glitzandglamour07

     I pulled up to the studio a little early so I decided to park farther away and take a walk to think about things. The walk didn't do me much good. The picture of Marie and Dhani kept going through my mind. It disgusted me. I walked up the steps into the studio. As I walked through the door and looked up at the clock I realized I was extremely early.

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     "Ah Ms. Lumholdt, you are early today!" Our producer, Jay said as he turned to me, "would you mind doing a few of your solos now until the rest of the group arrives?"
     "Sure." I answered him. I stepped into the recording box and put on the headphones. When the music began I sang along. It felt so good to belt out. I finished up and went and sat next to Jay.
     "Great job Sara, that sounded great." He encouraged me as the other three walked through the door. Marie smiled at me when I looked up but I immediately lowered my eyes back down to the ground. I was pissed and everyone was made aware. We all stepped into the box to begin the day's recording session. Amit sounded great while the rest of us were just off. We were all upset and it showed in the music.
     "Stop, stop. What is wrong, you guys sound horrible. Try it again!" Jay said shaking his head and restarting the music. We began again but nothing had changed, it didn't sound good.
     "Look, I don't know what the hell is wrong with you. But the company is paying a lot of money for this studio time, and they expect me to get some tracks laid down! You guys have a tour coming up and if this record isn't cut soon, the company has the right too drop you off the label. So get your act together. I am gonna go get some coffee, when I get back this little problem better be solved!" Jay shouted. We all stared in awe as Jay's usual cheerful demeanor turned into a greedy, money-hungry business man.

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     "Look, we have to do this. We are not going to lose this contract!" Amit exclaimed looking at all of us. We stood around staring at our feet until Jay walked back into the room and sat down. The music began shortly after and we all tried singing again, but like before, our voices sounded tired and lifeless.
     "Ok, I give up! Take the day off. But when you come in here tomorrow, you have a lot of work to make up. Bye." Jay said agrily as he waved his hand at us. I walked out to my car and started the engine. I backed out and as I began driving off, Dhani jumped into the passenger seat.
     "What?" I asked in a huffy voice.
     "Sara, you now we need to talk about this." He said looking me in the eyes. I knew he was right but couldn't stand to admit it.
     "Fine, we'll talk. I walked in on you, all alone on the couch with my best friend. My two best friends together! I think that pretty much covers it, sorry if I left anything out!" I went off on him.
     "Yeah actually, you did leave something out. The fact that there was nothing going on! NOTHING! I was just tring to be her friend. Why would I go for another girl when I've got one right here that I love to be with?" He asked.
     "I don't think you understand, how much it hurt when I saw you with her. And, it made it ten times worse that it was with Marie. The two people I trusted the most." I didn't know how I had held back tears that long. But now I was crying.
     "Well, I do understand. Everytime I see you talking to another guy, smiling, laughing at his dumb jokes, it hurts. And, I am sorry for making you feel that way. But..." Dhani said stopping midsentence, "Sara, we cannot throw this away for a misunderstanding. Please forgive me. Please." I looked him in the eyes, I didn't want this to go on any longer, I just wanted it to be over so we could go back to the way things were.
     "Yeah, ok. But, can you not ever do that again please?" I asked.
     "You got it." He said leaning over and kissing me.   We drove the rest of the way home and Marie looked over the back of the couch at us as we walked through the door together. She smiled at me and gave me a wink. I rolled my eyes at her. I was still mad. I trusted her and I obviously shouldn't have. I jogged up the stairs to my room and shut the door.

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