I woke up at 6:00 with butterflies in my stomach. They were fluttering around like never before.

Today was the big day.

I got up and went and took a shower. After I cleansed myself, I wrapped my body in a towel and went to work on my hair and make up.

An hour and a half later I was all perfection. Well as perfect as my awkward body can get.

My hair was down, in soft long curls. My make up was seeable but subtle. All I needed was my outfit.

I didn't want to look to dressed up but also not to dressed down.

So I chose a simple blue mini dress that matched my big blue eyes. I settled for a pair of silver sandals and grabbed my bag.

I walked downstairs to see that my family was awake.

Dad smiled at me as he was getting his breakfast ready. "You ready for your big day?"

"Yep. I'm going to go pick up Emily. She said her car broke down." I tell them. I give mom a hug and make my way outside, passing by my little brother, Rian. He giggles as I ruffle his hair and runs off.

I laugh to myself and walk out in the crisp air. It was only March and the air still felt chilly.

I hopped into my car and drove the 5 miles to Emilys house.

I honked outside and waited. Emily lived right across from Jordan so I was looking towards his house.

I absentmindedly played with the necklace he got me. I really liked it. I was deep in thought when someone knocked on my window.

Almost jumping out of my skin I turned to see Jordan looking in at me. I opened the door as my phone rang. I look down at the message from Emily saying ~be right there!

"Hey babe. You look gorgeous." Jordan said, kissing me.

"Yeah right. I'm so nervous." I admit.

"You'll do fine, there's not way they can say no to you." Jordan said. "But I got bad news."

"What?" He looked really uncomfortable and my nerves tensed up.

"Something came up and I can't make it there." He looked down like he was disappointed.

I froze. How could he not be there?

"What? What's more important than this? You know its my dream, my passion. You have to be there." I scream at him. Why does he have to do this now?

"I'm sorry babe. I just..its my grandmother. She's really sick and were going to see her." He explained.

"Oh." I didn't know what else to say.

"That's a bunch of baloney."

We both jumped, not noticing that Emily was standing there. "Your a freaking liar and I hate your guts."

"Shut up lady. Il call you later Ri." He walks off without even looking at me.

"I can't believe him." Emily says, getting into the car.

"Yeah but its his Grandmother. I can understand." I say defending him. I'm not really sure why I am but I just couldn't help it.

"Your to soft on him. Can't you see he's a jerk."

"Em. Shut up. I'm freakin nervous and you saying stuff about my boyfriend isn't helping me any. So just be quiet." I snap.

The rest of the short ride was pretty awkward. I felt bad snapping at her but people just snap at times.

I sigh, turning into our drive way. "I'm sorry Em. I'm just really nervous.

"Its ok. Il just keep my opinions to myself." She gives me a side hug and gets out of the car.

I follow her in to the house and plopped down on a chair. But I could of saved myself the work cause they were ready to go.

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"Honey stop jumping around. Your going to break something!" My mom said to me. She was laughing though.

"I'm sorry. I'm just so nervous. I'm up next."

Ahh!! I was up next!!

Emily started jumping with me, almost as excited as I was. The guy in front of me had a very good voice. I heard him talking to the judges but I couldn't hear what they were saying. After another few minutes, the crowd cheered loudly and the guy came back, smiling at me.

We had talked before his turn and he gave me a big hug. "I hope youll do well, Riley."

Surprised, I hugged him back. "Thanks. You were great."

He let go of me and walked, or should I say ran, to his family who were all jumping, crying and screaming for him.

I'm guessing the judges told him yes. Just a guess though.

"Can we welcome miss Riley on the stage now?" I heard that over the loud speakers and almost screamed.

Next thing I knew, I had three sets of arms wrapped around me and one set around my legs. After a moment they let me go and I made my way to the stage alone.

(A/N sorry i don't know the judges names except for Simon! Bare with me here!)

I walked to the middle, to the microphone. The lights were bright but not enough to blind me. The crowd was huge, like concert crowd huge. The judges were staring at me with impression. My confindence grew.

"Hello miss Riley. How are you?" The girl whose name is Paula asked me.

"I'm great thanks." I was still a bit nervous.

"Your singing Amnesia by 5 Seconds of Summer, am I right?" Paula asked me.

"Yep." I said, popping the 'p'.

"Well sing away." That was Simon.

The music came on and I stared into the crowd. At my cue, I started singing.

The crowd seemed to love it. The a lot of the girls stood up and started singing along. They loved me! But would it be good enough?

My number ended and the crowd all stood and clapped. Loudly I should say.

Once they had quiet down Simon was the first to speak.

"Very impressive. You have the strong voice which is always a plus. You carry around a lot of confidence which is also very good. Tell me: have you taken singing lessons?"

"Yes. From age 5 to 15." I smiled at them all.

"Good good. So Paula what's your vote?" Simon asked.

I held my breath.

"First of all I want to say that I am a fan of that song. Your really good. So my vote has to be yes." Paula said.

I tried really hard not to scream. I let out my breath so I wouldnt suffocate.

"What about you?" Paula asked the judge who was sitting beside her.

He simply nodded. "My votes a yes."

There goes them butterflies I said to myself. My stomach was jumping around. Now all I needed was Simons approval.

Simon was really quiet. He just stared in my direction. "I have to say your performance was excellent. Your voice and confidence could get you really far. But your just not ready. I'm sorry but my answers going to have to be a no."

There's goes my career is the first thought that crosses my mind. I blink back tears remembering that the girls that cry on stage look ridicoulus.

I took a few deep breaths. The crowd seemed to be holding there breath as well. Like waiting for me to burst into tears or attack Simon. I was going to do neither.

"Tell you what Simon. I'm going to come back. In a few years il be on this very same stage and I will show you what I'm capable of." I say. My voice, as he said, is strong and not wavy. I knew I could cry any minute.

"You do that Riley. Il be here. Thank you for your performance and I wish you all the best."

I nodded and waved at the crowd. I walked off the stage, head held high and back straight, just like they taught me.

My family was waiting for me. Mom and Emily had been crying. They all encircled me in there arms again and I tried really hard not to cry. That can wait.

"Honey I'm so sorry." My dad whispered into my hair. Rian was hugging my legs again. "Riley." He said quietly but I heard him. I let go of the others and picked him up.

"You were awesome." Rian said. He was barely starting to talk but I guess they had taught him those words just for this.

"Thanks Rian. Lets go eat some pizza, right? I'm starving!" It was true. I didn't eat lunch.

They looked at me like I was fragile. Like I could burst into tiny little shards any minute.

"Guys I'm alright. Seriously. Looks of pity aren't going to get me anywhere. I came here to sing. To do what I loved. Not to win ok." I said.

The guy from earlier was still hanging around. He came and gave me another big hug.

"You were fantastic. I had to stay and watch your performance." He said.

"Thanks. Yours was really good to. Congratulations." I say.

"One day you'll make it big. I'm sure of it." He said to me.

"Yeah I hope so. Here's my number." I grab a marker from a random table and right my number on his arm. "This way if you make it big you can call me up." I give him my last hug and walked away.

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We were now at Pizza Hut, stuffing are faces with pepperoni pizza.

Emily and I were making funny faces at Rian who was laughing with us.

I checked my phone to see if Jordan had text back. I was disappointed to see that he hadn't. Oh well. Id talk to him later.

"Omygosh! Its the girl from the X-Factor!"

I heard the scream and turned around.

A teenage girl-maybe 14- was pointing at me. Her friend beside her had her mouth hanging wide open. They rushed up to me. "Omg! We loved your performance! It was totes fantastic!"

I felt my cheeks turning red. Why did I have to blush now. "Thanks."

"Can we have your autograph?" The girl piped up.

"Or a picture with you?" Her friend added.

"Um sure. Have you got a pen dad?" He handed me one and also a piece of paper.

I ripped it in half and wrote my name down twice. I handed them both a slipped and it looked like they were going to pass out.

"How about that picture?" Her friend said again.

"Sure." I smiled and stood up. The both stood on either side of and wrapped an arm around me, like we had known eachother forever.

We smiled into there camera and the flash went off.

"Thank you! If you ever make it big please remember us!"

They walked away without saying another word. Well not to me but to eachother. They were acting like I was famous.

I sat back down my face red as a tomato. Trust me, it clashes horribly with my hair.

"See. Your already famous. Someone posted your performance on youtube and facebook. You have over 1000 views already!" Emily said. She showed me her phone and it was on youtube. I saw that a lot of people had commented already. I would save those for later.

Now I just wanted to spend time with my family.