Click, click, click... I groan, throwing the pen down on the desk, getting beyond frustrated with my lack of inspiration. I lean back in my chair, avoiding eye contact with the empty page that stares back, taunting me.

There's nothing I love more than making music, but I'm at a loss as I try to write something new. There are only so many songs I can write about the same thing without it getting repetitive, and with the lack of romance between me and my boyfriend of just under three years, I'm at my breaking point.

If only Jack allowed me to write about said lack of romance, but unfortunately, he only allows me to write about us in a good light. It's not so easy to do so when I can't remember the last time we were happy. Just yesterday, he picked an argument with me and stormed out of my flat, slamming the door on his way out because my mind hadn't magically changed about leaving today.

Instead of supporting me through the biggest thing to happen in my career, he asked me to abandon the whole thing and stay in London with him, which I wasn't ever going to do.

Jack doesn't like being told no, so after I refused, he threw abuse in my face about how this is a mistake, and that they're going to hate me. That alone should have been my reason to break up with him last night, but I froze and let him go. Jack was my best friend for years before we got together, and I grieve the person I once knew, wishing for him back.

"Cornelia! Get your arse in gear, we need to get going!" Rhiannon, one of my wonderful best friends, yells from behind my bedroom door, pulling me out of my thoughts.

Quickly, I wipe my silly tears and stand from my desk, grabbing my lyric book to bring with me. As soon as it's safely in my hand luggage, I exhale a deep breath, preparing myself for the adventure we're about to take on.

Alex, my other best friend, opens my door, popping their head through with a smile, "We're going on tour, bitch!"

"I'm so excited; is the Uber booked yet?"

"Rhi! Is the Uber booked?!" Alex yells.

"Yeah, it'll be here in three minutes!" she yells back.

Butterflies flicker alive in my belly and a grin makes its way to my face. I'm actually going on tour.

I'll be performing my silly little EP for the first time in arenas all around the world, with the first show happening in a mere few days, and I'm terrified. Not so much about the performing, that I can do easily; I've been doing it for years, especially when I have my best friends as my bandmates, but being an opening act for someone is unbelievably daunting.

The crowd will be eager to see Grayson Reed, a world-renowned rock star, and I'm not him, nor is my music style. I've silently questioned his choice to hire me over a hundred times because it doesn't make sense. Why me? What if I'm hated? What if I'm booed off the stage? That is what's terrifying me.

This is the biggest opportunity of my life, though, and nothing could make me give this up; not my fears or my doubts, and especially not a man.

I'm unsure what last night meant for me and Jack, but for once in my life, I'm not worried about it. Soon enough, I'll be in America and living my dream. He had the choice to join, he just didn't take it.

"Cornelia and Alex, the Uber is here, let's go!"

After two dreaded trips down to the Uber for all of our luggage and instruments, we finally set off for the airport, leaving our little London flat behind. 

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A/N

Hehe, I'm happy to welcome you to the Perform For Me universe!

Let's go on tour together !!!

P.S. We all hate Jack xoxo

I'd like to add before we get into the book, all of the lyrics used in this book are not mine, they are not original and are all linked to an artist somehow. Every song they sing, it's an existent artist. Every lyric they mess around with during a writing process? An existent song. I'm not claiming them to be something I've made, I'm telling you they are all by music artists I either listen to or know of. This being said, if anyone has any questions about the songs and who they're actually by, I'm happy to give you an answer!

Here are our two main characters' face claims! polite reminder that my characters are not them, they are just who I think best suit what I see in my mind.

Cornelia Star (DYLAN)

Grayson Reed (Elijah Hewson)

TOUR POSTERS!