Chapter 14

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2 weeks later

emily pov

"alright! first full take of popular song! let's hit it!" scooter said and we smiled.

we've been practicing the song for a while now. it's been a few weeks. we got the music and instrumentals and backing vocals. now for the actual lyrics.

ariana started,

"[ariana:]

La la, la la

You were the popular one, the popular chick

It is what it is, now I'm popular-ish

[emily:]

Standing on the field with your pretty pompom

Now you're working at the movie selling popular corn

I could have been a mess but I never went wrong

'Cause I'm putting down my story in a popular song

[ariana:]

I said I'm putting down my story in a popular song

i smiled at ariana who was standing across from me, singing into her mic, headphones on both our heads.

she smiled at me and i sang the lower part.

[Both:]

My problem, I never was a model,

I never was a scholar,

But you were always popular,

You were singing all the songs I don't know

Now you're in the front row

'Cause my song is popular

Popular! I know about popular!

It's not about who you are or your fancy car

You're only ever who you were

Popular, I know about popular

And all that you have to do is be true to you

That's all you ever need to know

So catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go

So catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go

[ariana:]

Always on the lookout for someone to hate,

[both:]

Picking on me like a dinner plate

[ariana:]

You hid during classes, and in between 'em

[emily:]

Dunked me in the toilets, now it's you that cleans them

You tried to make me feel bad with the things you do

It ain't so funny when the joke's on you

Ooh, the joke's on you

Got everyone laughing, got everyone clapping, asking,

"How come you look so cool?"

[emily:]

You tried to make me feel bad with the things you do

It ain't so funny when the joke's on you

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