"How did it go?" Tyler asks as he pours some drink in my glass.

"Well, I told him off and tried my hardest to not create a scene. Also, I kind of lost my chance to sing and play keyboards," I reply back as I take a sip of my drink.

I look around and see that everyone is having a blast. They are talking, laughing, drinking and having fun.

"Just make things right with him I guess. It can be your huge break," Ian says dryly as Tyler pours his favorite bourbon into his glass.

I scoff and just chuckle dryly. "What you're suggesting basically is apologizing to that little shit."

"Yeah," he says in a duh tone.

"She has never apologized for anything to anyone. What makes him so different?" Tyler replies for me and I throw a smile at him.

"I mean you could put your ego to the side and make an exemption this time," Ian continues.

I look at him, trying to examine him. He doesn't give into his emotions easily and always has a stern face, like he does now.

I tilt my head sideways and continue. "Did someone piss in your bourbon tonight?"

He chokes on his bourbon and others chuckle around me. "Why are you being so negative about this?" I ask and wait for him to answer.

Then I remember something I did quite some time back. "Don't tell me you're still mad at me for ruining your pretty little house in 5th grade and not apologizing for it."

He doesn't respond and looks into space as if he's spacing out. I look at Kate and back at him who tries hard to cover his embarrassed face.

"Are you serious?" I almost exclaim and chuckle. "Aww Ian, you're so cute. I mean you knew me, you should never expect me to apologize."

His face flushed as if someone just asked him to bang them. I make him face me by cupping his cheeks in my hands.

"I'm sorry Ian, is that any better?" I ask and his frown quickly turns into a smile revealing his dimples and perfect set of teeth.

I let go of his cheeks and take a sip of my drink while he just looked at me with a small smile on his face. I flash a big smile to which he just chuckled and looked away.

"Well, anyways I'm not apologizing to him so if he wants something he can come to me and apologize I guess," I tell Tyler and he starts to think of something.

"I have an idea," Tyler almost shouts about his half-cooked plan in his head.

"I already don't like the sound of it," I reply back and laugh as Kate and others join me.

"Whatever Vee, you'll love it," he says and I continue listening to him.

"Alright, I'm all ears," I tell him as all of us listen to what he has to say.

"As this is violet's party why don't we spice it up a little and do a talent show thing where everyone shows off their own talents and Vee can sing," Tyler suggests and we give him a are-you-stupid look.

"That is your plan? How is that gonna help me get my big break?" I ask and Tyler rolls his eyes.

"I didn't quite finish my sentence there, did I?" Tyler asks and I shut my mouth to listen to him.

"So, what I was saying is that when you sing in front of everyone then that photographer dude will definitely listen to your beautiful voice and maybe he'll also consider taking you in," Tyler suggest and I think about it.

If that little shit does like my singing then he might just take me in. Also, he'll be the first one to apologize so I won't have to do it. Perfect!

"It's actually not a bad idea Ty, thanks," I say and give Tyler a hug as we all get out of the pool. I put my cardigan on again and fix my hair.

"Hey guys, can I get your guys' attention please?" Violet almost screams to get everyone's full attention.

Everyone stops what they are doing and the talking dies soon after. "Alright, why don't we make this party fun by having a talent show. It's just a small gesture for all of you with special talents," violet starts and looks at me and I flash a smile at her.

"Sounds litt," one of the drunk guys says and others join in.

"Yeah."

"Sounds great."

"That's hella awesome."

"Bro, you're wasted," a guy tells another guy and people chuckle surround them.

"Well, who's up first?" Violet asks and everyone forms a circle and many people show off their dance moves.

One of the dudes literally does the splits so hard that his pants have a hole them now. Thank the gods that it's only his pants and not something else.

Another girl does weird things with her tongue. It's like she doesn't have a tongue but some sort of a wrapper in her mouth.

Some other girl does a cartwheel on her elbows. How is that even possible? Geez, these people got talent.

After them many others did some crazy weird dances, stretches and things. Just things in general.

Finally, no one stepped up and violet suggested that I got. "How about Venus now?" Violet shouted and everybody cheered.

I look at Kate who grabs my guitar and gives it to me. "Thanks," I reply and she smiles.

I sit down on one of the chairs and wrap the guitar around me. I fix the strings and clear my throat.

"Well, I can't sing you my original songs but I can definitely try to sing my Queen's song. Here's Halo by Beyoncé," I say and they all cheer and clap.

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After the song completed, I see many people loving it. "Thank you."

I walk back down to my friends and they all hug me. As always they talk in unison.

Kate: that was amazing babe.

Chris: damn you're like Beyoncé 2.0

Violet: talk about a 'about to be a star'

Tyler: honey, you rocked that song

Ian: that was truly amazing

"Aww, thank you guys," I reply and hug them back.

Just as we sit down and watch some other people's talents, someone approaches me.

"That wasn't a bad performance after all," Cayson says as he takes a seat next to me on the chair.

"What do you want?" I ask, totally uninterested in what he says.

"Well, my offer still stands about the girl singer and guess you don't have to audition for it anymore. If you want to, you're in," he suggests and I contain my excitement inside of me.

Does he even sing good, or is he just bluffing?

"I can sing," he replies to my thought. "If you don't believe me, which I know you don't, you can ask our own music teacher. I kickstarted Justin's concert in California."

I look at Kate and before I even look she is already flashing a smile. "Go for it," she mouths.

"How can I know for sure that you won't leave me hanging after we get famous or some shit?" I ask and he smiles.

He pulls out some papers from his backpack and hands them to me. It is apparently a contract of 5 years. If I'm in, I'm in for good.

"You serious?" I ask and he nods.

"This is a win-win situation Stavish. If you'd like to get your big break then this is perfect for you and as the contract states, we will be in until five years for good," he replies and I read the rest of the contract.

He pulls out a pen out of his bag and hands it to me. "I'm serious about this Stavish, you in?"

I sigh deeply and look at my friends who give me go-for-it look. Hopefully I don't regret my decision.

"Sure why the hell not? I don't see a reason to say no to this," I reply as I sign off on the contract.

"Well, welcome aboard partner," Cayson winks before leaving with the contract papers.

"Damn, you're about to be signed off," Kate says and I have this huge smile glued to my face.

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