Never Again

Aron and Daphne

She was even more grateful to Rachel for bringing her here . Emily was a good singer but she has two enemies ' stage fright ' and ' critics ' . Once she got so scared on stage that she literally cried and then the queen bee , Jessica , made fun of her in front of everyone . They named her cry baby .

She imagined herself singing in place of that girl and everyone cheering and applauding . Oh ! It was all so beautiful . The girl stopped singing everyone clapped to cheer her the loudest was Emily . She knew that the key to become a successful artist is encouragement that you receive from others because when you are a artist you look at yourself from others perspective .

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Judy called out to Rachel . Rachel signed Emily to come along . Judy was not expecting Rachel today " What are you doing here sweetie ? I thought that you were on a break today . "

" Yes I am on a break today . She is Emily , I told you about her . "

" Of course you did . Hi Emily . " She shook hands with her " Well Emily I must say that you are very pretty . You have such lovely eyes . "

Emily greeted her complement with a cute smile . " You know Emily what I have learned from my life experience . "

Emily was curious " What ? " She asks her .

" Well I have learned that the prettier the eyes the darker stories they hide . "

Now Emily was not just curious but she was also confused " Wait . . . .wait . . . . .wait . . . . . I think the saying goes prettier the smile the deeper the pain . "

Judy chuckles " Well child I never said that I was going to tell you a saying that some person wrote ages back . I told you that I was going to tell you about my life experience . And my life experience told me that the prettier the eyes the darker stories they hide . "

" I am trying to get what you are saying but I am not able to . I am sorry . Can you explain it ? What stories ? "

" Every eyes tell a story of what they have been through . They tell your true nature . "

" I don't know what kind of stories my eyes could tell . "

" Then may be child you should spend some time with yourself . "

Emily nodded along like she understood what she meant when clearly Judy's words were going over her head . Judy was a strange woman . She gave her the flowers she brought for her . Although Judy thought that it was insensitive to give someone flowers because they are corpses of something that was ones living . She was definetly very strange . Anyways Rachel and Emily gave their order and then sat down . Earlier the two used to hang out all the time but now they hardly get any time for each .

Emily wanted to talk to Rachel about Matt but then Rachel said that today was the girls day out and they won't bring up any boys . Emily never kept a secret from Rach so she was dying to talk to Rach about Matt but then she thought that it was not the right time to bring that up .

Emily and Rachel noticed that Judy looked quite tensed . Every thing was fine a few minutes back suddenly what went wrong . They both went to her " Judy is every thing fine ? " Rachel asked her .

" Give me a minute Rachel . " She was calling someone but the person on the other end was not answering the call . " Damn it ! " She said frustratingly .

" What is wrong Judy ? Is there something we could help you with ? "

She sits on the chair " I need a glass of water . " She says . Emily goes to get water for her .

" You girls can't do anything . Today a singer was supposed to come and perform here , half of the crowd that you see here have come to listen to that singer . But now I got a text from her which said that ' sorry Judy got stuck in some work I won't be able to make it . ' I am trying to reach her but she is not answering the calls . What should I do now ? "

Rachel tried to calm her " May be you could just tell everyone that the concert is cancelled . "

" And that will give such a wrong impression about THE BEANERY . But I guess I will have to do that . What else option have I got . It is not possible that some singer is already present at ' The Beanery ' and can handle the concert . "

This clicked Rachel's mind . Judy was looking for a singer and Rachel was looking for an opportunity . They both could help each other . Rachel was proud of her mind . She told Judy " I have an idea . " and exactly then Emily comes with a glass of water . Could her timing be any more perfect ?