She's My Girl

Expectations

POV: Natilie

Today is the day I perform with my idol who I'm now in love with, and to top it off she loves me back.

"You ready baby?" Lauren asked me as we waited for the the music to start.

I nodded my head with a smile before turning my mic on, and then everyone else did as I adjusted my guitar some to make it more comfortable.

"I present to you, Four Minutes Left!" The announcer yelled, and the scream and cheers made me smile, but I need to keep a straight face for this performance.

The music started, and I was ready. They lit Daisy up, then Michelle, then Liza, then me, and then Lauren who was in the middle between Liza and I.

"Up in bed, all alone
Wondering where you've been
Ten past three
I know the club closed at two A.M." I started it off, and as soon as I did the crowd went quiet, listening to me sing.

"I've already been through about seven scenarios
'Bout what it was that changed your mind
Knowing very well that you told me you'd come home
And it happens every time." Liza put every ounce of sass she had in her into her words and I smiled to myself.

"Wish I had no expectations
I wish that I could get it through your head
With no confrontation
I really wish we could talk about it instead
All these tears that I cry while I'm turned to the side
And you're in the same fucking bed
Wish I had no expectations
But I expect, you expect, we expect." We all sang together and they went wild.

"No, I don't mean to pry
I don't need no play by play, nah
All I need from your side is for you to communicate
Respect for my time, respect for my space, respect for my energy." Daisy snapped her fingers and then nodded her head to the side.

'Cause I've been waiting here all night for you to warm me up
And you haven't once thought of me." Michelle really got into it, and the closer it got to my guitar solo the more nervous I got.

"Wish I had no expectations
I really wish that I could get it through your head
With no confrontation
I really wish we could talk about it instead
All these tears that I cry while I'm turned to the side
And you're in the same fucking bed
Wish I had no expectations
But I expect, you expect, we expect." We all sang together once more, and there is no going back now.

I started the first strum and the crowd went crazy as my fingers worked up and down the neck of the guitar, giving me the confidence I needed to continue.

"Oh, I wish I had no expectations
I wish I could get through your head
With no confrontation (Confrontations)
I really wish we could talk about it instead (Instead)
All these tears that I cry while I'm turned to the side
And you're in the same fucking bed
Wish I had no expectations (No)
But I expect, you expect, we expect." We alternated lines, but the last line we sang together and as soon as the music ended the lights turned back off.

After a few seconds they turned the main stage lights on and we walked down from our platform.

"Oh. My. God." Lizzo started it off. "That was..." she searched for words and I quickly got nervous. "Incredible. I'm star struck from that performance. It was sexy, it was mature, and it really proved to everyone that you mean business and you are here to stay, and here to win. This is definitely the best performance I've seen from you guys."

"I'm shocked. Like, please tell me your parents didn't see that, because that was definitely not parent friendly." Nick laughed a little. "That was amazing. I knew you guys were capable of it, I just didn't expect it from you, and when I didn't see Lauren in her chair I had some suspicions, but damn did you guys really pull together and sync your voices."

"Girls, that was even better than what you were doing during the practices. This was a make or break performance, and it definitely made you. Lauren, you were amazing, and you didn't let them down. Now, don't go far you four, because you're going to the next round without a doubt." Simon was a little flustered. "Jesus I feel like your uncle after all that we've been through and I was uncomfortable watching that." He laughed as he put is face in his hands.

"Well, my dad and brother are here and they didn't know what was going on, so don't feel too left out." I laughed before we all hugged each other and hurried off stage. "Okay, get this thing off of me. It's so uncomfortable with all of these wires attached to me." I pulled my guitar over my head, but then the strap got caught in the ear piece cords.

"Hold on. Hold on. Let me help you." Liza sighed as she untangled my guitar strap from the ear piece wires on the back of my neck that ran down to my waist band where the box was.

We all took our equipment off and then our families came in. Our dad's were beat red from embarrassment, and my brother wasn't even looking at me. "A heads up would've been nice." Liza's dad sighed. "I mean really, you five were in tight revealing leather outfits and didn't give us a heads up."

"Yeah, it would've been nice." My dad agreed.

"Please go change. I can't even look at you till you do. I never want to see my little baby sister dressed in clothes like that again, so if you plan on it again tell me." Mike covered his eyes, and the dads turned around completely.

"Well I thought it was amazing." Michelle's mom snapped at the dads and my brother. "Very sleek and very mature."

"Oh absolutely." My mom agreed with her, and then Liza's mom too.

"I do want to change though. Sweating in leather pants is the most uncomfortable thing in the world." I tried to squat to get them to move some, but the sweat made them stuck to my skin. "I'm going to have to peel them off of my body." I whined.

"We'll help each other. Don't worry." Liza laughed at me unbuttoning my pants so I could breathe and then walked down the hallway to our dressing room.

"We'll be back after we change and then tonight we can go eat somewhere, but security has to come. Dinner will be on me." Lauren yelled over her shoulder to our families since hers came too, but they've already seen her in what she's wearing in her music video so it doesn't phase them.

Daisy said her family couldn't make it. They haven't made it to anything yet, but they may just be really busy.

"I'm not letting you pay for my dinner." I glared at Lauren.

"You can't stop me. I'll give them my card and have a rolling tab." Lauren giggled when I threw my jacket at her.

Damn this girl.