Chapter Nine
"Wow"
The five friends walked across the stage together Opera house's stage together, joyful over their recent triumph in finding the captives. Suddenly the girls spotted something in the band pit. Heather looked at the other two girls, a devious gleam in her eyes. "Want to?" she asked, already knowing the answer.
"Oh yeah!" they answered with smiles.
The guys looked at each other, eyebrows raised in confusion. "What?" they wanted to know.
The girls jumped down into the pit where several instruments sat out, the band members having just finished tuning them. They only had a couple minutes till they came back.
Heather headed for a violin, while Alyssa picked up a flute, and Paige sat down at a piano. Getting positioned, Alyssa looked at Heather and Paige. "Whatever shall we play?" she joked, giggling.
"Why, I don't know!" they answered, finishing the joke.
"Ready?" Heather asked them. They nodded. Paige counted off and they launched into a smaller rendition of Phantom of the Opera. One by one, the real band members came back. Most of them joined the girls in playing, although, the girls remained the loudest. The guys watched in amazement, so this is what they had been doing after school for the last couple of months.
The girls put themselves into the music. Their eyes closed, playing almost effortlessly.
When the song was over, the girls all had far away looks in their eyes. Quickly they came back to the present. Clay helped Heather, and the Alyssa out of the pit while Scot helped Paige. Clay slung his arm around Heather's waist and led the small group away, leaving the musicians to stare after them.
"Wow," one of them whispered.
That night, Heather clung to Clay's arm as they walked down the hallway to her room. She nervously glanced around, expecting at any moment to see Joe. When they finally reached her door, Clay kissed her goodnight. As he turned to walk away, Heather stopped him, "No, stay, please?" she pleaded.
Clay turned to face her, ready to say no, but when he saw her face, he couldn't. He nodded in agreement. "Okay." Heather opened the door a little wider to let him into the room. Then she locked the door behind her, still nervous about Joe. She went over to the bed and sat on it. She motioned Clay over to sit beside her.
Eventually Heather dozed off, her head resting on Clay's chest. He stayed up for a little bit, playing with her hair and watching out for Joe. His neck was becoming stiff from the way he was propped up against the headboard of Heather's bed. But, he didn't want to move in case of awakening her. She needed the sleep. However, he too eventually fell asleep, too tired to stay up any longer.
The next morning, Paige and Alyssa opened the door to her room, Heather having given them an extra key. They stopped when they saw their two friends still asleep on the bed. Giggling, they slowly backed out of the room and quietly shut and locked the door behind them. They would come back later, when the occupants were actually awake. They smiled and told Scot why their friends would not be joining them for breakfast. He just shook his head and smiled with them.
A/N: just to let you viewers know, this chapter was just for fun!