Chapter Seven
"I didn't know Peyton could sing." Lucas said, still stunned. "Yeah, it's news to me too, boyfriend." Brooke replied, equally stunned. Meanwhile backstage Chris was trying to convince Peyton she'd be fine. "Hey, don't sweat it, goldilocks, you'll be fine." "I cannot believe you just did that, Keller! I can't sing in front of all those people!" Peyton shouted as she started breathing heavily like she was going to hyperventilate. Chris smirked, "Fine then, chicken out but those idiots out there should hear you sing." Peyton shook her head violently, replying, "I'm not singing!" "Peyton, trust me when I say this, you've got something inside you and you need to sing." "No, I don't need to do anything." Chris then shook his head in disgust, "Fine, don't sing. Keep everything inside and stay huddled up in your room like the scared little girl you are. What you do has no baring on me." "Hey, Keller I may be a lot of things, but I'm not a scared little girl! So sit back and watch a real musician, bub; prepare to be amazed!" She shouted with determination. With newfound confidence Peyton took off her leather jacket, tossing it aside as she grabbed her acoustic guitar and took a deep breath before she walked out onto the empty stage, feeling everyone in the audience's eyes on her like she was an item on display or something. To put it further the curly haired blonde felt naked. Baring her soul was not something she planned on doing tonight.
She shakily stepped up to the microphone and sat down on the stool feeling her hands shaking violently, taking a deep breath she said, "Hey, Tree Hill. Thanks for having me, I guess. This is a song I wrote called Are You Happy Now." After another deep breath she began to strum the opening chords and tapped the mic for feedback as she sang with confidence thanks to that bastard who was probably smirking backstage now. Thinking he was God's gift to music, every single member of the female population, including the ones that weren't even born yet and the American way or some shit like that, Peyton thought before she stopped thinking and sang.
Now, don't just walk away Pretending everything's okayAnd you don't care about me
And I know there's just no use
When all your lies become your truths and I don't care….yeah, yeah, yeah
Could you look me in the eye
And tell me that you're happy now, ohh, ohh, ohh
Would you tell it to my face or have I been erased,
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
You took all there was to take,
And left me with an empty plate
And you don't care about it, yeah
And I am givin up this game
And leaving you with all the blame cause I don't care, yeah
Could you look me in the eye
And tell me that you're happy now, ohh, ohh, ohh
Would you tell it to my face or have I been erased,
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
Do you really have everything you want
You can't ever give something you ain't got
You can't runaway from yourself
Could you look me in the eye
And tell me that you're happy now, yeah, yeah, yeahCome on tell it to my face or have I been replaced,
Are you happy now? Ohh, ohh, ohh
Are you happy now?
Would you look me in the eye?
Could you look me in the eye?
I've had all that I can take
I'm not about to break
Cause I'm happy now, ohh, ohh, ohh
Are you happy now?
Peyton closed her eyes as she strummed the final chord and listened to the loud cheers and claps from the crowd. She opened her eyes and connected with Brooke's, who whistled and cheered loudly as she jumped up and down and gave her the thumb's up sign, then she locked eyes with Lucas and they simply smiled at each other. She couldn't believe she got up on the stage and sang one of her own songs. Hell, she couldn't believe she got on stage. Smiling, Peyton stepped away from the stool, letting a group of guys move the stool and set up a black baby grand piano on the stage for her to use in her next song. She sat down on the black bench and ran her fingers along the keys, before saying, "This next song I'm going to sing is the first song I wrote and it's called "Be The Girl". I hope all of you like it, especially you, Keller."
After she said that she remembered why she had written it, it was after her first trip to the record store that Chris owned and she heard him play and hoped she could be the girl he wrote songs about. Of course Peyton wasn't going to tell him that, his ego was big enough as it is. She didn't need to add to it with her childish fantasies that might be coming true. Chris, who was still backstage smiled confidently he could tell she was still nervous even though she sounded confident but it only made her look more beautiful. He wondered why she wanted him to like this song and who it was about. The first song she ever wrote, he thought, huh that had to be why she wanted him to like it; cause it probably sucked. The first song he wrote sucked, but he wasn't going to admit that to anyone. Or maybe it was about that Lucas guy like the last song she wrote and the song from earlier that day; she really seemed to be hung up on him for some reason. He forgot what he was supposed to be analyzing or thinking about when Peyton began to play the notes to the song on the keyboard and sang passionately into the microphone.
You look at meCurious about what I'm made of
Sugar or steam
And what kind of man I love
What I know and what I crave
All of my pet peeves
Where I've shed and what I stain
Do you know
Cause I'm not here to be around
And be that girl that you forget about
Cause all I want is just to be a song
That you can feel longer than just right now
So come on baby let me be the girl
That you can count on to rock your world
And then you'll see there's more than curves
And then you'll see you and me belong
Do you know my vice
And just how to get under my skin
Just what I like
And where I want you to begin
Do you know my middle name
And where I'm sensitive the most
That each night I pray
And you think that I fit that mold
Do you know
Cause I'm not here to be around
And be that girl that you forget about
Cause all I want is just to be a song
That you can feel longer than right now
So come on baby let me be the girl
That you can count on to rock your world
And then you'll see there's so much more than curves
And then you'll see that you and me belong
You and me belong
You and me belong
Cause I'm not here to be around
And be that girl that you forget about
Cause all I want is just to be a song
That you can feel longer than right now
So come on baby let me be the girl
That you can count on to rock your world
And then you'll see there's so much more than curves
And then you'll see that you and me belong
Cause I'm not here to be around
And be that girl that you forget about
Cause all I want is just to be a song
That you can feel longer than right now
So come on baby let me be the girl
That you can count on to rock your world
And then you'll see there's so much more than curves
And then you'll see that you and me belong
You and me belong
You and me belong