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"sure," June said, clearly having no issue with it, Stella just felt more nervous because the singing was supposed to start right away and it was hard to time it and that made her nervous, but June, being the good person and friend he was seemed to be able to pick up on it, and spoke directly to her "I'll do the first chords as an intro, jump in when you're ready," and the to the other people playing, "same with you guys,"
Stella nodded and made herself prepared, June counted down, knocking gently on the wood of the guitar, and then begun strumming. Nothing impressive, just simple down strums, Stella knew he could do better but he was doing what fit the song, while also playing in a band.
After he got to the fourth chord and was about to repeat the progression Stella took a deep breath, knowing that it would be worse to wait longer and began to sing at the same time as Eden, or Mariah started to play, "Two birds on a wire, one tries to fly away and the other-" her voice was matching that of Regina Spektor's quite well at the moment, a little lighter because she was younger maybe but it had the same kind of feel to it, in part because she was doing her best to emulate the song, and because that was how she usually sung.
It was maybe a little shaky at first though, due to nerves. She knew she was a good singer, and even if she wasn't genetically related to the good singers in her family they had been there to show her, and Eden too on occasion, how to better her singing voice. She and daddy would practice, and she'd sing with Allison when she was over. As the song progressed and she gained some confidence, in part because the rest of the band joined in so she felt less alone, the shakiness disappeared and she revealed how good she actually were, even nailing the longer more showy notes towards the end.
Soon enough the song came to a close, and Stella repeated the first words from the song softer, at this point completely wrapped up in the moment, no longer nervous, and just loving to express herself through music, it really was great. But as everyone stopped plying and there was a moment of silence before people started to clap for everyone's performances Stella felt her face flush a little and she got a tad self-conscious again. She was usually one of the confident siblings, but even she got nervous when she was put in situations she wasn't used to at all.