••Sasha's P. O. V••
Exhaling a long breath, I opened my front door, knowing what I was walking into. After one hour of Noah preaching to me about returning home, I had no choice but to go home.
"Sasha" my mom stood up and rushed towards me "where are you coming from? Where did you go? When did you even leave this house?" Only the last question got to me
"When you and dad were fighting" my voice came out harsher then intended. Her eyes visibly widened at me. She opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out.
"If you ever leave this house without permission again, you would be grounded" my dad came out of nowhere.
Right.
I rolled my eyes and climbed up the stairs to my room. I was not the type of child to talk back to my parents, so I preferred to walk away instead.
Reaching my room, I grabbed my guitar. Music was the only way out of this world for me. So again, I played my favourite and simple chords.
Let it go...
••••
With a loud groan, I reached out for my phone and shut my awfully loud alarm.
I hated school.
I was sure everybody did.
After moments of grumbling, I got up, had my bath, then got ready for school.
I drove my bike to Noah's house. We always went to school together, either in my bike or in his.
So this time, we rode in his bike. I gripped onto his abdomen for dear life because, hell he was a rough driver.
I wondered how he was gonna drive a car.
Getting to school, we bounced into the hallway like the little rascals we were, people throwing glares our way. They were mostly staring at Noah tho. He was the cute one.
When we got to our locker, I stood staring at everyone, hating school even more.
"We have your favorite subject this morning" Noah teased "Biology" he nudged my shoulder and I just rolled my eyes.
He was just being sarcastic, I hated biology.
Hated!
"Get away from my face" a tiny peached voice irritated my guts instantly.
There, walking magistically towards us, were Bethany, jasmine and Courtney. The three mouse-keteers.
Ughh!
Highschool was as cliche as it comes.
Those three were the rudest bitches I'd ever met. They stopped right in front of us, Bethany stepping forward while the two stood behind like puppets.
Idiots.
"Noah" her voice turned so sweet. Noah didn't even turn around. My lips tug up slightly at his silent rejection.
"When will you learn how to back off" I said, my arms crossed over my chest as I leaned against the locker.
"When will you learn to mind your business" her reply didn't surprise me, she was the only one who had guts to challenge me.
I pushed off the locker and she visibly flinched back, making my ego even bigger.
Noah grabbed my hand so fast, as if knowing what I was going to do. "Byeee" he waved them as he pulled me with him.
"You are a bully Sasha" he scolded when we got to class
"What? Me? She came at me you dick" he rolled his eyes at me.
"Attention students?!" a female voice seeped out of the speakers, definitely the principal. "Swiss lake high has been invited to participate in the annual SID competition for the summer holidays, held in Washington.."
"SID" I frowned at Noah who also had the exact same confusion written all over his face.
".. We are glad to announce to you that we have accepted their invitation and we would be hosting our very own audition by the close of school today at the auditorium"
"Oh in case you were wondering, SID is the singing, instrumention and dancing competitions. Goodluck to all of you who wish to try out" she finished. Whispers was heard from everyone.
I stared at Noah wide eyes "OMG!"
"No" he shook his head
"I'm going" I told him, "its a music competition, I would never miss it"
"And leave me?" He pouted
"Aww Noah" he pouted even more, "you are so cute" I teased and pinched his cheek. "I won't be gone forever"
"I wish I could come with you, I don't even know how to sing, nor play an instrument, or even dance" I pursed my lips trying not to laugh at him. "I wish there was a modeling competition" I tilted my head and thought about what he said.
"You know, we could find you one, we will trust me" he smiled at me.
••••
After school hours, I sat in the cafeteria trying to conclude on what song to sing at the audition. I was so happy I brought my guitar to school, it would be of great help. I had written about 15 songs yet I didn't know which was best.
Damn, I never knew it was this hard to just pick one nice song.
"Boom!!!" Noah jerked my shoulders failing to startle me again. He always failed. I was so used to him doing that yet he never gave up.
"What are you doing here, ain't you going for the audition? Or did you change your mind and decide to stay with me" I narrowed my eyes at him.
"You wish" I looked back at my note "just trying to pick a song"
"Sasha, you better get to the auditorium now unless you wanna stay here with me for the summer holidays" I frowned
"What do you mean? Audition started about 5 minutes ago" he jaw dropped.
"Audition started like 30 minutes" my blood ran cold.
What.
Without another word, I grabbed my notes and ran out of the cafeteria, hearing Noah yell Goodluck to me. I grabbed my guitar from my locker and ran to the auditorium, hoping I wasn't too late. What the fuck was wrong with me.
I was breathing hard when I got there, and then I was directed to the drama room. So I had to run again. I was so not gonna forgive myself if I missed this.
"So I guess that's all.."
"Wait" I yelled at soon as I got in. "I want to audition"
"You're late" our music teacher said staring me up and down, "you have two minutes"
I let out a breath of relief, thankful that I was lucky. I positioned my guitar in front of me, and concluded inside me that I was gonna sing Elastic heart by Sia.
"What are you doing with that, instrumentation is in the music room" the woman told me
"No, I'm singing, and playing"
"I'm afraid you can only do one miss kings" my heart jumped to my throat. I had never sang without my guitar, ever. I was scared, insecure. What did I even sound like without the sweet melody of my guitar.
"But Miss.. "
"That will be all for the singers" she dismissed and stood up. I stared in horror.
No, this wasn't happening. I watched her and the other two ladies walk out through the back door. My eyes welled up with tears. I couldn't loose this chance. I couldn't.
I blinked away the tears and rushed to the music room. If I wasn't going to sing then I was going to play.
I opened the door hearing the loud melodious sound from a guitar, there was a guy standing st the centre of the room, shredding on his guitar. My jaw dropped at the sight and instantly I got intimidated. A few instruments occupied the small space of the room, piano, drum set and lots of guitars.
When the sound stopped, all eyes turned to me. Shocked expression on their faces. No shit. Everyone in the room was a guy except for me.
"Singing is in the drama room" one of the guys pointed out to me.
"Uh" I cleared my throat, "I'm here to audition to play" I choked out.
Again, I got the stares. If I was the shy girl, I would have probably wished to disappear.
"A girl wants to audition for instrumentation" another guy said, almost mockingly.
"Why? Don't think a girl can play?" I stepped forward, his shock was unmistakable.
"Show us what you can do then" I heard the man sitting in front of the room say. I sucked in a deep breath and stood at the centre. I was so gonna prove these boys wrong.
I had nothing specific, so I did the little shredding I could do and when I was done, their jaws were on the floor.
That's right.
I bit my lip awaiting some comment of any sort. When I got nothing, I almost got scared until I heard
"Wow" from the man at the front. Slowly a smile crept up my face. "That was amazing" he commended.
"Thank you" I said.
"So that will be all, see you guys tomorrow for rehersals" he said and left the room, living me with a bunch of boys.
"Hey" I spun around "that was amazing, I never seen a girl shred like that"
"Thank you" I smiled
"I'm Tyler" he stretched his hand forward and I shook it.
"Sasha"
He then introduced me to the other five boys in the room, all of them gave me a pretty warm welcome to the team and I was instantly happy.
Fuck singing. Washington here I come.
••Sasha's P. O. V••"Congratulations" Noah applauded after I told him my story. We were back from school but I prefered to stay a few hours at Noah's house before going to mine."What can I say, I'm irresistible" I commended myself, turning around and doing a moon walk backwards till I fell on his bed. He just shook his head and laughed. He dropped his bag on the floor and joined me on the bed."Come on, sing for me" he said out of nowhere. I sat up and looked at him."I'm not with my guitar" I frowned."You don't need your guitar Sasha, you sound amazing" he said and I bit my lip, unsure of myself."Fine I'll try" I got up and stood in front of him while he sat up and watched me carefully. I breathed out and sang the first song that came to my mind, pushing away my insecurities.Sh
After rehersals, I passed by the drama room and something caught my attention. Actually someone's voice, it was so beautiful I had to stop. I opened the door slightly, peeking inside and behold it was none other than Bethany. My jaw dropped to the floor. I could barely believe my eyes. Pardon me if I couldn't believe that someone as bitchy as her could have a nice voice. It suddenly made me kind of jealous and insecure.But then again, she would be singing for our school, her win would be our win so I had nothing to worry about."Boo!" I jumped three feet's in the air, my heart almost failing me."Gotcha" Noah laughed as I held onto my chest as if trying to hold my heart in place."You... " I lunged at him, slamming my fists on his chest. I wanted to murder him."Calm down Sasha" he caught my hands and held them together."I fucking hate you""No you don't" he smiled, "what are you doing h
Two weeks laterI was packing my bags for camp. I was super excited. News flash my dad still didn't permit me to go for the competition, my mom was sneaking me out. I guess she was the only one who wanted me happy. "Hurry up honey, before your dad wakes up" my mom entered my room, handing me a packed sandwich and a juice box like I was some kid in kindergarten. I did appreciate it though. "Thank you mom" I said "Its nothing, just incase you're hungry before.. ""No mom" I cut her off, "I mean thank you for letting me go" I said "An
"Your what now?" Noah asked but I didn't take my eyes off the super cute hot guy standing at the centre of the room, not until he took his eyes off me and continued scanning the place. Damn! How could one person be that hot. "Sasha" Noah gripped my shoulder and turned me to face him, "jeez, you are practically drooling. Who are you looking at?" "Are you serious right now? You don't see that guy over there, everyone is literally staring at him" I said in a duh tone. "Okay, he's cute so what?" My eyes went wide at his question. "He's my prince charming, look at him" he looked over at him again. "Then go talk to him" he said "Are you crazy, I can't do that" I frowned "Really? What happened to the sassy girl I know?" He cocked his brow at me "She's still here, I just.. " I paused "there are too many people here" I said as an excuse because I didn't picture myself actually walking up to him and
I woke up to the loud jingling sound of a bell that probably vibrated the whole dorm. What the hell was that? "That was the morning bell" Lisa answered. I didn't realise I said it out loud. I graoned turning around to get extra comfortable. "You better get up now, orientation is in thirty minutes" she said again and I graoned even more. How was this fun again? It was looking like bloody school. I manged to lift my body off the bed and looked around, finding Anne still sleeping. "What about her?" I pointed out "Orientation is only for newbies" she said, tucking in the edges of her bed. "Why you all dressed up then?" I asked "Oh I'm just a morning person" she said and left the room. I stayed on my bed for a few more seconds then I heard my phone. It was a text from Noah. *Morning
The loud jingling sound of the bell startled me again and I mentally cussed. I checked the time and it was just noon. So what the hell was that for. "Its game time" Lisa and Anne squealed. "Game time?" I echoed puzzled. "Yes its when.. " Lisa started talking but then Anne hushed her "Shut up, let her see for herself" Anne rushed to my side and pulled me by my hand excitedly. I didn't bother object, I just followed her as she pulled me down the stairs until we got to what looked like a classroom but limited chairs. Students were already inside the room, with more coming in. "Welcome everyone, its game time!" A boy yelled from the centre of the room and everyone screamed in response. I just stared at every one still confused as to what was going on and what was about to happen. "Okay, everyone gather round and form a circle, make sure you are together with your team" he announced and everyone did just
"So the game goes like this" he started after all the representatives had lined up in front of the room, facing us."A music will play for only 2 seconds and then you will have to guess the song and probably the person who sang it" he shrugged. "Once the song stops, if you know the song, go ahead and say it. The more songs you guess, the more points you win for your team. So are you ready?" He yelled and everyone cheered. We all looked at eachother in the team. "Let's go" he yelled again and a music played for exactly 2 seconds and then stopped. It took me less than a second to figure out the song, yet none of the representatives had. They all had their thinking faces on. Finally someone yelled out the song and when the boy yelled 'correct' her team cheered for her. "I already know how this will end" Tyler said, sounding quite irritated. I bit my lip hoping that we didn't actually loose.
My phone suddenly rang, bringing me out of my shock. I grabbed my phone from my pocket and pressed it to my ear after seeing Noah's name."Meet me outside" Noah spoke from the other side of the line. I didn't even bother to say anything, I just rushed outside to and found him standing close to the water fountain. He was wearing a simple black jeans and a green t-shirt, his brown hair was perfect as usual.I ran to him and wrapped my arms around him in a tight hug. He hands wrapped around me as well."I missed you" I said after he pulled away and kissed my forehead."Its just been a day Sasha" Noah said with a cute smile on his face."One hell of a long day" I told him, "an interesting one though" I added, recalling all the events that happened."Tell me all about it" he said as we both sat down by the edge if the water fountain. I filled him in on all the information, not leaving out a single thing.