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Recap:
"I kinda get a little....stage fright?" The guys rolled their eyes. Then, Chris got an idea. Seriously, he did the
whole "snap the fingers and say "Ive got it!" thing. He rushed over to Emily and whispered something in her ear. She
smiled, nodded then hurried out of sight. Way to be there for me. "Okay, Kaylee" Jake told me. "Ready? Lets go!" He
said before I could answer. I stepped out from behind the curtain and emidiatly froze at the sight of millions of eyes
on me.
What have I gotten myself into?
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My heart began to beat. Faster and faster, like it was to jump out at any second. I began to walk away from the stage,
the eyes. I had just turned around when Jayce stopped me. He looked me in the eye again and nodded, assuring me it
would be okay. I sighed and walked back to the microphone. Maybe if I kept my eyes shut, I wouldnt notice all the
people sitting there. So I closed my eyes, but hurridly opened them up again when I remembered the balloons. I am not
in the mood to get wet. I searched the crowd and found Nikki, Kari, Kayla, Ann and Emily seated at a close to the
stage. Anns eyes were red and puffy, probably from just crying. I hope she will be alright. Then I looked over to
Kayla, who just stared back at me with wide eyes. You see, with have this little thing, Kayla and I. We like to call it
Jedi Mind Awesomeness. Just by looking at eachother and thinking hard, we managed send eachother silent messages. It
works, honestly. She looked at me hard, then gave me a sympathic smile. I just nodded. And then theres Emily, Nikki and
Kari, each wearing an evil smile. How can they smirk at a time like this. I suddenly heard loud tapping. I looked over
to see Chris by Jayces mike. "Uh, Hey" he said to the crowd. He got a few murmers in reply. "The song were gonna play
is called Born For This, our first song we wrote together" he back away to his place at my left. I looked back to Jayce
at my right, who nodded and smiled. I looked striaght ahead into the crowd. I didnt expect this many people to
come. I started to shake as Winks played the first notes or watever you play on drums, not feeling ready at all. Then,
it my time to sing.
"O-oh no, I j-j-just keep on falling" the words stumbled out of my mouth.
I heard a loud yell "BACK TO THE SAME OLD" I looked to see that Kari, Kayla, Nikki, Emily and Ann had all screamed out
the line, eah smiling. I began to feel more confident.
"And where's hope, when misery comes crawling?"
"OH MY WAY, AY" the sang out again.
"With your fate, you'll trigger a landslide"
(MISERY)
"And kill off this common sense of mine
And it takes acquired minds
To taste, to taste, to taste this wine
You can't down it with your eyes
So we don't need the headlines
We don't need the headlines, we just want
Everybody sing
Like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me do you feel the pressure now?
Everybody live
Like it's the last day you will ever see
Tell me, tell me do you feel the pressure now?" I sang with all my heart now.
"Right now, you're the only reason"
"I'm not letting go, oh" a few other people in the crowd joined in
"And time out, if everyone's worth pleasing"
"Well ha ha"
"ou'll trigger a landslide
(Misery)
To kill off the finite state of mind
And it takes acquired minds
To taste, to taste, to taste this wine
You can't down it with your eyes
So we don't meet the headlines
No, we don't want your headlines, we just want
Everybody sing
Like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me do you feel the pressure now?
Everybody live
Like it's the last day you will ever see
Tell me, tell me do you feel the pressure now?
Everybody sing
Like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me do you feel the pressure?"
Jayce set out into mad guitar playing, all shaking their heads with the music. Always wanting to do that, I sank my
head low just as I had to sing again.
"All right, so you think you're ready?
Okay, then you say this with me, go:
We were born for this"
"We Were Born For This!" Oretty much everyone sang, even the guys, this time.
"All right, so you think you're ready?
Okay, then you say this with me, go:
We were born for this" I let out my mic to the crowd for them to sing.
"WE WERE BORN FOR THIS"
"We were born for this"
"WE WERE BORN FOR THIS" A thousand voices screamed back.
"We were born for, we were born for"
EVERYBODY SING!
Like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me can you feel the pressure?
Everybody live
Like it's the last day you will ever see
Tell me, tell me can you feel the pressure now?
Everybody sing
Like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me can you feel the pressure?
Tell me, tell me can you feel the pressure?"I praqcticlly screamed, still on key.
"We were born for this"
"WE WERE BORN FOR THIS"
"We were born for this " I finished, punching my fist to the crowd. Right as we finished, everyone set into loud
applause. The girls were whistling, Nikki pretending to faint. I suddenly felt strong arms pick me up. Jayce hosted me
up on his shoulders, the guys screaming to me. "YOU DID IT!!" Jake cried. "You were awesome!" Winks added. "Im so proud
of you" Jayce whispered to me. I blushed with a small smile, then got of Jayces shoulder with his help. I rushed over to
the girls, who started squealing and giggling. "OMIGEE!Thats was GREAT!" Kayla gushed. The rest nodded. Nikki ran past
us-right into Chrises arms!She pushed her lips onto his without warning. Chris didnt seem to mind at all. They pulled
away and both blushed. "You were great" Nikki said. Chris grinned like a madman. I looked over to Emily. "I knew it" We
both said.
After a few more moments of squealing and laughing, the bar manager came up to us. "Great job, guys" he told us. "But,
Im gonna need a band name. Everyone really loved you!" So we all gathered into a little huddle and started to discuss.
"How bout the Fighting Irish?" Jake suggested. "Thats our football team, duby" Jayce scoffed. "The Banana Eating
Monkeys Of Lost Underwear and Safety Pins" Winks said. We all stared at him. He shrugged. "Just an idea" I sighed,
knowing this was getting nowhere. We decided to look around for cool words. I, not really in the mood to move, picked
up a newspaper. The Chronical, to be exact. This things awesome. I opened up a page and tried, notice I used the word
tried, to read. Aloud. "Vener, wait, venir. Pour un journer(come for a day. Oh, and srry if its not exactly
right) d`amour avec ton (oh love with your)" I paused and leaned in closer. "Paramore?" I questioned. Chris walked over
from his searching and looked at the page. "Para mour, you blond" He corrected. "It means secret lover" I frowned.
"Yeah, well, Paramore sounds better!" "THATS IT!" We both jumped. Winks came running over, followed by Jake and Jayce.
"What?" Jayce asked. "Paramore!That should be our name!" Winks said proudly. I raised an eyebrow. These kids are coming
up with some weird ideas today. "No, its too-" Jake started. "Actually, I like it!" "Yeah, sounds good" Jayce said. Kari
and Kayla, both being esdroppers, nodded. "Im down wit it" Chirs said mocholy, then turned to me. "What do you think".
I stared at him. "You really want my opinion?Im not even in the band!" "But we want you to be!" Jake whined. His face
was pricless, adorable. "You sure?" They all nodded. "Then, I love the name" Jake squealed happily and hugged me. Chirs
smiled. "Then Paramore we are"
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