| �Don�t be nervous,� I told her. She smiled at me and the lights dimmed. We heard the clapping and the lights came on all five of us. �A desktop/ A tree trunks/ Stacks of letters in satin bows/ These are the ways of love you chose/ Chorus : This lonely heart now all yours/ The only one that adores/ Words of love spoken so true/ Letters of love that come from you�.� We let Jennifer take the chorus and Shannon and Megan took the lead for the next verse. Shannon joined Jennifer for a few bars of playing, before she stopped. �Notebook paper/ A postcard or two/ Reminds of all the reasons that I love you/ Repeat Chorus/ A little note on the pillow everyday/ Tells me of where your heart lays�.� The spot where the chorus fades, we just let Jennifer play as we walked back to our instruments. We quickly took off the long dresses we were wearing to the short outfits we were wearing underneath. We stopped playing and changed. She closed her eyes, her fingers moving swiftly over the keys. She smiled at me and I nodded my head. I hit the head of the drum and she stopped. �Are you ready to party?� Terri yelled. I smirked and jumped right into the beat of �Bad Girls�. �Bad girls/ Talking about the sad girls/ Sad girls/ Talking about bad (bad, bad, bad, bad) girls, yeah/ See them out on the street at night, walkin�/ Picking up on all kinds of strangers/ If the price is right/ You can't score if you're pocket's tight/ But you want a good time/ You ask yourself, who they are/ Like everybody else, they come from near and far�.� Terri smiled out into the crowd as she started clapping her hands, getting the crowd going. �Bad girls/ Talking about the sad girls/ Sad girls/ Talking about bad (bad, bad, bad, bad) girls, yeah/ Friday night and the strip is hot (hot)/ Sun's gone down and they're out to trot/ Spirit's high and legs look hot/ Do you wanna get down?/ Now don't you ask yourself, who they are?/ Like everybody else, they wanna be a star�� Shannon wrapped the vocals off that verse and stopped playing just to clap her hands along with Terri. �Bad Girls, Sad Girls, you such a dirty bad girl/ You bad girl you sad girl/ You such a dirty bad girl/ Now you and me we're both the same/ But you call yourself by different names/ Now your mama won't like it when she finds out/ That her girl is out at night�.� Both Jennifer and Megan played the bass, letting the riffs go through the place and bouncing off the walls. It sounded hot and they both got into it. I fixed my mouth piece and cleared my throat, getting ready. �Hey, mister, have you got a dime?/ Mister, do you want to spent some time? Oh, yeah/ I got what you want, you got what I need/ I'll be your baby, come and spend it on me�� We all got into and repeated the chorus another two times before we just let it fade off, the music dying first. We stood up and did a quick bow and walked off the stage. �Do you think we were really bad for recording that song?� Shannon asked. �Yeah, but it�s loads of fun!� I said, laughing. We walked towards the dressing room and I walked into mine. I was about to flick the light on, when someone else did it. �I thought I told you not to play that song?� I stared hard at my brother as he sat there on my couch. �We wanted to. Sides, Meshelle told us to play it.� �The song you just released is fine. Damn it Theresa, I�m sick of watching out for you.� �Than don�t. I know you want to protect me, but get off your fuckin� high horse already. I�ve been in the game now for a year and a half. Meshelle knows what she�s doing.� �But I�m your brother, remember? Promised mom I would look out for you.� �Do not try to run my life. You have yours, keep it that way.� I turned my back on him and he quickly grabbed my arm. �You changed so much since we were younger.� �As you have. You once were sweet, making sure I didn�t do anything. Now you�re trying to run my life.� �Is that how you see it?� �Yeah. Why not try to talk to me about what to release. Or why not take some precious time out of your fuckin� busy ass schedule and write a song with me? But no, you have your woman and other shit to do. Family seems to be that bottom of the list.� �What�s up?� �What makes you think something is up?� I heard a knock on my door and sighed. �Who is it?� �Shannon girl, are you almost ready?� �Yeah girl. Just, give me a second.� �Kay.� I heard her heels clicking as she walked way. �I need to go.� �No, something is on your mind. What is it?� I glanced into his eyes and sighed. �Nothing you would understand.� I pulled away from him and walked to my door. I glanced back at him and smiled. I walked out the door and took my seat next to Howie. �How do you explain to a man that was your brother that you needed to talk to him? That you needed to talk to someone? The man you loved is hardly home, always with his family or friends. Your friends are usually busy. And your brother is just the same.� I sighed, not knowing what to do or what to think. �Welcome back to TRL. Guess what? We promised we would talk to you about the hot group, Trinity and they made a new video. Ladies, welcome back.� We all bid our �hellos� and �thank yous�. �So, tell me, why this song?� �Why �Love Letters?� Terri asked. �It�s a very powerful love ballad for us. We all take leads and the only one playing is Jennifer. Just a song to show the people that we do it all. Song write, sing, and play.� �Is this the only song you guys wrote?� �Not at all Carson. We did like another seven. I�m just not all to sure we�re going to release them,� Megan said. �Why is that?� �We leave for tour tomorrow, that�s going to take a while, and we�re heading right into the recording studio. So, it�s sorta up in the air if we want to send out another one. It�s a lot of promotion,� I said. �We want another album out too,� Shannon said. �In a tough place. Well, let�s get to the premiere of Trinity�s latest video, �Love Letters�.� We waved to the fans and watched as the video came on. A few minutes later it was over and Carson turned to us. �Wow, that song is great and I love the video. That�s just, wow, is the best way I can describe it. I can tell the fans are going to like it already.� �Thanks Carson,� Jennifer said. �Well you ladies take care and be safe over seas. We�ll be right back with our number one requested video.� We thanked him once again and left for the airport. |
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