Hey, ya'll! I've been stuck between 2 songs that I want Haley to sing, but I have finally decided! I will save the other song for another chapter. Thank you all for the support! Your comments make me so happy! So thanks for the encouragement! I hope ya'll enjoy!
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"Dang it!" Haley yelled and put all her fingers on the piano keys that made a horrible sound.
"What did the piano ever do to you?" Lucas asked walking in with a McDonald's bag and a large McDonalds cup in his hands.
"YAY! Food! Big Mac, large fry, and a large coke?" She asked excitedly.
"Of course," He said and handed her the bag and the cup.
"I'm so hungry!" Haley exclaimed and moved to the couch.
'Are you excited about your first performance?"
"More like 100% terrified," Haley said while eating her food.
"You're gonna be fine," Lucas said.
"I have to perform in 8 hours!" Haley exclaimed with a mouth full of food.
"I thought it was 7 hours?" Lucas said.
"It's already 3?" Haley exclaimed.
"Relax, Hales. You're gonna be fine," Lucas repeated.
"Jesus! Would you stop saying that?" Haley exclaimed and Lucas made a fake offended face.
"Sorry, Luke. I didn't mean to snap at you. I'm so stressed about this performance I feel like I can't enjoy it," Haley said taking another bite.
"Well, you need to start enjoying it, because when you're famous you're gonna tell a giant crowd about this night,' Lucas said.
"Thanks, Luke," Haley said.
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"Check, check. One, two," Haley spoke into the microphone. She was doing a sound-check at Tric.
"That sounds good, Haley," Mouth said. He had recently gotten a job at Tric. He was doing the sound. Haley nodded her head acknowledging that she heard him. She took a step back from the microphone stand and looked around. It was a large club and it was supposed to be full tonight. Ughhh... She thought to herself. Of course, she was happy her dreams were becoming a reality. That is if she didn't die of a panic attack before she even made it on stage.
"Okay, go again," Mouth said.
"Check, check. One, two, one two," Haley said.
"Okay, hold on one more second," Mouth said. Haley looked around again.
"Haley?" Nathan asked as he walked in. He was shocked to see her here.
"Huh?" Haley asked snapping out of her thoughts, "Nathan?" Haley asked. He smirked at her.
"Why are you here?" Haley asked confused at why he was here at 7:00 when nothing was supposed to happen until 10:00.
"My mom owns this place. Why are you here?" Nathan asked equally confused.
"I'm performing tonight," Haley said.
"You sing?" He said walking further into the club.
"Yeah," She said and blushed slightly.
"Okay, Haley. One more time," Mouth said. Haley walked back to the microphone.
"Check, check. Am I done yet?" Haley joked into the microphone. Mouth laughed.
"Yeah, Haley. You're done," Mouth said.
"Okay. I think Brooke and Peyton are dressing me," Haley said grabbing her Serpent jacket off of the chair she had set it on.
"Okay, see you later, Hales," Mouth said a waved at her. She slipped on her jacket and grabbed her black helmet.
"Bye," Haley said and walked out the door.
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Haley was sitting in the dressing room, fully dressed and ready for the show.
FLASHBACK
"Nothing too big, girls! I don't wanna go full Taylor Swift World Tour here!" Haley said as Brooke and Peyton came in her dressing room with red, pink, blue, orange, and basically any other color you could think of items of clothing. Most of them showed a lot of skin.
"Fine. Name a color and we will find something for you," Peyton said finding a middle ground between Haley and Brooke.
"Umm... Black?" Haley questioned. Peyton looked around to find something.
"Of course, you had to pick the most boring color out of them all. Like, come on Haley, you could do better tha..." Brooke cut herself off looking at what Peyton was holding, "Yes, that will work!" It was a black bralette/top that would show a fair amount of cleavage. It ended just above her belly button in a lace pattern.
"My boobs will be practically pop out of that!" Haley exclaimed.
"Come on, Serpent girl! You have to blossom out of the black t-shirts at some point!" Brooke whined.
"I like my black t-shirts!" Haley said back.
"Just try it on," Peyton suggested.
"Fine, I'm not wearing it though!" Haley huffed and went in the bathroom. Haley came back out. Brooke squealed and clapped her hands in excitement.
"EEEEKK! It's so great! Who knew you had a better rack than me!" Brooke squealed.
"Please don't say that in public," Haley begged, "I'm so not wearing this!" Haley exclaimed looking in a mirror.
"You look hot!" Brooke said and Peyton nodded.
"No, I feel naked," Haley said.
"We could add some high-waisted black, ripped jeans?" Brooke asked.
"Maybe," Haley said and changed in the jeans.
"Better," Haley said.
"And the jacket," Peyton added and helped Haley put on the Serpent jacket.
"Okay, maybe I can wear this," Haley said.
"EEEEKK! YAY!" Brooke squealed.
"Now we can do your makeup and hair. P. Sawyer, you do her hair. I'll help her face," Brooke said.
"Got it, B. Davis," Peyton and Brooke continued to get Haley ready for her performance.
"DONE!" They both announced at the same time. They turned Haley's chair around so she could see herself. Haley was literally speechless. Her blonde hair was curled which made it look slightly shorter. The top half was pinned back. Her makeup was light and just accentuated her natural beauty.
"Oh my gosh, guys! Thank you!" Haley said.
"No problem," Brooke said. Haley put on a cross necklace that hung went down and the cross was where her belly button was.
"Who's Derek?" Brooke asked reading the engraving on the back of the cross.
"Don't worry about it," Haley said and gave her a polite smile. A silence fell over them. Brooke was about to press on the subject when a lady poked her head in.
"You'll be on in 5, miss James," she said. Haley nodded.
"Well, good luck, Serpent girl," Brooke said and hugged her. Peyton hugged her as well. Then they both left. Haley went and crawled under the desk. She didn't know why she went under the desk, she just had a feeling. She felt like she was gonna puke she was so nervous. Lucas walked in.
"Haley," Lucas questioned walking in.
"Yeah?" She said from under the desk.
"Why are you under a table?" Lucas asked laughing.
"I don't know," She said coming up from under the desk.
"I just came in to say, remember to have fun," Lucas said. He then held out flowers from behind his back. They were yellow roses, "This is from all the guys and Bev. The lady at the flower shop said they meant friendship or something," Lucas said.
"Thanks, Luke. Tell the rest I say thank you, too," Haley said and hugged Lucas.
"It's time, Miss James," The lady from before said. Haley set her roses down on the desk.
"Good luck, Hales," Lucas said walking back out to where the rest of the Serpents were standing.
FLASHBACK OVER
"Now or never," Haley mumbled to herself and put on as much confidence she could. Her family always taught her never to show weakness.
"Please welcome, Miss Haley James!" The guy with the microphone spoke enthusiastically. She walked out and heard the cheers of everyone in the audience. She took a seat on the piano bench and smiled softly at the audience. She started playing the piano and the lights dimmed. The only sound that could be heard was the soft music.
"It's not simple to say," She started singing.
"That most days I don't recognize me
That these shoes and this apron
That place and its patrons
Have taken morrree than I gave them," She took a deep breath in hope of calming her nerves. Besides the music, the room was still dead silent. She continued on.
"It's not easy to know
I'm not anything like I used to be
Although it's true
I was never attention's sweet center
I still remember that girl," She started getting lost in the song. It always happened when she played.
"She's imperfect, but she tries
She is good, but she lies
She is harrrddd on herself
She is broken but won't ask for help," A tear escaped down her cheek. She quickly wiped it not missing a beat. The room was still silent, but people were swaying to the music.
"She is messy, but she's kind
She is lonely most of the time
She is all of this mixed up and baked in a beautiful pie
She is gone, but she used to be mine..." Haley sang. While she was singing she was having flashbacks of people, her whole life, saying she was beautiful, kind, and smart. But they never knew what was truly going on.
"It's not what I asked for
Sometimes life just slips in through a back door
And carves out a person
And makes you believe it's all true
And now I've got you
And you're not what I asked for
If I'm honest I know I would give it all back
For a chance to start over
And rewrite an ending or two
For the girl that I knewww," Her voice started getting louder as she got more lost in the passion of the song. She started forgetting the audience was even there for a minute.
"Who'll be reckless just enough
WHo'll get hurt, but will learn how to toughen up
When she's bruised
And get's used by a man who can't love..." She let the tear go down her face. She picked the microphone off of the stand that was balancing on the piano and got up. She started moving around the stage now.
"And then she'll get stuck
And be scarrreeddd of the life that's inside her
Growing stronger each day
Till it finally reminds her
To fight just a little
To bring back the fire in her eyyyeesss..." She continued to sing the song she wrote about her life passionately.
That's been gone, but used to be miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeee," She held the long note perfectly closing her eyes getting lost in the song.
"Used to be miiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnneeeeeee..." She held the next note as well. Her voice quieted down and softened for the ending of the song.
"She is messy but she's kind
She is lonely most of the time
She is all of this mixed up and baked in a beautiful pie," The next part was almost in a whisper.
"She is gone
But she used to be mine..." The stage lights dimmed as her voice faded. It was dead silent. Oh no. I suck. Totally, 100% suck. They hated it. I was sp bad there speechless. Omg. Time to die of embarrassment. Should I run off the stage? Cry? I don't know. Shut up, Haley stops talking to yourself. They hated it. Crap. Crap. Cra- Her thoughts were interrupted as the crowd burst out in cheer. A roar of clapping and yelling overtook the club. She covered her mouth with her hand but the wide smile was still evident on her face. She breathed a sigh of relief. She laughed softly.
"Oh my gosh, I thought ya'll hated me for a minute," She joked into the microphone. The audience laughed. Oh yeah, I could get used to this, Haley thought happily.
"1,2,3,4," Haley said into the microphone with a wide smile. She started singing a more upbeat song. She realized this was a night she could never forget.
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Okay! A new chapter is done! I'm happy ya'll are enjoying this fic so much! Thank you for the reviews! The song was "She Used to be Mine," By Sara Bareilles. I highly recommend listening to that song while reading the performance part. I'm going to try to get the next chapter out before Christmas. But just in case I don't, Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukah or whatever else you celebrate! Have a good Holiday! I hope ya'll enjoyed!
-Sky
P.S. I don't know if I spelled Hanukah right, so sorry.