All I Ever Wanted

"Go on, Sonali, sing us a song!" The Glee Club kids pleaded.
Annabeth smiled from the back and gave me a thumbs up.
My legs were shaking.
"What song, Sonny?" A girl I had met five minutes ago, named Aimee, said. My head snapped around. Did she just call me 'Sonny'? I shook my head to get my brain back in place. Just ignore her calling you that nickname when she barely knew you. It didn't mean anything.

Annabeth pressed the play button on her iPod. Music boomed in the spacious living room.

All the Glee girls were sitting there, jittery, excited to see a new weakling try to be cool. They looked as if they would pounce if I got a single note wrong.

All I ever wanted, All I ever wanted, Was a simple way to get ov-er you.. All I ever wanted, All I ever wanted, Was an imbetween to escape this desperacy..

Kelly Clarkson. Besides Avril Lavigne, she was a bit of a saviour, in the middle of the dark night when only Bethie appears in my mind.

The girls were rapt. The boys had taken attention. Maybe they were seeing me as a different person. Perhaps, perhaps. I desperately hoped so. Was this an opportunity to get a new life? Hmmm..
The last notes faded.
As I turned away to turn off the music, blushing, I noticed a boy in the back wink at me. I blushed even harder.
"Sonali! You were... amazing!" It seemed Annabeth was having trouble getting the words out. Her lips were tight. "Now let me escort you home.."
But as Annabeth tried to pull me out of the house, a gaggle of Glee club girls, Aimee at the lead, ambushed me. "Sonali! That was amazing! Do you think you could do some Kelly Clarkson at our practices? You're great with the song's emotional depth!"

Compliments were being shot at me from every which way. I didn't know where to turn.
Annabeth shot the girls a look.
"Thank you girls, but Sonali has to be somewhere." Annabeth said dryly, and dragged me outside.

All I ever wanted, all I ever wanted...

was you.

-Sonali