Let Me In (book 2 - follow on from Abandoned)

10

Jane's PoV

I'm finding it immensely hard to concentrate on not loosing my temper with these kids, and I really shouldn't they are all trying but every time they try to follow the sheet music and play a note it's so out of pitch it's hurting my ears.

"Right guys enough! I can't deal with you trying to do this all at once! Talk amongst your selves for a minuet please!" I shout stepping out of my office and heading across to Sam's room.

"Thank god for that!" He says pulling his head phones out

"Urgh Sam don't! I've got such a bad head! Can you sit in my class and I'll take them individually to be able to form a god damn note before I loose it in there!" I complain

"Yeah sure" he laughs following me back to my room

"Ok guys we are switching this up! Don't give Mr Finney a hard time one by one your coming with me, starting with Jess"

Only having one student left a quiet boy called Steven I sit and wait for him to enter raising my eyebrows at his appearance I'm quite surprised to find he has tight skinny jeans on paired with a tight fitted top which I'm quite sure is actually a woman's top.

"Erm hey Miss" he quietly speaks taking a seat in an empty chair crossing his legs placing his bag down next to him

"Steven, ok so out of everyone I have heard in the class when you all play at the same time you're the only one that seems to know what you're doing. Do you have any musical training at all?" I ask

"I took lessons when I was a child, piano and singing" He shyly smiles

"Classical or contemporary?"

"Classical" Steven answers

"Hey relax I'm not going to bite, I know I come off as a bitch in class but I'm really not just don't tell anyone! Why did you stop playing?" I ask smiling at him I don't know why but I see little bit of me in him and I don't know this kid from Adam.

"Oh erm.. I don't want to answer that.. sorry" he mutters

"That's fine you ever want to talk I'm here though, so what do you want to play? Seems as you can play I'll let you choose your instrument and also what you want to play!" I grin at him finally hoping that one of these kids might actually have some god damn talent!

"Really?" He asks shocked

"Yep now take your pick!"

"Ok well I'm really rusty but definitely the piano!" He smiles at me standing making his way over

"Steven! Before you start I'm gonna ask you something and please don't think it's weird!"

"Ok I guess.." he frowns slightly

"Please tell me where you got those jeans and do they do them in black!" I grin

"Oh! God I thought what ever you were going to ask was going to be awkward! But hot topic and yeah they do them in black!" He grins at me cracking his hands allowing them to fall over the keys.

I sit back and watch as he plays his eyes closed as he runs through Clair de Lune a smile forms on my face and I cannot wait to be able to work with him, hopefully he will want to take music more serious and I know from his playing that I can set him AP music.

As I watch him play I can see tears rolling down his face the bell screams out over head. Before I get a chance to say anything he's jumped up grabbed his bag and left the room.

Wow, I mean shit I know what it's like to loose yourself in music but that was, there's something more. Maybe Steven and I have a lot more in common than I first thought.