Chapter 3

Ari's POV

Two girls walked into the recording studio. They were hot! One had long straight red hair with side bangs to the right, fair skin, and green eyes, and the other had jet black hair styled in a bob with bangs straight across her forehead, tan skin, and baby blue eyes. They looked like they were in their 20's.

I couldn't help but say "you girls are hot! Are any of you single?"

The red haired girl chuckled. "No. I'm engaged."

"Yep, to me." The black haired girl said. The red haired girl held up her right hand. The index finger on that hand had a wedding ring on it.

Ah, fuck. There goes my chance with any of these girls.

"Awkward." Nudge said in a sing-song voice.

"It is." The red haired girl agreed. "Especially in a society that is so used to marriage being between a man and a woman."

Max's POV

"But you two love each other, so people should be fine with it." Iggy said. He smiled at Catherine. "Good to see you again, Catherine."

She smiled back at him. "You too, Iggy."

Ari's face took on a look of confusion. "You two know each other?"

"Yeah, they're cousins." I told him. Ari doesn't know as much about Blackout as me and the others do.

"What do you say we get to work on recording those songs?" Fang suggested.

"Yeah, let's." Brigid agreed.

We started recording the songs.

(A/N: Song is Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace. Italics=Max singing, Bold=Fang singing, all caps=Brigid singing.)

I can't escape this hell
So many times I've tried
But I'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
This animal

This animal

I can't escape myself
I can't escape myself
So many times I've lied
So many times I've lied
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell

This animal

This animal

This animal

This animal

This animal

This animal

This animal

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
This animal I have become

"That was epic!" Nudge exclaimed.

(A/N: Song is Collide by Skillet. Italics=Max singing, Bold=Fang singing, all caps=Brigid singing, normal=all.)

We have fallen
We have fallen again tonight
Where do we go from here
When they're tearing down our lives?
When all they want is
When all they want is
For us to live in fear
How long can we hold on?
Can we hold on?
Hold on

There's something deep inside
That keeps my faith alive
When all you can do
Is hide from the fear
That's deep inside of you
Something, something, something
Something, something, something
To hold me close when I don't know
There's something deep inside
That keeps my faith alive

We are healing
But it's killing us inside
Can we take a chance?
When faith and fear collide
We can make it
Step out and take it
We can't live feeling so numb
How long can we hold on?
Can we hold on?
Hold on

There's something deep inside
That keeps my faith alive
When all you can do
Is hide from the fear
That's deep inside of you
Something, something, something
Something, something, something
To hold me close when I don't know
There's something deep inside
That keeps my faith alive

That keeps my faith alive

(A/N: Song is Vienna by The Fray. Italics=Max singing, Bold=Fang singing, all caps=Brigid singing, normal=all.)

The day's last one-way ticket train pulls in
We smile for the casual closure capturing
There goes the downpour
There goes my fare thee well

There's really no way to reach me
There's really no way to reach me
There's really no way to reach me
'Cause I'm already gone

There's so many words that we can say
Spoken upon long-distance melody
This is my hello
This is my goodness

There's really no way to reach me
There's really no way to reach me
There's really no way to reach me
'Cause I'm already gone

Maybe in five or ten yours and mine will meet again
Straighten this whole thing out
Maybe then honesty need not be feared as a friend or an enemy
But this is the distance
And this is my game face

There's really no way to reach me
There's really no way to reach me
Is there really no way to reach me?
Am I already gone?
So this is your maverick
And this is Vienna

"Thanks for doing this, guys." Catherine said.

"No problem." I said.

We walked out of the studio.

THE END