Hey guys this is chapter 2 of Talent School, it would really be awesome if some of you could talk about this story to other's so that I could get more reviews, as I am a budding author and would love people to see my work. Also any criticism is totally helpful and wanted!
Previously on Talent School:
When I walked back to the table from the cafeteria line, I saw something that lit up my world.
"Hey there stranger." Said Fang.
Present:
"Wow! Why didn't you tell me you were friends with Nudge?" I asked. I couldn't believe the guy I liked was sitting at my table, and he was being casual about it!
"Well, I didn't figure you knew her, but then she is motormouth" (for Nudge's theme song go to youtube and type in motormouth by nbb ) said Fang.
Iggy gave Fang a high 5 while Nudge grumbled something like "Stupid boys" Then she turned to me and smiled.
"Oh Max, I have to introduce you to everyone! Ok, so you know Iggy, and Fang," she winked at that. "That's Gazzy," She pointed to a boy with spiky blonde hair and bright blue eyes, who waved at me with a smile on his face.
"I think you can guess why we call him that. Then next to him is Jamie," Jamie was a really pretty girl with dark brown hair with green streaks. Her eyes were the color of sparkling Amber; she was also smiling at me. She had a Hispanic look to her and it made me happy because I also had a lot of Hispanic heritage.
"Then sitting next to me is Valarie." Valarie had Wheat Blonde hair, and was wearing a fair amount of makeup, enough to make her look dramatic. Her eyes were a grey color, and she was also smiling brightly at me, with enough light to light up the cafeteria.
"The last person at the table is Iggy's girlfriend, Holly Barton." Nudge said lastly with a sound of distaste. I could see that Nudge wasn't happy that Iggy had brought his girlfriend to the table. Holly was a dirty blonde haired girl with fake extensions and brown eyes. She was cute, not pretty, and she looked like she tried too hard with the 16 layers of make-up on. She wasn't smiling or waving at me, in fact she was just looking at Iggy adoringly, with her hand steadily moving up his thigh as he smiled.
"Nice to meet you everyone," I said as I sat down in my seat. We ate for a little bit before I broke the silence. "Hey I was looking on the schedule, and I couldn't help but notice that my last class is called talent, so I was wondering… what is talent?" I asked. It had been bothering me since this morning when I first saw my schedule.
"At the end of the year there is a big show where you show off you talent, it's half of your final grade and is your ticket at staying in the school. Talent is when you and your friends can go into ANY place on campus and practice your talent," said Iggy as he moved his gaze away from Holly and to me.
We ate the rest of our meal and then we went our separate ways to our next class. I was asked what my next class was, so I looked down at my schedule, and replied, "Art." Jamie smiled at me and said she had art too.
When Jamie and I got to the art room, we were greeted warmly by a male teacher named Mr. Kyle. We sat at the same table with instructions to free draw, mold , paint, or whatever art form we pleased because for the day we were to show how good we were at art.
I started randomly sketching. Soon it turned out that I was sketching my new friends, with me in the middle. First I drew myself, holding a microphone with a pencil behind my ear, then I drew Fang next to me on the right, holding a microphone as well, on the other side of me was Iggy, he was wearing a chef's hat. Next to Iggy was Nudge, she was holding up clothes with a hanger, next to fang was Jamie, who had a sketch pad and a pencil, next to Jamie was Valarie in a dramatic pose holding up a script, and finally Gazzy, who I had to ask Jamie what his talent was. He was a musician, he could play just about any instrument, so he was holding two drum sticks (not the food kind).
I worked on coloring it for a little while, then fixed up the edges, and was happy with what I had come up with.
Mr. Kyle came around and looked at everyone's pictures. That is when I first noticed Jamie's picture. Jamie did a painting of a lion. I have to say, it was the most beautiful lion I had ever seen. She captured everything, from the mane, to the claws on its paws. I wanted to take it home with me it was so good.
Mr. Kyle liked her picture and told me he liked mine too. I didn't think it was all that good, I mean I could have done much better. Still it was better than when I was two.
Then next class was world history and that flew by quickly but at least Valarie, Jamie, Fang, and Gazzy were in that class with me.
When the bell rang for talent I went to my locker and put anything I didn't need into it. Then I waited for my friends to come find me, as I didn't know my way around the school. Slowly my friends showed up and they showed me to a room that was small and deserted but perfect size for us.
"Ok, we all know our talents, but we want to hear yours," said Jamie. I slowly stood up and walked to the center of the room. I took a deep breath and began the song.
"The smell of your skin lingers on me now
You're probably on your flight back to your home town
I need some shelter of my own protection, baby
To be with myself and center
Clarity, peace, serenity
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry
The path that I'm walkin', I must go alone
I must take the baby steps 'til I'm full grown, full grown
Fairy tales don't always have a happy ending, do they?
And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to with you
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
Like the little school mate in the school yard
We'll play jacks and Uno cards
I'll be your best friend and you'll be mine
Valentine
Yes, you can hold my hand if you want to
'Cause I want to hold yours too
We'll be playmates and lovers
And share our secret worlds
But it's time for me to go home
It's getting late, dark outside
I need to be with myself, and center
Clarity, peace, serenity
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry"
I finished the song and opened my eyes. I looked down and saw that almost everyone had tears in their eyes. I was so happy that I was also tearing up, me the girl who almost never cried was tearing up to a song that I sang.
Fang was the first to start. He began clapping, and then Nudge, and then Gazzy, and then the rest. When the clapping stopped, Nudge was the first to begin talking.
"That was like so beautiful, and I can't believe you can sing that well I mean Fang was telling me that you could sing really well but he didn't tell me that you were the girl on the intercom this morning, I mean weren't you, cause that would be like totally awesome, and you are really pretty when you sing, can you sing more for us, no you should do a duet with Fang again like you did this morning!"she said really quickly.
Here's what I caught:
I should do a duet with Fang
I was good at singing
Fang "forgot" to mention I was the girl on the intercom this morning
Fang told her I can sing!
That's it. That is a lot in a single sentence.
"Ummm ok?" I answered. "But first I want to see Valarie do something." I said.
Valarie got up and walked to the center of the room, where I had been singing moments ago, and started acting. She did a monologue from some Shakespeare piece. It was really good, and she got really into it. When Valarie was finished, Iggy went into the kitchen area of the room we were in and started cooking, but he told us to start and he would be able to hear us.
Fang and I discussed songs, and when we were done with finding it we called Gazzy up, as he could play just about any instrument, and we told him the song and gave him some drum sticks so he could keep a beat for us. We told him he would have to say some things and we gave him the lyrics. Then we went to the middle.
" (Gazzy)
I'm outta time and all I got is 4 minutes Freaky Freaky 4 minutes eh
(8x)
Come on
Yeah
Break down
Come on
(Max:)
Come on, boy
I've been waiting for somebody
To pick up my stroll
(Fang:)
Well, don't waste time
Give me a sign
Tell me how you want to roll
(Max:)
I want somebody to speed it up for me
Then take it down slow
There's enough room for both
(Fang:)
Well, I can handle that
You just gotta show me where it's at
Are you ready to go?
(Are you ready to go? )
(Max & Fang:)
If you want it
You already got it
If you thought it
It better be what you want
If you feel it
It must be real
Just say the word and
Imma give you what you want
(Max & Fang:)
Time is waiting
We only got 4 minutes to save the world
No hesitating
Grab a boy, grab a girl
Time is waiting
We only got 4 minutes to save the world
No hesitating
We only got 4 minutes, 4 minutes
(Madonna, Justin & Timbaland:)
Keep it up, keep it up, don't be a pri, hey
Madonna, uh
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
That's right, keep it up, keep it up, don't be a pri, hey
Madonna, uh
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
(Max:)
Sometimes I think
What I need is a you intervention, yeah
(Fang:)
And you know I can tell that you like it
And that it's good
By the way that you move
Ooh, hey
(Max:)
The road to hell
Is paved with good intentions, yeah
(Fang:)
But if I die tonight
At least I can say I did what I wanted to do
Tell me, how 'bout you?
(Max & Fang:)
If you want it
You already got it
If you thought it
It better be what you want
If you feel it
It must be real
Just say the word and
Imma give you what you want
(Max & Fang:)
Time is waiting
We only got 4 minutes to save the world
No hesitating
Grab a boy, grab a girl
Time is waiting
We only got 4 minutes to save the world
No hesitating
We only got 4 minutes, 4 minutes
(Max, Fang :)
Keep it up, keep it up, don't be a pri, hey
Madonna, uh
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
That's right, keep it up, keep it up, don't be a pri, hey
Madonna, uh
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
(Gazzy:)
Breakdown
Yeah
(Max: Tick tock tick tock tick tock)
Yeah, uh huh
(Max:Tick tock tick tock tick tock)
I only got 4 minutes
To save the world"
Fang and I were dancing and having fun with the song, and every time I looked up, all of my friends were dancing too. It was great! Every once in a while Gazzy would stand up and make the beat on everything, including the wall. Iggy was shaking his but while he was cooking too. It was hilarious and we were all having fun, but what I didn't notice in time, was that Jamie was taking video of the whole thing! Jamie instantly posted it to YouTube, and I wouldn't know till later.
When Iggy came back he started talking. "So Justin Timberlake, oh I mean Fang, what is the next song that you are going to do, Sexy back?" then he burst into the song, "Oh I'm bringin sexy back (YEAH!) the other boys don't know how to act, (YEAH!)" everyone burst out laughing and Fang only grinned, "Nope I think you're doing just fine for me." At that everyone laughed harder.
When the bell rang and talent hour was over, I most grudgingly left the school and went home, where I was greeted by my little sister, Ella. Ella was 3 years younger than me, but instead of just being my little sister, she was also my best friend.
I hadn't known my little sister for 5 years of her life, because my father Jeb took me away, and my mother fought for sole custody over me. When she finally got me, my sister was born, with my stepfather who is no longer in the picture, and I didn't know Ella yet. She began trusting right after I had saved her form 4 local bullies, and at the time we didn't even know we were related. We were both surprised and happy when we found out that we were sisters, it has been 9 years since then and we are still closer than ever.
"So how was school!" She asked jumping up and down, I swear now that I think about, she and Nudge could be best friends.
"It was great; I met a lot of new people. I have a friend group!" I answered.
"Any cute boys?" she asked wiggling her eyebrows like John Belushi, it is so unfair how she can do that. I keep asking mom if her dad is John, because she is my half sister, but mom just rolls eyes.
"Well…" I said.
"Omigosh there is!" She squealed and started jumping up and down. I rolled my eyes at her.
"No, there's just guys that are more your taste than mine. Besides why are you asking me this, I will never date anyone again after Dylan." I said walking away from her. Her smile dropped instantly at my last comment.
"Don't let him get you down! There are some really great guys in the world! I mean I had… um… Tommy? No…" she said.
"Tommy cheated on you, then there's Vic who dumped you for Gillian Clark, and then there's James who not only cheated on you, but slept around with almost everyone in the school, including a teacher." I said. She and I had not had very good times with boys and so I wasn't planning on dating any other guys.
"Well there's Derek! He's nice!" she said.
"He's gay, therefore he isn't completely the same, plus he wears glitter, spikes his hair, wears cat eye contacts, and eyeliner." (Magnus Bane description Tee Hee :P) so I walked into my room and waited for the next day of my wonderful school.
So did you guys like it? REVIEW! Ok so I am proud of this chapter and hopefully it will go well.
Wondering what's up with the mysterious Dylan (Well we all technically know who he is) and Max? Guess that's for me to know and for you to find out…
Ok I'm so so so so so so sorry for not updating recently, it's just that I just started school and it's hard for me to balance my work and all of the fanfiction and deviant art stuff, so bear with me, I will work on it all as soon as possible!
Thanks so much for everyone who reads, and it's so cool to get your reviews, unfortunately I have a lot of people who write anonymously and I am not able to get back to them
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LILLI