I'm sitting in the assembly hall again. I'm feeling very uncomfortable. Mrs Kingston is standing in front of us and she's trying to decide who should sing the soli parts today.
"Okay folks, the man solo part will be sung today from our new choir member, Darin."
Oh my God. OH MY GOD! Not I... please... I can't. If she'll select me I will die. I can't sing a song with him. Not when everyone is watching us... Not at all! If I think about it I don't know him. Anyway, I don't want to sing with him.
"And the woman part is Hanna's for today."
Yes. Yes!
They both get up and start to sing 'you're the one that I want':
"...You better shape up,
'cause I need a man
and my heart is set on you.
You better shape up;
you better understand
to my heart I must be true.
Nothin' left, nothin' left for me to do.
You're the one that I want.
(you are the one i want), o,o, oo, honey.
The one that I want.
(you are the one i want want), o,o,oo, honey.
The one that I want
(you are the one i want want), o,o, ooooo
The one I need.
Oh, yes indeed..."
You can see this glim in Hanna's eyes. The way she looks at Darin... My stomach is starting to make funny things again.
Mrs Kingston is shouting with the end chords:"Really good!" They are NOT good together!! Darin is good yeah and Hanna is good I understand that but they are not good TOGETHER!
The song ends and Mrs Kingston continues. "Hanna, I'm proud of you. Please sit down again. Darin. That was good for your first time. Very good emotions! But I still think that Hanna is not your right partner. It was good acting but you can see that it IS acting. It has to be more natural and also we have to work a wee bit on your voice. I think you should try it with another girl again. Sometimes you have to try different partners until it's really good." What? How could she say that? He was brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! I look at Hanna. Her face expression shows the same thing I feel: Anger.
In this moment the bell rings.
"Darin, please wait. I really want you to try it now. Jean, stay with us for a couple of minutes."
What me? ME? Why should I stay? I can't stay. She doesn't want us to... It can't mean that she want us to.. No... Please...
"Darin, this is Jean. Jean Darin. Jean I would like you to try to sing the song with Darin."
No-o-o... I'm dying. I can't sing with him. And what I really don't want is that Mrs Kingston is watching us while we have to sing. Why?
"I start the music tape and I want you to make a show. Don't sing it like a choral in the church. It's a musical with power and emotions. And you have to show these emotions! So overact it! I don't just want it to see. I want to feel it! Don't pay attention to me. Just do it. So let's go!"
What the hell? What did she say? This is a nightmare... The most horrible nightmare I ever had...
Mrs Kingston is going to the CD recorder and her finger touches the play button and...I'm getting unconscious right now... NO-O-O!
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Cyber Love
RomanceI can’t! I just can’t! I’m walking up and down in my room with the telephone in my hand, ready to phone someone. I mean not just someone, someone special: Darin. I’m taking a deep breath of fresh air and I press the first number. I realise that my...
