A Story That Has Naver Been Told

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Dedicated to : sharlenxx

"No. That's So and your pressing the wrong key! I said Ti not So, kiddo"

"It.is.Ti!"

"No isn't. That's So. This is where Ti is located. All eyes on me. Listen carefully, kiddo"

My heart skipped a beat when i saw him. It felt like, i knew him before. Urgh. Weird. Shake the thought off Maddie!

Both of them looked at me the time I enter the room. Whew, iba ang ambiance ng room nato. Ang calm.

"Ugh, Hi?" Pagaalinlangan ko

"Hey" umayos ng tayo ang lalaking kasing edad ko "you're the new teacher, huh?"

"Yep. Mealaide Scoughl by the way" inilahad ko ang kamay ko tulad ng ginagawa ko kanina may Mrs. Georgina nguniy benaliwala lamang niya ito.

"Nice meeting you. Quintin"

Napangiwi ako nung marinig ang kaniyang pangalan ngunit umalis din kaagad ito at umupo sa bakanteng mesa. Isunuot niya ang kanyang earbuds at nagsimulang matulog.

Quintin? I got a gut feeling that i knew you before. Di ko alam kung saan o kelan pero nakita na kita dati.

Nabaling ang attention ko nang may naramdaman akong bata na kinakalabit ako.

"When will you teach me, teacher Mealaide?" Sabi niya while giving me that cute look.

Sobrang cute niya. More like gwapo. Gusto ko siyang kunitin kaso baka umiyak. Lumuhod ako para mapantayan ang kanyang taas.

"Don't call me teacher Mealaide. I'm fine with 'ate Maddie'. And I can't start teaching you if i haven't know your name yet"

"Okay ate Maddie. I'm Qent po, 6 years old and that ugly man laying on the sofa is my brother" sabay turo kay Quintin "He's-"

"Quintin. Yes. He told me" paliwanag ko

"Yes! He's 19 and getting older and older that's why he's masungit diba? Don't mind him na lang ate. It's in his nature" pabulong na sinabi sa akin ni Qent

"Shut up kiddo. I can hear you" singit naman ni Quintin

Kala ko ba tulog? Hays.

"I thought you were asleep?" Pareho pala kami ng iniisip ni Qent.

"About to. But then i heard you backstabbing me" flat nitong sinabi

"No I'm not!" Aniya sabay pout at cross arms.

"Oh yes you are" sagot ni Quintin.

Isip bata. Pati ba naman bunso niyang kapatid pinapatulan? Parang kami lang dati ng kapatid ko but she's already married at nagkapamilya na siya. I miss the old times. Ano ba yan. Nagda-drama na naman ako.

"Tama na nga yan, halika na Qent and let's start our first music lesson" ginabayan ko muna siya papunta sa kanyang mini-table nang buglang magsalita si Quintin

"You got to teach that hard headed kiddo, 3 hours a day. It's up to you kung i-extend mo yung oras niyo. And it will also depend on Qent's behavior. Just get the payment everyday at mom's office after you teach that kiddo" matapos ng speech niya ay agad din siyang tumayo at lumabas ng music room.

"Sit with me ate madde!" Excited na saad ni Qent habang tina-tap yung piano bench. Mga bata nga naman. Super hyper.

"Okay but before we start, can you tell me kung alam mo na bang mag basa ng notes?" I asked

"Uhm, konti po ate" nahihiyang sagot nito. Tumawa lang ako ng bahagya.

"Yeah. Halata nga. I saw your brother teaching you where So is located" hinarap ko siya para makita niya ako ng klaro

"Yes! And he's telling me na Ti daw yon hindi So" sabi niya sabay pout

"Actually Qent, you really are pressing the wrong key. Want me to teach you where So is located?"

"Yes please ate Maddie" mabilis nitong sagot na halos mapatalon pa

"But not too fast Qent. I'll teach you about the parts of the staff first. Second are the equivalent of notes and rests. Third is how to read notes and rest. Fourth, I'll teach you how to locate notes and rest sa piano and then I'll give you a piece. Kapag okay na, let's move on sa chords" dahan dahan kong in explain sa kanya and mga pagkakasunod ng aming lesson

"Yey! sige po! I promise with all my heart na I'll listen to you carefully ate Maddie because i wanna be Kuya when i grow up. If you just heard him play, you'll literally drop your jaw" wow. His inspiration is his older brother. I wonder kung paano talaga siya tumugtog. From Qent's description, mukhang Pro na ito.

"Good. Now let's start"

Loke what i said earlier, tinuruan ko siya ng parts ng staff at madali naman niya itong nakabisado sunod ko siya tinuruan kung paano i drawing yung mga notes at rest. Medyo nahihirapan ito sa eighth note at sixteenth note kaya in-explain ko ito ng mabuti sa kanya.

"Eighth note is represented by a large dot and with a hooked stem habang yung sixteenth note naman is represented by a large dot pero with two hooked stem" diniinan ko and two para mas lalo pa nitong maintindihan.

"Ooh. So that's it pala" dahan dahan nitong ginalaw ng pataas at pababa ang ulo na wari ba'y naintindihan ng mabuti ang mga sinabi ko.

"Yes, that's it. Tutal na memorize mo na ang notes can you please enumerate them and it's equivalent or beat?"

Qent cleared his throat at nagsimula nang mag salita.

"Whole note represents a cirle and it has four beats. Half note is like quarter note pero walang shade sa gitna ng large dot and has half the beat of the whole note which is two. Tapos yung quarter note naman is represented by a large shaded dot. Eighth note is like quarter note po pero it has a hook and lastly the sixteenth note, represented by a large dot and has two hooks!" Masigla nitong sinabi

"Excellent Qent! Dahil na perfect mo yung first lesson natin, I'll give you - This!" Saad ko sabay taas ng aking kamay

"What's that ate Maddie?" Nagtatakang tanong nito

"Well, actually this is just a simple rock pero makinis siya. That's why it's called pebble" inilahad ko ang kamay ko at ganoon din siya. Binigay ko to sa kanya at iniyukon ang kanyang kamay. "Don't lose it okay? That's very important to me"

"Yes ate Maddie! I won't lose it" bumaba ito sa piano bench at tumakbo palabas ng music room habang sumisigaw ng 'ate Maddie gave me a present! '

Narinig kong may tumawag sa akin para dito na mag tanghalian

I sigh.

I wonder if i could give him a present too.