Adapt To Changes (Book 2)

Chapter 30: And The Best Guitarist Award Goes To...

"We need you guys ready in five minutes." A guy with ear pieces in and a shirt with the word "staff" printed in white says.

"Sounds good." Brendon says. We all get up and I grab the backpack from Zack. We walk to a blue side door and are met with a hall. We start walking really fast to our dressing room. I stop for a moment and take off my heels so I can walk faster. When we make it, he guys all turn around and I quickly change. I set my fancy clothes on the couch and quickly put my ear pieces in.

We then start our walk to the stage. Brendon was doing some some vocal warm ups while we walked. I just try to keep my nerves down. I don't one I why I'm so nervous, I mean we always play Bohemian Rhapsody. Oh wait, I know why I'm nervous. For the first time ever, we are performing Hallelujah. We have only barely practiced it and we are performing it. Shit!

We make it to side stage and my guitar is put around my neck. Alex and Jack were on stage again, ready to announce us.

"Alright! Our next live performance brought to you by AXS TV is the amazing Panic! at The Disco!" There was a tidal wave of cheers and we push ourself onstage. I smile as I walk over to my pedal board, here we go. After the cheering dies down, Brendon presses the first key on the keyboard. We make eye contact and he smiles at me.

"Mama, just killed a man. Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger now he's dead. Mama, life had just begun! But now I've gone and thrown it all away!" Brendon sings beautifully. The crowd goes wild, I bet they weren't expecting that.

I mouth the words waving my hand in their air, causing the whole venue to do the same with their hands. As I wait for my part, I interact if the photographers a little. There's a bald one who obviously knows what he's doing. He has gear strapped to him along with a small backpack. Then it hits me who this is, Adam Elmakies.

I followed him on YouTube way before I was adopted. I would always watch his awkward vlogs which showed him trying to make it not obvious that he was vlogging. I smile at his camera, he snaps a few pictures and smiles back. Then, it was time for me to start playing.

My guitar along with Brendon's voice sounded amazing. I've been really improving on my guitar skills. Dallons bass kicks in and I swear to god we souls better than ever. I look over at Kenny who was slowly making his way over to me. He then whispers something in my ear.

"You should totally to the solo." He whispers before walking away. My stomach drops, I've only played it a few times. Well now he expects me to play it so I guess I have to. God, I hope I don't mess up. Here it comes.

"I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all!" Brendon sings and I jump on the small riser in front of me. I take a deep breath and hold it as I play to solo. I hear a wave of cheers and I smile. Then the solo was over and I release the breath I was holding. I stepped off the riser. Brendon looks over at me with wide eyes. I smile at him.

After we finished the song, the crowd went crazy. But now it was time for Hallelujah. My stomach drops again when I hear the drum part kick in. I take a deep breath and start playing. I look over at Brendon who's having the time of his life. I smile at him and continue to play.

Before I knew it, the song was over. We all got in a line and bowed before walking off stage. As we walk back to our dressing room I hear Alex talk.

"And that was Panic! At The Disco!" I smile as people cheer loudly. I take my ear pieces out as soon as we walk make it to the dressing room. The guys all turn around again as I change quickly. As I sit down on the dark blue couch to slip my heels on, Brendon speaks up.

"Are you decent?" Brendon asks. I smile.

"Yeah." He turns around and walks over. He sits down next to me and puts his hand on my back. I finish slipping on my heels and smile at him.