As Paul started feeling better (both physically and emotionally), he finally finished nghề viết văn his new song. One day, as he was practicing his song, he heard a knock on the door. He said, "Come in." It was Hank. He had come trang chủ from football practice and had heard Paul hát and playing the guitar. Hank smiled and said, "Your song is great, Paul!" Paul smiled and said, "Thank you. There's a talent hiển thị coming up this weekend." Hank said, "That's cool. Are bạn going to be performing it there?" Paul said, "Yes." His smile soon faded. Hank asked, "What's wrong?" Paul said, "You wouldn't understand." Hank sat tiếp theo to Paul and put a hand on his shoulder. "Try me." Paul said, "Really?" Hank said, "Absolutely. Talk to me. Tell me what's going on?" Paul sighed. "It's just that, well, I'm nervous." Hank asked, "Why are bạn nervous? Haven't bạn performed in front of people before?" Paul said, "I have, but never for the entire city, and especially not for a competition where I'll be judged." Hank said, "So, you're concerned you'll mess up and everyone will laugh at you." Paul said, "Yeah. How did bạn know?" Hank said, "I've felt that way in our public speaking class, but I learned a technique that helps." Paul said, "I'm not going to imagine the audience naked." Hank said, "Trust me. That doesn't work. What I was going to say was to pick one person out of the audience and focus on that person." Paul said, "I don't know who to focus on." Hank said, "You can focus on me. I'll be there." Paul said, "You will?" Hank said, "Of course. It's the least I can do after bạn helped me get to the football tryouts. I couldn't have made the team without you. It's still satisfying that those bastards who beat bạn up didn't make the team because they cheated." Paul smiled. "Who did bạn focus on in public speaking class?" Hank smiled back. "No one knows this, but I always focused on you." Paul was touched. "I tình yêu you, Hank." Hank hugged Paul and said, "I tình yêu bạn too, Paul. You'll be great at that talent show. I just know it."
When Paul woke up from his nap, his mates sat down with him to see what he had written so far. He said, "You see, I keep getting stuck with the chorus." Lola said, "I think I know what will work as a chorus." She wrote down some words. Paul sang what he had written and what Lola had written. He said, "That works very well. Thanks, Lola." She said, "You're welcome." Erin and Carl added the một giây verse and the third verse respectively. They sang the song, and Paul said, "This is going to be a hit. Thanks for the help, my friends." Carl said, "No problem, Paul. If bạn ever feel stuck, tell us right away. Don't be afraid to ask for help." Paul smiled and said, "I won't." Erin then said, "To the recording studio!" The others said, "Yeah!"
