A/N: hey everyone...wow have i really not updated since march..eep im so sorry everyone..ive just been having some issues with my love life..and life in general. also a few months of writers block. but here is the third chapter and its dedicated to my friend marty because it has one of her all time fave songs in it. i hope everyone enjoys it and please feel free to check out my other story Sparks in the Night which also should have some new chapters. i promise chapter four is being written as we speak. enjoy and please READ & REVIEW!!!
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Sum-La
Chapter three
Songs in the dark
Reading/ Writing music: Good Enough- Evanescence
Stella's POV
I hurriedly push my way through the closely packed bodies on my way to the bar. I swiftly spot an opening and slide onto the bar stool and smile at the dark haired boy behind the counter. "How's it going sugar" I say to Derek as he looks up at me. He smiles back brightly and brings a can of sprite out from under the counter.
"It's about time you got here," He says handing me the sprite. I pop the cap and take a sip. "They're about to start any minute. First was already taken by one of the divas so I signed you up for second if that's fine."
"Sure that will work. What am I singing?"
"Oh no! I'm not telling you. Just wait and see." He says a wicked smile coming up. Oh god if he picked my song then I'm bound to be singing something country. Derek was one of my first friends here in New York. I met him a couple of weeks into first semester when Allison and I wandered in here for an open mic night. We were instant friends. That night I got up and sang one song and I was hooked. I soon became a regular at open mic night at Night Time Stars. Derek is in love with my country twang and whenever I let him pick my song he always goes and picks some gooey country song that shows it off. Rob approaches the bar shoving his way through a pack of blond divas. Diva is a name Derek and I came up with for the preppy out of town girls who wander in here to sing songs by Britney Spears while their clone friends cheer them on. Rob gets held up when one of the blondes recognizes him and asks for an autograph. Soon the whole group wants a picture. I can't help but laugh Derek notices and leaves the drunk on the bar stool that he was just tenting to and walks over to me.
"Wow it isn't often we get one of Hollywood's hottest all the way down here in NYC. Wonder what a hot shot like him is doing in a place like this."
"Oh he's with me" I smile at the shocked look Derek gives me. I can understand why it would be surprising to him, he knows all about my dating history.
"How.." he starts when I cut him off.
"It's all Allison's doing I swear," I say holding up my hands. Derek gives me a knowing smile. "I'm sure you remember that contest that she couldn't shut up about well she thought it would be fun to enter my name too." Another wicked grin appears on Derek's face. He must have heard something about Allison's evil plan.
"Oh" he starts when Rob finally makes it over to the bar. His shirt is a little out of place and his hair is in disarray. I didn't know divas were into man handling. I look at his annoyed expression and can't help but laugh.
"What?" Rob questions angrily. I shake my head
"Nothing," I say when Derek gives me a questioning look. Rob orders yet another drink as a brown haired diva gets up on stage. She belts out some Kelly Clarkson song and it is greeted by enthusiastic applauses from her friends at the front of the stage. She blows them a kiss as she walks off the stage. Gary, the owner of the club mounts the stage and smiles into the microphone.
"That was just great, and now one of our regular singers Mrs. Stella Royce." He smiles as I hop off my stool and walk to the stage. I mount the stage and smile at the band behind me. I turn to the lead guitar Jake.
"Ok what am I singing," Jake smiles knowingly and shoots a wink towards Derek at the bar. He doesn't answer me; instead he starts the opening notes of the song I know all too well.
Rob's POV
Stella mounts the stage and smiles at the audience before turning to speak to the guitarist. She says something to him and he winks towards the bartender and he smiles as the opening notes of the song start. I vaguely recognize the tune but it isn't until Stella starts singing that I recognize the song. Stella's voice is powerful and brassy as she sings Amy Lee's song.
"Under your spell again
I can't say no to you
Crave my heart and its bleeding in your hand
I can't say no to you
Shouldn't let you torture me so sweetly
Now I can't let go of this dream, I can't breath
But I feel good enough
I feel good enough
For you
As she sings on I stare transfixed at the stage. How could I not have known that she had such a beautiful voice? She said she took singing at Julliard but I never thought that she would be this good. The dark haired bartender walks over to me.
"She has a beautiful voice don't she" he says smiling at the stage. "Most guys never even get to see this side of her. She swears that her bad dating luck is because of her size but her friend Allison and I know different. See that's the thing with Stella, she doesn't know how beautiful she is. True she's no supermodel but that's not why she has such bad luck with relationships. It's because she never lets anyone close enough to see her beauty and to truly love her for who she is."
Drink of sweet decadence
I can't say no to you
And I've completely lost myself and I don't mind
I can't say no to you
Shouldn't let you conquer me completely
Now I can't let go of this dream, can't believe
That I feel good enough
I feel good enough
I look up at the bartender as he cleans a glass mug. "Why are you telling me this?" I say staring at him. He looks over at the stage as he speaks.
"Because Allison says you're going to be the one to change that and Stella may not believe her predictions, but I do," He says as he continues to stare at Stella. She puts her whole heart into the song, swaying as her voice rises and falls with the notes.
It's been such a long time coming
But I feel good
And I'm still waiting for the rain to fall
Pour real life down on me
Cause I can't hold on
To anything this
Good enough
Am I good enough?
For you to love me too
So take care of what you ask me
Cause I can't say no"
Her song comes to an end and Stella stays on the stage for a few seconds smiling as the crowed goes crazy. She climbs off the stage and comes back to the bar a huge smile on her face. I try not to look at her but I can't help it. I see her differently now. The bartender walks off but his words continue to rattle in my brain. I'm the one who's going to change her bad luck. What does he even mean? This is just a publicity stunt. When I take her home I will never see this girl again. I blow off what the bartender said and try to enjoy myself. Stella gets up and sings a few more times and I start to see all the things I misjudged her on. When I first saw her I thought Stella was just another one of my fans. I didn't even think about making a pass at her because of her size even though she was kind of pretty. Now I started to notice all the beautiful things about her, the way her hazel eyes shimmered when she sang and the way her nose crinkled up when she laughed. How had I not noticed all these things before? As the night wore on I started to notice other things to. The hips that I thought were to wide become just the right size. I longed to wrap my hands around the waist that I thought was to big at the beginning of the night. How had I had such a change of heart in a matter of a few hours? It made no sense yet I couldn't stop myself. I'd never been much of a love at first sight type of person but this wasn't love at first sight. This was something totally different and I kind of liked it. I felt myself falling in love with her as impossible as is sounds but by the end of the night I knew I would have to see her again.