Sissy That Walk- Chapter 2 (The Long Road To Fame)

Grace's POV (10 years ago)

Before entering university, Grace had been part of two bands, she was part of a band called Bloody Kitty, a heavy metal/grime style band with Carter when they were 13 years old, this lasted for a year. Then when Grace was 15 years old, she played in a band that she created called Bourbon (Carter was not part of this band, at the time of creation of Bourbon, Carter had been pursuing other artistic projects) named after her favourite alcoholic drink, during that band Grace recorded vocals for an EP titled Blue Horizon, although that EP was later destroyed by Bourbon. Grace also wrote and composed several songs for that band, the most notable song "Bourbon". That was perhaps one of her happiest times in life, Bourbon lasted for 3 years before dissolving. The band were a mix of pop rock and glam rock, this was when Grace started using metallic coloured inspired make up, predominately imitating David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust's days. The band dissolved simply because of musicial differences, Grace felt Bourbon was headed towards a more eletronic based band but still using drums, guitar and bass in their songs. She felt that it was no longer suitable to call Bourbon a rock band anymore and this was not what she had envisioned.

Grace loved David Bowie, she was in awe of this brightly, coloured rock star. She lived for his style and always played his music. She was gifted with her electronic guitar when she was 10. Her mother who was afraid her daughter would always have this shy demeanour and low self-esteem characteristic wanted to build up her daughter to become stronger. The electronic guitar went on to do just that. The moment, Grace started playing she had entered this new world and she felt like she belonged there. 

Luckily, for her she met Carter shortly, when they were entered into the same high school. Especially with him living so close together, the two hung out a lot and played music, they both liked David Bowie and Carter also liked X Japan and Prince. They didn't care for any other things except for making music. However, when they were 16 to 18 years old, they had to prepare for exams and prepare for university life. During that time, they drifted a little, both of them were working hard on submitting assignments and studying for exams and creating portfolios for their respective university's. Unbeknown to each other, both had enrolled in Hollywood's Art and Music University, a very prestigious university with an impressive alumni such as RuPaul, Britney Spears and Beyonce to name but a few.  In a twist of events,  they had both secured a place at Hollywood's prestigious school of Music & Arts.  It was going to be a journey like no other.