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So Meghan was over at my house in my room, doing some homework.
Yeah right.
Okay so we were planning what song I would sing at the Talent Show. And what I would wear. I voted for t-shirt and jeans. Meghan agreed.
But then Nudge came in with her speech about "proper fashion", and I think I'm wearing a skirt. Crap.
Anyway, I was doing some "vocal exercises" while Meghan brainstormed. Then Iggy walked by, whistling, and Meghan saw him.
"That's your brother Jeff, right?" She whispered to me.
I nodded and she called out "Jeff!" and Iggy turned.
"Yeah who's that?" He asked.
Meghan smiled. "My name's Meghan, I'm Snow's friend."
"Oh okay," he replied.
"Hey Jeff, Snow's going to compete in the talent show, and she's singing, and we're trying to decide what song she should sing. Wanna help us?" Meghan asked Iggy, shooting him a look. Not a mean look. A flirtatious look. At least I think it was a flirtatious look. Maybe her face was just twitching. But if it was….
"Snow, you can sing?" He asked in surprise.
"No duh," I replied, projecting my smile into his head, since he couldn't see it. "I was gifted with the ability to sing."
"Yeah she's really good," chimed in Meghan, shooting him another you know what. Oh no she didn't….
"Meghan, you know he's blind right?" I whispered softly.
Her face turned red. "Oh yeah I forgot…." She muttered back.
"What is she doing that I can't see?" Iggy asked inside, his head, hoping I would pick it up. I did of course.
"Sending you flirty looks. Kill me now," I told him.
He laughed. "Well I am attractive…"
"How would you know blind guy?" I asked him teasingly.
"I can feel my hot aura radiating off of me," Iggy said with confidence.
I snorted. "Yeah I'm sure."
"So Meggiekins…" I smile, turning back to Meghan. She glared at me.
"What song?"
"What song Jeff?" Meghan asked Iggy.
He shrugged. "Well I like the song Brave."
"No way, I love that song!" Meghan practically squealed. What was with her? She NEVER acted like this.
"Sure I like that song," I smiled.
"Okay, you know the words?" He asked me, and I nodded.
He took out his i-pod and put on Brave by Sara Bareilles.
Smiling at him, I raised my voice to sing along.
You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love
Or you can start speaking up
Nothing's gonna hurt you the way that words do
When they settle 'neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins
But I wonder what would happen if you
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just want to see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
Everybody's been there,
Everybody's been stared down by the enemy
Fallen for the fear
And done some disappearing,
Bow down to the mighty
Don't run, just stop holding your tongue
Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
And since your history of silence
Won't do you any good,
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don't you tell them the truth?
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
See you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
As the last word left my lips, Iggy just stared at me in shock.
"Whoa," he said. "That was awesome."
I couldn't help being proud of myself. "I know."
And of course, Meghan needed to get in on the conversation.
"Jeff, you're right. It was awesome! Snow needs to sing that song in the Talent Show!" Meghan smiled her face off at him.
"If you want to," Iggy said casually.
"Sure I will," I projected my smile into his head. "It sounded pretty good."
Meghan gave a squeal of excitement. Since when does the scary, violent, tall, intimidating Meghan squeal?
Iggy stood, about to leave the room.
"I have to do some homework. See you girls later," he smiled and, get this, winked at Meghan. She practically swooned. My god.
"Bye Jeff!" Meghan waved at him, again, lost on him! When he was out of earshot she turned to me.
"Oh my god, Snow! You didn't tell me your brother was so hot!" She smiled dreamily.
"Umm…is he that hot?" I asked awkwardly.
She gave me a 'duh!' look. "Haven't you looked at him? He's flawless."
Ooookay. Something was wrong with Meghan.
"Are you like….fangirling over him?" I ask quietly, feeling ready to either throw up or run away. Maybe both.
"No! But I just….i really like him Snow," Meghan smiled again and I forced a smile back.
So she liked Iggy. Why do I feel so crappy right now? Why should I care so much? Oh! It's probably because we're going to have to leave one day soon, and Meghan will lose him. And I feel bad about it! Right? I think so….
"Well it's your choice Meghan," I say through a forced smile. Normally, she'd notice my fake smile immediately but she's so high on love fumes or whatever, because she doesn't even notice.
"Well Snow, I got to go. You're singing Brave, right? For the talent show? You sounded really good," Meghan says and then quickly gathers her stuff and leaves.
To go where? Probably to daydream about Iggy in peace.
I flop down on my bed and sigh. My best friend has a crush on my brother. Sort of. This seems like a bad situation.
I wait for Iggy to come in my room, I would have thought he'd come in and brag about Meghan liking him, but he's nowhere to be found.
I needed some alone time anyway. What I need is a fly….
I open the room's giant window, and look down, making sure nowhere is there to see my wings. First, I see Meghan and sigh. She's still here? Great.
Then just as I am about to pull my head back in, I see Meghan talking to someone…. Iggy. Of course it would be Iggy.
She giggling, wtf?! And patting Iggy's hand. Towards the end of their 4 minute conversation, he whispers something to her and she eagerly nods.
Now most humans, normal ones, they wouldn't hear that. They would run off after Meghan and demand to know what he had asked. But I had heard:
"Want to go out sometime?"
Those simple five words and her nod of sheer joy made me want to puke.
The next day was worse….
And I'm back! About time, right?
So I was on vacation. It was fun. Thanks for NOT ASKING.
So thank you readers, for reading, you can't say you're not reading cuz you just read it. Ha. Pwned.
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Kate