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Mimi


I pushed Kyle off of me with all my might.
"What was that?!" I hollered angrily.
"Did you ever think Mimi, that maybe you're the one who's not being serious?!" Kyle yelled back.
Is this really what he thought? How could it possibly be me?
I heard the door swing open hitting the wall, "Am I interrupting you guys?" asked Anthony who
looked at Kyle so fowl.


Anthony! It's not what you think, okay?!" Kyle said trying to erase the wrinkles off of Anthony's forehead.
I've never seen Anthony look so angry before. Was it because...he was jealous?
Anthony stood there looking Kyle in the eyes and then looked at me.
His cold stare sent a clash through my entire body.


He looked back at Kyle who had his hands on his shoulders.
"Get off me", Anthony muttered.
"Anthony", Kyle said his name.
"Get off of me Kyle", Anthony repeated once more for Kyle to hear.
"Not until you calm-"


"I said get off of me!" Anthony said swinging.
"Anthony don't!" I screamed.
I was too late. He punched Kyle right in the face knocking his lights out.


Once again, the door busted open with Dylan shouting, "Anthony, let me look for Kyle in..stead".


Dylan froze as he looked at pissed off Anthony and Kyle, who was laid out on the ground.


"Anthony did you knock Kyle out?!" Flint asked wigging out.
"What the hell did you do?! You couldn't wait until after the show?!" Dylan said getting upset.
"So...then you knew this whole time didn't you? All of you", Anthony emphasized ignoring their concern.
"Ant, chill out. This isn't the time nor place", Dylan said whispering.
"F you, Dylan!", Anthony furiously said.
"Now what are we going to do?! Our vocalist is out cold!" Flint said grabbing his hair.


"Everyone just needs to relax!" Jenny shouted.
"We're finished. Done!" Flint shook his head.
"How the hell can we relax right now? Look at Kyle, Jen", said Dylan pointing at Kyle.
"Because I've got it all taken care of", Jenny said walking towards me.


She knelled down next me, "Mimi, we're going to need to borrow that voice of yours", said Jenny nicely.
I spaced out. All of this is happening because of me. I shouldn't have been in here
alone with Kyle. And now all their hard work is about to go to waste.
"Mimi!" Jenny yelled in my ear.
"Yes, it's fine. This my fault anyways", I replied to her.
"Damn right it is", Dylan said making me feel even worse.
"Alright, everyone leave the room", Jenny commanded.


"Sit down over here Mimi. We've got 5 minutes to do your hair and make-up", she said.
"What's wrong with what I've got on?" I questioned. Am I not good enough?
"Mimi, it's a rock show", Jenny said picking out make-up.
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"Oh hi there everyone, my name is Anthony and I like to knock our vocalist out, and ruin our live show",
Dylan said as he mocked Anthony's voice.
"How about I knock you out too?" Anthony imminently said.


"Please, you probably caught Kyle off guard", Dylan said laughing.
"What makes you think that?!" said Anthony offended.
"He took karate, remember?" Dylan said reminding him.
"Hey! Where's your singer, the show is about to start!" said antsy Tessa.
"Over there", Flint calmly replied as he looked at me.


"What? What happened to Kyle?!" Tessa asked panicking.
"Kyle came down with something, so she's stepping in for him", Dylan answered.
"Why are you all staring at me like that?!" I asked feeling discomfort.
Everyone was looking at me weird. I knew Jenny used to much make-up.
"You look fine, don't worry", Jenny said tapping me.


"Whatever, is everybody ready?" asked Tessa.
"I'm ready!" I nervously replied without thinking.
"Let's get moving!" Tessa demanded.
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Okay maybe I'm not ready.
This crowd is larger than I expected it to be. Such a small gig my behind.
They must've told the whole area about this.
Well, I can't turn back now.


"Tessa..where is Kyle?" Grey asked sheepishly.
"The bandmates said Kyle came down with something", Tessa responded.
"Then who is that? Can she even sing?" Grey asked squeezing her glass.
"I guess we're about to find out", said Calvin.


"Wow, there's a lot of people here", Jenny said looking around.
"I'm starting to feel worried for Mimi", Asia said, "Won't she be nervous?"
"Don't worry about her, she'll pull through", Jenny assured her.


I picked up the mic, "He-Hello, we are Global Karma", I stuttered because the mic echoed.
I wasn't here for sound check, and so I wasn't used to the mic.
"And this our song, Emergency", I said.
"A one, two! A one, two, three, four!" Flint shouted.


I quickly cleared my throat and began singing the lyrics,

"I think we have an emergency
I think we have an emergency
If you thought I'd leave then you were wrong
'Cause I won't stop holding on
So are you listening? So are you watching me?"


"If you thought I'd leave then you were wrong
'Cause I won't stop holding on
This is an emergency
So are you listening?
And I can't pretend that I don't see this"


"Wow, she's actually good. No really good!" Calvin said becoming moving to the song.
Tessa sighed with relief, "I told you it would be fine".
"We need to sign her Grey", Calvin said sipping his beer.
"Yes you do", Candi agreed.


"Hey! What are you doing here? You have a show in Vegas tomorrow", Grey reminded her.
"I know, but a friend of mine told me about this band you were signing. So I couldn't help it", Candi smirked.
"Well that's not the lead vocalist. But she's good, I'll give her that", Grey said sipping her whine.
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Kyle


I sat up from the cold wood floor.
"What the hell happened?" I said looking around.
The last thing I could remember was speaking to Anthony and then..boom.
That bastard caught me off guard.
I could barely think with all the music pounding from upstairs...Music!


Oh crap, the showcase has already started. What's going on?


Am I late? Did they find a replacement or what?


I moved through the crowd trying to see who was performing.
And without realizing it, I almost knocked Asia out of the way.
"Kyle? You're up pretty soon", Asia said reminding me my own defeat.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"Well we had to find someone to step in for you", Jenny said watching the performance.
"Who?" I asked looking forward.


"Mimi?!" I blurted out.

"And you do your best to show me love
But you don't know what love is
So are you listening? So are you watching me?"


"Hey isn't that your boy, Kyle?" asked Calvin pointing.
"Yes, I thought he was sick...Tessa?" Grey asked sharply looking at Tessa.
Tessa gulped, "He took some Vitamin C's?" Tessa baffled.


"And I can't pretend that I don't see this
It's really not your fault
When no one cares to talk about it
To talk about it"

I was at last at the front of the crowd. Wow.
Mimi's voice, it was really good. But why is it just now that I'm finding out about this?
It's not like she kept it from me, but how can you hide something so unique?


"These scars, they will not fade away
No one cares to talk about it, talk about it"

Her eyes locked onto mine as she continued the next verse.
I was nearly swayed be her voice until I looked past her.


There he was, Anthony. Does he really think he can just punch me in the face and
that I'll just forget about it? Not to mention it makes me wonder why he did it.
Anthony is not the violent type and is the calmest dude I know.
Perhaps he thinks that I'm just using Mimi. Well I'm not!

"'Cause I've seen love die way too many times
When it deserved to be alive
I've seen you cry way too many times
When you deserve to be alive, alive"


Exactly once Mimi finished the song, I walked up and shoved Anthony's face to the
point where he almost fell on the floor.
"Whoa, are they fighting?" someone asked.
"Think they are".


"Seriously Kyle!?" Anthony shouted.
"Yeah, I'm fucking serious!" I said shoving him.
I'm getting sick and tired of everyone saying I'm not serious.
"You're not proving anything to her by doing this", Anthony said.
I'm guessing that he was referring to Mimi.
"No, you're just scared that I might actually be serious about her", I smirked.


"Don't screw with me!" Anthony yelled taking me down to the ground.
I think I hit a pressure point. We started going at it, while everyone surrounded us.
Anthony ripped my shirt as I began to hit him.


"I think there's something going on here that we don't know about", Calvin said looking at Tessa.
"He took too many Vitamin C's", Tessa said panicking.
"Tessa.." Grey grumbled.
"Yes ma'am", Tessa responded scarce.
"Get security", Grey grunted.
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