Sway

School Of Rock

Dear lord, thank you for giving us this chance, to kick ass.

As I walked the prominent streets of the North side, I kept reciting Dewey Finns' words from the movie, School of Rock. I figured, I should try to be grateful for the opportunity I was given. Allison might've had ulterior motives, but that didn't change the fact that I'd get to work for an outstanding record label.

Dressed in blue jeans and a short sleeved button up, I felt ready for my first day. It was Monday now - last week I had accepted the job offer. After the whole bridge night with Charlotte, I felt like I had to go after this opportunity. Seeing her so frozen and afraid of her talents, made me feel sick. I wanted to tell her that she could be more than she was letting herself be. That whoever was making her feel differently, was wrong. But, how could I tell her that she should do more than wait tables and drive for Uber... if I was too chicken to do what I loved?

So here I was, at 7:30AM pressing ever closer to JDRecords. Walking around business people that were too preoccupied with their cell phones to notice my existence. This morning Phineous made me a full blown breakfast - bacon, eggs, and toast. He was so hype, he wanted to do my makeup and pick out my clothes. Of course I didn't let him, or else I'd probably walk into work today looking like RuPaul. I figured a bunch of teenagers wouldn't be able to concentrate on beat matching if my face looked like Penny Wise.

After getting access to the building, I ended up in the main lobby. The girl at the front desk was able to pull up my information. I waited patiently as she clanked the keys of her keyboard and scribbled down some information. Then she stood from the seat and gave me a smile, "Alright, follow me this way and I'll show you the important rooms."

Important rooms? I didn't say anything, just gripped the strap of my messenger bag and followed her into an elevator.

"You'll spend most of your time on the 5th floor," she pressed the number five and waited till the elevator doors shut, "It's the floor where all of the magic happens."

She tilted her head with a little smile pressed to her lips. It was strange how friendly she was being, almost like, she was told to be extra with me. I brushed away the thought, immediately feeling conceited.

When the doors finally parted, I continued following her. I remembered this exact floor from when I was up here with Benny and Phineous. It had red walls that were covered by framed pictures of famous artists, rooms that were just like Allison's office, and other rooms that were more secluded. I didn't have much time to admire anything else because, the girl that was showing me around was moving crazy fast. She turned a couple corners that I wouldn't be able to memorize, we passed several rooms that weren't glass. Then she stopped abruptly and I almost ran her over. She curled her knuckles and knocked a couple times on the door. There was some sounds of movement beyond the door and then it swung open. The girl smiled strongly at the young man standing in front of us. He returned the smile and opened the door wider for us to enter the room.

The girl led me in and immediately began introducing us, "Flin this is Talia, she's the new summer instructor," she glanced at me, "Talia, this is Flin, he's been a full time instructor with us for a few years now."

This Flin guy smiled widely. He was dressed in ripped jeans, with a small gold chain and shirt similar to my own. He wore sporty red sneakers and his hair was in a braided top knot. I couldn't help but smile widely back, "Nice to meet you Flin."

"You too, I've heard a lot from Allison about you," He nodded reassuringly.

The girl seemed pleased with the introduction and clapped her hands together, "Great! So this is Flins classroom and yours is across the hall."