| ~The Part of Me I Never Had 22~ |
| �Can I open them yet?� I asked impatiently for the tenth time. He had blindfolded me before we could get in sight of our location. It was bugging me to death. �Not yet,� he said, pulling me to the left. After a couple more minutes he said, �Ok now!� I whipped off the blindfold. �Where are we?� �Guess.� I looked around. There were black panels of colored switches on a wall that was in a room behind glass, there was a booth, and there was a turntable with film on it. �A recording studio?� I guessed incredulously. �Very perceptive Ms. Chung,� he joked. �What are we doing here?� I asked the split second before I remembered. �Duh. The recording.� He went up to the glass and knocked on it. Seconds later, Justin popped out. He waved melodramatically. �I thought he-� the truth dawned on me. �You set this up.� �Yup,� he said proudly. �C�mon let get in the booth.� Once we got in, I heard Justin�s voice coming faintly from the headphones. I picked up one pair and listened. �Whadaya thinka dis?� he asked. �It�s cool,� I commented. �Let�s get started, shall we?� butted in JC. �Ok, ok. Just don�t get all jumpy on me,� Justin countered. He pressed the button and hear the music start. Then I began to sing, feeling the words with my heart. *************************************************************************** Once Justin signaled that he had stopped the tape, I screamed out of joy. This of course, surprised JC. �I can�t believe I just did that! What other songs can we sing?� �Whoa girl, calm down. We can sing a bunch of other songs, but first we gotta choose which one.� �I thought about it, and I think we should do �Because You Loved Me� by Celine Dion.� �You really like Celine don�t you?� he asked, half laughing. �Her voice is so powerful. She can bring so much soul into a single song. She�s great,� I answered. �Wow. Have you ever met her?� �That would be cool. I haven�t actually. I�d like to though. Anyway, are we gonna do the song?� �Sure.� He put on the headphones and said to Justin, �Hey J, find �Because You Loved Me� by Celine will ya? Jess wants to sing that one too.� Justin nodded and searched for an instrumental version of the song. Once he found it, he said, �Ok guys. I�ll give you the signal aiight?� We nodded. I looked at JC, do you know the words?� He nodded. �You get first solo ok?� I nodded. Justin gave the signal and I heard the music and began to sing, as all my fear of singing in public evaporated. For all those times you stood by me For all the truth you made me see For all the joy you brought to my life For all the wrong that you made right For all the dreams you made come true For all the love I found in you I�ll be forever thankful baby You�re the one who held me up, Never let me fall You�re the one who saw it through Through it all Then JC joined in. You were my strength when I was weak You were my voice when I couldn�t speak You were my eyes when I couldn�t see You saw the best there was in me Lifted me up when I couldn�t reach You gave me faith cuz you believed I�m everything I am because you loved me You gave me wings to make me fly You touched my hand I could touch the sky I lost my faith you gave it back to me You said no star was out of reach You stood by me and I stood tall I had your love I had it all I�m grateful for each day you gave me Maybe I don�t know that much But I know this much is true I was blessed because I was loved by you� You were my strength when I was weak You were my voice when I couldn�t speak You were my eyes when I couldn�t see You saw the best there was in me Lifted me up when I couldn�t reach You gave me faith cuz you believed I�m everything I am because you loved me Oh... You were always there for me The tender wind that carried me A light in the dark, shinin� your love into my love You�ve been my inspiration Through the lies you were the truth The world is a better place, because of you� You were my strength when I was weak You were my voice when I couldn�t speak You were my eyes when I couldn�t see You saw the best there was in me Lifted me up when I couldn�t reach You gave me faith cuz you believed I�m everything I am, because you loved me You were my strength when I was weak You were my voice when I couldn�t speak You were my eyes when I couldn�t see You saw the best there was in me Lifted me up when I couldn�t reach You gave me faith cuz you believed I�m everything I am because you loved me I�m everything I am� Because you loved me� When Justin stopped the tape I was feeling very proud of myself. It had been my dream to be a singer, but never really done anything about it cuz I had an extreme case of stage fright everytime I�d do something in public. �That was great!� Justin complimented. �Thanks. JC, you were awesome!� �You were really good. I wouldn�t be surprised if you stole the show.� �I could never�� �Any other songs you might wanna sing?� �Ooh yeah.� *************************************************************************** �I am exhausted,� I said as I got into the car with JC and Justin. �You were the one to blame. You kept rattling off songs like it was a game show or something. And I was the one looking for the songs!� Justin retaliated. �But hey, we got a great tape. Two actually.� JC handed me a tape. �Thanks.� It was 2:00. We had been recording since 9. We were pooped. So we headed off to lunch. *************************************************************************** We were now on the bus. �Lemme listen to it just one more time!� Chris whined. �Chris, you�ve listened to it for more than 3 times!� JC answered. �Here Chris, you can listen to mine. But only once!� I warned. He left, sticking his tongue out at JC. �There. I saved your tape from being wrecked.� �He�ll steal it. I know it.� �Hey JJ! I�ll challenge you to a game of Mario Kart!� Justin called from the station. �You�re on!� I accepted. *************************************************************************** �You cheated!� Justin cried. �No I didn�t!� I said, offended at the accusation. �Did too!� �Not!� �Too!� �Not!� �Guys! Just shut up!� Chris yelled, frustrated. Justin and I dropped our controllers and lunged at Chris, who failed to get away. �What�s going on?� Lance asked. �What�s happening?� Joey followed. �Have you guys seen-� JC stopped abruptly when Chris pulled him down. Joey tried to pull JC out when he pulled in too. Same goes for Lance. We were all a big heap of people hitting each other. ************************************************************************** �OWW!� I cried. The peroxide stung very badly. �Ok, ok.� JC blew on it gently. �That�s better.� The pain subsided. He put the bandage on the slight wound. Then I put my shirt back on. Someone had somehow scratched my lower back and it hurt. �That feel better?� �Yeah. Feel�s a lot better. How�s your arm?� �It�s ok.� He put his hand over the forming bruise on his upper left arm. �Chris?� �I�m fine. Just a small cut, that�s all.� �Curly?� �It�s fine. Just gotta get more ice�� �Lance?� �Fine. Just a small bruise.� �Joey?� �Nothin� on me.� �You weren�t hurt?� I asked incredulously. �Is that so hard to believe?� he asked defensively. �Sorta. I remember kicking someone in the shin�� �That would be me,� called Lance. �Oh. Sorry.� �It�s ok.� �Break!� It was James, the driver. �C�mon guys.� We all headed to the gas station, bodyguards in tow. |
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