First I just want to say thank you to all the wonderful people who reviewed my oneshot 'singles night' you know who you are. They made me so happy, and even more eager to get this out to you. If anyone would like to go back and read my oneshot please do, however this story can stand alone from it. The only similarity that you'll find is one of the main characters in this story, Nico's sister Isabelle, was mentioned in my oneshot. Other than that they're two stand alone stories.
Please enjoy!

Some people say performing is one of the hardest things to do. Overcoming the stage fright and opening yourself up to an audience of people you don't know. Of course there are tricks to avoid stage fright, like, imagining everyone in they're underwear. In the end though it's up to the performer to overcome the fear on their own. But what happens when a fear that, before, had been so easy to overcome, is now the only thing holding us back?

"Alright Terrence, our hour is up, I will see you on Saturday." Dani said, rising from her chair to escort T.K. to the door.

"And by the way," she started, T.K. turned to look at her "I am very glad that you're doing better." She said sincerely.

"No sweat Doc, few more months of physical therapy with Matty D and I'll be good as new. I'll be better than new, I'll be super new, ya know what I am sayin?" He laughed and opened the door, stepping outside.

"Yo, Nico I thought Xeno was takin me home today?" T.K. said when he realized Nico stood outside the door.

"He is, I am here to talk with Dr. Santino." Nico said, turning his gaze towards Dani who stood inside the door.

"Ah, super top secrete stuff, I got it, see ya later Doc!" He waved to Dani and turned the corner.

"He seems to be doing better." Nico said, stepping inside, Dani closed the door behind him.

"He is, I should have realized he'd bounce back, I just figured being shot would bruise his ego a little more but he seems to be doing okay with it." Dani said, turning to face Nico.

"So, why are you here, need a little more clarity?" She said with a smile.

"No." Dani's face fell at his tone. "At least not now anyway." He clarified. She nodded and took a seat on the couch.

"So then what's up?"

"I have another client for you." He said, sitting down next to her. "If you don't want to take it on I understand though."
"Why wouldn't I want to take it on?" Dani asked.

"She can be a handful, to say the least." Nico explained.

"She who, who's the client?"

"My sister, Isabelle." Nico handed her a small card with information on it, she glanced at it but turned her gaze back to Nico.

"Your sister?" Nico nodded.

"She had a performance a few days ago, it was a pretty big deal for her, she got onstage though and lost it. Couldn't remember the words to what she was supposed to sing, started freaking out and ran off stage." He told her.

"So, stage fright?" Dani asked, he nodded.

"The thing is, as I am sure she'll tell you, she doesn't get stage fright, hasn't for a long time."

"So something triggered it." He nodded again.

"Look, her address is on that card, if you want to stop by you can but like I said, I'll understand if you don't want to take it on." He said, standing and moving to the door.

"It's not a problem Nico, I want to help. Besides how bad can she be, I have two teenagers remember?" She said jokingly. Nico opened the door and passed her a look, then left.

Dani stared down at the card again. "She can't be that bad." She whispered.

A few hours later Dani was in a cab, in New York City on her way to Isabelle's apartment. The building was beautiful on the outside and extremely nice on the inside, not what you'd expect of a typical NYC apartment complex. She rode the elevator to the fifth floor and walked to door 52B. She knocked a few times and waited.

"Yeah, who's there?" She heard someone call.

"Isabelle, its Dr. Santino. Nico, um, your brother must have told you about me." She heard footsteps and then the door being unlocked. A few seconds later the door swung open and Dani was greeted by a young girl, pushing long dark black hair from her face.

"Yes he did, nice to meet you." She stuck out her hand and Dani shook it.

"Um, come on in." Isabelle turned behind her and kicked a few things behind another door then stepped aside so Dani could enter.

"Sorry about the mess, I am never really here." She explained as she led Dani down a hallway and into an open living room with a beautiful view of the city. There was a wall piano in one corner and sheet music was strewn about the room but other than that the room was immaculate.

"Here, you can sit down." Isabelle said, shuffling some papers off a large, white fabric sofa. Dani took a seat and Isabelle sat next to her, tucking her legs underneath her and leaning against the back of the sofa.

"So, I just came to introduce myself, I wanted to know when would be a good time for you to start your therapy." Isabelle sighed and brushed her hair back again.

"Um, I am not really busy anymore, since I am not performing right now, so you just name a date and time and I'll be there." She said with a sad smile.

"Your brother told me about your stage fright, he says you've never had it before." Isabelle rolled her eyes.

"Yeah well, Nico talks to much, he shouldn't have told you anything." Dani suddenly became confused, Nico, talking to much? Nico barely talked at all.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"Look, I don't think it was that big of a deal, what happened the other day. It was a big night for me, some agents were coming to watch, it could have ended with a record deal or something. I was just a little nervous; I postponed the concert for another time." She explained.

"So you don't think it was stage fright?" Dani asked.

"I think it was my nerves getting the better of me. Look I know Nico wants me to go to therapy with you, and because I don't argue with my brother I'll go but I don't think there's anything you can cure me of." She said, running her fingers through her hair.

"Well, either way I am glad you've decided to go and we'll see what happens, who knows, maybe we'll find something I can cure after all." Dani said with a smile. Isabelle shrugged. Dani could tell she was Nico's sister. They had the same dark hair and eyes that changed with their emotions. When she first opened the door Isabelle's eyes had sparkled hazel like Nico's did every so often, once she started talking about her performance they'd flattened to a dark brown, Dani knew that look too, she saw it on Nico most of the time, especially when he was working.

She dug a piece of paper and a pen from her purse and wrote down her address and a date and time.

"That work for you?" She asked, handing the paper to Isabelle. She smiled and nodded.

"I'll be there."

They walked to the door together and Isabelle unlocked it to let her out.

"Thanks for stopping by Dr. Santino." She said with a smile.

"It's no problem, I'll see you soon." She said, turning to leave.

"You know when Nico mentioned you he forgot to say how pretty you are." She said. Dani turned back to find her leaning against the door with a smile. She shrugged.

"Your brother doesn't talk much." Dani told her.

"Maybe not to you." Isabelle offered her another smile and then walked back inside, closing the door behind her. Dani sighed and shook her head as she headed for the elevator.

Alright so we've met Isabelle! hopefully you all like her so far, you'll see her more next chapter and you'll get to learn a little more about her and Nico's lives (at lease how I am portraying them) throught the story so stick around! Chapter 2 is already written it just needs to be edited so I'll have it up soon. Let me know what you all thought and send me some reviews!

~Tara~