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The song is A Place in This World by Taylor Swift. From her first album!
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The final bell rang and I sprinted out of the building and to the nearby park.
It wasn't much. It had a three spinning things, I couldn't remember their name. It also had a small playground for really little kids and one for older kids. It also had a row of four swings. One was a blue baby swing, another was one of those swings for disabled kids. The other two were normal swings.
I sat on the one farthest away from the school.
I pulled my hair out it's pony tail and took off my glasses. I sighed. What a life? I pulled my phone out of my pocket, to text my friend Rachel.
Hey! Can I come over? –Annabeth
Within a few seconds I found my phone beeping. I pulled it out and saw a text on the screen.
Ya, were r u? –RED
I grimaced at her grammer, but didn't bother correcting her.
Park –Annabeth
K b thr in a sec –RED
I put my phone in my pocket and just swung back in forth. Across the park I could see two small kids playing basketball on the small court. A little boy and girl, they looked to be siblings from the matching brown hair and michievious grins they got.
It hurt to see kids that didn't have to worry about being seen or bullied, or even grades. They were so care free.
I must have zoned out, because I saw Rachel's white car pull up and I knew she couldn't have gotten here so fast, since she had to come from her school across town.
I picked up my backpack and walked over to it. I opened the back seat and tossed my back pack in, then got in the front seat next to Rachel.
Her red frizzy hair was all over the place and her marker colored jeans were as vibrant as ever.
"Hey," I said.
"What happened today?" She asked as she started to drive off.
" Drew got a solo in Orchestra, but why am I not surprised?" I said bitterly.
"Whelp, when we get to my house we can write and sing all about it."
That is the good thing about Rachel, she always knows how to make you feel better, even if she barely says anything at all.
"Want music?" She asked.
I nodded and she turned the radio on.
Now, you probably wouldn't expect Rachel to live in a mansion, but she does.
She has the whole top penthouse floor to herself, so we headed pu their.
It was just as dirty as ever, but when you live in a space this big, it doesn't really matter. There were candy wrappers and sheet music everywhere. The only clean part of her room was the music section, where each of our guitars were sitting right next to a grand piano. We also had are ukelalas and I had a bass. Her clarionet was their too. And, don't forget the two laptops and microphones.
This was basically our hangout area.
I sat down on the piano bench and she pulled up a stool.
"Any new songs?"
I thought of how to answer. "Maybe."
"What is it called?"
Rachel and I sort of had band, I wrote songs and sang them, while she always accompanied me with sweet chords. She always loved it when I wrote new songs.
"A Place In This World," I said.
She gestured for me to play it, so I turned around and placed my hands on the familiar keys.
"I don't know what I want, so don't ask me
'Cause I'm still trying to figure it out
Don't know what's down this road, I'm just walking
Trying to see through the rain coming down,
Even though I'm not the only one
Who feels the way I do."
In life, I'm lost. I have never known what to expect, because shcange comes sol fast.
KIndergarden, Drew was actually my best friend, hard to believe right? First Grade, we were still amazing friends and those weeks where she would ignore me complety and have a new best friend didn't go unnoticed. Second and Third were the and Fifth Grade were different. Seventh Grade was when I couldn't handle it anymore.
I poured all of my emotion inot the song.
"I'm alone, on my own, and that's all I know
I'll be strong, I'll be wrong, oh but life goes on
Oh, I'm just a girl, trying to find a place in this world."
I pounded on the keys, but quickly slowed down so I get staerte the second verse.
Got the radio on, my old blue jeans,
Feeling lucky today
Got the sunshine,
Could you tell me what more do I need
And tommorows just a mystery, oh yeah
But that's okay"
My phone started ringing loudly from my backpocket. I pulled it out and pressed the green answer button.
"Yes hello?" I asked.
Annabeth?
I recognized that voice anywhere. I gulped in fear. "Mom?"
How is tutoring going?
Yep, that is my cover. My parents don't know that I like music, so I did it at Rachel's house.
"Good, yeah real good. I'm currently teaching… Jimmy geometry."
Does he understand?
"Yeah, he's really good at it actually. Way better at it than algebra."
Good, when is the session over, shall I pick you up?
I looked over at the clock. 3:30. I decided to say 4A "No that's fine I can walk. It will give me time to practice my story for Spanish."
Okay, have fun.
"Yeah, I will, bye."
She already had hung up the phone.
I looked over at Rachel and saw her trying to keep in her giggles.
"What?"
"The look on your face, " She said.
I rolled my eyes.
"I liked your song."
I smiled. "Thanks."
We continued playing music. We played Titanium, Clocks, and my other original. It was called Never Grow Up, and I wrote it when my little brothers were toddlers.
Afterwards, it was 3:47, so I decided that it would be a good time to leave.
We took off on the twenty minute drive from my Rachel's house to my neighborhood, where Rachel dropped me off. I started walking the two blocks to my house, across the worn out pavement.
Every house in my neighborhood was a little bit different, very unlike my grandmothers neighborhood, before she passed away. I didn't like to think about it.
My feet finally brought me to my house. I unlocked the door and walked in to the house. It smelled like cauliflower, yuck.
"I'm home!" I yelled.
"Honey!" My mother came up to me and wrapped her arms around me. "How was tutoring?"
Why was she asking this again?
"Good, yeah. Jimmy is doing great."
"That is wonderful, now why don't you go upstairts and do your homework. Remember all A's.
Ugh! I mentally tried to be nice and sweet about it, you could hear the venom in her voice.
But, I headed up the stairs anyway.
Thanks for reading!
I hope you had a wonderful halloween. I already know that a lot of you have.
Sorry for the wait, I was going to update last weekend. I had a chapter written and everything. But, I didn't like it.
If you are a fan of Olympus Surf Academy, I will hopefully get it updated tommorow. Whoa, spacing is going all weird!
-Seven
