The comedic Tragedy of Asmodeus and Raphael

Chapter 2

The pair found a student that knew their way around and bumbled about, having to get re-directed multiple times. When the pair finally found the orchestra room, Lilly realized Elizabeth hadn't had an instrument with her.

"Hey, by the way, what instrument do you play?" She asked.

"Oh, I play the double bass. It's a bit too big to carry to school." Elizabeth replied, walking over to the rack that held about seven of her instrument.

"They're so beautiful." Elizabeth had a look in her eyes that would imply the entirety of the world's jewels were in front of her, "They never had this many at my old school, and none of them were in this good of a shape." Elizabeth was absolutely astonished by the basses. It was interesting to Lilly.

They silently unpacked and waited for the class to start. It was a bit awkward, they were one of the first ones in the room but couldn't make conversation without basically shouting across the room. Lilly wanted to learn more about Elizabeth, she seemed pretty interesting. She learned that Elizabeth was also in ninth grade and had been playing her instrument for three years. She also found out that Elizabeth moved from West Virginia and had only lived here for three years. Lilly moved from Virginia and lived here for three years, aswell.

Lilly and Elizabeth shared a lot of similarities, but also a lot of differences. Where Elizabeth was calm and collected Lilly was rambunctious and emotional. They complimented each other almost completely. They were destined to be best friends.

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As the school day went by Lilly was disappointed to find that Elizabeth was only in her orchestra class. But it wasn't all bad, she made friends with another girl that was also a violinist that she also shared math with. Her name was Adeline, Ade for short. She was a little shorter than Lilly but had a fierce personality. She had skin the colour of a toasted marshmallow and filthy blonde hair that fell just above her shoulders in thick curls. Her eyes were something else, though. Compared to Elizabeth's deep and gentle blue, they were icy and cunning. Ade had the spirit of something not of this world in her eyes and it both scared and intrigued Lilly.

She thought about all the events of the day on her bus ride home. She talked to more people than Elizabeth and Ade but those two specifically stood out, she didn't know why. It was probably because in the seven hours that she knew of their existence she already discussed with them her hopes and dreams, her goals and aspirations. In such little time she opened up her deepest secrets, her furthest desires.

"Double Bass" by Gorillaz was playing on her phone. She never put Gorillaz in her playlists or tuned into any stations that played it, but it always seemed to play everytime she wanted to listen to music. She never minded, and she never particularly noticed, but it was still strange to someone who paid attention.

Dusk started showing itself when she arrived to her stop. She exited and took a second to admire how the long shadows casted by the shrubs and trees in her neighborhood danced and played around in the waning light. Auntie would get mad if she came in after dark so she hurried along, speed walking back home.

When she unlocked the door she got assaulted by the delicious smell of food. They were having chicken tonight. God, she loved Auntie's chicken. She set her bookbag and violin down in her room and went to go snoop in the kitchen.

"Hey girl. How was your first day of highschool?" Auntie called.

"It was cool, I made some friends, they're cool too. That smells delicious Auntie, when will it be done?" Lilly asked.

"It's about done, but we'll start when you set the table and Uncle Ty gets home."

Almost on command, the door rustled open and a scruffy, bald man tiredly shuffled through. He gave a sleepy smile at the two.