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OK, here we are more of Nashville's story of Country Hearts original
In this chapter, we will explore Caroline's musical background, how she became such a musical prodigy in this chapter how she learned her talents at least a few of them, and how she became the prodigy of music.
Keep in mind this is still she is still 12 years old in this chapter as well so she is still 12 years old, exploring her musical talents.
So let us begin this chapter now.
So let us begin
Caroline
2001
Caroline is 12 years old
I was in my class and my music class general music classes are what I was in right now learning all the different instruments and things trying to figure out what I was skilled at and what instrument I would be playing in the band when I was 14 years old.
The incredible thing was I was able to play every instrument imaginable so narrowing it down to one instrument was not gonna be easy. My music teacher told me so it'll be hard to pick the one that will be best for you. Just pick the one you like he said, why are you doing One of my classmates asked because she's very skilled at all of these instruments he said so she can pick whatever one she feels the most comfortable with you never let us get the opportunity. You won't get a chance to pick what instruments you like he said, but also which instruments you feel more comfortable with.
OK, the other kids said looking and glaring at me you're the teacher's favorite. They said I just smiled. Why is she smiling at us will make her life miserable? I chose piano and guitar can't pick two. The teacher said she could. Those are good choices the band director said those will be what you'll be playing in the next couple of years. He said I know you're taking piano with the piano teacher. I just nodded and I'm taking voice with the voice teacher I said good. He said you need all the practice you can get.
After that, I went to all my other classes and then I had piano lessons that week. I did well I excelled piano teacher said I was doing great. I was. I was very highly skilled levelly there wasn't much she could teach me so she told me I could play whatever I wanted for my piano recitals. I chose challenging songs that everyone knows are puppet popular songs for Christmas. I would play popular Christmas songs instead of just your standard Christmas songs and pieces in the spring I would play similar I would play a big charting chopping hit on the radio instead of playing the standard sounding songs for voice. I did the same for the voice recital along with the piano recitals.
I joined every talent show of chance I got when I was young. I joined the I tried out for the elementary talent show. I also tried out for choir at the age of 12. Normally they don't take kids as young as me, but the choir singer choir director said I could because I was such a prodigy in music.
That didn't mean I didn't do well in my other classes. It was just that I was better at music than anything else. They said with great talent I could go to college to study music if I wanted, I smiled and said OK. If my family allows it, I said.
Will bring it up in your IEP meetings, they said.
I did other activities in school besides just music music was just my strongest.
They also gave me birthdays when it was my birthday kids teachers and house parents made sure I had gifts. I could never take them home though my parents would take them for me. I'd have a radio at school and a radio at home but I would dare leave my CD collection at school. I had to leave them here with the better clothing they would get me so I wouldn't look like a beggar at school I had to leave at school. I didn't only have to wear one outfit home and every time I did they tear it to pieces so I had to have outfits. I'd have to wear one of my ugly outfits home so that they wouldn't tear them and have come to school in one so it could be washed and worn home again they took care of me at blind school at the Tennessee School for the Blind they took care of me. They made sure I was taking care of more than I should be. They became my new family.
All of my music teachers said I was gifted. I smiled. I didn't know I was that gifted, but it was nice to know that I was.
It was time for the IEP for that year my first year or second year I was 13 now and they threw me a big birthday party for my birthday that year when I told them my birthday they gave me a big birthday for my 13th is a big deal for you. They said you're also gonna be moving up dorms as well to a cottage for now. They said I smiled knowing that I'd be moving up cottages. They realized I was smart and able to take care of myself.
I was a teenager now and that made me happy.
But I still wondered who I was if I was this gifted in music who was my family I know I was adopted so who is my birth family? I asked the school if they could help me find my birth records they nodded and said they could they would do anything to help me find my real family and maybe try to get me out of this situation before I was an adult maybe I could be put into a real family a family that loves me besides just the school themselves a family that recognizes my talent of music.
And other crafty abilities.
I got to the school I mean not to the school, but to my IEP and my parents, my adopted parents came to my IEP meeting. At least they did that. They addressed my parents and told them about how gifted I was in music and that my gift should be nurtured. Yes, we're giving her her academics but her musical gifts and talents are so incredible. They said my parents just scoffed really like she's talented like she'll get a career in music mother said they said she is talented.
Coughing at my ideas, we should send her. We were thinking of that. She should When she gets older you should invest in her to go to college to study music. They said no they said we're not gonna spend money to send her to college the fiddle around with music and make sure she gets into a college for academic studies they said her academics are still average. They said she'll probably go into life skills, not life skills, but special education they said Prevo classes they said she'll be going to vocational school learning. They said no we want her in academics. That's why we sent her here to get her out of those foolish dreams nurture her academic studies and nourish her at Home they said to make sure that is her top priority, not the silly music no music for her no daughter of ours. No child of ours is going to be a musician or learn about music or study music they said to no more of this they said or will never come to any more of her IEPs, you still have to participate, they said no they said next IP they said we will only come if you tell us that her academic studies have surpassed to what they're supposed to be no more this music stuff they said.
For the first time, I cried in front of my parents and Linda against my teachers for support they said it's gonna be OK. You two are heartless parents. They said to my parents you two are heartless, cruel cruel people there were her parents. They said they want what's best for her and music isn't so suppress her whatever you do do not let her completely succeed in her music take away all her music privileges they said to make sure she doesn't learn anything except academic studies.
Teachers frowned at my parent's appearance. They weren't poor like me they had Rich like he clothes all the time. We know you can afford to get your child better clothes they said doesn't matter. They said we would not give her anything better than what we gave her. We teach her the value of hard work. They said if we buy her good clothes and anything beyond the necessities then we're spoiling her they said.
Better yet they said we do not want her to go to college we want her to go to the job right out of high school. They said that'll be good no college for her at all and we don't care about her education only that you take care of her you're her babysitters now the teachers were mad you take care of her during the week for us they said, and then we have her on weekends. Excuse me, they said my teacher said we are not and repeat her babysitter's.
Mr. and Mrs. Rose you all are unforgiving they said snaring at her at them. A parent stared back at them. If you don't give us what we want we'll pull her out right now and put her back in her public school. No, they said she's frying here. Would you wanna put her back where she wasn't?
It doesn't matter they said we're taking her out. No, she's already in our system. That'll just shock her with her parents. We have the right to take her out if things are wrong and things are wrong no things are right. My teacher said Mr. and Mrs. Rose, this is an IOP to show what your daughter has accomplished. We will do IEPs over the phone from now on my parents said we will never come down here again.
We're fine with that. They said we'll have to deal with your complaints over the phone. OK, they said, and then they left and didn't bother to take me home. I was fine with that too. Then I went back to class like always.
They told me that don't worry, cause they'll try their best to try to get me into the best schools and work on my independence and academics and music and to help me get into the best schools in the nation.
In any other studies, I decide to take they will be fine with it. I smiled OK I said don't let this get you down. They said to continue studying. Continue working. Continue to nurture your gift and one day you'll be. You'll be great at this all right I said.
Thank you I smiled as I walked away and went to class overheard my teacher saying that she would be someone who'd make our school proud.
We haven't had someone like her in a long time they said as I walked off.
I continue to study music I continue to play. I continued to take care of my studies to nurture everything my gifts, and my natural talents I furthered my knowledge of music, songwriting, and other things, even though I was only 13.
I mean, I could become a singer-songwriter or a musician after graduation but I wanted to further my education in college. I just think that would be the best for me.
Next year when I'm 14 I will join a band and choir. I can't wait.
My life will change next year, but I can't wait for it. I can't. I'll be stepping into my music identity and that'll make me feel great to myself.
And hopefully, eventually, the school will help me find records of my birth family. That'll be good too. I know I don't feel like I belong to the family I live with. I know I stand out and they hate me. I know that much and I don't have any other siblings. It's just me so I don't know what my parents will think if they ever did find out I had a birth family who loved me.
I will find them. I know I will. I am determined if I'm determined for my music career. I am determined to find my family too.
They're out there somewhere and I know they love me my adopted family is wrong. My family loves me somewhere and I will find them I will I will. I will find them and once I do and I become part of the family again, I will announce the evil adopted family as not my family they no longer be my family and I'll take whatever last name my birth family has. They are my family, not this evil cruel family that I'm in.
How can I be grateful to a family who never loved me? How could I be grateful to them?
I don't care what they're like as long as they love me. I don't care if they're rich I don't care if they're poor as long as they care and love for me. That's all that matters to me and they love me for me Talon and everything.
I will find them. I know it besides music. This is my ultimate dream being in Nashville is one step closer, and I will search for my records.
This I swear.
cliffhanger
ending here,
I am ending this chapter here. I hope you enjoy this one music prodigy don't worry there is a more awesome story coming soon. I hope you enjoy my Country Hearts original it's not my complete original because I've taken out some people cause I can't put real people in my stories if I was writing this for a different fanfiction website like L3 then I could and then I could write my original time my original counter, my original story of this my original country, heart story, and country heart series, but I had to change it for this for , but I hope you enjoy it with the Nashville and Sofi. Don't worry I'll have original music original songs once again. I enjoy writing songs into my stories and I hope you enjoy it also, hope you enjoy this wonderful story and I will see you in the next chapter. I'll see you then.
As I said, the story has just begun and I think it'll be a beautiful suite enduring story I hope you like it and I hope you'll like Caroline as well.
I'll see you in the next chapter which will be chapter 4. I'll see you in chapter 4 soon it might not be for another round. I might ride it next I don't know, but I hope you enjoy this one too.
next chapter will be chapter 4
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