Chapter Three: We Ride
Elaine was still angry at Ryan and it only made matters worse when he tried to call her. The moment she looked at the phone she thought, Ugh! The nerve of that jerk! I'm not going to answer. Ryan heard her voice mail say in a happy voice, Hey! If you got this message, then obviously I'm not here. Leave a message after the tone! Ryan sighed and said, "Hi, Ella. Uh, you usually answer on the first ring, why won't you answer? Uh, well, that's all, I'll talk to you later, I hope. Please tell me why you're so mad at me!" When Elaine heard Ryan hang up, she sighed and said softly to herself, "Shouldn't he know why I'm so angry at him? What if, no, Sally would never do that to me."
She sighed, and continued packing for a flight to U of H, and she looked at her silk dress that she loved so much, and she smiled while thinking, That's the dress I wore on Ryan and I's half avesry, oh he was so cute when he didn't understand what a half aversry is. She looked at it and then it hit her, she should take it along for just one good memory she had left with Ryan, so she grabbed it, and packed it in with everything else. She went and got her toothbrush, brush, straightener, curling iron, triple barrel curling iron, makeup bag, mani-pedi kit, and finally, her clothes. She sighed as she tried to close it.
The suitcase refused to close, she had packed so much stuff, after all, it was going to be Labor Day weekend, in which she got around four days off because on Friday, which was the next day, which was in 5 hours, was Kelsi's birthday, and she was going to mail in her classwork to her teacher with online classes. On Saturday she never had school, Sunday she kept off because she was super religious, and Monday was Labor Day, which no one had school on, so she had a pretty much free schedule because she was a smart scheduler. And now she finally had packed everything into at least six different bags, so she could keep everything separate. Yes, six different bags, obviously she had a long weekend planned.
Elaine went out with her six suitcases, but before that, she said goodbye to Sally. Sally was sitting down in comfortable clothes when Elaine said, "Bye, Sally." Sally looked up from what she was doing on her laptop and said, "Wait, where are you going?" Elaine sighed and said, "My friend, Kelsi's, birthday party, and I'll spend probably the night there before going to my other friend's place. I might also get in an interview, so, I'll catch you later." Sally nodded and said, "Alright then, have a good flight!" Elaine walked out to find her plane already there, and she let the flight attendant get her bags while she boarded the plane.
Ryan also got on the plane with his bags, which totaled to two bags, one for his stuff, and one for who knows what else guys would bring that would only need two suit cases. Ryan saw Elaine and said to her cheerfully, "Hey Ella!" Elaine ignored him and Ryan looked confused and hurt by this. He sat down near her and asked, "Why won't you talk to me?" Elaine then looked at him with anger, confusion, and sadness etched everywhere, and asked hurt, "Why? Why won't I talk to a lying, cheating jerk? I don't know, Ryan!"
Ryan looked shocked and said in a tone that said that he had no idea what she meant, "Ella, what do you mean?" Elaine tossed him the tabloid that said the article and Ryan looked over it, and said, "Ella, these are lies! I would never cheat on you." Elaine looked at him and said regretfully, "I don't think I can trust you anymore. You have to earn trust, and just when you where starting to earn it, you betrayed it. That's not something I can just give you trust with." Ryan was upset and said, "I'll earn back your trust if I have to."
Elaine could tell he really would like to prove to her that he could be trustworthy, but she wasn't sure still. She wished she knew what the truth was, so she started dialing Kelsi. She heard Kelsi answer with a happy, Hello? She then heard a laugh, and Kelsi began again, Do you know how many times you guys have called us so far? Elaine laughed as well, and said, "Hey Kels! Have you gotten the recent Star magazine?" Yes, but I don't think that Ryan would cheat on you. "Does anyone really know what someone would do?"
Well, no, but he's the one who called me and said that he was going to propose to you on your 18th birthday. I thought it was so romantic. "Really? But then, who would tell this big of a lie?" Ryan said that Sally kissed him. "Sally? But she's my best friend! I trust her!" You trusted Nicholas. Elaine remembered how she trusted him, and it didn't turn out well. "That's true. Well, I guess I'll forgive him now. But I'll need to talk with Sally when I get back home as to why she would do this." You do that. I'll get back to studying.
Elaine laughed and hung up. "Ryan, after talking to Kelsi, I decided I will forgive you. You were telling the truth. But that's only a little bit of trust earned back. You'll still need to work back your trust." Ryan nodded, he knew she wasn't the type to immediately trust someone just because it turned out they where telling the truth. She wanted to know how much more trustworthy they could be.
(Ride)
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
-(We die)
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
It's real late about a quarter to one
I'm thinking of everything what we've become
And I hate it, I thought that we could make it
But I'm ready to jet this, just wanna forget about it
I saw her pictures in the letters she sent
You had me thinkin' you were out with your friends
I'm so foolish, playin' me like I'm stupid
'Cause I thought it was just you and I, oh
Kelsi was getting ready for her birthday party, everyone was coming over to their house that they finally had almost finished unpacking, the only two rooms left was her room and her bathroom, Jason had finished his room, she wasn't sure about his bathroom. Her hair was down in loose, auburn curls, and she was wearing the same thing that she wore on the triple win, she was suprised it still fit because after all, she was nineteen now. It was 3 AM, but when Elaine took off in her place it was 8 PM on Thursday, so she should be arriving at 6 AM, whereas the rest of the gang's flights where at 4 AM today.
So they would be arriving at 6 AM as well, since they had a two hour time difference between them. Jason was now dressed semi-formal, jeans, button down shirt, and tennis shoes with his class ring put away since he didn't like wearing it too much, but Kelsi loved wearing the class ring Jason bought her. It had a heart shaped place for the pink gem that sat in the circle that read 'East High Graduate of 2009 - Composer'. Engraved on the inside was Troy's nickname for her and her name, 'Playmaker Kelsi', and the reason Jason had that engraved was because Kelsi said how much she liked being called a playmaker.
Kelsi was thrilled when she saw it, and while Kelsi was reminiscing on memories, Jason was trying to remember when it was Kelsi said was the most romantic time for him to propose, and he remembered it after Kelsi said, "You know, it may just be me, but I think that the most sweetest Christmas gift a guy would give me is his heart. It's just such a magical time, or even maybe New Year's, but that's going to be Gabriella and Troy's marriage date, because that's they day they had a new year, and a new relationship."
Jason then knew that he would give her a promise ring for her birthday, she said how 'sweet' of Troy to get Gabriella her a promise ring, which was actually his varsity ring, but she said that it was the most wonderful thing a guy could give a girl. Jason sighed, he loved his varsity ring from when he finally made the cut, but it she said that if he gave it to her, she would know he really loved her. Only a true guy could give a girl such sacrifice to show how much he loved her. Jason sighed and took out his varsity ring and slipped it on.
He wanted to be able to remember where it was when he surprised her with it. Kelsi was knocked out of her reminiscing when she heard a knock at the door and she looked at the clock and it read '6 o'clock am', so she rushed to the door. When she opened it, everyone shouted, "Surprise! Happy 19th birthday, Kelsi!" Kelsi's hands flew up to her mouth, she wasn't expecting them to have her family here as well. Her mom came in and said, "Oh, Kelsi, happy 19th birthday! Your finally an adult! I remember when you first came home saying how happy you where that tomorrow was you 16th birthday." Kelsi smiled, her mom wasn't as embarrassing as her brother was.
Her brother came in and said sulkily, "Happy 19th birthday, Ms. I'm-So-Perfect-I-Got-A-Scholarship and mom's favorite because she went to U of H, the same school mom went to." Her dad came in and said, "Happy 19th birthday, sweetheart! When am I ever going to meet this Jason guy you keep telling me about." Jason came out, glad he cleaned himself up because her dad was here. "Right here, Mr. Nielson," said Jason, looking a little scared of her dad like most guys are of his girlfriend's parents. "Ah, good choice, sweetheart. He looks like a fine young man," said Mr. Nielson approvingly to his daughter.
Kelsi beamed and Troy went over to him saying, "Hey dude! It's been a long time since we last saw you! Made the team here?" Jason said, "Uh, well, I haven't tried out for the team. I'm guess you went varsity before anyone else." Chad laughed and said, "Nah, they said he was good, but next year would be better. He would be the first sophomore ever to try out for varsity there, and also, he was the first freshman to go for varsity as well. If he had made the cut, he also would have been the first freshman to make the varsity team!"
"As usual, and Zeke, what have you been up to? Tried any new recipes lately?" Zeke said, "Uh, no, but I have made a cake for Kelsi's birthday, Sharpay, can you show them the cake?" Sharpay brought in the four-tiered cake and on the top it had the number 19, and along the tiers it said, 'Happy Birthday Kelsi Nielson!' Kelsi gasped and said, "It's beautiful!" Then one of her cousins came in and said, "Hurry up, mom, they already brought in the cake!" Kelsi heard her Aunt Lucy say, "I'm coming, Jake here is a handful!"
Kelsi said, "I've been away from Aunt Lucy that long? How old is he?" Her cousin said, "That's it? No hello to your cousin Holly?" "Holly? Oh my gosh, last time I saw you, you where dancing with my brother at my Sweet 16 that we shared! How have you been?" Holly laughed and said, "Hey, can ya introduce me to your friends? Is anyone here single?" "Oh, Holly, this is Troy, Troy, this is Holly. Gabriella, this is Holly, Holly, Gabriella. Gabriella's dating Troy. Sharpay, this is Holly. Holly, Sharpay. Sharpay's sister of Ryan and dating Zeke. Holly, this is Ryan. Ryan, Holly. Ryan is Sharpay's brother, twin brother to be exact, and he's dating Elaine, also known as Ella."
They shook Holly's hand and Holly said, "Wait a minute, you know the Elaine Harrington? Ella, the same Ella whose mother owns the famous Harrington Homes?" Elaine stepped froward and said, "Yup, that's me. Nice to meet you, Holly." Holly said, "Oh my gosh, can I have your autograph?" "Uh, maybe later. Just kidding, what do you have for me to sign?" Holly handed her the seventeen with her new look on it, and she said, "Ah, I remember this. Do you want me to sign the other photo as well?" Holly nodded as Elaine signed both pictures.
"There ya go. Now, anyway, this party isn't for me, since my birthday isn't until next week, which is my 18th birthday. But, Holly, is today your birthday as well?" Holly nodded and Elaine said, "Well, happy birthday to Holly as well!" Then Kelsi said, "Ok, and Holly, this is Jason. Jason, my cousin Holly. Jason's my boyfriend. Holly, this is Zeke. Zeke, Holly. Zeke is a baker who plays basketball and is dating Sharpay. Holly, this is Chad, Chad, Holly. Chad is dating Taylor who is Gabriella's best friend and is dating Chad's best friend Troy. Holly, this is Taylor, Taylor, Holly. Taylor is dating Chad, best friends with Gabriella who is dating Troy, who is Chad's best friend. Whew, that's a lot of names!"
Now I look back on the time that we spent
And I see it in my mind playin' over and over again
'Cause boy you got me breaking down
And I just can't figure out why but this is what you said
(We ride)
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
-(Till we die)
We used to say
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
(We ride)
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
-(Till we die)
Boy I remember what you used to say
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
Holly said, "Ok then, let me see then, Taylor's dating Chad, who's best friend is Troy, who is dating Gabriella, who's best friend is Taylor. Jason is your boyfriend, Zeke is Sharpay's boyfriend, who's brother is Ryan, who is dating Ella. Ok then, nice to meet you, Taylor, Chad, Troy, Gabriella, Jason, Zeke, Sharpay, Ryan, and Ella." "Hi," they simply said, and Elaine then said, "Tell us about you." Holly said, "Uh, ok, well, I don't have a boyfriend, my friend's names are Ashley, Miley, Vanessa, and Susan. Do any of those names ring a bell?"
Elaine gasped and said, "Ashley, Susan, and Vanessa go to your school? They where our BFFs, Ashley and Vanessa where on the cheer team, and Susan was a good friend of ours!" Ashley, Susan, and Vanessa knocked on the door and said, "Surprise! Hey, Holly, G, E, Troy, Chad, Tay, Shar, Zeke, Jase, and Kels! It's been a while." Miley knocked on the door, and said, "Troy! Hey there!" Troy said, "Sis?" "Yup! It's me," said Miley cheerfully. "Sis, it's been a while! Have you meet our Baby G?" "Yeah, I remember her. I like her still," said Miley.
Kelsi's Aunt Lucy entered into the room, and said, "Hey there, birthday gal! Where do we place the presents?" Lucy didn't look like she had two kids, she looked like she was still only 25 years old, when she was really 31 years old, her hair was still a dirty blonde, but she still had that kind face that said she was nice. "Aunt Lucy! You can place the gifts anywhere," said Kelsi. Lucy's husband, Philip 'Phil' Nielson, entered and Kelsi said excitedly, "Uncle Phil!" She hugged him, and she heard her cousin Keely say, "No hug for me?"
Her 15 year old cousin stood by the door, her light brown locks with natural blonde highlights shimmering, and when Kelsi saw her, she hugged her shrieking, "Cousin Keely! It's been a while!" Keely laughed and said, "Yeah, it has." She placed her gift in the living room with everyone else's and said, "So, where's the boy you keep talking about?" "Jason? He's over there," said Kelsi, pointing to the guy standing and talking to Greg, her dad, about something.
Jason was talking to her dad, and said, "Uh, Mr. Nielson? Can I talk to about something?" Greg said, "Oh, please call me Greg. Being called Mr. Nielson makes me feel like I'm old." Greg was 39 and he hated feeling like he was that age when he looked about 26, same for her mom, who was 38, but looked like she was 23 still thanks to taking care of herself. "Ok, uh, Greg, I was wondering, well, Kelsi said that it would be a great Christmas gift to be given is being proposed to, but, I wanted to know if you would approve of it."
Greg studied the 19 - almost 20 - year old boy and said, "You know, I was about your age when I proposed to Kelsi's mom. Same date, just a different year. Thing was, we didn't know she was pregnant, but I'm sure you two haven't done anything as stupid as we did." Jason said, "Yeah, that's true. Kelsi said she wanted to wait until we are married and I respect that from her. She wasn't like the other girls I had seen." Greg nodded and said, "Well, if you respect her enough to let her chose when she wants to do something that major, then I guess you deserve to marry her."
Jason said, "Really? Thank you so much, Greg! This means a lot to me." Jason had a smile on his face and Greg said, "Your welcome." Jason heard Kelsi say, "I want to open Jason's present first." Jason walked over to her, and said, "Kelsi, I wanted you to have this. I know how you said that it would be completely sweet to have a promise ring, and well, this was what I chose." Kelsi had a smile on her face and said, "Jason, that's so sweet of you!" She hugged him and Gabriella said, "Awww." Troy smiled and whispered, "Remember when I gave you mine?" Gabriella nodded.
Kelsi looked at the choices she had, and she said, "Huh, I guess I'll unwrap Sharpay's present next." She took the wrapping paper off it, and saw a DVD of Sharpay and Ryan performing all the plays that they said that they wouldn't do. She gasped and said, "Sharpay, these are the plays I wrote! You had never chose one of my comprehensions before, is this an apology for being so rude?" Sharpay said, "Yes, I had help from Taylor, Gabriella, Troy, Ryan, Ella, Chad, and Zeke to make it into DVDs and I got some help from some other people as well."
Kelsi said, "Thanks Sharpay! This really means a lot to me!" Kelsi then took Ryan's gift and when she opened it, she saw some music lined sheets for her to write plays on, and Kelsi said, "Oh my gosh! Ryan, this is just amazing!" Ryan shrugged and said, "Taylor helped set up the lines for me and I printed them myself at FedEx!" He said it proudly, and Kelsi laughed, he was so silly sometimes. Elaine handed Kelsi her present and when Kelsi unwrapped it, it was one of the songs Kelsi wrote for her, placed onto a CD that hasn't been released yet.
The cover read, 'Happy Birthday to Kelsi!' Kelsi gasped and said, "Ella, you haven't released this CD yet! Wow, how much did it take to make it?" Elaine laughed and said, "Only $50 and $5 to bribe the producers with. Seriously, they could've gone for higher, but they took $5." Kelsi laughed, and then opened Gabriella's gift, which was a gold ID bracelet, and Kelsi said, "Gabriella, this is great!" The engraving read, 'Jelsi 4ever', and Gabriella said, "I knew you'd like it." Kelsi opened Troy's gift, which was a photo of her and Jason holding the gameball in a frame.
On the bottom of the frame read, 'Playmaker: 2007'. Kelsi said, "Oh my gosh, Troy, this is fabulous!" She opened Chad's gift, which was the gameball he dug up signed by the gang, and Jason's name signed in the center, and she laughed and said, "Trust Chad to get you a basketball." Chad said, "Hey, I put some thought into it! It's the gameball that you and Jason tossed into the net!" Kelsi looked at Chad in shock, and so did everyone else, which was when Kelsi said, surprised, "You actually retrieved for my birthday?" Chad said proudly, "Yup!"
"That's so sweet of you to finally think of someone other than you!" Kelsi then unwrapped Taylor's gift, which was a guitar and a 'Learn To Play The Guitar' book. "Taylor, how did you know I always wanted to learn how to play the guitar?," asked Kelsi, amazed at Taylor's gift. "Jason told me about it, and how he wished he could get you that as well, but didn't have the money. So I went out and bought it," said Taylor. Jason blushed when Kelsi hugged him saying, "Aw, you wanted to get me a guitar and a book to learn how to play it!"
Visions in my mind of the day that we meet
You showed me things that I'll never forget
Took me swimmin' in the ocean
You had my head up in the clouds
Made me feel like I'm floating, yeah
You think I'm playin' when you know it's the truth
Nobody else can do it quite like I do
All my kisses and my lovin'
But ain't nobody better than us, yeah yeah
Taylor laughed and said, "Aren't you going to open your family's presents?" Kelsi looked and her eyes widen, more presents! Kelsi took Keely's first and unwrapped it to find a mani-pedi set, and she laughed. "Of course that would be Keely's present. She's addicted to mani-pedi parties," she said while she continued to laugh. Keely then defended herself with, "Can I help it if it feels great to be pampered once in a while?" Kelsi then opened Holly's gift, which was a Clean&Clear Advantage facial kit complete with a facial mask in several varieties.
"Thanks, Holly. I wondered what you would pick," said Kelsi. Holly nodded and Kelsi unwrapped Lucy's present, which was a makeup kit, which caused Kelsi to laugh once again. "Uh, thanks Aunt Lucy. Guess you weren't kidding when you said that you where going to get me a makeup kit," she said, still laughing. When she stopped laughing, she unwrapped her mom's gift, which was a CD by Gabriella, her first album. Kelsi said, "Thanks mom!" Her mom said, "Your welcome, open your dad's now." She opened it, and inside was a key.
"A key?" Her dad laughed and said, "It's the key to your first new car!" Kelsi gasped and said, "Thanks dad! This is the best birthday present yet!" Kelsi then opened her brother's gift, which was a card, and on it was, 'Happy Birthday.' Inside it read, 'I'm not giving ya a damn thing! Your present is that I'm not making fun of ya!' Kelsi laughed and said, "That's expected of you." Jake then handed Kelsi a tiny present and she opened it, which was a picture of him when he was a day old. "Awwww," cooed all the girls.
"Aw, Jake, you look so cute," cooed Kelsi. Then Phil handed Kelsi his gift, which she unwrapped to find a laptop. "Uncle Phil! This is the greatest, thanks!" She hugged Phil again and he said, "Ah, just doing my job." Holly had already gotten her gifts, and Kelsi said, "It's party time now! Let's start the party!" She put in Elaine's CD first, and "Just Bring It On (I'm Ready)" played from the stereo, one of the songs that Kelsi wrote for Elaine. Her voice started singing
Hey now!
Let's go!
I'm so ready for this
Buh-bye to the past
Hello to our hast
It's time to move
And I'm ready to start
Hey now!
Let's go!
I'm ready
Ready for new life
Ready for college
And ready for my future
Oh yeah,
Bring it on
Just bring it on
I'm ready
Everyone was surprised to hear Elaine's new sound, it was something Kelsi drummed up, and then the song continued on.
Oh,
We're in college
Ready to go on to the future
We're going to show them
Show them how we roll
Oh yeah
You heard me!
It's time to be
All the we can be
And stop being what we used to be
Hey now!
Let's go!
I'm ready
Ready for a new life
Ready for college
And ready for my future
Show them what's new
And why we knew
That this isn't rehersal
It's time to go
Time to show
Show them how we roll
I'm ready
Ready for this
Take it on
I'm so ready
Hey!
After dancing to that song, many people where exhausted, but Gabriella said to Kelsi, "Great job on it! It sounded awesome!" Kelsi laughed and said, "Elaine showed me what she though she should have, and surprisingly, was able to thing of great rhymes and rhythms to it." Elaine said, "Yeah, and the next song was something Kelsi also wrote for me."
Now I look back on the time that we spent
And I see it in my mind playin' over and over again
'Cause boy right now you got me breakin' down
And I just can't figure out why you said
(We ride)
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
(Till we die)
We used to say
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
(We ride)
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
(Till we die)
Boy I remember when you used to say
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
Gabriella and Sharpay were excited to hear it, and they heard a soft tune play and her singing softly along to it. It had a good beat but it then was starting to get a quick tempo, and Ryan really liked it as well, it seemed so much like Elaine speaking out. Everyone was getting into the groove with this one.
Oh
Rumors and lies
They be hatin' on me
But do they know me?
I need my girls for support
Going out, buy a drink
Not gonna care, I'm not gonna think
It's like
Who is this girl?
Is it the truth?
Them just lookin' for a story
Who else to use?
Please, that's so far from true
And I'm not going to go
And let them take me away from what I know
And I dance
The night says hello
Yeah, get ready to go
GNO with me
So that I can be me
I don't need no one
Just me and my girls for life
Get out of the way
We're taking the spotlight
Don't bother us tonight
We won't need ya
We'll be just fine
Alone during GNO
The rumors are flooding
I need to get out and prove 'em wrong
But do I give a fuck?
No, but come on girls
Let's get out and have a ball
We don't need anyone to have fun
And I dance
The night say hello
Yeah, get ready to go
GNO with me
So that I can be me
I don't need no one
Just me and my girls for life
Get out of the way
We're taking the spotlight
Don't bother us tonight
We won't need ya
We'll be just fine
Alone during GNO
So can you say
The word GNO
Spread the word
We're going out
And we don't want
To be bothered with anyone
So we're going out now
And I dance
The night says hello
Yeah, get ready to go
GNO with me
So that I can be me
I don't need no one
Just me and my girls for life
Get out of the way
We're taking the spotlight
Don't bother us
We won't need ya
We'll be just fine
Alone during GNO
Hey boy
Have you had enough now?
I said, hey boy
Have you had enough now?
Don't be calling me now
I won't answer on my phone
'Cause ya know that it's GNO
And don't ya wish I was there?
'Cause ya know I fine and all
But did ya forget
GNO means girls' night out?
'Cause after all
It's just me and all of my girls
Out tonight, yeah
We're out
It's GNO, and
We're out 'cause
It's GNO!
Everyone was amazed at it, this one had three spoken rap lyrics, which Elaine didn't use all that often, but she finally chose to use three of them. It played the song up and made it interesting, and the song was called, 'Rumors and GNO', because that's what it was about, basiclly. That's when Holly asked Elaine about the song and Elaine explained with, "Well, this song came from me, but Kelsi set it to music. It was from a long time ago, but never made it into an album until now, because it had the 'F' word in it."
I guess it's over indefinitely
But you and I know it's not that easy
To let go of everything that we planned
And start all over again, hey
Just blame yourself 'cause you blew it
I won't forget how you do it, my sweet baby
This is where the game ends now
But somehow wanna believe somehow you and me
We can figure it out
The next song was slower, more gentle, something Elaine wrote and talked to Kelsi about how to set music to. Kelsi decided on a slow music, because the song was very heartfelt, and very soft. It also had a chorus that was stronger then the rest of the lyrics, but followed a great beat.
Oooh, I remember the day
The day I knew that the way
Wasn't how I thought it was
It wasn't as hard as it could be
And somehow I know that
If we just knew how it would go
Then maybe we'll make it through
And then we can save this
I knew that there must be some catch
After all the times I thought that
Well, he must be the one
I was wrong once again but you know
That I was wrong
When stopped looking for that one
I somehow managed to find you
And that was more than anything I knew
Thank you for showing me
How wrong I was about love
Now I know that true love is real
And it can be found almost anywhere
Thank you for showing me
That love is meant to be
Meant to be true
Thank you for showing me
Showing me these things that where meant to be
Sha la la la la, sha la la la la
Oooh, meant to be
La la la la, la la la la
I know that sometime's it's too good to be
Too good to be true
But when you're around
I melt in your strongs arms
I can't stop thinking about how
You know me better then I did know you
And it's strange how you always know
Just what to say so I feel better about me
I keep thinking about you
You seem to know how
I live for those cheesy moments
What I'm thinking about moments before
Thank you for showing me
How wrong I was about love
I somehow managed to find you
And that was more than anything I knew
Thank you for showing me
That love is meant to be
Meant to be true
Thank you for showing me
Showing me things that were meant to be
Sha la la la la la, Sha la la la la la
Oooh, meant to be
La la la la, la la la la
I know you are the one
Because I know that you'll always be there for me
Even when you aren't there
You'll always be by my side, yeah
Everyday that I don't see you
I miss you more then you know
Because I just can't wait to see you
And your smile that just makes my day
You're the one who gets to me
I can be myself around you
Because you see there real me
And you understand me
You don't force me to change
You like me just as I am
Every girl looks for a guy like you
I'm so glad that your with me now, yeh
Sha la la la, la la la la, la la la la
It's like you were there for me
Before you and I even met each other
And I know it sounds cheesy
But it's true that it's more then just a crush
Because after all we've been through, the rush
It still gets to me at the silliest times
But you understand how those times are special
Sha la la la la, la la la la
Oooh, you're the one
The one I've been looking for
Even though I stopped looking before
Before I meet you
And, oh, it just is something I know
Sha la la la la, la la la la
Oh, it's like you're an one in a million
Oh, an one in a million
Type of guy that I was looin'
The guy that was what I had been lookin' for
Sha la la la la, la la la la, sha la la la la
That's the one that then Lucy asked Elaine about, and Elaine said, "Well, it was dedicated to a very special someone, but any girl would love to use it to describe their boyfriends, because it describes that one in a million guy that every girl wants. It's basically a love ballad, and it was very hard to think of, but most people would understand it once they broke it down to describe it." Lucy nodded and said, "Who was the special someone it was for?" Elaine said, "Ryan. The song was speaking about Ryan, honestly, and the name of the song was 'Thank You', basically."
(We ride)
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
-(Till we die)
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
Wanna make you say boy
I wish that you could hold me when I'm lonely
When I need someone to talk to you would phone me
Just like everything you told me
(When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die)
Boy, you forgot about the promises you made me
And now we'll let the memories fade away
But I remember when you used to say
(When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die)
The next song came on, it was Elaine's favorite from the CD, it was one that wasn't sappy, had a little more sass than usual, had more bass, had some spiciness, and was less of the 'Sweet-n-Innocent Elaine' vision. It was more of like a 'Good Girl Gone Bad' track, but wasn't really like that, more of just a more of a sassy spicy tune that girls would see as a more of the 'Real Elaine'.
Hey now, Ella's back
And she's got that rock
She's all of that sass, she'll
Oh, she'll show 'em how it's done, girl!
Woah, back up a bit
Sweet and Innocent is all about what?
No way, I'm not that sweet
I'm for that sass, and now
Let's show them me
Hey now
Who's this son of bitch who
Claims I'm as sweet as my songs?
Well, I'm showin' 'em the real me
'Cause don't be lyin'
Don't be hatin'
Just cause you ain't got it
Doesn't mean I'm fakin' it
Don't be lyin'
Who said I was hatin'
On my best friend?
I don't be hatin' on me gals
After all
The paparazzi bein' annoying
Thinking that I'm just a sweeting
That ain't true 'cause I love that sass
And play that bass
Woah, back up again
I'm not the girl who you say I am
'Cause I'm who I am and I'm
Really, who did she think she was?
Tellin' them lies about me?
'Cause now I'm going to be
Going to be me and show 'em
I'm not playin' when it comes to my show
'Cause don't be lyin'
Don't be hatin'
Just 'cause you ain't got it
Doesn't mean I'm fakin' it
I may seem like that girl
But I ain't that gal
'Cause that gal isn't me
She's the girl you see
Have you ever gone behind that girl?
Seen who that gal is when ya ain't watchin her?
Yeah, I thought so, so think clearly before priting that shit!
Oh! Yeah, that's right, I just said what I though of it
Yeah, you think you know me
But have you ever seen me in my real setting
In the club, partying for as long as I want to 'cause
That's not just me only there
I make it on time, sure
I stay clean, sure
But that's just 'cause my life
Ain't none of ya bize
'Cause don't be lyin'
Don't be hatin'
Just cause you ain't got it
Doesn't mean that I'm fakin' it
Yeah, that's right
I'm just gonna be me
Not the girl you I am
Because I ain't just what you say
I have more than just that image
Yeah, so stop picking around me
Just because ya need a story doesn't mean I'm the story
I'm a person, not a slut like Paris (what she say?)
Yeah, me and my girls
We would love it if ya just get up out of our face
'Cause we're ready to spray ya guy's asses with mace!
You got that, right?
Oh! I'm lovin' the showstoppin' powers
But I would love it if I was able to show them
How I felt about their stupid lies since I'm
Already feelin' the haters
'Cause don't be lyin'
Don't be hatin'
Just 'cause you ain't got it
Don't mean I'm fakin' it
I heard she's a primma donna
Fakin' every move that she made
She thinks she has it made
Just 'cause her momma's rich
Bet she gets all her money for mommy
Never has to lift her finger to work for it
'Cause after all, why should she when she's got it?
I'll even bet that she's too much of a goody-two shoes to even go for rap
Stop being so stupid
I'm gettin' ready
Gettin' ready to say
Hey, I ain't no Primma Donna
I ain't no machine who can just take it
'Cause then I might just blow ya out
Out of my club, yeah!
Didn't I just use rap, ya jerks?
'Cause don't be lyin'
Don't be hatin'
Just 'cause you ain't got it
Don't mean that I'm fakin' it
YEAH!
(We ride)
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
-(Till we die)
We used to say
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
(We ride)
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
-(Till we die)
I remember when you used to say
When we ride, we ride, it's till the day that we die
That song was the most shocking one, it was called, "Don't Be Lyin' Or Hatin'" because that's what the song was about. That one Gabriella asked about, in which Elaine replied, "I wanted to show people I'm not just sweet, I can be down right sassy, and also, I can be the girl they thought I never could be. It's more of like a good girl gone bad undertone, which most people would be shocked to hear. It's one of the reasons I dyed my hair black recently." It was true, when she said she was going to touch up her brown hair, she cam back with her hair done in a rock star look, that was sort of Ashlee Simpson, but she made it more of the rock star.
Elaine has never once dyed her hair blonde and she wasn't planning on dying her hair blonde once. But now, the next one was a duet with Gabriella, and everyone was looking forward to that one. It was sure to be spicy and sassy, something more along the lines like Elaine's last song was on the track. A soft, sweet melody came, and it was a duet of "When There Was Me And You," and Elaine's voice was first. (this time this is both and this is Gabriella)
It's funny when you find yourself
Looking from the outside
I'm standing here
But all I want is to be over there
Why did I let myself believe
Miracles could happen
'Cause now I have to pretend
That I don't really care
(I don't really care)
I thought you were my fairytale
My dream when I'm not sleeping
A wish upon a star that's coming true
But everybody else could tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
When there was me and you
I swore I knew the melody
That I heard you singing
And when you smiled
You made me feel
Like I could sing along
But then you went and changed the words
Now my heart is empty
I'm only left with used-to-be's
And once upon a song
I know you're not a fairytale
And dreams are meant for sleeping
And wishes on a star
Just don't come true
'Cause now even I can tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
Because I liked the view
(Because I liked the view)
When there was me and you
Oh, when there was me and you
I can't believe that I could be so blind
It's like you were floating
While I was falling
And I didn't mind
Because I liked the view
I thought you felt it too
When there was me and you
I thought you were my fairytale
My dream when I'm not sleeping
(When I'm not sleeping, yeah!)
A wish upon a star that's coming true
But everybody else could tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
When there was me and you
When there was me and you, oh
I swore I knew the melody
That I heard you singing
And when you smiled
You made me feel, oh, made me feel
Like I could sing along
But then you went and changed the words
Now my heart is empty, oh yeah
I'm only left with used-to-be's
And once upon a song
I know you're not a fairytale
And dreams where meant for sleeping
And wishes on a star, oh
They just don't come true, yeah
'Cause now even, oh, even I can tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
Because I like, oh, because I liked the view
When there was me and you
When there was me and you, oh yeah
I can't believe, oh, that I could be so blind
It's like you where floating
(Floating, yeah!)
While I was falling
(Oh, while I was falling)
And I didn't mind, yeah
Because I liked, oh, because I liked that view
I thought you felt it too
When there was me and you
Everyone was shocked, they didn't know how good of a duet Elaine and Gabriella made, neither of them tried to knock each other out of the spotlight and it made it easier on the mixer who loved the two. Elaine and Gabriella smiled, and said, "It was fantastic, wasn't it?" Kelsi smiled, they where making her birthday perfect, it was exactly how she wrote it for them to sing.