Strum Again
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Last published Thu, Apr 28, 2016
I could feel eyes on me. There was this nagging feeling that someone was watching me and it was very much unsettling. Looking up, I met blue-gray eyes with mine.
An exasperated sigh left me involuntarily, "What?"
He chuckled lowly. Something flashed in his eyes then he shook his head, smiling.
I didn't manage to conceal my annoyance that was going up by the second when I snapped at him, "What the hell is it?"
"Nothing. You're just too cute."
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Cassandra loves music. She loves it so much she played various instruments; mainly, the guitar. But when a tragedy happened, many things changed. She still loves music but unlike before, she couldn't bring herself to play anymore; heck, she couldn't even stand the presence of an instrument, much less play it.
So what happens when she becomes the guitarist of a band? Add in new friends and a boy to the broken composition that was Cassandra, will she be able to Strum Again?
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