Disclaimer: Same as first chapter
Alex looked around the large band room. It was practically empty. Lockers that would store instruments lined the walls. Chairs filled the large room. About most of them were empty. All except four chairs. She studied all of them. There was a boy with a trumpet case nearby him. There was a girl there with a baritone case. Another boy sat there with drumsticks in his hands. The last one was another girl with a tenor sax case by her. They were sitting in there talking when she came in.
"Um…where is the director?" she asked.
"He should come back in a few minutes. He went to do something. For now, come sit with us." The baritone player said. She had bright red hair with black tips and bright blue eyes.
Alex sat down and the trumpet player looked her up and down. He seemed to be thinking something. He had short, spiky black hair and light green eyes.
"What do you play? Look like a clarinet or flute player," he said.
"I play the tuba. Yeah that is what everyone does," Alex said with a shrug as they all gasped at her statement.
"Anyway, what is your name?" the redhead said.
"I'm Alex. I came from Littleton. My dad got a job offer around here," she said causally.
"Well I'm Mercedes. I'm called Fox because of my hair but some call me Car too. I play baritone," the redhead said.
"Why do they call you Car?" Alex asked.
"Well my last name is Bends and my parents thought it would be funny to name their girl Mercedes. So my name is Mercedes Bends," Mercedes said.
"Oh. I get it now," Alex said.
"Well I'm Kasey. I play the trumpet," the trumpet player said.
"I'm Potter. I play the drums as you can see by the sticks," the boy with the drumsticks said. He had blonde hair and dark gray eyes.
"Well guess that leaves me. I'm Kiran. I play this honking big tenor sax," the last girl said. She had dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes.
"Well it is nice to meet you all," Alex said with a grin as a man walked in.
The man was tall and in his 30's. 'This must be the director,' Alex thought as he looked at them sitting there.
"Ah you must be the new tuba player. I see you are making friends. I'm Mr. Clark, the director. You will sit up with the baritones and tubas. Mercedes will show you then. Band camp doesn't start for another fifteen minutes so you can just sit here for now," the man said.
"Thanks," Alex said as the man sat down with them.
"Now, what did you guys do over the summer?" Mr. Clark said.
"Well I read over the summer," Kiran said.
"Ooh…I have a story!" Kasey said with a big grin and everyone groaned, except Alex who didn't know what was going on.
"Ok, well, my aunt had a baby and he pulled on his umbilical cord and started to cry. Can that happen?" Kasey asked.
"Uh…I think he pulled on something else," Mr. Clark said and they all busted into laughter.
"Huh? Oh…now I get it," Kasey said and everyone laughed harder.
"How dumb are you Kasey?" Potter asked in between laughing and received elbow to the ribs from Kasey.
This lasted for about five more minutes before more people started to show up. "Well you all better get your stuff ready," Mr. Clark said standing up.
'So far, so good," Alex thought. But only if she knew what would happen later.
A/N: Hope you like it. R&R