“Excuse me?” I asked Edward.

“I said, you’re up next.” He grinned down at me.

“Oh, no, no, no. Not alone!”

“Bella, you’ll be amazing like before.”

“But before I had Alice and Rose.”

“Only for the chorus. You sang the verse alone, and you were more than perfect!”

“Drama king.” I muttered. Knowing full well he could hear me.

He laughed lightly.

“Bella. It’s not a big deal. Look Angela isn’t freaking out.”

I hadn’t even realized that Angela was up there singing, “Outside Looking In” by Jorden Pruitt.

Wow. She had an amazing voice.

“Oh, well whatever.” I said. Edward knew he had won, he smiled and I melted.

“Fine!” I finally gave in. I then pouted.

“Oh, don’t be mad.” Edward told me, taking my chin and pulling it up so that our eyes met.

“Just look at me and it will be fine.” He told me. That was true.

I heard the applause for Angela.

“I guess that’s my cue.” I told Edward.

“Yeah.” He then bent down and kissed me quickly.

“You’ll be perfect.” He told me. I smiled, and walked to the stage. Alice was talking to the DJ, and she turned to grin at me before trying to persuade the DJ to do whatever song she had picked out for me.

I passed Angela as I walked on stage.

“You were amazing, Angela!” I told her. She smiled. She looked ill.

“Thanks! Good luck.”

“Thanks.” I walked to the mic on stage and took a deep breathe of air. I looked up timidly, and saw Edward in the front row, smiling encouragingly.

I grabbed the mic, the music started and I sang.

“Oh, oh, oh, aoh
oh, yeah, yeah
oh, oh, oh, aoh
la, da, da, da, da

the way you say it's a beautiful day when the rain comes down, down, down
down, down, down, down
and I don't care if we don't go nowhere as long as you're around, 'round, 'round, yeah”

Wow. Alice had picked out a very good song! It sounded just like the way I felt about Edward.

“No one's gonna break this stride.
we walkin' side by side
we ride, we ride