Two Years Later....

Bright lights had Bree blinking, but that was all right. This was the biggest audience she’d ever performed in front of. Over five hundred people dotted the auditorium in front of her. It was all surreal. Her heart was pounding out of her chest. She couldn’t wait to start her songs.

After graduating with her degree in musical arts a few months ago, Bree had taken a chance and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, one of the most popular places in the world to live if you were a musician and/or a songwriter. She was both. Now, after a huge amount of marketing and networking, here she was opening for a band at a local theater. Crawfish was a great band, up and coming on the country music scene, and Bree was thrilled to have this opportunity.

“Good evening, everyone,” she said, hearing her voice shaking slightly. She cleared her throat, took a deep breath, and smiled. It was hard to be nervous when you were smiling. “How are y’all doing tonight?”

The crowd roared. They were clearly ready to hear some music. “Great! I’m so unbelievably happy to be here with you. My name is Bree Mathews, and I’m going to play you a few songs. This first one is one I wrote a few years ago for my mama, it’s called, ‘Rock Me in Your Arms.’”

Once again, the people in front of her cheered, and Bree tried not to look surprised. It was as if some of them actually knew who she was and were familiar with her music. It was possible. She had almost a hundred thousand followers on her YouTube channel, and all of her videos got lots of likes and comments. They were mostly her sitting in her apartment, playing her guitar, or live sets at the clubs and bars she was still gigging at, but it was awesome to think perhaps a few of these people were there to see her.

She started playing her guitar, all by herself, as she had been doing since she and Sam split almost a year ago. Immediately, the crowd in front of her faded away, and it was just Bree and her guitar. When she began to sing, a hush came over the auditorium as everyone listened, and a freedom soared through her veins like nothing she’d ever experienced before.

“Rock me in your arms.

Keep me safe from harm.

Though the night is dark,

I can hear your heart

Beating, beating, beating in my ear.

And I know you’ll be there.

Whenever I call,

And I’ll never fall

rock me in

reverberation of the last chord, the audience went wild with cheers. Bree couldn’t help but smile from ear to ear. “Thank you! Thank you so much!” She tuned her guitar while she spoke, explaining that the next song

songs that she’d written and did a cover of “Landslide” by Stevie Nicks that got a huge response. This was the most fun she’d ever had, and she was so thankful to have gotten this opportunity. If she never walked on another stage again, she’d keep these memories forever. But, hopefully, this was

gonna sing tonight is one so close to my heart. I wrote it for a boy I used to know, one I haven’t seen in a long time. One I thought I could love. This

hadn’t ever actually cried on stage, but she knew part of the charm of the song was the fact that it struck home with her, so it

was fairly sure that others were singing along with her, especially on the chorus. When she got to the last

Had they hated it? Had she messed up? Did the microphone fail? Then, as if everyone exhaled at the same time, a huge applause broke across the crowd. Everyone was cheering, whistling, clapping, shouting her name. She could hardly believe it! With her cheeks bright red from the realization that she’d made so many people that happy,

was something else! Great job, girl,” he said,

up at the man with

someday. You keep writing songs like that, and Crawfish will be opening

you Mr. Alvord,” she said, bowing

new fans. We want you to open for us again next weekend at The Happening. Can you

she’d definitely move it if it was a conflict. The chance to open for such a big band again, to have an audience this large, was a huge

kid.” He clapped her on the

so long, but that was okay with Bree. She felt amazing. The song that she’d written might’ve come out of heartache, but the response it was getting her was nothing but pure joy. Maybe the only reason she and Trent

singers would’ve used this time to go sell merchandise, but she didn’t have any yet. It wouldn’t

switching out instruments, so she pulled her phone out of the pocket of her jean jacket and noticed she had a missed call

up to?” she asked under her breath. Lilly had been her best friend for so long, but when she’d transferred schools, they’d grown apart. She wasn’t even sure what Lilly was doing these days. Had she gotten

her a text. “Hey, I’m at a show right now, so I

minutes later. “Just wanted to say hi. I’ve

too. What are you up to

absolutely love it! It’s not exactly what I saw myself

How’s

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