You're gonna be great Mar. There's a reason why they chose you. Just breathe.
It was finally Friday night, and Marley was sitting in front of a mirror, backstage, in the room she was given to get ready. She was trying to calm herself down.
In a few minutes she would be having her first performance and what frightened her the most was that , from her point of view, half of LA had come to see her. There's was not a single spot left. And she was terrified. It was the first time she would face a big crowd by herself. The last time, she was next to her friends in Glee Club, and they were giving her confidence. But now, she had to sang all alone.
She heard footsteps approaching the room, pulling her out of her thoughts. A knock was heard on the door and she stood up to see who it was. She walked to the door and opened it and saw her two best friends smiling at her. Sebastian was holding a bunch of flowers, peonies to be exact. She smiled at her friends.
"Damn girl, you got one hell of a night ahead of you." Sam said cheerfully.
"I know." Marley agreed, letting her friends come in to the room. Sebastian gave her the flowers and she put them on top of the table. She sat again and looked at herself in the mirror nervously.
"Don't worry Mar, it will go perfectly." Sebastian said. Marley sighed loudly and nodded.
"Yeah, but still." Marley murmured. Both of her friends came to her sides and gave her a conforming hug, and they stayed like that for a few seconds, but the moment was broken by a knock on the door and a man opening the door.
"Two minutes Miss Rose." The man said and closed the door again.
"Miss Rose?" Sam asked laughing.
"I know, it's weird and too formal. I've told them to call me Marley but they won't listen," she laughed along her friends, "I better get going, I wouldn't like to make a bad first impression to the public." Marley stood up and walked out of the room.
In front of the door, on the other side of the hall, it was the curtain that separated the rooms from the stage. And at the end of the hall, not so far away, was the door to were the public stood. She took a step towards the curtain and waited for her signal. The owner, that preferred to be called Mr. Brown, was talking to the audience about the new singer and they were invited to come every Friday night. And after what felt like an eternity, he finally welcomed her to the stage. She took a deep breath and walked through the curtain and got closer to the microphone. She closed her eyes for a second, and after opening them, she started singing with the music.
I'm standing in a field
My feet lift off the ground
No one here will see me
No one will hurt me now
I'm brushing off the rain
While climbing through the clouds
Nobody can see me
No one can hurt me now
Goodbye, gravity
Goodbye, enemies
I'm going up to a place where the world is small
Where I can fly above it all
If I don't make it, sing my song
From here I'm weightless
No stars are famous
And the world is small
And the world is small
Still rising towards the dark
Don't care what's down below
'Cause no one can see me
And no one has to know
The atmosphere is lonely
And beautiful
I don't miss a thing I used to know
I used to know
Goodbye, gravity
Goodbye, enemies
I'm going up to a place where the world is small
Where I can fly above it all
If I don't make it, sing my song
From here I'm weightless
No stars are famous
And the world is small
I feel so tall
If there's nothing to break my fall
It's OK, I've seen it all
And maybe I was always small
But I could fly before I crawled
If I don't make it, sing my song
From here I'm weightless
No stars are famous
And the world is small
And the world is small
Marley finished the song and everyone in the room clapped for her, some of them even whistled. And she gained confidence to continue with the songs she planned.
After an hour of non-stop singing, she took a break and went to the back of the place, where her two friends were standing, waiting for her with smiles on their faces.
"That was the best opening night ever." Sam yelled with her arms in the air. Marley laughed and smiled at her friend.
"Yes, I agree. It was AMAZING!" Sebastian said and hugged her tight.
"Thank you guys, it means so much that you came to see me." Marley said with a smile.
"Oh, don't worry. We will be here every Friday night to support you." Sam smiled and hugged her too.
"Well, my throat is kind of hurting. I'm not used to sing so much in a day." Sebastian handed her a glass of water that they had ordered for her.
"So, you know we have to celebrate again, and you can't give any excuses to bail out because we know that your only work is here, which I find imposible for a place to pay that much for an hour. Anyways. We are going to the bar tomorrow night." Sam decided making her friends laugh a bit.
"Okay, but no drinking, just club soda, because I always have to drag you out of there by myself and I don't fell like doing that any time soon." Marley said, Sam pouted.
"But Mar, there is no gun in that." She acted almost like a child.
"Well, maybe ONE drink, but no more." Marley demanded.
"Fine." Sam said but crossed her arms pretending to be angry. Sebastian and Marley laughed at her aptitude, and soon they made Sam laugh too but the moment was broken by someone.
"Marley?" The person said and Marley froze. She knew that voice, she remembered it clearly. She slowly turned around zand faced the person.
"Kitty?"
And both her friends stared with wide eyes.