Chapter one hundred and two
"Becoming a shining star."
It was now the middle July and Caroline had been spending the entire month of June working on her EP that was called Caroline Hudson, where there was songs like had me at hello which she had written about the first time she ever met Jesse, then there was all I want which was her boy troubles from when she was dating Sam but still had feelings for Jesse, then there was the rose song which she had wrote during her breakup with Jesse choosing to put herself first, a song called wondering she had wrote after keeping her secret about sleeping with Jesse from Sam, Dreams don't die was also on there as well along with out of the old.
But there was also three new songs on there that she had written while being in LA like you never know and a cover of sweet Caroline, and the song that she was performing right now called gonna shine, seeing as after this the celebrating of the EP's sales and the photoshoots and signings for it were gonna be over and it was gonna be time to get back to work on her first ever album, her parents had come out to LA to watch her, Kurt and the others couldn't make it but it didn't matter cause she had sent them all her EP CD in the mail.
Where right now, Caroline was walking in the hallway with a robe over her dress and heels on, holding her Yorkshire terrier in her arms that she had named Finn, with her backup dancers and Becca and Jordan walking right beside her "I can't believe how many people showed up! Not that I expected them not too, but we have a packed house, some people are even standing cause there's not enough seats." Jordan shared, as Becca chuckled "I told you to get a bigger venue." she told him, as they turned heading down the hallway toward's the stage.
In which Caroline turned handing Finn to Becca as she crouched down and began taking off her robe as she walked underneath the bars of the stage, Jordan followed her "you know, you thought this EP was gonna change your life but once that album comes out there's gonna be more promos, more photoshoots and even a North American tour!" he voiced, as Caroline chuckled handing him her robe "you seem to forget that I've been at this a while. You can't scare me away!" she voiced, as the crowd was cheering for her "wasn't try too! Now you go out there and sing!" Jordan voiced, as Caroline ducked into the lift to take her on stage as she waved at him.
Her silhouette was the only thing that could be seen through purple light, as the music started playing, Caroline and her background dancers began to dance as the crowd cheered, her mom and dad were cheering on, as Caroline turned around facing the audience, singing.
"There's a moment when you realize that something's changed
All the bits and pieces start to fit (so fab!)
When nothing that you know will ever be the same (ring a bell, that's my queue)
Gotta try something new."
The lights then flashed as she began walk across the stage as her background dancers followed behind her.
"Gonna shine
and make the moment mine
Now my time has arrived
Gonna shine so bright
The sun will run and hide
And I'll be the only star that lights the sky."
She then stopped bringing her arms in the air.
"I'm gonna shine."
She then brought her arms down as she then smirked.
"Listen up fellasNow there's nothing in this universe to hold me back (bye, Sue)
The endless night can keep me in the dark
And I just might give my dear old dad a heart attack."
She then pointed to her dad, as he laughed along with her mom, her and her background dancers began dancing.
"But he'll live and he'll see what his girl is meant to beGonna shine and leave the past behind
Gonna try to fly so high
Gonna climb and make the prize all mine
And I'll write my name in letters across the sky."
She said as her name appeared behind her in lights as everyone cheered.
"I'm gonna shineAnd if my present luminescent state is second rate
I'll turn it up a notch past nine and watch the world go blind."
Then the lights all went off as purple lasers came on as they pointed at them as her and her background dancers stood around her as she stood in the middle.
"Got a diva dazzle that you just can't touch
Like an angel in Armani I'm too fabulous
They'll be lining up for blocks once I bop to the top
With a poochie in my Gucci, I just can't be stopped."
The lights then flashed, coming back on as Caroline then walked through her dancers and strutted across the walkway as her dancers followed her.
"I'm gonna shine and make the moment mine
Now my time has arrived
Gonna shine so bright
The sun will run and hide
And I'll be the only star that lights the sky
I'm gonna shine."
Then she stopped and threw her arms in the air, as purple confetti shot out of the canons, as she smiled as everyone in the audience stood up and cheered.
Having changed into regular clothes back stage, Caroline came walking out and as she did, her body guard Derek was leading the way, making sure all the fans didn't come near her as she was carrying Finn in her arms, Becca walked next to her as she saw her parents "oh my gosh, I can't believe you guys actually came!" she voiced, as she handed Finn to Becca, she then walked over and hugged her parents "oh, we couldn't miss your first performance!" her mom voiced, as her dad laughed "yeah, I mean who else is supposed to keep all the boys away?" her dad asked, looking to all the fans, seeing some boys amongst the crowd.
As Derek nodded "that's why I'm here, sir." he told him, as Caroline chuckled "yeah, honestly I'm pretty safe." she told him, as her mom then noticed the dog "oh my gosh, he is so much cuter in person!" she voiced, reaching her arms out and taking the dog and holding him in her arms "I know. He's only been around for awhile and her already has his own Instagram page." Caroline shared, as Becca chuckled "you two should totally come to dinner with us." she told them "no, we wouldn't want to intrude." her mom said, as Caroline shook her head "no, no, my treat. I mean last time we were in LA, we all were eating from the seven eleven down the street." she shared, as they all laughed, Derek motioned his hand as they all began walking out.
Sitting around the restaurant that allowed dogs, boy was eating on the floor, as the rest of them were sitting around the table and laughing "I mean, she's come a long way from getting maybe one to two solos while being stuck behind her brother and Rachel taking the lead the rest of the time." her mom shared, as she was showing Becca pictures of her freshman year in glee club, as her dad chuckled "yeah, I mean the first time I met her was when she was in Kurt's basement with her friend Tina dancing to single ladies by Beyonce where Kurt then proceeded to tell me she was his girlfriend." he shared, as Caroline shook her head "and then we brought it back and had you dance with us for Kurt's graduation present." she shared.
As her dad nodded, pointing at her "hey, you know what? For your graduation present I should've performed one of your solos." he told her "no!" Caroline and her mom voiced as the two of them laughed "oh, come on! I could've at least put on a good performance of jealousy, jealousy." her dad shared, as Becca's eyes went wide "ooh! That should totally be on the album! And so should hope ur ok, god that one would be a tear jerker!" she voiced, pulling out her phone to put it in her notes, as Caroline laughed "Becca, we're supposed to be celebrating!" she voiced "we are! But you know better then anybody when creativity strikes you can't just let it go to waste, I mean that's already two songs out of eleven for your album." she shared.
"Well, if so then we already have that one called deja vu that I sang when I met Jordan." Caroline mentioned, as Becca clapped her hands "yes, yes!" she voiced, going to grab her phone again while chewing her steak, but her mom reached over and grabbed it "each your phone honey, I got it." she told her "ooh then put down brutal too! It'll be a great opening track, I made it when I thought I was never gonna get anywhere after the Marley fiasco at sectionals." Caroline shared as her mom wrote that down "which now only leaves us with seven songs to figure and a album name which means you can stop worrying about it and continue eating your steak." Caroline told her, eating hers.
As her mom furrowed her brows "how about sour? I mean it's the perfect mix of these songs at least from the names." she shared, as her dad nodded "yeah, yeah, I like it, sour." he shared "yes and it won't give anyone a clue of what the songs are so they'll want to by the album it's genius!" Becca voiced, as she held her hands up, her mom and dad high fived her, as Caroline chuckled "yeah, sour, I can work with that." she told them, as her mom smiled "there she goes, already thinking of song ideas." she shared "then we better get dessert before she get's up and runs out of here to right them." he said, holding his hand up to signal a waiter seeing as they were in a backroom away from everyone else.
And later, Caroline was in her apartment in her sweatpants, with bunch of sheet music around her as she had her guitar in her lap as she had been writing non stop since she got back in, in which Becca who had been staying with her since she had the room came walking over, sliding the guitar out from under her "okay, enough for tonight." she told her "no!" Caroline voiced, dropping her pen and reaching for the guitar, as Becca held it in the air "yes! You had a show and a lovely dinner with your parents and it's now one in the morning and I would like for you to unwind with some wine and Becca's famous s'mores as we can catch up on pretty little liars." she shared, as Caroline chuckled "you realize I don't need pretty little liars, right? Those girls to me we're basically Quinn, Santana, Britney and even Mercedes who always thought I was Mr Schue's favorite. I was more like that Mona girl." she shared.
As Becca put the guitar behind the couch "well, I don't see you sneaking out wearing a black hoodie and sending texts out to anyone do I?" she asked "no because I chose to put my pain and suffering into my creativity." Caroline shared "exactly." Becca told her as she walked over to the kitchen and grabbed the tray walking back over while Caroline cleaned up her sheet music "and if I went to high school with you I would've kicked those girls asses." Becca shared, putting the tray down on the table, as Caroline chuckled "or you would've been making out with Santana." she told her.
In which Becca furrowed her brows, in which Caroline looked at her with raised brows, in which Becca laughed "I was just playing with you! Of course I would. I mean for a hot second I thought I liked boys but then I was at college and I experimented and realized that I was just pretending to like guys." she shared, as Caroline nodded "I think that explanation is missing some parts to it but I did see you have another glass of wine the moment we got into the house after the two glasses you had at dinner, where by the end of dessert we all were laughing with my dad about how when I said in my song that I was gonna give him a heart attack and how he actually did have one." she shared.
As Becca started laughing again as she quickly covered her mouth raising her brows "oh my god." she said, as Caroline started laughing, she grabbed the glass of wine and started drinking it "which just means I need to catch up with you." she said, as Becca reached for the moment to turn on the show.