Well, the characters are in choir so yes, there will be a lot of song lyrics in this story. If you would like to request a song that suits what is going on with the characters, feel free. They need to be well known, i.e. most people would know them if they listened to 106.1 or 93.3 or 92.5FM radio. No promises that I'll use them, but I shall try so request away! Apologies if I forget to credit the song.

Kate welcomed the first day of school. She woke refreshed, with her uniform clean and ready.

She picked at the hem of her blazer in the halls. Suddenly, the bell rang, and students went flying everywhere. Kate had to push through to get to her classroom. When she got in, she noticed that she wasn't late at all. She smoothed her already-perfect bun, sitting down in a corner. More people filed in afterwards. Kate looked up to find that it was non other than Jack Frost who was at the front of the group. He laughed his his friends, but there was a flicker of something in his eyes.

Jack's large group of big jocks and giggling girls gathered around a column of desks. Kate just happened to notice Jack send a brief but longing glance to a rather lanky looking boy with shaggy brown hair and freckles, doodling in another corner.

Strange, Kate thought.

But then she was busy filling her binder with notes to think about it again.

English was next, and Kate took a seat in another quiet corner. Her binder was filled with more notes by the end.

Only one more morning class before she was released to lunch, then the real fun would begin. Her fingers longed for the familair color and feeling of the smooth black and white keys.

Unfortunately, in science class Kate was forced in a eating chart.

She was paired with a girl named Rapunzel, who's tiny little uniform to fit her tiny little body was ruffled and uneven. But the girl had a certain perky personality that made her likable.

"Hi, I'm Rapunzel, you can call me Punzie," she said. Kate nodded hello, burying herself in the worksheet they had been given.

"Hmm, so not a talker? Don't worry, I'll make you open up eventually," she replied to Kate's wordless response with a wink.

After that, she had dashed out of the room for lunch. She took a seat at the bar (a nonalcoholic one, this was still high school) with an apple and a book, but immediately regretted it. Jack and an even larger group of people sat not a table away. They were so loud and Kate just wanted to read. She sighed, closing her book, shoving it in her shoulder bag and headed off in search of some place quiet.

She happened to stumble upon the library.

"Perfect," she mumbled to herself.

Kate walked in, noticing a spiral staircase. She looked around, and, not seeing anyone around, helped herself up. The small room that accommodated the staircase was perfect. It was just that, a small room, but had a shelf of dusty books. There was a circular window that overlooked the main patio of the school, with a small love seat set to the side and a cushioned window seat that Kate immediately sat down on. It was nice and peaceful here.

Kate realized she had fallen asleep when the bell suddenly tolled. She jumped up, stuffing her book in her bag and racing off to the choir room.

"What?" Kate exclaimed, gaping at the board when she entered. Of course, she didn't say this out loud, so no one heard it but herself.

The board read: Song performances today

"Are you okay?" Rapunzel, the girl from Kate's science class asked. Kate nodded frantically, pushing away a nonexistent strand of hair.

She hurried over to the corner of the bleachers, setting her shoulder bag down.

The next moment, Jack entered, followed by a stream of girls. Kate had come to expect it. She also expected that the girls wouldn't shut up, just like math class. Kate nestled closer into her corner, trying to block out the world by tapping her fingers to a made-up tune.

"Ahem, excuse me?" A snobby voice interrupted her thoughts.

Kate looked around, wondering if the girl was actually talking to her.

"Yes, you. You're in our seats," she said, her jet black ponytail of some sort dangling over her shoulder. She would have been pretty if not for the nasty sneer.

"Oh, I-I didn't know there was a seating chart," Kate whispered helplessly, cringing at the girl's glare.

"You better-"

"Ladies, ladies, there's...oh, hey, I ran into you yesterday," Jack interrupted. Kate again was wondering if he was actually talking to her.

"Jacky," the girl said flirtatiously, making Kate gag inwardly. "Tell the girl that she's in our seats." She sent Kate another ice cold glare. If only Kate could return one. She was famous for her glares back at the other school.

"Oh, yeah, um, sorry, do you mind?" Jack said, sounding not at all sorry.

Kate sort of stared at him in disbelief for a second, then realized that they were waiting.

"Oh, s-sorry, I-I'm moving," Kate stammered quickly and earnestly. She winced at herself. Right then, she was the picture perfect image of a wallflower; shy, quiet, willing to obey those more popular than them, and a total pushover. But that was what she wanted. Nobody noticed a wallflower. And if they did, it would only be because they tripped and fell onto the most popular guy's lap.

Just like Kate did.

"I-I am s-so sorry!" Kate stammered quickly, getting up and speeding away, not waiting for him to be mad. Kate knew that girl had tripped her. She was pretty sure the whole class knew as well, but no one would stand up for Kate, not even Kate herself.

Oh, how she hated people like Jack Frost. He petty much used people for his advantage and could care less about their feelings. He had seemed alright when they had first met (fallen) but people never cease to surprise you. She didn't want to be associated with him or his petty little groupies. And he hadn't even been nice! Just pushed her away like she was trash. Not that she wanted him to notice her, but still.

Stupid conflicting feelings. She wanted to be noticed, but she didn't. She wanted Jack to be nice to her, but hated him anyways. She couldn't wait until she was an adult and free from all these bloody hormones.

"Alright, welcome to open choir, class, I'm Ms. Tooth," the teacher said while Kate settled into another corner. "Today we are going to be doing presentations. When I call your name, please come up with your soundtrack."

Kate froze. She didn't prepare a song! She didn't know she was even supposed to. It wasn't in the notification emails, she would know, she read them three times!

Kate was included in the smallest basic choir class, the one with last names A-H. She would most likely be one of the last, if not the last, maybe she could explain and present in private later.

All of the kids sang fairly modern songs, all ones that she would hear on the radio. About fifty minutes later, Jack was called up.

"Hello," he greeted while slinging an electric guitar over his neck, earning him some dreamy sighs from the girls in the class. Kate rolled her eyes. "I will be singing Me and My Broken Heart, by Rixton."

What an interesting song to choose. Kate watched him as he pressed 'play' on the CD player, whirling around the guitar and strumming along with the music. He was pretty good with that guitar. And when he started singing, Kate had to admit, he wasn't bad. Not bad at all.

All I need's a little love in my life

All I need's a little love in the dark

A little but I'm hoping it might kick start

Me and my broken heart

Kate admired the level of energy he put into his lyrics. How he would wander around the stage, occasionally dancing or bouncing up and down, as ridiculous as it sounded. It wasn't that he looked bad up there, quite the opposite, in fact, but there was just something that felt off to Kate. Something missing from his performance and song. She couldn't quite pinpoint it, though, and her brow furrowed in concentration. She barely noticed her fingers tapping invisible keys to the beat of the song.

I need a little lovin' tonight

Hold me so I'm not falling apart

A little but I'm hoping it might kick start

Me and my broken heart

(A/N: I am not going to write all the lyrics down. If I don't put the whole song, it's either cuz a) the rest of the lyrics are unimportant to the main thingamajigger plot or whatever you wanna call it, as with this song, or b) I don't know the rest of the lyrics, also as with this song...carry on then)

Kate found herself clapping with the rest of the class when Jack finished. She still couldn't shake the fact that his performance was missing something, but no one else seemed to notice anything amiss. She decided to ponder over it later.

Jack bowed, placing the guitar back on its stand.

Only three people were in between Jack's performance and Kate's, and when a blonde girl with a braid called Astrid Hofferson performed her song, Kate summoned up the courage to go up to Ms. Tooth.

"Um, Ms. Tooth?" Kate asked nervously.

"Mm?" She said, a pencil caught between her teeth. Her short dark brown hair fell across her face as she marked something down on a sheet of paper.

"Well, I, uh, didn't know we had to prepare a song, and um, I, uh," Kate could barely get the words out.

"Oh, that's right. You weren't enrolled when we sent out letters for open choir participants. I'm willing to let you have three days to prepare a song and present it to me. When is your free period?"

"Last session," she breathed, relieved.

"Okay, that will be perfect. Come in any time from tomorrow and Wednesday, otherwise it will be marked as a zero."

"Thank you," Kate said, rushing back to her corner.

She could breathe again. She didn't have to perform something, and everything else was going fine.

Now all she had to do was pick a song.

Any suggestions or requests? I have one in mind already but am open to new ones. Happy reading!