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Here's chapter 3...
Multiple questions ran through Tyler's mind as he tired to sleep that night. When exhaustion had finally taken its toll and he fall asleep a nightmare about Skinny's death woke him up two hours later so Tyler looked at his ceiling until his alarm clock beeped to tell him to get up and dressed for school.
Groaning Tyler pushed himself out of bed and downstairs to get some breakfast, his dream bothered him slightly. He'd suffered them a few times before, especially after the incident had first happened but he hadn't had one in several months so why now?
Sighing deeply he wandered into the kitchen and pulled out a box of cereal not even looking at what kind it was, he didn't care. Cereal just seemed pointless right now, and poured himself a bowl. Suddenly the silence of the house was interrupted by Camille bouncing down the stairs.
"Hey Ty you ok?" She asked loudly, it really annoyed Tyler that she was a morning person, it was unbelievably irritating that she was so awake so early.
He grunted a response and sat at the table while Camille pored herself a bowl of cereal while humming, taking the grunt as a yes i'm fine from Tyler. Lena entered the kitchen not long after, she was getting ready to go out for work,
"Morning Cam, Ty. How's everyone this morning?" She asked them.
Camille replied "Fine" where yet again Tyler had just made a noise, this wasn't unusual for Tyler who was never talkative on a morning. She was worried about him as he didn't seem to want to talk about how he was feeling, not like he ever did, but keeping everything inside wasn't healthy. She had tried to talk to him last night but all he said was that he didn't want to talk about it yet, he needed to get things straight in his own head first.
"Going to get ready for schoo,l" he mumbled he said while leaving the kitchen, his half- eaten bowl of cereal left on the table.
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An hour later Miles sat in the studio at school during his free period, he was working on a new mix. He liked the booth, a lot of good times and happy memories happened here. Brett leaving to LA and signing without him really hurt and angered him but he still had good memories even if he didn't like Brett at all anymore or talk to him.
The way Miles felt in the recording booth, producing music was the way Nora and Tyler felt while choreographing new routines and going through dances and the way Lucy felt while singing and writing songs. Music had always been his passion and kept him out of a lot of trouble when he was younger. This was his haven.
The silence of the studio was interrupted by the sound of Tyler entering the room, he looked terrible as if he hadn't slept it all.
"You look rough. How you feel now?" Miles said, he'd never seen his friend look so bad before,Miles was quite sure he wasn't lying about being unwell last night.
"Thanks" Tyler half-smiled, half-smirked.
"What you doing?" He asked Miles, avoiding answering Mile's question.
"Laying down some new tracks. I thought I might try and help Lucy record some stuff." He replied noticing what Tyler was doing.
"Oooh. Extra time for you with Lucy. Good idea." Tyler teased, he knew how Miles felt about Lucy, as did Nora, it frustrated him that here was a great guy that couldn't catch a break.
"Shut up." Miles tutted, turning back to the mixer in front of him.
Tyler just sat as Miles worked his magic, the two often met before school and just sat in silence or talked about anything really, they had become good friends over the last year or so. They sat and chatted about the night before.
"You missed a good night though. The set was good." Miles told him.
"Sorry I missed it." Tyler replied.
"Seriously, are you ok?" Miles asked him after a while, Tyler looked unbelieveably tired and had dark rings under his eyes.
"Just stuff at home." Tyler sighed, "I'm ok though." He added quickly. Miles just nodded, it was obvious Tyler didn't want to talk about whatever was bothering him so he would let him talk when he was ready. The bell rang and it was time for them to begin the day.
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"Ok guys take it from the top... 1, 2, 3 ," Nora shouted over the music. It was the dance rehearsal after school, since the showcase last year the same group of dancers met at least once a week to rehearse and choreograph new routines. Everyone really enjoyed it.
"Stop!! Ok guys lets take a break!" She shouted again.
Nora sighed. This routine was proving a challenge and uncharacteristically Tyler was making mistakes and was out of step a few times. Normally Tyler was perfect and even lead rehersals but today he was just sitting back and seemed distracted. He sighed deeply too and walked out of the studio, fustrated.
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The cool air outside the studio hit Tyler at full force and cleared his head. He felt incredibly drained both mentally and physically both from not sleeping and his biological parents returning.
Hey. You ok? You have been quiet all day." Nora asked softly, wrapping her hands around him from behind.
"Yeah I'm just tired." Tyler said, turning around to face her. He felt awful and guilty for not telling her what really was bothering him but he didn't want to add to her stress as a dance performance was looming yet again.
Nora was concerned, she had never saw him looking so exhausted and distracted. He had been like that all day.
"Still feel sick?" She asked.
"A little." He replied, he wasn't actually lying this time as he did feel pretty bad thanks to lack of sleep.
"You can go home if you want." Nora told him.
"I'm alright just needed a little fresh air, promise." Tyler smiled and with that they walked back into the studio...
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