Demi's POV
I'm standing here in the corner, trying not to be noticed. I'm sure someone will but I really hope not. I want her to be surprised that I'm here. She's not expecting it at all. She's so talented and so amazing. I remember when her teacher Ms. Debbie Smith submitted a video of her singing a melody of my songs from Unbroken in her talent show. She was so good. She sang, Unbroken, Love's Like a Star, Fix a Heart, Give Your a Heart a Break, and Skyscraper. Debbie said that I'm her idol.
It always makes me feel weird when people say they are idolize me or are inspired by me. The truth is they inspire me most of the time. They gave me the strength to deal with all of my problems I faced, well still face everyday.
As the kids come running in. They are all so adorable. One of them yells, "Smith. What are we doing today?" I always find it funny the respect level of teens today, haha. All of a sudden this kinda short kid comes over to me and says, "Hi"
I look at him weird, then I remember I have a wig and glasses on and did my makeup differently. I respond, "Hey, wassup?"
He gives me a weird look and says, "You look like someone I know..." Oh crap I already got caught... He gets a look of frustration, shrugs his shoulders, and says, "Oh well, who are you?"
Well this kid certaintly doesn't beat around the bush. Suddenly there is more and more of the kids coming over to us. I smile and say, "Hello everyone, I'm Daniele. I'm here to talk to y'all about using your vulnerability while acting." I then here a beautiful voice. It's sounds like Jalizza. She's singing Skyscraper.
I look over to her, and recognize her from the video, it's definately her. I am so excited for this moment right now. I wonder if she'll recognize me if she's my number one fan? She does look unusually sad though, I wonder why.
Debbie comes over and tells the kids to take a chair and put it in a circle. A wave of emotion comes over Jalizza's face. Is she nervous about sharing, why I thought everyone is really close in this class. She takes a chair and sits on the side of Debbie and some girl.
Jalizza's POV
Once everyone is settled Ms. Smith stands up and says, "Hello everyone, I just wanted to remind everybody that what anyone says here does not leave this room." She says looking at me. She knows I really don't wanna share my life story. She continues, "Now who has not gone yet?" Two or three people and I slowly raise our hands. "Alright Jalizza it's your turn."
I get really nervous because I know this is going to be awkward and stupid seeing I don't plan on shareing much... I then clear my throat and say, "Hey everyone. My name is Jalizza Marie Aubrey like you all know. I was born around here in some hospital. I have an older brother named Spencer. He's a junoir back in my old school. He just turned 17 last week. I can't wait for him to get out of the house... He has the bigger bedroom so I hope I'll get it. But then again I'll have a pool table if not, so that would be pretty cool. Um... I started going to pre-school when I was 3, then started kindergarten when I was 5. I loved singing basically from the time I could make noises." I start laughing, everyone looks at me, and I say sorry. She then continues, "When I was 5 I also started dance classes which was fun. I started with jazz, and then got into acro, tap, and hip-hop. I never really liked acro because I was scared of falling and couldn't do a cartwheel right, so I eventually quit. This would've been 10 years but the musical and other stuff became my top priorety. I don't really no what else to say..."
I stop and look at Ms. Smith. She can tell this is hard on me and gives her sympathy look. "So I heard you started piano lessons last week."
I start smiling just thinking of it and say, " Oh yeah, I really like the piano and it looks cool so I started that. It took me 20 minutes to learn 3 scales, so I don't think I'm really that good..."
Someone says, "What about your personnal life, your past?" I think, how rude is that!
I gulp and get more nervous than ever and say, "Umn my past is alright... People weren't always the nicest and I didn't always make the best decisions but the past is the past and I'm over it."
Demi's POV
I can see there is more going on than she is leading on. She kind of reminds me of me a few years ago, when I started in the industry. Her sleeve then goes up a little and I see something. I see scratches on her wrists. Scratches that could only be from self-harm. Shivers go up and down my spine and my heart starts racing. I then remembered why Jalizza's name looks so familiar... A few months ago she sent me fan mail as a cry for help.
