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[VIOLIN PLAYING]

[APPLAUSE]

WOW, GREAT JOB...

KEEP IT GOING, KEEP

IT GOING, GREAT JOB!

THERE YOU GO.

ALRIGHT, LADIES

AND GENTLEMEN,

UP NEXT WE HAVE A GIRL

WITH A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG

VOICE FROM MRS. JOHNSON'S

FIRST GRADE CLASS,

SINGING "GOD

BLESS AMERICA."

HERE'S CADENCE.

YOU'RE UP.

[APPLAUSE]

SORRY, LET ME GET THAT.

THERE YOU GO.

[PIANO MUSIC STARTS]

[PIANO MUSIC STARTS]

[GASP]

[SOUND OF GIRL FALLING]

[MUSIC]

[EXHALING]

[STRUMS GUITAR]

WHEN I AM WEAK,

YOU ARE STRONG...

WHEN I CAN'T SPEAK,

YOU'RE MY SONG...

LORD, I AM STAINED,

I AM FLAWED...

YOU'RE MY RAIN,

YOU'RE MY GOD...

YOUR GRACE IS SUFFICIENT...

YOUR GRACE IS SUFFICIENT...

THAT WAS AWESOME!

NO, I COULD HAVE...

REALLY, YOU ARE

REALLY GOOD.

I KNOW I TELL YOU

THIS ALL THE TIME,

BUT YOU ARE RIDICULOUS!

YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING

FOR ME NOW FOR WHAT...

YEARS?

DON'T YOU THINK IT'S TIME

FOR YOU TO PLAY YOUR

AWESOMENESS FOR OTHERS?

YOU KNOW I DON' WANT TO DO THAT.

I KNOW BUT, BUT MAYBE GOD

GAVE YOU THIS GIFT TO PLAY

OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM.

HEY, I'M NOT SAYING

YOU SHOULD GO ON

"AMERICAN IDOL" OR ANYTHING.

YOU WOULD DO:

GREAT BY THE WAY.

BUT MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR

YOU TO START PLAYING FOR

YOUR PARENTS.

[STRUMS GUITAR]

GLAD WE HAD THIS CHAT.

IT WAS NICE...

REALLY!

[MUSIC]

GUITAR TEACHER:
YAH, SO

THAT'S YOUR A MINOR.

GO AHEAD AND PLAY YOUR

A MINOR IN THE:

BOTTOM POSITION THERE.

YAH, YAH, EXCELLENT.

NOW SLIDE IT UP.

OH HEY, CADENCE,

THEY'RE DOWNSTAIRS.

YAH, I FIGURED.

WHERE ELSE WOULD THEY BE?

THERE ARE PATHS AND

THERE ARE JOURNEYS...

THAT MY FEET ARE

STILL TO MAKE...

IT'S THE SWIM HOLE

I'VE BEEN LIVING ON...

HOW MUCH MORE YOU

THINK I'LL TAKE...

I CALL IT CHANCE,

YOU CALL IT DREAMS...

I'M LOSING GRIP,

YOU CALL IT OFF...

I CALL IT LOST,

YOU CALL IT LIFE...

I'M HANGING ON...

YOU CALL IT ALL A

DREAM...

[MUSIC]

C'MON

I CALL IT CHANCE,

YOU CALL IT CHANGE...

[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]

WHAT'S THIS?

WELL, IT'S A GREAT STAR TO YOUR MUSIC CAREER.

OH, SO I WOULD SHOW UP

AND PLAY SOME SONGS THEN?

YES.

AND WILL THERE BE A STAGE?

YES.

WILL THEY HAVE A

GOOD SOUND SYSTEM?

HOW ELSE WILL YOU

BE HEARD, DEAR?

AND THEY'LL HAVE COFFEE

AND SNACKS AND LIGHTS...

...AND OTHER

MUSICIANS, YES.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT AN

OPEN MIC CONCERT IS.

I DO.

YOU KNOW THE ONE THING

THEY WON'T HAVE THERE?

WHAT?

ME!

C'MON!

IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S

"MADISON SQUARE GARDEN"

OR ANYTHING.

I KNOW, I STILL

DON'T WANT TO DO IT.

HELLO LADIES.

HI.

THANK YOU.

UH-HUH. HAVE A GOOD ONE.

[MUSIC]

OH HEY, HOW WAS SCHOOL?

YOU KNOW CADENCE,

THE STUDIO IS OPEN.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU

WANTED TO LAY DOWN

A TRACK OR TWO?

NO PRESSURE, WE JUST HEAR

YOU PLAYING UPSTAIRS AND

WE THOUGHT YOU MIGH WANT TO GIVE IT A WHIRL.

YAH, IT SOUNDS REALLY

GOOD, REALLY GOOD.

DO YOU WANT TO:

PLAY IT FOR US?

WOW, OK, I'LL DO IT.

YOU GUYS ARE WEIRD.

WEIRD?

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING

TO SAY WONDERFUL, KIND,

LOVING...

AWESOME, AMAZING,...

ASTUTE:

SERIOUSLY?

WHAT?

ASTUTE?

IT MEANS LIKE... OBSERVANT.

ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT,

C'MON, NO MORE STALLING.

LET'S GET IN THERE

AND MAKE SOME MUSIC!

C'MON!

ASTUTE.

OK, WHENEVER

YOU'RE READY...

WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

[BREATHING HEAVY]

CADENCE, HONEY?

I TOLD YOU I DON' WANT TO DO THAT.

I KNOW, WE JUST DON'T WAN TO SEE YOU BE AFRAID.

I CAN'T...

BREATHE.

WHAT, YOU CAN' BREATHE RIGHT NOW?

NO, WHEN IT HAPPENS.

IT'S OK.

IT'S LIKE I CAN'T MOVE,

THEN I CAN'T THINK,

THEN I CAN'T BREATHE.

BABY, IT'S OK.

YOU KNOW WE:

LOVE YOU, RIGHT?

[NOISE AT THE DOOR]

[DOOR OPENING]

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOOR OPENS AGAIN]

IT WOULD HELP IF YOU

TOLD ME WE WERE:

PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK.

OH MY GOSH, YOU TOTALLY

FREAKED ME OUT!

I CAN SEE THAT.

SO, ARE YOU GOING TO TELL

ME WHY WE'RE PLAYING A

ONE-SIDED GAME

OF MARCO-POLO?

IT'S KIND OF A LONG STORY.

WELL, I WAS SITTING HERE

WAITING FOR YOU WHEN

SOMEONE CAME IN AND

STARTED PLAYING THE PIANO.

THAT'S NOT A LONG

STORY AT ALL ACTUALLY!

CAN YOU GIVE ME A BIT MORE

DETAILS LIKE WHY YOU WERE

SITTING IN THE CORNER

COWERING LIKE A FRIGHTENED

LITTLE KITTY?

WELL, I DIDN'T WAN TO BE SEEN, SO I HID.

OK, WELL THEN WHO WAS IT?

I DON'T KNOW

WAS IT A BOY OR GIRL?

I DON'T KNOW.

WERE THEY ANY GOOD?

VERY!

SO YOU DON' KNOW WHO IT WAS.

NO.

WELL THEN I WILL IMAGINE

THAT IT IS HUNTER HAYES

COMING TO SERENADE ME AND

SWEEP ME OFF MY FEET,

THEN TAKE ME BACK TO

THE FAMILY RANCH

TO MEET HIS PARENTS.

OOOH, OR LIAM HEMSWORTH

COMING TO PRONOUNCE HIS

UNDYING LOVE FOR ME.

"OH WHAT'S THAT LIAM?

YOU LEARNED HOW TO PLAY

THE PIANO FOR ME?"

OOOH!

DON JOHNSON!

MMMM!

NASH BRIDGES!

C'MON!

SO HOT!

HEY. HOW WAS SCHOOL?

FINE.

YOUR DAD AND I JUST WANTED

TO APOLOGIZE FOR PUSHING

YOU SO HARD AND:

FORCING YOU TO PLAY.

I KNOW HOW HARD:

THIS IS FOR YOU.

WE JUST HOPED:

YOU WERE READY.

YAH, SORRY WE

PUSHED YOU SO HARD.

WE LOVE YOU SWEETIE.

WE JUST WAN WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU.

I KNOW.

HIM?

NO, NOT BROODING ENOUGH.

YOU HAVE TO BROOD

A LITTLE TO PLAY

THE PIANO YOU KNOW.

HIM?

WOW, TOO BROODY!

A LITTLE.

OH, WHAT ABOUT HIM?

YOU'VE GOT THE

MOMMA'S BOY.

NOPE!

I DIDN'T EVEN

CONSIDER A NERD.

I MEAN, PLAYING THE PIANO

IS TOTALLY SOMETHING A

HELICOPTER PARENT WOULD

MAKE THEIR INTROVERTED

NERD DO.

TRUE, BUT THE MUSIC WAS

WAY TOO COOL AND ORIGINAL.

A NERD WOULD PLAY

BACH OR SOMETHING.

GOOD POINT.

WHAT ABOUT HER?

NO ONE WHO WOULD DO

THAT IN PUBLIC COULD

PLAY WHAT I HEARD!

ALRIGHT, WHAT IF WE HAVE A

CLARK KENT SITUATION HERE?

I DON'T FOLLOW.

YOU KNOW LIKE THEY'RE

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGH LIKE SUPERMAN?

IT COULD BE, I GUESS.

BUT WE'LL NEVER KNOW...

UNLESS WE HIDE OUT AGAIN.

UM, HIDING OUT, WAITING

FOR SOMEONE TO SHOW UP

AND SPYING ON THEM SEEMS

A BIT STOCKERISH

DON'T YOU THINK?

NO, STOCKERISH WOULD

BE IF WE HID OUT,

WAITED FOR SOMEONE TO

SHOW UP, SPIED ON THEM,

TOOK PICTURES, AND THEN

MADE A COLLAGE ON A WALL

IN OUR DARK AND:

CREEPY BASEMENT.

WE'LL JUST SAY HI.

YOU KNOW IT'S THE ONLY

WAY WE CAN FIND OUT.

WHAT IF THEY DON' WANT TO BE FOUND OUT.

I WOULDN'T.

OR MAYBE THEY'RE TRYING

TO FIND SOMEONE:

TO CONNECT WITH.

FINE, BUT ISN'T THE NO KNOWING KILLING YOU?

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

OH, IT'S HAPPENING!

I DON'T THINK I'M WEARING

ENOUGH BLACK, THOUGH!

I NEED ONE OF THOSE

BLACK NINJA SUITS!

YOU'RE SCARING

ME RIGHT NOW!

WE COULD GET INTO

SERIOUS TROUBLE!

FOR WHAT?

WANTING TO SAY:

HI TO SOMEONE?

PLEASE!

NO WE COULD GET INTO...

[DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS]

[PIANO PLAYING STARTS]

I GIVE IT ALL TO YOU,

ALL MY PLANS ALL

THAT I AM...

MY LIFE IS YOURS...

TAKE IT, SHAPE I FOR YOUR GLORY...

I GIVE IT ALL TO YOU...

[PIANO CONTINUES]

WOW, CAN YOU TICKLE

THOSE IVORIES!

OH, HI!

HOW LONG HAVE:

YOU BEEN THERE?

OH, IT'S NOT JUST ME!

HI...

SORRY!

NO, WAIT!

YOU SPIED ON ME!

NO, WE...

WELL YAH, BUT IT'S

NOT WHAT YOU THINK.

REALLY?

YOU DIDN'T COME IN HERE

WAITING FOR ME TO SHOW

AND THEN SPY ON ME?

WELL, WE DIDN'T TAKE

ANY PICTURES, SO...

LIZ, YOU'RE NOT HELPING.

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