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Chapter 5: The Date

I woke up with my head pounding I was in a black t-shirt that was a little tight and black regular jeans. I looked up to see my mom looking at me.

"Are you alright?" she asked

"Yeah, my head just hurts a little."

"That's good, now come on. Let's go talk to Carlisle."

She helped me up and we went off to talk to the doc. When we reach an office in the house my mom walked in with me close behind her.

"Ah, Crystal, it's nice to see you with a not unconscious Ivy."

"Yeah, we came to tell you we were heading out."

"Ok then, you're free to go."

"Wait, can I talk to Dr. Clearwater?" I asked suddenly.

I saw my mom give Carlisle a look but he said "I'm sorry but he's not here right now. Can I leave a message?"

"Um, yeah. Could you tell him to call me; he seemed to know what to do when I was in the hospital."

"Yeah, I'll tell him that."

My mom dragged me out of the house and pulled me into the car. We drove home and my brother gave me a bear hug saying that he was sorry. I lied and told them that I was tired so I went upstairs and went to bed.

The next day both my brother and I went to school. We joked around a bit and when we got there we split off to go to our home room classes. Afterwards there was gym, which again I tripped over my own feet. Afterwards we went to choir which I found out the songs had been pick while I was unconscious. The songs were 'Fighter' by Cristina Aguilera and 'My Immortal' by Evanescence. Of course being the person Melissa is she chose 'Fighter' which left me with 'My Immortal' which I was happy with. I loved to sing songs that I had connections with. I didn't know what, but I felt so connected with this song, it was strange.

After some of our other classes we headed to lunch. I stopped at the door and Alexa gave me an interesting look.

"Why are waiting there?" she asked

"I promise my brother I would wait here for him."

"Oh, cool. I guess you'll sit with him at his table…"

"No, we were both planning on sitting with you."

"Really? You don't have to do that."

"Yeah, if that's alright with you."

"That'll be fine, I don't mind."

She walked off to go get lunch, right after Daniel came and we both went into the line. We started walking to the table when Daniel suddenly stopped. I looked at him and he was staring at Alexa. It was the same look Seth gave me the night we first met. He looked like a blind man seeing for the first time.

"Danni, come on. Stop starring, it's rude."

"Oh, sorry. Let's go." He said stuttering a little and looking down at his feet.

We walked up to the table sitting down. We sat in a triangle. Alexa and I talked about the upcoming battle between me and Melissa while Daniel sat in silence inhaling his food.

"When is the date of the showdown? I wasn't paying attention when she was talking about it." I asked

"Aw come on, you should know. You're the one competing not me."

"Just what is the dang date Alexa?"

"It's a week from now."

I choked on my milk that I was drinking. "What?"

"She said that the competition is four months from now so she has to find the competitor soon so they can find their song and practice."

"Ok then, that just startled me. I know most of the words to my song so if I practice every day for the next week I should be able to get it pitch perfect."

"Why are you so confidant?"

"Maybe because I believe in my ability to sing?"

"She gave you sheet music for the song right?" Daniel asked

"Of course, so you can help me practice after school. She also gave us cd's without the words so once we get all the words down and with the right notes we can practice with the music."

"That's nice. So how do you plan on practicing?"

"I was planning on listening to the actual song and singing along with it while looking at the sheet music so I can pinpoint the notes and get the words right. Then I can practice with the cd the teacher gave me."

"So how can I help you?"

"You can help by being there to make sure I sound on key, support me, bring me food while I'm practicing, and bring me water when I need it."

"You were joking for most of that right?"

"Yes, I do need support and guidance. Plus I might need water bottle refills, but no food while singing. It can coat your through and make you sound bad. That's why when I practice I drink warm water. Water does not coat your throat and the warm part makes sure your throat isn't constricted or super sore."

"You know a lot about singing, Ivy." Alexa said

"I guess, my adopted mom used to be a semiprofessional singer so she taught me how to sing properly and take care of my voice."

"That's cool. I can't wait to see you kick Melissa's butt. I bet everyone but her gang will enjoy seeing that happen." Alexa said

Just then I saw Ricky walking over to our table.

"Hey Ivy, I see you found someone nice to go out with." He said. Wait, what? I then realized me and Daniel were holding hands.

"Oh god, um no. we aren't going out. We're actually twins."

"You don't look like the other."

"I mean twins as in we were born at almost the same time. He's technically older because he came out first."

"So?"

"We're brother and sister."

"Oh! I'm so sorry, I should have known."

"It's ok, not many people know. Well actually only the four people right here plus our family know. So please don't tell anyone who doesn't think that."

"Ok then, I actually came over to ask you something, Ivy."

"Sure, shoot."

"Would you like to go on a date with me like, tomorrow?"

"Sure, I'd love to. What time should I expect you?"

"Will six work?"

"Yeah, that should give me enough time to practice and get ready to go."

"Ok, I'll see you later."

"Bye." I said and then he walked away.

"Aw come on Ivy! The first guy who asks you out you say yes to?" Daniel said

"First of all this guy was being weird so he scared him off and then we talked for a little bit. We have a lot in common."

"Wait, what do you mean by weird?" he asked

"Ok, don't get angry. But this pale dude named Riley pinned me to a wall after school and was sniffing my neck." Out of the corner of my eye I saw said person. He had bright red eyes. "There he is." I said starting to shake. I ran to the bathroom and through up. Just then Alexa came in to see if I was alright.

"Ivy, what's wrong?"

"Please help me outside. Get Daniel to help." She helped me to the door then Daniel came and helped me outside

"Ivy, what's wrong?" Daniel said worried

"Those eyes, they're the same color as the guy who kidnapped me."

"Oh god." I heard Daniel say

"I need to go home, can you help me to the office, Daniel?" I said

"Yeah, let's go. Alexa you head to back to class. I'll take her to the office."

"Um…ok."

We got to the office and told the nurse that I was sick. She called my parents and they came and picked us both up. When we got home I headed up the stairs. But before I reached the top I heard Daniel say to mom and dad

"I imprinted on Alexa."

I ran up to my room and took my music out. I started up my computer and I opened up YouTube. I looked up the music video for 'My Immortal' and played it. I looked down at my music and began to sing along with the song. After I got all the words down and the notes I put in the cd and practiced without my music. I practiced over and over. Before I started I had closed my door and I heard a squeak of it opening. I acted like I didn't hear it and I continued singing. After I finished my hour of practice I turned around to see my family gaping at me. I burst out laughing.

"Why are you laughing?" my mom asked

"The look on your faces is priceless." I said out of breath.

"We had no idea that you had such a pretty voice." My dad said.

"Aw, thanks. But I'm not that good."

"Is this your first day of practice?" my mom asked

"Yeah, I need to improve a lot."

"If you keep on increasing and practicing everyday everyone will be blown away." Daniel said

"You really think so?"

"The thing is, you're already blowing our minds so if you get any better you're going to blow the school away." Daniel stated.

"Aw come on guys, I'm not that good."

"Don't give us that, you are an amazing singer. Don't you dare think that you suck. Have you even actually heard yourself sing?" Daniel said

"Not really…" I said

"Tomorrow you are going to record yourself. You are going to listen to it. Not only will it let you hear how good you are but you will also be able to improve."

"How can I improve by listening?"

"You can hear if you messed up or not, then you can fix it."

"Well…I guess that could work."

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I was getting ready for my date with Ricky. When I told my parents they objected at first. When they found out who it was with, they relaxed. I decided to wear a short tight skirt that came down to about mid-thigh. I put a silver studded belt around my waist that went nice with the skirt. I also put on a black shirt with a picture of Yellowcard on it with silver lettering that said

Southern Air will always stay in my heart.

I painted my nails black and silver. The main part was black and the tips were silver. I put my mascara on. It was black and I tipped my eyelashes a silvery purple. I used black lipstick that had sparkles. I also put on a long silver chain earring in my right ear and I put a black stud earring in my left. Then I took a group of black and silver chain necklaces and put them around my neck. They came down to right below my stomach. I decided I would just leave my hair down so I brushed it and parted it to the right. Just as I finished I heard the doorbell go off. I slipped on my black flat boots that went just a little my ankle bone and then I ran downstairs.

I saw Ricky talking to my dad. He was wearing casual faded blue jeans, a plain blue t-shirt, and a football coat with the school logo on it. When he saw me he smiled and I smiled back.

"Are you ready to go, Ivy?"

"Yeah, let me just get my jacket out of the kitchen."

"Ok."

I ran to the kitchen and grabbed my jacket off of the chair it was sitting on. I ran back out to the hallway.

"Ok, now I'm ready to go."

After we said goodbye we headed out the door. When we got into his truck he turned on Yellowcard's new album Southern Air.

As we drove to Port Angeles we sang along with the songs and we talked about random things. We when to dinner at this semi fancy restaurant and then we got some ice cream at Baskin Robins. On the drive home we put on the radio. We sang along to songs we knew and made fun of the ones we didn't like. We found out we had a ton in common. When we reached my front door we turned to look at each other. He leaned towards me and I did the same. When our lips softly met it was amazing. It was like magic even though it only lasted about five seconds. We said goodbye and when I went inside I was a hundred percent sure that I was blushing.

"Well it looks like someone had a good time." My mom said

"Yeah, he took me out to dinner and then ice cream. On the way there and back we talked about random things. We found out we have a lot in common. It was really fun."

"Sounds like someone had fun."

"Yeah, I really did. Although it took a lot out of me so I'm going to head out."

"Ok then, goodnight then, Ivy"

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