It was night time at dorby hall. Another night where she stood alone against a wall, smoking, as usual. She looked at her watch on the inside of her wrist, checking to see if it was time for her roommate to come down. Sometimes at night Melody came down from their dorm because she had awaken from a nightmare. Needing to calm down quickly she did the only thing her body would accept as soothing (as much as she hated it for her voice's sake); taking a smoke. Whenever this happened, her roommate would see her and comfort her as much as Melody would allow. And speaking of the roommate…
"Mel? What the hell are you doing out here?" That was Carly. She was sweet and caring, but whenever Mel needed to be alone she always popped up.
"what do I do out here every night?" she retorted, glancing back at her and coughing a little as she inhaled too much of the smoke. "You always know why I am here and you always know that I will be fine so why do you bother?"
"I don't know, maybe because I am the only one in this school who you trust at all and, contrary to common belief, I give a rat's ass about you?" Mel could tell Carls was getting at her wits end. She always got testy like this when she had an extreme lack of sleep under her belt; and with Melody waking up from her nightmare every night now Carly wasn't in a good state.
Mel sighed, kicked up a rock lining the garden revealing the pile of cigarette stubs collected over the past few months, threw down her burnt down one, and kicked the rock back into place. She looked up at Carly who was fuming with her arms crossed trying not to throttle her best friend.
"I'm sorry ok." Mel finally gave in. "I know I shouldn't do this every night but…. I have nowhere else to go… Nothing else to do…" She was looking to the moon, tears brimming in her eyes that she dared not let shed. She never showed weakness, even in her weakest state.
"Maybe you could tell me what is going on in that head of yours for once so someone else can help you instead of you just fending for yourself all the time." Carly walked over to her troubled friend and was rubbing her back. "Our brother school, Dalton, is having a performance they would like to show us tomorrow. Wanna come with? It might help you take your mind off of things. Who knows? Maybe you will find a hot guy like mine!"
Melody rolled her eyes at this. Carly was obsessed with her boyfriend Jeff. He was this kooky guy with platinum blonde hair. Carly would always gush about him saying how "funny he was tonight" or "how sweet he is." Blah blah blah.
She also rolled her eyes at the thought of finding a "hot guy". Not that there wouldn't be any pieces of man candy there, it's just that she was pansexual so a "hot guy" wouldn't just steal her heart like that. But if it would keep her friend quiet and entertain her, she would go.
During this entire thought process Carly was still gushing about her fab beau. "OK OK FINE! I'll go to the performance if it will get you to SHUT UP!" Melody almost shouted while laughing and hugging her crazy friend.
"Really? OH. MI. GOSHNESS! I can't WAIT!" and she kept going and going on and on about how totally awesome it was going to be all the way up to the dorm.
"Well, at least I will be entertained by all of those girls squealing their heads off." She thought just as she was going to sleep.
Hey, my name is Melody Williams and I am a student here at Dorby Hall school for girls.
Now you may be wondering what the hell just happened and why I just threw you guys in there like that.
All in good time my friend.
"Come on girlies! We need to get going otherwise we won't be at the warehouse in time for their performance!" Our prefect, Lucy, was shouting at us to get moving as soon as classes were over.
"Ugh! If I knew that going to this blasted performance would be this stressful and annoying I wouldn't have agreed," I complained as Carly was dragging me after the gaggle of gossiping girls.
"Now now, don't be a stick in the mud! You said you would go so you are coming with weather you like it or not! And plus, it will be fun!" with that I knew that I was fighting a losing battle with her.
The warehouse was huge with a strange stage sort of concoction. It was made of several bare platforms and ramps made of simple plywood and bars. All of the girls were gathered around giggling and whispering while waiting for the performance.
And then they came. A boy started to speak….why did Melody recognize his voice? She got on her tip toes to see who he was but all she could make out was a gelled back mass of curly black hair. She lowered herself down in defeat; too lazy to try any harder. "But his voice…. It sounds like his…" She shook herself out of her daze at the sound of music.
Here we are again,
I feel the chemicals kicking in
Its getting heavy and I want run and hide, I want to run and hide
"That voice is so familiar." She couldn't get that nagging feeling out of her chest that she had seen him before; known him long ago, before…
"Carls, I'm going to go around to get a better view" she whispered as she disappeared.
I do it every time
You're killing me now,
And I won't be denied by you,
The animal inside of you
Oh oh I want some more
Oh oh what are you waiting for
Take a bite of my heart tonight
Oh oh I want some more
Oh oh what are you waiting for, what are you waiting for
Take a bite of my heart tonight
All the other girls were jumping and screaming, making it terribly difficult to try and see that boy with the mystery voice.
Hush hush the world is quiet
Hush hush we both can't fight it
Its us that made this mess
Why can't you understand
Oh I won't sleep tonight, I won't sleep tonight
She thought she caught a glimpse of him, but it was too brief to tell.
Oh oh I want some more
Oh oh what are you waiting for
Take a bite of my heart tonight
Oh oh I want some more
Oh oh what are you waiting for, what are you waiting for, what are you waiting
Here we go again, oh oh here we go again, oh oh here we go again,
Say goodbye to my heart tonight
As the Warblers sang out that last note she saw him. A smile crept towards her lips and a single tear trailed down her face as she whispered to herself, "Blaine."