Nat ran down the steps out into the road.
"Watch where you're going kid!" A truck driver yelled out his window, and Nat stepped back on the sidewalk. Running down the sidewalk, he passed the apartments and the stores he finally reached the bus stop. The sign on the bus read 'To Tennessee.' He pushed past a bunch of people so he could see the windows. As the door closed and the bus pulled away, he could see a face turning away. It was a girl, with brown hair, and brown eyes.
Rosalina turned away from the window. She saw Nat, briefly, trying to push through the crowd. The bus started to move, and through an open window she could hear someone yell her name. Wiping away tears she leaned back in the seat and closed her eyes. It was going to be a long ride.
**One week later**
"Guys, guys, settle down. Come on. We need to focus." Cooper directed a few strangers into the studio as he tried to quiet down the band. Nat walked in, looking down. He pulled Cooper over to the corner.
"Come on Coop. You know none of them will be as good as Rosalina. She could play like what? Nine instruments?"
"But she only played the bass guitar in the band Nat. We can surely find a replacement for that! Come on, these will be the last auditions."
"Really?"
"For today." Cooper fiddled with his tie and Nat sighed. They walked over to the five people, three girls, two boys.
"Hey-Aren't you Rosalina's friend?" Alex examined one of the girls.
"Used to be. Until she became like mega depressed and like, never talked. But let's not talk about her. I'm going to play the part she plays in um...uh..."
"I don't wanna go to school." Thomas prompted her, looking over Cooper's shoulder at his clipboard.
"Yeah, that song." She moved her blond hair out of her face.
"Next!" David yelled from his spot on the couch. Everyone looked at him in confusion.
"I never even played!"
"You were the girl that got Rosalina to think we were immature, and that she should start to hang out with high schoolers."
"Well, if I'm not wanted at all by everyone, then I'll leave." She dropped the bass and slammed the door behind her.
After the four other auditions, the band gathered together to come to a conclusion.
"Well I don't like any of them." Thomas declared.
"At least that Christa girl had potential. The others played like crap." Everyone agreed with Cooper.
"I say Christa."
"Christa."
"I agree. I guess."
"Nat, what about you?"
"Huh? Oh. Yeah, the Christa girl is alright. At least she knows something about the instrument." Nat went back to thinking. 'I'd rather have Rosalina back in the band though.' He admitted to himself silently.
"Okay. I'll contact Christa, and I think Nat has a new song. If we work hard, Christa will be able to learn a good amount of songs. Maybe we can perform sooner than I thought we'd be able to." Cooper became much more excited as he spoke. A chorus of 'Great' rose up. Though it seemed that everyone was trying to shake Rosalina from their mind, because they didn't want to admit they were all still missing her.