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It Wasn't Hard Finding Love, Just the Voice.
Kat moves to L.A. to start her singing career. Little does she know, Patrick holds the key to her future. But Pete holds the key to her heart...even though she doesnt know its THE Pete.
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Music was Kat Borden's life. Her house had been filled with the sounds of everyone from Michael Jackson to Nat King Cole to Deep Purple when she was growing up, so it came as no surprise when she decided to move to L.A. and try to live out her dreams.
--Kat's POV--
Finally i'm here. After what seemed like the longest plane ride in the history of mankind, I made my way up the steps to the place I would call home.
Not exactly a palace. I walk in and see white, bare walls. The bed is practically in the kitchen and don't even get me started on the bathroom. The first thing I do is set up my laptop. I've been without it for the past week and I've missed it like crazy, especially since I haven't been able to talk to him.
The him is a guy named Pete. That's really all I know about him. That, and that he lives in L.A. He IMed me out of the blue one day and we started talking. His sn caught my eye right away because it was a reference to my favorite Disney movie, Peter Pan. Since that afternoon when we first talked for about 3 hours, I haven't gone a day without talking to him. He's mysterious, funny, and brilliant. If only he where real. I sign on and right away I hear that familiar ring of the IM window.
NvrNvrLandin: Hello dear Katrina.
--Pete's POV--
I honestly didn't think I'de talk to her again. For some reason, I came to the conclusion that she made up the whole "moving" excuse so she could get away from me. I don't know why I thought that. We have an amazing connection. She likes me for me, not because i'm pretty boy Pete Wentz.
Of course, she DOES like Pete. I mean me. I actually found her on the Fall Out Boy Message Board. Her bn caught my eye and her posts always made me laugh. One day she posted her sn and I bit the bullet and decided to IM her, and we've been talking ever since. I only wish she hadn't made me start falling in love with her...it's agony loving someone you can't touch.
KatMixmyMusic: Hey Petey! Told you i'de be back.
My heart is in the pit of my stomach. Stop feeling this way, Pete. She's just a girl. You don't even know what she looks like. Snap out of it. Since I refused to show her pictures of me, because it would give away who I am and she wouldn't beleive me even if I told her, she refused to show me pictures of her.
NvrNvrLandin: Yes you did. I missed you, though.
KatMixmyMusic: Like carazy?
NvrNvrLandin: Yup...like carazy.
KatMixmyMusic: Good...cuz thats how I missed you too:)
KatMixmyMusic: So i'm in L.A. now. Crazy right?
NvrNvrLandin: How do you like it?
KatMixmyMusic: I dunno yet. All i've seen is my apartment, which is small as crap and needs a serious makeover.
NvrNvrLandin: Better call those Queer Eye doods.
KatMixmyMusic: hehe. Yeah i'll get right on that.
NvrNvrLandin: I'm sorry. I gotta go. Joe's naggin me.
KatMixmyMusic: Joe? who's Joe.
Shit. She probably knows now.
NvrNvrLandin: That's my dogs name. He needs to go for a walk.
KatMixmyMusic: Awww I didn't know you have a dog. I love dogs.
NvrNvrLandin: Yeah he's a cutie. But I do have to get going. Talk to you tomorrow?
KatMixmyMusic: It's a date.
--Kat's POV--
It's a date? God i'm stupid. Anyway, now that he's gone I have no reason to stay on anymore. I sign off and start to unpack. Before I know it it's 12 A.M. and i'm still on Eastern Time so I decide to conk out on my lame excuse for a bed.
--Pete's POV--
I wake up to the sound of my "Touch the Sky" ringtone.
"Grrr...what do you want?" I say, half awake.
"Hey Pete, it's Trick. Are you like...gonna come by the studio at all today?" he asks.
"Yeah...I'll fit it into my schedule," I giggle. I love making him squirm.
We've been working on our next record and Trick is basically freaking out about the whole thing. There is this one track that he swears he needs a female voice for. He says he can't do it justice and it is kinda from the point of view of both sexes. We just need to find someone who can do it. Patrick wants an unknown, so he's kinda sent me on a quest to discover someone, since that's what i'm good at apparently. I've been trying my hardest but haven't really found the right girl yet. However, today feels like a lucky day. I think we'll find her today.
"I think i'm gonna swing by that CD store before I head in to the studio," Patrick says on the other line. "I wanna pick up the new Usher album."
"Sounds good man. I'll be in around 3-ish." And with that I hang up and start to get ready for the day.
--Kat's POV--
I wake up that day and decide to do some shopping. I walk out of my apartment and head down the street. I live pretty close to everything, so I don't really need my car. Plus it's a beautiful day and I want to take it all in. I walk passed an independent CD store and decide to go in.
The place is packed with CD's, which I guess makes up for the lack of people there. I only see 3 other people purusing the isles. I go to the listening station and see that they have a new compilation CD by Nat King Cole, one of my favorites, so I decide to give it a listen. I tap my foot a little to the songs until my favorite one comes on: Almost Like Being in Love. I can't help but sing along.
--Patrick's POV--
I walk into Fletcher's CDs and hear a familiar tune. It's Nat King Cole's Almost Like Being in Love but its not Nat singing. It's a girl. A beautiful girl with an even more beautiful voice. The minute I hear her I know she is the voice. The one we've been looking for. Pete hadn't found one yet, so I didn't feel guilty for taking over the job.
I walked over to her and tapped her on the shoulder, causing her to jump up and turn around.
"Holy shit," she gasps as she turns to face me. Her mouth drops; I think she knows who I am.
"Hi. I'm sorry, but I couldn't help but over-hear your singing." I smile at her.
"Oh," her face turns beat red,"Was I singing out loud? I'm sorry, I didn't even realize."
"Don't be sorry. Your voice is amazing. I'm,"
"Patrick Stump. I know. Wait...you think my voice is amazing? Wow. That means alot coming from you," she said. I couldn't help but blush a little
"Are you a singer?"
"Actually, I moved here to try and start a singing career. So..yeah. I guess I am."
"Good. How would you like to sing on the new Fall Out Boy album?" I ask, giggling a little because as I asked this, her eyes got really wide.
"What? Oh. Wow. Wait...since when does Fall Out Boy have girls singing in their records?"
"Since now. Pete wrote a song that really calls for a girls voice. We've been looking for someone, and you are her."
"Am I?" she smiles. "How can you be so sure?"
"Just am. You were singing one of my favorite songs. It's a sign."
"Okay. I guess I could give it a try. I've never sung in a studio though...and I don't know how 'Fall Out Boy' my voice is. I mean I sing along with you all the time, but..."
"Don't think about it. Just come and do it. Can you come to Sunset Studios tomorrow? Say around 3?" I say.
"Yup. I'll be there. Thanks Patrick."
"You're welcome...wait. I didn't catch your name."
She extends her hand to me and smiles. "I'm Katrina. Or just Kat."
"Nice to meet you Kat."
"You too."
--Kat's POV--
As I make my way back to the apartment my mind is going crazy. Did that just freakin happen? It did. I'm going to sing with Patrick Stump, my musical idol. What are the odds? I can't wait to tell Pete.
KatMixmyMusic: Pete you will NEVER guess what happend to me today.
NvrNvrLandin: You...discovered you can fly?
KatMixmyMusic: Ha ha. Very funny. No. I was in Fletcher's Music today singing and Patrick freakin Stump, ya know the lead singer from Fall Out Boy, tapped me on the shoulder and told me my voice was amazing and that he had been looking for a voice like mine for the new Fall Out Boy record. I'm going to freakin sing with him in the studio tomorrow. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
--Pete's POV--
Oh my God. NO I can't freakin believe it. I'm going to meet her tomorrow. Oh my God. This isn't happening. I'm not ready. Yes I am. Play it cool, Pete. Don't give yourself away.
NvrNvrLandin: You're joking.
KatMixmyMusic: Nope. Totally serious. My first full day in L.A. and look what happens? Tomorrow i'm going to meet my favorite band.
NvrNvrLandin: Wow. That's amazing Kat.
KatMixmyMusic: You don't sound very excited.
NvrNvrLandin: You don't know what I sound like, silly girl.
Just then Patrick calls.
"Pete I found her," he says urgently.
"I know," I say softly.
"Wait. How do you know?"
"You know that girl that i've been talking to online for a couple of months? Kat?"
"Yeah...that's funny. The girl I found name is...Oh my God. Your Kat is my Kat."
"You're Kat?" I have a bit of anger in my voice. I can't believe he got to see her before me.
"You know what I mean. Wow you're lucky though. She's fucking gorgeous. Cute, dark, short hair. Beautiful blue/green eyes. Tight little body..."
"Shut up, man."
"What? I'm just saying. She's beautiful. I wont try anything though. I know you're like in love with her so I'll stay back."
"Good...so she's really gorgeous? I knew she would be." I just realized I haven't responded to Kat. "Hey i'm talking to her right now so I gotta go."
"Ok. Good luck telling her who you are," Patrick smirks.
"What? I'm not going to tell her," I scoff.
"Well you can't just meet her tomorrow and be all calm and collect. You love the girl and she's gorgeous and her voice is amazing. You won't be able to pretend you aren't her Petey for long."
He has a point. I have to tell her. But how? I hang up with Patrick and go back to my convo with Kat.
NvrNvrLandin: Sorry. Had to pee. It was urgent.
KatMixmyMusic: TMI but at least now I know why you were gone.
NvrNvrLandin: I really am happy for you Kat. But I have something to tell you...
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--Kat's POV--
Finally i'm here. After what seemed like the longest plane ride in the history of mankind, I made my way up the steps to the place I would call home.
Not exactly a palace. I walk in and see white, bare walls. The bed is practically in the kitchen and don't even get me started on the bathroom. The first thing I do is set up my laptop. I've been without it for the past week and I've missed it like crazy, especially since I haven't been able to talk to him.
The him is a guy named Pete. That's really all I know about him. That, and that he lives in L.A. He IMed me out of the blue one day and we started talking. His sn caught my eye right away because it was a reference to my favorite Disney movie, Peter Pan. Since that afternoon when we first talked for about 3 hours, I haven't gone a day without talking to him. He's mysterious, funny, and brilliant. If only he where real. I sign on and right away I hear that familiar ring of the IM window.
NvrNvrLandin: Hello dear Katrina.
--Pete's POV--
I honestly didn't think I'de talk to her again. For some reason, I came to the conclusion that she made up the whole "moving" excuse so she could get away from me. I don't know why I thought that. We have an amazing connection. She likes me for me, not because i'm pretty boy Pete Wentz.
Of course, she DOES like Pete. I mean me. I actually found her on the Fall Out Boy Message Board. Her bn caught my eye and her posts always made me laugh. One day she posted her sn and I bit the bullet and decided to IM her, and we've been talking ever since. I only wish she hadn't made me start falling in love with her...it's agony loving someone you can't touch.
KatMixmyMusic: Hey Petey! Told you i'de be back.
My heart is in the pit of my stomach. Stop feeling this way, Pete. She's just a girl. You don't even know what she looks like. Snap out of it. Since I refused to show her pictures of me, because it would give away who I am and she wouldn't beleive me even if I told her, she refused to show me pictures of her.
NvrNvrLandin: Yes you did. I missed you, though.
KatMixmyMusic: Like carazy?
NvrNvrLandin: Yup...like carazy.
KatMixmyMusic: Good...cuz thats how I missed you too:)
KatMixmyMusic: So i'm in L.A. now. Crazy right?
NvrNvrLandin: How do you like it?
KatMixmyMusic: I dunno yet. All i've seen is my apartment, which is small as crap and needs a serious makeover.
NvrNvrLandin: Better call those Queer Eye doods.
KatMixmyMusic: hehe. Yeah i'll get right on that.
NvrNvrLandin: I'm sorry. I gotta go. Joe's naggin me.
KatMixmyMusic: Joe? who's Joe.
Shit. She probably knows now.
NvrNvrLandin: That's my dogs name. He needs to go for a walk.
KatMixmyMusic: Awww I didn't know you have a dog. I love dogs.
NvrNvrLandin: Yeah he's a cutie. But I do have to get going. Talk to you tomorrow?
KatMixmyMusic: It's a date.
--Kat's POV--
It's a date? God i'm stupid. Anyway, now that he's gone I have no reason to stay on anymore. I sign off and start to unpack. Before I know it it's 12 A.M. and i'm still on Eastern Time so I decide to conk out on my lame excuse for a bed.
--Pete's POV--
I wake up to the sound of my "Touch the Sky" ringtone.
"Grrr...what do you want?" I say, half awake.
"Hey Pete, it's Trick. Are you like...gonna come by the studio at all today?" he asks.
"Yeah...I'll fit it into my schedule," I giggle. I love making him squirm.
We've been working on our next record and Trick is basically freaking out about the whole thing. There is this one track that he swears he needs a female voice for. He says he can't do it justice and it is kinda from the point of view of both sexes. We just need to find someone who can do it. Patrick wants an unknown, so he's kinda sent me on a quest to discover someone, since that's what i'm good at apparently. I've been trying my hardest but haven't really found the right girl yet. However, today feels like a lucky day. I think we'll find her today.
"I think i'm gonna swing by that CD store before I head in to the studio," Patrick says on the other line. "I wanna pick up the new Usher album."
"Sounds good man. I'll be in around 3-ish." And with that I hang up and start to get ready for the day.
--Kat's POV--
I wake up that day and decide to do some shopping. I walk out of my apartment and head down the street. I live pretty close to everything, so I don't really need my car. Plus it's a beautiful day and I want to take it all in. I walk passed an independent CD store and decide to go in.
The place is packed with CD's, which I guess makes up for the lack of people there. I only see 3 other people purusing the isles. I go to the listening station and see that they have a new compilation CD by Nat King Cole, one of my favorites, so I decide to give it a listen. I tap my foot a little to the songs until my favorite one comes on: Almost Like Being in Love. I can't help but sing along.
--Patrick's POV--
I walk into Fletcher's CDs and hear a familiar tune. It's Nat King Cole's Almost Like Being in Love but its not Nat singing. It's a girl. A beautiful girl with an even more beautiful voice. The minute I hear her I know she is the voice. The one we've been looking for. Pete hadn't found one yet, so I didn't feel guilty for taking over the job.
I walked over to her and tapped her on the shoulder, causing her to jump up and turn around.
"Holy shit," she gasps as she turns to face me. Her mouth drops; I think she knows who I am.
"Hi. I'm sorry, but I couldn't help but over-hear your singing." I smile at her.
"Oh," her face turns beat red,"Was I singing out loud? I'm sorry, I didn't even realize."
"Don't be sorry. Your voice is amazing. I'm,"
"Patrick Stump. I know. Wait...you think my voice is amazing? Wow. That means alot coming from you," she said. I couldn't help but blush a little
"Are you a singer?"
"Actually, I moved here to try and start a singing career. So..yeah. I guess I am."
"Good. How would you like to sing on the new Fall Out Boy album?" I ask, giggling a little because as I asked this, her eyes got really wide.
"What? Oh. Wow. Wait...since when does Fall Out Boy have girls singing in their records?"
"Since now. Pete wrote a song that really calls for a girls voice. We've been looking for someone, and you are her."
"Am I?" she smiles. "How can you be so sure?"
"Just am. You were singing one of my favorite songs. It's a sign."
"Okay. I guess I could give it a try. I've never sung in a studio though...and I don't know how 'Fall Out Boy' my voice is. I mean I sing along with you all the time, but..."
"Don't think about it. Just come and do it. Can you come to Sunset Studios tomorrow? Say around 3?" I say.
"Yup. I'll be there. Thanks Patrick."
"You're welcome...wait. I didn't catch your name."
She extends her hand to me and smiles. "I'm Katrina. Or just Kat."
"Nice to meet you Kat."
"You too."
--Kat's POV--
As I make my way back to the apartment my mind is going crazy. Did that just freakin happen? It did. I'm going to sing with Patrick Stump, my musical idol. What are the odds? I can't wait to tell Pete.
KatMixmyMusic: Pete you will NEVER guess what happend to me today.
NvrNvrLandin: You...discovered you can fly?
KatMixmyMusic: Ha ha. Very funny. No. I was in Fletcher's Music today singing and Patrick freakin Stump, ya know the lead singer from Fall Out Boy, tapped me on the shoulder and told me my voice was amazing and that he had been looking for a voice like mine for the new Fall Out Boy record. I'm going to freakin sing with him in the studio tomorrow. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
--Pete's POV--
Oh my God. NO I can't freakin believe it. I'm going to meet her tomorrow. Oh my God. This isn't happening. I'm not ready. Yes I am. Play it cool, Pete. Don't give yourself away.
NvrNvrLandin: You're joking.
KatMixmyMusic: Nope. Totally serious. My first full day in L.A. and look what happens? Tomorrow i'm going to meet my favorite band.
NvrNvrLandin: Wow. That's amazing Kat.
KatMixmyMusic: You don't sound very excited.
NvrNvrLandin: You don't know what I sound like, silly girl.
Just then Patrick calls.
"Pete I found her," he says urgently.
"I know," I say softly.
"Wait. How do you know?"
"You know that girl that i've been talking to online for a couple of months? Kat?"
"Yeah...that's funny. The girl I found name is...Oh my God. Your Kat is my Kat."
"You're Kat?" I have a bit of anger in my voice. I can't believe he got to see her before me.
"You know what I mean. Wow you're lucky though. She's fucking gorgeous. Cute, dark, short hair. Beautiful blue/green eyes. Tight little body..."
"Shut up, man."
"What? I'm just saying. She's beautiful. I wont try anything though. I know you're like in love with her so I'll stay back."
"Good...so she's really gorgeous? I knew she would be." I just realized I haven't responded to Kat. "Hey i'm talking to her right now so I gotta go."
"Ok. Good luck telling her who you are," Patrick smirks.
"What? I'm not going to tell her," I scoff.
"Well you can't just meet her tomorrow and be all calm and collect. You love the girl and she's gorgeous and her voice is amazing. You won't be able to pretend you aren't her Petey for long."
He has a point. I have to tell her. But how? I hang up with Patrick and go back to my convo with Kat.
NvrNvrLandin: Sorry. Had to pee. It was urgent.
KatMixmyMusic: TMI but at least now I know why you were gone.
NvrNvrLandin: I really am happy for you Kat. But I have something to tell you...
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