While me and mom where moving into a small 2 room house with a small garden something cought my eye.... a girl not bad looking but not gorgeous riding a skate board down the road,i wonder where she is living?? Wait is she coming my why?
As she aproches i see her full face shes quiet attractive, as we meet eyes hers widens and rushes inside the house next to ours ,shes our nabour? Why did it feel like she knew me? I meen ive never met her before? Is she in my school? As the question rushed in my mind. I spot her peaking out behind the curten at me. My mom called for my attention to help her and as i look back to the window shes gone.
As knight falls i hear a base guitar playing, thats really good almost better then Jack, our bands leed guitarist, but he can’t play this season because the school said he had to focus on his finals in 12th grade, that goes for Jessie our lead singer aswell, but she still tries helping out with the mangement. We are holding auditions for a new base and lead singer. I wonder if it is the strange girl playing soo good or just the tv?
The next day school starts again and as i walk to the bus stop i see a girl similar to my nabour but not quite this girl has thick glasses and her uniform is not fitting at all it can’t be her right? As i aproch i see her eyes widen and I realize it is the same person!!!! But how is she much uglier then before? It is as if she try’s to look uglier? Girls are weird....Shall i try to make conversation?
‘Hi, you go to domburg aswell?’ wat a idiotic question. Couldn’t i think of something better?! shes wereing the uniform!
‘Huh, oh....umm yay.’ She looks shy and kind of scared of me. Is my face that scary ???
An awkward silence sunk on the conversation and it stopped right there.... As the buss aproches, i see a lot of people on it .... While stepping in the bus all the eyes focus on me and widen, not like the girl earlier but like wolves looking at their pray. They knew exactly who i am. Keep calm just smile and go to the back seat, as i aproch it i see my nabour already in the backseat corner and whole sircle open chairs around het? Is she really that unpopular? i desided to sit in the second row to back wanting to avoid any more acward conversations.
Finally we are at school, i try to rush out of this dense, scarry and stinky air of the buss. On my way to class i meet up with the my friend, other then the band.... And ofcourse i always realize the group girls following us every where , do they even know how to stalk quietly?
The bell rings as i walk into my class room, I notice a fimiliar face... wait it is my nabour?! How did i not notice shes in my class?! I suppose some girls never stand out in school but is it as if shes infisable, absolutely transparent.
As the day passes i notice that shes always alone, listening to something and witing things down, I can’t quite see but is looks like notes for the guitar...? I geuss she was the one from last night... I hope she comes to try out for the band!
Days goes by and it started to be a routine, attempt conversation the morning and observe her during class ,I often find my self curious wat tunes she is creating, but I geuss she plays the same tune every night and by every evening it evolves longer and even more rounded. What a genius!!!
This went on for about a week until I started hearing a slight hum while she played the tune, is she gonna write lyrics....? How is a 11 grader be that talented in music ??? The next morning I delibretly didn't ask about the song she's writing, because who wants to know their nabour is listening into their house at night? No, I might be a weirdo but that would just take the cake.
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Finally it is weekend! I sigh in relieve, this week has been hell! The band is struggling and we despretly need new members. I lended a helping hand around the house to lessen mothers burden with the washing and hanging our clothes.
Out of nowhere I hear a melody, I shift my gaze and saw a scene right out of a movie! My nabour is sitting on the roof of her house, the sun illuminates her silhouette, anyone would've mistaken her as an angel, sitting on her roof with her guitar fondeling with the strings. She then picks up the pace and mumbles a few words, almost inaudible to the ear, but the faint words with melody is as swear and clear as honey! As she sung my heart skipped a beat, forgetting myselfin the words, floating on the clouds just like the faint words discribe. I lean on the fence wanting to get closer, to hear the inaudible mumbling and the guitar.
It's already to late to avert my eyes away when her eyes meets mine... Ohh no, I hope she doesn’t freak out or even worse, be with angry at me.... I watch as she rushes to pack het stuff and escapes
‘Sorry.... I mean don’t worry I didn’t listen on purpose... You don't have.....’ I tried to explain but she was already gone to ride down the street with her scate board. I guess I scared her. I shrug to myself and continue on with my task, but her melody lingers in my mind.
That Monday after we meet at the buss stop she looks more reserved then usual. As the silence burns the air she unexpectedly start conversation first
‘So... whatbyou heard yesterday... ummm... does it sound bad or is it okay? I'm only asking because you are also in music! I mean, I assumed you like music cause your in the band, right? Oh gosh , I'm talking to much... umm... sorry?’ I shoked frozen, that's the first thing I've heard her say since the singing, even her talking voices is is soo sweet and defined.
‘No not at all! I think you should talk more.' I shyly suggests, 'and I guess you're going to go to the auditions this afternoon.’ Apon uttering my assumption she look shoked, why?
‘Umm... I don’t think I will cause I'm not that good... and I get stage freight....’ I could feel she's trying to distance herself from the confersation, she just started talking to me I can't let her just escape from my grasp!
'Oh, but you are amazing! It would be a shame if you don’t audition.’I said desperate to convince her.
‘You really think soo? Or are you just being friendly?’ she askes suspicious of my intentions, well I can't blame he I geuss.
‘No, I'm dead serious. We ooriginally wanted to have separate auditions for leed guitarist and singer, but you might just be able to fill both spots, easily...’ she stared in seprise at me, but nodded as confirmation that she will be going, I ecstatic!
That mornig we talked as if we where long lost friends. She is quite pleasant to talk to, even if she tries so hard to minimize contact, but I can see she longs for someone to talk to... That break I talked to her again, we were desscussing defferent lyrics amd melodies.....
'I'm done watching untalended people. Max I'm hedding back stage to look around...' I say as I get up, Max laughs and continue ceeping count of the promising students. The auditions has begun 2 hours ago and theirs only a handfull of students that could pass. I starting to get nervous, is she still comming? The auditions are comming to an end and still haven't shown up...
I walk back stage and get bombarded with trying to hug me and demanding to listen to their croaking of singing. I try to push past them, but fail miserably. Then i try to look around, trying to see if she came. I was about to give up when i see he sitting in the proproom. I was about to call her name until my mind went blank, I don't even know her name! Can I even ask about it at this stage, shit, I'm such an idiot!!!
I sneak away from the crazy girls around me and head to her location, I turn the corner and sit next to her she looks stressed ...
'Hey your not chikenning out are you?' I ask showing my million dollar smile.
'Ohh... hey.' She jurk her haed towards me, she must really nervous, not even noticing me taking a seat next to her.
'No its just if i stand in the que they might laugh at me or just judge me, so i thought about going last...' she answers and shift her eyes back down. I wish she could keep eye contact, that she could smile like on the roof top...
'Okay, just wish we might need you sweet voice to give us new hope in life, after all those untalented people just killing my ears!' I comment, she lifts her face and let a chuckle escape, she smiles at me and asks
'Wow, are they really that bad?'
'Well they just don't have anything on you...' I add, I'm glad I could help her calm down a bit....
We talk a bit more, but I'm still clueless. As the row got shorter we stood and part ways as she heads to sue up and I go to the panel, I think back to her smile, and how she didnt seem so nervous when I left I didn't even realise I was smiling to my self until James comments,
'Dude why are you smiling like you just talked to your crush?'
'Don't come share your thoughts to everyone, James' I snap at James, our pianoist and self-proclaimed play boy of the group
'Yah, but you where still smiling like an idiot in love' James snaps back
'I was?' I add turning my face away, that I'm almost surtain is blushing.
'Jip, even I saw it and now you're blushing.' Max adds matter of factly, he is right but they don't have to know....
'Just keep your ears open, someone will go up know and blow your minds..' i said hastely wanting to chamge the subject. Everyone just stare at me unconvinced. I guess I realise how unrealistic it sound after a day like this, but it is true. I shrug and head to my seat.
Minutes later its her turn, I make eye contact with her, mentally encouraging her
'Uhh hi, miss umm, could you tells us your name and then start.' I can already tell Max has juged her by her apperince . Although she, for some reason tries to dress down, I hope his tone doesnt effects her. Her face flashes to mine un sure of what to do with his tone. I signal back to her to prove to them that she way better then any one else, she nods and i see max and james flash looks at me and her
'Is it her, the one you were so confident about? She doesn't look like much.'
'Don't encourage your girlfriend to much you know.'
'Ya thats her max and james shes not my girlfriend.' I anounce to James. She then begins whith a fimiliar tune, it is her new song it sounds better then before I steel a glamce at Max and James their faces says it all, shoked that an angel like sound escapes her mouth and just like that afternoon a few days ago I feel like float on the clouds.
I look at her she closed her eyes probably trying not to look around her and allow her head to scare her but, otherwise you wouldn't think she has stage fright.... As she stops singing she opens her mouth and starts
'Hi I'm sam this is my own song ,dreams, I thought of it a few days ago,I hope I didn't disappoint you' she ends by looking at me, does she hope she didn't disappoint me??
'Wow, when Alex told us your the one he was exited over I didn't think much, but I get it now.' James sounds like he is still in denile
'And you sang beautifully and even played an unmached solo on your guitar,impressive.' Was max trying to flirt? That's a first...
'Would you mind if we join you??' I suggested looking in her direction asking for approval, she looks confused....
'Do you have the notes?' Max continues to ask
'Ahhh yess... I do ,you want it.' she answers cautiously, looks like shes not understanding, let me help.
'Yeah can we see and see how it sounds with all the instruments....'
'Ooh ya, that would be great!' she answers with realisation.
As we walk up onto the stage she starts taking out like 5 copies.
'Why soo many copies' max took the words out of my mouth she looks shy ...
'Uhhh I actually wanted to sneak into the instrument department at break and practice it on the base and drums, but I am only average whith them soo I could only write the basic notes....' she can play the base and drums ??? How?... I can tell she has less money then my mom how dit she get the chance to practice those instruments.
'Wow a raw prologue we have here I see...' James compliments, he never compliments some one he knows never mind a stranger!!! She can be quite the sosial butterfly if she tries .... Then why would she then always try to stay invisible?
'Hey lover boy, lets start to work out the tune for piano, she didn't prepare that.'she starts to blush as james says it.
'Soo lets start shall we' She nods and start explaining the song every one listens to her diligently and figures out all the parts of the song. This feeling of a band never gets old. Trying to figure out a tune that only exists in your mind and projecting it in sound. When you get the perfect note for the tune and replay it over and over, we sit rehearsing till it was time the last bus was going and me and sam had to go.
'Cool, Sam we meet after school in the music studio on Mondays and whendsdays welcome to the band!' As max says in an abnormally friendly manner, her face lits up.
But somethings off its like a happy memmory reappearing not a whole new experience. Am I just thinking to much or has she been in a band previously...?
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