The Girl in the Bar-Rewrite

Chapter 8

Callie's P.O.V:

"Since Arizona chose a duet, we are going to have Callie Torres come up as well. Come on up here, Callie," I hear the D.J call my name. Shit! I can't do this. I won't. I can't sing. Not in front of all these people. My heart is pounding hard enough it was about to pound through my chest and my mouth suddenly got all dry. I look over at Doug and give him a hard glare. He stares back at me with a huge smile on his face. Yeah, he's definitely getting off on this.

"What did you fucking do," I say through gritted teeth. I've never felt like killing my business partner until now.

"Come on, Callie, it won't be that bad," he says, pushing me towards the stage.

"How would you fucking know," I whisper as I make my way up to the stage. I could hear him chuckling as I leave his side to sing with the unknown blonde. As I got closer to the stage, the blonde woman I'm singing with is already in place and I could see her eyeballing me up and down. Oh yeah, she's checking me out!! She gives me a smile small, which I instantly return.

"Hey," she says to me.

"Hey," I reply back.

"Looks like you're my partner tonight,"

"Lucky you," I say, giving her a wide smile. I stand next to the blonde with the mic in my hand.

"Alright, are you two ready," the D.J asks us. I see the blonde give the guy a slight nod, then watch him make a few clicks on his computer. Next thing I know, as the music starts to play, my body suddenly tenses, and my heart starts to beat faster. I let out a huge sigh, hoping that would calm my nerves a little bit.

"Bear with me, I get stage fright," I lean over to say to her.

"No worries. It's a piece of cake, you'll be okay," and just like that, my heart starts to slow down. The nerves start to calm a little bit. As the song plays, I see the words pop up on the screen and they start to highlight as my partner starts to sing

"A fire burns, water calms. You cool me down. When I'm cold inside, you are warm and bright. You know you are so good for me. With your child's eyes, you are more than you seem. You see into space, I see in your face, the places you have been. The things you have learned, they sit with you so beautifully..." I hear her sing. She missed a few words, but she's still doing an amazing job. Now it was my turn. After a slight break, I start my part of the song,

"You know there's no need to hide away, you know I tell the truth, we are just the same, I can feel everything you do, hear everything you say, even when you're miles away, 'Coz I am me, the universe and you," Wow, not only is she beautiful, but she can sing as well. I don't know about her, but I'm having a hard time focusing on the song in front of us. I rather be looking at her instead.

"Just like stars burning bright, making holes in the night. We are building bridges. You know when you're on your own, I'll send you a sign, just so you know, I am me, the universe and you," Out of the corner of my eye, I caught her staring at me. She was definitely checking me out. Which I didn't mind. I couldn't help but smile at her. Finally, our time on stage came to an end and everyone who were sitting down were on their feet. I gave her one last smile before heading back to join Doug at the bar. As I returned, his eyebrows were raised and had a smile on his face.

"What?" I say, returning to my spot at the bar.

"Nothing," he finally says, "have fun?" All I could do was smile. I did actually. I thought it was going to be torture, but it wasn't so bad.

"Yeah, I did actually," I say to him.

"See, I told you it wasn't going to be that bad," he says.