That One Marching Band Romance: Movement One

First Impressions

Danny:

I hummed to myself as I blasted Green Day in my ears. I got dressed in running shorts and a band T-shirt from a concert I went to a long time ago. I looked at the clock and ran into Mikey's room, pouncing on him.

"OW! Danny what the hell!" he said as he smacked me with a pillow.

"It's Friday! Now get up! We still have band camp!" I shouted over my music and ran out of his room. I grabbed my wallet off the counter and started to fill up my gallon of water, "Michael get up we're going to be late again!" I screamed and he walked downstairs.

"I'm coming Dan!" he said and grabbed the gallon that I filled up for him. I rolled my eyes and he grabbed his keys, "Alright let's go," he said and we left for the first Friday of band camp. I walked into the band room and all eyes shifted to me and my brother.

"Good morning Danny... Mike," Kendall said ruffling my hair.

"Good morning," I said flattening my hair and placing my baseball cap on my head.

"Alright band let's start warming up I have a surprise for everyone on the upper field," Harry said with a mysterious tone in his voice.

"Alright you heard him battery get set up and meet me at the basketball courts," Kendall said and walked out the doors.

"Guess who?" Hands covered my face and I placed mine over them.

"Um, are you a trumpet player?" I asked, knowing it was Jackson.

"Yes, I am," I turned around and smiled.

"Good morning!" I said, putting my harness on.

"And how are you, Miss Danny, on this fine band camp day?" Jackson said. I let out a laugh and put on my drum.

"I'm as good as I can be! Oh! Remember dinner is at seven-thirty," I said with a wink and he gave me a smile, "You ready?" I asked grabbing my backpack and water.

"Yup, after you," I walked out of the band room and started walking to the battery.

"I'll see you up on the field Danny!" he said and then ran up the hill. My eyes followed him and my smile only grew bigger. I walked over to the battery to warm up my legs and arms. After eights, which are playing eight taps on a hand, we finally got to the Pep Band stuff. We ran through our fight song, "Squash the Bug" and "We Will Rock You". I was already sweaty from just warming up.

"Gush and go! I need to talk to Nick," Kendall said and we all nodded. I took a couple of big gulps of my water and headed up to the ensemble. Once I got up to the field, I took off my drum and slipped off my backpack. I searched for my music and started to go over the ballad.

"Hey Dan," Jackson said walking over to me.

"Hi, and when did I give you permission to call me that?" I asked, cocking my head to the side.

"I...um if you don't want me to call you Dan, I can call you Danny," he said, playing with the hem of his shirt. He is just so sweet.

"No it is fine," I said and took a deep breath, "Are you nervous about tonight?" I asked.

"Danny, I'm nervous, but if this means we can start dating, then I'm excited to get to know your family," he said and that was music to my ears. I laughed a little and retied my long dark brown hair.

"Hey Danny," Brett said, giving Jackson a look.

"What?" Jackson said and Brett nodded his head and they walked away from me. I couldn't hear what was going on, but Jackson made a face and smiled widely. They both walked back and Brett left.