Love's Test

Chapter 2 - Winning but Losing

Recap:Venetta, Cody and Jones are about to present the 3 singers who could possibly go on tour.

Aimee's P.O.V.

Everyone waited impatiently, we were all shaking! Cody didn't say anything, he just ran his fingers through his hair, watching us sit on the edge of our chairs.

"The first winner is.... Namie!" Cody said, finally. I gave Namie a big hug and gave her a standing ovation. I missed having a friend who understood how much pressure singing put on to me. Namie went up to Cody and gave him a big hug. I couldn't help but notice that the hug was quite long... it was a very long hug. I'm not jealous, I mean I barely know the boy. Sure I've heard On My Mind and All Day, but only because they play on TV. And besides, he's dating Kylie Jenner. So in your face Namie.

Finally, Namie pulled back and Cody was doing his little routine of teasing us, saying different syllables and sounds to torture our minds.

"Dax! Congrats!"

Dax, a very shy but talented boy of my age, went up. No one clapped, because no one really knew him. I decided to start clapping and eventually a few people joined in. He turned around and smiled graciously at him. He joined Namie and they gave eachother a congratulatory hug.

"Finally, the last winner is... Aimee."

The lesbian left the room fuming "Fuck all you bitches I'm outta here, imma go fuck some bitches"

I smiled from ear to ear, I was incredibly proud of myself. Cody, however, looked... neutral. He was happy when Aimee and Dax won. Why wasn't he happy for me? He just nodded as I passed by. Obviously this decision was not unanimous...

"Aimee. I'm so proud of you. You were such a shoo-in. Venetta adores you, she thinks your skilled in different song types!" Jones said. "The reason we gave you Gold Digger was to test your fast singing skills. You blew us away!"

At least someone was proud of me. Venetta and Cody were sulking in a corner. Cody was waving his arms frantically pointing in different directions as he talked to Venetta. She kept looking at us 3. "Can we PLEASE make a compromise! I don't want this on my tour!" I heard Cody say. Ouch. Does that mean Cody doesn't want me on tour with him? Might as well ask...

"Why doesn't Cody want me to go on tour with him?" I asked Jones.

"How do you know that? That's insane." he said, and looked down. Jones, who are you even kidding. Did I mention he's a horrible liar.

"Jones, I can hear him screaming at Venetta from all the way over here. Please just tell me the truth. I can take it."

No I can't but YOLO.

"He doesn't think you're the right... image for the tour. The tour is very up-beat."

"Did I just rap Gold Digger or?... Jones! What is going on!"

"Venetta made an empty promise okay! She never cleared the whole tour thing with Cody. The tour bus isn't big enough."

"Then why was he so emotionless when he told me I won?"

"Well he realized what was going on. So now he's trying to get Venetta to actually GET you guys on tour."

 It didn't make any sense but in a way it did. Suddenly, Venetta grabbed our arms. "Jones, Aimee, why don't you gather up the winners and the crew and tell them the cars are outside." She said this with a sarcastic smile. 

"Sure! Aimee, go get Namie and Dax." I followed his orders.

I walked over to Namie and Dax to see them sitting nexting to each -- very closely next to each other -- and Namie giggling and flipping her hair and Dax looking down at his feet. Well this could only mean one thing.. time for an embarrasment. 

"PFFFFFFFFFFFTTTT." I made a big fart noise with my mouth behind Namie and quickly hid under a near-by desk. They both turned around and Dax got up and walked away, a bit freaked out. Namie shrugged and walked away as well. That wasn't embarrasment that was ruining a possible relationship... well destiny is what it wants to be. 

I went to talk to Dax. Turns out, he's been going here longer than me. Once you broke down his wall of shyness, he was actually a really nice guy. I asked him why he was so shy, and he said it was because no one really told him not to be. And he was too shy NOT to be shy. I felt so bad for him, so I gave him a hug. I told him there's nothing to be afraid of around Namie and I because we don't judge people.

We both got up and found Namie fixing her beads. We walked to the parking lot only to find a big limo with a "CONGRATULATIONS!" sign on the bumper.  I wonder who's car this was... Although it was cliché, it was very nice of Venetta to do this for us, even with the confusion.

"Hey guys! Ready for a congratulatory feast!?" Cody said, coming out of the driver's seat. This time, he looked at me with a huge smile. We got into the car, and the real driver came out from the passenger seat. I sat on the left with Namie, and Dax and Cody on the other side. We discussed the tour. Jones had "slipped" that Namie and I took dance classes as kids, and he wanted us to start training to see if we could be background singer/dancers. It would add a more professional and clean look, rather than having 3 background singers and 3 dancers. We all agreed. Training starts Tuesday!

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Hey guys! Sorry for the kind of short chapter, and the long time it took to write, but it's because of exams! I promise the writing will pick back up in no time :)