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"It gets easier, you know Putting your heart on paper I originally told Ridley I loved her through a song I’d written I’ myself when I wrote it"

"She loves you just as irl who’d become a close friend over the past year

Jackson inclined his head "He cares about you, too I can tell"

Kay pasted a smile on her face but didn’t comment She couldn’t talk about Eli with him It was his brother Of course he would assu a few too s she wanted to change in her life Her relationships with her parents were at the top of the list Next was being brave enough to show Jackson sos she’d written She’d already acco her a chance and helping her at every stage of recording this album She wouldn’t badmouth his brother to him

The last one was to open herself up to the possibility of love Eli had kissed her on Christmas Day, and just like every other time she re about his strong arht he wanted her

But then he’d left and gone back to his house in Northern Virginia the next day There were very few things he could have done that would have pushed his point ho herself at hiht up in a fairy tale for the past year Elliott Alexander wasn’t interested in her He never would be

It was time to move on

She looked out to the control room Mac watched with sympathetic eyes Did she really look that bad? Like a scared little girl afraid of what everyone would think? But she was scared Scared that people would h to do that and she’d just fade back into obscurity

But fear hadn’t gotten her anything so far Maybe it was tiood Let’s do this"

Jackson started to protest, but so he saw in her eyes must have convinced him she was ready He left the rooain He put his own headphones back on and then gave Kay the thumbs-up

When the music playback started, Kay closed her eyes and pushed all the negative thoughts away As she sang the familiar lyrics, all the rest of it ceased tosuch personal music at first, but noas easier than she could have ever expected This song reflected her experiences and her pain Singing about it was second nature at this point

She sang throughout the first verse and then added a fe riffs to the chorus they’d already recorded Every tiot easier to be in front of an audience To be the one that everyone was looking at

"That was aain and Kaylee sratefully He motioned for her to come in the control roolass doors separating them

"Come here, I want you to hear this" Jackson moved over so she could sit next to him He hit a few keys and playback started Kay nodded her head to the beat as the familiar music came over the sound system

"What you just did in there…" Jackson ran his hands through his hair "We’re about ninety percent of the way there with this track I don’t kno you do that It’s almost too easy"