Stage Fright… Heart and Soul #8sunday #snippetsunday

Keep in mind Heart and Soul is a WIP.

This is in Rowan's POV. Last week: The band finished their set without a hitch after Rowan paved the way for them.

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After the final set, Jesse
strode over to her, while the rest of the band started to pack up the equipment
away. "I want to thank you," he said shyly. "You know about me
losing my sh– I mean..."

She placed a hand on his arm.
"You did fine." She grinned. "The audience loved you guys."

"Yeah." He ran a hand over his hair as if his locks were out of place. "The way I froze...that's never happened to me before."

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"Stage fright can hit
anytime. Don't sweat it."

"The thing is I wasn't
scared. I just couldn't move. It was like something was preventing me from
singing."

Her heart skipped a beat.
Something had prevented Jesse from singing? He was okay after she began to sing
with him. When she sang like Haley Rose as if she'd taken over the spotlight.

"That sounds crazy, doesn't it?" he stated with a nervous chuckle.

You have no idea, she thought
to herself. "It was just stage fright," she said again because she
couldn't explain what had happened any other way without truly sounding nuts.

His brows furrowed as if he
still didn't believe that, but he finally nodded before he met her gaze.
"Did I ruin our chances to perform at the Christmas Mayhem event?"

She shook her head. "Nope.
I've already added the band to the lineup."

This won her a wide toothy
grin. "Cool." He turned and headed over to his bandmates to give them
the good news. Tristan fist-pumped the air. The others all started talking at
once with exciting chatter.

She had one band slotted for
the event, only seven more to go.

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About Heart and Soul...

80s rock star, Haley Rose went missing without a trace on October 31
1988 and was eventually presumed dead. Three decades later, a
thirty-year old woman, Rowan Beckett recalls things only Haley Rose
would know and she can belt out songs in the same fashion as the missing
80s star. However, Rowan couldn't be the missing rock star since the
woman would now be in her fifties. Could Haley Rose have came back
reincarnated as Rowan Beckett?

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