Emily's POV.

"Let's leave now. It's getting late", dad yelled from the living room. Mom helped me to put my pink dress on.

"I don't want to do it mom"

"Don't be shy Emy. You are gonna do it great. Besides, you will be singing with Ollie's son"

"But mom..."

"We have this planned since 2 months ago. And this will help you to overcome your shyness."

"Alright" I said as I sighed. Mom finished my hair, we walked out the house, got into the van and made our way to Rod's Hickory Pit.

"Hello Ollie!" Mom said to the woman that was the owner of the place. Ollie hugged my parents and then hugged me very thightly, took my hand and softly spoke to me, "Don't be nervous swettie, my son will be there with you. You will do great." she noticed I was nervous, I tried not to shake. She took me to the stage while my parents sat three tables away from the stage.

Ollie's son, Billie,was already there, ready to play the guitar. He smiled at me and I got confidence.

"Hi everyone", he said speaking on the microphone, "I am Billie and this is Emily. We are going to perform "Tears in heaven" by Eric Clapton for you. I hope you enjoy it". Everyone cheered.

Billie started to play the guitar, he was good at it, dad bought a guitar for me like 2 years ago, and I am still learning. Billie made a sign that was time for me to start singing.

Once we finished, everyone cheered. I smiled and high-fived Billie. I ran to my mom and dad and they both hugged me.

"You did great sweetheart" my dad said, I sat next to mom and she whispered, "I am proud of you", I smiled. I ordered chocolate cake and milk. 10 minutes later, I finished my cake and a man walked to our table.

"Richard!" The man yelled, dad stood up and greeted him. "Brian" What are you doing here?"

"A friend of mine opened a music store and I will buy a guitar for my son"

"That's awesome. I bought a guitar for my little girl a while ago"

"Can she play it? By the way she has a sweet and good voice", the man said and I blushed, "How old is she?" he asked.

"She is 10" dad answered.

"I still remember when Anne was pregnant." mom smiled and stood up to greet the man.

"Wait, I'll be right back" he said and ran to his table. He came back with a woman, who was his wife and with two kids, one of them was sleeping and the woman was carrying him.

"Hey Emily", the man said to me, "this is my son, Brian, he is only two years older than you. Why you don't play together?". I blushed, the kid smiled to me and took my hand, we ran to the stage and we talked there.

"I am Brian. You?"

"I'm Emily"

"You live here?"

"No, I live in Crockett."

"I've never been there"

"It's okay, I guess. You live here?

"No, I live in Huntington Beach"

"Is it pretty"

"It's the pretties place on earth", he laughed.

We kept talking about a lot of stuff, he was very funny and we had a lot of thins in common. It was really nice to be with him. He was the only friend I had out of school. I felt combortable being around him.

Mom and Suzy walked to where Brian and I were. "Emily, we're leaving..." I turned to see Brian and he did the same, it looked like we didn't want to leave each other. "but the Haner are coming with us"

I was really happy about this. I had more time to keep talking with Brian. Dad paid our bill and we left. I went up to Ollie and Billie and said goodbye to them.

Brian Sr. was driving his van right behind Dad's, it took us 20 minutes to arrive at our house.

"Mom, I'll be playing with Brian in my tree house." I stated.

"Alright, I'll turn the lights on. Be careful." Mom said, she was really protective with me.

Dad built the house tree when I was 5, he always had to be with me because I was afraid of heights. Brian and I climbed up the three to get to the house, we sat in the big pillows I had there.

"Oh, you have a guitar!",

"Yes, but I am not good at it. I am still learning"

"My dad will buy me one tomorrow, but I already know how to play it. My granfather gave me my first guitar and the first song I played was 'Stairway to Heaven'"

"Really?, I nearly yelled.

"You know that song?"

"Are you kidding me? I love Led Zeppelin and that solo is the best ever"

"Wow! I didn't know you liked good music"

"Well Brian, we just met and we only talked about cartoons." he laughed.

"You're right, we didn't talk about music. So, what's your favorite band?"

"I love Def Leppard and Kiss"

"So, you like rock?", I nodded, "I listen to Slayer, Anthrax and Blak Sabbath, and of course, Iron Maiden"

"I like them too but I can't listen to them because my parents will freak out"

"You shouldn't hide your music taste, I mean, you like that stuff and your parents, well, they should accept the way you are" I looked down, "I will do my best Brian, I will stop hiding myself."

He started to play 'Stairway to Heaven' and I sang with him. Before we could finish the song, Suzy went to the yard to look for Brian, they were leaving. We both climbed down the tree and got inside the house. I hugged Brian. He was a special friend and I knew our friendship would last long.

"Don't worry sweetheart, we'll meet soon" Suzy said to me.

They left and that night I decided I wouldn't hide my self anymore.

Notes

So this is the first chapter.

Syn will be appearing a lot in the first chapters. But I promise the rest of the guys will appear later.

Feedback will be appreciated. I promise this story will be good, I just want you to know about Emily.