‘That was you?’
We both said it at the same time.
‘I noticed someone walking out!’
We both laughed.
‘Wow! I can’t believe I totally missed you! Oh my god! I am sooo dumb! I was sure I’d be able to spot Hanson a mile away! Jeez!’
I couldn’t believe how stupid I was.
He laughed.
‘Well, Ike certainly saw you!’
Diana touched her son’s leg.
‘And if I remember correctly, so did you! You both came in talking about some girl you’d seen!’ she grinned, embarrassing Taylor.
I pretended not to notice.
Mom looked at me.
‘Well, are you going to sing or what?’
I shook my head.
‘Uh uh! There is no way I can sing tonight! No way! Not with Taylor and Diana Hanson! Uh uh!’
Diana laughed.
Taylor spoke up.
‘Peta! Please! I, we want to hear you sing! Please!’
‘But I feel so amateur! I sound terrible!’
‘Peta, you don’t want to have had Diana and Taylor come out here for nothing do you?’
‘Well, no…but they’ll think I stink! I’ll think I stink!’
‘Look, we’ve already heard you and we think you are great, so you don’t have to be worried about what we’ll say.’ Taylor told me.
‘But I…..’
Mom kind of glared at me.
‘Ok, alright! But what will I sing?’
‘Anything you like!’ Taylor smiled and I couldn’t resist.
‘Ok ok, how about Brandy’s ‘The boy is mine’?’
‘Fine.’
‘Ok!’
I started to sing. ‘You need to give it up, had about enough/it’s not hard to see, the boy is mine. I‘m sorry that you, seem to be confused/he belongs to me, the boy is mine. I think it’s about time we got this straight/ let’s sit and talk face to face/there’s no way you could mistake/ a boy oh, man, are you insane?/ See I try to hesitate, I didn’t want to say what he told me/ he said without me he couldn’t make/it through the day ain’t that a shame? You need to give it up, had about enough/it’s not hard to see, the boy is mine. I‘m sorry that you, seem to be confused/he belongs to me, the boy is mine…….’
When I was done, Diana said,
‘That was wonderful! You are a mezzo-soprano right?’
‘Yeah.’
Taylor asked,
‘You are really great! Really! How old were you when you started to sing?’
song credit to Brandy and Monica, "The boy is mine"
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