All was calm. The October wind blew through my hair, causing it to look ruffled. Golden and redened leaves fluttered on the trees of the park. I shifted myself into a more comfortable position and gripped the pic in my hand. Then, my own music swept me away with the breeze on a surf of smooth acoustic notes. My 2 best buds sat on either side of me watching me strum my own song, amazed at my progression in guitar.
Something caused me to fumble.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw 2 men strolling through the area. It may sound perfectly normal, but they were......strange. They didn't fit in. Like wolves amung sheep. They just had a sort of thing about them.
I turned my mind back to my music and forced myself to concentrate. They were just people after all.
After one last strum, I turned to my friends, who were awed.
"Wow... You're getting really good!" Commented Laura. I beamed in my own pride, delighted at the praise.
"Yeah! You'll be a pro in no time! Then we can finally get our band off the ground!" Christian poked me in the side. I squeaked, squirmed, and glared at her. She knew how ticklish I was!
"Well, I would never have gotten anywhere with the idea if I hadn't found a drummer and pianoist." I told them.
That was us. Laura the pianoist, Christian the drummer, and I, Vincent, the guitarist. It was a very nice set-up. We already had a band name and everything! It took us a good 3 weeks to come up with it; Tidbits. I found it simple and cute.
"So, what are you guys doing tonight?" Christian addressed us. Laura shrugged.
"Same 'ole. Same 'ole." She answered, "Sitting around, eating, watching movies." Christian and I chuckled.
"What about you, Vincent?" Christian turned to me, "Whatcha gonna be doing tonight?" I gave a smirk.
"Well, if you must know..." I lowered my voice dramatically, "My brother and I are going to the Cirque Du Freak!" They were silenced in shock. Finally, both gasped at the same time.
"THE CIRQUE DU FREAK?!?!?!?!" They screamed.
"Ssssssshhhh!!!!!!!!!" I waved my hands at them to try and quiet them. Laura covered her mouth and Christian looked shocked. I looked around to see if anyone had heard. The 2 strange men had stopped and were looking in our direction. I raised an eyebrow at them, which caused them to turn on the spot and start whispering to each other. I leaned closer to my friends. "Edward got 2 tickets from a Mr. Crepsley a few nights ago. He said he looked trustworthy enough enough and just gave my brother them and vanished. Edward hasn't seen him since!" Laura and Christian were quiet for at least 30 seconds, then exclaimed.
"Wow..........!"