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At last...IT IS COMPLETE!!! Woooo!
I'm sorry this took sooooo long...lack of insperation etc etc.
Enjoy! And thanks for reviewing! :)
Normal POV
Adrian snuck up behind Amy as she finished talking to another girl. He wrapped his arms around her waist and picked her up.
“Hey there!”
“Whoa!” She looked over her shoulder at him. “Put me down, you’ll hurt your wrist.”
He gently put her onto her feet. “Don’t worry; you’re not heavy or anything.” He then looked to the video camera in her hand and smirked. “Have you got enough stuff?”
“I think so.” She looked at it. “But I think I should edit it anyway.”
“Mind if I help?”
“Don’t you have class?”
“I’m a straight A student, remember?”
She smiled. “Sure. I don’t know how to work the program anyway.”
He wrapped an arm around her shoulder and led her to the computer room. “I’m saving you for last.”
“Well just be fair, ok?”
“Don’t have to be, the teachers are voting.” He smiled. “But you’ll win anyway.”
“So much has changed, hasn’t it?” She looked at him as they sat down.
“What do you mean?” He stretched around the computer to connect the camera to it.
“Well…a few days ago we couldn’t stand to be around each other, now look at us.”
“To be honest Amy…I wanted to be around you.”
“You did?” She blinked. “But what if you hadn’t heard me singing? Would you have wanted to then?”
He thought for a moment. “A part of me did. It wanted to get to know you better, stand up for you when you were being picked on, invite you to sit with us at dinner.”
“Why didn’t you?”
“I guess…things changed, I barely saw you. We only have two classes together and I was always busy at dinner with the guys.” He brushed some hair from her face. “You’re not upset are you?”
“Of course not.” She smiled. “The past is the past.”
“Good.” He turned to the computer. “Ok this is how the program works…”
“Will you two stop with the making out and cuddling?” Jamie sighed at Max and Amy. “We’ve got work to do.”
“I can’t help it.” Max smiled down at her. “She so cute…like a kitten or something. I just want to cuddle her all the time.”
“You’re so sweet Max.” She smiled.
“C’mon love birds.” Adrian pulled them apart. “Back to work.”
“Yes sir!” Amy laughed and helped Jamie with the wiring while Max helped Adrian test all the microphones.
“Ad!” The annoying voice of Nina echoed in the hall. Adrian shuddered and turned to her, forcing a smile to his face.
Adrian’s POV
“Hey Nina.” I tried my best to keep the false smile on my face as I embraced her. “What are you doing here?”
“I came to see you.” She peered around me. “What is she doing here?”
“Who’s ‘she’? The cat’s mother?”
“That freak, Amy.” She sneered.
“Amy’s not a freak.” I turned to look at her as she plugged in the amp and was startled by the loud pop it made. She laughed and put her hand on her chest, acting over dramatic and leaning on Michael. The guys laughed with her. “And she’s just helping out, that’s what a good girlfriend does.”
Nina grunted. “A good girlfriend would want to be a great girlfriend by giving her man the best sex ever.”
“Well Max isn’t in it for the sex.” I rolled my eyes. “He respects Amy.”
“Sure he does.”
“Don’t you have class or something next?”
“Yes, then we’re coming to watch the contest.” She looked up as the bell rang. “C’ya soon.” She blew me a kiss on the way out. I sighed and turned to the stage; feeling relaxed knowing it would be all over soon.
The time had come. All the contestants were back stage getting ready for their performance, dressed up in their best clothes. I was wearing a black dress that shone red, a bit like my hair, with sleeves that flowed down my arms and hooked over my middle finger, and black heeled shoes. Sara had helped me with some make-up and I was now standing in the bathroom looking in the mirror. I had red lipstick and eye shadow that came out in a thin line to the sides of my face, and black eyeliner to bring out my eyes.
“You look great.” She smiled. “Beautiful.”
“Thanks.” I smiled.
“How do you feel?”
“Nervous.” I laughed. “It’ll be such a big crowd.”
“Well I’ll be there cheering you on.”
I smiled. “That makes me feel a little less nervous.” We headed out of the door and to the theatre, I went in through the side entrance and blushed at the looks Adrian and Max gave me. “What? Does it look weird?”
“N-no!” Max shook his head. “You look…look.”
“…Stunning.” Adrian finished Max’s sentence for him.
“Thanks guys. How many are left?”
“Just you.” Max placed his hand on my shoulder. “Are you ready?”
“No.” I laughed nervously.
“You’ll be great.” He kissed me on the cheek.
“Go and show them what you can do.” Adrian smiled at me and I kissed him on the cheek.
“Thanks.” I stepped out onto the stage and strolled over to the microphone, pulling it from the stand and setting the stand aside. I took a deep breath to calm myself and opened my mouth. “This song…is for someone in this school, someone popular.” I scanned the room, Nina wasn’t there. “H-hopefully through this song you’ll understand that nobody is who they seem to be, even the least popular of us. But before I begin, I want you to see what the best friend’s of this person has to say about them.”
The projector in the middle of the roof started up and the footage Adrian and I edited began to play. A girl with short red hair was first, everyone knew she was Nina’s best friend.
“Nina? She’s a two faced bitch.” The girl said. The theatre began to fill with hushed whispers as the video continued.
“She’s a fucking whore.” A boy with dark hair said to the camera. “I’d never sleep with her in a million years.” A few more clips played after that and Nina finally walked in as one of the football players she dated appeared on the video.
“Me? Sleep with her? No way, she made that up.” The look on her face was priceless. Max settled at the drum kit and I noticed Jamie and Michael appear with their guitars. My brow rose and Max just smiled. They started with the intro and before the first line I struck a pose; I stood sideways with my left hand on my hip, bent my left knee and rested my leg on the ball on my foot with a smile.
Perfect by nature,
Icons of self indulgence.
I let my expression fall into sadness and disappointment.
Just what we all need,
More lies about a world that
I turned to face the audience again.
Never was and never will be,
Have you no shame don’t you see me?
You know you’ve got everybody fooled.
I pointed to Nina over by the door.
Look here she comes now,
Bow down and stare in wonder.
I brought my left arm around my stomach as I leaned over to bow and raised it as I straightened up.
Oh how we love you,
No flaws when you’re pretending.
But now I know she
I smirked slightly at the expression on her face, she seemed to be glued to the stop, unable to turn and run.
Never was and never will be,
You don’t know how you’ve betrayed me.
And somehow you’ve got everybody fooled.
I started to sing the next verse softly, holding the microphone with both hands.
Without the mask where will you hide?
Can’t find yourself; lost in your lie.
I brought my voice back up for a powerful ending, putting all my effort into it.
I know the truth now,
I know who you are,
And I don’t love you anymore.
It never was and never will be,
You don’t know how you betrayed me.
And somehow you’ve got everybody fooled.
It never was and never will be,
You’re not real and you can’t save me.
The music stopped as the final clip came on, it was Max and Adrian.
“No, I’ve never slept with her, ever!” Max said. Adrian nodded.
“And despite what Nina may have told everyone, I didn’t sleep with her either!”
The music kicked up again.
And somehow now you’re everybody’s fool.
The music finished and the theatre was deadly silent for a moment. The first to clap was our head of year then everybody else followed, clapping, cheering and whistling. I laughed and looked around as Max put his arm around my shoulder, then Adrian appeared and put his arm around my waist. He took the microphone from my hand and spoke into it.
“That’s got to be the loudest applause we’ve had all night. So what do you all say? Is Amy the winner?” Another cheer erupted in the theatre and we looked towards Nina, she was kneeling on the floor crying, humiliated by the truth.
“We’re probably going to get detention for what we did.” Michael sighed.
“Who cares?” Jamie asked.
“Yeah, it was totally worth it!” Max kissed me on the side on the head. “Wasn’t it?” I look up at Adrian and we both nodded, replying at the same time.
“Totally.”
