Singing Solo (Completed)

Chapter 26 Critique and A New Friend?

After Morgan sang, the judge was still writing for a moment. Holland and the others were speechlessly smiling at Morgan who was bouncing a bit, nervous as to what the judge would say. A little bit later the judge picked up her mic.

"You said your name was Morgan, right?" The judge asked. Morgan nodded.

"Alright, well Morgan, you have a very lovely voice, but you seemed to be shying away from the mic. It won't bite you if that's what you are worried about," the judge said. Morgan laughed.

"It's not, but thanks for the warning," Morgan said. It was the judge's turn to laugh.

"Actually, if you wouldn't mind, I would love for you to sing it again, but this time, hold the microphone closer to your face, to where if you moved a tiny bit, you would be eating the mic," the judge explained, setting her mic down again and picking up her pen. Morgan nodded and Kellie restarted the intro.

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"Beautiful! I don't believe I have much to say. Just work on holding the mic closer to your face, and maybe fix your intonation a bit more. Overall, I am very pleased with your singing," the judge said. Morgan nodded, and put the mic in the mic stand, and everyone clapped, Holland and the others cheering loudly. She smiled and walked over to her friends.

"Morgan that was fantastic!" Kelsey exclaimed.

"You rocked the house down!" Ashley said giving her best friend a bear hug. Morgan smiled.

"Thanks guys, I appreciate the enthusiasm. After we preform our show let's stop back here again to look. Hey has anyone seen Sam?" Morgan asked. The others shrugged.

"Hell if I know," Luke said shaking his head slightly. Carter walked over to Morgan.

"He was comforting that girl, Arianna. After you left, we left to come here, and she ran into him. He stayed behind to comfort her. He says he is sorry he missed your audition," Carter said to her. Morgan just shrugged.

"I guess that's fine. I don't expect to sing again today, but I could perform for you guys as a private performance," Morgan said laughing. As they left the solo room, Morgan started shaking uncontrollably. They spotted Sam, and Ashley lead the badly shaking Morgan over to Sam. They noticed Arianna was with him, but Ashley didn't say anything about it.

"Sit down Morgan, next to Arianna," Ashley said. Arianna smiled as Morgan sat down.

"You guys can call me Ari. Just don't tell Abygale I let you," she said, smiling. Gavin gave her a skeptical look.

"How do we know you aren't just spying on us for Abygale? It sounds like something you would do," he said cautiously.

Sam looked at Gavin. "Do you think I would mislead you Gavin?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. Gavin shook his head.

"I trust you, man, it's her I don't trust," he said looking at Arianna. She lowered her head.

"I guess I deserve that, but trust me, if I was just spying on you all, I wouldn't have told you to call me Ari. That nickname was what my mom called me, and my mom... she passed away when I was 3," she said. The others were shocked.

"Oh, I am so sorry, Ari," Morgan said, giving her a hug. Soon they heard footsteps behind them all.

"What is going on here?" Abygale's familiar snotty voice rang out. Arianna let go of Morgan.

"N-nothing, Abby, I was-"

"Doesn't matter, come on, We have to go do our face masks before putting show makeup on," Abygale said, roughly pulling Arianna off the floor. Arianna frowned.

"What if I don't want to?" she asked her, wrestling her arm out of Abygale's grip. Abygale laughed.

"You'd rather hang with these losers? Now, come on, we have facials to do," Abygale said, dragging Arianna away. Arianna turned around, and gave Sam a sad look that said, "See what I mean?"

Sam and Carter exchanged looks, Carter gave Sam a nod of "ok," and Sam sped walked over to the both of them and slapped Abygale's arm off Arianna's, then taking her behind him.

"If you want her, you going through me," He said angrily.

Holland only stared shocked. That tone...I only know it from...

Abygale rolled her eyes. "Oh please, come on Arianna," she prompted. Arianna shook her head.

"No Abygale. I don't want to be your friend anymore. Being on top is not as important as having good friends to surround you. I've learned a lot about myself from this group, and Sam here is such a sweet person. And all you do is make fun of them, and I don't want a part of it anymore," Arianna practically shouted at Abygale. Abygale laughed.

"Like you have a choice, Arianna," she said, reaching for Arianna's arm again. Arianna pulled back.

"I do have a choice! I am not your lacky anymore, so go find another one!" Arianna shouted. Abygale shook her head.

"You are only doing this because you have a crush on this loser," she said gesturing to Sam.

"And you only did anything to make Morgan mad because you like Gavin, what is your point?" Arianna shot back.

"E aloha i kou mau kaikuaʻana," Sam responded. Everyone looked at him dumbfounded. "It means, 'Love your brothers and sisters' in Hawaiian. People need to respect and love one another as brothers and sisters. Toxic people like you," He suggested to Abygale. "Are not the people that Ari needs in her life. All you need to do at this point is straight up walk away. If you do that, we all won't have to make things hurt, especially before you have a performance to build up on. People like you think you're tough shit. Newsflash; we all are human. We all have assholes, and so do you...asshole." Abygale's jaw dropped, and so did Arianna's. Everyone looks at each other wide eyed.

"Damn homeboy, you got balls," Is all Carter said.

Abygale just rolled her eyes and turn on her heels, leaving Arianna with them. Arianna slowly started dropping to the ground before Marcus caught her. The others looked at her, concerned.

"Sorry, I just... that was draining," Ari said, standing up better. Marcus smiled.

"Help to glad you," he said. Kelsey and Ashley laughed, and Marcus turned white. "Glad to help you. I don't do these situations..."

"It's alright," Ari laughed. "It's cute." Marcus turned bright red.

Carter walked up to Sam and gave him a pat on the shoulder. "Not bad, homeboy...not bad at all. Ballsy for doing that to a girl."

Jackson shook his head. "She ain't no girl...I don't know what, but that's not what she is..."

"She's an asshole, that's what," Ari said. The others looked at her, shocked. Ari just shrugged.

"I don't see a need to say that she is anything mean, but true," Morgan agreed. The others laughed. For once in her life, Arianna Adams felt accepted.