Trying Again

Chapter Thirty-Six

SR:

He punched his fists up in the air in victory and pointed to me, "You lost! Now you've gotta do what I want you to do!", then he laughed maniacally.  "Ok..just PLEASE nothing too serious!", I pleaded.

He then crossed his arms and smirked at me, "Sing a duet with me".

My jaw dropped.

Shit.

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"You're not getting out of this!", Storm said as he pulled me to this stage that was in the middle of the restaurant, all decorated with a white grand piano. Oh gosh, its beautiful.

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I'm Storm and this is Celina. We'll be singing Dancing Away With My Heart by Lady Antebellum. Hope you will enjoy.", he announced into the mic that was in front of him. What did I just get myself into?

A waiter came and passed Storm a classical guitar as both of us sat on high stools with mics in front of us. It's not that I don't know the song, its by far my favourite. But I can't let anyone hear my voice! What if I get too nervous and ended up fainting? Gosh that will be embarrassing! I was about to tell Storm that I can't do this, but he started playing. Shit shit shit shit shit.....

"I finally asked you to dance on the last slow song,

Beneath the moon there was really a disco ball.."

He started..

"I can still feel my head on your shoulder,

Hoping that song would never be over", I continued, my voice slightly shaky.

"I haven't seen you in ages,

Sometimes I find myself wondering where you are,

For me you'll always be 18, and beautiful, and dancing away with my heart.", we sang together in harmony. I slowly became more comfortable as we continued singing. People were paying attention and some were even recording our performance, but I couldn't care less as I finally was able to sing in front of people. Storm brought me out of this shell that was carefully built since birth and I was ok with it.

As we ended the song, I was actually upset that I couldn't sing anymore, but then again..I was starving. So reluctantly, I left the stage as the crowd was cheering.

We both sat down and our moms were grinning like the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, yes..its creepy.

"I'm proud of you, angel. You're awesome.", Storm told me.

I smiled and looked into his eyes, silently thanking him with my eyes and smile.

We then continued eating our dinner and I was really happy with my food. It tastes so delicious! Steak grilled to perfection, with spices that make your tasting buds go wild, mouth watering sauces and just music for your tummy. Not exaggerating, its the truth!

After we all finished our dinner I got the camera from mom and called Chris, Charlotte, and Storm to have a group photo. So we spent almost the whole night taking pictures of ourselves doing silly things. There were many awesome pictures like were Chris was kissing Charlotte's blushing cheeks, me and Storm would be 'gagging' at the background. Or when all of us posed a pedofile's smile. It was definately a night to remember.

We got home around 1 in the morning, we could have lasted longer, but the restaurant had to close sooner or later. We said our goodbyes to the Jones as we made our way into our house to get ready for school tomorrow.