Chapter 7: Singing and some Truth Or Dare

Anya and Veronica walked into a classroom. Their next subject was music.

The room they walked into was a little different from the other classrooms. It had a small stage and all the stuff you needed to practice singing. That was why they were there. To learn how to sing. No boys were allowed in the class.

Anya was about to drop her eyes, when she saw the teacher. She had completely white hair with red stripes. It was long on one side of her head, but short on the other. She had a long denim-skirt with cuts on both sides, reaching from the ankles to the knees. Her top covered only her frontside, laces going across the back. It was orchid colored. Just then, Anya noticed her teacher didn't have any shoes, only a pair of white knee-high socks.

"You have a problem?" the teacher asked as she noticed Anya was staring.

"No," Anya replied quickly.

"For those of you who don't know me, I'm Jessica Summers," the teacher introduced herself.

"You're the teacher right?" a student asked.

"That's right," Ms. Summers replied.

"How did you ever become a teacher?" the same student asked.

"I was given this job and I can assure I'm quite capable of doing it," she stated.

There was a silence.

"So let's begin. You were supposed to bring today a little music and show us your singing," Ms. Summers said. "I've listed you randomly here in the order you're singing. First is Miss Springfield."

Stacy gave the teacher her CD and told the teacher what song it was. Then she stepped on the stage and took the microphone to her hand. The song started and she sang. Anya listened to her. Her voice wasn't the best but it was average, but there was something else. She was seriously missing a sense of rhythm. Her song ended soon and she stepped of the stage.

"Your voice is quite good, but that alone doesn't make a good singer. You definately have to improve your sense of rhythm," Ms. Summers stated. "Next we have Miss Kingston."

A blonde girl - Lindsey - gave the teacher her CD and went to the stage. A slow song filled the room with its calm melodies. Lindsey started singing. She was good, very good actually. But like before with Stacy she too had a flaw, which ruined her otherwise almost perfect performance. Her singing was a real torment. Luckily the song didn't last too long.

"That was an almost perfect performance, except for one thing. Can you tell me what that is?" the teacher said to Lindsey.

"My voice," Lindsey replied and a tear fell down her cheek.

"You are obviously a very gifted performer, but I don't think singing is something you should do," Ms. Summers stated, compassion strong in her voice. "I suggest you give up singing and go take drama lessons."

"You really think so?" Lindsey asked.

"Your performance was excellent. You definately have skills in that area," Ms. Summers explained. "I suggest you take Miss Anderson with you."

The two girls left the classroom.

"Next on the list we have Miss Jones," the teacher announced.

Another one of Stacy's friends gave the teacher a CD and walked to the stage. She started singing. It turned out she was rather good. When the song ended and she stepped down from the stage she could see a little smile on the teacher's face.

"You were quite good," Ms. Summers said. "With practice you can become even better."

"Thank you," Heather replied, smiling her fake smile.

After Heather there were six girls and then...

"Next is Miss Saigon," the teacher said.

Anya gave her CD to her and walked to the stage. It was a slow song, which suited her voice well. She closed her eyes and let the words flow.

The song was Viva Forever by The Spice Girls.

She finished and came down from the stage and walked to the teacher, who smiled warmly.

"You, my dear, are a sensation," she announced.

A wide smile covered Anya's face.

"Thank you," she replied.

"Last, but not least, is Miss Meridian," the teacher said.

Veronica had rehearsed non-stop last night. She was slightly panicking. Nevertheless she gave the teacher her CD and went on the stage. Her song was Just My Imagination by The Cranberries.

Veronica was relieved as the song ended. She had done it.

"You have improved," Ms. Summers stated.

"Thank you, Miss Summers," Veronica replied.

"Now that we have heard you sing, we can start the individual guiding for each of you. That means that we won't meet anymore like this. We have to make a schedule. You will practice with me two times a week," Ms. Summers explained. "Veronica, you will practice with me every Monday from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm and on Saturdays from 10 am to 12 pm. Anya, you will be after Veronica on Mondays and Saturdays. You two can go now. We will start next week."

Anya and Veronica left.


"Can you believe it!" Veronica exclaimed. "No more Stacy!"

"Sure sounds amazing," Anya replied and smiled. "But don't forget about the other subjects."

"Yeah, but I'm glad I don't have to stand her in this subject anymore," Veronica said, still smiling.

"You're right. It is good," Anya stated. "By the way, have you thought about that red rose?"

"Not much, but Kira figured out, how we could possibly find out who gave it," Veronica said.

"How?", Anya asked curiously.

"Not here. Let's wait until Kira and Hilary come," Veronica said.

The two girls sat down outside the classroom Kira and Hilary were in.

About 1.45 pm...

The door of the classroom opened and Kira and Hilary walked out and closed it.

"Hi guys!" Kira greeted.

"You sure got out early," Anya pointed out.

"We were good students. What are you doing here?" Kira said and returned the question.

"We got out early too, so did everyone else in our class for that matter," Anya explained.

"Well, I can see from your face that there is a question on your mind. So ask," Kira ordered.

"Kitty told me you had figured out something about the red rose", Anya stated.

"Not here. Even walls have ears in this place," Kira warned. "We'll discuss it after the next class, which happens to be English."

"Sure," Anya said as they left the corridor, for the right classroom.


Outside the school, 3.05 pm...

"So what is this idea you have?" Anya asked.

"It is about a game of Truth or Dare," Kira stated and smirked.

"Continue," Anya replied and smiled.

"It's most likely Rei or my brother who gave you that rose, so with a few arrangements we can easily find out," Kira explained.

They continued telling Anya about the plan they had made.

Later in Anya's room:

"So what do you think?" Hilary asked.

"I like it," Anya stated and smiled as she blushed.

"Yeah, anything goes with you as long as it has something to do with my brother," Kira said and smirked at her friends blushing.

"When should we do it?" Anya asked.

"Today?" Hilary suggested.

"Is that alright with you Kitty?" Kira asked.

"Sure," Veronica replied.

"Today it is then?" Anya confirmed.

"As long as the boys agree," Kira said.

Anya left to help Rei with the cooking. Later, while they were all eating:

"What do you guys say about a game of Truth Or Dare?" Kira asked.

"Alright! Count me in," Max exclaimed.

"I'm up for it," Tyson agreed.

"Rei?" Hilary asked.

"Sure," he replied.

"You can't possibly be left out now that everyone else is in, Kai," Kira said.

Silence...

"I take that as a 'yes'," Kira stated.


They finished eating and cleaned the dishes. After that they gathered into the living room.

"Who wants to be the one to ask first?" Kira questioned.

Hilary, Max and Tyson raised their hands.

"I was hoping to be the one to ask first," Kira said. "We'll just have to decide it with a game of rock, paper and scissors. I'll go against Hilary and you two against each other. The winners will then take it against each other."

Hilary beat Kira and got Tyson against her. She won.

The bottle spinned but didn't stop on the person Hilary hoped it would.

"Kira, the truth about how you think of Billy Elsworth or kiss Tyson," she stated.

Kira blushed, which was really rare.

"Umm... dare," Kira replied.

"Oooh!" was heard from the girls.

"Don't think that I have some kind of thing for you," Kira said to Tyson as she got closer.

"Same here," Tyson grunted back.

Their lips touched, a weird feeling went through Kira and she felt sick. After a few seconds she broke free from the kiss and ran of to the bathroom. She came back soon.

"So it's my turn to spin the bottle," she said and did so. She closed her eyes for a moment and hoped it would stop on the right person. She opened them just to see the bottle stop...