Kelsey
This is it.
No. Not the Michael Jackson song.
I'm in the music room where the Miracles will be holding their auditions. I wasn't sure how the heck I would pass this audition but since I don't have any other choices, I'd do it. Besides, there's nothing to lose anyway.
There are a lot, and I mean a lot, of students in the hallway since the music room is limited to the members of the band. Some already finished their audition piece and had left already but a lot are still here.
"You can do it, Kelsey." Chloe cheered me.
Yep. They came.
Probably because they had to push me (literally) to come to this place.
"You'll probably get the spot." Gareth said giving me a thumbs up.
Bigi just gave me a warm smile.
I took a deep breath and let it all out as they called my name.
I went to the middle and the members of the band looked at me.
There were 3 boys and 2 girls. Of course one of the girls is Candace.
"Please tell me you can sing." A guy with a blonde hair said to me with a pleading tone and that made me giggle. I have heard some of the auditionees earlier and if I was in the same place, I'd do the same thing.
"Don't mind him Kelsey." Candace said, stifling a laugh and shaking her head.
"Go on love." The other girl said and I went to the middle of the room and held onto an acoustic guitar.
I took a deap breath yet again and started to strum. I played the last song he played for me on his gig a week before I left.
Take me as you are
Push me off the road
The sadness
I need this time to be with you
Memories of being with him flooded in my mind. How we met and how it ended.
I'm freezing in the sun
I'm burning in the rain
The silence
I'm screaming, calling out your name.
A bitter smile left my lips as I continued strumming the song.
And I do, reside in your light
Put out the fire and find
Yeah, you'll lose the side of your circle
That's what I'll do if we say goodbye
To be is all I gotta be
And all that I see
And all that I need is time
To me the life you gave me
The day you say goodnight.
After the song was finished I looked at them as I put the guitar down.
"What's the title of the song?" The other girl asked me. She had a black hair and has red on its end. The red was so subtle you wouldn't notice it easily.
"Uh, the day you said goodnight by Hale." I said
"OMG. It was a great song. I didn't even know you were good in singing." Candace squealed and I laughed at her.
"At least we heard something good today!" The boy with the blonde hair said.
"Shut up Connor. They were good, you know. You just have high standards." The boy with brown hair said and they all laughed at him
"Whatever. Welcome to the band Ms---
"Kelsey Cruz." I said to Connor
"I'm Connor the band's lead guitarist. He's Lucas the rhythm guitarist. Felicity the drummer. Candace the pianist. And last but not the least, Ash the base guitarist. Hey, where's Bigi?" Connor asked
"Outside with Chloe and Gareth." Candace said
"Had she met him?"
"Oh, they're... Friends." Candace still had her grin in her face
"What's with Bigi?" I whispered to Candace
"He's the one who writes our songs." She answered and that made me cough because of shock.
Candace laughed a little while I shook my head.
It should've never shocked me. His father, Michael Jackson, is a great composer. Maybe he inherited the talent.
Moments later I went outside and they had instructed me not to tell the others who were still outside what we had talked about earlier inside the music room since they said they are the ones who will do it.
"How's the audition?" Chloe asked
I looked around for Bigi but he was nowhere in sight.
"Where's Bigi?" I asked them
"Why are ya looking for him?" Gareth teased and I rolled my eyes at him.
Why is it such a big deal for them if I look for him?
"Probably coz we went here with him?"
"Prince called, they need to be somewhere." Chloe answered and I nodded.
Gareth dropped me home as usual before dropping his girlfriend home. We usually do this with Bigi but since he went home earlier than any of us, I was the only one who they dropped off before they both go to wherever they please.
"How's school, dear?" Mom asked
Judging how she look right now, she probably just woke up.
"Good. Where's Max?" I asked looking for my sister.
"She said she'd look for part time job. She wanted to buy something." Mom aswered and I nodded
"You allowed her to work?" I asked
"It's what she wanted. You know that kid."
I contemplated with myself if I should tell her or not about the band.
"How about you go take a look at your room." She said shooing me off of the living room.
I shrugged and went to my room.
"Nathalia, dear." I stopped on my tracks because it's so rare to hear her call be my middle name.
"I wish you'd let me do what is needed to be done." It was as if she was sad at the moment.
I nodded at her.
When I entered my room, a box was sitting on my bed.
What's in here?
I opened it and a tear immediately formed in my eyes. It was a picture of me, my friends, and Fatima.
