Just an Ordinary Girl

Just a Song...Right?

Lauren's POV

"Say somethin'if you're feelin the vibe, say somethin, baby don't be so shy..."

I heard my phone start to ring as I was about to get into the shower, Austin Mahone taking the honor of being my ringtone for the month.

"Hey, Lauren?" I heard Reed say on the other line. I gave him my number yesterday and I guess he's just calling to make sure this is my number.

"Yeah. Hey Reed" I said

"Hey, I was wondering if you might wanna come over to my room to work on our song. I just got this idea and maybe we could practice?" He asked, his tone getting a little higher as he asked the question. Haha he's so cute when his voice is high pitched. And no, I definitely don't like Reed. I'm on this show for one thing and one thing only. To win.

"Yeah, sure. I'll be there after I get ready"

But, on the other hand Reed is really cute and sweet and this show is to show talents and make new friends right? 'Please say I'm right.' I begged myself.

What am I doing?? I'm debating with myself! That's ridiculous!

I decided to quickly call Julia to ask her.

"Hey! Lauren! Oh my gosh I feel like it's been years since I've talked to you! How's bootcamp??" She asked all in a rush.

"Julia! Hey, I'm kinda in a rush and about bootcamp, I got partnered up with Reed Deming to sing a song and I was wondering about something"

"Shoot"

"Okay, he seems really cute and nice and he has a REALLY good voice and i know a couple girls that already like him and honestly I can't help but feel jealous. I know I don't like him, but I wanted to know what you thought" I said in a rush.

"Ohhhh gurrll. You've got a bad case of lovesickness. You keep telling yourself you don't like him, but somewhere inside, waaay deep down, you know you can't stop thinking about him"

We talked for about three more minutes before we came to the conclusion that I, Lauren Daniels, had a crush on Reed Deming. And I got it bad...

***

Before I knew it I was finished my shower and standing in front of Reed's door. I don't remember when he told me where his room was but for some odd reason I'm pretty sure this is it...

I basically just stood outside the door for almost 10 minutes thinking if this was his room or not. It would be embarrasing if Drew, Keaton and Wes suddenly show up behind the door after I knock.

I was about to knock when Beatrice came out of his room. I've talked to her a couple times but nothing really interesting. Why was she in his room? 

I said my 'hello's' and 'how are you?'s and went inside Reed's room. I saw him sitting on his bed with his guitar in his lap. I'm really curious to know what they were doing, but I know it's none of my business.

When he heard me come in and looked up and met my eyes, I couldn't help but feel my heart skip a beat. His eyes were just...beautiful. 

This is it. I just have to tell him how I feel. It's already been five seconds and I can't help but want to blurt all my feelings out.

"Hey" he said, a little out of breath.

"Hey, are you okay, you seem a little out of breath" I said.

"Yeah I'm fine I was just singing a song I wrote"

"You write?" I asked, shocked

"Just a little....can I ask you something?" 

"Yeah, of course" I said, sitting down next to to him.

"Well, I Think I might have a small crush on this girl, but she has no clue. I've talked to her a bunch of times and she's sweet, pretty, and has an AMAZING voice. I wrote her song, but I don't know how she would feel about it. If that was you what would you do?" he asked, a little bit of hope in his words.

I wasn't stupid. Even a blind person could see he was talking about Bea. That's why she was in his room. He wanted to tell her his feelings.

I could literally hear my heart snap in two. After what happened a couple months ago, I promised not to like a guy ever again, but once I started to like Reed, I got it really  bad becuse I haven't liked someone in nearly 7 months.

I guess what they say is true... The fall is worse than the rise.

I could start to feel the tears but quickly hid them as I answered Reed's question.

Okay, maybe I didn't answer it truthfully. I told him that I Would most likely expect something more, and that songs meant nothing to girls. What? Just because I'm heartbroken doesn't mean I can't get my revenge.

I know that if I see Reed and Beatrice together my heart would subside to the bottom of my stomach and dissolve in my acids, and that might get in the way of my one and only goal here. Win The X Factor.

We were considering two songs right now, Forget You and Secrets.

Reed wanted to sing Secrets, but we eventually went with Forget You.

***

Simon's POV (you should probably know what the judges would think)

It's been a long day of partners and groups singing their songs and I'm just getting tired. This is why I quit American Idol to judge The X Factor in the UK. People there are more passionate about singing over there. Here, it's just about hitting the notes right. It makes me sick.

Up next was Reed Deming and Lauren Daniels.

They both came on stage as Reed walked in from one direction singing the first verse to 'Forget You' be Cee Lo Green. He was alright.

As Lauren started to sing the chorus, I was amazed. Every single word she said was laced with some kind of emotion. It's as if she literally just got out of a bad relationship and is spilling all her emotions into a song. But she's only thirteen, so...it's practically just a song.

And if it's no just a song... she better not let her emotions get in the way of her singing.