The store isn't to far from where we lived, only about 5 blocks, but it felt weird not going to school today, like I was skipping for once
"Oh man my mom gave me a long list.."
•milk
•bread
•lettuce
•tomatoes
•ground beef
•eggs
•lays chips, if you eat these on the way back I'm going to beat your ass
•blueberries
•bananas
•cheese
That is all, love mom
She can be harsh sometimes
"-Your so cool that you don't have to go today"
"AHHH, oh Daniel, don't scare me like that out of the blue, why aren't you in school?"
"Well I figured since I'm caught up on all my exams, I can go out and have some free time, and lucky to run into you, so with that being said.." he walked up to me to my ear
"There's a girl looking at you weird.." huh?
I turned around slowly to see Trinity, isn't she supposed to be in school?
"Your to close Daniel,- what of it, she's been looking at you- well maybe she's nice- I know but... well do you know her?"
"Hey Bach, Mr. Oscar let me go today because of how well we served the coffee last night, so I was just walking around to see if I can do something." So do girls do that? And she is friendly, not talking about what happened last night, I hope I am in the clear-
"Hey Bach you done thinking?" Daniel was up in my face again
"AHH dammit yeah yeah, I'm here because my mom gave me a list to get some stuff since I'm off, and Daniel I know you want to hear how it went-"
"Ooooh look at Bach more confident, yesterday you were a lone quiet freak, and now your a big man!" Well I wouldn't say freak
"Hey Bach mind if I join you guys? Just to know about what happened last night?" Daniel gave me an odd look he creeped closer to my ear
"Last night??"
"Nothing happened, it's about the session me and Mr. Oscar had, I can talk to you abou-"
"Okay okay Bach, you have your fun time, I'll come over another time and you can tell me about it okay?.." he whispered again
"Hey Daniel c'mon man don't think that.." he backed away and walked off with his hands in the air
"What ever you say Bach!"
"Well he isn't wrong that I'm more confident now..." I totally forgot about Trinity
"Hey did you forget I'm here?-"
"OH Trinity, oh yeah what's up again?"
"You seriously forgot again?" Yeah I am a sore loser
"Yeah kinda I get in the moment, so want to help me with a grocery list?" A weird question to ask but she wanted to hang out
"Eh, sure, where's the list?"I reached into my pocket and I handed the note to her
"Alright let's go" she grabbed a basket and went straight off
"Hey hey! Wait for me" she was well prepared for this
- 10 minutes later
"Alright here you go" she gave me the basket full of everything that was needed, usually it would've took me about and hour
"Wow Trinity thank you-"
"Well I owe you one for me acting like that to you, I'm sorry" she felt unsure of telling me this
"Oh it's fine, I mean I'm not the best looking-"
"Chill out pervert.." awe man of course I am but she smiled
"You know. After Mr. Oscar played that, that's when I just went drawn towards you, like I felt I need to kiss you and hold you .." damn would've been nice huh. Only one girl on me, man
"Hey I'm still talking"
"Oh shit sorry sorry, yeah Trinity to tell you the truth, I was in North Plains high, and the reason I transferred there is because there was an incident that happened that involved music and girls.." I felt weird talking about this, again
"Well if you want to tell me now or to meet at the café. I'm off on Friday's and Saturday's, so yeah?" I felt she wanted to help me, and I felt glad for that
"Yeah, so tonight? What time is good?"
"Probably 7, I'm off for the day but at 5 I help my friends with a club so yeah sounds good. If it explains why this happened then I want to know how to stop it so no girls fall for a weird guy" ouch I felt that one
"Uh, okay... I'll see you tonight, thank you again for getting the things on the list"
"No problem, see you later.." and she walked out the store with her nice blonde hair flopping as she turned. The way she twirls is really idolizing
"Sir are you ready to pay?-"
"AHH I'm sorry I was distracted, I think I have enough.."
- 1 hour later
"Hmm I still don't know how to tell Trinity of what happened, I mean I don't want to prove her while playing on an instrument and it'll really go down, but this is so odd for her to hear-"
"It is odd huh?"
"AHHH, Daniel what are doing at my window!"
"Oh you know I decided to come today because I'm going to be busy this weekend, so what's this weird power you have, are you writing a novel? A fantasy?"
"Just come around and I'll tell you why I needed to go to an all guy school-"
"Ohh you're in BL-"
"Shut up and come around"
~
"Hello miss Sebastian, I'm Daniel, I am from North Plains high, I'm friends with your son"
"Awww my little Bach has friends"
"Mom you don't have to do this.." Face palm
"Okay Daniel my room is right over here.."
"Woooow your a book nerd, I see.."
"No no no, these are music books, mostly a lot of songs that I play on the piano and so on.."
"Hey Bach you know I did wondered why you quit playing, by seeing this room you are a music nerd"
"Well Daniel let me tell you why, it's going to sound strange but it's true...
- after 7 minutes of telling him
"No way!!!! Bach! You can use this to pull girls!!-"
"That's not the point Daniel, not one girl, all of them came after me, my father protected me and that's why he is locked up, they blamed him for it, I feel I have like a weird gift whenever I play, so I stopped playing for a while, and heard I can go back to school without any girls, so I thought I could pick it up again, and well now I think the school I'm going to is a mixed school.." I put my head down just thinking I know it's going to happen again and I do not want that
"Just tell them you don't want to play "
"Well the plan was on Monday I was going to head straight into his office and tell him that I can't do that, and Trinity reacted when he played the video of my solo, but I'm not sure if he'll believe me that's the thing.."
"Hmm, well looks like you'll just see how it goes," yeah he's right
"Well I am going to meet Trinity later on and talk about what that was about, because she wants to hear from it, not sure if she'll believe me, but maybe I can ask her how it goes over there, and test things to see how I can stop it.."
"Okay Bach I wont be a childish prick like earlier, but hearing this is strange but, for you to do what ever you want in your life, make sure you love doing it, even if it means playing in front of the entire school of mixed students, play from how you feel, it's a weird gift but just trust yourself"
"Well... thank you Daniel. I just want to play for what I love, but I'll figure something out for sure." Daniel rose up
"Well, until then, come by my place sometime if you need to talk, I'm just 6 blocks away, but I'll let you go, a cool but weird story, catch ya later Bach .." and he left, I sat in my room looking at my cabinet just thinking why does this happen to me and why can't I just play normal
"I'll just wait and tell Trinity what happened to me tonight.." for the rest of the hours I sat on my bed just thinking of all scenarios of what is to come at the school...
- 6:55 p.m.
In those hours in between I took time to learn more pieces of music on my piano, but wore headphones like I usually do, is that why my dad had me wear them all the time?..
"Hey Bach someone is here for you" I looked at my watch and noticed I am going to be late to the café, but who is here? I got ready and walked to the door and opened it
"Hey Bach.." it's Trinity, how does she know where I live?
"Oh Trinity I was just about to head out, funny to see you here-"
"Mr. Oscar let me know where you live so I can hand you this, I forgot earlier" Huh? She handed me my own student handbook, I felt weird but as long as she didn't try to kill me so I guess it's fine
"Well thank you, my its leather-"
"Well we are a good school haha!" she had an unsure laugh, but it was time to go
"Okay mom I'm going to head out for a bit."
"Okay Bach, be safe.." hmm she didn't ask who my date is today
~
"So Bach the whole music thing with you, going to tell me?" She had her hands behind her back and her green eyes were locked on me, so of course I'm going to tell her, duh
- after the odd walk talk
"Wow, to think that many girls? You must be lying.." I knew she'll say that
"Well I wish I was, its something weird that I have, I didn't really understand it before, but that's why I stopped playing for a while, I was scared to attract anything else like that again, I mean you did yourself. And while I'm asking, what was your thought process on it? Maybe I can figure out something to stop it." We entered and sat in a booth, she ordered regular coffee, and I got the Music brew, my favorite now
"Heh it is good huh?"
"You didn't answer my question.." I feel needy at this point but I need to know, it might be weird to talk about, but even so it may help me understand
"Okay okay, when Mr. Oscar started that video, for some odd reason, the only thing I thought was you, and I never knew you, it's like when he played that I wanted to hold you kiss you for how well you played, like I was attracted to the way you played, but I wasn't needy, I just automatically came to you..." it's a weird thought to think, but 'attracted to the way I played' does that mean if I play horrible they won't like it?
"So what if, per say, I played horrible, do you think you wouldn't fall for it?"
"Well I sure hope so, I mean you don't brush your hair, I do not want to know how your mouth tastes.." well she isn't wrong
"Well here is the thing, I don't want to try, because I talked to Daniel about it, and he said it would be a cool way to pull girls, but I don't want that I just want to play the music that I love that's all, but I need to test somehow.." I sounded real picky at that point, like I wanted to do this for attention
"Well how about this, we figure this out on Monday after the club meeting, and try something, I guess I'll be your test bunny, but that will be all, okay?" Many guys would take this opportunity to take advantage of a girl, but knowing she is letting me is kinda weird
"Don't worry I will do what I have to, because if someone other girl accidentally listens then I don't know.." our order came and we continued to talk and take sips, talked about how there are many different style of girls, and many is drama in this school, one I didn't want, and once we felt ready to go
"Okay well that's enough about how the school goes, you'll have fun tho" man I hope so
"Yeahhh, alright I'll take care of the ticket"
"Woah woah, don't worry Bach I'll put it on my tab, I work here after all anyways, let's go" wow someone payed for me again, I felt like a dog on a leash
"Oh man it's a little chilly out here" I noticed Trinity wore jeans but not a long sleeve, so I was nice,
"Want to use my jacket? I promise I don't stink"
"Hmm, okay, but I'll walk with it half way to your home and give it back, I'm just a friend," I wasn't trying to imply I want to date you..
"So do you think you'll be able to play the way you want to again?"
"That's what I hope for now, if I can figure how to stop this then I'll be happy, I'm not trying to get girls or do anything with anyone, hell I just want to play music it's all I want to do.." I was fairly honest and I can feel Trinity look at me as we walked, I didn't feel weird but comforted
"Well I know we just met, but I somehow feel for you, I'll help you, and also, there is this club that I'm in with a few others, a music club per say.." we stopped and looked at each other
"Why kind of music?"
"Well not your classical music but for of a band per say, I am the club president of it, and I play bass, if you can figure out the whole thing you have, then I'm sure we can have you, and also, Mr. Oscar wants you to be in it anyway.." I knew he was going to put me in a club with something regarding music, but to be honest I don't know how to deal with this
"Wow I didn't know you are a musician Trinity, what kind of bass? 5 string 4string? Dropped B?-"
"Wow you are a huge nerdddddd.." yeah she caught me, and we both started laughing
"Well Trinity this is my turn right here" I held my hand for the jacket
"Woah woah I didn't know you were this picky, I still have 10 more blocks.." she hugged the jacket to herself, she had such a cute posture, I couldn't resist
"Okay okay, you can keep it on the way back, but you better give it back, and wash it too"
"I'm not a dirty freak like you" see come on
"Well I guess this is goodbye for now, I'm glad you understand before you think I'm just gonna use it just to use it, I just want to play for what I love you know?"
"Then we can see on Monday, have a good weekend Bach, I'll see you Monday sometime." And walked off and waved me while in my jacket. Like a girlfriend, no no Bach stop, just stop
"Oh man I feel butterflies, but I know I can't get a girlfriend, do I keep with music, or change what I have in mind..." I sat outside of my house for 20 minutes and just had a big moment of just thinking about what could happen, will I enjoy this? Will the same thing happen? All the girls there will think I'm a freak anyways..
"Hey you look really lonely here" I looked up to see Trinity giving back my jacket, she was shivering but she felt she needed to give it back
"So it did stink huh? You walked back and forth just for that?"
"Well It might rain anytime tomorrow so I wanted to be nice.." and a quick silence rose
"Hey Trinity, do you think I can stop this? Because this, I don't like it, I want to make music play music and be happy, but this isn't a gift, it's a curse.." I put both my hands on my face and just felt like crying
"Well look at it this way Bach, Beethoven made music, and at one point in his life he couldn't hear anymore, but that didn't stop him, he figured out a solution, I'm sure you can..." I looked up at Trinity with my eyes teared up, I know she can feel my freaky sad feeling, but at the moment, Trinity will be wonderful for me and help me for what ever I need, I stood up and gave her a hug
"Hey hey don't be to touchy now.."
"I'm sorry I'm just going through a lot right now, I never had a person.. girl fully understand me at times like this.."
"Well how about we break the mood and we go to the beach tomorrow?" I stood back with my head down, and looked back up
"Y-yeah that'll be nice, I need to stay away from anything that involves music or school for now, what time-"
"No worries I'll come by and get you, you get rest, we barely met but I know you can figure this out, you just need time to clear your mind.." she then put my jacket back on and walked up to me and punched my shoulder, and titled her head with a pretty smile, something that moved me..
- next morning
"She never gave me my jacket back, welp.."
"Hey Bach, your up early? And it's raining."
'Well It would be nice to have my jacket so I won't get sick'
"What time is it, 10:30 she wouldn't come that early-"
*DING DONG*
Welp
"Hey did you forget something?-"
"No...." she is holding an umbrella while wearing my jacket zipped up
"*sigh* okay well let's go then,"
"Hey Bach where are you going? It's raining that long sleeve won't do!"
"I'm going to the beach to get my mind off of school-"
"You haven't even gone yet, what are you thinking about? Girls?-"
"MOM!"
"Okay fine go have fun"
*SHUT*
"Man sometimes I love her, but when she does that I feel like I want to kick down a door..." I clenched my fist, and felt Trinity poke my arm
"Hey hey, it's fine let's go and clear your mind, we can get some popsicles down there okay?" Her green eyes stuck on me, and she took off
"Hey your the one with the umbrella!"
- while entering the beach
"Well I'm going to be honest I haven't really gone to a beach in a long while, last time was with my dad..." again I put my head down and stopped
"Hey dipstick, don't think about that, look it stopped raining, we can make a sand castle! C'mon I'm trying my best to help let's go!" And she tied up the umbrella and took off my jacket it and she was wearing white t-shirt and a pink skirt
"Hey don't throw down my jacket like that!"
"Oh cmon you can wash it let's go!"."Well I-" she wasn't wrong
"Okay so this is my side to make it and this is your side, we get two minutes to make it-"
"Two minutes??? I'm not an architect!!"
"Hahaha just have imagination Bach!!" Yeah, like John Lennon's Imagine
(Imagine there's on heaven....:)
"Oh man c'mon you have more space than me!!"
(It's easy if you try...:)
"Well maybe you need more sand!"
(No hell below us..:)
"You have more wet sand than me!!" that moment I seen her smile, and my mind cleared when I looked into the sky above, and just starred..
(Above us only sky..:)
Maybe this time it'll be different
"Done!!"
"WHAAAAAT!!" I just barely noticed it was two minutes, fastest in my life
"Oh cmon Bach what's that? Looks like a cow took a dump on that!"
"Oh cmon your looks like a-" I looked at it and it was shaped in a guitar, no...
"AND YOU CALL ME A NERD?!!"
"WELL ITS THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF, AT LEAST I TRIED!!" We both stopped and laughed out loud
"Oh man Trinity, I'm hungry, and since I lost I'll pay for it."
"Well since I have a job I'll pay for it"
She really wants to challenge me
"Well.. I can't argue with that... okay fine"
"Ah so you are a man that lets up easy huh?-"
"AT LEAST I TRY!!...Well Trinity.."
"Huh?"
"Thank you for taking me out, it wasn't long but you did clear my mind I feel much better.."
"Oh c'mon dipstick your hungry let's go!" She took off running to the stand, the sand threw behind her as she ran, her pink skirt as it flew and her flowing blonde hair moving, no, don't get stuck Bach
"Okay!" And I took off to the stand
"So you like vanilla or chocolate?"
"I'm a vanilla type of guys so yeah" she gave me a weird look
"What? I'm abnormal okay?" She gave me a smirk
"Hahaha, of course you are Bach. And you can keep the change"
Oh so is this a nice challenge?
"Hey Bach I'm glad I took you out, when I joined the club I learned I got a responsibility to help others in need, even if it's helping clearing someone's head, and if your going to join and play.." she stuck out her hand for a handshake
"Then I have to help you get well" she smiled and tilted her head, I shook her hand and felt inspired to play again, but with this in mind how will I fix this? Isn't it playing horrible? Or not playing at all...
- after heading home
"Okay Bach here we are, and here is your jacket I'll be nice this time" she was talking normal again, like nothing happened
"Oh thanks, well I guess I got practicing to do, and if you would send me some songs?" Whoops
"So your asking for my email?" Not entirely..
"Well, no but yes, never mind I'll just go-" she grabbed my arm
"Well we need to keep in contact if anything happens, so here" she took out her phone and gave it to me, as I typed it out
"So you never had a girlfriend?" I paused, why would she ask that? Is she going to make fun of me again?
"Well, no.. I only stayed home a lot back then and just played and played by myself, when ever that happened It was the first time any girl grabbed my like that, I felt unsure at that time, like I felt like I was used, so that why I'm this type of freak, haha.." I put my hand on the back of my head and just laughed like it wasn't a big deal..
"Well I feel sorry for you Bach, I'm glad your mind cleared up and you'll be ready for what's to come, I'll text any songs that come to mind, and even after if you need anything I'll be here for it okay?" She really is a nice soul, I met her just yesterday, she was pulled to me by only a 3 measure bar of music that I played, but she didn't attack me, she stayed with me, even tho girls like her would get away from me, she is like a virtue, of gratitude..
"Okay well I'm going to head home, I'll see you Monday, later Bach" and she walked off in the cool breeze of a Saturday afternoon, and I entered, took a shower, and practiced on my piano the rest of the day, and just hoped Sunday would be a relaxing day...