Kid(s)?! [Sequel to Emily] ✔️

Chapter 10: songs.

Third Person POV…

The kids and Michael made a bet on how the X factor will go. If one of them or both of them would make it further then the 4th live show he would let them record a demo at his label.

So when the 3rd live show results came in and it said they both were through they were more than happy to go the studio with their dad. Of course Emily couldn’t be happier for them. They truly deserved it.

But when the fifth live show turned in the sixth they still got through and suddenly they both were in the half finals together with another singer the dream of becoming a singer suddenly got even closer.

When the presenter says Claire was through to the finals she started crying, happy tears of course, but when they heard that Aiden didn’t get through they became tears of sadness.

It took hours of Aiden reassuring her that it was okay that she finally stopped crying.  Aiden took it better than Claire did and just shrugged it off, of course he was sad but it can happen and he was just overly happy for his sister.  He still got the demo his dad let them make anyway.

Claire’s POV…

Im so nervous for tonight. The finals; that’s big. I’m still sad about the fact that Aiden can’t be with me backstage but he said it was okay and that I should enjoy it, so that’s what I’m going to do.

After the last year Aiden and I had gotten closer and closer. It feels like I have known him my whole life. He told me about his time with Nathan and I learned that he had started cutting when he was younger but stopped when he met us and that makes me sad but happy at the same time. He also told me that he thought he wasn’t worth us, as a family, when he learned he had a family.

That’s what I’m going to sing about tonight. I wrote a song about him and his past. It’s called ‘Used to the Pain’, I wrote it out of his point of view but he doesn’t know about it. It kinda is a country song, which Aiden and I both like most.

They called my name and I walked on stage, it was a simple set up; just me and a microphone. When the music started I closed my eyes and started to sing. I could feel everyone’s eyes on me and that made me even more nervous.

“And so I wrote this song for you

I think I know just what you're going through

Did you believe you'd never change

And nothin' ever stays the same…”

During singing this I realized this song isn’t only about Aiden, its about my mum too. They had been through the same with the same man and that made me so so angry.

“…What you hide inside I see

There's a scar that's always gonna be

And there's a past in everyone

You can't undo, you can't outrun, I don't know…”

After the song I looked at the judges and saw that all four of them had tears in their eyes. I hope it wasn’t that bad. Suddenly everyone rose from their seats and started clapping. I let out a breathy laugh and looked at the audience.

I was the last contestant and after I had performed the other singer, Matt I think, performed with his guest. He had chosen Adele, which I thought was an amazing choice but I personally wouldn’t have made it.

Over the last year and a half I also found out that Aiden and I have the same obsession; Westlife. I know it’s crazy, how come we have never noticed each other before when we both like the same things? So I decided I wanted Westlife as my choice but of course that was kind of impossible since they broke up a few years ago. But we all know how my dad is and he managed to contact them all and got them together to sing for one last time; how cool is that?! I will tell you! Pretty damn cool! And because Aiden and I are so close now, inseparable really, we will be singing his favorite song, because I know he would do the same if he would get this opportunity.

So when the music to ‘Us against the World’ starts and I am standing on stage I look for my family in the crowd. When I find them I see Aiden watching me intensely with Blaine at his side. I smile at them and say, “I will be singing this song with a few singers who have been broken up for a while now but decided that they would love to perform tonight.”

“…You and I, we’ve been at it so long

I still got the strongest fire

You and I, we still know how to talk

Know how to walk that wire…”

After this part I introduce the boys, “Ladies and gentlemen, Westlife.” Everybody gapes at the door and that there indeed are four boys walking out.

“…Sometimes I feel like The world is against me

The sound of your voice, baby

That's what saves me

When we're together I feel so invincible…”