"dan?"

"dan wake up.."

"you'll be late" dans eyes squint as he wakes up

"I don't want to go.."

"nope come on you're getting up" Phil says picking dan up and hauling him over his shoulder, squeals and tries to get down

"alright fine!" dan says, Phil puts him down and lets him get ready.

"o-oh by the way, they really want to meet you.. did you want to come today?" dan asks putting his shoes on. his outfit for the day is black jeans, a galaxy t-shirt and the Nike Shoes Phil bought him a while ago.

"i'd love to" Phil smiles. they head downstairs to the group

"Finally lets go" James says, walking straight to the car.

"hey are you okay? the driver said you didn't look well on the way back.." Seth asks worried. and they head to the car and get in

"o-oh yeah I'm fine don't worry " dan says

"alright. so Phil! you're coming today!" Seth smiles.

"he isn't allowed to" they hear James mutter under his breath, but they ignore him

"Ben, Mike and Will wanted to meet him so he's gonna see me do the song today. OH! what one are you doing?"

"I have two in mind.. For Forever or Waving through a Windo-"

"I'm doing waving through a window you can't do it" James says bluntly

"alright fine" Seth sighs,

"what about you dan?"

"Im going to do Words Fail" dan smiles softly, Seths eyes brighten up

"oh you'll do that so well! so, what did you talk to the guys about? you took longer than me so I'm guessing you were chatting" Seth asks

"About my life, they're really interested in my story, but they did sincerely me in the end"

"ah cool! we talked a little too but really differently"

"oh? how so?"

"I told them I don't really want to be Evan, I really want to be Jarred!"

"oh wow really? but didn't you want to be Evan?"  dan asks,

"no to be honest I think Im More of a jared person myself. so you're definitely ahead of me in this race" he smiles. dan smiles back and notices out the corner of his eye that James was glaring at him through the rear view mirror.

they arrive at the theatre and get out of the car, heading into the building.

"who's going first today-"

"I am" James says walking past them and onto the stage.

"yeah he is, then me, you're last today?" Seth says

"oh well" dan says. him and Phil follow Seth into the waiting room / spare dressing room and sit down. Seth plays on the xbox, he asked if they wanted to play but they kindly declined. after half an hour Seth is called out, he says goodbye and leaves. Dan and Phil see James walk past laughing to himself. he stops at the door and pokes his head in, 

"See you tomorrow Daniel" he laughs at him and leaves

"little brat I can't believe him!" Phil groans. another half amour goes past and Seth comes back

"good luck, see you guys tomorrow!" seth waves goodbye and leaves. dan smiles, standing up.

"ready to meet them?" dan asks, Phil giggles and nods. they walk out and they're all sat in the front row 

"AH IS THIS PHIL?!" Will jumps up off his seat and running on to the stage and hugging phil

"h-hello!" phil laughs shyly

"Its so great to meet you!" Mike and Ben get up on the stage too and hug him

"t-this is mental I'm sorry woah" Phil giggles

"I know right! dan told us everything about you so look out" ben laughs.

"Phil you can sit with us whist Dan practices!" Mike smiles. Phils eye light up

"it'd be an honour!" Phil smiles. Him and the rest sit down whilst dan is on stage

"What song have you chosen Dan?" Ben asks

"Words Fail" dan smiles softly. Will Squeals

"good choice!!" will smiles and runs up behind the stage and gets ready. they all pull out scripts,

"I'll be Mom Murphy, you want to be Zoe?" mike asks

"ahaha of course! Alright you ready dan?" Benn asks, dan nods, Will starts the music and quickly hands dan a microphone.

"Evan what are you saying?" ben asks

"I never meant to make it such a mess.." dan sings

"B-but the emails! you showed us the emails!" mike says

"I never thought that it would go this far"

"So I just stand here sorry
Searching for something to say
Something to say
Words fail, words fail
There's nothing I can say"

"Evan y-you lied?"

"I guess I thought I could be part of this
I never had this kind of thing before
I never had that perfect girl
Who somehow could see the good part of meI never had the dad who stuck it out
No corny jokes or baseball gloves
No mom who just was there
'Cause mom was all that she had to beThat's not a worthy explanation
I know there is none
Nothing can make sense of all these things I've doneWords fail, words fail
There's nothing I can say

Except sometimes, you see everything you wanted
And sometimes, you see everything you wish you had
And it's right there, right there, right there
In front of you
And you want to believe it's true
So you make it true
And you think maybe everybody wants it

And needs it, 

a little bit too.." dan puts his heart and soul into this, even if it wasn't a real performance but its still worth it. he even nearly starts crying, he puts every emotion into it.

"'Cause I've learned to slam on the brake

Before I even turn the key
Before I make the mistake
Before I lead with the worst of me
I never let them see the worst of me'Cause what if everyone saw?
What if everyone knew?
Would they like what they saw?
Or would they hate it too?
Will I just keep on running away from what's true?All I ever do is run
So how do I step in
Step into the sun?
Step into the sun" and he finishes. All of them stand up and applaud him loudly.

"holy shit" mike sniffles, everyone turns to him, he's actually crying. Mike Faist is crying because of him

"you're going to make me cry stop it!" Ben says, mike wipes his eyes and shakes his head no

"NO I WILL NOT THAT WAS AMAZING" He says, dans eyes start watering too.

"oh god now everyones crying thanks mike!" will says, walking onto the stage and hugging him, all of them walk up to the stage and hug him tightly.

"I wish we could pick you as Evan right now" mike says,

"What about t-the others?" dan asks

"well you're the one that made us cry, but its also because your company chooses via broadcast. we are just your coaches. we get to have a saying but we're not sure how much will be taken into consideration. Do your best" Ben says, dan nods.

"I will" dan smiles softly. after a few more tips they say goodbye and leaves, as soon as him and Phil are in the car dans nearly screaming.

"you did so well! you did amazingly dan! did you hear them?! they said they loved it! You made us all cry it was so beautiful!" Phil hugs him tightly, giving him lots of Butterfly kisses. dan giggles.

"tomorrow is the day. I  can't muck this up. this is my last chance to prove myself."