My mom picked me up and she kept asking me about my day in school. "So baby me and your dad went to go look for you some new shoes and we saw these really cute ones but we didnt know..."

"Mom! Please slow down. I have to tell you something."

"Oh Im sorry hon what is it?"

"I...promise you wont get mad."

"I wont baby now tell me what is it?"

"Well I talked to Lucas today..."

"And?" 

"Well....he confessed his feelings to me."

We pulled into the Dunkin Donuts lot and mom did a double take on the parking space. This was a usual thing we did after school on some days only for mom and daughter. "I knew it I knew it! Oh honey you have a boyfriend! I am so happy! Oh gee we have to go shopping to get you something to wear for you first date and we have to..."

"Mom! Whoa come on now just wait a second."

She calmed down and giggled. "Whoops silly me getting all riled up but oooo Im so excited!" We both laughed. 

"Mom please dont tell dad."

"Oh honey you know I wont. He'll have a whole fit!"

"Thank you mom. You're the best." I said hugging her. We went inside and ordered some donuts to chow down on. Just then my daddy called.

"Hey baby!" my mom said over the phone. While she was doing that I was scrolling down on my Instagram feed. I stopped at Lucas's post. It was a picture of us and a comment that said:

'See that beautiful girl next to me? Thats my #1 girl and i love her @anna_beautifulsoul'. I blushed and looked up at mom who was rambling on and on her next strawberry donut. I giggled and tried the new brownie donut.

She was off the phone and she said that we were going to bring my daddy some donuts. "Because you know how jealous he gets when we get the good stuff." We both laughed.

We were finally home and my dad was there sitting on the couch waiting for us a usual. "Hey babe." he said kissing mom on her cheek. I threw my bookbag down and went to them.

"Hey daddy." I said hugging him. He giggled. "Looks like someone had a tough day."

"Nah...just a little perplexing."

"Oh?"

"You know...got a project to work on and stuff."

"Do you need any help? I can call Julia and she can come right over. Julia was my tutor and she came every other day. I didnt need her at the moment and I was just conjuring up some story to refrain from the boyfriend and Lucas situation.

"I dont need her today daddy. I can wait." I said taking off our shoes. "Ok sweetheart. If there's anything else you need..."

"No Im fine. I love you daddy." I said kissing his cheek before heading to my room. I plopped on the bed and then my phone buzzed. Lucas.

L: hey

A: hi

L: did u tell ur mom?

A: yes i did. shes cool wit it an shes not gonna tell

L: i told ya. i miss u

A: i miss u 2

L: wyd?

A: about 2 do some hw..then probly watch tv

L: mayb i can come over sumtime?

A: yes. but we can only act bf/gf away from my dad

L: gotcha. ill let u get to that hw. ill ttyl. i love u 

A: i love u 2 :-)

I threw my phone down and my heart fluttered. A part of me wanted to tell my dad but I can't ruin something that's already so great for me. After my homework I went down to the studio to ask my dad if I could finish my song.

"Sure sweetheart we can get right to it."

"Ok." I said going into the little room. I was ready to sing my song and just then Lucas popped up in my mind again. My dad stopped the tape.

"You're flat sweetheart." he said through the mic.

"Oh im sorry. Lets roll it again." 

He rolled the tape and my voice was back to normal. I started writing songs when I got to 11 years old. My dad said I had a beautiful voice and that if I wanted to make a career of singing I could. He was going to support me the whole way. I cut my first album when I was 13 and I havent stopped since then.

I was finished singing and I came into the room to hear the tape. "Sounds good babygirl. Now we can start mixing." I smiled because he knew that mixing was my favorite part.

I felt that 'Secret' was going to be a hit considering that I did have a secret and I could relate to this song a lot. We were finished and I hugged my dad.

"This is going to be great! Can we call Tony and tell him to release it as a single for the new album?" 

"We sure can my love."

"Great!" I said kissing his cheek. We both went upstairs and mom was making some alfredo. "Oh man Im starving!" I said plopping down at the table.

My mom came in put the dinner on the table. "You people have been hungry bears every since forever." she said sitting down giggling. We all laughed and ate dinner.

"So do you have practice tomorrow?"

"No. The next day."

"Oh ok." my mom said.

"Anything interesting happen at school today?" my dad asked

"No. The usual."

"Oh....ok." he said thinking that I was hiding something. We were done eating and I went upstairs to get to bed. 

Dad was trying to blow my cover.

TO BE CONTINUED