Standing in your way

Chapter 3

The next morning i arrived mi first rehearsal. I was really excited to start this new path, but at the same time I was pissed. I was pissed with Lydia. She can't treat us like that, what are we her slave? 

As I think of this i enter the room, there where still a few people most were yet to arrive, included Lydia. 

"Goodmorning" a man says to me, i return the greeting.

"So you are the new violinist?"

"Yes i am"

"Good, I'm John, pleasure to meet you" 

"Helena, my pleasure" I reply with a smile 

"You are really young, i'm sorry if I ask but how old are you?"  meanwhile more and more people where arriving 

"Oh don't worry, I'm 26" 

"26?! Wow you are the youngest of all"

"Good to know" we laugh a little until our attention swifted to the door that was opening

"Goodmorning everyone" Lydia said as she takes off her coat and passes it to Francesca who places it on a hanger

"Goodmorning maestro" everybody, except me, return the greeting. God if she has seen me I was dead

"We have our new violinist..." she says as she flips trough the text, she dosen't even looks at me and points towards me. I was at the center of the attention for a brief moment and that caused me to blush 

"...so today we will practite the whole piece, everybody understand?" everybody nodded while Lydia's gaze wander among all. We shared eye contact for a few second, then she return to look at the score

"Perfect, let's start" 

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"Stop!" she screamed in the middle of the performance 

"Kristine what the hell are you doing?! Can't you hear that you're out of time?" she yells to a woman, the clarinetist, who dosen't seem to be shaken by Lydia's fury. Lydia looks at her for another good minute with a stern look

"I don't know how you think you can get to the concert, but know that this is not the way" she exhale and closes her eyes

"Restart" and we restart the performance

After 2 hours we finally end the rehearsal and i was very tense, I was incredibly afraid of doing something wrong and then Lydia would yell at me. All in all it didn't go bad in the end except for a few small errors. But at the end fear and stress weren't the only emotions presents in me: during the performance i looked at her, the way she moves her hands, her facial expression, her beautiful facial expression, then how her body moves.. Helena what the fuck, why am I thinking this? Why am I thinking of Lydia like this? She is the maestro, i'm her student, and plus she is a cold bitch. 

I shake my head as i try to shake off the thoughs of her away, i pick up my things, i said goodbye to some members i has spoken before and the i exit the room. Lydia didn't even looked at me or said a goodbye, not that i really care about her attention. Francesca looked at me and gave a small smile. 
I don't really know how this woman can manage to stay all this time with her 

I was starting my car ready to go home when i suddenly heard someone calling me "Helena!" i turn my head towards the feminile voice, it was Kristine

"Hey, something happened?"

"Oh no, no don't worry, I only wanted to return you these" she extends her open hand towards me where she held my gold earrings, the earrings that Abigail gifted me for the one year anniversary