Emma's P.O.V.
~At the Restaurant~
Once we walked through the door of a local diner, people started to stare. We walked to a nearby booth and sat down. A waitress handed us both menus. They must have been really old because the plastic that covered the paper was staring to rip. I looked at Justin as he opened the menu to see what they had. I can't believe I ever fought with him. He's so sweet and kind. And I was the one who started the whole argument and now thinking about it, if Nick didn't force me to go back there, I could've never talked to Justin again. "Emma?" I heard. "Emma?" I heard again. "Earth to Emma." I heard Justin say. I must have not heard him while I was having my little flash back. "Hm?" I said acting like i was lost. "I was wondering what you are going to get. Considering I've never been here before maybe you have some recommendations." He said. "Well I was going to get an omelet with tomato, bacon, and cheese. But look at this menu." I said pointing to it. "There is so much to choose from. And trust me, it;s all good." i said laughing. He nodded his head and looked at the menu. A couple minutes later the waitress came back to take our orders. Justin ended up getting the same thing as me.
"I know I'm not going to be happy with your answer but, when do you leave Florida?" I asked
"Next week." He said quietly.
"Ok." I said "Well I hope you know I'm going to miss you." I said smiling.
"Of course I do." He said smiling back. "But I'll try to fly you out to where I am so we can still see each other."
"Thanks." I said with a shy smile. "And how about I pay for this."
"I'm not letting you do that." he said laughing
"But I want to."
"Emma, really, I got it."
"No, Justin, I got it." I said laughing. We argued about this until our food came. And if you were wondering Justin won. While we were eating I said "Even though you won, I still want to pay." A few seconds later, we both burst out laughing. We got stares from everyone in the diner. Well now we were back in Justin's car. We were just sitting in in the parking lot of the diner because we didn't know where to go. "What time is it?" I asked. "Around eleven." Justin said. "Since you're not in school do you want to come to the studio with me?" He asked. "Um, sure. Is that okay?"
"Yeah, totally. You could maybe sing a little."
"Are you kidding me? Me, sing?" Sure I sing when no ones around but i never thought of myself as good.
"You could always give it a shot." He said "We should probably go to the studio now." And with that we headed out to the studio. I had no idea where it was but it looked like Justin knew pretty well.
~At The Studio~
After Justin finished his recording session, he was like begging me to sing. I refused about a million times, but he wouldn't stop asking. So the only way to shut him up was to agree and sing. "Ok, but what should I sing?" I asked. "Anything you want." Justin said. "Thanks, Justin. That helps a lot." I said sarcastically. So I am going to sing "Mean" by Taylor Swift. Lets see how this turns out. I put on the headphones and stood in front of a tall microphone. Before I new it i started singing:
You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me
You have knocked me off my feet again got me feeling like I'm nothing
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard, calling me out when I'm wounded
You, pickin' on the weaker man
Well, you can take me down with just one single blow
But you don't know what you don't know
Someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?
You, with your switching sides and your walk-by lies and your humiliation
You, have pointed out my flaws again as if I don't already see them
I'll walk with my head down trying to block you out 'cause I'll never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again
I'll bet you got pushed around, somebody made you cold
But the cycle ends right now 'cause you can't lead me down that road
And you don't know what you don't know
Someday I'll be living in a big old city
(From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/t/taylor-swift-lyrics/mean-lyrics.html)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?
And I can see you years from now in a bar, talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion but nobody's listening
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing
But all you are is mean
All you are is mean and a liar and pathetic and alone in life
And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean
But someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean, yeah
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?
Someday, I'll be, living in a big old city
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
Someday, I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
(Why you gotta be so mean?)
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?
Wow I can't believe i just sang a whole song in front of people. I'm glad i didn't faint. I heard clapping through the glass in front of me. i smiled and Justin came in and gave me a big hug. "Soo? How was I?" I asked curiously. "You were amazing. Do you want to hear it?" Justin asked. I was actually kind of nervous to hear myself sing, but I agreed. All of a sudden I heard a voice I've never heard before come out of the speakers. Was that really me? I was so surprised. It was my voice with Taylor Swift's lyrics. "Oh my god." I said. Justin put his arm around me. "Maybe I can pull some strings and you can sing with me at tonight's concert."
"Really?!"
"Yeah totally. You have a beautiful voice and you're my girlfriend." He smiled. "Why don't we see what our voices sound like together." Justin said. I agreed and we both went back to recording. "What about "U Smile"" He asked me. "Sure." i answered
When I heard our voices together, it was amazing. I would've never thought that my voice and Justin Bieber's would ever sound nice together. "I'm going to give Scooter the recording of you singing by yourself and us together. Maybe that'll make him tweek the show a little bit." Justin said. I smiled and suddenly my fear of singing in front of people was gone.
