Chapter 7
I sat, hanging upside down on my bed, supsequently trying to make it so I pass out and don't have to deal with this.
"Why can't you just cancel with Kevin?" Stella asked from my desk chair where she sat, thinking.
"Because I pinky promised. You can't break a pinky promise. Besides, he said it would mean the world to him!" I explained.
"Why can't Luna cancel?"
"Because both Kathryn and my mom and the record heads would all kill me. They want the single out before next week."
"Tight schedule for a song you guys wrote a week ago." She said, shrugging. I sighed nodding.
"The music industry moves fast." I sat up and shook my head, making all the blood that had sunk, fall back to the rest of my body.
"So, what are you gonna do?" She asked uneasily. I sighed.
"Well, I have to do both."
"Both? Macy, how on earth could you do both?" She asked, her face full of confusion.
"Hopefully with your help?"
"My...help?"
Suddenly, the door swung open to reveal my mom.
"Macy, hun, we've got to get going if we're gonna make it..." She said. Suddenly, her eyes met Stella and she smiled uncomfortably. "...to your...appointment..."
"It's okay, she knows." I said softly.
"She does?!" Stella nodded. "Oh, wonderful. Well, soundcheck is in an hour, so we should get moving, okay? Stella, you're welcome to come if you'd like." Stella glanced at me curiously and smiled. I nodded.
"Yeah, Stell. Come. It'll be so much more fun with you there."
"I...I guess so." She said, smiling.
"Good. Well, get dressed and we'll go."
"Okay. Give us a sec." She nodded and left, leaving stella and I to get ready. I walked over to my closet and grabbed my wig, throwing it on my makeup table. I tied up my hair and slipped on a wig cap, before quickly fastening my wig tight on my head with pins.
"Are you ready, Stella?"
"So, wait, you preform every night?"
"Most nights on tour. Year, I perform."
"How do you get to the places so quick after school?" She asked, confused.
"My jet. And helicopters. We only do west coast during the week, then the midwest and east coast on weekends and holidays."
"Wow...that's...busy."
"Yeah. I guess, but, it's not like I can tell people I go to normal school. Then they'll start looking and find me. It's best they thing that I'm homeschooling." I explained, running my fingers through the blond curls of my wig. Stella grabbed her bag and sighed.
"Well, yeah, I guess. But don't you get lonely sometimes? I mean, without a bunch of friends?"
"Yeah, I guess...but I'm used to it. It's my job." Her eyebrows raised and she shrugged.
"I guess, but, don't you do it because you love it?"
"I dunno. I love music, yeah. Singing, writing, performing...but, Kathryn kind of takes the fun out of everything I do. It's so...tiresome, sometimes."
"Well, now you have me, right!" She nudged me and grinned.
"Yeah, I do." I said nodding.
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We arrived at the venue within a half hour and made it to my dressing room without issue.. I grabbed my guitar from it's stand in the corner, and started strumming lightly, then took a seat on the couch in the middle of the room and put my feet up while Stella looked around in awe.
"Wow. Your dressing room is so much nicer than the boys..."
"Yeah, well, that's Kathryn's doing. She insists all this stuff she thinks I need, but really don't. But I get free stuff. So, I deal." I said, giggling. Stella laughed and picked up an apple from the table, and walking over to me.
"So, are you gonna play the song you wrote about Kevin tonight?"
"Maybe. I dunno. I'm not sure if I'm ever gonna. It's so...It's so personal. My songs aren't usually so Macy."
"Well, what does it matter if it's Macy? You're Macy. It's your song, and you should be allowed to play it. So what if it's about someone who only half of you is dating." I laughed softly and shrugged.
"Can I play it for you and you can tell me what you think?"
"Of course."
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"You're really good at writing hits, you know that?" I jumped, hearing his voice from the door. I looked up to see Kevin, and I gasped.
"Kevin! What are you doing here?" Stella asked uneasily.
"Well, I could ask you the same, but see, I was invited."
"I was too. Luna and I have found a nice friendship." She said smiling. Kevin looked to me and rolled his eyes in mock of her.
"So, is that a new song?" He asked, smiling.
"Yeah, kinda. I'm not sure if it'll actually-"
"I really liked it." He said, his smile forming to a grin. I smiled, blushing.
"Thanks."
"Are you playing it tonight?"
"She sure is! It's her new single."
"What?! Stella, I never said-" She stood in front of me and smiled at Kevin.
"It's her new single. Trust me." I sighed.
"Apparently it's my new single."
"Well, I'd buy it. I mean, I only heard the second half, but I really liked it. A hit. For sure." He said, walking over and sitting near me on the couch.
"I'm not so sure about the intro. The chords are so...boring. I feel like I need a riff, but I don't even know where to start."
"Can I help? I'm good with riffs." I smiled, nodding, and handing my guitar over to him. His fingers aligned with the first chord and he sighed. "So, uh, what if it was something like..." He picked a simple jump down from the first chord to the last that sounded almost right. "No, maybe not. I dunno." We tried two more almost there riffs before I spoke up.
"What about starting with an E instead?"
"Hm. Like..." He twirled his fingers over the notes in a raver pattern that sounded perfect.
"Wow." Stella said quietly. Kevin glanced at her and blushed.
"Kevin, it's perfect!" I said, grinning. " You have to play it with me tonight!"
"What? No, I'm just here to watch--I couldn't..."
"No, please? Come on, Kev. We can sing 'I Wanna Know You' too! You'll be my special guest!" Kevin sighed, looking at me with anxious eyes.
"I dunno, Luna..."
"Come on, Kevin, it'll be amazing!" He bit his lip and sighed.
"I guess...okay. Fine." He said begrudgingly.
"And what did we just agree to?" Kathryn's voice asked. I winced and looked up.
"Kevin is gonna sing with me tonight. He helped me with my new song, and we're gonna do that and 'I Wanna Know You' tonight." I said confidently. She made a disapproving face, shaking her head. "Kathryn. It'll be good press. Revealing the new singles?" She frowned and left the room hastily.
"She didn't seem too happy."
"I don't really care. I want to do this, I gotta stand up for it." Kevin nodded.
"Well, I should really call my brothers. Since we're doing the song...they should be here too, right?"
"Uh, yeah. Sure. Why not?" I said uneasily. I want him to myself. No Nick or Joe of JONAS. Just Kevin of School. Kevin of boyfriend-ship.
"Cool. I'll go call them." he said, pulling out his phone. I sighed.
"Great. More JONAS."
"I wonder what they're wearing. It better not be what they were wearing when I left them earlier..." Stella mumbled, then quickly running to follow Kevin. I sighed again. I grabbed my guitar and strummed a random chord progression.
"I thought you said it was easy...listenin' to your heart." I sung softly.
EUGH. So, Joe turned 20, the boys rocked the TCA's, and the FMC show where I became friendies with Honor Society, all took place since I updated last. Along with some other stuff, I think. I gotta start updatin' more.
Reviews...would be great. :/