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Chap6_Battle Rounds
"I've never felt this nervous in my life. Its pressure is more than the blind audition…" I stare at the camera lens and say those words. I'm in my battle rounds outfit and I have an hour to go on stage. I continue: "I just wish I won't go home this early. I worked hard for this. It's my dream…" I hear the "cut" and I stop smiling. I'm truly nervous and the wait is just driving me crazy. I start pacing and praying while they're filming me. After I finish filming I go to the main hall to talk to Anna and Jake. I find them laughing at something and when they see me, they rush to my side. I hug them both and ask them to wish me luck. They try to cheer me up with: "C'mon, smile! I know you can do it gurl!" and "Just go in there and work your magic!" It's time for them to go and sit in the audience. I wave at them and then go to backstage again. I look at myself in the mirror. I'm wearing a knee-length black dress and my hair is free on my shoulders. I had my All Star black converses on and I looked good. I looked 19 though I passed that age 3years ago. From all the cheering I realize filming the battle rounds has started and the coaches are coming in. 4hours ago we were still in the studio, rehearsing for the last time with Adam. He thought we were doing great and we just had to give the audience the energy and the love the song had to offer. I see Joe with his cowboy hat and his black suit. He looked kinda cute but this is a game. If he gotta go, he gotta go.
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"Star Payne and Joe Hartly, in 15minutes." I hear one of the managers say and I shiver a little. I'm nervous but I'm not scared. I know I'll bring it like crazy but I'm afraid I go there and they all be like: "Ugh… You suck!" Seriously?! I shake my head and start pacing again. I drink a little water and re-apply my lip gloss. I move my hair a little back and then I start pacing again. It took 2 hours to reach our battle but I know it was worth the wait. The 15minutes passed quickly and then we stay in dark lights behind the audience, waiting for Carson to invite us on stage. I hear him say: "It's time for two talented artists from Team Adam to enter this ring and duke it out for a chance to go on to the live shows. Which young artist will take it? Will it be Oklahoma native, singer and songwriter Joe Hartly?" Joe goes on the stage and enters the ring while the audience is cheering. I wonder what Carson will say about me. He goes on: "Or the only artist on the show named after what they will be eventually, Star Payne." I smile at Carson remark and walk into the audience and move forward to the ring. As long as I enter the ring and smile, the lights dim and Carson says: "Let the battle begin…" The music kicks in and I start smooth and loud enough to make an impression:
Lyin' here with you so close to me
It's hard to fight these feelings when it feels so hard to breathe
I move to Joe and smile while singing:
Caught up in this moment
Caught up in your smile
Joe sings to me:
I've never opened up to anyone
So hard to hold back when I'm holding you in my arms
I sing with him:
We don't need to rush this
Let's just take it slow
We start the chorus but I have more power. We face the coaches while singing:
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch in the fire burning so bright
No I don't want to mess this thing up
No I don't want to push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight
I start again, circling around him while he sings with me:
I know that if we give this a little time
It will only bring us closer to the love we wanna find
It's never felt so real, no it's never felt so right
We start moving to the audience and we sing the chorus while Joe has the power now:
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch in the fire burning so bright
And I don't want to mess this thing up
I don't want to push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight
We reach each other again, and we stare at each other while singing the bridge:
No I don't want to say goodnight
I know it's time to leave, but you'll be in my dreams
Tonight
Tonight
Tonight
We just sing to each other now. We kneel a little while singing the chorus for the last time:
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch in the fire burning so bright
And I don't want to mess this thing up
I don't want to push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby I'm alright, oh, let's do this right, with just a kiss goodnight
With a kiss goodnight
Kiss goodnight…
The song ends and we hug each other and then Carson comes up to us and stands between us. He says: "Give it up for Joe and Star. Adam a tough decision in a few minutes, think about that. Let's talk to Blake Shelton." I look at Blake, worried, cause he is a country star, and he would just like Joe better than me. Blake starts: "First of all, I'm really glad that Adam picked this song for you two. It was like the perfect song in the perfect moment." Cheering cuts him off but he continues again: "Joe, you're a country singer, you obviously knew what you were singing and Star here, was like… She was like this princess singing a love song for his prince…" The crowd cuts him off again and he laughs and continues: "I mean look at them, singing that beautifully. I just thought that… I thought Star was pretty consistent… So I'd pick Star!"
I grin and nod at him. Carson asks Christina to pick someone between us and she starts: "Well, Star you were one of my favorites in the blind auditions and then you picked Adam and I wondered what he was gonna do with all of your talent and then I see you here singing a country song that actually made me emotional." I smile and thank her while she goes on: "It actually made me think I'm in one of your concerts and it felt so good. I have to say Joe did a pretty good job but my pick, hands down, would be Star." I hear people cheering and I see Anna and Jake jumping up and down on their seats. It's Cee Lo time and I smirk listening to him say:
"My buddy Joe, how you doin? I thought you brought it to stage with all of your heart, it was just… Star was into it, you know what I'm sayin?! It was like what Christina said, it was like watching her on her concert's stage. I just have to go with Star, sorry man…" I can't believe it. I cover my open mouth with my hand. Then it's time for Adam to talk. Carson says: "Alright Adam give us some thoughts before you make your selection." He starts easy: "You guys did such an amazing job, both of you." People cheer again, really?! He continues: "Joe, when I first heard you sing a Blake Shelton song I never thought I'd turn my chair around for you but in the middle of a song I felt this energy... I just thought you sounded so cool and so alive that I had to turn around and Star, you were just perfect. You came into the blind auditions and you sang this song that I had never heard in my whole life and boom! Your voice just stunned me right there and I knew I had to have you… on my team."
He had a pause between "have you" and "on my team" and it gave me chills. I look at Anna secretly and I see her smirking. I hear Adam: "And I chose this song cause it wasn't just a country song, it was a slow romantic country song and it suited you both and watching you guys performing that song so flawless, was like… it was just perfect…" Carson interrupts him: "So, who's it gonna be Adam?" while taking each of our hands to raise when Adam announces the winner. Adam looks down and then looks at me and says: "I love you both, but I have to go with Star…" The screams fill my ears while I feel my hand being raised by Carson. I laugh uncontrollably and then come to my senses and go over to Joe and hug him to comfort him. I exit the stage and a guy leads me to a place that my friends can come into after minutes. I start jumping up and down after the guy left. I feel like I have gone crazy, then I see the cameras and I realize they're filming. In that exact moment the door opens and Anna and Jake comes in. They both hug me at the same time and I say to the camera: "I did it! I'm going to the live shows!"
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