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1/5/2013: Update in the bottom notes!
When the girl walked outside with the officer, she did not even look at the man. Before her father's death, there would have been small talk going on, but it seemed like right after the funeral, the girl immediately stopped talking to this man unless it was necessary. Looking at the cop cars that had kids in the back seats, the girl pinched the bridge of her nose. "Chief Allyson, can they all get out for a minute?" she asked calmly, turning to the only female officer present.
Seeing the woman nod, the officers in charge of the boys helped them all up. "Line up, all of you." The girl ordered, seeing none of them move, Harmony frowned. "I do not care that your minds are too filled with egotistical thoughts. Just get into line…now." The girl ordered again. Seeing the boys stand still, the officers decided to step in and each started to drag a boy until they were in a line. Some of the officers knew of Harmony. She could have a temper that could rival a drunkard on a rampage…usually, she never got that bad.
With a small sigh, the petite brunette Junior stood facing the line, "This is an order that you all will obey. As of now, all five of you boys are removed from the Drum line until further notice by either Andy or the band director. As for now…I leave the rest up to the police. Do not come back to this band room during drum line practice and do not suck the rest of those boys into your shenanigans." She said calmly, though seeing the look in one of the boy's eyes, the girl smirked as she walked up to him and watched as he glared at her. "Mark…this is why you are not the captain. Paul never told me…but face it, you are still a kid. Right now proves such. If you do not want me as captain…then come and over throw me. If you can get back onto the line." She said calmly. She could tell that he wanted to punch her. But with his hands being restrained, he could not.
"Chief Allyson…I am not going to try and talk you out of taking them. You know my views on such things. Just…do not go easy on them because they are still, legally speaking, kids." She offered as she turned to head back inside, but a hand caught her arm. Her eyes went out of focus when she heard the familiar phrase that she had been hearing for the last few months now, 'Harmony…we need to talk.' Turning, the girl looked at the man who still had his hold on her, "Let go of me…I do not know you." She said quietly, but the officer did not let go. He pulled the girl closer to him and wrapped his other arm around her, pulling her head into his chest.
"Cry. You blame me for not being there that night…but if I was in the car, what could I have done? I was out sick for that entire week Harmony." The officer murmured as he lowered his head, "Please…stop doing this to yourself and to anyone who cares about you." He added before he felt the girl pull away, causing his arms to drop to his side. He did not say anything as he watched the girl run into the building without looking back. With a sigh, he turned to the line of boys that were still there and he walked up to them. "You are all of the ones that do not treat her as a captain…I will make sure your punishment is a living, breathing…" before he could finish, he felt a hand on his shoulder. Given how slim it was, he knew it was the chief telling him to leave it.
When Harmony re-arrived in the band room, the entire line became silent, looking at the slightly red-eyed captain, waiting for the unasked question's answer. "They're not coming back. I banned them until further notice by Andy or the Band Director. For now…we are re-arranging. Since three of the five boys banned were snares and one was on bass and the other on Tenor…we are going to do this. Alex, I know you prefer tenor…but for the time being, I'll take yours and you move to snare. Tony…go grab Bass Drum 1. We might not be able to do our cymbal visuals with five players…but we need that spot on Bass Drum filled." The girl ordered. She could feel the eyes on her as she looked around. "The tenor drum has melodic parts Alex…come over to my place. We should have a meeting." Harmony announced, she could hear a few hushed 'Yes!' comments, but nothing else. It was a dark-ish time. One-fifth of the of cadences…I can manage." She reassured the line, but now the look changed. For the three years while on the line, she had not touched a drum beyond setting up or tearing down, and now she is forcing herself into a spot of the 'coveted Tenor' spot. Usually, she would not do much, but she had to manage. One tenor, no matter how good he was, could carry the sound in a fully, or mostly fully, staffed Drum Line. Not many realized that there was a fine balance in the instrumentation of these things.
"For now…I will cancel rehearsal. Anyone who is switching instruments…look over your new parts. We will come back in two days. None of us work tomorrow…so use that time. line was on their way to the local precinct along with a good portion of the band. Hearing a door, the girl turned to look at the drum majors that walked in with their assistants. Yes, for not having a pit, each drum major had two assistants. "How bad is it?"
"Almost the entire low brass section and large portions scattered around the rest. It'll be a miracle if we can recover…"
"Ah…we're cancelling practice on our end. We had to rearrange instrumentation, so we need to learn our new parts. We should be ready by practice at the end of the week…if we have practice." Harmony responded as she slipped her bell set into the case and slammed the lid shut. They were planning for the worse, disbanding the entire marching band and possibly firing the director. Yeah…that would not be good at all, but Andy at least had connections elsewhere. If he were to be fired, he could get a job pretty much anywhere else.
"Alright, pack up and get out of here! If you have to call parents for a ride, let Harmony or I explain the situation to them. Anyone who is driving, be careful and as Harmony said…shape up. We will probably be watched, and we cannot afford any more losses. Also, this will probably be hitting the news…if anyone asks, don't reply stupidly." Alex announced as he grabbed his tenor and moved over to a case and slipped the drum in. Once the line left, Alex ran a hand through his hair and looked at the captain. She looked horrendous. Now that it was just them and the Drum majors, the captain let the stress show as she sat down and pinched the bridge of her nose, "Come on. I'll have Simon cook something up for dinner." He did not agree with Harmony's decision, however, he did see where she was coming from. The Bass Line was something that could not be tampered with too much. That alone was a group that required extreme teamwork, meaning, Harmony could not enter, along with the Cymbals. She truly could not play a single drum (snare) to save her life, meaning, she was going to force herself to play the tenors. He still did not completely like her, especially being a captain and being younger than him, but she put the line before herself AND she managed to keep the boys in line…somewhat. But he was nervous to see how the line would treat her…especially now that she would be 'one of them'.
Dun dun DUN! So...it was not that bad...was it? Hope to hear from you guys soon. It may be a while until I update again. Apparently at work I am the person who gets stuck with all the odd jobs that no one wants to do...and I have to do it on top of my regular duties (Which do take up most of the day). I'll try to write chapter 2 soon.
1/5/2013: Sorry for the delay! Work load has cut down, but I had a paper to write that was more difficult than I thought. Anyways...next semester is a laid back one and I am taking the same language class for the umpteenth time since it never transfers...I will start the next chapter by next week and hopefully have it posted by the 12th!
