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“Yeah girls, you’ve got to understand when a record label is telling you what they want, don’t try to give them what you have. Figure it out. There’s plenty of talent in this room. You need to add somebody to the group if y’all need to pair up.”
    â€œBut I don’t even need to try.” Flo Breaker uttered in a melancholy tone.
    â€œYou told me you’re a rapper and a singer. I might be interested. All of you, if your group is phenomenal, if you’re something other than what I am looking for, then you got to go for it. You’ve got to believe in yourself. You’ve got to make me as an executive want to change my mind. But just know my eye is going to be looking out for a female group that is even in number or a male singer. I don’t care if he’s singing country or R&B, but I do want him to sing. If you guys have any more questions, I will be here for a little while, but start singing, start practicing. Here’s the catch, competition is next week. Your teacher has all the particulars.”
    Finally when Mr. Mundy was gone our teacher told us to line up. We needed to practice our chords and sing some. I just happened to be standing near the threesome. I don’t know if I was a little too loud or what, but they looked at me like I had the plague.
    Caylen, the third member of the group, said, “We need to talk to you as soon as class is over.”
    â€œOkay,” I said.
    â€œOkay, focus young people. Let’s go,” Ms. Oxford said, knowing that rehearsal was gonna be hard, as we all were in dreamland.
    But it seemed like it was taking forever. I had no idea what they wanted to talk to me about.
    When the bell rang, Dayna and the others stepped right over to me and said, “Look, you tryna get a record deal?”
    â€œYeah,” I said. “But I’m not even trying for the contest because I’m not in a group.”
    â€œWell, you hear what he told us?” Taylor said in a sweeter tone.
    â€œYes, that you’ve got an odd number,” I replied.
    â€œRight, we need one more to be a modern day En Vogue. Do you want to be in our group?” Dayna asked.
    Looking at the three of them and thinking I could be a part of their group made me all excited. I’d heard them sing during class. They had skills, and I guess today they finally heard. And though I always wanted to be a solo act, if being in a group could get me out there, then maybe that’s what I needed to do. Like my grandma always said, “Nothing was wrong with casting my net on the other side of the boat to catch fish.” After all, Beyoncé started in a group.
    So I looked at the three of them and said, “Yeah, I’ll be the fourth member of your group. Let’s go win this thing.”
    Taylor hugged me. Dayna and Caylen gave each other high fives. Then the four of us let out a loud scream.

CHAPTER THREE
    SWAGGER
    â€œYou want to go where, Slade?” my mom asked a couple days after our blowup.
    â€œI’ve been invited to a slumber party.”
    â€œYou’re sixteen, honey. You know I don’t allow you girls to stay at other people’s houses,” she said, not moved by my disappointed face. “Besides, the answer is also no because I don’t even know who you’re even talking about.”
    â€œIt’s a girl named Taylor who is in my class. Her mom is an elementary school teacher. She wants you to call her so you feel comfortable about the situation. I said we’d call back. Please, Mom, please!”
    â€œNo, Slade, you know it’s a rule that I have. I can control what goes on here, and you can invite your new friends here, but I’m not allowing you to go to somebody else’s house. You’re just not going.”
    I wasn’t trying to get all big and bad with my mom, but she was wrong. I was sixteen, and since I was almost seventeen, it was about time I stood up for what I