Boys and Bands
Suddenly a bell rang out through the school which made Kari jump as she had been staring absentmindedly out of the window at the sunny grounds outside for the past 10 minutes, wishing she was out in the warm sun. Kari packed her books away quickly and ran downstairs to meet her brother, Tai.
As she was walking to their meeting place she caught sight of a boy she had never seen before. He had fair hair and wore a white beanie hat and a little taller than she was. She somehow felt that she had met this boy before but she couldn't think where, he was new to the school she was sure of that. When she met up with her brother they began to walk home. Kari usually walked slowly to enjoy the sun but for some reason she was walking much quicker. She had the boy on her mind; she really wanted to know where she had seen him before. Every time Tai asked any questions she went onto autopilot and just answered 'Yes'.
Kari stared into nowhere and wasn't looking where she was going. Twice Tai had to grab the back of her jacket to stop her walking into the road. Tai guessed she must be tired and just wanted to get home quick and go to bed but he still was worried. She usually was really sensible and happy. When they arrived home, Kari ran to her bedroom and sat with her head in her hands, again, trying to work out who the boy was. When Kari was called down to tea she ate quickly and started on some homework trying to put the boy to the back of her mind.
For the next few days Kari only caught glimpses of the boy as he went into class or standing in the lunch queue. It was after school one evening when she was going to collect something she had forgotten, when she saw him again. Kari was walking down an empty corridor when she saw the boy walking towards her.He was not looking where he was going; instead his eyes were on the floor. Suddenly the two of them collided and Kari fell to the floor. "Sorry" he said as he helped her back onto her feet and handed her the books she had dropped. Their hands met as she took the books from him and she fell weak inside when she saw his eyes. "Thanks" Kari smiled at the boy as he walked away. Suddenly memories came flooding back and she realised who he was. S
he knew those eyes. "T.K" she gasped turning quickly in the direction he had gone. But she was too late he had already vanished. "T.K!" she called but no one answered. Kari wondered why he hadn't recognised her and the thought that maybe he didn't want to recognise her brought tears to her eyes. Kari wished he had seen into her and realised it was the same 8 year old girl he knew only older. He couldn't have forgotten her could he?
Maybe she had changed so much that you had to see her everyday to know it was her. Thoughts like this were whizzing around her head as she sat alone in her bedroom. All she knew for certain were T.K and his mum had moved back into town. She wished to go back to the Digi-world and see her partner Gatomon too; she would know what to do about T.K.
During the next few days Kari searched everywhere for T.K but when she saw him he just smiled and walked away. 'Why doesn't he know it's me' she thought as she walked home. Her eyes filled with tears when she thought about him. When she was alone in her room she let the tears flow freely down her cheeks. Kari remembered the words to a song she knew and began to sing softly. "You don't remember me but I remember you. I lay awake and try so hard not to think of you. But who can decide what they dream and dream I do..." Tai, who was walking past, heard her singing and rushed to the phone. "Matt" He said, "I've found your band a singer. Come see, quick" Within minutes Tai and Matt were standing together outside Kari's bedroom listening to her sweet voice sing. "...I believe in you. I'll give up everything just to find you. I have to be with you to live, to breathe you're taking over me" When Kari stopped singing Matt knocked on the door. "
Hey Kari" he said as she opened the door, "I heard you singing a moment ago and my band's looking for a vocalist, case you're interested." Matt saw Kari blush. She had not intended for her singing to have been heard but she was quite pleased to have been offered a place in Matt's band. "So wanna join?" Matt asked her after letting her have some time to think. "O.K" Kari answered. Matt smiled and told her when practises were.
"We meet in the park at half six Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. If that's Ok with you" Kari smiled as if to say that's fine and Tai and Matt left her alone again. Now she felt happier because being in Matt's band would be the perfect way to get T.K to notice her, especially as T.K was Matt's little brother.
Matt had lived close to Tai for years with his dad but T.K had lived away with his mum but now they were both living in the same area T.K was bound to turn up at Matt's band's gigs. Kari went to her first band practise accompanied by Tai to give her a bit of support. When they arrived at the park Matt introduced Kari to the drummer, the bassist and the guy who was known as Keys because he played keyboard. "
Our first gig is in two weeks, sorry for the such short notice but the school want us to play during the interval of the murder mystery play they're doing if we're all ok with that. I know it's not the better of first gigs but it's a start. I've also got us a slot in the battle of the bands competition in three weeks." Matt saw the horrified look on Kari's face, "
Don't worry Kari. You'll be ready, we all will be" "We still have to write the music Matt," Keys informed him, "We can't do a gig without any music, besides it takes ages to write a song, music and lyrics" "That's where you're wrong, because Kari is so good at this I thought we'd focus on Evanescence covers for a while."
"Yeah, Evanescence rock!" The drummer agreed in fact they all agreed. "To open the first gig we can do 'Bring me to life' followed by 'Going under' and 'Everybody's fool'. If we have time we can also do 'Haunted' or 'Tourniquet'. Ok?" Matt took charge of the band and they set off to the school hall to practise.
"Fist we need a name" Keys said as they set up the equipment.
"How about 'Majestic?" the drummer suggested.
"Don't be stupid Crash, we need a name like 'Rebellious'" Keys said.
"My little brother suggested 'Electrolysis'" Matt added to the list of possible names.
"Yeah that sound good" Kari agreed, mainly because T.K had suggested it but she did think it sounded fine.
"Kari, if it's alright with you I want it to be a surprise for T.K, you being in the band that is" Matt asked and Kari agreed. She also wanted it to be a surprise for T.K. "He'll be at the first gig" Matt added and Kari smiled to herself.
When practise ended everyone seemed happier. Kari had become more confident as everyone said what a fantastic voice she had and she was looking forward to the first gig and seeing T.K's face when he saw her.
