Chapter 20
"Oh my God Brooke, I'm so nervous for tonight" Willow said, taking a sip of her fruity drink, her mind focussing on the final part of the show. "Willow, chill. You've got this in the bag" Brooke replied "you are easily the best singer remaining. I was watching your rehearsals earlier, your duet is gonna bring the house down" "Thanks Brooke. I don't know how I would have survived these last 10 weeks without you" Willow said, smiling at her friend "I mean it. You've become one of, if not my best friend over the last ten weeks, so can we make a promise to each other that one of us will beat Dean tonight?" "Now that is something I will drink too!" Brooke replied as the two girls fell into a fit of giggles.
Final rehearsals lasted the rest of the afternoon, during which time the former contestants, minus Heidi and Spencer, all returned for the final showdown. Even though it had only been one week, Willow was so happy to see Jeff. "Hey little red" he said running up to her and hugging her "miss me much?" "Of course we did" Willow replied "have you seen Matt since..." unable to finish the sentence "Yeah I have honey, he feels as bad as you do. I think he's gonna come along tonight, he wants to talk to you" Jeff replied "WHAT? After I told him not to!" Willow exclaimed loudly and angrily, "Jeff you gotta go talk him out of it. I can't deal with seeing him tonight" "I'll try Wills, but he seems hell bent on talking to you tonight" he said, before he left the girls to get ready for their first performances of the show.
"Welcome to the final of the X factor" Jeremy said excitedly as Christy added "we have three extremely nervous contestants, but before we meet them, lets welcome back some of our contestants with a special group performance" as the group performed, Willow grabbed Brookes hand, shaking "I'm so nervous. I wasn't 100 percent focused on this final, but now with Jeff announcing that Matt's here, I'm not even 10 percent focussed. Why is he even here? I told him not to come" "He obviously wants to talk to you, work things out. Anyone can see how much you two love each other. You belong together" Brooke replied, as the group finished singing and Mark, the guy who did the voice overs for the show announced Dean, Brooke and Willows names as they walked onto the stage. "Join us after this commercial break when our first finalist takes to the stage" Jeremy said, as they cut to the adverts, Willow caught sight of Matt in the audience, and her special guest "Brooke, I think I've done something stupid. I asked Eric to come here tonight. If Matt sees him... let's just say he's not quite in the same place as me with him, I dread to think what will happen if they see each other" "OMG Wills, does this mean you've forgiven Eric?" Brooke asked, as someone brushed past them saying that there was 30 seconds till they were back live and that Willow was up first, singing what could be the first of up to four songs that night.
"Welcome back to the X factor" Christy said, "Our three finalists have been rehearsing all week to be crowned the first celebrity winner. Up first, singing Nobody's Perfect, by Jessie J, an artist from her home country, it's Willow" as she stepped out onto the stage, the events of the past few days running through her head, she silently dedicated the song to the two men in the audience, who had had the most influence on her life.
When I'm nervous I have this thing yeah I talk too much
Sometimes I just can't shut the hell up
It's like I need to tell someone anyone who'll listen
And that's where I seem to fuck up, yeah
I forget about the consequences, for a minute there I lose my senses
And in the heat of the moment my mouth's starts going the words start flowing
But I never meant to hurt you, I know it's time that I learnt to
Treat the people I love like I wanna be loved
This is a lesson learnt , I hate that I let you down and I feel so bad about it
I guess karma comes back around cause now I'm the one that's hurting yeah
And I hate that I made you think that the trust we had is broken
So don't tell me you can't forgive me
Cause nobody's perfect, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, nobody's perfect
If I could turn back the hands of time
I swear I never wanna cross that line
I should of kept it between us but no I went and told the whole world how I feel and oh
So I sit and I realise with these tears falling from my eyes
I gotta change if I wanna keep you forever
Promise that I'm gonna try
But I never meant to hurt you, I know it's time that I learn to
Treat the people I love like I wanna be loved
This is a lesson learnt and I hate that I let you down and I feel so bad about it
I guess karma comes back around cause now I'm the one that's hurting yeah
And I hate that I made you think that the trust we had is broken
So don't tell me you can't forgive me
Cause nobody's perfect, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, nobody's perfect
I'm Not a saint no not at all, but what I did it wasn't cool
But I swear that I'll never do that again to you
I'm not a saint, no not at all, but what I did it wasn't cool
But I swear that I'll never do that again to you.
I hate that I let you down, and I feel so bad about it
I guess karma comes back around cause now I'm the one that's hurting yeah
And I hate that I made you think that that the trust we had is broken
So don't tell me you can't forgive me
Cause nobody's perfect, no,
And I hate that I let you down and I feel so bad about it
I guess karma comes back around and I'm the one that's hurting, yeah
And I hate that I made you think that the trust we had is broken
So don't tell me you can't forgive me
Cause nobody's perfect. Yeah yeah
don't tell me, don't tell me
No, no, you can't forgive No
because nobody's perfect
As Willow finished the song, the judges were on their feet as were all but two of the audience. Jeremy walked over to Willow, microphone in hand "Willow, you were the first one up tonight, how does it feel being in the final?" he asked "It's been a tough ten weeks Jeremy, I'm nervous as hell tonight, I'm shaking. Last time I was this nervous was when I met my biological mom a few years back" she replied "ok, well let's see what the judges have to say, Randy let's start with you. What did you think of Willows performance" Jeremy said, turning towards the three people who had returned to their seats "Willow, you took a huge risk singing a song by an artist not well known over here and you managed to pull it off" he said as Idina added "you have a beautiful range and tone in your voice. You've never backed down from any challenge and I hope that the viewers at home pick up on that" "Simon, do you have anything to add?" Jeremy asked "Only that I agree one million percent with what Randy and Idina just said. You sound like a recording artist and I would sign you up without a doubt. You can sell albums." "Amazing comments from the judges there, if you at home want Willow to be crowned winner then call the number on screen after all three contestants have sung. In the meantime, give it up for Willow" Jeremy announced, as she rushed off the stage to change her outfit for the next song, she brushed past Brooke, and as she passed Deans dressing room, she heard a familiar female voice which chilled her to the bone.
