Chapter 10:
Stand Out
They were done recording the the day and we sitting in the studio lounge relaxing after a long day. The album was almost done and soon they'd be going on another world tour.
Byron came into the room. "Girls I've got great news! We've just put together the final album artwork. I think you're going to love it!"
He sat down with them and showed them the cover. It was a picture of all of the girls performing on a Rock Angelz stage. They all looked beautiful and fierce. But Yasmin was front and center in an overly obvious way.
"Why does she get to be front and center?" Sasha said angrily.
"Well someone had to be. Anyway, Yasmin is our front girl. She was totally okay with it."
Sasha glared at Yasmin. "You discussed this before hand?!"
"I didn't think it would be a problem," Yasmin said innocently.
"How could it not be a problem?!"
"Look, everyone is still represented. And everyone has their own songs," Yasmin said calmly. She wasn't going to let another argument start.
"Not as many as you! You're turning this into the Yasmin show and I don't like it!"
Too late.
"I'm turning it into the Yasmin show?!" Yasmin said angry about being accused of such things. "All you want is for it to be the Sasha show. You told TMZ it would be better if you were the star!"
"I did not...!"
"You said that?" Cloe said surprised.
"Yeah, me and Yas were wondering about that. What the hell Sasha?" Jade said.
"All I said was that if someone were to be the star it should be me. You're all putting words into my mouth, that's not even what we're talking about!"
"No, we should talk about it!" Jade said standing up. "Every time something isn't about you, you want to get pissed off about it. You don't hear any of us getting all butthurt just because we're not front and center on the album. And quite frankly, who the hell cares?!"
"You certainly don't because you're too drunk half the time to even notice what's going on around here! Maybe if you weren't you'd have a real opinion!"
Jade came towards her. "You bitch...!"
Cloe stepped between them. "Why are you taking shots at everyone like this?!" She said to Sasha.
"I choreograph all of our dances and write most of our songs!" Sasha said. "If anyone is going to be front and center it damn well should be me!"
"Well it's not! And it's not going to be you if you don't shove that sense of entitlement!" Cloe said.
"I never said I was entitled to anything...!"
"You always think that! Everything has to revolve around you or it's not right! You just have to control everything!"
"And who should, you? You can't even step on the fucking stage without being a pussy! Where the hell do you even get off telling anyone else what to do and you can't even take care of yourself?!"
"Why you...!"
"Stop it!" Yasmin exclaimed. "We're all supposed to be friends and part of the same band so stop fighting!"
They all sat down in opposite corners of the room angry and not even looking at each other.
Byron cleared his throat. "Well, if you'll excuse me girls, I've got a meeting to go to." He left the room hoping to not cause any more drama.
The Rock Angelz sat in silence for nearly ten minutes when the door opened again and Roxxi came in. She was shocked to see the silence and the tension in the room couldn't be cut with a knife.
"So...what happened?"
"She's a bitch!" Jade said.
"She wants the whole world around her just because Byron has a fucking hard on for her," Sasha said tossing a glare in Yasmin's direction.
"Fuck you," Yasmin said.
Roxxi realized she had to do something. This band couldn't go on if they kept arguing like this. Roxxi sat down in the middle of the room since everyone else was in opposite corners.
"You guys are best friends, you shouldn't be fighting like this," Roxxi said. She thought for a moment. "Got any room left on the album?"
"Yeah, why?" Cloe said.
"Let me write a song with you. We'll have fun and we can put all of this ridiculous fighting behind us."
*WW*
Roxxi wrote Stand Out with them. It was the first song she had sung with the Rock Angelz since So Good. It was immediately approved by Byron and then recorded it and it was the last song added to their second album All About You.
The five of them performed the song together at their concert in La which kicked off the All About You Tour. The crowd was absolutely ecstatic to see them performing with Roxxi again and they loved all of the new songs.
"You're the one and only, you express it any way you want
Style the way you feel inside and rock this world
Daring to be different 'cause you don't wanna be the same
You're totally unique and independent, girl
Show yourself as you really are (ooh, stand out)
You gotta stand out, be proud, time for you to shine
You're special, beautiful, you're one of a kind
You stand out from the crowd, everybody knows
Individual, original and it really shows
'Cause you stand out (oh, ooh, oh, hey)
Funky fashion, get reactions, you know how to be yourself
Own it 'cause you know it when it's feeling right
Confident inside your heart, you know exactly who you are
Go ahead and do your thing your way you like
Show yourself as you really are
You gotta stand out, be proud, time for you to shine
You're special, beautiful, you're one of a kind
You stand out from the crowd, everybody knows
Individual, original and it really shows 'cause you stand out
There could never be another you, you're like nobody else
A style that's all your very own, be happy with yourself
'Cause you stand out, be proud
Dress the part of how you feel, be the one you know is real
'Cause you're perfect just the way you are
Stand out (stand out), stand out
Don't you know you really gotta
You gotta stand out, be proud, time for you to shine
You're special, beautiful, you're one of a kind...!"
They all came off the stage after the show and hugged. All of the tension was forgotten for the moment.