Not Intended
5 - Better In Time
"Wow," I said as I stared into the full length mirror.
"I look.." I trailed off not knowing what to say. Clarence's petite appeared over my shoulder.
"Amazing, hot, sexy, sophisticated, young," she said finishing for me. I laughed and turned around to hug her.
"Oh my god, thank you!" I squealed. I followed her out of my dressing room. Daniel was waiting at my station.
"Hey, I'm going to go out and find a good seat and watch you do amazing! Good luck hottie," Clarence said while squeezing my butt through the dress. I laughed and head over to Daniel.
"Ah, you look amazing. Your dresser did a nice job matching the atmosphere of the song," he said, his heavy accent flowing through my ears. I smiled and thanked him. We went over some key points in the song for about ten minutes.
"You'll do great," he said while patting my leg. I smiled at him and looked over my shoulder. All the contestants were looking in the mirror touching up their outfits and makeup.
"Why isn't anyone else's coach here going over their songs? Is this allowed?" I asked him. He nodded his head.
"Yes, it's allowed. I guess, I'm just dedicated to my singer," he said. I hugged him.
"I really appreciate this," I said.
"Don't worry, but you better get going. Good luck, but I'm sure you won't need it, love," he said while walking away. I took a deep breathe before following the others. I spotted Sarah and headed over to her. She was wearing a red, lace dress matched with dark teal accessories.
"Sarah! You look wonderful," I gawked. She turned around and took in my outfit,
"Don't even get my going on you," she said. Before I could reply, the director shouted over us.
"Okay, we are going on in three. Tom, the host, will ask you all questions. So you girls will sit on the couch, boys, you will stand behind the couch. Got it?" We all grumbled our responses. Everyone was silent for a moment, this was it. This was our time to shine.
"You're on!" the director yelled. We all walked out on the stage.
"Now, lets say hello to our contestants," Tom said as the hug crowd applauded loudly. I smiled and waved at the crowd. Us girls sat down on the couches. There was two full couches and a single couch. Since there was no room left, I took the single couch. Adam, another boy in the competition stood behind me. Tom begun to ask the others questions. I zoned out, because I was practicing my breathing patterns like Daniel recommended.
"Last, but definitely not least, Delphine Smith!" Tom said excitedly. I smiled at him. The crowd cheered loudly.
"Hello everyone," I giggled into the microphone the girl next to me gave to me.
"Now, first off let me say you look wonderful," Britney interrupted the interview thing. Demi nodded along. I smiled at her.
"Aw, thank you Britney! You look amazing yourself," I said with a sweet tone. Tom laughed a little.
"Well alright, your first question. This one came from a girl named Lillie. She asked, what is it like in Florida? Is it a lot different from London?" Tom repeated. I nodded my head.
"Yes it is very different. Florida is amazing. The water is warm year round, the skies are always blue, the tropical fish are amazing, the people are great. London on the other hand is very so different. I actually have to wear something other than bikinis," I said causing the crowd to laugh loudly. Harry smirked at me. It was the first time I actually looked at him. His attire was casual, like always.
"But, I love London. It is an amazing city," I told Tom while tearing my eyes away from Harry's.
"The next question is from Lauren. She asked who is your celebrity crush," Tom repeated reading off the cards in his hand. The crowd 'ooed' and 'awed'. I giggled a little by their reactions.
"Hmm, that's a really hard one," I said thinking. I nervously took my hair behind my ear.
"Need so help," Demi asked me with a laughed. I smiled and nodded, the crowd shushed down. Demi turned to her right to look at Harry.
"What abut Harry?" She asked. Harry turned to me and winked at me. I felt a blush rush to my cheeks.
"I think we will take that as a yes," Simon chuckled. I covered my cheeks and laughed. The crowd laughed along too.
"C'mon admit it Delphine," Harry teased.
"Fine, whatever. I have a crush on Harry Styles," I said sarcastically. Simon laughed and reached over to pat Harry on the back. Harry flicked his hair and looked at my with dark eyes. I lowered my gaze to the ground.
"Alright, that's all we have for questions! Thank you fans for submitting those! Now we will get on with the show. Judges, just as a reminder. You will be choosing your teams tomorrow, so keep a close eye. And for you singers, do your best!" Tom said excitedly. All of us got up from our seats and sat down on the couches to the side of the stage.
I waited nervously, listening to the judges criticizing the other's songs. I realized my name was called and slowly rose up from my seat. The crowd cheered as I moved to the stage.
"Alright, I will be singing Better In Time by Leona Lewis. Harry choose this for me by the way," I said into the microphone. I sat down on the piano that was rolled out and put the mic in the holder so I could play. What was going to be different about my performance from anyone else's, it that mine was just me. Daniel and I decided on specifically no back ups, not other instruments, just me. Daniel told me that it was best not to read off the sheet music and play it from there. He told me to play it by ear, and to make it my own in a way. We listened to the song over and over again so that I got it. I took a deep breathe, and sang the song. >
The crowd erupted into applauds as I stood up from the piano and stood in front of the judges.
HARRY'S POV
She stood up from the piano and walked nervously towards cent stage. She looked amazing. How she could manage to turn me on in a long elegant gown? I don't even know.
"Uh, Simon go first," I ushered. He nodded his head.
"Just wow," he said causing everyone to laugh. "That was amazing. I liked your personal touch. Did you buy sheet music for that?" She nervously gripped her mic while digging her foot into the ground.
"Nope, I just went along by ear," she explained. Simon sat back in his chair and smiled.
"Wow," was all he managed to say. Demi laughed and leaned into her mic.
"I think he's trying to say that you did phenomenal, fantastic, amazing, wonderful, perfect!" she said naming off words that were all true. Delphine's smile grew wide on her face.
"Thank you so much," she said repeatedly.
"Good job. You are going placed Delphine, you are going places," Britney said. I let the crowd scream their heads off for another moment and went on. Her eyes stared into mine.
"That was speechless, love. I liked how you took a different route to this performance. Ding that without any back up was daring. I loved it," I said simply while winking at her. Tom came out and ushered Delphine to backstage.
"And that was the show for today ladies and gentlemen," he said. With that, the cameras turned off and the crowd cheered again.
"I would sign a record with her right now," Simon said while turning to Demi and I.
"That was a pretty swell job," I agreed. I moved from my seat and walked back stage with Demi. I spotted Delphine right away. She was kicking her heels off and bending over her phone heading into her dressing room. I was making my way towards her when someone stepped in front of me. An average height, blond girl stood in front of me.
"Um, hi?" I said. She smiled at and placed her hands on her hips.
"How did you think I did tonight Harry?" she asked whilst biting her lip. I looked over her shoulder to see Delphine gone. Damn. I stared at the girl in front of me. Her name was Kim; I was pretty sure. She sung a Taylor Swift song. It was actually pretty good, maybe even better than Taylor herself.
"You did great, keep up the good work," I said with a smile. She fluttered her eyes at me and took a step closer to me. I took a step back.
"Uhh, I have to go," I said awkwardly and went to Delphine's dressing room. I knocked on the door, but there was no answer..
DELPHINE'S POV
I hurriedly changed into normal clothes and ran out of the building to a taxi that was waiting. I told him the address that Jonah said he would be at. I looked at my watch. I was running a little late, like always. After about ten minutes, I hopped out of the taxi and walked into the beautiful public park. I spotted Jonah sitting at one of the benches. I walked over to him and sat by him.
"Sorry I'm late," I said while kissing his cheek. He shrugged.
"So, how was your da-" I started to say, but he cut me off.
"I'm going home tomorrow morning," he said while staring in front of him. I thought my heart stopped for a second.
"Wh-what?" I asked second guessing my hearing.
"You heard me. I can't stay in London with you anymore," he breathed out shakily. I stiffened a little, he couldn't leave me here.
"Why? Things won't work out Jonah. This competition goes on for a long time. You're just going to leave me here? What about us?" I asked shocked. He placed his head in his hands and stayed silent for a long moment.
"That's the point, there is going to be no 'us' anymore," he said. I felt a unwanted tear release from my eye. I opened my mouth, but nothing came out.
"When I get home, I'm moving out. Things aren't working out," he said. I stood up from the bench. Why was this happening.
"And where the hell would you go then?" I asked, more tears flowing out of my eyes.
"I'm moving in with someone else in upstate Florida. I found someone new," he said lowly. I brought my hands to my mouth.
"You cheated on me?" I croaked. He still didn't look at me in the eye.
"I don't need you anymore." Those were the words that just came out of his mouth. It felt as if a huge weight of emotion dropped in my chest. My heart sped up and was now, what felt like, beating a million times per second. The brown eyes that once looked upon me with love; with want, looked up into mine. His face was emotionless, which just made everything worse. Fuck. I loved him. But I always refused to say it. I didn't want o get hurt.
"You said you loved me," I said wearily. My mind automatically replayed all the past events of us. His eyes didn't move away from mine.
"She's better for me. You're just not enough," he said looking down at the ground again. He didn't have one hint of disappointment in his face. Reluctantly, I nodded my head knowing I couldn't change anything about his decision. I wiped the tears that lay on my cheeks and walked away from him.
"I look.." I trailed off not knowing what to say. Clarence's petite appeared over my shoulder.
"Amazing, hot, sexy, sophisticated, young," she said finishing for me. I laughed and turned around to hug her.
"Oh my god, thank you!" I squealed. I followed her out of my dressing room. Daniel was waiting at my station.
"Hey, I'm going to go out and find a good seat and watch you do amazing! Good luck hottie," Clarence said while squeezing my butt through the dress. I laughed and head over to Daniel.
"Ah, you look amazing. Your dresser did a nice job matching the atmosphere of the song," he said, his heavy accent flowing through my ears. I smiled and thanked him. We went over some key points in the song for about ten minutes.
"You'll do great," he said while patting my leg. I smiled at him and looked over my shoulder. All the contestants were looking in the mirror touching up their outfits and makeup.
"Why isn't anyone else's coach here going over their songs? Is this allowed?" I asked him. He nodded his head.
"Yes, it's allowed. I guess, I'm just dedicated to my singer," he said. I hugged him.
"I really appreciate this," I said.
"Don't worry, but you better get going. Good luck, but I'm sure you won't need it, love," he said while walking away. I took a deep breathe before following the others. I spotted Sarah and headed over to her. She was wearing a red, lace dress matched with dark teal accessories.
"Sarah! You look wonderful," I gawked. She turned around and took in my outfit,
"Don't even get my going on you," she said. Before I could reply, the director shouted over us.
"Okay, we are going on in three. Tom, the host, will ask you all questions. So you girls will sit on the couch, boys, you will stand behind the couch. Got it?" We all grumbled our responses. Everyone was silent for a moment, this was it. This was our time to shine.
"You're on!" the director yelled. We all walked out on the stage.
"Now, lets say hello to our contestants," Tom said as the hug crowd applauded loudly. I smiled and waved at the crowd. Us girls sat down on the couches. There was two full couches and a single couch. Since there was no room left, I took the single couch. Adam, another boy in the competition stood behind me. Tom begun to ask the others questions. I zoned out, because I was practicing my breathing patterns like Daniel recommended.
"Last, but definitely not least, Delphine Smith!" Tom said excitedly. I smiled at him. The crowd cheered loudly.
"Hello everyone," I giggled into the microphone the girl next to me gave to me.
"Now, first off let me say you look wonderful," Britney interrupted the interview thing. Demi nodded along. I smiled at her.
"Aw, thank you Britney! You look amazing yourself," I said with a sweet tone. Tom laughed a little.
"Well alright, your first question. This one came from a girl named Lillie. She asked, what is it like in Florida? Is it a lot different from London?" Tom repeated. I nodded my head.
"Yes it is very different. Florida is amazing. The water is warm year round, the skies are always blue, the tropical fish are amazing, the people are great. London on the other hand is very so different. I actually have to wear something other than bikinis," I said causing the crowd to laugh loudly. Harry smirked at me. It was the first time I actually looked at him. His attire was casual, like always.
"But, I love London. It is an amazing city," I told Tom while tearing my eyes away from Harry's.
"The next question is from Lauren. She asked who is your celebrity crush," Tom repeated reading off the cards in his hand. The crowd 'ooed' and 'awed'. I giggled a little by their reactions.
"Hmm, that's a really hard one," I said thinking. I nervously took my hair behind my ear.
"Need so help," Demi asked me with a laughed. I smiled and nodded, the crowd shushed down. Demi turned to her right to look at Harry.
"What abut Harry?" She asked. Harry turned to me and winked at me. I felt a blush rush to my cheeks.
"I think we will take that as a yes," Simon chuckled. I covered my cheeks and laughed. The crowd laughed along too.
"C'mon admit it Delphine," Harry teased.
"Fine, whatever. I have a crush on Harry Styles," I said sarcastically. Simon laughed and reached over to pat Harry on the back. Harry flicked his hair and looked at my with dark eyes. I lowered my gaze to the ground.
"Alright, that's all we have for questions! Thank you fans for submitting those! Now we will get on with the show. Judges, just as a reminder. You will be choosing your teams tomorrow, so keep a close eye. And for you singers, do your best!" Tom said excitedly. All of us got up from our seats and sat down on the couches to the side of the stage.
I waited nervously, listening to the judges criticizing the other's songs. I realized my name was called and slowly rose up from my seat. The crowd cheered as I moved to the stage.
"Alright, I will be singing Better In Time by Leona Lewis. Harry choose this for me by the way," I said into the microphone. I sat down on the piano that was rolled out and put the mic in the holder so I could play. What was going to be different about my performance from anyone else's, it that mine was just me. Daniel and I decided on specifically no back ups, not other instruments, just me. Daniel told me that it was best not to read off the sheet music and play it from there. He told me to play it by ear, and to make it my own in a way. We listened to the song over and over again so that I got it. I took a deep breathe, and sang the song. >
The crowd erupted into applauds as I stood up from the piano and stood in front of the judges.
HARRY'S POV
She stood up from the piano and walked nervously towards cent stage. She looked amazing. How she could manage to turn me on in a long elegant gown? I don't even know.
"Uh, Simon go first," I ushered. He nodded his head.
"Just wow," he said causing everyone to laugh. "That was amazing. I liked your personal touch. Did you buy sheet music for that?" She nervously gripped her mic while digging her foot into the ground.
"Nope, I just went along by ear," she explained. Simon sat back in his chair and smiled.
"Wow," was all he managed to say. Demi laughed and leaned into her mic.
"I think he's trying to say that you did phenomenal, fantastic, amazing, wonderful, perfect!" she said naming off words that were all true. Delphine's smile grew wide on her face.
"Thank you so much," she said repeatedly.
"Good job. You are going placed Delphine, you are going places," Britney said. I let the crowd scream their heads off for another moment and went on. Her eyes stared into mine.
"That was speechless, love. I liked how you took a different route to this performance. Ding that without any back up was daring. I loved it," I said simply while winking at her. Tom came out and ushered Delphine to backstage.
"And that was the show for today ladies and gentlemen," he said. With that, the cameras turned off and the crowd cheered again.
"I would sign a record with her right now," Simon said while turning to Demi and I.
"That was a pretty swell job," I agreed. I moved from my seat and walked back stage with Demi. I spotted Delphine right away. She was kicking her heels off and bending over her phone heading into her dressing room. I was making my way towards her when someone stepped in front of me. An average height, blond girl stood in front of me.
"Um, hi?" I said. She smiled at and placed her hands on her hips.
"How did you think I did tonight Harry?" she asked whilst biting her lip. I looked over her shoulder to see Delphine gone. Damn. I stared at the girl in front of me. Her name was Kim; I was pretty sure. She sung a Taylor Swift song. It was actually pretty good, maybe even better than Taylor herself.
"You did great, keep up the good work," I said with a smile. She fluttered her eyes at me and took a step closer to me. I took a step back.
"Uhh, I have to go," I said awkwardly and went to Delphine's dressing room. I knocked on the door, but there was no answer..
DELPHINE'S POV
I hurriedly changed into normal clothes and ran out of the building to a taxi that was waiting. I told him the address that Jonah said he would be at. I looked at my watch. I was running a little late, like always. After about ten minutes, I hopped out of the taxi and walked into the beautiful public park. I spotted Jonah sitting at one of the benches. I walked over to him and sat by him.
"Sorry I'm late," I said while kissing his cheek. He shrugged.
"So, how was your da-" I started to say, but he cut me off.
"I'm going home tomorrow morning," he said while staring in front of him. I thought my heart stopped for a second.
"Wh-what?" I asked second guessing my hearing.
"You heard me. I can't stay in London with you anymore," he breathed out shakily. I stiffened a little, he couldn't leave me here.
"Why? Things won't work out Jonah. This competition goes on for a long time. You're just going to leave me here? What about us?" I asked shocked. He placed his head in his hands and stayed silent for a long moment.
"That's the point, there is going to be no 'us' anymore," he said. I felt a unwanted tear release from my eye. I opened my mouth, but nothing came out.
"When I get home, I'm moving out. Things aren't working out," he said. I stood up from the bench. Why was this happening.
"And where the hell would you go then?" I asked, more tears flowing out of my eyes.
"I'm moving in with someone else in upstate Florida. I found someone new," he said lowly. I brought my hands to my mouth.
"You cheated on me?" I croaked. He still didn't look at me in the eye.
"I don't need you anymore." Those were the words that just came out of his mouth. It felt as if a huge weight of emotion dropped in my chest. My heart sped up and was now, what felt like, beating a million times per second. The brown eyes that once looked upon me with love; with want, looked up into mine. His face was emotionless, which just made everything worse. Fuck. I loved him. But I always refused to say it. I didn't want o get hurt.
"You said you loved me," I said wearily. My mind automatically replayed all the past events of us. His eyes didn't move away from mine.
"She's better for me. You're just not enough," he said looking down at the ground again. He didn't have one hint of disappointment in his face. Reluctantly, I nodded my head knowing I couldn't change anything about his decision. I wiped the tears that lay on my cheeks and walked away from him.
Notes
The cover of the song that Delphine sings: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ty1SRTrTMwI&feature=relateddelphines outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/chapter_live_show/set?id=78195492
sarahs outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/sarahs_outfit_live_show_ch/set?id=78365289
sorry it took me so long. Stayed up all night for you guys. Hope you all love this. Feedback would be well appreciated! Thank you for reading :)
7/31/13