Junior Year (Sequel to Start Off Fresh)

Chapter 21: New Songs

I sit at the Glee Club table at lunch.

I don't feel like eating today. I actually feel a little bit lonely. Wait, where's the voice in my head? I don't miss it or anything, but it has just...disappeared.

"Em." I look up and I see everyone looking at me. "Are you gonna eat your lunch?" Ryder asks. I shake my head.

"I'm not that hungry," I said and I grab my bag. "I'll see you guys at Glee Club." I turn around and I start to walk away.

"Wait Emily." I turn around, and I see Santana and Rachel there. "We want to show you something," Santana said. I smile a little.

"Okay," I said and they grab my wrists. They pull me out of the cafeteria and into the Auditorium. We run down the stairs and onto the stage. "Alright. What do you want to show me?"

"We wrote some songs and we were wondering if you could listen to them and tell us if they're good," Rachel said. I smile.

"Of course I will. Alright, show me what you've got," I said.

Rachel is first so Santana and I sit on the floor of the stage. The music starts to play and I watch Rachel sing her first song.

Rachel (Santana and Emily-Grace in brackets):

Break down

Break down

Break down

I was scared to death I was losing my mind

Break down

I couldn't close my eyes I was pacing all night, oh, no,

I think I found the light at the end of the tunnel (and my doubts)

I couldn't find the truth I was going under

But I won't hide inside

I gotta get out, gotta get out, gotta get out, gotta get out

Lonely inside and light the fuse

Light it now, light it now, light it now

And now I will start living today, today, today

I close the door

I got this new beginning and I will fly

I'll fly like a cannonball, like a cannonball, like a cannonball

I'll fly, I'll fly, I'll fly like a cannonball

Freedom

I let go of fear and the peace came quickly

Freedom

I was in the dark and then it hit me

I chose suffering and pain in the falling rain

I know, I gotta get out into the world again

But I won't hide inside

I gotta get out, gotta get out, gotta get out, gotta get out

Lonely inside and light the fuse

Light it now, light it now, light it now

And now I will start living today, today, today

I close the door

I got this new beginning and I will fly

I'll fly like a cannonball, like a cannonball, like a cannonball