Note- image and videos aren't mine...

"So.... what song have you decided on?" Cody asks me raising his eyebrows.
"Scars to your beautiful" I say while taking out all the lyrics.
"Ah..nice song, please don't tell me your changing something in this song too....I'll have to change some chords on my guitar too.." he says.
"Na, not this time, the song is already perfect and says exactly what I want to say.."
"What do you want to say?" He asks confused.
"Oh right, I haven't told you.. I met Michelle today and she was being bullied because of her appearance. She couldn't believe she was beautiful when I told her she was." He nods understandingly , "So, I told her to see this channel at 7 today..speaking of which should we should start recording? It's 4 already and I need to upload it soon.."
"Sure" he replies and sets up his guitar.

I hold the makeshift mike we have for now and start the recording.
(For those who haven't seen this masterpiece:- )

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I finish singing and start my 'on-the-spot' speech.
"Hi everyone, I really hope you liked this cover for the song and thank you for the support you've given me so far...For those who actually are listening till the end, I just wanted to tell you why I chose this song..."

I should've thought this through.. how in the world am I supposed to tell my reason behind recording this song without giving my identity away to Michelle...?

"So..um..in my school I've seen people getting bullied because of how they...look. If that's not bad enough, those bullies make people believe they aren't good enough to actually show their faces to others, making them insecure and think they aren't beautiful...
Now, I'm pretty sure when I post this video..those bullies won't be the ones seeing this video because of..well, the song. If they don't believe in what the song talks about what point in clicking the video right? But to those who ARE watching can I ask you guys a favor......?
I want you to spread this song as much as possible. If not this video, the original one. I need you guys to understand that I'm not actually doing this for popularity but to actually bring a difference. I want you guys to show this song to all those who are classified as "ugly" in appearance.. To all the bullies, who believe their WORDS can control others lives.
We need to know we all are beautiful, but WE need to believe that ourselves first. Yes, you the one who's listening, you too. You know what just for that, I'm gonna sing another song okay? Okay, so this ones called, 'Pretty's on the inside'..."

I pause the recording and find Cody glaring at me. Oh shit.
"Oops?" I say to him.
"You just have to tell me stuff at the end moment don't you?" He says accusingly.
"What? No! I just decided I wanted to sing that song a second ago too... I mean I just kinda went with the flow...?" I say, but it comes out more as a question.
"I really don't know why I put up with you, you know?" He says with a sigh.
"Cause you love me" I say grinning.
"Yeah sure, whatever" he says, waving his hand. I see his cheeks reddening a bit...must be because of the cold..

"So can we do it?" I ask.
"Can't disappoint your fans now, can we?" He says cheekily.
"I don't HAVE fans" I grumble.
"Yet" I hear him mutter.
"Wait a minute now, first lemme take out the music sheet for the song." He says.
I nod smiling wide, "thanks!! You're the best!"
"I know" he says wiggling his eyebrows.
"Shut up" I say rolling my eyes.
"You know what? I think one day, your eyes are gonna get stuck in that position from rolling your eyes so much."
I shove him. "And YOU know what? I think imma use the karaoke instead of guitar for this song."
He laughs, "okay okay, I'm shutting up." And he mimics zipping his lips.
I restrain myself from rolling my eyes again.

"Okay I've got the music sheet. Should we resume?" He asks.
"I thought I was using the karaoke...." I say teasingly.
He narrows his eyes at me, "now you shut up"
I raise my hands up in false surrender. "Okayy mister"
And before he can say anything else I click on the resume.
"Before I start though just wanted to thank my friend, whose name shall remain unrevealed, for playing the guitar for me for each of my covers. Now on with the song." I could feel Cody grinning behind me before starting to sing.

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After finishing the song, I say, "so guys thanks for listening! See you, I mean, sing to you next time!" I press stop and turn to Cody.
"Was it ok?" I ask.
"It was brilliant, as usual." He says and then laughs, "and thanks for mentioning me, though.... it wasn't exactly "mentioning" me."
I laugh, "it's the least I can do"

He then edits the video with photos and stuff, gives it a name and description and uploads it.
I check the time, 6:25 p.m. great, we aren't late.

I then sit next to him while scrolling through the comments of the previous video. More than 20 comments!
To be honest, I hadn't actually expected much to come out of the channel so soon, so I hadn't bothered checking either. But after seeing so many comments, I guess I should start checking it regularly...
I start replying to all the comments when a particular one catches my eye.
( ~_~) M.J.
Who even cares? Girls are getting way more recognition than they were earlier so stop moping over such a little thing. Be thankful you're living in this century.
I grin my teeth as I show it to Cody. He reads it and sighs.
"That's not a very nice comment huh...But Ava, you need to understand that not everyone believes in equality so not everyone will support you. You should try to convince them why it IS an issue."
He's right. I nod and take my phone. I start typing a reply to my first hater (if you could call it that).

Just wait and watch M.J., you're gonna believe why it's an issue...

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