Life As a Star
A Turn of Tables
Claire’s’ view:
“… Who do you pick to be your new mentor?” The host asked me. I felt the pressure. Harry had on his cheeky smile and I know him. He can sing very well and I like his musical choices. Niall, to my knowledge, is a drunk that kidnapped me. But I can't judge him on that for something like this, or for anything really.
“I need to know which one of you will help me to sing better.” I said into my mic confidently.
“I will.” Harry winked. He was always such a dork. He always had a joke to say, like Louis.
“Well I can honestly say your singing is average. There is always room for improvement and I'm willing to make this a forty-sixty team work.” Niall said. He sounded sincere about what he was preaching as where Harry just sounded like he wanted to make this a fun competition and not focus on singing. Harry and I are more than best friends and I don’t know Niall at all. These odds were just too far apart for me to pick someone I don’t know, and doesn’t know me. I know who I needed to pick.
“Harry we are great friends and I'm glad to find out you are a judge on this show. It was quite pleasing to know I would know someone.” I smiled into the microphone. I felt my heart beat shatter when the lights shifted to a different scheme.
“Claire, who do you choose to be your mentor?” The host asked me. He stepped back to give me the floor.
“I choose…”
Niall’s view:
She is picking Harry. I'm going to lose her and this freaking competition. She talked about knowing him and I'm so screwed. If only Harry would say he didn’t want her anymore. She was hesitating on who to pick. I looked at the crowd which was yelling several different things but then I heard something. Everyone was yelling and screaming, “Niall, choose Niall!” I heard several things about Harry but mostly everyone was saying ‘Niall’. I stood up and waved them to be louder. The entire crowd erupted with even louder screams. I glanced at Harry and he was glaring at me so I glared back and looked back to her. I didn’t want the crowd, or her, to notice the rivalry we had going.
“I choose…” She looked back and forth from Harry and me to the crowd. She looked scared. She took a deep breath and shakily brought the mic to her lips. “I choose…” She repeated, but then stopped again.
“Who do you pick?” Louis basically yelled.
“I choose Niall.” She said and pointed to me. Everyone cheered and Zayn gasped. I looked down the line at the boys and when I got to Harry he just looked plain pissed. I smirked and stood up to go hug her and welcome her to my team. As I walked to her and her to me, Blake was narrating.
“Niall snags his first contestant. Claire Chasez is now on Niall’s Green Team.” Blake said with that voice he has to use to sound enthused. We reached each other and I hugged her. It felt so good and I just wanted to mold like this. She was short but I was shorter for a guy so it seemed to fit.
“Thank you.” I said in her hair.
“I can't wait to see how we do.” She giggled. I pulled away to look at her and I put a hand on her shoulder. Her voice was perfect but I could tell she was crying. Every time, all four or five times, she has been crying when I talk to her. I squeezed her once more and let her walk off.
“‘One Thing’ is sponsored by –” Blake said and then everything cut to a commercial. Rae came out to help some of the boys with a touch up and I excused myself to the restroom. Liam gave me a heartfelt smile and I could tell he was proud of me again.
“… Who do you pick to be your new mentor?” The host asked me. I felt the pressure. Harry had on his cheeky smile and I know him. He can sing very well and I like his musical choices. Niall, to my knowledge, is a drunk that kidnapped me. But I can't judge him on that for something like this, or for anything really.
“I need to know which one of you will help me to sing better.” I said into my mic confidently.
“I will.” Harry winked. He was always such a dork. He always had a joke to say, like Louis.
“Well I can honestly say your singing is average. There is always room for improvement and I'm willing to make this a forty-sixty team work.” Niall said. He sounded sincere about what he was preaching as where Harry just sounded like he wanted to make this a fun competition and not focus on singing. Harry and I are more than best friends and I don’t know Niall at all. These odds were just too far apart for me to pick someone I don’t know, and doesn’t know me. I know who I needed to pick.
“Harry we are great friends and I'm glad to find out you are a judge on this show. It was quite pleasing to know I would know someone.” I smiled into the microphone. I felt my heart beat shatter when the lights shifted to a different scheme.
“Claire, who do you choose to be your mentor?” The host asked me. He stepped back to give me the floor.
“I choose…”
Niall’s view:
She is picking Harry. I'm going to lose her and this freaking competition. She talked about knowing him and I'm so screwed. If only Harry would say he didn’t want her anymore. She was hesitating on who to pick. I looked at the crowd which was yelling several different things but then I heard something. Everyone was yelling and screaming, “Niall, choose Niall!” I heard several things about Harry but mostly everyone was saying ‘Niall’. I stood up and waved them to be louder. The entire crowd erupted with even louder screams. I glanced at Harry and he was glaring at me so I glared back and looked back to her. I didn’t want the crowd, or her, to notice the rivalry we had going.
“I choose…” She looked back and forth from Harry and me to the crowd. She looked scared. She took a deep breath and shakily brought the mic to her lips. “I choose…” She repeated, but then stopped again.
“Who do you pick?” Louis basically yelled.
“I choose Niall.” She said and pointed to me. Everyone cheered and Zayn gasped. I looked down the line at the boys and when I got to Harry he just looked plain pissed. I smirked and stood up to go hug her and welcome her to my team. As I walked to her and her to me, Blake was narrating.
“Niall snags his first contestant. Claire Chasez is now on Niall’s Green Team.” Blake said with that voice he has to use to sound enthused. We reached each other and I hugged her. It felt so good and I just wanted to mold like this. She was short but I was shorter for a guy so it seemed to fit.
“Thank you.” I said in her hair.
“I can't wait to see how we do.” She giggled. I pulled away to look at her and I put a hand on her shoulder. Her voice was perfect but I could tell she was crying. Every time, all four or five times, she has been crying when I talk to her. I squeezed her once more and let her walk off.
“‘One Thing’ is sponsored by –” Blake said and then everything cut to a commercial. Rae came out to help some of the boys with a touch up and I excused myself to the restroom. Liam gave me a heartfelt smile and I could tell he was proud of me again.
