Private Not happy till it's right

"Sassiness often has a lot to do with cheekiness and wit, and a lot to do with not being afraid of what others think," Fe told Stefan with a wide grin.

Listening to Stefan as he told her how he was doing, Fe shook her head at his concerns when he was finished.

"We, the almighty popular ones," Fe joked. "Are only people whose natural glamour is focussed to outshines others," she pointed out. "And you know what glamour is, right?"

"It's that facade that we all hide behind so that others only see the parts of us we want them to see."

"Well, if it helps at all, just remember that some of us here, like your gods, are also huge dicks," Fe joked with a wicked grin.

"Joking aside, Wondeeville is still small compared to most labels, and if you need help or anything most of us would be willing to show you the ropes," she told him as she shifted her handbag to the other shoulder.

Fe looked sideways at Stefan as they walked down the hall with a rather smug I-called-it look on her face.

However, Fe didn't rub it in. She just liked the validation of knowing that she had been right in her personal assessment of Stefan.

"A facade is not that hard to create..." she said as her heels clicked on the linoleum. "You just need to figure out what you want people to see or perceive you as."

"Do you want to be that edgy singer that gets all the girls," here she looked sideways at him and winked. "Or do you want to be some extension of yourself... like the handsome but wholesome singer that volunteers at food kitchens."

Fe nodded as Stefan talked. She knew what he meant about only being himself. She was also kinda the same as always, maybe a bit more exaggerated and flamboyant on stage. However, she also instinctively knew there were some major differences between her and Stefan.

"I get that you wanna be yourself on stage and all that," Fe started. "And I took that route myself. However, in real life, I am a sassy bitch who thrives on attention," she told him openly and unapologetically.

"You, I feel, are neither sassy, bitchy, or deliberately attention-seeking," she stated as she flipped her hair a little as they walked.

"And because you are a genuinely nice person... " here Fe smiled warmly at Stefan. "I'd suggest you find a way to place a barrier between you and stage you, cause if not, you are gonna burn out fast like a comet on reentry."

"It's true, I have seen you perform," Fe admitted thoughtfully as she glanced sideways at Stefan. "You like things up and close, even personal... Though many guitar solo singers do," she remarked casually as she considered what things he might do to place some space between himself and his fans.

"Maybe next time, move back a little from the audience and sit on a high bar-type stool when you are doing ballads," she suggested. "Bright lights also help, even if it's just a spotlight on you in a dark room," she said, thinking about techniques she used herself.

"It creates a sense of you versus them, that you are special, and not a sense of you, just strumming along with a group of friends."