Me, Her, & The Moon #girlxgirl

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Kya

Oh... my... Jesus.

I am so blown away. I have no idea what to do. She looked at me. She made eye contact with me. I couldn't take my eyes off of her. I have no idea what I'm feeling. Anxiety that she won't like me, fear of the fact that she has a boyfriend, depression about the actuality that we'll never see each other again... I'm definitely thrilled that she noticed me, that's a fact.

The minutes tick by, and I notice that she stays put. Most people leave but... oh my God, I think she's waiting to see me play. Fear and anticipation tingle at the back of my throat and eyes. What if I mess up?? She'll never even consider me...

Before I know it, I'm at the front of the line, and I think I'm about to piss myself. I'm so anxious. I step up, taking my guitar out of my case. I hear several people snicker and someone shush someone else. I adjust the microphone for myself, and I plug my guitar into the amp.

"My name is Kya Aldaine, and I'll be playing an original that I wrote a month ago called Carnage," I say. One boy bursts out laughing, and I hear someone yelling about how 'Carnage' is too macho of a name for such a little girl. I'm not actually short, but I'm fourteen years old. Trust me, it was worse when I was eight.

I break out into song, starting at the crystal sweet beginning. This is the part that lures them all in, or bores them. A lot of people seem kind of bored, because this is what every single girl sounds like. I'm very good, and several people seem to notice. I throw my heart into it, and heads begin to turn. My voice darkens, and here comes the big boom...

"CARNAGE!!" I metal scream, and everyone jumps with surprise and awe as I burst into the incredible guitar licks that make up the verse of the song.

People start to cheer along, turning the paramount into a mosh pit. I get into my guitar solo, then drop it, picking up my electric violin and blasting the audience away. The judges are screaming with delight.

I finish with a slowly drowning out chord, and the audience goes silent, stunned. The judges are speechless. I do a sassy bow, starting to stalk off the stage.

"Wait!" One of the judges yells to me. I turn around, doing a small hair flip. My hair came out of my bun during the song, and I didn't even notice. "What's your full name again?" he asks.

"Kya Mae Aldaine."

He pauses, writing it down. "How old are you?"

"Fourteen."

"Wow," one of the others says, stunned. "You can go. That was... stunning."

I hear a cheer come from the audience. I think it's Leann. I turn, seeing her pink hair instantly. It is.

Leann

I only stayed because work was starting in 2 hours and I'd rather be here than at home. Every once and a while I would look back and see that girl looking at me. I fell asleep during this very bad 'Silent Night' and had just woken up.

I look back again to see if that girl is still there...She isn't. I frantically look around for her. She must have went already was ringing in my head. Then I hear someone snicker and another person yell some cuss words about Carnage. What? Carnage? What about Carnage?

A guitar is being played on the stage. I look up, its her! She holds her guitar with confidence but a little sadness. Her eyes closed as she takes it all in. Then her heart is released into the music as she strums her guitar chords. Her voice is pure and sweet...but a little shaky. The Judges were intrigued, but I couldn't see their face so I didn't really know if they thought she was good.

I lean towards Luke who takes me being close as an invite. He stretches his arm around me and kisses my head. I smack him in the chest.

"No, I am trying to ask a question!"

"Oh, what?"

"What's her name?" I ask

"Who?" I smack him again.

"Her!" I say motioning towards the stage

"Oh, her? I think its Kya or something." He answers, taking his arm away. "Speaking of, I should probably get in line"

"NO DUH! What were you waiting for?!" I shout-whisper.

"For my princess to wake up." He gets up and kisses me on the cheek. Then he turns and heads to the line.

I roll my eyes and look back at Kya's performance. She is staring straight at me. Then I realize something: If she was watching me, then she probably saw me and Luke. I smiled at her, she grinned.

"CARNAGE!" she yells with that metal tone. I have to admit, I had a feeling...but that surprised me.

She began rocking it and I swear I could hear someone snort from waking up to her 'soft' tune. I loved every bit of it and began cheering her on. This girl was amazing! I look down a Toby and see that he is still sound asleep. this baby sleeps through everything!

Kya begins playing on the electric violin, her bun coming undone. Completely losing herself in the music, she finishes of as strong as my start and finish combined. Everyone goes wild and I start cheering.

Toby wakes up.

Uh-oh...