Freida's Big Score

by Animatic Psychopath

When Freida is suddenly approached by a boy representing a record label one day,she is offered the chance to become a music star similar to Trevor B as she spends a few days at a music studio in the city with a girl named Alice,however in the end she must ultimately choose between being a star and leaving Sparkyville,her freinds,family and Charlie Brown behind,or staying home.

10. Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10: ALICE JOHNSON SUPERSTAR

Freida and Alice were chatting on their beds that following night and anxiously awaiting the results from the latter's demo recording,for Randy had since sent his father the file that contained her performance and was too waiting for the results,more specifically his father's choice on whether or not Alice could get a record deal of her own instead of being a backup for Freida. The girls continued to chat about whatever came to their minds for about five more minutes until Randy suddenly burst in the bedroom with a very excited look on his face combined with his clothes being more messy and crooked than usual which the two girls were very quick to notice as Freida lifted her head up and anxiously wondered "So? Do we got the results?" before Alice added equally as wanting and curious while she crawled off her bed "Do we Randy? Do we?" to which the teenager happily announced with a gleeful smile "Alice Johnson,you are officially a worthy candidate in the eyes of my father! Tomorrow night we'll be heading down to New York so you can show off your skills and show them you got what it takes to be a superstar!"

Both Freida and Alice gasped out of shock and happiness after hearing the exciting news as the two girls started ecstatically cheering in excitement before the former enthusiastically exclaimed "Alice you did it! You're gonna be a star!" to which the latter added just as happy and bewildered "I did it! I can't believe it! I-I-I gotta go tell my parents and friends!" before the girl pulled out her cellphone and proceeded to make some calls while she ran out of the bedroom,all the while Freida and Randy supportingly smiled at the display of their acquaintance's accomplishment.

"She's gonna clean house if you ask me,despite all the other candidates that are gonna be there." predicted Randy with a confident and smug grin on his face to which Freida happily agreed with a nod of her head "Me too,I'm just happy she's getting something better than just being a backup singer for me. She's getting the chance to be her own singer." only for Randy to look down at the girl and reply in a more calm and mellow tone of voice "You know speaking of which Mrs Rich,tomorrow night is gonna be when you are leaving,but we still don't know if it'll be you going home or you coming with us to New York." before the curly haired girl's cheerful smile slowly faded away into a slightly embarrassed one while she admitted "I guess we don't exactly know yet the more I think about it."

"Look I don't mean to come across as pushy here,but I think it's about time you've made a decision because once we leave Sparkyville,we can't exactly make a ninety degree turn if you have second thoughts." sighed Randy in a polite yet still serious manner of speaking as Freida lightly nodded her head and promised with a slightly nervous grin "Yeah,you're right,I'll have made up my mind by tomorrow morning." to which Randy smiled and retorted with relief while he began to make his way out of the bedroom "That's good to hear,take the time you need."

However once Randy excited the room and left Freida entirely alone,the girl's nervous grin slowly morphed into a somber and regret filled frown as she meekly said to herself while she crawled into her bed with the intent to head off to sleep "That sounds easier said than done,I only have less than a day left to choose and I'm so conflicted. The job sounds very nice and all,but I don't wanna have to leave everyone and rarely get any chances to see them again. I just need an answer." before the girl yawned, proceeded to close her eyes and fall into a deep sleep,because to her maybe that was all she needed to get her answer,and boy was she about to get one in the from of a dream.

In this particularly vivid and almost epiphany like dream,Freida saw what looked like a much older version of herself at the age of at least twenty one with much longer curls and even more beauty to behold,and she appeared to be the very thing she had been offered,a music superstar that had become a national and global sensation among the public. It was absolutely everything she imagined it being and almost felt that she finally had her answer,but then she soon started to notice something that had been a constant point of uncertainty when it came to what she was going to do,and it was that she had no true friends or family to be around along with no sweetheart of a blockhead to call her boyfriend,and as Freida continued to observe her potential future and the roadblocks it would have in terms of her circle of friends,something inside her finally clicked as she came to a final answer.

Freida's Thoughts:

And in my twisted face.

There's not the slightest trace….of anything that even hints at happiness.

And from my tortured shape.

No comfort,no escape.

I see but deep within is utter blindness.

Hopeless as my dream dies as the time flies.

Love a lost illusion.

Helpless,unforgiving.

Cold and driven to this sad conclusion.

Freida then started to visualize past moments of herself and Charlie Brown being together.

No beauty could move me.

No goodness improve me.

No power on Earth if I can't love him.

No passion could reach me.

No lesson could teach me.

How I could have loved him and make him love me too.

If I can't love him then who?

However it was then that Freida began to see visions of her older and more successful self becoming depressed due to the isolation from her friends and family,combined with a very strong look of regret on her face.

Long ago I should have seen.

All the things I could have been.

Careless and unthinking I moved onward.

"If this is to be my future if I take the job,then I'm staying in Sparkyville!" announced Freida with gritted teeth as she wiped away the foreboding visions and replaced them with ones of her and Charlie Brown spending their lives together.

No pain could be deeper!

No life could be cheaper!

No point anymore if I can't love him.

No spirit could win me!

No hope left within me!

Hope I could have loved him and that he'd set me free.

But it's not to be,if I can't love him.

Let the world be done with me!

NEXT CHAPTER: FINAL DECISION

"If I Can't Love Her." Written by Alan Menken and Tim Rice. Alterations done by me.

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