*Thud*
The sound of me falling again... and again... and again.
"Take five, everyone!" Scooter shouts to me and to the rest of the crew. He slowly approaches me "Dude, you seem like you're having a hard time. You want me to ease it up a bit?" He asks
"No no its okay. Just keep it going, its exercise." I say back, smiling.
Its been a while since I've been on stage again. I thought I still got what I had before and that I'm probably used to it already. I've never been so wrong in my life. I gritted my teeth.
I'm starting to get really embarrassed, both because these guys expect a lot from me. Another is because Ariana is watching me dance in front and she probably expects a lot from me too.
"Are you okay? you seem a bit off..." Ari says to me during our break time.
"Yeah, I guess i'm just not that good enough anymore." I say
"Do you think you need a little rest?"
"No, no. I can do it" I say shaking off her request for me to rest.
"Okay fine, but you better do it right." Ari says to me.. And she added. "And I know you can." I smiled at that.
Its the time for me and Ariana to practice our duet for "Almost is never enough". Well i will fill in for the role of Nathan Sykes.
When the song reaches my solo I feel comfortable singing it. I guess, I still got the voice better than my dancing.
The set was simple. Me and Ari would be sitting on stools at the stage of each other and at the final chorus we would stand up and slowly walk to each other. I didn't argue with it. It was a slow pace song and it needs to have a dramatic atmosphere in it.
When the chorus comes in we would both sing it amazingly... until she catches my eye
She's just stared at me, lost for words.
"Sing" I mouth the words to her.
"Uhhh.. so, sooner or later! We wonder - "
"Hey hey hey!" Scoot comes up the stage to stop us. The music died down.
I looked over at Frankie and he is just face palming himself right now
"What happened to you?" Scott asked Ariana.
At first, Ariana didn't speak. She just looked down on the floor and massaged her temples. "Sorry. I forgot the words." And she crosses her arms on her chest.
"How can you forget the words? its your song!" Scooter asks, kinda pissed at how we practiced for today.
"Im still human, Scoot." Ari says with a lazy rebut. It was obvious that it was not a well thought out excuse.
I cant help but laugh silently on my chair. It was because of Scooter's facial reaction.
"Just dont let it happen again Ariana." He says back.
After practicing almost is never enough, we tried a little fast song like "Love me Harder". I gotta admit it felt more normal than a while ago. If I made a mistake, i just shake it off taylor swift style. Honestly im doing pretty better and I'm making much more progress than earlier. On the other hand, Ariana was so bothered to create any mistakes during our duet... I dont know why but I think it had something to do with when we looked at each other, Im afraid to ask but then again, I'm curious.
"I told you, I just simply forgot the words! Just give it a break, okay?" she said to me angrily and embarrassed when I finally asked her. I dont want to be the assuming type but her face is red. Is she red of anger or just simply blushing? Nevertheless, i felt kinda stupid asking her.
Anyway, the rehearsal was finished and just to recap my part in Ariana's concert:
• A few songs, where im a second voice
• A few dance routines
• A couple of duets
And I get to sing one of my own songs. That's pretty cool right? But Ariana has been avoiding me since her little misshape on our duet.
She has completely ignored me in this few hours. So I did what I could do.
I approached her. For some guys, you would normally avoid a girl like that because maybe she needs time alone. There is a reason why she's avoiding you, but this is different, this is business so I have to fix things.
"Hey." I approached her.
She looks up and just slowly nods, not even smiling.
"So you heading home or gonna go somewhere?" I ask trying to improve my efforts
"Im heading home, gonna end this day as quick as possible. Plus I'm really sleepy." She says
Damn woman, you're over thinking.
"Okay sure." I turned back and walked away slowly.
"Uh, wait!" she says, I stopped with a smirk. "That's it? you're not gonna say anything other than that?" she asks
"No, why?"
"Dont leave me."
[reverse psychology gets them all the time hehe (Nailed it)]
We reached the hotel and the limo dropped us off. It was nearly 10 PM
"Hey since it's still kinda early, can you come with me to my room?" Ariana tried smiling even though it was evident she's too tired. All we did in her room was talk about our life before fame and all that. Then without changing to her pajamas she just jumped into her bed
"Why are you still here?" Ariana asked.
"You didn't tell me to leave you yet." I simply shrugged and sat on the chair near the window.
Before saying anything, she smiled from ear to ear. "That's really sweet. Thank you."
"Do you want me to read you a bed time story?"
She laughed like a kid but asked anyway, "Do you know any?"
As a matter of fact I do, I remember my mom used to tell me a story of the ugly duckling looking for her mama
I was telling her the story and by the time I was about to end it, she was snoring. So I tucked her in, covered her with a blanket and walked slowly for the door.
"Thank you, Justin." She says in a dreamy voice.
"Good night, Ariana." I went to the door, closed the lights and just went back to my room to sleep too.
***
Tuh duh!
i just hope justin would feel free to dance again. thinking of justin falling as he dances, it feels so not good.
anyhowanyway. i hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.
all the love. k + c
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