Falling

Chapter 6

  As I'm listening to what felt like a while of Jesse lecturing children we get done to the niddy gritty which is my performance for tonight. Jesse goes over the lighting and 'instruments' for the night's venue plus he goes over the song selection which I'm so in love with and I can preform very well but load and behold mister king of the world had to speak up about his opinion of it.

    "Jesse that was not the agreement we made when you were at the house and you know it so either she sings what I gave to you for her to sing or she's out and goes back home take your pick." Chris demands

   "But come on bro look how happy she was five minutes ago why ruin it now it looks like she's been miserable for days now."

   "I said take it or leave it. Now choose or I choose for you."

   I stare right at Jesse but with the look of shame on his face that indicated that he made his decision which made me angry as hell. I stare at the devil himself with so much rage that I could get up now and slap him across the face and kick him but then I realized what would that do, possibly get me kicked out and sent to the pit of hell for what would feel like ions. So I just storm out of the room without saying a word to either one of them. If he wants to play that game then I guess I'll just have to play ten times harder. I go backstage to warm up for the performance and as I'm doing this I hear from the behind the curtains just how crowded it is in the club and now I'm starting to get nervous but I put that all aside as I think about what douchbag said in the office. He wants me to sing 'Not My Type' but I don't think I would want to do that so I'll just give the crowd something a little better. As I warm up some more I feel a hand grab my arm, I turn to see that its Jesse with a sad expression on his face.

"Look Carson I didn't mean for him to get involved at all he's just so..."

"Shitty, I know you don't have to say it and it doesn't matter I'm not listening to him. Can you do me a favor though?" I asked

"Anything."

"Keep the same track in I'm singing what I want to sing tonight." I explained which put a smile on Jesse's face.I walk on stage and see just how many people are here now and I get really nervous but then I see Jesse at the bar giving out drinks and giving me a smile in the process which calmed my nerves down a little. I see that there was a stool in the middle of the stage waiting for me to sit on so I walk towards it and just stare at it for a good minute before kicking it down and I look at the crowd which stopped all their chatter as soon as they heard the bang from the stool. I guess that gave them a sign that the show was starting so I look towards Jesse which he started the music. As the beginning of the song starts I see the devil sitting down at the table far away from the stage and watching me like a hawk to its prey. I start singing the lyrics to the song that hey chose which wasn't as bad as I thought but still, and as I almost got to the chorus I stop.

  "Hey everyone I have something else I want to sing because I don't think this is for me. What do y'all think?" I asked the crowd, which got all of them riled up with excitement. I looked towards the bar at Jesse which changed tracks and put on 'I AM WOMEN' by Emmy Meli. I breathe in to let the stress out and as the beginning comes on a start singing with all my heart. The crowd was whistling and cheering me on as I'm singing which was making me smile and as i get to the ending of the song i look right over to the table that Chris was sitting at and seen no one sitting there which i think made me smile even more because i felt like i won the game he wanted to play. Once the song was over i bowed and walked to the backstage to leave and go to the var to see Jesse, but as i was walking backstage i felt a firm hand wrap around my forearm and then a tug. I turned around to see Chris with the most pissed off face I've ever seen on someone. If he thought that it would scare me he had anther thing coming.

  "What the fuck happened to singing the song i assigned you?" He said

  "Oh that song well you see I didn't believe it was for me plus on top of that I don't take shit from anyone so i thought it was fit for me to change the song that I was going to sing not you. If you didn't like well tough luck its done maybe next week i can do the song you gave me but that's if ask nicely next time. I explained, yanking my arm out of his grip and walking away and out the door.

  As i walk to the bar every biker and the girls that were around them gave me their congratulations and said to make sure that Chris brings me back next week for more. Once i get to the bar Jesse pours me a water from the tap and hands it over to me. I take a sip from it then sit the glass down and looked right at him with this huge grin on my face.

  "Why you all smiley?"

  "I don't know i guess the fact everyone here loved the performance or that i just told your boss to lay the fuck off me and let me make my own decisions for a change. And let me tell you the look on his face was not very pretty at all." I told him

  "Well i hope it was worth it and you got some real balls if you talked to him like that because i know that the last guy that talked to him like that well lets just say it didn't end pretty."

  "Well I know I'll probably get yelled at when we get back to the house but hey it was well worth it."

  "Was it?" I heard the devil's voice right behind me

Well i guess I'm in trouble now...go figure.