Fallen Hope

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"Dude! We're opening for Disturbed! This is fucking amazing!" Brian reminded me.

"I know. It really is."

I was trying to keep being enthusiastic about this. But the only thing I could think about is if I should call my dad and tell him. I mean, he loves Disturbed. And maybe us opening for them will make him proud of me for once.

"I'm gonna go make a phone call then work on my look." I said as I walked to my room.

I sat on my bed. I took a deep breath before I called him. He answered within 2 rings.

"Chris! It's so good to hear from you again! But in your letter you said you don't want to talk on the phone." He said the moment he picked up.

"Yeah. Well I wanted to tell you that the band is opening for Disturbed. Maybe that'd make you at least a little proud of me." I announced.

"You're opening for Disturbed!? Well that's amazing! Of course I'm proud of you!" He replied. I could feel the mood changed. "I got your letter earlier today. Why don't you tell me about this girl?"

"I uh... Need to go."

I then hung up. I let go of the breath I was holding.

I got in my bag. I had makeup in here somewhere. The reason I have it is because of a Halloween costume last year. And I brought it so Julie wouldn't steal it.

I got it out and looked in the mirror. I blended black eyeliner, dark grey eye shadow, and purple eye shadow around my eyes. Giving me a dead or close to death look. I put the mask on then made it where my hair was covering my face a little. I walked our of my room.

"Do you think this is good for on stage?" I asked. He turned around and jumped.

"Holy shit dude! What the fuck did you do!?" He gasped. I moved my hair and took the mask off.

"It's just makeup." I said. "I have the makeup because of a Halloween costume last year and I didn't want to my stepmother to steal any of it."

"Well that's hella good dude. But don't tell the guys about it until we all go to the club." He insisted.

I agreed with him. I went back to my room and took this off. I then got out the 3 other songs Eddy gave me to learn before tomorrow. I spent hours learning them. By the time I was done I just went to bed.

The next morning I woke up to Brian chucking a pillow at me. I quickly sat up.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Get ready to go." He insisted before walking back out.

I stretched and eventually got up and got dressed. I grabbed my guitar and we left to go to Eddy's house. We walked downstairs

"Did you learn those songs?" Eddy asked me.

I nodded my head yes. We got positioned. We put on the masks so we'd get use to wearing them. Halfway through Alex came downstairs. We stopped playing.

"What do you want? I told you not to come downstairs." Eddy said.

"I know but I got bored and was listening to you guys play. And I came downstairs to tell you that you guys look like idiots." She insisted.

Without saying anything else she walked back upstairs.

"From the top." Markus sighed. A few hours later we were done.

"Remember. If you fuck up tomorrow, I will rip out your lungs. We missed the chance of opening for a big band before. We're not missing this chance or fucking up this time." We nodded our heads and left.