Our Song

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Fuck me. I can feel my eyes widen, as I stop mid step, my hand drops from silas' hold. I lose the warmth I had no idea I had, or wanted.

"Dani?" I hear Carter's voice shaking me through my thoughts I turn to see him walking towards us.

"Hey Carter! How are you?" Ryder asks.

"I'm good. How are you guys?" Carter asks looking between the twins.

I glance at Silas and he seems a bit tense.

Ryder looks at his brother with a puzzled look, "we're good. I was just telling these two that they're about to play our song." Ryder smiles.

"You mean the new song Dani helped with?" Carter says smiling at me.

I look at him absolutely scared. I'm more then scared, I'm terrified. I'm not sure I'm ready for anyone to know it's my voice on the track. What if no one likes my voice or the song. I could single handedly kill their careers.

I'm having a panic attack I can feel it as I fall to the ground and start hyperventilating. I suddenly feel two sets of arms around me Trying to calm me down.

"What wrong? You were fine a minute ago." I hear a voice but I can't decipher which one it is, if it's Carter, Silas or Ryder.

"No one can know it's me." I almost whisper as I reach past Carter and grab Silas hand.

"Please don't tell anyone it's me singing. What if no one likes the song? Or what if no one likes my voice? It could kill your career." I say in a panic.

"Dani trust us. This song is amazing and everyone will love it. If we didn't think so we wouldn't have recorded it, we wouldn't have asked you to sing on it. You're gonna make us a bigger hit. Ok?" Silas says as his hands cup my face again wiping the tears from my cheek.

"If you don't want anyone knowing its you that's fine. But when you see how much everyone loves it, you're gonna change your mind. And we're gonna give you all the credit you deserve. Ok?" Silas comforts me in away I never thought possible. I nod at him and put my hands on his and give them a squeeze in understanding.

"I'm gonna go with Ryder to introduce our new single. You and Carter should go inside and listen and watch everyone's reactions. As soon as I'm done introducing it I'll find you ok?"

I nod as he picks me up off the floor and Carter wraps his arms around me trying to keep me stable. Silas gives my hand one last squeeze as he and Ryder walk into the house with Carter and I following close behind.

From the crowd I can see Ryder and Silas on the make shift stage talk to the DJ. Carter has a firm hold on my hand as we stand and observe the crowd of college kids grinding to the music that's playing.

The DJ just smiled and nodded handing both Ryder and Silas a microphone. I squeezed Carters hand tighter most likely cutting off the circulation. "I don't understand why you're so nervous. I read the lyrics you wrote, they're really good." I hear Carter's voice in my ear and feel his breath whisper across the shell of my ear making goosebumps appear on my skin.

I lean over to talk into his ear, "I...ummm...I changed the lyrics since you read them last, since we danced together."

I felt his puzzled stare on me, "what do you mean? Why would you change them?"

"Like you said, I should write about how I feel in that moment. And so I changed it to how I actually felt in that moment with you when we were dancing."

I knew he was looking at me but I couldn't bring myself to look at him. I was about to be judged by a room full of strangers, I couldn't bare to see his judgement right now. Maybe in a few minutes but not right now.