Chapter 3

I do not own 'You Don't Know Me' by Elizabeth Gillies. But I do love it and you can find it on iTunes.

(Haley's POV)

Three days left for the Jay, Kai, and Lloyd to pop the question. Hannah, Nya, Connie, and Bonnie drug me back to the store for dress shopping. "I don't know Hannah," I was looking at some dresses on a rack in some fancy store "I just don't wear dresses that often. What if I look silly?" "Don't be ridiculous," Hannah said while she looked at high heels "you'll look great. Just find something you like." I looked through dress after dress on rack after rack trying to listen to Hannah. I needed to trust my gut and pick a dress I liked. I was giving up hope when I saw the most amazing dress I've ever seen. It was right at the front of a pole off of the wall. It was zebra print with a vibrant purple bow around the waist and at the front. It was like a laired bubble dress in the black and white pattern of a zebra that had no straps and purple edges at the top. (Note: I actually have this dress! It's zebra-rific!) "Wow," I said as I ran my finger along the bottom of the dress. "You like it," I turned around and I almost jumped a little, but it was just Hannah behind me smiling. "Go on! Try it on!" she urged me. She was pushing me closer to a dressing room with the dress in my hands until I was in. "I'll go get the others and just come out when you're ready. And try these with it!" She tossed in some slick black heels that looked like torture devices to me. I sighed but chose to try it anyway since she wouldn't let me leave without a dress or something to wear. I slipped out of my jeans, sweatshirt, black T-shirt, and sandals to put on the smooth tight dress that about reached my knees. The heels hurt my ankles and felt sweaty and hard on my feet, but I looked in the full body length mirror and saw I looked pretty good. "We're here sis! Are you ready?" I heard my sister outside the door. "Yeah…" I said. "Then let's go! Come out! I wanna see you in a dress!" Connie yelled. I sighed and walked out of the small dressing room to see the girls sitting on benches around me. "Huh! Oh my gosh!" Bonnie said cupping her mouth. "Haley! That's the dress! You look great!" Hannah said smiling. "I don't know," I wasn't sure I like wearing a dress "it's so girly." "Duh! You do remember you're a girl right?" Connie said smiling. "Yeah, but I don't act like it." "You look beautiful," Nya said. I turned to her; a little surprised she said that. "You really think so?" "Haley, you're too insecure about your look," Hannah said standing and grabbing my wrist. "Now let's go pay for this!" They had me take off the dress and I was back in my comfortable clothes I was used to. We walked around more and they dragged me to a salon to think about my hair. "Seriously! I love my hair short! The way it is!" I begged them as they grabbed my arms and forced me into the salon. "Calm down! This is a chance to try something new!" Hannah tried convincing me. I didn't want to try something new! I love my hair the way it is! Pitch black and a shave cut! Just fine for me! "I don't want something new! I like my hair!" "Just sit and think about it!" Connie said. I plopped down in a chair and grunted as I flipped through a magazine. I saw all these crazy hair dues and colors that made me think these women must have taken a crazy pill to think these looked good. One looked like a bird for crying out loud! I tossed the magazine back onto a table and looked at the clock on the wall. This is gonna take forever. I never really went to a salon. I always just had my cousin cut my hair. She was a licensed cosmetologist so she knew what to do and I just told her what I wanted. But there was one thing I always wanted to try. I think I'll take my chances and go for it. I can already tell my sister won't let me leave until I get something changed. I sat up and walked to a woman at the counter. "Hello, do you have an appointment?" "No, but I would like to get some highlights in my hair please." She typed some stuff down on her computer and turned to face me. "Alright, do you have a color in mind?" "Yes, blonde and blue please."

We were walking back on the Bounty and I heard the guys talking and playing video games. I went to our room first and dropped off the bags with clothes in them. Then I went to show the guys my hair. "Hey bros, what up?" I said walking into the room. They stopped playing to drop their jaws at me. My hair was black with short streaks of blonde and blue all in it so it looked like a punk rocker's hair. "What uh… happened to your hair?" Kai asked. "I got some highlights dudes. You like?" "Well, they fit your water powers for sure," Jay said. "Well thanks dudes." I walked away back to listen to some music alone. I sat on my sleeping bag and grabbed my phone and scrolled through my music. Then I walked out to the deck and hid so I could sing along by myself. I sat on a crate and chose one of my favorite songs, You Don't Know Me by Elizabeth Gillies. I bobbed my head as I sang along.

You think you know me, But you don't know me
You think you own me , But you can't control me
You look at me and there's just one thing that you see so listen to me
Listen to me!

You push me back, I push you back
Harder, harder!
You scream at me, I scream at you
Louder, L-L-L-L-Louder!
I'm dangerous! I'm warning you, Cause you're not afraid of me
And I can't convince you, You don't know me

You think you got me, But you don't get me
You think you want me, But you don't know what you're getting into
There's so much more to me then what you think you see so listen to me

Just listen to me!

You push me back, I push you back
Harder, harder!
You scream at me, I scream at you
Louder, L-L-L-L-Louder!
I'm dangerous so I'm warning you, But you're not afraid of me
And I can't convince you, You don't know me

And the longer that you stay, the ice is melting
And the pain feels okay, it feels okay (hey)!

You push me back, I push you back
You scream at me, I'll scream at you
Louder X9

You push me back, I push you back
Harder, harder
You scream at me, I scream at you
Louder, L-L-L-L-Louder
I'm dangerous so I'm warning you, But you're not afraid of me
And I can't convince you, But I don't have to
I think you know me

"You sing really well." I turned my head and realized Nya was looking at me. "H- how much did you hear?" "Oh, just about the whole song," she said sitting next to me. I banged my head up against the wooden wall behind it. "Why don't you let people hear you?" I looked over to her. "When I'm in front of people, they stare at me and I always know they're gonna judge me. Like when I cut my hair this short." I ran my hand through my hair. That day was a memory I wish I could forget. "Well, you sound great from what I heard," she said putting a hand on my shoulder. "People say that. I use to want to be a singer, but I spent more time taking care of Hannah. So it just slipped away I guess." I started to think back to when I could still sing in front of people. I got claps and cheers, but I stopped to help with Hannah after I promised her I'd always take care of her. "I've heard this before," Nya said "Kai gave up a lot to protect me. But him never finishing what he wanted only made me feel guilty." "It made you feel that bad?" She nodded. Then I got what she was trying to say. Me giving up my dreams for Hannah would only make her feel like it was her fault I never got to be a singer. "Thanks Nya." "No problem." She got up and walked back inside, but I chose to watch the sun set.