THE SONG

Discovery

I don't really know what was going on in my head. One minute I was talking to my mother, the next I'm yelling at my dad about the kind of friends I hang out with. Really, I don't see how they get to choose my friends for me and I just have to go along with. I'll be 18 soon and moving out of my parents house is all I could think of.

So it was Saturday morning, around 10, my friends and I went to the mall and we watched movies and ate lunch. After that we went to my friend Justin's house and played karaoke, danced around drinking soda. It began when my favorite song started playing. Without even thinking, I grabbed the mic and started singing. They all went silent on me, puzzled as I was lost in the world of music. You see, it was a Korean song called "Don't Look At Me Like That" by Song Ji Eun. Steven took out his phone and took a video of me singing.

I went home tired, at around 7pm. As soon as I entered, my dad started yelling again ;
"Where have you been? ", he said.
" I was out with my friends."I answered. He looked at me like I had something disgusting on my face.
"You should stop hanging out with those faggots, "he continued to say. I looked at him Furious but before I could even utter a word, he continued his ranting," you hang around with those girls, doing God knows what. I'm telling you to stop. "

I looked at him in disbelief, wanting to respond but it seemed the words refused to come out. Obviously my face was turning red, and as if he could see it from where he was standing, he started moving towards me. My mother intervened, "Leave the child alone Robert. He's just having fun." He stopped just a few steps away from me. I really hated my father sometimes, he could be a jerk when he wanted to be, which was almost every time.

I went straight to bed. I lay there thinking about the greatest day I've had since school closed. Before I knew it, I was fast asleep. And as quickly as I fell asleep, I woke up. It felt like I only closed my eyes for a second. My mom was calling me down for breakfast, or so I thought. I got up, threw on my pants and went down the stairs. I could hear my brother and sister fighting over our moms delicious pancakes. I almost fell from missing the last two steps when I saw a stranger sitting in my living room.

She was wearing very expensive shoes, a very expensive gold watch, a navy blue dress and a Gucci purse by her side. She was wearing a nude lipstick, peach painted nails, had shoulder long blonde hair with curls at the end. She looked at me with her silver eyes and threw a smile at me. Almost by instinct, I forged one back and threw it at her. You could tell she was a very important person. My mother sat me down and said, "Avalon, this lady is here to see you."

"Hello Avalon, my name is Aurora Summers. I work for Bourne Fire Records. " she said smiling at me and my mother.
" What is this about?" I asked. I hadn't even noticed that that day, schools were opening. She pulled out her iPad and went to YouTube and clicked on a video. My eyes widened as my jaw dropped, it was a video of me singing and it had like 450 000 likes and over a million views.

"Yesterday, we discovered this video and I came here as soon as I could. " she continued.
All I could think about was who did that. I mean I was kind of happy with the results but still they did it without my permission. She looked at the time and said," Are you ready for school? I could drop you off on my way back. "
Those words sent me flying across the room to go take a shower, which I just opened the water and let it run down my body for a minute and then went to my room to get dressed. I threw on anything I could find, a black v neck t-shirt, black track pants and my white snickers.

I ran downstairs only to find that the woman was still there waiting. She saw me and smiled. She stood up, "Thank you for having me in your home Mrs Frey. I'll take Avalon to school today." They shook hands and she went out and I followed her. Outside were 3 black SUVs, one guy came out of the 3rd car and opened the door for the one in the middle. We got inside and the convoy started moving.
"Avalon, I want to offer you an opportunity to change your life and the lives of many people. As we speak, my people are preparing a 2 year contract for you." she said.
I looked at her, and she was facing her phone while saying all those things.
"Can I think about it? " I asked...my voice cracking a little. She raised her eyes to meet mine.
" Sure, let me know before Friday. I'm leaving the country on Saturday, so I'd like to leave with our business finished." I nodded.

The convoy pulled up in front of my school, and another man in a suit opened the door for me. I felt people's eyes piercing through my skin as I got out. The window rolled down and she called to me, "Avalon...I hope you'll make the right choice. We'll talk about the details later. I promise you will be happy."
"I'll think about it, Ms Summers. " I said.
" Please... Call me Aurora. " she said and the cars started moving again.

God, what a day I was about to have.

NB: Hello guys, this my first time here and I thought let me post this. I hope it's not too boring, I don't have a direction yet but I'll get it soon... With your help of course.

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