Chapter Twenty

Tyler's P.O.V

I'm waiting on Vivian to get home so we can dye my hair then practice, tomorrow's the day and I'm starting to get a little nervous.

I went and got dye after school, I got a red that has some purple hues to it.

I hear the door open and loud talking downstairs.

"Okay Tyler ready to do your hair" Vivian asks coming through the bedroom door. "Yup" I say getting off my bed and heading to the bathroom to grab my tub.

I then go to my dresser to grab my other dye shirt for her to wear. "Here, put this on so you don't ruin your shirt" I say throwing it at her.

"Okay" she says and goes to the bathroom.

She comes back out wearing the shirt and I grab the bag from Sally's Beauty Supplies and head out the door.

"Why are we going in here?" she asks as I open the door to the bedroom next to ours. "I dye my hair in here because I don't wanna hog up the bathroom in ours" I say and put the tub down on the counter.

She stands in the middle of the room staring at the bed. I go and change shirts and come back out to see her still just staring at the bed.

"Do you sleep in here?" she points at the messed up blankets on the bed. "Um no, but last night me and James came up here to get away from the noise and we laid on the bed" she looks at me. "Yall came up here, and laid on the bed. Together?" I nod, "Yeah?" "With the door closed?" oh I see the problem now.

"Daniel said to, to cancel out the loud noise" "But when me and Kyle would be in our room the door had to be open!" she exclaims.

"Well, no offense Vivi but Kyle had his intentions. And I don't do touching, Daniel said he didn't have to worry" she rolls her eyes.

"Yeah, he did have intentions" she sighs. "Okay let's do my hair so we can practice, I've been singing along with the song a little in the car but it'll be different with a live piano" I say and we go into the bathroom.

I pull out the bowl, brush, dye, gloves, Vaseline, hair brush, and scissors. "Okay so, I'm gonna trim my ends a little because they are very dead. I usually do that before I bleach but I forgot to last time" I say brushing my hair and picking up my scissors and start cutting.

I took about an inch and a half off, and am now rubbing Vaseline around my hairline. "Why are you doing that" Vivi asks putting her gloves on, "So the dye won't stain my skin" I put the lid back on it and throw away the gloves I was wearing.

I put new ones on and start squeezing the dye into the bowl. "Okay so you're gonna take the brush and just start painting it on. Make sure you cover the entire section or it'll turn out splotchy" she nods and takes the bowl and brush from me.

She take a deep breath then gets started.

"So there's something about tomorrow that I haven't told you" she says as she finishes the last section and puts the bowl on the counter. "What" I say washing the bowl and brush off in the sink.

"Well, there's gonna be a cello playing with us. And you know the player it's just, I don't think you like him" I set the bowl and brush down to dry and turn to her. "Who is it?", "Landon" she mutters his name.

"He plays the cello?" I can't see him playing any instrument, James did say he was in the showcase.

"Yeah, and he's really good so I asked him to play with me and Beca" "Does he know it's me singing now?" I step out of the bathroom and go into the bedroom.

"No I haven't had a chance to tell him. He's always around everyone" she follows behind me. "Vivi?", "Yeah?" she looks over at me.

"Would ya'll be mad if I switched rooms?" I look around, it's spacious and quiet and Chewy could run around and I wouldn't have to worry about someone opening the door.

"We wouldn't be mad, we'd miss you though" she shruggs, "Okay, I wouldn't do it like now or anything. I think just at some point" I nod taking it all in, my room.

"Okay let's go practice the showcase is tomorrow" Vivi says and leads us out of the room.

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"Well what's it look like" Vivi asks from the other side of the bathroom door. We were able to go through the song about four to five times before my timer went off for me to go wash my hair.

I took a shower and the color was so dark I couldn't see the bottom of the tub, I was worried that it would stain but luckily it didn't.

"Hold on" I say as I finish blow drying it, then brush it put. Okay it looks good, a pretty even color all over she did good.

I put on my pajamas and open the door. "I like that color" Addison says as I leave the bathroom, "It looks great!" Vivi says smiling big.

So once you're done helping Vivian backstage you can't come out to the audience and sit with me tomorrow? -James

Um I don't think so, she might need me after she performs -Me

I reply as I go down the stairs to go make something for dinner.

My parents wanted to meet you tomorrow, I guess they can wait till after the performance out in the lobby -James

You're parents want to meet me tomorrow?! -Me

Yeah is that a problem? -James

I would've dyed my hair a natural color if I knew that -Me

What color did you end up doing? -James

A dark red, it has some like purple hues to it -Me

Tyler, they won't care what color your hair is. It could be neon green and they'd love you. -James

You sure? -Me

Positive -James

Ugh, I'm not ready to meet his parents. It's not fair, he already knows Chris and Daniel he won't have to go through the whole 'meet the parents' thing.

I make a quesadilla and sit at the island to eat it. "Nice hair" I turn and see Dallas coming and sit next to me.

"Thanks" I take a bite, "Are you feeling better today?", I sigh setting down my food. "Dallas, I'm fine okay. You don't need to keep asking me" he rolls his eyes, "Fine if you says so" he then gets up and leaves me alone.

I finish my food and drink my apple juice then go put my dishes away. I take my insulin and go back upstairs to find Vivi digging through the closet.

"Okay so here are some heels for you to wear tomorrow" she says handing me a pair of black stilettos, "Do you know how to walk in them?". "Uh I haven't worn heels like ever" I say taking then.

"Oh god. Okay well go work on that in a minute." she takes out a black dress and a pair of flats and puts them on her bed. "I'm thinking of doing a half up do for my hair with some loose curls. But for you I think some nice big curls would look great. And I'm thinking just some natural makeup for both of us" I just nod along.

"Okay, I need to go pack the hair and makeup stuff then we can work on you and those heels" she says going to the bathroom. I put the heels down and follow her, she has a duffle bag on the counter and is putting in a brush, hair ties, hair pins, hairspray, a curling iron, and a bunch of makeup.

"Okay this is all packed and ready, could I put this and my clothes in your car?" She asks holding up the bag. "Yeah" I nod.

I grab my keys and she grabs her bag, dress and shoes and we go downstairs. "Where're you two goin'" Chris asks looking over the couch as we go to the front door.

"Well Tyler is gonna help me get ready for the showcase tomorrow so I'm gonna put my stuff in her car" Vivi says holding up her stuff so him and Daniel can see.

"Okay" Chris says and turns back to the TV.

We go out and put the stuff in my car, "Is this your dress" Vivi asks when she sees the garment bag. "Yeah, there's a rack and Lily's that has clothes customers have left after a certain period of time and we've contacted them multiple times about. She donates them at the end of the year, but she said I could go find a dress for tomorrow from it. We lucked out if this one wasn't there I don't know what I would have done" I say closing the door and we head to the front door.

We go back upstairs and I grab the heels then we go to the music room to practice in them.

I put them on and they fit, luckily me and Vivi wear the same shoe size. I take a few steps and all is good, I walk around the room and we're great these are easy. I don't get why girls complain alot.

"Wow, you're a natural at these. My first few steps in them and I almost broke my ankle" Vivi says as I sit down and take them off.

"Why can't I wear my converse again?" I ask as we leave the piano room and go through the bathroom. "Because they aren't classy, now we need to get to bed we have a crazy day tomorrow" she says as we go into the bedroom.

I flop down on my bed after feeding Chewy and curl up into a little ball under my blanket and close my eyes and try to go to sleep.

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Tyler gets to meet the parents tomorrow!!!