The song Kelsi plays is called "My Name is Luka" by Suzanne Vega. Also, in case you were wondering a "hidebehind" is a fairy tale creature, one is only to ever be seen out of the corner of your eye.
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--Zu
Ryan was on stage, stretching to practice a dance number. Troy and Gabriella were in the wings, planting delicate little kisses on each other. Kelsi was at her piano, playing out a tune he'd never heard before, and more interested in that than Troy and Gabi, he wandered over. "What are you playing?"
"N-nothing," she stuttered.
He raised an eyebrow at her. "C'mon. What was it?"
She gathered her papers and reverently sent a stack of sheet music in front of her. She drew in a shaky breath. "I-I wanted to learn it for you. You and Sharpay. 'Cause..." She trailed off, leaving the sentence unfinished and began to play a still-slight jerky, moderately slow song. Shakily, quietly she began to sing.
My name is Luka
I live on the second floor...
Her song grew in strength and clarity as she continued. Her treble voice calling Troy and Gabriella from the wings. Winona appeared at her side like some kind of hidebehind. Sharpay lingered back, wanting so much for the song to end. No one spoke. Kelsi sang.
If you hear something late at night
some kind of trouble, some kind of fight
just don't ask me what it is...
Winona took Ryan's hand, then. He looked down at her. She looked up at him for a while, as if searching for something difficult to find, before standing on tip toe. He leaned down to her level. "Talk to him," she whispered, her breath warm in his ear and full unspoken words.
When he pulled away to look at her once again something in her face, something in Kelsi's voice, something in the way he realized he was breathing still told him to listen to her.