Thanks PizzaCatDavid, that gave me a tremendous amount of motivation! *Because it came from one of my favorite authors!*
That was the end of the song. I was welcomed with dangling mouths and stares which made me feel unsettled, but all outcomes predicted this. Garnet soon revealed a 'Thumbs up' which made me slightly blush under my quite pale skin.
Amethyst wanted to tell something but had a slight pause before blurting out the words: " Oh My Gosh Peri! We n-never knew you could sing that well!"
First I thought *Don't I always sing this good?*, I ignored my thoughts to take it as a compliment.
Silence fell after that, until Garnet gained the courage to speak up.
"Peri, you did great." She smiled and confidently stated.
Steven ran up to me from his judging table to grab my hands and shout "You should definitely go for the Talent Show! We can be your band players! It's going to be SOOOO cool!"
I wasn't so sure that was a good option, if my parents found out I was going to a talent show, they'd immediately cancel it for reasons unknown.
I quietly spoke the words "Uhhh, Ok, but you better keep this hidden from my parents." My voice hesitantly cracked at the word hidden, making Amethyst chuckle. I didn't mind, I mean it was all part of puberty.
Amethyst always wondered what was up with me and my parents, and so did Steven and Garnet. Although they knew, they never questioned 'what was up', until now...
"What's up between your parents and you? It's like they don't allow you to do anything." Amethyst said with a hint of sadness.
Steven and Garnet nodded in agreement, Pearl didn't know what was even going on.
"I-It's like you don't even have a bond with them! You always ignore them! And they seem like the most strict people I've ever!" Steven exaggerated while waving his hands in the air. Actually nevermind, he didn't exaggerate at all, he merely stated a quarter of the truth about my parents and me.
Pearl decided to join in on the growing argument. "Exactly, they never let you go into our birthdays or any parties at all! Unless you sneak in."
A small fact about me : I wore hazel contacts everyday of my life, because I didn't want to make my eyes like my parents. The reason I chose 'Hazel' is because my brother had that eye color. If I remember I just forgot to wear it in the first day of school, and the only one who noticed was Lapis.
Everyone kept complaining about them until I screamed STOP. Of course, I regretted that.
Amethyst stated "Just tell us the truth. And also, why do you wear those contacts?"
A questioning look appeared until Garnet cleaned it up.
"Don't act like we didn't see your eye color change to green on the first day."
I stand corrected. They did notice.
"Why does it concern you?" I said trying to not add fuel to the fire, and avoiding eye contact.
"We're your friends! Of course we care! We need to!" Steven cried worriedly.
I didn't want to tell them truth, but I told them a small secret about me.
A chill ran down my spine as Amethyst hugged me while muttering "It's ok. Just tell us the truth, seriously Peri."
I sighed, forcing my mouth to reveal the truth. The whole explanation took quite a while for them to grasp, though Garnet understood clearly.