Melody

Part 3

It's true that time and tide don't wait for anyone, the weekend passed by so fast that I didn't even have time to look back. When I arrived to school on Monday, I saw there were banners and posters everywhere for singing auditions, apparently a record label wanted a new singer and were taking auditions from multiple schools.

I barely made it to my locker when Stephanie came up behind me and said,

"Hey! Are you going to take part in the auditions?"

"Maybe,I mean my voice isn't exactly....good"

"What do you mean? You have to take part! I'm really sorry to invade your privacy but I heard one of your recordings and your voice is absolutely awesome!"

"You did what?" 

"I'm sorry but...it was an accident...and...I"

"The one thing I hate is random people listening to my songs and my voice."

"I..."

"But you aren't a random person,you're a friend. I know you didn't mean to,it's fine."

"Oh,so does that mean you're gonna take part?"

"Sure, I have to step up one day."

"Well,see you there, they're right after the school day ends."

"See you."

I wasn't able to focus the rest of the day, and I don't know why. My mind kept wandering  off to the auditions, I know I'm all about stepping up and everything but deep inside   I part of me just wants to curl up in a corner and not get up, I'm not as brave as I pretend to be and not that modest either. The day finally ended and the hour that I was dreading came upon me. 

I'm not even sure that if I really do pass , my mom will allow me, she'll just tell me to focus on my studies and dad, he barely knows what's going on in my life. I mean he's always travelling. My older brother and sister , Dexter and Tory might support me though. There was no going back now anyways, I signed up for it and now I had to face it. My name was the last one to be called out in the theatre. I came forward to see that on a long table there sat and old man, dressed in a black,full suit, an old women dressed in a very long dress with a velvet scarf around her neck , 2 other men who were dressed smartly and for someone reason, Ryder.

I stepped on to the stage , they instructed me and told me what to sing, I took a deep breath and sang my heart out. At the end they all clapped, I was extremely relieved. Then the old man began to say,

"You are definitely, in!" 

My heart was beating really  fast , when Diana came  in  and said,

"Stop, this is all fake! That wasn't her own voice! I can prove it!"

From underneath the chair behind me she pulled out a recorder and played it, it was my own voice!

I turned back to see the horrified looks on everyone's faces and said in a trembling voice,

"There's been a mistake, someone kept this here to record my own voice and used it against me!"

"Likely story" came Diana's nasty voice

"I'm sorry Miss James but unless you can sing a note with the same exact voice again, we can't believe you." Said the old man

I couldn't sing, after all that singing, my throat it was really dry, it needed rest, to sing another note would be highly impossible!

"But...my throat is dry, I can't sing."

"I'm sorry but we won't be signing you up then."

"I...I" I fumbled for words

I knew they wouldn't give me a second chance tomorrow  because they weren't gonna be here!I decided it wasn't worth arguing and got off the stage, I heard them thanking Diana behind my back. Diana, why would she do this? I mean I knew we weren't friends but why were we enemies all of a sudden? As she came up behind me, I asked her the exact same question.

"I didn't know who you were at first" she said "but then Oliver told me how you and my sister were enemies, and how you ruined her chance last year for  singing for the whole city last year by bringing your friend Amy to the auditions. My sister would've taken her revenge herself,except she left the school."

"Sister?"

"Alex"she said and left.

Alex, it was true that I did bring Amy but I didn't know I was ruining her chances and I didn't know she had a sister. She left the school but somehow she's still ruining my life.

Yesterday's auditions haunted me all night, but I decided to get over it . Today was a new day and I headed off for school where I met Stephanie, I told her everything that happened over text. She gave me a hug and we headed in together. 

Last class of the day was  Music, and unfortunately I had to see Diana, who was sitting next to Oliver. The class ended soon enough and Mrs Rick assigned me the task to put all the instruments on back and change the rusted strings of all the guitars. After everyone left, I set to work, it was fun and it gave me a chance to sing in peace. I sang while changing the guitar strings when suddenly I was startled by the knock on the door, I was surprised to see Ryder walk into the room.

"So it was your voice!" He said, surprised

"What do you mean?"

"Someone really did frame you yesterday at the auditions, didn't they?"

I stayed quiet, wondering how he knew all of this but then I remembered that he was there, on the long table!

"Yeah."

"But then," he trailed off "I can get you a record label!"

"What?"I stared at him in surprise.

"Well the record label that came yesterday is my dad's and if what he heard yesterday was actually your voice...then he'll definitely take you. Your voice was the only one he liked yesterday,  and I believe he's doesn't have to go to any school today...are you free right now?"

"Well." I looked at the guitar strings

"I'll help you finish,"he offered

We both changed the strings in silence and as soon as we were finished, we headed out, I called my mom and told her I'll be a little late, and we went to Ryder's , father's office.