HARVEY
after school i went to the music department to get my guitar which had been in school. i knocked on the door to the classroom i had put it in, an older boy answered. i smiled at him and he returned the smile. "what's up" he asked me, "i need my guitar i left it here" i told him. he nodded and walked back to what he was doing, i guessed that meant i could go in. i walked into the cupboard at the back and grabbed my guitar.
i walked out and was about to go when the teacher stopped me. "harvey, can i ask you a favour" she asked me, i nodded. "can you please fill in for joseph at the talent show on friday" she asked me, "yeah of course" i smiled. "thank you so much" she smiled and nodded at the other boy who had answered the door.
"she said joseph right" he asked me, just before i left. i nodded. "that's like the hardest part in the show you know that right" he questioned, i nodded "yeah i am aware of that" i laughed slightly. "just your like 14 and i don't get why she didn't ask the likes of me" he told me, "im 16, but you've clearly never heard me play guitar" i smiled. he nudged his head towards the seat beside him "show me then" he laughed slightly.
PEYTON
i was waiting for tommy to get home, he usually stayed after school to practice playing guitar. him and my dad have been arguing a little lately and tommy tends to stay out of his way. i walked into the living room and my dad was watching tv "what we watching" i asked as i sat down. "just some shit that's on" he laughed a little, i laughed a little too. my dad never watched anything specific just random things that were on.
i heard the front door open and turned my head, i watched it open and in stepped some random kid. i raised my eyebrows in confusion, not recognising the kid. then my brother walked in, holding two guitars. tommy looked at me and smiled, i smiled back at him. "who's that" i asked him, looking at the kid who took one of the guitars. "he's harvey, he's brilliant at guitar" tommy told me. "as good as you" i questioned "better" tommy sounded excited.
after harvey and tommy left to go practice more guitar i turned back to the tv, my dad was fast asleep and i knew not to change the channel. there were old episodes of saved by the bell on and so i just watched them. i started to hear the sounds of the guitars being played and they both sounded really good.
TOMMY
harvey had been at my house for a few hours now and he'd decided to go home. "i'm sure my parents will want me home" he said as he put on his shoes. "i get it don't worry" i smiled as i put my guitar on a chair in the corner. "do you want a ride" i asked him, being nice. "yeah, if you don't mind" he smiled as he stood up and grabbed his guitar. i nodded and grabbed the keys to my car, walking out my room.
i got into my car and harvey put his guitar in the trunk. he got into the passenger seat and i started the car. the radio turned on and a song started. i started driving as the song went on. "paranoia paranoia everybody's coming to get me" i sung along slightly with the song, harvey looked at me. "you know this song" he asked, i nodded. "why" i asked, a little confused. "i've just, i've never heard it before" he told me, "i'll give you some songs to listen to" i told him. "okay"
i dropped harvey off and handed him a cd. "these are some songs you should listen to" i told him. he nodded and got his guitar out of the trunk. "thanks" he smiled as he shut the car door. "hey" i called after him, he turned around and nodded. "same time tomorrow" i asked, smiling. "see you then" he smiled and walked into his house.
MAX
harvey arrived home well after school ended, "where were you" i asked him. "well, i went to get my guitar and ended up playing guitar with someone, i went back to theirs to practice" he told me. "who was it" i asked him, "you know tommy pheonix" he asked me, i furrowed my eyebrows trying to think. "he plays guitar, friends with adam bryant, little sister is peyton pheonix" he started to describe him to me. "oh yeah i've seen him around" i told him, "it was him" harvey smiled. i nodded and we sat watching tv.
"i have this cd" harvey told me as we went into our bedroom, i nodded "play it then" i suggested. he opened our cd player and put it in. he pressed the play button and immediately a song started playing. i lay on the top bunk and listened to it. there is a house in new orleans. they call it a rising sun. i listened to the song, it was actually really good. "god he has good taste" i told harvey. "yeah that's true" harvey agreed.
we had listened to a couple of songs before a very loud song came on. harvey looked at me and i smiled. he started bobbing his head "this song was playing in the car" he told me, i nodded. we were enjoying the song before harvey started singing along "paranoia paranoia everybody's coming to get me" harvey sung, very loudly. i laughed slightly as i watched him jam out to the song. i was having a good time as well, it was just super fun.
