Well... I couldn't help but laughing at myself since I got the impression that some of you guys thought that that was the last chapter. It's not... and neither is this. I am going to tell the next couple of chapters from different peoples perspectives since I think that it will really show you how everything is going on around Max and Fang. So! Here we go! ^_^
Twenty-Two
IPOV
I couldn't believe that this girl, who was such a big part of my life with her sister, was basically dead, and there was nothing I could do about it.
The whole crew went to their separate houses and when I finally got home I was happy to see that my parents had come home form some sort of fancy dinner for my dad's job. Apparently Maria had told them that I was at the hospital, because when they saw me with what was probably a really depressed expression on my face they let me be.
I went to the basement of our two story house and sat at my computer. Maria was still sitting at her computer but playing some other game that I didn't pay much attention to. I sat at there with literally nothing on my mind.
I felt bad for my family. My mother decided to move after Ella died because staying in the town reminded me too much of her. It was nice on my part but it was hard for my little sister. She was only fourteen and had a lot of friends in Vermont. It wasn't that bad for Jack since he was only five and wasn't really attached to the town yet. Maria and I used to be so close. Since the move she has seemed so closed off and didn't want to talk to me anymore.
Now that Max was dead in this town my mom could move us again, and I didn't want to do that to Maria again. How could I?
Although I felt this way I knew, somehow, deep within myself, that everything was going to be fine. That I everything would be normal by the time the contest was over.
I decided, after sitting in front of my computer for a few minutes, to go to bed to save the energy for the contest tomorrow.
Dylan picked me up at around noon the next day. A solemn look covered his face as I jumped into the car. We rode in silence to the concert hall both of us probably had the same thing on our minds so we didn't want to talk about it to make anything worse.
When we arrived we met up with Nudge. Fang was behind the scenes getting some things set up and keeping himself busy. Nudge thought it was a good thing for him and was hoping that he would be able to move on at some point in time.
We finally saw him about twenty minutes later when he came to get us to do some sound checks on our instruments. The rest was carried on in silence.
Two hours later
It was finally our time to go and start up the contest. We all looked at each other and plastered on our best smiles with a great effort. Fang and Jake led me and Dylan up onto stage since they were the two more well known of the 'revised' band. Cheering erupted from many of the throats of the fans around us and I the sudden sound made me a little disoriented, but I got over myself and waved to the crowd and smiled. Nudge was sitting in the front row and she smiled and waved at me and Dylan. I took my place behind the keys and Dylan sat behind the drums.
We had changed what we were going to play first on last minute to honor Max playing the song that I had heard that was the start of my whole knowledge of the dilemma.
I started on the keys as the crowd calmed. After a small intro Fang started to sing.
How To Save A Life
Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God, he hears you
And I pray to God, he hears you
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
There was a lot of pain and emotion put into Fang's singing and I knew how he felt. It felt so unfair that we had both lost someone so close to us, and both from the same family. What I didn't know at the time was the connection that Fang had to both girls. Especially my Ella.
Sorry it is short! I am trying to throughly filter from one action to another and that isn't always easy... sorry...
Two songs next chapter! Both originals by Me! One of them has already showed up but the other is new!
R&R or no soon update!
Fly on,
FangAKat