Broken Homes and Broken Hearts
Chapter 2
*Serenity's POV*
"I can't believe we're about to perform in front of all those people," I looked at Roxy who was staring off into space for the millionth time today. I don't know what's gotten into her. It probably has to do with Jake, and I have no clue why she won't tell me what's going on. She keeps putting it off and saying she'll tell me later. "Roxy!" I finally broke her out of her daze.
"What?"
"We need to do some vocal warm-ups."
"Alright. Which one should we start off with?" I started to do an old vocal excercise that our old middle school chorus teacher taught us, and she joined in. People were giving us weird stares but we didn't really care. We had bigger things to worry about. After we went through a few more warm ups we heard our names being called.
"Roxy, Serenity, they're ready for you." A woman with brown hair fake smiled at us.
"I can tell she hates her job," Roxy mumbled to me. I chuckled a little at her joke but I was nervous as hell on the inside. I think Roxy noticed it, too, because when she saw my face she gave me a reassuring nod. When we got on stage we saw all four judges sitting there with huge smiles on their faces. Well, all except Simon of course.
"Hello," Paulina greeted Roxy and I as we walked onto the stage.
"Hi!" we both said in unison.
"You two are so cute! What are your names?" Demi asked us. God, she was so pretty in person.
"I'm Serenity Matthews."
"And I'm Roxanne Green, but you can call me Roxy."
"And what will you be singing today?" I heard Simon finally speak up.
"Thinking About You by Frank Ocean," I told them. We decided to stick with something smooth for the first audition.
"Alright. Let's hear it," said Kelly before the music began to play. I started the first verse because I could hit the lower notes better, and Roxy could hit the higher notes. When the pre-chorus started we both began to sing, and Roxy took over at the chorus for obvious reasons. That was all they let us sing before Simon raised his hand, signaling them to turn off the music. Everyone in the crowd was giving us positive feedback but the judges opinions were the only ones that really mattered.
I looked at Roxy for the first time since the song started, and she looked like she was going to puke.
"I'll have to admit, even though it wasn't an upbeat song, you girls did amazing," Kelly started. Me and Roxy started squealing like a heard of fan girls.
"Let's go ahead and vote!" said Demi. "I'll give them a yes!"
"It's a yes!" said Paulina. There is no way on Earth...
"It's a yes from me too girls," said Kelly. Even though we've already made it, Simon's opinion meant the most to me.
"...I'll have to agree with the girls. It's a definite yes," those we the words I've been waiting to hear all my life. I ran to my best friend with tears and my eyes and hugged her.
"Thank you so much!" Roxy said before we ran off stage to call our moms. The phone only rang twice before my mom picked up.
"Annndd???" she asked eagerly.
"We got through!"
"I knew you two could do it. You better start to prepare for boot camp."
"I know. This is gonna be crazy."
"Alright, as much as I'd like to keep celebrating with you, I have chores to do since you're not here. Love you!"
"Love you too, Mom. Bye" I said before hanging up. Now I need to call my dad!
*Roxy's POV*
"Hey Rox, how'd you guys do?"
"According to Kelly, we did 'amazing'," I excitedly said to my mom.
"Oh my God, that's great!"
"I know! I'm flipping out!"
"Well I guess I better let the whole family know!"
"Mom, don't get too excited. It'd not like we've made it to the Judge's Houses. I just wish I could tell Dad.." My dad is in prison and has been for the past three years. He still has two and a half more years to serve.
"Maybe he'll call sometime soon. He'd be proud."
"Thanks, Mom. I love you. Gotta go."
"Bye Honey!" she said before hanging up.
"Come here, Boo!" that was the nickname that I gave Serenity back in middle school. "We have to post a picture on Instagram!" We've kept it a secret from everyone except our parents that we were trying out. We wanted it to be a surprise if we made it.
We snapped a cute, quick picture standing in front of the X-Factor sign with the caption "Guess who's going to boot camp?!" Within minutes we had hundreds of likes.
"I can't believe we're about to perform in front of all those people," I looked at Roxy who was staring off into space for the millionth time today. I don't know what's gotten into her. It probably has to do with Jake, and I have no clue why she won't tell me what's going on. She keeps putting it off and saying she'll tell me later. "Roxy!" I finally broke her out of her daze.
"What?"
"We need to do some vocal warm-ups."
"Alright. Which one should we start off with?" I started to do an old vocal excercise that our old middle school chorus teacher taught us, and she joined in. People were giving us weird stares but we didn't really care. We had bigger things to worry about. After we went through a few more warm ups we heard our names being called.
"Roxy, Serenity, they're ready for you." A woman with brown hair fake smiled at us.
"I can tell she hates her job," Roxy mumbled to me. I chuckled a little at her joke but I was nervous as hell on the inside. I think Roxy noticed it, too, because when she saw my face she gave me a reassuring nod. When we got on stage we saw all four judges sitting there with huge smiles on their faces. Well, all except Simon of course.
"Hello," Paulina greeted Roxy and I as we walked onto the stage.
"Hi!" we both said in unison.
"You two are so cute! What are your names?" Demi asked us. God, she was so pretty in person.
"I'm Serenity Matthews."
"And I'm Roxanne Green, but you can call me Roxy."
"And what will you be singing today?" I heard Simon finally speak up.
"Thinking About You by Frank Ocean," I told them. We decided to stick with something smooth for the first audition.
"Alright. Let's hear it," said Kelly before the music began to play. I started the first verse because I could hit the lower notes better, and Roxy could hit the higher notes. When the pre-chorus started we both began to sing, and Roxy took over at the chorus for obvious reasons. That was all they let us sing before Simon raised his hand, signaling them to turn off the music. Everyone in the crowd was giving us positive feedback but the judges opinions were the only ones that really mattered.
I looked at Roxy for the first time since the song started, and she looked like she was going to puke.
"I'll have to admit, even though it wasn't an upbeat song, you girls did amazing," Kelly started. Me and Roxy started squealing like a heard of fan girls.
"Let's go ahead and vote!" said Demi. "I'll give them a yes!"
"It's a yes!" said Paulina. There is no way on Earth...
"It's a yes from me too girls," said Kelly. Even though we've already made it, Simon's opinion meant the most to me.
"...I'll have to agree with the girls. It's a definite yes," those we the words I've been waiting to hear all my life. I ran to my best friend with tears and my eyes and hugged her.
"Thank you so much!" Roxy said before we ran off stage to call our moms. The phone only rang twice before my mom picked up.
"Annndd???" she asked eagerly.
"We got through!"
"I knew you two could do it. You better start to prepare for boot camp."
"I know. This is gonna be crazy."
"Alright, as much as I'd like to keep celebrating with you, I have chores to do since you're not here. Love you!"
"Love you too, Mom. Bye" I said before hanging up. Now I need to call my dad!
*Roxy's POV*
"Hey Rox, how'd you guys do?"
"According to Kelly, we did 'amazing'," I excitedly said to my mom.
"Oh my God, that's great!"
"I know! I'm flipping out!"
"Well I guess I better let the whole family know!"
"Mom, don't get too excited. It'd not like we've made it to the Judge's Houses. I just wish I could tell Dad.." My dad is in prison and has been for the past three years. He still has two and a half more years to serve.
"Maybe he'll call sometime soon. He'd be proud."
"Thanks, Mom. I love you. Gotta go."
"Bye Honey!" she said before hanging up.
"Come here, Boo!" that was the nickname that I gave Serenity back in middle school. "We have to post a picture on Instagram!" We've kept it a secret from everyone except our parents that we were trying out. We wanted it to be a surprise if we made it.
We snapped a cute, quick picture standing in front of the X-Factor sign with the caption "Guess who's going to boot camp?!" Within minutes we had hundreds of likes.
HI OMG JAKE UNDERWOOD, WHAT IS HIS ACTUAL NAME? BC HE IS SMOKING HOT!! *insert heart eye emoji*
7/3/14