How Music Brought Us Together

Chapter 4: Meet Skylar Green & Emerson Lyell ♡

Note: Picture of Skylar above =)

~ Erica's POV ~

"Hey! You must be Erica Anderson right? The new girl!" I turned around to see a girl around my age staring at me and smiling. She had such blue eyes and her hair looked like it was from a model magazine, her figure was perfect. I recognised her as soon as I saw her, but where from? My face must of been looking puzzled because Skylar started to fidget around awkwardly and ask if i wanted to be alone. "No, no! It's okay." I smiled to reassure her and she returned it. I scolded myself silently for being so shy.

"Um, so your new here? Where did you move from?" Skylar asked with a bright smile. "Oh, I moved from down under." I smirked. Skylar's facial expression changed immediately and I couldn't quite read her expression either. "Y-you are from A-Australia?" Skylar stuttered in disbelief. "Yep." I grinned proudly. "Wow I moved here last week from Australia, I'm from Sydney." Skylar said casually. My jaw dropped and my eyes widened. "I'm from Sydney too!" I said excitedly as Skylar's jaw dropped. "Holy.." Skylar mumbled. I let out a laugh and nodded silently.

"We should probably get to class." Skylar said with a cheeky smile. "Shit!" I exclaimed as I realised we were most likely going to be the late ones. I grabbed Skylar's arms and rushed for the door in front of us. I turned the door knob slowly and opened it to reveal a room of a group of students and a lady standing in front of them. As soon as I opened the door, I felt all eyes on me and I immediately blushed in embarrassment. Skylar laughed nervously and closed the door behind us. "Well, hello girls. Are you the new girl, Erica Anderson?" The lady standing up gestured towards me and I nodded. "Well welcome! I'm Mrs. Melody!" Mrs. Melody smiled sincerely. I smiled back and nodded. Damn my shyness!

"Girls, take a seat and we will get back to the lesson." Mrs. Melody nodded over to two seats at the back. My eyes scanned the group as I walked over to the back and as soon as my eyes fell on the boy I saw earlier, my heart did a jump. I smiled to myself as Skylar and I pulled out the chairs from the back and sat in them. I casually slouched in my seat, Skylar did the exact same. I smiled and we fist bumped then paid attention to the class.

"So as you all know, we are doing groups again this year, and from the group you have to split up into pairs. But unfortunately I will be deciding the groups this year." Mrs. Melody winked as everyone groaned. Mrs. Melody chuckled as she bent down underneath the desk she was standing behind and pulled out something from the drawers. She held a bundle of papers in her hand and had a cheeky grin on her face. "Emerson, come to the front please." Mrs. Melody commanded as she held out the papers in front of her. The charming boy walked up to the front of the classroom with an award-winning smile and his blue eyes sparkling like magic. His eyes scanned over to mine and he smirked, it was that type of smirk that he knew something I didn't. I immediately started to panic. Was this guy trouble?

"Ahh..let's see here.." Mrs. Melody muttered while fussing around with the papers. Mrs. Melody gave me a wink and then said "Erica Anderson, Skylar Green, Louis Riles, Alex Beckham..." Mrs. Melody trailed off as I started to look around nervously to who else was being called. "..come up to the front please and stand near Emerson." Mrs. Melody finished as I gulped and took a step forward. Don't be nervous, he's just a guy. This is just a group, everything will be okay. I reassured myself while nervously walking over with a small smile on my face.

Now, this is where I didn't see things going. "Okay everyone, you've already been assigned to your groups. The S/G group and I will be heading to the stage. Everybody behave or I will get the principal." Mrs Melody warned with a stern face. I couldn't help but hold in a laugh. Every teacher had a stubborn side, damn.

As we all headed to the stage, I felt Emerson glancing at me on the way. I couldn't hide the smile that was appearing on my face, he obviously noticed because he smiled at me. I looked up into his eyes and we were in that trance again, I looked away before I could walk into a wall or something. I kept walking with the group until we finally reached an archway that led into a small black room. My curiosity was killing me and I needed to see what was in there. As we walked into the room , I felt myself scanning everything.

There were a couple of lounges, beverages were lying around the coffee table, a small tv, guitars, microphones, amplifiers, ect. There was everything in this room. I definitely need to practice here, I thought as I made a mental note to myself. "This is the practice room. Only a few of you will be lucky enough to practice in here." Mrs. Melody said, obviously not noticing all of the group's faces turn to shock. They obviously liked this room, looks like I had competition.

"Let's kick this off with some vocal practices, Erica how would you like to go first?" Mrs. Melody asked calmly with a warm smile. My lips went dry and I could feel a headache coming on, I didn't really feel like practicing in front of "him." What if he thought I was a bad singer or worse, what if I got the lyrics wrong?! A thousand bad thoughts popped into my head, but I decided that this was my first day and I needed to make a good impression.

I gave Mrs. Melody a smile and nodded my head as confidently as I could. "Ok, hun. Whenever your ready." I looked around and took a deep breath. Everybody's eyes were on me, I could feel Emerson staring at me and that wasn't helping. As soon as I saw Skylar give me a reassuring smile and a thumbs up, I knew I couldn't give up. "I'm singing Sweater Weather." I said confidently. Mrs. Melody nodded in approval.

"All I am is a man

I want the world in my hands.

I hate the beach but I stand

in California with my toes in the sand.

Use the sleeves of my sweater,

let's have an adventure.

Head in the clouds,

but my gravity centered.

Touch my neck and

I'll touch yours.

You in those little high waisted shorts

Ohhh.." I tried to sing as smoothly as I could. It worked because when I looked up, everybody was clapping and grinning at me. I felt like the happiest person in the world, it's good to know I didn't fail.

"Wow, Erica! What a voice! Beautiful, kind, great singer. The boys will be falling for you!" Mrs. Melody exclaimed as I let out a chuckle. "Y-you were great." I looked to my left to see Emerson with a small smile on his face. I couldn't help but smile back, he was a charmer. "Thanks." I winked and then turned my attention back to Mrs. Melody. "So, what now?" I asked Mrs. Melody cautiously, noticing she had this massive smirk on her face. "You, my friend are going to be working with Emerson Lyell."