An American Braviour's Fantasy

Part 21 : Roadtrip ~ Storytime

"No way... You did not do a collaboration with Justin Bieber!" Dioni said, his face all surprise and full of amazement. That got the attention of everyone in the van. Rashelle just grinned. 

 "Play it." She said and tried not to look smug. This was one of her best songs ever, in her opinion. Dioni selected, The Feeling by Justin Bieber (ft.Halsey), also in her "Collabs" Playlist and the whole car recognized the song in only a few beats.

"No way!" They all said and as the song played on, they could hear the female voice in the background overlapped with a sustained echo effect.

"Is that you?" Sam asked her, his hand on her arm, his face not unlike hers and Sara's had looked earlier when they were fangirling out. Rashelle licked her lips and nodded, smiling proudly.

"That's me." She said and everyone was quiet while they all listened carefully and the next time they heard Rashelle's vocals, they all perked up and looked at each other with complete and utter fascination.

"How?" Sam started to ask, and then got caught up listening to Rashelle's voice mingling with one of his Idols, Justin Bieber.

"Skrillex is a big fan of my YouTube page apparently. I had no idea. I freaked when he asked me to meet with him and Diplo... Oh my God, I was just floored!" Rashelle explained. Everyone just stared at her, completely flabbergasted!

As the song ended, everyone yelled, "Whoohoo!" and "Yeah!" and "I can't believe you did a song with Bieber!" and "I just heard that song on the radio last week!" Rashelle was overwhelmed. She hadn't had anyone fawn all over her accomplishments since Izzy was around!

"What the hell, woman! What else do you have hiding in here?" Dioni asked, shaking her phone at her. She just laughed.

"Oh, I don't know..." Rashelle said, starting to get shy again.

"You're all over the place!" Jai asked her. She just shrugged.

"I have gotten around." she said with a flirty grin at Jai. He chuckled at her and grinned back. "After touring with American Idol, I got a taste of "Stardom" and that shit's some seriously hard work! It would have been so different had things gone another way, but I'm honestly, I'm pretty damn happy where I've ended up. I have an incredible body of work that I'm very proud of... well, most of it." She corrected and made a face. "I love everything that I've been able to create on my own and all the amazing people I've met and all the places I've gone, things I've been able to do... It's just been a ride." Rashelle admitted.

"Wow!" and "Damn!" and "The Biebs! I can't believe it!" everyone commented. When the song ended, Sam piped in.

"Tell them about the Theatre Company." He requested. Rashelle just looked at him and then sighed.

"What Theatre Company? Don't say you were on Broadway!!" Dioni said snarkily.

"No, I've never been on Broadway. Never even been to a real Broadway show." She told him but Sam was anxious. She glanced over at him and he nodded his head for her to go ahead.

"Okay, okay." She told him and took a deep breath. He just smiled at her like a fanboy. When did those tables turn? She wondered as she continued her story...

"When I first came to L.A. and started working for the Vitelli Family, that's Izzy's family, I also joined the Pantages Theatre in West Hollywood. It was just down a few blocks from the restaurant. It was originally built as a Vaudeville Playhouse. It's really old and amazing looking. It's got an incredible vibe." she told them, started to get excited about the possibility of someone else getting it, getting why she loved this particular theater so much and why she was so proud to have been able to perform there.