The Cinderella Project

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Tia's POV

The dinner was amazing and we all had fun, at least I did. After the waiters took our finished plate, the well-dressed lady went up to Arabella and Rose. For a second they looked at each other and smiled, nodding to whatever the lady was talking about.

And they walked towards a mini stage that I didn't take notice of, I must be very distracted then. The others turned to them, Rose took a mic and tapped it, testing it first. Arabella went to the side to pick something up we couldn't see.

"Good evening, everybody." Rose started, earning a couple of greetings from us too, "I hope we all had a very nice dinner because I certainly did." Patting her stomach and a chorus of laughter followed in.

"Um, so this is quite sudden." She waited for Arabella to come back, and when she did she brought an acoustic guitar with her, "We're going to give you a song that will suit perfectly tonight,"

We all looked at them, Arabella positioning herself on her seat with the guitar and Rosemary sitting down next to her with the mic just right in front of her.

"One, two, one two three four,"

Arabella starts strumming,

"Stars shining bright above you,
Night breezes seems to whisper,
'I Love you'
Birds singing in the sycamore tree,
'Dream a little dream of me.'"

I couldn't help but widen my eyes at her voice, since her voice was very good. "With a voice like that she should've been a star right now, not sit with us here." Vee whispered at me.

"Maybe she had the same belief as Arabella does, maybe they just wanna be normal." I shrugged.

"Say 'nighty –night' and kiss me.
Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me.
While I'm alone and blue as can be,
Dream a little dream of me."

And I noticed something else; not only that her voice is great but the way Arabella plays the guitar also makes the song more perfect.

"But normal's not really an option right now," a voice piped in, "Since we're all in a TV show right now." It was Daniel. We just smiled at him as we continue listening to the song.

"Stars fading, but I linger on, dear.
Still craving your kiss, I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear.
Just saying this,

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you.
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you.
But in your dreams whatever they be,
Dream a little dream of me."

I took a glance at the others and they all had smiles on their faces. It was a good day and surely it should've stayed that way. They finished the song and we applauded for them, "Encore! Encore!" Somebody cheered.

"I don't know if that's allowed," Rose hesitated a second, but then I noticed Arabella motioning her for the mic, the platinum haired girl then gave it to her, "Hi, um yeah, now we're doing another one," she glanced at Rose who was just as happy to accept it.

"But we're doing duets now," the others cheered, imitating a small concert for them, "Oh no, not me, I'm not going to sing. Nick and Rose is,"

We all clapped and cheered as we turned towards Nick, whose eyes were wide as his mouth. Well, not really, he looked collected as ever; then again, acting skills. I could see his hesitation when he rose up and walked towards the mini stage.

The three of them huddled up to decide on the song while we, the audience, talked with each other. "There's something wrong," Vee said lowly, if it weren't for my good hearing I wouldn't have caught that.