Author:SkyTate18

Title:Reluctant Idol

Summary:After being raised by only his father since he was 4, Bridge now has a new obstacle ahead of him: gaining the respect of his high-school classmates! Can he gain their respect by his hidden singing talent and maybe even find some true love? Find out!

Author Note: Ok ladies and gentleman, this is based on "American Idol". Enjoy!

Chapter 1

Bridge POV

I hate my life. Yeah I do, and I'll say it again, loud and clear: I.HATE.MY.LIFE. Who wouldn't?

I might as well introduce myself. I'm Bridge Carson, 17 (almost but anyway….) year old teenager and I live with my father, Mike.

My mother….. Well…. I don't really know where she is.

I was only 4 years old when she said "I'm going out for a minute, don't worry!" That minute has become almost 13 years.

My father knew it was only a matter of time…. But nobody had expected something like this.

Since then he is my only family figure and I thank God for this every day. He is the best father you could dream of: he takes me out for football, we go to the cinema, everything like that….

Maybe you're asking, "Why don't you do something like that with your friends?" the reason is…. I don't have friends.

Yeah you probably don't understand. I'm a 17 years old teenager that hasn't got a friend.

But I have reason for all of this. And the hated reason is Jack Landors.

Since I started high school he has been my worst nightmare. He loves to bully me with his friends, even bullies my classmates, and, for his popularity, nobody stands by my side.

Most of the days I come home covered in bruises because of him and I have to be careful to cover them before my dad would come home from his job.

He doesn't even know about all this and I can't tell him. I'd probably destroy everything we've got.

But I can't tell him anything. Not only it would be worse, but he would probably kill me.

The only thing that can help me with everything is singing. I'm in love with singing.

I've been taking singing lesson since I was 10 and I'm proud of voice. I can sing almost everything but I'm in love with country music. That's the best genre of music ever created. You can tell a story only with a song!

My father barely knew about my passion….. He isn't home much due of his work. So the woman who lives near our house teaches me everything I know.

I have only one problem….. I'm extremely nervous of singing in public. One time, my father and I were at his boss's wedding. My father pushed me on the stage to "try something new". I decide to sing "The Rose" by Bette Middler but, the moment I took the microphone, I saw all the people looking at me and fainted.

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Normal POV

Bridge sat on his bed, doing his homework and singing his ears out with an old fashion song.

When I said I needed you
You said you would always stay
It wasn't me who changed but you
And now you've gone away
Don't you see
That now you've gone
And I'm left here on my own
That I have to follow you
And beg you to come home?
You don't have to say you love me
Just be close at hand
You don't have to stay forever
I will understand
Believe me, believe me
I can't help but love you
But believe me
I'll never tie you down

He really liked this song. It was his all time favorite. He jumped from his bed and headed to the kitchen for a break.

Grabbing a pack of chips, he turned on the small TV in the corner. He looked for something good to watch, but nothing was on.

Suddenly, he saw something interesting. He stopped and turned the channel back.

An advertisement was on and it said

You love to sing, you are at least 16 years old and you dream of changing your life for better?

So we're looking for you!

American Idol is looking for new contestant for a brand new season!

What are you waiting for? Come to our audition

If you live near Las Vegas, New York, San Diego, Washington and Newtech City come visit us

Simon, Paula and Randy are waiting for you

With that, the voice of Ryan Seacrest left the place of a new episode of Oprah.

Bridge starred at the screen for a moment. He couldn't believe it: American Idol was coming in his town.

He knew that this could change his life. If he would win the competition, he would win popularity and, most of all, respect from his classmates. That was the only thing that mattered….

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A\N: So this was the first chapter….. I hope you liked it! You absolutely have to tell me what you think about it and if you don't like I will stop it! I have plenty of other ideas. "Carson's Anatomy Season 2" is one of them.

The song sung by Bridge is "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" by Dusty Springfield.