Maddie Molina, Julies older sister has been shut off from everyone but her small little family since her mom died almost a year ago. The sisters used to play music with their mom all the time but they have not played or sang a single note since the...
I woke up the next morning with a smile on my face for the first time in a long time. I get out of my bed and quickly change into a skirt that Julie bought me for my birthday last year and a white tee and a pair of converse. A staple outfit in my wardrobe.
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I open my window, after I get ready, having an abundance of time before having to leave. I grab my guitar and climb outside land on the roof. I walk over to a small ledge that I used to sit on when I would come out to hide from dad when it was time for therapy. I sit down and hold my guitar. I strum the familiar strings and feel the smile come to my face. I start to play. But I stop when I hear piano coming from the garage.
Julie. She is playing again. That means no one will care about you coming out of your shell. No. I don't care. I need to do this. Mom would want me to do this.
I strum along feeling like I know the chords by heart already. It is the song that mom wrote for us. She played it once right before she died. I play finding the chords and playing with Julie. I see Carlos watching the garage and listening to Julie and I play, from the deck. I see Dad watching from the porch. I smile. We finish and I see the three boys flash outside. I quickly climb back inside and run down the stairs with the guitar. I walk down in the direction of the studio with my book bag and guitar case.
"Hey." Reggie says. I wave. I am still not talking to a lot of people. Flynn walks up to me and grabs my hand.
"Come on." She says dragging me with tears in her eyes.
Then we walk in and Flynn goes on a rant about us not playing music and how we are never going to be friends anymore. Bit she would not let us get a word out so we could not tell her we played again.
"Can I talk now?" Julie says. Flynn nods leaning over grabbing her head.
"I just sang and played piano again." She says.
"And I just sang and played guitar again." I say. She freaks out and practically jumps out of her skin. Julie smiles at me not knowing I was playing too.
"Come on before we are late." I say grabbing the sheet music. We walk out of the studio and Julie waves to the guys and starts to talk to them. She tries to cover it up and I think Flynb yes it because she just walks to the car. Then we drive off to school.
I am met at my locker by my ex boyfriend. I just ignore him as I open my locker and get my books. I can hear him try and get my attention over Conan Gray's voice flowing through my earbuds, but I do my best to ignore it. I close my locker and he pulls on my earbuds.
"Are you going to talk to me now?" I rip the headphones out of his hand and kick him in the shin before I turn and walk away. I walk up to Julie's locker but he follows me.
"Hey, M? Oh." She says looking at me. Julie knows that even after this morning I am still not talking to that many more people. Even though I have talked to a few.
