The main Characters name is Maria McCarthy. I will be writing from her point-of-view.

List of Characters:

Maria McCarthy- Colorguard member

Parker White- Saxophone (ex boyfriend)

Diane Clark- Colorguard member (best friend)

Nicole Marsh- Flute

Angelica Nerms- Bass Drum 1

Brittany Brock- Clarinet

And other Characters you will be introduced to throughout the story.

! Please go easy on me its my 1st!

Chapter 1

"Beep Beep Beep Beep" the alarm clock sounded at 7:00.

I growled and shut it off. Today was the 1st day of Band camp. I took a shower and ate breakfast then I sat and watched T.V. until my ride arrived.

"Today is going to be rough" I thought to myself, "I hope I make it."

My ride came from one of my best friends Diane Clark. We spent most the summer before now together, practicing routine and trying to improve our skills. We rode silently to Knoxville HS in Columbus, South Carolina. We arrived and went into our Band Room.

When 8:00 on the dot arrived our Band Director Mark Johnson walked in and sat down.

"Good morning, and welcome to the 1st day of The Marching Tigers Band camp. I am Mark Johnson your band director and today is the start of a wonderful band season." He continued to talk for a while longer and I dazed off. "You're dismissed, be on the parking lot in 10 minutes."

We walked out and I saw him...Parker White. My ex-boyfriend, the guy that I love so much. He broke up with me over 2 months ago, and now he goes out with Nicole Marsh a flute player. I envy her so. But parker and I are in love; I don't know what happened. I smiled as I walked past him and after that I couldn't stop thinking about him. I thought about the girls that liked him. This girl named Brittany who I didn't even know were friends and one of his friends Angelica. I'm positive they don't love him like I do, but it hurts especially when he says he loves Nicole.

When I came back from thinking we were starting to plot drill. It's a long hot process but it must be done. We sat and did that for 2 hours, then we got our break. We got off for an hour. For lunch I had a sandwich, and I sat alone by the drink machines. Lunch went by so slow. The rest of the day after lunch was the same plotted drill and just thought. I thought about my life and how unhappy I was, and about Parker and how much I missed him. At 4:00 my mom and me took Diane home and I went home and took a nap. The rest of the day I just moped around and listened to sad songs. I know pitiful. Well that was my first day of band camp.

"I survived" I thought, "It's a miracle." With that I went to bed.