Chapter 139 - Ch. 139 The Fourth Song

Kaylee explained her strategy to her friends about what song they would sing tonight.

"Do you remember our fourth song, which you said was too heavy, but we kept practicing it secretly?"

"Yeah?"

"We'll play that song tonight."

"But, it's too risky." Fritz scratched his neck awkwardly because he wasn't confident he could play the flowing rhythm on his bass. He knew his finger couldn't make it for the most complex bass-fingering rhythm.

"You can do it, Fritz. I know you can." Kaylee said confidently because she had heard her friend had been training from the time he woke up until noon, and Fritz was making progress.

"Why don't we choose one of the songs we've already played? After all, tonight we only need to play one song, right?" suggested Letti, who didn't understand why Nick insisted on playing a different song.

"It won't work," answered Jacob. "Yes, we only play one song, but before the election starts, we have to give the title of the song that we will play. So unless we can find out what song they're performing, we can't risk choosing the same song as them."

Fritz and Adam nodded in agreement hearing this making Letti's shoulders feel weak. Unfortunately, it looks like she and her team wouldn't have the chance to win this session music camp program.

Letti genuinely wanted to win the talent show to get a scholarship next semester. She even planned to join the music camp every season and win the music talent show. That way, she wouldn't be too much of a burden on the Campbells to pay for her tuition at the city's most elite college.

She thought it would piece of cake to win this music talent show, but it seemed she overestimated herself. Now she doubted if she could win every music talent show season. Should she start looking for a part-time job? Ugh. Her overprotective brother would never let her do it.

Letti could only heave a resigned sigh as she knew she could do nothing about her situation.

"Therefore, the only way is to play the fourth song. The rest, we get to choose from the songs they didn't pick for tomorrow's show."

"What if they don't choose a song that we think is monotonous?"

"We'll think about that later. But, for now, we focus on our fourth choice song and make sure Mr. Smith chose us." Kaylee's tone emitted leader-like authority makes others willing to follow whatever she says.

"Do you think this will work?" The person who was most worried about the outcome of this election was Letti.

Out of all of them, it seems that only Letti wants to win because she was the one who needs this scholarship money the most.

Kaylee, Jacob, and the others didn't know why their singer wanted to win so much, but seeing how much the girl put in her best effort and thought about their situation made them want to win too.

"Don't worry. We will win. I never let a cheater win against me." Kaylee said in a confident tone inviting a relieved smile to grace Letti's gloomy face.

"Ah, you finally smile." blurted Jacob, unexpectedly baffling Letti. "You're prettier when you smile."

Whistle!

"Ehem… ahem… will the world end? I think this is the first time I've heard Jake compliment a girl." teased Adam invited laughter from his two friends, while Letti's face turned red, and she couldn't control her heated face.

On the other hand, Kaylee was surprised by Letti's flushed face. Doesn't Letti like Declan? But why was this girl also blushing at the compliments from another man?

What happened?

She was sure Letti was not a cheap girl and a good girl. But… she couldn't comprehend the situation.

Without realizing that the girl in disguise was lost in her own world, Jacob noticed Letti's shy expression lifting her head. It seemed like the bashful girl was feeling uncomfortable because his two friends cornered her. Hence, Jacob stopped them.

"Alright, you guys. We need to focus. Let's practice after them."

"No." cut Kaylee suddenly. "We can't let them know our triumph song. So instead, we will practice at dinner time."

"But, we will be starving."

"Leave it to me. Wait here." Kaylee sprinted away from the location of the stage area and disappeared as soon as she entered the reception cottage.

Jacob and the others looked at each other in astonishment but finally decided to sit in the back row while waiting for their rival team to finish their practice.

They agreed to practice on their own in their minds so that they could directly practice using a musical instrument when it was time to practice using a musical instrument.

Fortunately, the music from the front was not too loud, so it didn't distract from their individual practice.

Jacob moved his hands to hit something as if there was a drum in front of him, while Adam and Fritz positioned their hands as if they were holding their musical instruments.

Letti was the same as them, but she hummed a melody through her throat without opening her mouth.

After walking for a few minutes, Kaylee arrived with one of the cottage keepers with five boxes of food and five bottles of drinks.

"Here. Let's eat first, and then we can go to the war."

Kaylee's remark made her friends laugh, and they accepted the meal box happily.

"How do you persuade the keeper to give us food first?"

"Eh?" Kaylee didn't know what to say and glanced at Aubrey.

"He explained your situation, so I'm willing to help."

"That's right." continued Kaylee to reinforce Aubrey's answer.

How could she possibly tell her friends that she had special privileges in this place? Fortunately, her friends did not feel suspicious and began to devour their food happily.

'Thank you,' Kaylee mouthed a 'thank you' without making a voice and got a big smile from the female keeper.

After letting Aubrey go back to her post, Kaylee joined her friends and started eating her share.

Not long after, they heard an announcement telling them all to gather in the dining hall for dinner together. Kaylee's music team giggled because they had just finished their meal.

But… why is their rival team still training and not climbed down the stage?

It's time for their turn to practice!