Always and Forever.

Chapter 13: First day

She waves me off to my first class. Then I see her. Jocelyn. I run up to her not having seen her in years. She looks so... different. She's beatiful. "Becca? I missed you so much!"

Becca's POV:
"J! It's been so long I've missed you!" I hug her swiftly and step back. Both of our faces lit up with excitement. "Dude I've missed you how've things been with Lin Manuel Miranda?" Her being the non theater person she is pronouncing it Man-u-ll like the car. I giggle, "great I've only been with them 3 days but I'd say pretty good."
    She looks at her watch. "Shit we're gonna be late what class do you have first." She grabbed my schedule out of my hand and laughed a bit. "Oh of course. You have choir." She rolled her eyes with a smile on her face. "What? You know I've always been that kid." I said as I belly laughed for the first time in a while.
    "Well here we are 448. Have a good day sunshine." She said as she walked away "I'll meet you here after so I can bring you to your next class ok?" I nodded and headed in.
   I was taken back by the sounds coming out of these people. There had to be at least 80 kids here. "Oh my god.." I say in a wisper I see a girl walk over. I just saw her doing warm ups.
    "Hey you must be new. I'm hannah max. You are?" I stumbled my words, "uh, Becca, Becca lee." She shakes my hand, I reluctantly take it. "What do you sing?" I look at her with a grin. "Well my range is baritone-soprano." She looks at me giggling, "let me hear!" I panic and quickly sing my lowest and highest note. (C3-C7 in real life too btw) she looks at me. "Holy crap girl you have 4 octaves??" Hannah asks in disbelief, I chuckle. "Yea haha I have a pretty wide range." The director walks in and Hannah walks up to him and whispers something in his ear. He walks up to his piano and slaps his hand on it in a pattern. 1 + a 2 + the choir claps 3 4. Then everyone is on the risers in silence. I'm just standing off to the side kind of not knowing what to do.
  
      He begins, "Alrighty family we seem to have a new student today," he looks down at his clipboard for a second. "Becca, Lee?" I step forward a litte and raise my hand a little. "Can you come here becca?" I walk towards the piano and am handed a paper choir folder filled with music.
      "I'm Mr Breckinridge most of them just call me brecky. But! Now as a part of the welcome to the choir at hunter if you'd like you can sing something or just introduce your self. Either of is ok." All of a sudden I hear, "SING BECCA!" That was definitely Hannah, all of a sudden I'm getting drowned my people chanting "LET BECCA SING. LET BECCA SING!" I raise my hand with a smile. I've been doing this for years on the subway. Might as well put my skills to use.
    "Fine! I'll sing!" I yell out. I panic for a second before taking out my go to song. Santa Fe. I ask if I can play my backing track in you tube and mr Breckinridge allows. How nice.
   I get yell and screams as they hear the first few notes. Then I hear he whispers. "Is she a tenor or a soprano?" I say quickly. "Both actually!" Everyone laughs and I see someone's face go red. "Anyway! Here goes!"

     I start nearing the end of the song knowing what note is come if and I'm internally hyping myself up. I get to the last line he goes nothing this is gonna determine a lot of what people think of me let's make it good.
  I belt with all my might, "I got nothaaannn if I ain't got Saaannntaaaaa FAAAAEEEEEEEEEEH!"
I jump up a third than an octave on the last note so it's almost a whistle tone. I take a deep breath and look around. Jaws are dropped on everyone including the director. I hear some baritone just say blatantly, "DAMN GIRL" and I hear an eruption of applause. I now and I'm placed in the soprano 1 sections with the seniors. I feel special.
     We sing through some vocal warmups and rehearse a sing or two before the bell rings we all wait at the door.
I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn swiftly and it's Mr Breckinridge. He looks at me a motions for me to follow him.
      We go into his office and he shows me a chair. I sit and he leans on his desk and starts, "how did you do that?" He asks blatantly "I have been singing on the subway for 2 years. That about it. I've just always been a music person."
     I shrug my shoulders Non-shalauntly, he looks at me.       
        "How would you like to be our newest addition to the tenor section in our chamber choir?" I look at him with piercing eyes. "Oh my god yes thank you so much!" On cue the bell ring ms and he opens his door to the hallway. "Thank you so much!"
     
    I walk out of the choir room a new black leather folder in my hand for chamber choir. And I see j against a wall on her phone. "Sorry I was a hold up j I just got into chamber choir I guess?!" She hugs me "that's great dude! Now next class." I pull my schedule back out. It looks to be AP US history I scream internally.  "Let's get you up to the 3rd floor kid."
     We walk through the hallway and all of a sudden a few more girls walk up to me and Jocelyn and start talking. "What the fuck Jocelyn you think you can just go and post things about me on your story like that?! You're gonna fucking pay bitch." She slaps Jocelyn across the face and she stumbles back. I decide. It's my turn with these hoes.
    "Hey um you don't know me but hi I'm Becca I'm new and you don't fucking hit my best friend" the bitch had the edacity to look me up and down and slap me. At this point there almost 20 cameras on us.
     I try to compose my self. Knowing how mad Groff and Lin would be if I got in a fight on the first day of school. "Alright McKenzie or Maddie or what ever the hell your name is. She corrects me, "Emily actually," she says I continue my cheek on fire. "alright Emily. I'm not trying to start shit my first day but I don't give a damn what's going on so next time you hit my best friend this my be you." I say as I swing my arm past her and hit a locker pushing it inward about 4 inches making it useless.
     All the color drains from her face and I bend the locker back. Phones still going. "Now walk along honey I have an AP US history class to get to.
    Now even a second I get to class and me and j sit down we are called to the principles office.
    We head down and sit in her office Dr. Marchand, she sits down with a note book  and asks what happend during first and second period today. I explain and to my surprise she actually is on my side. "Now thank you for not engaging in violence but I am going to ask you to replace the locker you dented. Which will be 50$, and Emily will be suspended for 2 weeks for fighting, we here at hunter do not believe in violence but deescalation. Thank you for doing what was right. Please have the money in by Friday."