The First Annoucement

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#2 Amanda Brandt

Location: Dortmund, Germany 🇩🇪

Amanda's POV

"Why is she always in hibernation?" I squirm in my bed while hearing my friends voices as they unlock the door to my apartment.

"It's Mandy, you know wherever she is it's got something to do with music. How do you know she's not at home banging the shit out of her drum set? Or absolutely going crazy to Billie Eilish on her headphones."

"True." I heard my best friend say as she approached my bedroom door. I didn't want any visitors today. I had just found out that I didn't get into Berkeley.

"Hey bitch open up." My best friend's sister Zara yelled.

"No." I said and dried my tears.

"Oh come on, we bought you a cake!"

"I don't deserve one, just leave me alone okay."

"Mandy open up, tell us what happened." Ashley pushed and I knew she wouldn't stop so I opened the door. I wiped off new tear and returned to my bed and slipped under the covers.

"I'm a failure." I said and began to cry more.

"Amanda you are not a failure."

"Really? Look at what this says." I say and flip my laptop screen for them to see. Zara and Ashley both reading intently.

"Amanda we regret to inform you that due to your lack of experience in a formal performance setting you will not be accepted into our program." Ash read and closed my laptop.

"They're on some shit okay. They have to be because experience on stage or not you're probably one of the best musicians to audition for them. They don't know what they're missing."

"Thanks Zara, that means a lot." I said and heard a knock on my apartment door. I got up to answer it. A mail man was at my door.

"Delivery for Amanda Brandt?"

"That's me." I say

"Can you sign here please?"

"Sure." I said and he handed me a blue and gold box labeled SSAA.

"What the hell is this?"

"I don't know, the last time I got a delivery like this it was from my mother." I opened the box to see an envelope and a blue hoodie with the same initials on it. What is this?

"Well open the envelope dummy."

"Patience, jeez."

I open the envelope to see a letter addressed to me.

Dear Amanda

We are delighted to inform you that you have been invited for this year's first year orientation at the Santorini School for the Arts and Athletics. Although you did not apply, we have been tracking your progress for a long time and we believe your skills would be an ideal addition at our institution. Do let us know of your decision.

Regards,
SSAA.

"No. Freaking. Way. Mandy this is great!!"

"Great? Hold on, who even is this school?"

"It's in the beautiful Santorini, why do you even give a shit?"

"Because I'm not going for a vacation Ashley, this is my future here."

"Oh my Gosh, you two are so stupid just google them." Zara says and grabs my laptop.

"Oh Shit, look at the size of that campus. It's like a mansion on steroids. There's an aquatic Centre, theatre, recording studio. They look legit to me."

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