Spiral - Chapter Four

Title: Spiral
Chapter: Chapter 4 : Birthday Blues pt. 2
Rating: PG
Author: Melody Brooke
Warnings: Manga Names used.. some changes.. see chart in the Author's Notes (previous part)
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Keep in mind that I am no where near a morning person. I walked into
the school though, eyes trying to shine bright, and my head held high.

I was asleep in twenty minutes.

I still don't know what made me wake back up, but I know that I had a
group of people staring at me and laughing. Andy wasn't there yet. I sat up,
and then went out and bought some Starburst from the candy machine. Blast
that school, always putting something so tempting outside of *BAND* class. .
They're trying to kill us, I tell you!

When I walked back in, Andy had arrived, and he was talking to Rei.
Getting all the managers that were around them to come with me, claiming that
I needed *all* their help. Only Lita knew what I *really* wanted them away
for, so I explained to them the whole deal, and they agreed that they should
have some time together.

Before I knew it, Ami, who was a clarinet player, came over to give her
two younger sisters some money for the day. Our band director called for us
to get on the bus, and we all filed on, Rei and Andy beside Lita and me. We
were listening to some strange things on our CD players, mostly old marching
songs, since we couldn't play them this year because they were too easy. To
be blunt, Danger Zone, Sweet Child O' Mine (believe me, the version that is
in our library is really easy..), Cary On Wayward Son, etc..

We stopped for lunch. Stake N' Shake. That's a good place to eat,
except that it took us nearly an hour and a half to get our food, and only
had about fifteen minutes to eat it in.

They didn't want to bring me my milk shake. Darn those people. I wasn't
the only one that they did that too. Most of the people at my table wanted
one. It took us up until we left, but darn it, they gave it to me.

Ha. They wondered why I got so hyper just thinking about one.

The whole time we were there, I kept bouncing in my seat, repeating
over and over, "Gotta have my Mikkie Shake.." with Andy and Rei sitting on
either side of me, while I was sitting at the head of the table. I could
tell that they were getting annoyed, until they brought out the cheese fries.

Darien's group decided that it would be funny if they started chanting
to the "little fat man" that would bring us good luck at the competitions.
They would chant it at all the foot ball games.

"Or-ee-o.. OOOOOOOOORRRRR-ree-o.."

Let's see if you can figure out what they were saying..

We headed on to the school where everything was at, and we listened to
the Beatles, mainly, "Hey Jude," Rei's favorite song.

We got there, and then I left to change with the flag line, which was a
real task alone. Hey, it is! You try wearing a three-piece suit that zips in
the back, hidden by sequins.. Ooh.. sparkly..

We were the first to go on that day, and we did rather well, it being
our first time being at one of those things. That's when they started to do
the messages over the loud speaker.

"We have some telegrams for the bands that are in the stands right
now," they said, saying a few funny messages. "The people at John County High
School wish to say Happy Birthday to their assistant Drum Major, Serena
Tsukino." I turned beat red, and tried to hide in the corner of the fence
that surrounded the bleachers we were at. The managers and my friends
wouldn't let me.

They did that a total of three times throughout the day, and i could
have killed them. But then we got the scores.

We brought home trophies. That made me really proud.

On the way home, we slept. Well, most of the way, at least. I talked to
Lita about some shows that we watch, and then we finally drifted off
somewhere between the marching festival and the state capitol.

When we got back to school, I had successfully taken off my top to my
uniform and put back on my new top that I had gotten from my sister. Now,
that was a real treat. It was hard to do. Remember, I didn't let anybody see
me.

When we got back, most of the people had their rides there already.
Andy, Rei, and I were walking into the band room while we were telling our
life stories.

More or less, I had a great time. Maybe my birthday wasn't so bad after
all.

Except for the fact that I like Andy.
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