Chapter 1: It Can't Be

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~~~~~present~~~~~

Ever since the summer before the dreaded senior year, I knew I loved to sing. I just love the thrill of being on stage and performing my little heart out. I think I enjoy it more now because I have all of my fans continuously reminding me that all my hard work is paying off.

Bullies go away, but love is forever. I always say this when I need encouragement or start drifting off into the thought of senior year. I don't know but something about this saying makes me feel.... better.

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"Ouch! Katy that hurts!" I say as my makeup artist punches the makeup brush, full of blush, on to my face. It's not like I don't appreciate her but, god damn! It's called dabbing!

"Sorry, honey! I'm just nervous for you. You have your big performance today and I really want you to look perfect," Katy says as I widen my mouth for her to put on my mascara.

"It's cool. Don't worry, Katy, you always make me look perfect. And it's not like this is my first day in the ring. We've done this before," I replied. I wish I could listen to my own advice. I don't have a clue why I feel like this performance is going to be, well, different. As cheesy as it sounds, my singer instincts can tell me whether I'm going to have good performance or not. Usually these feelings come from my brain but now... it's coming from my heart.

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"I looked in my rear view mirror and, it seemed to make a lot more sense.Than what I see ahead of us, ahead of us, yeah. I'm ready to make that turn.Before we both crash and burn.Cause that could be the death of us, the death of us, baby," I sing as I look into the crowd. Wow, I never knew this many people loved me. I guess it's just hard to think like that with my experiences. A tear starts to form with this thought but I just shook it out of my head and sang like nobody before!

As I was looking into the crowd, I see a handsome young man in the front seat row. I knew this concert would be special. I continue to stare at his beautiful eyes until I see them lock with mine. At this point I knew that this unnamed masterpiece would be mine. I see him smile at me and everything after that was a blur.

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After my concert I had a Meet & Greet. Then almost as if my fairy god mother of love was granting my wishes, I see Mr. Handsome walk up to my table. He's even more perfect up close.

"Hey," I start to say as he smiles at me," whats your name?" He stared at me in confusion.

"You don't remember me? That's really strange. I thought I would be all you talked about," he says with a sly, but still sexy, smirk. At that moment my whole mind rewinded back two years. No. No. No. No. No. It can't be. But it is. JAI BROOKS?!

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