The morning sun pierced through Jennifer's bedroom window, forcing her to get up. Hazily glancing at her clock, she discovered it was already 11 am, and the talent show would start in an hour. "SHOOT!" She quickly jumped out of bed, grabbed any clothes she could find and headed for the shower. "MOM? Can you please drive me to the Talent Show??" Jen asked, practically yelling after she got out of the shower. She could hear her mother's faint voice downstairs. "Yeah, sure Jen! What time?" her mother asked. "NOW!" Jen replied, while putting a dab of make-up on her face. "I'm gonna be late!" Jennifer grabbed her Guess shoulder bag and dashed out the front door, with her mom right behind her.
Finally arriving at the parking lot, Jennifer quickly gave her mom a kiss on the cheek and headed towards the school building. As Jennifer entered, a mob of people were squished together, as if it were impossible to get through. "Ummmm, excuse me!" she said, trying her best to get to the front of the stage. FINALLY reaching the front of the stage, which felt like hours, Jennifer found Tiffany standing there waiting. "TIFF???" "Hey Jen! Hurry up! Sit here!" she insisted. Searching around the auditorium, Jennifer spotted Megan, sitting on the right side of the stage, looking so snobby like always. "Yup Jen! It's MEGAN! Don't let her get to you, she's all the way on the other end anyway." "I don't know why I didn't kill her earlier!" Jennifer teased. "So, what's happening? Why's it taking forever to start?" "I seriously have NO idea!" "OMG! Tiff? Why are you here anyway???" Jennifer asked with a puzzled look on her face. "Gee, I feel so welcome!" "No, not that! I mean, how did you know I was coming?" she asked, still confused. Suddenly, a blaze of music came on, and a man walked on stage. "Good afternoon everyone, and thank you for joining all of us today! We have a huge presentation awaiting all of you. So just sit back, relax and enjoy our show!" The audience began to clap. "Our first guests today is the group called, "No Limits", playing a self-titled punk song called "Visions of a Grim Future". "YEAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Jen screamed, so anxious to hear the song. "Tiff, look, it's Brian!" "Yeah, I know!" Tiffany said rudely. "Why is he here! He's got no talent!" she teased. "Shut up!" Jen yelled back, still enjoying the tune they created. While playing the base guitar, Brian walked towards Jen and smiled. "AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" she yelled out loud. "Don't be so flattered Jen!" Tiffany warned her. Brian then walked away from Jen, giving her a wink, and began walking towards Megan on the other side of the stage. He began winking at her too, and flashing her smiles at every chance he got. Jen froze, knowing that Tiffany was looking at her. "You see? I told you Jen! He ain't worth it!" Jen just stood there, as if she wanted to cry. It didn't make ANY sense to her. Why Megan, instead of her. Just watching him sing to her made her heart swell up. She couldn't take it anymore!
"Thank you "No Limits"! Excellent, excellent show! Now this next performance is one of my personal favourites!" Jennifer looked at the host and looked back down at the ground, wishing she hadn't come in the first place. She was glad Brian was off the stage, but she couldn't take spending one more minute there. She needed some air, and she needed it now. She quickly turned around and started to leave. "JEN! Wait, where you going?" Before Jennifer could respond, a familiar tune came on, a comforting tune that made her smile. She slowly turned back around to face the stage, still trying to figure out where she had heard it from. She then heard a voice…. "This is dedicated to MY dream." Jennifer looked at Tiffany, who had a gigantic smile on her face. She still couldn't make out who's the voice or the tune was. But the voice continued…"I know you must be hurting right now, but I just want you to know how much I care. You are my wishing star, my dreamer…." Jennifer's eyes widened in surprise!!! "….my everything! You know who you are." The crowd went WILD! Everyone was already screaming, before the person even revealed himself. The tune played again…. "Well we've come a long, long way!" the voice started, and a figure stepped out from behind the curtains. The smoke covered his face, but Jennifer had already known who it was…..Matt!!! J "And there's no turning back, the road ahead is clear at last." Jennifer stood there, frozen. She didn't know what to say. He had the most amazing voice, and the most amazing personality. It felt like she was living a fantasy. She listened to every lyric he sang, and compared it to their reality relationship. "We can search our whole life through. Never knowing what we'll find, but we can make it if we try. Cause every cloud has a silver lining. Just believe that your love is mine." Jennifer's face lit and she looked more happier than she had ever been. She held her hand to her heart, staring into Matt's eyes, as he did the same, looking deep into hers. He could see how sparkly her big brown eyes looked. She was so amazed. "Dream on (Dream on, dream on)" voices, kinda like an echo repeated what he said. Everything just sounded perfect. "If you look deep inside your heart, you can find the highest star. Dream on (Dream on, dream on), we can find our destiny, understand it's you and me, if we….Dream on." Jennifer couldn't even speak. She was so caught up in his words, that she felt as if she were in some kind of trance. His words seemed to have affected her in as many ways as possible. OMG! Matt likes me? she thought to herself, surprised. It seemed impossible, but her smile got even bigger and her eyes just gazed at Matt onstage. In a way, she was REALLY overwhelmed, but for the most part, she was so happy, that a rush went over her body that she couldn't even explain. Knowing that Matt Ballinger liked her...it was a totally different kind of feeling. It was too good an emotion to even put into words. She smiled at him, and he walked towards her and knelt down on his knees to get closer to her. "We can make a wish come true (You know it's up to you)." She then remembered Matt talking about his dreams in life, comparing it to his boat, DREAMER. He said that when he had a dream, he truly believed in it, meaning he truly believed in them! And the line where he said it was up to her, was all true. It was her decision that would change everything. "We can swim against the tide, if we just let courage be our guide." He then held her hand, shy at first. "And I know we'll find a way (Find a way, we're gonna find a way). If we close our eyes and Dream, our time will come, just wait and see. We won't give up, gotta keep on trying. I will not start living life a lie…" he sang with so much passion, and Jen knew he meant everything. Every word that came out of his mouth made Jen like Matt more and more. He was the sweetest guy ever. He was so perfect!
"Dream on (Dream on, dream on) If you look deep inside your heart You can reach the highest star Dream on (Dream on, dream on) We can find our destiny understand it's you and me If we dream on….." Jennifer didn't want this moment to end. Something about it made her feel so tingly, making her have butterflies in her stomach. The giddy feeling, that she hadn't felt in a long time. All eyes were on Jen and Matt. Some girls in the crowd envied Jen, but Jen was too caught up into Matt, that she totally forgot she was at the Talent Show. He continued singing to her and stood up, still holding on to her hand. He motioned for her to get up on stage, and he guided her up the steps, as both Matt and Jen stood on the stage, looking at each other endlessly.….. "Don't let me sit and stare And show me that you care We're gonna make it through together The future's in our hands Taking chances, making plans We'll have everything we need If we… Dream on (Dream on, dream on) If you look deep inside your heart You can reach the highest star Dream on (Dream on, dream on) We can find our destiny understand it's you and me If we dream on (Dream on, Dream on) We can find our destiny, understand it's you and me If we dream on (Dream On, Dream On) Dream on..."
The song finally ended, and the crowed cheered. Most of them were standing on their chairs, whistling as loud as they could for them. They both stood there on stage, looking at each other, wondering what would happen next. He stood there, smiling at her, and gazing at her with his big blue eyes. It was all too perfect. She slowly closed her eyes, and leaned in, and…………….P O W! Brian had become furious backstage, ran out and punched Matt across the face. "What the hell was that? HUH?" Brian yelled, as Jen tried her best in pulling him back. Brian ran up to him again and kicked him while he was still on the ground. The crowd went crazy, booing him off stage. Security guards ran up on stage to stop him. "What the hell do you think you're doing singing all that sh*t to her huh? You're like a f*cking weirdo or something??? What the hell was that?" he asked, still angered. Jen was afraid of him, but she knew she had to do something to stop them. This reminded her of her dream about him. The fright she felt was exactly the same, except this time, it was all coming true. Tiffany ran up on stage, and kneeled beside Matt, holding on to his arm. "Are you ok?" He was on the ground, with his mouth bleeding. He looked so helpless, as if he couldn't do anything. But of course, Matt was the peace- maker. Even if Brian did anything, he would never do anything to hurt ANYONE. "Come on Jen!" Brian said, grabbing her arm. "BRIAN!" Megan yelled from her seat. "Baby, what's all this? What are you doing?" she questioned him. He ignored her and continued to tug on Jen's arm! "LET'S GO!" he yelled. "JEN!" Tiffany yelled. Jen looked at Matt, who looked at her as if he had never been so hurt in his life. But this time, it wasn't physical pain like his lacrosse games, but the pain that grew inside his heart. He didn't even say a word. Jen could see Tiffany holding on to Matt, trying her best to stop the bleeding. "JEN!" Tiffany yelled once more, still on the ground. She watched Tiffany's expression, and she could tell right away that Tiffany was so upset with her. Brian grabbed her arm, and they both walked off the stage together, leaving Jen with Brian's furious temper. The only question that ran through Jen's mind was, "Is this really happening?"
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