"How can I be consumed by you and beardy even know you"-M
FOUR YEARS AGO...
How it all started, who knew this day would be the day I could not turn back from. I remember it like it was yesterday.
I went by the band hall that Monday when I wanted to try out for a band.
I talked to the director and he said come on Tuesday for my turn out. I was excited and nervous for this new chapter in my life, what could go wrong, right?
I talked to my mom the whole afternoon and I was told her about this; she was supportive and said I needed a hobby or something to keep my mind busy besides school. I knew she was right.
So when Tuesday came I didn't expect Raymond to be called out for something. But when I got there I meet Lena we knew each other because she was my dorm roommate since school started I was happy that I knew someone going into this.
Today was the first day of my trial with this new life that I didn't know if I would love or hate but I came in it open-minded.
My first met was with the "Top Queen Bee" herself she was making sure I knew she was top of the food chain in the nicest way possible but in reality she was trying to tell I needed to know my place.
"She trying to scare me into submission." I thought.
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After the security guard unlocks the Studio, we walked in and went to the back of the stage, and turned on the lights.
We walked back to the front of the stage and started stretching. We were about seven stretches in before the man in question came in to check on Lena and I.
He didn't say anything at first; he just analyzed the room. I pointed my toes and stretch my body outward.
I stopped after a second and whispered to her" Lena who is the boy with the brown eyes and curly black-brownish raven hair and that one who been analyzing the room for last two minutes".
She turned around with a slightly confused face, then it backs to neutral, and she says: " that just Syd, he is our drum major, or we like to call him the director's Prodigy".
After that, she didn't say much about the subject again and started talking about different spins that I needed to learn.
I turned her out halfway through her rant, so that when my eyes wandered back to the door where he once was now, it was empty now.
So I put it out of my mind and started practicing different positions. Let's just say about a two hours and a half in I was very sore. It's has been a long time since she done this.
Lena told me to take 15 and without hesitation, I got off the stage using the steps.
But the moment that I reached the bottom of the steps I was extremely parched, and I went to my mini bag and got out $1.50 for the Drink Machine and told Lena I was going to the drink machine did she want to come.
She told me no, thanks she had water, and also told me to get a Manger to walk with me to the vending machine, so I don't get lost.
So I went across the hall and knocked on the band room; that's when Syd opened the door and smiled. Then he did an usher motion to lead me inside the room, and at that moment I was super on edge but not in a bad way, more like, and I don't want to do anything embarrassing type of way.
But as soon as I made it inside the band room, I heard the main band play, the emotion I was feeling early, started to slowly fade away; that's when I found Elena.
She walked with me to the vending machines.
But before I crossed the threshold.
I turned around and saw him in action and the way that he conducted he was so focused and passionate.
It was like that was the only thing that mattered in the world and all he could hear was the music. It was a beautiful sight and I got to analyze his features for a brief minute.
The way his eyes sparkle when the music is flowing and all the right notes are played, and; how his nice soft pink lips are in a slightly tight line, and his curly pattern hair is put up with a headband.
But I was brought back to reality with a tap on the shoulder by Elena asking if I was coming. That is when I turned around and started walking down the hall right beside her.
She asked me the common questions you ask someone u just met like what grade are you in? Did u transfer before the school year started or have you been at this school for a while?
That is how our conversions went, and I found that Elena is just in her first year, and this is her first time being the Manger of this many students before. We just talked about life for the rest of the way, and then we took a left down the long hall with the first frame I see going into a shorter hall, and after that, we made a right when we arrived at the vending machines.
I put the money inside the machine and pressed the Gatorade button, and I grabbed my drink and started slipping on it as we made our way back to the band hall. So the walk back was pretty fast, then going to the vending machines.
When we reached the band room, I saw that Syd is not the happiest person at that second. It made my heart and my brain hurt just thinking about it, let alone seeing it in person. He was stressed about the trumpets and drums.
One trumpet player couldn't hold a high note to save his life, and both drum players couldn't seem to keep the beat steady to go into the next song.
When I heard this I was outside of the dance room's side door and my eyes were closed, and my body was up against the wall. But the moment I heard a female voice telling him that it would be okay, I quickly opened my eyes to see Syd and Amara her think her name was.
Not too far away from me, they are in the hallway with a computer chair.
Syd is sitting in the chair, and she is massaging his fluffy curly hair and is behind him.
*
Syd and Amara came back in and the whole band went silent, and their eyes went straight to the door. At that moment I was just so ready to go home and soak in the tub, and have a glass of wine mixed with cherry coke. But I couldn't because we were wasting time staring at the couple in the room.
But then Syd looked at me and cleared his throat, and I was so annoyed I acted like it was not happening, and that was when he looked away and started the announcements.
So after the announcements, all that was said was we have a parade coming up in a week, so we need to practice and be ready to play and march.
That was when he called me out and asked me my name, and I smiled mockingly and replied and said "Maribel" and That I prefer to be called bel, instead of my whole name; when he asks why, and then I explain to him that in the past a lot of people could have had can't care less about say my name wrong, or just give me a whole new name altogether.
He responded with "okay Maribel, and he said it with a slight smirk on his face, At that moment I want to roll my eyes so bad, but I decided against it because he pronounced my name right. But that didn't stop me from narrowing my eyes at him.
After a second of intense eye contact, he blows the whistle and dismisses the class.
I grab my bag and phone. Then started walking toward the exit. But before I could get out of the main exit, I looked up from my phone and looked out into the school parking lot, and there Syd was, tossing around his mase, try not to drop it.
He chased the students around with it, bonding with them.
But who knew this was all a Lie.