Chapter 33 : Second Chance

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♡ Jessica Woods ♡

Recap of the last chap :

"She's one of the house prefects and, uh," he paused, pointing his finger directly at my way. "She's standing at the seventh row now." he stated and my eyes got bigger than my mouth. Woah, When did he notice that? "And her name is Jessica Valentina Woods."

Oh Sweet Jesus! He knows my middle name too!

But wait- what the hell is going on here?

Suddenly the spotlight fell on me and I appeared on the telly screen which made everyone gasp dramatically.

I glanced everywhere, licking my lips in nervous and looked back at Jace as I neither knew what he was doing nor what was I doing right now.

"This caught her by surprise, I guess." I heard one of the judges giggle and Jace chuckled in response, giving them a nod.

"Alright, young man, we all are waiting for the special performance of yours, aren't we? So get cracking." the other male judge uttered and everyone clapped their hands, cheering him up more loudly than earlier while I was frozen to the spot, gaping at him.

I'm hundred percent sure I'm daydreaming right now.

Jace set his mic so close to his mouth and adjusted his guitar before taking something out of his blazer pocket which might be the guitar pick.

Then he took a deep breath, staring ahead and the whole crowd fell silent when he slowly started strumming with a faint smile on his face.

Still my heart didn't stop racing as my brain couldn't process any of thing that was currently happening around me.

"I found a love for mee.." Jace began to sing and his deep voice echoed the entire auditorium. "Oh darling, just dive right in and follow my lead.."

Goodness me! It's 'Perfect', isn't it?

He looked ahead and I suddenly felt his blue eyes were piercing deep into mine.

"Well, I found a girl.. beautiful and sweet
Oh, I never knew you were the someone waiting for mee.." his voice rose high at the last and my eyes started to fill with tears when I realized he was dedicating this song to none but me.

"Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
Not knowing what it was..
I will not give you up this time.." when I listened to the lyrics, it was really hard not to cry but I blinked back my tears and tried my best as I was being the centre of attention too.

"But darling, just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own..

And in your eyes, you're holding mine." when he finished singing the last phrase, he averted his gaze from his guitar and met my watery eyes with a little smile on his face.

"Baby, I'm dancing in the dark with you between my arms
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favourite song

When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
But you heard it, darling, you look perfect, tonight." he sang in a soft voice and I covered my mouth, sobbing inaudibly.

God.. he sewed my soul already by his magical voice!

Eventhough he didn't have the same vocal type of Ed Sheeran, I was way more loving this version of the song.

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