Singing Her Story

Chapter 4

A/N: I really hate how they've changed this whole My Works thing. So much harder to use. Why can't they just leave things alone?

Anyways, this chapter is whatever. Not how I wanted them to have that conversation, but eh. I'm hoping to update again by Wednesday. Pretty sure I don't work on either Monday or Tuesday so I'll write then. Thanks for reading!

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       Anna's heart beat wildly in her chest. She made it? Really? The other two looked slightly dejected from where they sat, but John was all smiles and Aladdin was shaking her hand.

"Congrats kid. You showed some mad skills. You don't have any extracurricular do you? Elsa told me you were in one of her classes at the university and we're gonna need you here as much as possible to get you ready for our next gig." John seemed just as talkative as she was, but for once, she was quiet.

"Uhh, no. Just classes. Are you sure I'm the one you want? I'm just me..."

"Just you?" He was confused.

She shrugged and looked around the garage. "Just me. Is this where you rehearse all the time?"

Elsa was behind her, talking to the other two about something. John was here in front of her, speaking avidly. "Yeah, this is her house and everything, so it's not like we are disturbing anyone. The garage is pretty soundproof anyways, so no one really notices. We meet every day at five, but on Monday mornings, we try to meet at the club and play there so we stay used to how we sound on stage. Club's always empty."

She whistled softly. "So this is a big commitment then huh?"

"Oh yeah, but we all love it. It's a thrill, getting to play with these guys. Aladdin is great. He can do things to drums I didn't even know could be done and Elsa has an amazing voice, no matter how she uses it. Our old guy, Adam, he could rip riffs off a bass like an actual professional. With a bit of work, I'm sure you can easily play the things we do on stage. Adam has only been with us a year, so most of the songs we have were written for the guy before him. And I'm sure Elsa will take your skills into account when she writes new stuff."

Then Elsa was beside her. "What other instruments can you play?" Bright blue eyes were boring down on her.

"Uhh, Well... I've been playing piano since I was little, I know acoustic a bit, pretty much any brass instrument you could imagine. I can learn anything you want me to." Anna met the blonde's eyes confidently.

"John, Aladdin, I have a wonderful idea. We've been looking for a keyboard player for how long now? Here's one right here, and we have a bass player over there. Anna, have you ever composed anything of your own before?"

She nodded. "Yeah. I've written a couple things on my own. I never could figure out the lyrics though, so it's just instrumental."

"And she can compose. I say we take her and Naveen into the band. She can do keyboard on our new stuff and we can actually start playing some of it. Naveen can play bass."

Anna took a step back. "Wait, what? You want me to play keyboard now?"

"Yeah. You said you can right? I can't play, but a lot of the new stuff I've written would sound so much better if we had a piano to keep it together. A lot of the stuff we have lacks a certain bit of texture and I'm positive a keyboard would fill it right in."

"Keyboard. Ok. Can I see what you've got?"

Elsa looked at the small group. Merida had left already, but Naveen was still around, standing next to John. "Can you two get him copies of what we are going to play in a couple weeks? Work with him on those and get him up to speed on our practice schedule? I'll take Anna inside and show her what I've been working on."