(The crowd all cheered outwards as Shag Carpeting played their hearts out on the stage as they all whistled outwards and applauded.)
(Bobby and Lori kissed each other as Lola and Lana cheered outwards as well while Ronnie Anne and Lincoln also rocked out hard before they looked to each other nervously before hugging.)
Becky: "So, Grandpa."
(Becky asked.)
Becky: "Are they as good as you remember?"
Max: "No."
(Max said.)
Max: "They're better."
(The Louds and Tennysons and Allison looked closer to see Ben snapping his fingers and nodding his head.)
Gwen: "Ben Tennyson."
(Gwen slyly smiled.)
Gwen: "Are you really rocking out to Shag Carpeting?"
Ben: "Actually, they're pretty cool... for a bunch of fossils."
(he said.)
Jen: "Maybe we can head out to that Sumo Slammers' Convention once the concert's done."
Ben: "No rush."
(Ben said.)
Ben: "It's still open for three more days."
Lisa: "Actually."
(Lisa said as she walked forward.)
Lisa: "I don't think that'll be necessary."
(She then reached into her pocket and showed the Digi-Downloader, now good as new.)
(Ben gasped as he took it.)
Ben: "How did you-"
Lisa: "It only needed a new circuit board and some drying out. It was rather simple."
(Lisa said, pushing up her glasses as Ben gasped and hugged her.)
Ben: "You're the greatest Lisa!"
Lisa: "I know, I know."
(she said with a smile as Lori handed Jen a list.)
Lori: "Here's our phone numbers and email addresses so that you can contact us whenever you want or we want."
(she said as Jen handed her a similar list.)
Jen: "And here's ours."
(she said.)
Jen: "What are friends for?"
(As the band finally finished up playing leaving the screaming crowd going absolutely bananas, the head of the festival took to the stage with a raffle bucket in his hand.)
announcer: "And now for the final raffle."
(an announcer said as he turned the raffle wheel as Becky held Jen's hand and she looked over to see Luna sigh as she looked over and flashed her a wink and a smile as she sighed as the ticket was pulled.)
announcer: "Luna Loud!"
(Everyone there cheered as Luna gasped and smiled as she ran up and grabbed her guitar case as the applause came up and Jen smiled and gave her a thumbs up from the crowd as Luna uncased her guitar and went to the mic with a smile as she nodded to the band that had set up behind her, who were given copies of the song as well.)
Luna: "Hey, everybody."
(she said as she gestured to the crowd as she smiled.)
Luna: "You're probably wondering what song I picked for the raffle tonight."
(The crowd murmured to themselves as she chuckled as her sisters, brother and her new friends all looked down from the crowd, proud.)
(Especially Jen.)
Luna: "Well, I think you should know."
(Luna sighed.)
Luna: "I was dealing with loss, pain, and all of that lately. You know what I mean, right?"
(The crowd in front of her all mingled in agreement as her brother and sisters stood in the crowd along with the Tennysons and Allison.)
Luna: "Well, I heard this song."
(Luna said.)
Luna: "And it blew my soul wide open. It lifted me up."
(she sighed as she looked down to Jen.)
Luna: "It rescued me. You guys are going to be the first ones to hear it tonight. It's called Every Day."
(She then smiled as she turned to the band, who nodded and started to play the music with uplifting piano notes.)
(Luna then opened her mouth to sing, but she suddenly hesitated as the band continued to play behind her.)
(She tried to sing even one note, but after several seconds, she just couldn't bring herself to do it.)
Lori: "What's going on?"
(Lori asked as Lincoln and the rest of the Loud family only looked on.)
Lincoln: "I don't know."
(Lincoln said.)
Lincoln: "She's always so enthusiastic to play. Why isn't she now when the spotlight's on her?"
(Luna then held her hand up and closed it to signal the band to stop playing.)
(She then sighed as she looked to the very confused looking Jen.)
Luna: "Jen, would you come up here please?"
(she asked.)
Luna: "Ladies and gentlemen, the writer of the song is here tonight and I want you all to meet her. Jen, come on up."
(Jen gasped as she felt her heart beat rapidly in her chest as Luna only smiled.)
Luna: "I'm not joking, come on up."
(Jen could only stand up and slowly walk towards the stage as the crowd behind her started giving her applause as she walked up to the microphone and stood next to Luna as she smiled.)
Jen: "I don't understand."
(Jen said.)
Jen: "You won. We agreed that you would use my song if you won because you deserve it more."
Luna: "It's not just the song that's special, Jen."
(Luna explained as she covered up the mic so no one would hear them.)
Luna: "It's you. This song isn't my song, it's yours. And this moment doesn't belong to me. It belongs to you. Take it."
(Jen could only nod and smile as she hugged her new friend and Luna hugged her back before gesturing to the crowd.)
Luna: "Jen Tennyson wrote this song, this beautiful song. And I want her to be the one to sing it to you all tonight for the first time ever. Jen?"
(Luna stepped aside with her guitar as Jen stepped up to the mic and swallowed nervously before she balled her hands into fists.)
(All she could do at this point was swallow her pride and do her best.)
(And that was precisely what she told herself what she was going to do.)
Jen: "This is for my brother."
(she said with a sigh before she looked back to the band and nodded.)
(The band immediately picked up as the pianist started playing the beautiful starting notes of the song as Jen turned to the her family, her new friends and the entire crowd of people in front of her and began singing, nervously at first.)
Jen: "You could've bowed out gracefully But you didn't. You knew enough to know to leave well enough alone But you wouldn't."
(That was when Luna started strumming her guitar to the beat of the piano music behind her.)
(As the song continued, Jen's confidence only grew and grew at the sight of her friends and family staring on as her voice picked up in pitch and tone as she smiled at them.)
Jen: "I drive myself crazy
Trying to stay out of my own way
The messes that I've made
But my secrets are so safe
The only one who gets me
Yeah, you get me It's amazing to me."
(That was when the drummer behind her started to bang on his drums as the song went into the chorus and she gripped the microphone and started to belt out her voice, showing off her range.)
Jen: "How every day! Every day! Every day! You save my life."
Lana: "Wow."
(Lana said in awe at Jen's voice as Allison, Gwen, Becky and Ben all cheered and whooped as she sighed.)
Lola: "No way."
(Lola said.)
Lola: "This girl is insane. She's hitting notes that Luna can only dream of."
Ben: "I told you she could sing."
(Ben said, nudging Lola as he cheered on his sister and Jen winked to him as she continued singing as the band played along with her, watching her cues.)
Jen: "I come around all broken down and crowded out And you're comfort
Sometimes the place I go is so deep and dark and desperate I don't know, I don't know How every day! Every day!
Every day! You save my life! Sometimes I swear I don't know if I'm comin' or goin' But you always say something without even knowin' That I'm hangin' onto your words with all of my might! And it's alright Yeah, I'm alright For one more night. Every day!"
(As Jen held the note, Luna walked up and started playing her heart out of her electric guitar as the small sparks of lightning that emitted from her fingertips danced along the strings as Jen clapped along to her as she finished her solo as the music stopped as Jen prepared to finish her song as she nodded and closed her eyes.)
Jen: "Every day... Every day... Every daaaaay!"
(She put her hand up and the lights shined down, revealing some backup singers behind the band as Allison, Ben, Gwen and Becky could all detect that the confidence that she was lacking before was now just oozing from her as she just belted out her powerful voice as she finished and the band immediately picked up the music as Luna played her heart out as well as the piano and drums going behind her..)
the band: "Every day! Every day! You save me! You save me! Ohhhh!"
(The backup singers started harmonizing behind her as the band, especially Luna, played their hearts out.)
Luna: "Every day! Every, every, every day!"
(After about another minute, the band immediately stopped playing as Jen finally finished with a huge smile on her face.)
Jen: "Every day You save my life..."
(As the final note escaped her lips, she slowly opened her eyes to see everyone in the audience immediately stand up and giving her a raucous amount of applause, the biggest ones coming from Ben, Gwen, Allison, Becky and Max as the Louds all cheered her on and Lori whistled at the young girl as she smiled and gestured to the audience.)
Jen: "Thank you Royal Woods!"
(she shouted to the crowd as Luna walked over with a smile as she put her hand on her shoulder.)
Luna: "Now you see why I asked you to perform over me."
(Luna said to her.)
Luna: "Your singing voice is just better than mine is. I don't have the powerful voice that you wrote that song for. You do."
Jen: "Maybe."
(Jen shrugged.)
Jen: "But my guitar skills aren't anywhere even close to yours."
Luna: "We need to do something together."
(Luna said as she smiled.)
Luna: "When I get my record deal, you are going to be the first one I call, Jen."
(Jen could only smile as she nodded.)
Jen: "Thanks, Luna."
(she said as she ran down the stairs and ran into the embrace of her brother as he immediately started to tear up as they hugged and he spun her around as the crowd only continued to cheer and applaud as the Louds all ran over to talk to her and lift her up as she started to swell up with pride as she only shook her head.)
(It was certainly a bright future ahead for both Jen and her family and the L-Crew.)
(While no words were spoken, they knew that one day, they would meet again.)
[To Be Continued...]