Top twelve contestants:
Jason Grace
Piper McLean
Leo Valdez
Percy Jackson
Annabeth Chase
Frank Zhang
Hazel Levesque
Nico DiAngelo
Drew Tanaka
Will Solace
Travis Stoll
Katie Gardner
Jason
"And now, with our top twelve, we have Jason Grace singing It Girl by Jason Derulo!" introduced Chiron Seacrest. (How awkward, Jason's singing a Jason song :D)
I took a deep breath and heard the screams of the crowd. I walked on stage as the music began.
I've been looking under rocks and breaking locks
Just tryna find ya
I've been like a maniac insomniac,
5 steps behind ya
Tell them other girls, they can hit the exit
Check please...
Cause I finally found the girl of my dreams
Much more than a Grammy award,
That's how much you mean to me
As I was singing, I couldn't help but think of Piper. I felt like I was singing about her. Saturday night when she was singing it in her room…her voice was beautiful. Maybe it was because I had come there to ask her out, but I knew that she truly had the best voice out of anyone in the competition.
I mentally groaned. I wanted to ask her out so badly, but I was…scared. I'd never been scared before, at least as far as I could remember. I was Roman; we were tough. But it's hard to be tough when you want to ask out your incredibly beautiful, talented and out of your league best friend.
I guess I could call her my best friend, along with Leo. I'd grown closer to them than I had with my best friends from back home, Gwen, Dakota, Bobby and all of my other friends. She and Leo were always there for me, just as I was for them. Sometimes I worried about what would happen when one of us gets kicked off. I mentally slapped myself; I was supposed to think happy thoughts about my future, but I don't know what I'd do without Piper…or Leo, I guess.
You could be my it girl
Baby you're the shit girl
Lovin' you could be a crime
Crazy how we fit girl,
This is it girl
Give me 25 to life
I just wanna rock all night long,
And put you in the middle of my spotlight
You could be my it girl
You're my biggest hit girl
Let me play it loud
Let me play it loud like...
Oh oh oh oh [x2]
Let me play it loud
Let me play it loud like...
Oh oh oh oh [x2]
Let me play it loud
I finished, hearing the crowd cheer and clap for me. After the applause dimmed the judges spoke up.
"Wow, you have a really meaningful tone to your voice. It seems like every word you sing is coming from your heart." Apollo Jackson praised. I smiled and thanked him.
"It was alright, punk." Ares Tyler grunted. I smiled and nodded at him.
Lastly it was Aphrodite Lopez's turn. "That was fabulous, dear! Was that dedicated to any special girl?" she hinted. I took a breath in. This was my chance!
"Um, yes. It's dedicated to…um…my sister, Thalia. Love you Thals! I blurted out. Aphrodite frowned, but regained her smile. "Oh, okay then. "
I nodded at all three of them and walked off the stage rather quickly. As I walked off, Piper started to walk on the stage.
"Hey Pipes," I said and spun her around. "Good luck."
She just shook her head and walked out on stage, not saying a word to me. I stood there, puzzled. Was she mad at me?
I shook it off and walked to the backstage room where the others were hanging out. It was a pretty sweet room, I'll admit. It had a table of food, foosball, a TV playing the show, couches, and beanbags.
When I walked in, everyone stared at me. Usually we congratulate one another, but now everyone stared at me silently.
"What?" I asked, and everyone rolled their eyes and looked away. I plopped down on a couch next to Leo and watched Piper sing gorgeously like always. She was singing Hate That I Love You by Rihanna. I frowned. I thought she was singing Begin Again by Taylor Swift.
Leo nudged me. "At least she can't be mad at you, if she's singing this."
I looked at him. "What do you mean?"
He raised his eyebrows. "Wow dude, you're oblivious. Listen, Piper's freaking crazy about you!"
I froze. She liked me too? "But why is everyone mad at me?" I asked uncertainly.
Leo face palmed. "Dude, she knew Aphrodite wanted you to dedicate it to her. She wanted you to do it. Everyone did. And you dedicated it to your sister. So now she thinks you don't like her."
I looked down. Shoot, I blew my chance for good. "Any chance I can still ask her out?" I asked.
He shrugged. "I don't know, you already kind of ruined your friendship with her. Maybe she still likes you. At least, if what she's singing says anything."
I nodded and he continued to eat his chicken wings, which he had already eaten eighteen of. Suddenly Percy walked by and snatched one of his wings.
"Hey!" Leo screamed, and proceeded to chase Percy around the room. "Give it back!" the curly haired son of Hephaestus shouted.
"There are none left!" Percy yelled, and stopped. He was five feet from Leo. Leo watched as Percy lifted it close to his mouth.
"No!" Leo exclaimed dramatically. He lunged forward but Percy had already bitten it.
"What's going on now, Repair Boy?" Piper questioned as she walked in. "Oh, and Frank, you're up after the commercial break."
Frank nodded and left to get prepared. "Percy stole my chicken wing!" Leo whined.
Piper rolled her eyes. "Leo, you have six more on your plate."
Leo was about to say something, but paused. "Wait; I had seven left." He turned to Percy who now held the bone of his old one as well as another one. The son of Poseidon gave Leo a cheeky smile. Leo glared at him and chased him around the room again.
Piper sighed and looked around the room, trying to find a seat. She was about to give up and sit next to me, but Will chimed in.
"Here Piper, you just performed, I'd bet you're tired. You can have my seat."
Piper smiled at him. "Thanks Will, you're really nice to do that."
"No problem. Hey, you're a fantastic singer, you know." He complimented.
I felt a twang of jealousy slap me in the face. I turned away from them and focused on the TV. The commercial had ended and Frank had started to sing.
I felt a presence approach and looked over to find Hazel sitting down next to me.
"She's pretty mad, huh?" She whispered.
I buried my face in my hands. "I was going to ask her out, but now she's cozying up to that son of Apollo, Will."
Hazel patted my back. "I think you should ask her anyway. I think she still really likes you."
I smiled. "Thanks Hazel. Frank's a lucky guy, you know."
She blushed, but then smiled. "Don't worry, Jason. You'll get her." She got up and walked over to the doorway, where Frank was approaching.
I sighed and leaned back against the couch. At some point it was Will's turn. I saw that Piper was alone. I slowly stood up. It was now or never.
"Piper, can I talk to you for a minute?" I asked nervously.
She pondered for a minute. "Sure." she finally said. We walked outside the room.
"So what do you want to talk about?" She asked.
I took a deep breath. "Well, um…Pipes, you have the most beautiful voice in the competition, you're gorgeous, smart, and just…amazing. I've been crazy in love with you since the day I met you. And, well, will you go out with me?"
Piper took a deep breath. "Sparky, maybe I would've if you'd asked me earlier, but I'm going out with Will now."
Now, Will isn't the most liked character in this story. Of course there are no hard feelings, because he's my brother, but yeah. I'll update this more often, promise. I was getting the first Superstar story out of the way…but anyway, Read, Review, Follow, Favorite, and Love Jasper!
Peace, Love and Jasper,
~Dezi, running away from her angry brother (he does like the fact that he's going out with Piper though; who wouldn't?)~