If you love me, sing to me

Tears and Hugs

"Wake up! Wake up!" I groaned and nestled deeper into my pillow, clutching a mass of blankets to my body.

"Sana!" A hand swept in front of my face, but I just swatted it away.

"Sana! I'm serious! We're already late!"

I blinked an eye open to see my mom in a frantic rush, opening suitcases and recklessly throwing clothes in every direction.

"Late for what?" I mumbled.

My mom sighed. "Finally up, are you? Your rehearsal is in ten minutes."

"What?" I spluttered, throwing my blankets off me and clambering off the bed. "Already?"

My mom shot me a scathing look. "It's 10:30 already, Sana."

"That's pretty early." I winced as I caught my mom's pointed look. "Never mind."

With a groan, I threw on a cashmere colored top and jeans, dabbing my face with a light coat of makeup.

"Are you ready?"

"Yeah, let's go."

As we walked to the conference room where we were to rehearse, my mom asked me, "Did you enjoy yesterday's dinner?"

"I actually did." I replied with enthusiasm. "I met a few nice people."

"That's nice." She ruffled my hair. "I'm always worried about you, beta. You always seem to be focused on your studies or singing, and I'm worried that you don't have time for anything else."

"Don't worry, ma. I'm fine with the way things are. I'm just a little busy, but I can manage."

She smiled warmly at me, and we reached the conference room. "I'll be waiting for you back at the hotel room, alright?"

I nodded. "Yeah, that's fine. I'll see you in a few minutes then."

I took a nervous breath and shoved the door open, a smile on my face as I spotted Aarav.

He waved to me. "Hey, Sana."

"Hey." I replied, grinning.

"So the director told me that things are going well, apparently. They managed to book an earlier flight for the orchestra crew, so they'll be arriving this afternoon instead of later in the evening."

A smile started spreading across my face. "Does that mean we get to rehearse before the show?"

He grimaced. "No. It takes a long time for them to set up all their equipment, so they said they couldn't fit in a rehearsal for everyone today."

I sighed. "That sucks. I guess we'll just have to wing it then."

With a nod, he replied, "Unfortunately, yes, but don't worry. If you practice with a karoke track, you should be fine. But no-one knows what could happen on stage. Those who practiced a lot could do awful. Those who didn't practice that much could get lucky. It all depends on fate, you know?"

I scowled as I remembered the previous singing show I had been in. "I know exactly what you mean. When I was twelve, I was in a singing show just like this one, except a bit smaller. I did well for several songs, and I always received great comments, but in one song, I totally messed up. That was the song that I performed the best out of all the other songs, and I had no mistakes in the rehearsal. But then I got on stage, and I really don't know what happened, but I think I ate something that upset my stomach. I had a major stomachache, and I did terrible. It was my best song out of everything else. And in one second, it all got ruined."