Chapter Three: Boys in Uniforms are Cute
Our parade show had gone great! Well that is if you don't count all the missed notes, bad marching, and oh yeah one of our bass drummers fell over. Other than that it went pretty ok. When we were finally done marching we all kind of shattered and slowly made our ways back to our buses. The heat from the day and that fact that our uniforms were anything but light and cool had made us tired and hot. As I walked back to the bus I didn't even bother to wait before taking off my shako and uniform jacket. My body was all sweaty and hot.
Once on the bus I made my way to my seat and just sat down for a second or two. I was exhausted from the heat and the length of the parade. I decided it was probably a good time to change back into my normal cloths since not many people were on the bus at the moment. I set my jacket, shako, and mellophone done then I started to unzip my slacks. I stopped though remembering that fact that the last time I changed I got spied on by that boy. I looked to my right and into the other buses window, but the whole thing was empty. Thank God!
When I was done changing back into my regular cloths I walked off my bus and over to my band director who was telling us that we had to be back and changed into our uniforms by 8:00 sharp. Good that gave me a few hours to relax before our field show! Our band director dismissed us and we were off to do as we pleased until it was time to come back. I figured I'd meet up with Jess over by the concession stand so I started to make my way over to where the football field was.
As I walked I watched all the other bands starting to get ready to perform their field shows. They all looked so ready and serious. Sometimes I wished our band would be as good looking as the other bands were. Oh well. I thought. I continued to walk towards the football field when suddenly another band was marching in a block straight for me. I moved out of the way and to the side. I watched them walked by in their black and green uniforms and their black vanguard helmets with huge feathered plums sticking out of them in the shape of a horse's mane.
The taps from their snare drummer's drum became louder as the drum line came closer. As they passed I stopped in my tracks when I saw that it was that guy who had watched me and he was the one who was keeping the time. Just as he and the other two snare drummers were about to pass me, he turned his head to look at me! I couldn't see his eyes since the shadow from his helmet was covering them but I knew he was looking at me since he had a smile on his face. Then all too soon he and the rest of his drum line passed by leaving just the colorguard at the end to pass by.
"I wonder what his deal is?" I asked myself trying to sound like I totally didn't care, but in all actuality I had butter flies in my stomach.
I shook my head and continued to walk towards the football field. I glanced back once just to check if he was still there, but thankfully he wasn't. He was probably just some hot shot drummer just like the rest of them. I was probably more musical than he was! It was an ignorant thought but I didn't care!
"Ally there you are what took you so long!" asked Jess when she spotted me.
"Sorry, I took longer than I thought," I said.
"Gez no kidding!" she giggled.
"Ok, ok I get it!" I laughed. I decided that I'd tell her about the boy later.
Once we got to the concession stand Jess bought a piece of pizza and water and I got some skittles and a Gatorade. We walked over to the bleachers and picked a seat to sit and watch some of the bands perform. They would walk out onto the field and then the announcer would saw their school name and mascot then ask the drum majors if their band was ready to take the field for competition.
As time passed Jess and I got bored of watching the bands perform after three bands ended up playing the same show as one another. Jess stood up then I followed. We walked down the stairs and onto the ground. We both decided that we could just walk around the area. Really there wasn't much to do.
"Oh Ally look over there isn't that guy cute?" she asked pointing to a trumpet player in uniform.
"He sure is," I said, just agreeing with her to make her happy.
"Hey look at that guy over there!" she said pointing to another boy.
When I looked I saw that it was that snare drummer. He was standing by a group of guys who were probably from his band. I blushed then looked away.
"Come on Jess lets go walk around some more!" I said.
"Oh ok," she agreed.
Sorry the chapter was kind of short, I got writers block. I hope you all like the story so far. Go easy on me this is my first time writing something for so if it's bad I'm sorry!