this young lady has graced the stage at Mickey's with her presence. Hopefully, she'll actually sing this time. So, keep your grubby little hands off my merchandise, and please welcome-Lily Randall!"
Kayla, Jordan, Travis, Robbie, and Ray all clapped loudly as Mickey left the stage and Lily entered the spotlight from her place backstage; holding her guitar and-this time-ready to perform. She adjusted the microphone and then said:
"Thank you for the, uh, interesting introduction Mickey. Well, many of you may remember the last time I was here at Open Mic Night, and I can promise you that this time, you will actually hear me sing. The song I will be performing tonight is one I wrote myself, and it is called 'Uncommon Feeling'. I hope you enjoy it."
Lily then put her guitar strap around her shoulder and, taking a deep breath, began to play the song and sing her song.
{How do you tell when you've got a feeling}
{That you've never known before?}
{Is it for real or just a dream?}
{How can you be sure?}
{Of a life-changing emotion that flows through your veins}
{And changes the way you see things everyday}
{Is it something you wish for every night in your dreams}
{Or a pain that won't go away?}
{Whatever it is, it will change your life}
{And you can't understand why you don't feel right}
{And the way that you see things will be turned upside down}
{The life that you knew will be turned around}
{This uncommon feeling that you have in your heart}
{Could give your life a brand new start to feel}
{The way you were meant to feel}
{The way life was meant to be}
{For you and for me}
Lily finished the song and took a bow as the entire room erupted in thunderous applause. Cheers of "Lily! Lily!" could be heard throughout the store as Lily's friends rose-along with the rest of the store-to give her a standing ovation that was long overdue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"That...was...AWESOME!" Kayla said as the group of friends left Mickey's together, "You kicked serious ass Lily."
"Best song yet," Travis said.
"Definitely a hit," Robbie said, "Was it written for anyone in particular?"
Lily turned her head slightly to look at Ray, then blushed and said:
"Nope! No one special."
"Yeah, sure," said Jordan, calling Lily's bluff instantly, "You wrote it for Ray, didn't you?"
Lily was taken aback at how easily Jordan had called the bluff, and answered, "I have no idea what you're talking about."
But they all knew that Lily wasn't telling the truth, mostly because they saw the way her and Ray were being all lovey-dovey when they were coming out of Mickey's; but partly because Lily had told Kayla that she had, indeed, written the song for Ray.
"So," Kayla said as they paused near a small restaurant, "Anyone want to come back to my house for some food? My mom said that she'd be willing to feed us."
"What about your dad?" Travis asked, "What did he say about all of us invading your house and eating your food?"
Kayla laughed and said, "Dad doesn't know about it. He's in Vermont trying to close a major merger between these two companies. It's been going on for a while, and they've finally agreed on the terms, so Dad had to fly out to close the deal."
"Your dad's a lawyer?" Robbie asked, a little surprised because Kayla never mentioned what her dad did for work.
"Yeah," Kayla replied nonchalantly, "He's a pretty good one too. He mostly does mergers and stuff like that for companies and small businesses and such. Nothing like defense and prosecution stuff."
"So, all in favor of going to Kayla's house for celebratory snackage?" Ray said.
"Aye"
"Aye"
"Aye"
"Aye"
"Kayla, you're not allowed to vote! We're talking about going to your house, so of course you're going to vote in favor of it!" Robbie said.
"Usually in a group vote, the one who puts forth the motion is permitted to vote for or against the motion," Kayla countered.
Robbie looked at the others and asked, "Any of you get that? 'Cause I didn't."
"In Layman's terms," Travis said, "it means she's allowed to vote."
"Oh."
"So I guess we're all heading over to my house then," said Kayla, "We better hurry up and get there, or else Shelby and her friends are gonna eat it all!"
With that, the kids began running towards Kayla's house, determined not to let their food get eaten by a group of 3-year-olds.
OK, that's the first part in a 3-part chapter series. The time jump will occur in the chapter after the end of this 3-parter, and it will be a 3- month time jump. Just giving you all a heads-up on what's gonna happen.
Title: Celebration (Part Two) Summary: Party at Kayla's! The gang celebrates Lily's triumphant stage debut.