You'd Never Know She Was Broken(A Cody Simpson & Greyson Chance Love Story)

I was standing backstage waiting for Ellen to call me on. Hi, I'm 12 and my name is Payge Guinevere.  I'm from Charleston, South Carolina. You might know me from YouTube, you might not. On my videos, I only go by Payge. I cover songs with my guitar, and I sing some of my original songs. My idols are Taylor Swift, Cody Simpson, and Greyson Chance. I guess that's enough to start with.

E-And let's welcome 12-Year-Old Payge!

I heard Waiting Outside The Lines start playing. I walked onstage, waving. I got to the chairs and hugged Ellen. We waited til the applause died down and then sat down.

E-Ok Payge, so I saw a video of you singing Strawberry Wine by Deanna Carter, and called you. Then I watched some other videos. So you came down and you're here.

P-Yes ma'am.

I let my southern accent show.

E-So you are this beautiful, talented girl. But I heard you haven't had the greatest past.

P-That's true.

E-So if you're comfortable, do you mind telling us about it.

P-Ok. Well my mom died when I was 2. She was pregnant and there wer complications during the labor, and it killed her and the baby.

E-Oh no.

P-Yeah. After she died my dad got into drugs and alcohol. He abused me from when I was 2 and a half til i was 5. My aunt caught him then and took me from him. I haven't seen him since. And then about 3 months ago my aunt died of cancer.

E-I look up to you now, even with all that you just laugh it off.

P-I've learned that you have to do that. People are gonna pick on you about anything, even your past that they shouldn't know about. But you can't let it matter. So I just laugh about it.

E-I didn't realize how good of a person you are.

P-Thank you.

E-Your welcome. So lets talk about you some. Who are you idols.

P-Taylor Swift, Greyson Chance, and Cody Simpson.

E-Great artists, all 3 of them. So why don't we come over here to the stage .

P-Absolutley.

The stage door things slid open and my guitar was there on a stand. Ellen sat on a stool. I pulled my strap over my head and leaned towards the microphone. I started playing and let myself get lost into the song.

He was working through college on my Grandpa's farm

I was thirsting for knowledge and he had a car

Yeah, I was caught somewhere between a woman and a child

One restless summer, we found love, growing wild

On the banks of the river, on a well beaten path

It's funny how those memories they last

Like strawberry wine and seventeen

The hot July moon saw everything

My first taste of love, oh, bittersweet

The green on the vine like strawberry wine

I still remember when thirty was old

My biggest fear was September, when he had to go

A few cards and letters and one long distance call

We drifted away like the leaves in the fall

But year after year, I come back to this place

Just to remember the taste

Of strawberry wine and seventeen

The hot July moon saw everything

My first taste of love, oh, bittersweet

The green on the vine like strawberry wine

The fields have grown over now

Years since they've seen a plow

There's nothing time hasn't touched

Is it really him or the loss of my innocence

I've been missing so much? Yeah

Strawberry wine and seventeen

The hot July moon saw everything

My first taste of love, oh, bittersweet

And green on the vine

Like strawberry wine and seventeen

The hot July moon saw everything

My first taste of love, oh, bittersweet

The green on the vine like strawberry wine

Strawberry wine

Strawberry wine

I came back into reality and heard the applause. A smile broke out on my face. The stage is where I belong. I just know it.

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With my other story, I wrote the first chapter and was lost. But with this one, I have this thing planned out. So PLEASE be honest and tell me how it is!

-Sierra