Chapter 6

"So," Terri began, when she and Jay were sitting right in front of each other in a cozy bistro in town. "We still have three weeks until the final performances on the end of the program, and I'm wondering... are we still going for it together? I mean..."

"I haven't gained any more talent in writing songs," Jay replied. "Anything I try write that should go with my compositions, still sucks. And you're about the best song writer I ever met, so your help really would be appreciated... unless you allow me to make a fool of myself there alone." The two of them shared a brief look and smiled. Jay quietly set his beer back on the table, eyes glistening as he looked at the pretty young woman opposite him. He simply couldn't keep his chocolate brown eyes off of her.

Terri smiled wider. "Well... I couldn't have that done to the audience, could I?"

"Then, Theresa Fletcher, I believe we have got a deal?"

"I actually believe we do, Mr. Corgan," Terri replied, chuckling as she slowly picked up her glass of orange juice and emptied it before placing it back down. "I saw nice All Stars in town yesterday. I was just on my way to go try and perhaps buy them before you stopped me, so fancy to go with me?"

Jay's eyes rolled back into his head. "What do girls seriously have with shoes?"


Thus, Jay and Terri tried to practice a lot between their classes – if possible, together – during the rest of the month. By the end of August and the Bristol-Hillman summer program, the two music students had managed to write a couple of songs together. Neither of them had a real preference of which one to sing at the final performances, but honestly, both of them had just so much fun writing music and lyrics together and composing that the 10,000 dollar scholarship didn't particularly matter anymore. It would be nice, of course. Sure, it would, but it wasn't really their main goal anymore now. The experience, and the friendships solidified at Bristol-Hillman Music Conservatory actually had been prize enough in itself.