What I Wouldn't Do

Chapter One: How It All...Spilled

Pushing my fingers down on the keyboard, I scanned the crowd watching. There were loads of them; students, teachers and parents standing

with small smiles and swaying to the song. You can't blame them really. Tyler's voice was velvety and smooth; anyone hearing it would swoon, and they were. I sent a smile of my own towards the audience.

It was the day. West Gloves High School's last day of existence. We were beyond the limitation of bankruptcy and the school's Principal was relocating with her family to England anyways. For everyone, it was a sad day. I mean, how can it not be? Most teachers had been educating here for most of their teaching career and more than half of us students had been attending this school since kindergarten, which is why we're celebrating our last day with the school open to public for the people willing to come see us perform for the last time here in WGHS.

With a quick glance, I looked at Stella. She and Tyler had been known to be love interests since summer and even though it hurts, I wished them both the best. There was nothing else to be done to allow me into Ty's heart anyway. The guy rejected me last year for heaven's sakes.

Tyler's singing voice brought me back from my thought. We - me and the class, decided to perform 'It Will Rain' by Bruno Mars ever since we heard Ty voicing the song last month and they had convinced me to play the piano for the song. I knew I was going to kill myself playing the song for him when he was singing it to his 'beloved', that was why I had rejected their offer at first but then I realized, just 'cause I was hurting doesn't mean the whole class had to be dragged down. So I agreed at the end, which brings us back to the event at hand. Tyler and I were the only students performing music on school ground given that the others all wanted to do something else 'special'. Attention whores.

However the other reason why I chose to perform with him was because I wanted to hear him sing for the last time. His voice was like a drug addiction on me, it was insane; the way he could bring the song to such a high level of emotion and melody. I just wished the emotion part was directed to me instead of Stella. An aching sensation rang through my chest as I let out a depressing sigh.

'If you ever leave me, baby,

Leave some morphine at my door

'Cause it would take a whole lot of medication

To realize what we used to have,

We don't have it anymore.

There's no religion that could save me

No matter how long my knees are on the floor

So keep in mind all the sacrifices I'm makin'

To keep you by my side

To keep you from walkin' out the door.

'Cause there'll be no sunlight

If I lose you, baby

There'll be no clear skies

If I lose you, baby

Just like the clouds

My eyes will do the same, if you walk away

Everyday it'll rain, rain, ra-a-a-ain'

He was singing everything to a perfection of imperfects, if it makes sense. Even with the rough hitting pitches, Tyler's voice still sung perfectly to each melodies and notes. To be frank, the mistakes he made by singing too rough was actually adding perfectly to his tones. I looked down at the school piano when I heard him singing the bridge. It was going to kill me witnessing each words coming from his mouth, shooting to Stella.