SAVE ME

TWENTY-FOUR

It was around five in the morning and Madison had just arrived at the studio. She couldn't sleep after Dom left so she decided to record some songs just to have something to do. She had no intention of actually releasing them, she just wanted to know what they would sound like.

When she stepped inside, she was surprised to see Mod Sun in there messing around with the sound booth. "Hey, Mod. What are you doing here so early?" She asked him as she went to take the seat next to him. He turned to face her with a small smile before continuing his work.

"Hey, Kid. I just got bored and couldn't sleep. So I'm here making some beats. What are you doing here?" She took a moment to think of an answer. She knew he also produced music and didn't just make his own music. He was very talented. She needed his help.

"I actually wanted to record some songs that I wrote. I just wanted to know what they would sound like if they were professionally produced. Think you can help me out?" She begged as she looked up at him with a hopeful smile. He simply nodded, his eyes lighting up. You could tell he loved doing it.

"Absolutely. Hand me your song book with the songs you want to record and step into the booth. I will make a beat as we go. We can add real instrumentals later on." She was beyind excited. This is something she had been wanting to do for a long time.

She reached into her backpack and pulled out her song book before handing it over to him and getting up to her feet. "The first song is I'm With You. It should be the third page." She stepped into the booth and put on some headphones before stepping up to the mic.

"Ready when you are. Take your time and don't be nervous. I'm sure you're great." He told her after pushing a button on the sound board so his voice could be heard in her headphones. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes before she began singing with every ounce of passion she had.

"I'm standing on a bridge. I'm waitin' in the dark. I thought that you'd be here, by now. There's nothing but the rain. No footsteps on the ground. I'm listening but there's no sound." She kept her eyes closed, too scared and self concious to look over at Mod to see his reaction.

"Isn't anyone tryin' to find me? Won't somebody come take me home?" She raised the pitch of her voice for the next part, giving it her best shot. "It's a damn cold night. Trying to figure out this life. Won't you take me by the hand, take me somewhere new? I don't know who you are but I, I'm with you. I'm with you."

"I'm looking for a place. I'm searching for a face. Is anybody here I know? Cause nothing's going right, and everything's a mess, and noone likes to be alone." She finally got the courage to open her eyes, surprised to see Mod with the biggest smile on his face. He felt as if he discovered a new talent. Someone with serious vocals.

"It's a damn cold night. Trying to figure out this life. Won't you take me by the hand, take me somewhere new? I don't know who you are but I, I'm with you. I'm with you." She finished before she took a step back and took off the headphones. She went back into the room he was in and sat down on the chair she was previously in.

"That was goddamn incredible, Madi. Your voice is seriously beautiful. You have to hear this." He did a few adjustments before he pressed play and her song came to life, filling her ears with a voice she had never heard before. It sounded nothing like the voice in her head.

She felt tears brimming in her eyes, her heart full of pure happiness. This is what she wanted. She knew that now. She had made up her mind. She was going to release it. "I want to put this out there. I have to see how well it does before I do an ep." She was afraid of the negatives but so excited for the positives.

"Alright. I will post it right now. But in the meantime go home and get some sleep. You look exhausted." She was so caught up in her song that she didn't realize that she was tired. She reached out and wrapped her arms around him and nearly squeezed the life out of him.

"Thank you so much for doing this for me." She grabbed her song book and shoved it into her backpack before running out of the studio to her car.

As soon as she got home, she ran up the stairs and shoved the guestroom door open. It was around eight in the morning and her song was about to go live. She wanted everyone in the house to hear it. She walked over to the bed, noticing Dom laying on his stomach with headphones on listening to music.

She crawled onto the bed and laid down on top of him before pressing a soft kiss to each of his shoulders. He slowly reached up and took off his headphones before speaking. "Well, hello, baby." God, she loved it when he called her that.

"I have a surprise. Meet me downstairs." She pressed another kiss to the back of his neck this time before she got up and went to wake everyone else up.

Once everyone was downstairs and rather grumpy, Madison set up her speaker and went onto youtube on her phone and searched her name. "What's this all about?" Rook asked in a sleepy tone. She hovered her finger over the audio video for only a moment before pressing play.

Her voice quickly filled the room. She looked at everyones confused looks before Dom figured it out and flashed the brightest smile she had ever seen on him. "Holy shit, that's you!"