Two weeks later Harmony and Sydney were on the way to marching band
practice. Harmony's mom was driving them, she took them to practice and
Sydney's mom took them home now. Anyways Harmony was telling Sydney about
all the hott guys she had seen while she was Up North. When they got there
they jumped out of the car and Harmony ran over to Chloe.
"So what'd I miss?" called Harmony breathlessly. Chloe waited until Harmony had made her way to her and then replied, "Not much." They stood there looking at each other, an awkward silence between them. Then, as if Chloe just remembered added, "That's right. We are signing up for rooms."
"Rooms? Rooms for what? Do we have to move into the school or something?" Harmony knew the answer but loved to always joke with her friends. Chloe didn't realize she was kidding and replied, "You know, the rooms for band camp. Oh, you have to get a room with me."
"Yeah, okay." All of a sudden Chloe's gaze wandered from Harmony's face to behind Harmony. Harmony looked behind her and smiled.
"Oh, I see. I suppose you want to go talk to Calvin." Chloe nodded without hesitation and then walked off.
Harmony walked slowly over to the sign up list. She scanned it for a minute then moved away and sat down. Glancing around the room, she saw Chloe swooning over Calvin, and Sydney talking to Harmony's section leader Elizabeth, and her boyfriend Cameron. Harmony thought how much more she liked Liz than Samantha. Sam seemed more stricter. Then, as if realizing someone was looking at her, she came out of her daze and recognized Ethan, the junior who had helped her. She looked away from him and back at Chloe, who was putting her flute together. Harmony thought that a good idea and put her flute together too. Just as she was standing up to go talk to Sydney, two girls walked up to her. They were both 8th graders like her. She recognized them but wasn't too sure what their names were.
"Do you want to be in our room?" asked the blonde one. The other girl with the brown hair just stood there.
"Uh." Harmony tried to think of their names but couldn't. "Shoot, what are your names again? You know I have a bad memory." Harmony smacked her hand across her forehead as if to prove her point.
"I'm Melody." The blonde girl pointed to herself, "and this is Ally." She pointed to the girl with the brown hair.
"Oh, yeah. I'm Harmony in case you have a memory as good as mine." "Yeah, I know." Melody replied.
"Oh. Okay. Sure, I'll room with you guys." Harmony turned and walked away, then thought, I just promised Chloe I would room with her. She turned around and ran smack into Ethan.
"Whoa. Ethan, I'm so sorry." She was still trying to get her composure back. "It really wasn't your fault." Ethan replied. Harmony was about to say something when the director told them all to sit down. Ethan smiled at her and walked away. She stood there for a minute, and then went and sat down by her section.
They had received the music the practice before, so Harmony had no clue what she was doing. It wasn't like the music they had played in 7th grade concert band, so she couldn't just play it like that. She had to share music with Chloe until Liz got the music for her. They were playing Raiders Of The Lost Ark. It was for the parade that was coming up in three weeks.
"Flutes, I want to hear you guys play. Pics too." Said the director. The section just wasn't blending with the rest of the band. He counted them off and then they started playing. The two other flutes and the two pics played fine. But then again they had played this before. "You." The director pointed to Harmony. "You're not playing this right."
"Well I just got this music today." Harmony replied.
"Yeah, she just did." Commented Liz.
"Well a lot of people just got the music! You should be able to play just as good as them." Yelled the director.
"Well." Harmony was really mad. She gave the director a dirty look and turned to Chloe whispering, "He's a freaking idiot! God, I don't want that bastard as a teacher!" Chloe nodded and then told her to calm down. Harmony then looked back at her music.
Ethan couldn't stand this director. "Well. uh. she is only 8th grade. Maybe the music is a little hard right now. I'm sure she can get it if she practiced. Right Harmony?" Harmony nodded. She didn't trust her self to say anything, because she just might speak her mind then.
"Fine." The director said.
After practice Ethan caught up with Harmony. "Hey don't mind that dude. He's new, he don't know anything."
"Aw. it doesn't really bother me. I am a little mad though." He nodded. "Oh. uh. Thanks for sticking up for me though."
"No problem. Besides I owed you." Ethan paused for a minute, then said, "I really yelled at him didn't I?" She nodded. "Wow, I can't believe I did that." "So you're a quiet boy huh?" He laughed. "Okay, now back to this thing about you owing me. I wasn't aware of that." She looked at him, a puzzled expression on her face now.
"Well I did cause you to run into me." He replied.
"Uh, like you said it wasn't anyone's fault."
"Well. yeah but, I actually said it wasn't your fault."
Just then Harmony heard Sydney scream, "Hey Harmony! Come on my mom's here!"
"Well. I guess I got to go." Harmony tried to start walking but just stood there. Ethan didn't want to leave either, but to help the leaving be easier he asked, "Yeah. I'll see you at next practice?"
"Yeah, of course." He smiled at her and then walked to his car. She turned around and walked over to where Sydney was standing. Sydney just looked at Harmony. "What's that look for?"
Sydney shook her head and then said, "I think he likes you, and I think you like him."
"What gives you that idea? Besides, I have a boyfriend." Harmony stood there, trying to figure out what gave Sydney that idea. Then she figured it out, and then convinced herself that she really didn't.
"He stood up for you. And you. you looked like you didn't want him to leave. And it doesn't matter if you have a boyfriend. You can still fall in love. And that means even with Ethan."
"Uh-huh. Well hey let's go. Your mom's waiting." So they headed off to Sydney's mom's car.
"So what'd I miss?" called Harmony breathlessly. Chloe waited until Harmony had made her way to her and then replied, "Not much." They stood there looking at each other, an awkward silence between them. Then, as if Chloe just remembered added, "That's right. We are signing up for rooms."
"Rooms? Rooms for what? Do we have to move into the school or something?" Harmony knew the answer but loved to always joke with her friends. Chloe didn't realize she was kidding and replied, "You know, the rooms for band camp. Oh, you have to get a room with me."
"Yeah, okay." All of a sudden Chloe's gaze wandered from Harmony's face to behind Harmony. Harmony looked behind her and smiled.
"Oh, I see. I suppose you want to go talk to Calvin." Chloe nodded without hesitation and then walked off.
Harmony walked slowly over to the sign up list. She scanned it for a minute then moved away and sat down. Glancing around the room, she saw Chloe swooning over Calvin, and Sydney talking to Harmony's section leader Elizabeth, and her boyfriend Cameron. Harmony thought how much more she liked Liz than Samantha. Sam seemed more stricter. Then, as if realizing someone was looking at her, she came out of her daze and recognized Ethan, the junior who had helped her. She looked away from him and back at Chloe, who was putting her flute together. Harmony thought that a good idea and put her flute together too. Just as she was standing up to go talk to Sydney, two girls walked up to her. They were both 8th graders like her. She recognized them but wasn't too sure what their names were.
"Do you want to be in our room?" asked the blonde one. The other girl with the brown hair just stood there.
"Uh." Harmony tried to think of their names but couldn't. "Shoot, what are your names again? You know I have a bad memory." Harmony smacked her hand across her forehead as if to prove her point.
"I'm Melody." The blonde girl pointed to herself, "and this is Ally." She pointed to the girl with the brown hair.
"Oh, yeah. I'm Harmony in case you have a memory as good as mine." "Yeah, I know." Melody replied.
"Oh. Okay. Sure, I'll room with you guys." Harmony turned and walked away, then thought, I just promised Chloe I would room with her. She turned around and ran smack into Ethan.
"Whoa. Ethan, I'm so sorry." She was still trying to get her composure back. "It really wasn't your fault." Ethan replied. Harmony was about to say something when the director told them all to sit down. Ethan smiled at her and walked away. She stood there for a minute, and then went and sat down by her section.
They had received the music the practice before, so Harmony had no clue what she was doing. It wasn't like the music they had played in 7th grade concert band, so she couldn't just play it like that. She had to share music with Chloe until Liz got the music for her. They were playing Raiders Of The Lost Ark. It was for the parade that was coming up in three weeks.
"Flutes, I want to hear you guys play. Pics too." Said the director. The section just wasn't blending with the rest of the band. He counted them off and then they started playing. The two other flutes and the two pics played fine. But then again they had played this before. "You." The director pointed to Harmony. "You're not playing this right."
"Well I just got this music today." Harmony replied.
"Yeah, she just did." Commented Liz.
"Well a lot of people just got the music! You should be able to play just as good as them." Yelled the director.
"Well." Harmony was really mad. She gave the director a dirty look and turned to Chloe whispering, "He's a freaking idiot! God, I don't want that bastard as a teacher!" Chloe nodded and then told her to calm down. Harmony then looked back at her music.
Ethan couldn't stand this director. "Well. uh. she is only 8th grade. Maybe the music is a little hard right now. I'm sure she can get it if she practiced. Right Harmony?" Harmony nodded. She didn't trust her self to say anything, because she just might speak her mind then.
"Fine." The director said.
After practice Ethan caught up with Harmony. "Hey don't mind that dude. He's new, he don't know anything."
"Aw. it doesn't really bother me. I am a little mad though." He nodded. "Oh. uh. Thanks for sticking up for me though."
"No problem. Besides I owed you." Ethan paused for a minute, then said, "I really yelled at him didn't I?" She nodded. "Wow, I can't believe I did that." "So you're a quiet boy huh?" He laughed. "Okay, now back to this thing about you owing me. I wasn't aware of that." She looked at him, a puzzled expression on her face now.
"Well I did cause you to run into me." He replied.
"Uh, like you said it wasn't anyone's fault."
"Well. yeah but, I actually said it wasn't your fault."
Just then Harmony heard Sydney scream, "Hey Harmony! Come on my mom's here!"
"Well. I guess I got to go." Harmony tried to start walking but just stood there. Ethan didn't want to leave either, but to help the leaving be easier he asked, "Yeah. I'll see you at next practice?"
"Yeah, of course." He smiled at her and then walked to his car. She turned around and walked over to where Sydney was standing. Sydney just looked at Harmony. "What's that look for?"
Sydney shook her head and then said, "I think he likes you, and I think you like him."
"What gives you that idea? Besides, I have a boyfriend." Harmony stood there, trying to figure out what gave Sydney that idea. Then she figured it out, and then convinced herself that she really didn't.
"He stood up for you. And you. you looked like you didn't want him to leave. And it doesn't matter if you have a boyfriend. You can still fall in love. And that means even with Ethan."
"Uh-huh. Well hey let's go. Your mom's waiting." So they headed off to Sydney's mom's car.