Music Lessons Chapter 2
It was the second day of the semester and Kickback period was about to start. As always, Mr Destler, (whom will be referred to as Erik from now on) was in the room where he was going to teach Alyssa-May to sing. The room had all the lights turned off and the curtains were closed, as if Erik wanted full seclusion from the world.
"Mr Destler?" Alyssa called into the darkness and she took a step in when she got no reply, "M-Mr Destler? Are you in here?" She called out again.
There was a light sound of material being ruffled and creased and then speech, "Yes, I'm here," he called back, and the lights flickered on, revealing him in his Black Suit and mask.
"Should we begin?"
Alyssa nodded and delved into her bag and brought a song sheet out.
"We won't be needing that today, Miss Parkes. We will be using something else," Erik curtly said, prying the sheet of paper out of her hands using his thumb and forefinger and laid it down on the table behind him, "instead, we will be using this," he continued and handed her a sheet with scales on.
"I've never sang with scales before, I've only ever sang with lyrics," Alyssa said meekly, and rubbed the back of her neck with nervousness.
"Ah, so then now would be an excellent time to start, would it not?" He urged, "Now, why don't we start off with trying out the E scale," his words dripped off his tongue like honey.
Alyssa cleared her throat and began working her way up the E scale. Erik's mouth curled to form a small smile which grew has she managed to reach E1, E2 and E3.
'Could she really reach E6?' He thought, so deep in thought that he didn't notice that she couldn't reach the 4th stage.
"I-I'm sorry. I-I can't do it." She sighed and slumped into the chair behind her.
"Relax, you did fine. You did very well for your first try, the E scale is quite difficult. But I assure you, we will have you mastering the E scale in no time at all." He comforted and sat in front of her on his own chair.
Alyssa looked up and glanced at the time on the wall-clock. She still had 20 minutes of the kickback period left.
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The silence lingered in the air for a while. And then Erik broke the silence.
"So, Alyssa, tell me about your self. I mean, we have a lot of time to spare, and seeing as I am going to be teaching you, I figure I should get to know you."
She hesitated, "Well, I...I uh... I came from a fatherless family. That's right. The dirtbag known as my 'father' left before I was even born. Thanks to this my mother had no money to care for me. I guess that you can see where this was going, huh?"
Erik nodded, "Carry on."
"My mother went into an Escort business, bringing home countless amounts of men home every other week. She only did it to get an income, but them 'clients' of hers didn't like leaving at the end of the session. That's when I had to get involved. I had to force the clients out of the house when they refused to leave, it didn't always work out as I planned." She stopped and sighed before continuing, "One day when they refused to leave, they began to hit me, I tried to defend myself but the drunken git decided to smash the nearest glass bottle next to him. He began to lash out, slashing me with the bottle, and not even my own mother cared. I was being sliced by the man she bought home, and she didn't even care. Anyway, after this, and after the client left, after bandaging the cuts up best I could, I went to the nearest hospital and I had them clean and stitch up the wide cuts."
She rolled her sleeve up revealing a scar, "This was one of the cuts he gave me, it was so bad they couldn't just stitch it, they had to cover it with a skin graft from my leg. When I returned from the hospital, I went straight to my room, packed up all my belongings and went to the bus station, taking the quickest bus to my Grandmas where I stayed for a few years. A few months later I found the flyer for Berkwell and I have been living on campus since then. I haven't seen my mother since that attack." She sighed again and rolled her sleeve back down.
Erik's eyes went wide, "T-that's, terrible. I-I'm sorry that had happened to you."
"I've had no sympathy off no one for a while, I've got used to it."
'Maybe one day I'll have to tell her about myself. We share the same kind of story...' He thought.
The bell rang, meaning Kickback period was over.
"Well, I guess we will see each other tomorrow." Erik said, and rose from his chair.
"Yes, we will. Goodbye, Mr Destler." Alyssa gathered her things and walked out, 'Why did he want me to tell him that? Should I have told him that?'
She walked back to her locker and placed her stuff in her locker, before going to her lesson.
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Hi, thanks for reading Chapter 2! My O/C has a pretty bad backstory. I'm sorry if any tears were jerked in this!
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