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Prompt 25: If At First You Don't Succeed, Try Again

Pen Name: MeLikesToRead

Pairing/Character(s): Bella

Rating: T


Sing. With. Confidence. Sing with confidence, I mentally chant to myself.

"Alright, next exercise. Chords," Esme, the choir director, announces. Here we go.

"Jasper, you take the bass part," she presses a key. "Edward- tenor." Another key. "Bella, alto." Another key. Shit. "Alice, soprano." Another, and final, key.

"On three, 'oooo,'" she says. "One, two, three..."

Edward, Jasper, and Alice are spot on, as usual. Me? Not so much; my voice is shakey. Ugh. Surprise, surprise. Am I even singing the right note?

"Let's try that again. One, two, three."

From the corner of my eye, I see Jasper cringe.