?Pretty’s On The Inside?
[The World thinks She’s ugly but He sees her Beauty?]
By Authoress Kamara
Episode 27
?Paris Myers?
?I have a dream
?To be prettier than this
I hummed along to the song as I walked out of the bathroom going over to the bed.
I seriously can’t believed I just composed a new song in just a minute.
I wanted to sing ‘Pretty’s On The Inside’ but I decided against it and then thought of something different.
Something like the situation that Rio and I are currently in.
Yep! That song was about my brother and I.
I finished drying my body and applied the lotion before walking over to wardrobe of my clothes.
I opened it just as I heard a knock on the door. I paused thinking it was Aunt but the door opened making me turn around to see Rio.
He strolled in on his wheelchair closing the door behind him.
“You woke up early. You are in my room. I know something’s wrong”.
He chuckled lightly. “Can’t I see my little sister again?”.
“Firstly, I’m not your little sister. You are older than me by only few seconds. And secondly, you have reason for coming here and its obvious because you are smiling”.
“I’m just happy that my sister is on her path to stardom. Thats all”.
I arched my eyebrows. “Stardom?”.
“Yeah! She might soon become a pop star and fulfill her dream”. He continued.
“Rio. What are you talking about?”.
“Come on, Paris. Don’t tell me you forgot what happened yesterday. You sent your voice clip to AZ industries, remember?”.
“Oh yeah”. I mutter sitting back on my bed as I watch him. “So .. ?”.
“You got in!”. He said excitedly.
“Oh!”.
Rio paused. “Oh!? Thats all you are gonna say? Why are you sounding like you are being forced to do this?”.
“‘Cause I actually am”. I raise my voice a little. “I didn’t want this, you know that, I don’t think I want this”.
“Woah! Woah! Hold up, back it up a little there. You can’t back out from the contest now, the registration is this morning, Paris”.
“Then I’m going to miss it then”.
“Paris”. Rio called softly. “This is your dream coming into reality! You will become the pop-star you’ve always wanted to be”.
“My dreams changed, brother “.
He scoffed. “To what?”.
“You wanna know what I always dream about?”. I asked getting emotional. “I see you walking with legs, Rio. I see myself being adored by people. I see us living a normal life”.
“Paris, think about it. If you eventually have a chance at winning this contest then you might just have the adoration you want”.
“But I don’t want to fulfill my dream without fulfilling yours”. I said tearfully.
He sighed. “I can fulfill my dream myself”.
“But__”.
“We have different lives, Paris. I’ll live mine and you live yours. It doesn’t matter to me if my dream doesn’t get acted upon. My concern now is you going for that contest”.
“You know that we’ve never stayed apart before. You really want me to go?”. I ask.
“You only get one life, sis. Its actually your duty to live it as fully as possible. So don’t waste yours trying to look out for me, you have your own life to live, Paris”.
I sniff raising my palms to clean the tears dropping down my cheeks.
“Forget about me for once. Its not called selfishness, Paris. Its called Passion”.
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?Xavier Marion?
“And those are all the fifty contestants for the show”.
“So which means I’m done here, right?”. I asked feeling the need to leave.
Its stressful sitting with adults.
And its even more stressful talking with them.
Alex glanced at me. “Not yet”.
“What do you mean by that? You said it yourself that the fifty contestants has been selected, so is there anything else?”.
“No, but we think that it will be better if you wait a little while, like maybe an hour for those selected to arrive”. One of the board members said.
I sighed. “What’s she saying, Alex?”.
“Marion, I think it will be better if you wait a little while. I mean, if those teenage girls see you then it will get them motivated”.
“Oh! And thats it? After that, I get to go back home?”.
“Thats it!. But two days from now will be the first audition to select the best twenty from those fifty and you need to be there”.
“When the time comes, you’ll tell me all about that but for now, I’m sick of sitting here”.
I stood up with my phones in my hand as I walk out of the board room as they call it.
One of my phones vibrated in my hands and I raise it up glancing at the screen as I groan realizing it was Diamond calling me.
“What?”. I answered connecting the call.
“Where the h.eck are you?”. She yelled over the phone with her tiny voice. “I can’t seem to find you anywhere in the mansion”.
“Calm down”.
“You want me to calm down? How can you run away?? I know you were planning that but I didn’t expect it to be this early. You have Cheyenne to still take care of”.
I sighed. “Diamond, I didn’t run away. I’m at AZ industries, right now”.
“You are?”. She gasped. “Wait. Is Dad back into the country?”.
“No”.
“Then why are you there?”.
“Alex dragged me here in the morning, something about supernova competition that Dad thought of”.
“Ooh!”. She laughed nervously. “And here I was thinking you finally ran away! Silly me! “.
“Yeah! You are silly, now cut the call. I’m coming back home right away”.
“You are coming back? No! I’ll come meet you there”.
“Diamond!”. I raise my voice a little.
“Fine. I’m disconnecting the call”.
I removed the phone away from my ear as she disconnected the call making me sigh.
Though she’s sixteen. My little sister can be a handful sometimes.
“Yeah! She can be a handful”.
I pause hearing that voice and then I turned around to see Sam standing right behind me.
“Hey. What are you doing here early in the morning?”. I ask him confusedly.
“My agent, Noel. He came to terminate my contract”.
Well the thing is that Samuel is actually a hollywood actor and he’s signed to my Dad’s industry.
“What? Why?”.
He shrugged. “I don’t deem it fit or healthy for me to continue working here”.
“Don’t tell me this is about__”.
“Yes, its about what happened between us”. He whispered. “I just want to forget all about it so thats why I’m leaving AZ industries”.
Almost immediately, a tall, lanky man who happened to be his manager, Noel walked over pulling Sam aside.
I decided to move away to give them both a little privacy.
Wow! So Sam is really leaving?
I looked back at him before I scoffed then walked away.
He wants to forget about everything ?
Who does that?
Maybe its for the best.
I sighed and took the elevator to the last floor. It stopped after a minute and I step out moving towards the main entrance.
I pause a bit noticing teenage young girls going through another entrance making me realize that they were the participants of the competition.
Hm. My Dad was serious about this after all.
I looked away from them and turned to see her walking through the door with a guy behind her.
Paris. For the first time, I saw her without that her signature hoodie that she always wear.
This time, she wore flowery dress and long strapped brown sandals. But she used her hair to cover the sides of her face as usual.
Wait. There was a guy behind her?
Yeah. The guy is just like a replica of her, the same upturned nose, same blue eyes, same hair.
Seems like he’s her brother.
But the downsize was that the guy was on crutches. He wasn’t making use of his legs.
What the … ?
Shit! Now I get what that song was all about.
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?Paris Myers?
“Okay, I’ll wait for you here”. Rio said as he relaxed on a pillar. “Just go sign your name and thats it. We are good to go”.
I smiled hugging him. “Thank you for going with me all the way here, I love you”.
“I love you too. Now move”.
I giggled and walk away from him heading to where I recognize to be the signing place .
I got close to woman and she sighted me smiling.
“Yes, Miss. How may I help you?”.
“I’m here for the supernova contest. I received a message directing me to come here this morning”. I told her nervously.
“Okay, pretty”. She grabbed a big book flipping through the pages. “So whats your name?”.
“Paris Myers”.
“Paris Myers!”. She repeated. “The girl who Sir Marion choose as the last contestant”.
“Huh?”.
“And here it is”. She handed me a colorful card. “This is your pass anytime you are here for each singing round, Miss Myers”.
“Oh. Thank you”. I collected it.
“The competition starts in two days which means you have to prepare effectively and hard”. She continued. “And make sure to remember what number you are because we don’t make use of names here, you are number fifty”.
I nodded. “I’ll remember it”.
“Okay then, sign here”.
She gave me a fancy pen with AZ logo on it and I took it signing on the big book next to my name before giving her back her pen.
“And here, take this document and fill in your information about yourself. Everything that we need to know about you and make sure that your parents or guardian are aware of this”. She instructed giving me a written document.
I took that as well. “Okay. But when am I to return it?”.
“In two days time when you come for the first round of the competition. Thanks and Bye”.
She grinned at me and I smile in return before turning around to leave.
I began to walk towards Rio as I looked around in awe of the effable building and I sighted him.
Xavier Marion.
He quickly looked away and I guessed that he was maybe, staring at me all this while.
And that made me smile a little bit.
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