CD Slip

Luke watched amused as Katie tried to slip a CD into his dad's bag. He caught her eye and then glanced at the adults seeing they were preoccupied he quickly gestured to the CD and then pointed to himself. Katie nodded and snapped back to work slipping the CD into her notebook.

"You're a singer?" Luke asked when the meeting had been concluded and he'd managed to ditch Bev.
"Yeah," Katie said quietly, looking at Luke nervously.
"I'd like to listen to your demo, if that's okay with you."
"Um, sure. We can go into one of the music rooms . . ." Katie trailed off.
Luke smiled. "Sure. Lead the way."

Katie smiled to herself and lead the way. A producer, well the son of a producer was going to hear her songs – well song.

She entered the studio. Her bag dropped to the floor and she took a deep breath.

"So what's your story?" asked Luke.

"Huh?" she asked.

"How did you get to work for Gail?" he asked.
"My dad married her and died. She got the unfortunate task of looking after me," she answered. "She doesn't like me very much."

"So I don't want to listen to your demo," he said. "I want you to sing more me."

She nodded. "Sure."

There's a little secret
I would like to tell you
There's a book of lies
... I know they'll try to sell you
And they'll try, and they'll try
To convince you to buy you need 'em
So the next time you're down
Look inside not around.

I can bless myself
There's no need for someone's help
There's no one to blame
There's no one to save you but yourself
I can justify all the mistakes in my life
It's taught me to be, it's givin' me me
And I'll survive
'Cause I have blessed myself.

Do you ever wonder
How anything can make you cry
Have yourself discover
That the pain you feel
Is the pain that you deny in your life
So open up your eyes

You can bless yourself
There's no need for someone else
There's no one to blame
There's no one to save you but yourself

I can justify all the mistakes in my life
It's taught me to be, it's givin' me me
And I'll survive
'Cause I have blessed myself.

"Katie I dare say that cd slip is the best thing that's going to happen to you," said Luke.
"Really?" asked Katie.

"Yeah. Your coming to the studio with me after school. Gail and Bev can manage on their own," he said.

She nodded. Her life was going to change.

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Gabriella Somerfield

Hi so I know my writing all of my writing has been a bit no a lot lax this year. Apologies. I can state it probably won't get better in the next month (NaNoWriMo). However the day after I post this (24/10/2016) I will have been on fanfic for seven years. Woo so I thought I'd celebrate with a new chapter.

So I hope you enjoyed it.