Author: SkyTate19

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's Note:from now on, I will have all the time I want to update my stories because… NO MORE SCHOOL FOR ME!!

Chapter 6

Group time had come and all remaining contestants were divided into groups of three. Bridge, Sydney and Sky were fighting about choosing a song to sing. Actually, Bridge was enjoying himself watching as the other two fought.

"For the last time Syd, I'M NOT GOING TO SING THAT SONG!" Sky said angrily.

"Why not? Because it's not your stupid-rock-kind of song?" the girl said back, making the man furious.

"First of all, rock is not stupid, at least it has more rhythm than country. Other than that, that's a girl group song: last time I checked, I am a man!" answered the man sitting on the bad nearby.

Bridge couldn't hold the laughter any longer so he exploded in a fit of giggles.

The other two glared at him, "What? You're laughing at us?"

He stopped laughing and became red with the embarrassment.

Syd sighed, "Give him a break, Sky, we're acting ridiculous. Oh! I have an idea! Why don't you choose some songs and we select one?"

Bridge's eyes lightened up, "R-R-R-R-Really?"

"Yeah, sure! You know what? Sky and I are going for a walk so you will have all the silence you need for your ideas, ok?"

The boy nodded and Syd grabbed Sky's arm, draging him out of the room. When they were out, Sky turned to her, "Why did you do that?"

Syd locked eyes with him, "That guy has big potential. I wanted to give him a chance to show it to everyone"

Sky only nodded. "That girl is crazy……" he said when Syd was far from him.

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Sky entered the auditorium and looked around at the many groups who came there to practice. He saw a group of three girls singing. They were good, but he thought the song was horrible

I don't wanna do this anymore
I don't wanna be the reason why
Everytime I walk out the door
I see him die a little more inside
I don't wanna hurt him anymore
I don't wanna take away his life
I don't wanna be...
A murderer

That reminded him of his past, the past he was trying to erase from his memory. Quickly, he made to leave but stopped when he heard a familiar song

Sing with me, sing for the years
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears
Sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

He found three guys singing it and stopped to listen to them, "Wow! That's good!" he said

The three turned to him and smiled, "Thanks mate! I'm Mack by the way and this is Tyzonne and that's RJ. What's your name?" he said, extending his hand.

Sky shook it, "I'm Schuyler but everyone calls me Sky".

At that moment Tyzonne spoke, "I remember you! You're the one that sang that Bon Jovi song! You were amazing! I wish I could play a guitar like that. Actually, I wish I could play a guitar…." said the guy, smiling.

Sky laughed, "Well I can teach you if you want. Just stop by my room" Tyzonne gave him a high five in agreement.

"What are you going to sing? Hope it's something amazing like the first time," asked RJ while he was putting away his guitar.

"Actually, I don't know… I guess my future is in the hands of a 17 year old kid…" said Sky, rubbing the back of his head.

The other three looked at him with confusion, then Sky added "it's a long story, don't worry. Well, I'll leave you guys to your work. Good luck for tomorrow!"

They said goodbye and went back to their performance while Sky went back to his room.

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Bridge only took 15 minutes to write down a list of 20 songs to choose from. He now only hoped his friends liked them.

Suddenly both friends came walking into the rooms "Hey Bridge! So how're you doing?" asked a smiling Syd.

"Well I guess….. This is all I came out with…." He said giving the list to the two of them.

"Wow…. You only took fifteen minutes to write all this?" said Sky, looking at his best friend

Bridge only nodded shyly. "Ok. Let's see…" said Syd and began reading the names out loud:

The Temptation – Get Ready

High School Musical – We're all in this Together

Aerosmith – I Don't Want to Miss a Thing

Aladin Soudtrack – a Whole New World

Martina McBride – When God Fearing Woman Get the Blues

Aretha Franklin & George Michael – I Knew You Were Waiting For Me

R. Kelly – I Believe I Can Fly

Evanescence – My Immortal

Tim McGraw – When the Stars Go Blue

The Who – Baba O'Riley

The Monkeys – I'm a Believer

Elvis Presley – Love Me Tender

Bee Gees – Run To Me

Gloria Estefan – Rhythm is Gonna Get You

Cindy Lauper – Time After Time

Maroon 5 – This Love

Gavin DeGraw – In Love with a Girl

The Police – Every Breath You Take

Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

Enrique Iglesias & Whitney Houston – Could I Have This Kiss Forever

"Hmm… These are good songs…. What are we going to sing?" asked Syd

"Wait! Why don't we sing this one? We can also play our instruments!" added Sky

"Yeah! Good idea! What you think Bridge?" asked Syd

He looked at the song she was pointing at and smiled "That's my favorite song among all of them. I'm ok with it."

With that, Syd jumped up in excitement "Ok, it's set! We're gonna rock!"

Both boys looked at her and grinned. They were a great group, and nothing was going to stop them. Or at least they thought….

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Here we are. Another one is D-O-N-E! Which song they choose? You can try to find out which one it is! And most important, what happened to Sky? Stay tune to find out! The songs used are:

"Unfaithful" By Rhianna for the girls Group

"Dream On" By Aerosmith for Mack, RJ & Tyzonne's Group