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"José Prazeres!?"
He pursed his lips and nodded.
"I hear you're looking for a singer."
"That is very possible, but..." He stopped nodding
and asked, "Have you ever sung before?"
I wasn't exactly the most attractive kid on the block
growing up and I couldn’t get a girlfriend, no matter
how hard I tried. I was the ultimate loser when it came
to dating! But when you really want something, you
figure out how to make it happen.
I was walking through school one Friday afternoon, a
month after my dad died, minding my own business,
when I heard someone talking about this rock band
auditioning for a singer, and suddenly it all seemed so
obvious.
In a flash, I saw a vision of myself standing on stage,
looking out at hundreds of laughing, dancing people,
with all my future girlfriends staring up at me lovingly.
And I heard this voice in my head: "Hey, Nick, this is it!
This is your chance to get a girlfriend." It seemed like a
no-brainer, so, in a burst of craziness, I spoke up, "Hey, I
want to give it a shot!"
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