Secret Love Song

Chapter Four

The next day, Regulus realised that the studio wasn't actually close to the bar so he had to get a bus to the street. Regulus soon found the studio which was actually a small house that Regulus assumed was Lily's and that they had a spare room as a studio.

Regulus double checked the address to make sure he had the right one, walked up to the front door and knocked. Inside, he could hear lots of shouting and then a heavy thud and a cry. And then Marlene opened the door.

"Regulus! Come on in, sorry for the mess." Marlene said, walking further into the house. Regulus walked in, closing the door behind him. He followed Marlene to a room near the back where the other girls were.

"Oh Regulus, hi!" Lily exclaimed upon noticing him.

"Hey." He waved back. Looking around the room, Regulus noticed a lot of things. The walls had lots of band posters, records and picture frames of the girls. Regulus also noticed the series of instruments and microphones, a keyboard, guitar (acoustic and electric) and lots of fabric. Everywhere.

Regulus also noticed a stool that had been toppled over and Dorcas sitting on the floor clutching her foot, Regulus couldn't tell if she was lauging or crying. But Mary was definitely laughing.

"Is everything okay?" Regulus asked cautiously, slightly worried about his new coworkers.

"Yeah, we're good." Pandora answered.

"Dorcas, get up. We have a guest." Marlene instructed.

"But my foot-"

"No one cares, Dorcas."

"Okay! Regulus, come sit. Let's discuss some of you're lyrics." Lily announced, pulling Regulus to the floor. They rest of the girls joined them and they all sat in a circle.

"So let's start off with introducing ourselves again and this with our part in the band." Pandora suggested, receiving nods of agreement.

"Okay, I'll start. I'm Lily and I'm the lead singer." Lily announced smiling.

"I'm Dorcas and I'm the dance choreographer and singer." Dorcas followed.

"I'm Marlene and I play the guitar. Both electric and acoustic." Marlene says. "I also sing as well."

"I'm Mary and I play the keyboard." Said Mary, nodding to the keyboard at the corner of the room.

"You don't sing?" Regulus asked, confused. The others were singing, so why wasn't Mary?

"I have a medical problem called Vocal Nodules. Basically when I sing I sound like a dying horse." Mary explained. "I can do the occasional note or two but not much."

"Oh okay. That must suck. You're a part of a band and you can't sing." Regulus joked, thinking Mary was a jokey sort of person about her disorder.

"Yeah, it does, doesn't it?" Mary replied, a smile on her face.

"Moving on, I'm Pandora and I design and make the costumes for shows."

'Ah, that'll explain all the fabric.' Regulus thought.

The room was silent, all the girls were staring at Regulus, waiting for him to introduce himself. Regulus sighed, he was really doing this.

"I'm Regulus and I write the songs." He admitted, knowing that he was fully stuck in now. He was a part of the Dark Roses.

This announcement received lots of whoops and cheers, making Regulus jump but he had a small smile on his face.

"Yay! Okay, now that it's official, let's start talking about songs." Lily said, everyone's attention turning to Regulus as he took out his notebook.