I had decided to spend the night in Sam's room just so I could get a feeling of it. We hadn't actually slept together. It may have looked that way since I was in my nightgown and he didn't have a shirt, but we didn't.
"Morning." He replied.
"Good morning." I remarked with a smile as I pet his blonde hair.
"So my family's going to be in town for the show." He stated. "Do you still want to meet them?"
"Yes, I'd love that." I replied as I got out of his bed. "Maybe we can go out to dinner or something."
At that moment, my phone began to ring. It was my mom.
"Hey Mom." I remarked.
"I'm at LAX right now." She told me. "I'm coming to see you."
"Oh." I replied. "I didn't know that you were coming."
"All of the contestants' families will be there because they're doing a year you were born theme." She explained. I was silent for a second. "I take it that you didn't know that."
"No I didn't." I replied. I realized that I would have to find a song from 1989 that I wanted to sing. I hadn't really thought about what songs I liked from that year. I did know that Sam and I were born the same year, so we could look at the list of songs together. "So I'll see you soon then."
I then looked to Sam.
"So I need to get ready to meet my mom." I replied. "I didn't even know that she was coming."
"Well you should spend time with her." He suggested.
"I kind of wish that I had some clothes in here because people are probably going to think that we had sex." I told him as I headed to the door.
"Well, let them think what they want to think." He replied as he hugged me.
"So I found that the theme is the year you were born." I explained. "Since we were both born in the same year, we'll be able to pick our songs together."
I then exited the room and found myself face-to-face with Rachel in the hallway.
"It looks like you had an interesting night." She commented.
"It's not what you think." I replied.
"So you're not a skank that's using Sam to manipulate your way through the competition so you can win and dump him?" She retorted. "It's not like that would ever happen anyway."
"I'm not that kind of person." I replied. "And I have just as much of a chance as winning as you do."
"I think you seriously need a reality check. Your voice is screechy and you look like a trashy Avril Lavigne wannabe." She told me.
"My voice is what you hear on the radio." I argued. "Yours is something that you hear on Broadway. If you think that you would have any commercial success, you're mistaken."
"Alright, you two, break it up." Quinn declared as she stepped between us. "Faith, it looks like you need to get dressed."
I walked with her to our room.
"So did you really have sex with Sam?" She asked.
"No." I declared. "I just wanted to sleep next to him. So are your parents coming?"
"They didn't want to come, so Frannie is going to be standing in." She explained.
"You know that kind of sucks that they won't be here for you." I commented.
"I'm okay with it." She replied.
So everyone decided that my mom and Sam's family were going to be joining us for dinner. I had Sam on one side and his sister Stacey on the other.
"So what's competition like?" Stacey asked. "I was thinking about trying out next year."
I wasn't going to lie. That fact alone would probably get her a chance to see the judges.
"Maybe you should wait to finish school first." Sam suggested.
"But I don't want to wait that long." Stacey argued. "I want to go for things. I've already been through a lot in my life and I want to take the chance."
"You know waiting a few years would give you some time to develop your voice." I explained. "I didn't try out when I was 16 because I didn't think that I was ready. You want to be your best."
"You know Faith used to sing every day in the shower." Mom explained.
"Mom!" I replied with a blush on my face. I supposed it wasn't that embarrassing since I was definitely not the only person to do it, but it was still embarrassing hearing her say it.
On Tuesday, we were once again gathered for the show.
"Good evening and welcome again to American Idol." Jesse stated. "This week the contestants will sing songs from the year that they were born. Here are your Top 10: Quinn Fabray, Artie Abrams, Faith Hudson, Kurt Hummel, Rachel Berry, Santana Lopez, Puck, Brittany S. Pierce, Mercedes Jones, and Sam Evans."
Quinn was up first.
Watching' every motion in my foolish lover's game
On this endless ocean, finally lovers know no shame
Turning' and returning to some secret place inside
Watching' in slow motion as you turn around and say
Take my breath away
Take my breath away
Watching', I keep waiting, still anticipating love
Never hesitating' to become the fated ones
Turning' and returning to some secret place to hide
Watching' in slow motion as you turn to me and say, my love
Take my breath away
Watching' every motion in this foolish lover's game
Haunted by the notion, somewhere there's a love in flames
Turning' and returning to some secret place inside
Watching' in slow motion as you turn my way and say
Take my breath away
My love, take my breath away
My love, take my breath away
My love, my love, take my breath away
I thought it was interesting choice. It was a bit sad to see her sister talking when everyone else's parents were up there. If the performance wasn't good, that alone would probably take her to next week.
Artie was up next and sang "Don't Worry Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin. It was definitely a ballsy move to go for a song without music, but I felt that it paid off for him.
Next was my turn. The video was mostly my mom talking with a little bit of me saying what song I was singing. I wore a blue lace dress with a red Crocs and matching beads.
Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell
Jimmie Rodgers on the Victrola up high
Mama's dancing with baby on her shoulder
The sun is setting like molasses in the sky
The boy could sing knew how to move everything
Always wanting more he'd leave you longing for
Black velvet and that little boy's smile
Black velvet and that slow Southern style
A new religion that'll bring you to your knees
Black velvet if you please
Every word of every song that he sang was for you
In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon what could you do?
Black velvet and that little boy's smile
Black velvet and that slow Southern style
A new religion that'll bring you to your knees
Black velvet if you please
If you please
If you please
If you please
"You know I was hoping that you would do that song when I found out this theme." Will said. "That kind of bluesy rock really suits your voice."
"I agree, it was a great song choice." Emma added.
"Now, I don't think this is the way your career should go." Sue replied. "I can tell that you're more of an Avril punk pop style and you probably chose the best song from what you had to work with. I don't think that it was as good as last week, but I'm sure you'll be here next week."
"If you wanna vote for Faith call 1-866-IDOLS03." Jesse stated.
Next up was Kurt singing "Vision of Love" by Mariah Carey. As strange as it was, it kind of worked. Kurt definitely had the most range of all of the guys and he needed it for that song.
Rachel sang "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston and for the first time, Rachel gave a performance that I didn't like. Whitney didn't seem like the direction for her to go in and upbeat Whitney definitely didn't suit her.
She was followed by Santana who performed "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House and I had to say that I loved it, one of the reasons being that I loved the song. I thought it was just an excellent performance.
Seventh was Puck who sang "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor and whereas Kurt picked a song that showed his range, Puck chose one that showed his lack of range. He didn't have the voice to sing a song like that, nor did he modify it to fit his voice better. He might have been going home.
Brittany then sang "Heaven is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle and while I thought it suited her voice, I still thought that she would at least end up in the Bottom 3, if not go home.
She was followed by Mercedes who sang "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne Warwick and others. It was pretty sappy. It seemed like Mercedes might have been starting to crash. I couldn't believe that she was falling apart. I had had high hopes for her, but it seemed to happen to at least one person every season.
Sam was up last and unlike Puck, he had rearranged the song to show off his strengths rather than his weaknesses.
Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home (oh won't you please take me home)
Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home (oh won't you please take me home)
Just a urchin livin' under the street I'm a hard case that's tough to beat
I'm your charity case so buy me something to eat
I'll pay you at another time
Take it to the end of the line
Rags to riches or so they say
Ya gotta keep pushing' for the fortune and fame
You know it's all a gamble when it's just a game
Ya treat it like a capital crime
Everybody's doin' the time
Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh won't you please take me home
Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home, yeah yeah
I wanna see, what a woman can be
I want to take you home
Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh won't you please take me home
I wanna go, I wanna know
Oh won't you please take me home
On Wednesday, we started off the show by singing a song from 2002, the year American Idol was born so to say.
Making my way downtown, walking fast
Faces pass and I'm homebound
Staring blankly ahead, just making my way
Making my way through the crowd
And I need you and I miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you tonight
And I, I don't wanna let you know I, I drown in your memory
I, I don't wanna let this go, I, I, I don't
Making my way downtown, walking fast
Faces pass and I'm homebound
Staring blankly ahead, just making my way
Making my way through the crowd
And I still need you, and I still miss you
And now I wonder
If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass us by
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you
If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you if I could just hold you tonight
We then got to the eliminations, and it would probably just be easiest to say who was in the Bottom 3. There was Brittany and Puck and instead of Mercedes like I expected, Kurt. I was kind of shocked by that. Maybe people didn't like how he sang a Mariah song. Anyway, he was first sent back.
Brittany and Puck were probably the right bottom 2. I waited for Jesse to give the result.
"And the person who is in danger of going home tonight is…Puck." He said. Just like before, they didn't use the save. So it meant that we were down to 9.
So Puck went home and we got to meet Sam and Faith's families. The songs are "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin, "Black Velvet" by Alannah Miles, "Paradise City" by Guns N Roses, and "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton. Please don't forget to review.