Emery was now sitting on one of the benches that were in a park near by the bridge, Presley sitting besides the bench. " Stupid boy." she sighs as she looks at the paper that had been in the water fountain.

She glances over at Presley. " Right, Presley?" she asks and chuckles as he barks in response. 

She continues to dry off the paper, her lips curving upwards. " Although, it's not a total loss."

As she begins to finish writing down the lyrics to the song she started writing and sings them while she writes. " I'm looking straight ahead. Into the unknown, I'm not afraid. This ride has just begun. I'll take the high and lows oh, oh, so, bring it on. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Here we go. 1, 2, 3!"

Emery looks over at her dog, Presley who had laid down. He lifts his head up as Emery smiles at him. " I'm ready for tomorrow, tomorrow starts today. There ain't no map to follow, but I'm with you all the way. I'm ready for tomorrow, tomorrow starts today. There ain't no map to follow, but I'm with you all the way. All the way."

She smiles as she stops singing but she sighs whenever she hears a gasp. She looks over to her right to see a young girl with wide eyes. " It's you! You're Emery Richards!!" the girl says excitedly and Emery forces a smile as the girl looks to the side. "Mom! It's Emery Richards!"

Emery looks over as Presley groans and rolls on his side and she chucked lowly. " You and me both, buddy." she mumbled under her breath but she puts her papers and journal to the space next to her and stands up.

The girl stands next to Emery as the girl's mom takes their picture and Emery isn't surprised when the girl's mom stands besides Emery and takes a picture of them. She can't help but chuckle as the girl says, " Mom, what are you doing?!" as if she was embarassed by her mom which she probably was.

Emery thought she was done and maybe would be able to leave but she noticed more fans running over to her and she knew she would be there for awhile. Just another exciting day as a popstar. 

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Xander walks inside of a pawn shop calls Barry's with a smile on his face. He always went to Barry's at least once a day, maybe twice if he could. Barry's was one of his favorite places. And it's the place where his mom's piano was currently at. Xander was trying to get enough money to buy the money but he knew that would take a lot of time for him to get enough money to own his mom's piano.

He doesn't remember exactly how he met Barry but he knows Barry has been his best and only friend for as long as he can remember.

Xander walks inside of the pawn shop, staring at his mom's piano. He drops his backpack down on the floor beside the piano bench and runs his hand along the keys, playing a scale, as he sits down.

A smile tugs on his lips as he starts playing his own song that he wrote. He stops playing whenever he hears Barry say, " No touching the merchandise."

Xander looked up and sent him a innocent smile. " Sorry." he walked over to the counter Barry was behind. Barry leans on the counter as he looks at Xander. " Here to make another payment?"

Xander nods. " Yeah." he takes some money out of his pocket and puts it on the counter. Barry looks down at the money, counts it and looks back at Xander with a look on his face that said ' seriously?' " $9.57?" he asks and Xander nods while humming in response.

Barry stands up from leaning on the counter and presses some numbers on a calculator that was nearby him. " At this rate your mom's piano will be yours in," he paused for dramatic effect and looked at Xander as he said, " 2021."

Xander sighs heavily and leans his head on his arms that were on the counter. " Hey, how 'bout you play that song of yours? The new one that you showed me." Barry suggests, trying to cheer him up.

Xander stands up and looks at him with a grin on his face before walking over to the piano and starts playing. " Didn't go nowhere, never left uh. You really thought that I was gone, gone, gone, gone. I heard you talking like I lost my swagger. Said I was over, you were wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. I'm always improving, always on the move and working on my flow to take it to the studio. This is not a comeback. Following my own path. Laying down the fat tracks. Still a music maniac."

" Whoa, well I know that I'll make it. Never put my head down. T-t-turn it up loud, yeah. 'Cause I don't have to fake it. If I keep on working it, a billion hits is what I'll get. Whoa. That's what I'm gonna get. Whoa. That's what I'm gonna get. Yeah, 'cause I know that I'll make it. Overload the internet, a billion hits is what I'll get." Xander looks up noticing Barry walking over to him with a proud smile on his face which made Xander smile as well. 

" You know the song, take over for me Bar." Xander says as Barry sits down on the piano bench just as Xander stands up. Barry walks over to the spiral staircase that was in the room and walks up a few steps, leaning on the railing with one arm as he taps the girl that he knew was a regular customer at Barry's, on the shoulder once Barry starts playing.

" Now you can't breathe, why so quiet? No, you don't believe your eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes." the girl rolls her eyes and turns away dramatically but Xander keeps on singing and Barry keeps on playing the piano. " You pushed me 'till I had to start this riot. Now I'll never be denied, 'nied, 'nied, 'nied." he gets off of the railing noticing some other customers were listening to him sing which made him smile. 

He walks up a few steps, singing as he does so. " I'm always improving, always on the move and working on my flow,"

Xander stops one step and turns around, pointing at each of the customers that were listening to him sing. " till' ya hear me on the radio. I know I can be a star. Take off like a rocket car. Everyday I'm working hard. To get my name on every chart."

" Whoa, well I know that I'll make it. Never put my head down. T-t-turn it up loud. Yeah, 'cause I don't have to fake it. If I keep on working it, a billion hits is what I'll get. Whoa. That's what I'm gonna get. Whoa. That's what I'm gonna get. Yeah, 'cause I know that I'll make it. Overload the internet," he jumps over a few steps, landing one that were four below him. " A billion hits is what I'll get."

He walks down the rest of the stairs and goes over to the piano and leans on it while pointing at Barry who smiled. " Call someone, I think this is an emergency. Hey! Xander's blowing up my p.c. Every hour, day and night. Can't get him out of my site."

Xander walks over and stands on top of a chair that was in the middle of the room behind the piano. " You can't get me outta your site. You can't get me outta your site. You thought that I was gone. Guess that you were wrong. 'Cause I just wrote your new favorite song."

He does a backflip off of the chair while singing the next part of the song. " Whoa, well I know that I'll make it. Never put my head down. T-t-turn it up loud. Yeah, 'cause I don't have to fake it. If I keep on working it, a billion hits is what I'll get."

Xander then starts walking around the pawn shop as he sings, smiling seeing that everyone was enjoying his song. " Whoa. That's what I'm gonna get. Whoa. That's what I'm gonna get. Yeah, 'cause I know that I'll make it." he ends up at the spiral stair case and walks up a few steps, stopping on one and turns around.

" Overload the internet. A billion hits is what I'll get." he jumps off the steps, landing on the floor as he finishes the song.

Xander can't help the large grin that formed on his face when everyone started clapping for him and for Barry as well for playing the piano greatly. He bowed and said his thank yous before walking over to Barry.

Barry high fived him. " Dude, that was great. Why aren't you famous now?"

Xander laughed, thinking it would be great if he was famous right now but he knew that would never happen. " You have no idea how great that would be but have you met my family?"

Barry winced, remembering who Xander's family was. " Yeah, okay, you do have a point." he pats Xander on the shoulder. " But still, that was great." Xander smiled. " Thanks. You did good to, Barry. Gettin' a lot better at piano."

Barry nodded and shrugged his shoulders while smiling. " Ah, it's nothing."

Xander smiled once more as he picked his backpack up. " As much as I don't wanna leave, I should get going." a smile forms on Xander's face as he says, " I got a job."

Barry looks at him as if he was crazy. " You? You got a job?" he asks and one he realizes Xander wasn't kidding he sighs. 

" All right, good luck I guess. I'll see you later, Xan. Be careful." Barry points at him as Xander starts walking to the door, shaking his head as Xander starts walking out of the pawn shop but not before replying with, " I always am!"

A/N yay first chapter of 2020. happy new years everybody! I hope you enjoy reading this bc I actually enjoyed writing this chapter a lot