Your 18 years old, and have a huge passion for singing. You live in a house in NYC with your best friend, Hannah Jensen who looks similar to this:
Your parents live on the other side of the country, because of personal reasons, so you don't talk much. All you've ever wanted is to become a singer, and maybe your dreams will come true. But for now, your just a photographers assistant...
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I woke up on May 19th, to the bright light shining through my window. I slowly trudged out of bed and got right into the shower. I got dressed in my work clothes and walked downstairs. Hannah was already up, making us breakfast. I sat at the kitchen counter as she fried some eggs at the stove. Hannah turned to me with a smile on her face. "Morning beautiful!"
I squeezed a smiled out of myself and spoke, "Morning!". I rested my head on my fist and watched until she was done. She set the table and we ate together as usual. Every morning, we had our little routine. I finished my breakfast and got up to leave. I went to work, did my job, and came home right away. Every Sunday, Hannah and I recorded videos of me singing and her playing the guitar and uploaded them to YouTube. We had become very popular over the past few years and our fans were helping get the word out. I sat down at my laptop and waited for Hannah to get her guitar. She came to sit next to me and strummed a few chords. We introduced ourselves and she started playing. I sang my heart out as usual, and we soon enough finished the video. I sighed from being a bit more tired than usual.
"Well this was a good week!" I smiled at her as she set her guitar back on the stand and came to sit next to me.
"I gotta admit, it was pretty great. Today actually hasn't been that bad." She smiled at me and we sat there for a laugh for a little while. I felt my phone vibrate a bit and checked it right away. It was an email. I opened it right away and read it before even looking at who it was from.
(YN):
As you recall, your videos online have been becoming very famous. You and Hannah are known all over the globe for what you do, your voice is amazing and I'd like to hear you live. If you could please email me back and we could meet soon, maybe even tomorrow while I'm in New York. Thanks.
-Simon
Simon? Who was Simon? I looked at the sender and it was Simon Cowell. SIMON COWELL WAS EMAILING ME? I started to have a mini heart attack and Hannah had to calm me down.
"Dude, calm your tits, what's wrong?!" She shook me and I had to catch my breath before saying a word to her. I was so excited, and freaked out, and something told me that it was a scam, but even if it was, I could still go and see. I basically yelled in Hannah's face.
"Simon Cowell just e-mailed me about our videos! He's seen them and he wants to meet us tomorrow!"
Her jaw dropped and I could see that she was excited also. She stood up along with me and we were nearly bouncing off the walls from excitement.
"WELL DON"T WASTE TIME! E-MAIL HIM BACK!"
"OKAY OKAY CALM". I grabbed my laptop and logged on. I e-mailed Simon back telling him that I'd love to meet with him and we set a time and place. We were meeting tomorrow at 9:00am. I wanted to just sleep now so that I could wake up and go already! Lucky for us, it was getting late, so we headed to bed. I threw on a big t-shirt and hopped in bed. Hannah went to bed in her room and we both feel asleep with smiles on our faces...
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I woke up the next morning and stretched. It was 7:30 and I ran into Hannah's room and jumped on her bed. I screamed in her face and she flinched some, "HANNAH! HANNAH! GET UP! TODAY'S THE DAY!"
She groaned and tried to push me off but I sat on top of her. She soon enough smiled at me and I smiled back. "Okay, get off and I'll get up!"
I got off of her and ran back into my room. I got in the shower and practiced singing. I felt so amazing today! I got out of the shower and put on this outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/nothing_much/set?id=71080269.
I walked out of the bathroom to see Hannah waiting for you on the couch. It was already 8:30 so we had to leave, like now. I grabbed my purse and yelled for Hannah.
"Hannah! WE GOTS TA GO NOW!"
"ALRIGHT ALRIGHT!"
She got up from the couch and we walked out of the door, dancing a happy dance. We got in the car and drove to the private studio we were meeting him in. I was overly joyous but so nervous. Simon seemed very strict about who he liked and who he didn't. What if he didn't like me in person? I tried to throw those thoughts out of my head and focus on the positive things. We pulled into the empty parking lot and I took a deep breath before stepping out of the car. We started towards the door and butterflies arose in my stomach. We followed the directions to the room and Simon and a few others were already there. We walked in and he stood up to greet us. "Hello, you must be (YN) and Hannah. It's nice to meet you both.", he said as he held out his hand and greeted us.
"Hi!" I tried to say it in the most calm way possible.
We shook hands and then Hannah and I sat on a nearby couch. My butterflies soon went away when I became comfortable about the whole situation.
"So, (YN), you obviously know why I've called you here today." Simon crossed his arms as he sat back.
"Yes, and I'd like to thank you so much for this opportunity. It's a pleasure." He gave me a short smiled and I did the same back.
"Well, I personally think that you've got what it takes to pursue the career of being a professional singer. Can you sing for me?"
"Of course!"
Hannah sat in patience as I took a few breaths before starting my song. I sang Unfaithful by Rihanna and I gave it my all. I tried not to look Simon in the eye so that I wouldn't feel insecure about myself. I finished the part and took a look at everybody in the room and smiled. I wasn't sure what they thought, but Simon had a thinking expression on his face. He nodded silently as he watched me.
"Did you like it?" I stared back at Simon as he evaluated everything. What did he think?....
-Ana.
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