Beautiful Mistake

Chapter 24

My eyes suddenly widen with shock and my heart feels like it sank to the bottom of my feet when my brain came to realization at who I inevitably ran into. 

"Oh shit My ba-" The person says "Annalise?" 

"I-i-i-...Vinnie?" I said with such confusion in my tone of voice

"uhh sorry I wasn't looking where I was going" 

"what are you doing here?" I asked as all the pushed down emotion that never got to be released risen from under me

"I'm here to meet up with a couple friends, why are you here?"

"that's really none of your concern, you ghosted me when my feeling were so vulnerable, you don't deserve any of my time." I said to him as I reminded myself to remain calm and walked to the dj table.

"uh ok" I heard him say as I walked away

"solo, duet or group?" the dj asked me 

"solo" 

"ok bet what song?"

I whispered in this ear what song I wanted got sing. 

I grabbed the mic from the dj and got up on stage

"This song is for all the heartbroken/complicated girls in here tonight remember not to waste you're time and energy on someone who doesn't want to put you first and treat you as if you were the only woman on earth, or for those situation where it's who and what you think is right person right time but its not" I said as the melody for 'Skin' by Sabrina Carpenter started playing over the speakers

Once All my friends realized who was over the mic they all gathered around the front of the stage ready to watch me. As vinnie stood in the back with his friends with a drink in his hand watching me as well. 

"Maybe we could've been friends if I met you in another life, maybe then we could pretend there'd no gravity in the words we write. Maybe you didn't mean it, maybe blonde was the only rhyme". I started to sing

"Want my heart to be breakin' breakin', No.. I'm happy and you hate it hate it oh, and I'm not asking you to let it go. but you've been telling your side, so I'll be telling mine" 

"You can try, to get under my under my under my skin, while he's on mine, yeah all on my all on my all on my skin, I wish you knew that even you can't get under my skin if I don't let you in" Continued to sing as almost every girl in there screamed the lyrics with me.

Suddenly vinnie was no longer in the back and he had hmade his was closer to my, cause he knew this song had to do with him. 

while all my friends were singing the song along with me and going along with the current vibe. 

"You're tellin' it how you see it, like truth is whatever you decide. Some people will believe it and some will read in between the lines. You're putting me in the spotlight but I've been under it all my life, all my life."

At this time I closed my eyes and let the feeling roll out of me all the anger and all the sadness, and guilt was finally released, I may have looked like a fool up on that stage ruining my makeup because of tears rolling down my face, but those weren't just sad tears. They were tears of happiness. Cause in that moment I realized how good I have it now. All the amazing Career opportunities that are rolling in, all the amazing and down to earth friends I have, a possible new journey that could be opening up for me in LA. And the person who convinced me to do it standing right in front of me confused but was there for me. 

Because I think In that moment as well, not even knowing what was going on he knew it was something I had been dying to do since the very first day I had came out to LA. 

Vinnie had looked visibly embarrassed even though no one knew that had to do with him other than me and him. 

"I just hope that one day, we both can laugh about it- when its not in our face won't have to dance around it. don't drive yourself insane, it won't always be this way-" I sang as I looked Vinnie straight in the eyes. 

"you can try to get under my under under my skin, while he's on mine. yeah all on my all on my all on my skin, I wish you knew that even you can't get under my skin if I don't let you in." I sang I had looked back and forth between Colby and vinnie at the obvious parts that was directed to them.

I had lowered the mic from by my mouth to my side, as I started to catch my breath every single person around me and the stage including everyone in that building was cheering for me and clapping. 

I walk back over to the dj handing him the mic. 

"that was amazing!" the dj said stunned as he took back his mic. 

I walk over to Colby giving him the biggest hug. 

"I don't know exactly what just happened but I'm proud of you, you deserved every single moment of that. I'm so happy for you." Colby said while hugging me before giving me another one of his sweet forehead kisses. 

All of my friends started cheering for me and gathering around me to give me hugs and tell me how amazing, bold and inspiring that was to do. 

"you literally killed that, Might even think you're better than me" Kat said as she gave me a hug 

"oh my god definitely not" I said to her as I let go of our hug. 

While I was talking to Sam and Corey, I glanced over and saw vinnie walking out the door. He looked over at me with the look of guilt and sorrow as he finally understood what he missed out on.