A tale of music episode 7 – 8
🎻A TALE OF MUSIC 🎻
❤🔥🤍TWO WORLD’S APART
JOINED
WITH ONE HEART❤🔥🤍
CHAPTER 7&8
By; Cinderella A.🥀
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✰[B£ginning of a n£w $tory…]✰
A WEEK LATER≈MORNING>HIDDEN VILLE HIGH**
The sky is blue, the air balmy and filled with fragrance, like flowering rose petals.
A yellow coloured vehicle which was moving at high sp££d, halt£d in front of an establishment, the doors were pull£d op¢n immediat£l¥.
“Thank you so much!!”gracious stated r£sp¢ctfully, as she alighted the bus, with a bright smile on her fac£.
She’s dressed in a black largi$h skirt, alongside a blue high, close-fitting “cardie“, which can be turned back on itself and covering most of her n£ck.
Her long brown hair is up in a pony, a pink hair pin slipped in, for the fiπi$hiπg touch€$.
With her suitcase handle in-between her hand, she excitedly walked into the gate that was left ajar.
The tiny tires below the bags, made it a lot easier, to move smoothly on the cemented floor.
The atmosphere of the school is superb with bunches of natural greenery and scenery.
There is a vast ground surrounded by beautiful trees and full of green grass, she lov€$ πatur£.
The school is quit¢ graπd and £πormou$, with three storeys wonderfully constructed in the $paciou$ iπ¢h€$ of laπd.
Gracious pr£v£nt£d h£r$£lf from gapiπg, it was all too much to tak£ iπ at oπce.
She never imagiπ£d she could one day attend a school like this, it’s fat¢ in d££d!.
“You a π£wbi£?”a t£πd£r voice asked, and with swift movements, she tilted her head.
She pegged her as a seventeen year old, it was quit obvious.
She’s slim, and her bare shoulders and arms were flawless.
Her gowπ look£d quit£ £xpeπsiv£, and her d£m£anor was $o ¢alm and ¢ompos£d.
She looked like someone who d£maπd£d authorit¥, the bo$$!.
She has da*k hair, that was pull£d away from her face, and s£¢ur£d by tortoi$£$h£ll ¢omb$.
Gracious watched as the girl $wiftl¥ $trod£ toward$ her, $wa¥iπg her h¡p$, with ea¢h $t€p sh£ took.
“November Anderson”she said, introducing herself, as she stopped right in front of her.
“Sanyaolu Gracious”the girl furrow£d her brow$ at the “not so familiar “ $urπam€, gracious pr£$$€d h£r lip$ into a thiπ liπ€.
“Am not American, my home is in africa!!”the girl mouth£d an “oh“, and l£t her gaz£ laπd on her gold£n wri$t wat¢h, it’s 7:30.
“Sounds great, i’ve heard of that place before. I hear it’s h** and und£v£lop£d”gracious had πo r€pl¥ to that, she mad£ to div£rt the topic, but was iπt£rrupt£d mid-wa¥.
With “¢ru£l $π€€r$ on their fa¢£s, two girl$ dre$$€d in $kimp¥ off-the-$hould£r purpl£ gowπs, $topp€d right in front of them.
“You’ve got th£ wroπg address miss¥.This is hidden ville not ugl¥ ville, get it?”the r£d hair£d girl $pout£d, g£sturing to the schools emblem, placed on the right hand side.
Gracious was a bit ¢oπfu$£d at first, but r£aliz£d iπstaπtly, what the girl m£aπt.
She could see “di$gu$t“ and “fur¥“ in thos£ ic¥ blu£ £y£s, she fliπ¢h£d.
“Amber why doπ’t you go pi¢k on $om€oπ€ £ls£?, the iππocent girl did ab$olut£ly πothiπg to you!”she $¢off€d.
“December you hav£ πo bu$iπ€$$ b€iπg h£r£, w£’v£ all got $om€thiπg to briπg to this di$¢u$$ioπ, and from πow oπ i thiπk th£ thiπg you should briπg is $ileπ¢€, get it?,b£at it!”she frowπ£d and $¢r£am£d at the top of h£r voi¢€.
“My name is november, when will it ever $ti¢k in that £mpt¥ braiπ of ¥our$?. Oh, i forgot, you’re too d**b to a$$imilat£ thiπg$.”amber ga$p£d in $ho¢k and $tump£d h£r f££t on the grouπd.
She’s b€iπg iπ$ult£d iπ froπt of a “z£ro“, it’s $o πot oka¥!.
“10th grade?”gracious nodded in response, and november £πtwiπ£d their haπd$.
“Aww!‚ we’re class mates. I’ll lead the way girlfri€πd”gracious smiled, as she walked side by side the g**d lookiπg bruπ€tt€
Maybe she’s an aπg€l $€nt to h£r from abov£, amaziπg!.
“How ¢ould ¥ou let th£m l£av£ phoenix?, urghhh!!”amber groaπ¥d, $hootiπg dagg€r$ at her bestie.
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8AM≈TENTH GRADE**
Echoes of laughters r€$ouπd€d in the classroom, as the students ¢ra¢k€d jok€$, h£r£ aπd th£r£.
Their lecturer is ruππiπg lat£, what a gr£at pl€a$ur€ to th£m!.
Gracious found a s₱0tiπ the la$t row at the back, she’s r£adiπg her text books, with november happil¥ b£$id€ h£r.
She still finds it hærd to und€r$taπd the $udd€π πi¢€π€$$ towards her, it baffles her a lot!.
She took a p££k at her, but got ©aught iπ the a¢t.
“Do i have $om€thiπg oπ my fa¢€?, tell me!”gracious $hook h£r h£ad and november $igh€d iπ r£li£f.
👥 So haπd$om€!!.
👥 Ji-ho oppa, marr¥ m£….
👥 Th£ lip$ go$h, am drippiπg w£t!!
👥 Ji-yoo ki$$ m£, your lip$ i$ $ooo $€x¥
👥 Oh, oh, it’s the dimpl€$ for m£!.
👥 I just π€€d two hour$, a on£ πight $taπd i$ €πough for m£, ji-hu oppaaa!.
If ululat£d $¢r€am$ ¢ould briπg dowπ a buildiπg, am pr£tt¥ $ur€ the $¢hool would hav£ ¢ollap$€d right that in$taπt.
When gracious turπ€d to g£t aπ$w£r$ for the hug£ ruckus up froπt, h£r gaz£ laπd€d on thr££ br£ath takiπg gu¥$, who were walking with €l€gaπt $trid€$, to th€ir variou$ $€at$.
The word “pul¢hritudiπou$“ was mad£ ju$t for th£m, th£ir $tatue$qu€ is b€yoπd p€rf€¢tioπ.
One of th£m had his haπd$ $uπk in the po¢k€t$ of hi$ cottoπ mad£ coat, hi$ fa¢€ totall¥ €motioπl€$$.
He was totall¥ $ublim€, iπ a w£ird kiπda wa¥!.
No woπd€r she was ridicul£d about b€iπg “ugl¥” the $¢hool was mad£ for ravi$hiπg p£opl£ lik£ th£m, πot a total “πobod¥“ lik£ h€r$€lf.
“If haπd$om€π€$$ w£r£ to b£ a crim£, he’d $peπd th£ r€$t of hi$ lif£ in pri$oπ!”gracious turned to her, and noticed her eyes fix£d on the blu£ hair£d, her £¥€$ $parkl€d lik£ $hootiπg $tar$!.
“Who are th€¥?”november ¢hu¢kl£d plaiπl¥, hittiπg her $hould€r.
“What a jok£, you almo$t–”
She pau$€d to check her fa¢ial €xpr€$$ioπ, and r£aliz£d she wa$ a¢tuall¥ b£iπg $€riou$.
“¥ou weren’t kiddiπg?”gracious nodded her head, causing nov to ga$p.
Who the h£ll wouldn’t know the popular $tar$?, she’s a k00k!.
“They’re the youπg€$t male korean musicians in the world, popularly knowns as “12 is midnight“. Seriously, you’ve got a lot of stuff to look up online”.
“Right, so do you have a €ru$h on aπy of th£m. I noticed the way your €¥€$ lit up when they $t€pp€d iπ, t£ll me!”November’s fa¢€ turπ£d r£d iπ$taπtl¥, she’s blu$hiπg hærd.
“I’m $orr¥!, d€€pl¥ $orr¥ for ¢omiπg iπ lat£.”the £mbattl£d lecturer pl£ad£d r€mor$€full¥, as he hurri€dl¥ walk£d iπ.
Th€¥ all $tar€d at him with gritt£d t€€th$, his ab$€n¢€ m£aπt a lot to th£m!.
As he was about briπgiπg out his books for the first lecture, the ¢la$$room door was uπlo¢k£d, catchiπg all of th£ir att£πtioπ.
If there were to be a bigg£r word for “ravi$hiπg“, it’ll have been the €xa¢t word fit for him.
His p€rfe¢tl¥ $hap€d bod¥, bright toπ£d $kiπ, hi$ bl**d ¢olor€d lip$ aπd oth€r f€atur€$ mad£ him $taπd out.
He was dre$$€d iπ all bla¢k, his £ar phon£ haπgiπg on his n€¢k and was ch€wiπg gum loudl¥.
The lecturer r£mov£d his plaiπ bifo¢al pair of gla$$€$, as he k€€πl¥ rotat£d hi$ “£agl£“ €¥€$ from the students straight to the direction of the new kid, as if he was trying to be sure who it was.
Ji-yoo suddenly groaπ£d in his seat, wishing it was all a dr£am, wh€π was he goiπg to wak£ up!.
Just when he thought his probl€m$ were totall¥ _olv€d, he app€ar$ from no wh£r£, in hi$ $¢hool for fu¢k$ $ak€!.
“You’ve got to be kiddiπg me, how on €arth did he find me?”he mutt£r£d uπd€r his br£ath, tr¥iπg his po$$ibl€ b€$t to avoid m€€tiπg gaz€$ with him.
“$€€m$ we’ve got a n£wbi£ in our mid$t$, youπg man why don’t you iπtroduc€ yourself”he $hook hi$ head π€gativ€l¥ and utt£r£d four word$ that l£ft the man with rai$€d brow$.
“No thaπk$, i’ll pa$$”he let his gaz£ tra¢€ the $€at$, and wh€π he fouπd who he was lookiπg for, he $mirk€d.
“You can’t hid£ from m£ for too loπg boo b£ar, i’ll always fiπd ¥ou no matt£r what!”he took a s₱0t at the front row, right beside the musicians.
👥 Who do€$ he thiπk h£ i$?, he’s πot that haπd$om€!
👥 Wh¥ are ¥ou b€iπg a du*bb€at on ¥our fir$t da¥, didn’t your pareπt$ t€a¢h you maππ€r$?.
👥 Boo!, you’ve gat to l¢av£!.
👥 Look who we have h£r£, if it isπ’t–!!
€v€r¥oπe were g€ttiπg pi$$€d, the lecturer kπ€w no bouπd$ but to int£rv£π£, €l$€ it would hav£ r€$ult€d to a hug£ $¢aπdal.
“Okay!, $€€m$ πothiπg is goiπg as plaππ€d, thi$ morπiπg. I’ll $kip the cla$$ till π€xt tim£, but that do€$π’t m€aπ you’ll be left waπd€riπg arouπd idl¥. I’ll pair you guys in a group of only two members, and each group will pick a text from “biology“. Do a research, then explain your theories one after the other in our next class.”
👥 Pl€a$€ pair me with ji-yoo!
👥 No, pair me with him!.
👥 Will you guy$ ju$t qui£t dowπ, ji-ho’s th£ b€$t!.
👥 No, ji-hu is, his voi¢€ is magπifi¢eπt!.
Gracious pray£d within h£r, she d€fiπit€l¥ waπt$ to b£ pair£d with her “aπg£l“!.
“Amanda and ji-ho you’ll be a team”amanda’s h£art lept for jo¥, but that wa$π’t the $am€ at the oth£r €πd.
The girls from “seconds“ ago frowπ€d d££ply¥, th€¥ argu£d all for πothiπg!.
“The $traπg€ lookiπg girl at th£ ba¢k, and november”gracious frown£d, what did h£ m£aπ by $traπg€!.
“€xcu$€ m£ $ir!, my nam£ is gra¢iou$”€veryoπ€, apart from november, ji-ho and ji-yoo bur$t€d into laught£r as she $tood up, th€¥ hadπ’t noti¢€d h€r cloth€$ uπtil πow.
👥 Why are you so ugl¥, $i$hh!
👥 Ar£ ¥our par€nt$ so p**r, that th€¥ ¢aπ’t g£t ¥ou ni¢€ ¢loth€$?, iπ$t€ad you’r£ w£ariπg a duv£t!.
👥 What ¥ou’r£ w€ariπg i$ it appropriat£?.
👥 Caπ ¥ou l€πd m£ ¥our clothe£$ m¥ poπ¥ would $ur£l¥ π€€d th£m a$ h£r diap£r, lol!.
Gracious bit h£r lip$ and look£d dowπ on th£ floor, lik£ a di$appoiπt€d ¢hild who$€ par€πt$ didπ’t k££p th£ir promi$€.
She had πo ¢hoi¢€ but to sit ba¢k dowπ, the humiliatioπ$ w£r£ b€¢omiπg uπb€arabl€.
How ¢ould p£ople£ b£ thi$ ¢ru€l, th£ir world’$ ar£ ju$t $o diff€reπt!”sh woπd€r€d, $tariπg at h£r ¢loth€$.
“Amber and phoenix”amber $¢offed, $tariπg iπt€πtl¥ at th€ lecturer, he’$ $o gettiπg fir£d!.
The lecturer w€πt oπ aπd oπ, till th£r£ w£r£ ju$t two p£opl£ l£ft.
“The la$t group m€mb€r$ for the day ar£ ji-yoo and–”
“Aiden”the boy ch¡pp£d in, ji-yoo wi$h£d th£ floor would ju$t $wallow him right that $€¢oπd.
The mor£ di$taπ¢€ h£ tri€$ makiπg iπ betw€€π th£m, th£ mor£ the uπiv€r$€ pull$ th£m clo$€r, $o $tupid!.
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HOURS LATER≈CAFETERIA>HIDDEN VILLE II**
“Ar€π’t we $uppo$€d to b£ b€$tie$?, why did you l£av£ without m€!”he walk£d to w£r£ $h£ wa$, and mad£ him$€lf ¢omf¥ a $it awa¥.
H£ fold£d hi$ arm$ tightl¥, €a¢h haπd b£low hi$ pit$!
Jung-hyun tilt£d her h£ad €l$€wh€r€, muπ¢hiπg h£r “priπgl€s“ ¢h¡p$, waitiπg for aπ apolog¥ from him for $πubbiπg h£r iπ cla$$ but it wa$ ju$t a wa$t€ of tim£.
“You’v£ got a n£w b€$t fri€πd, am $ur€ am πot π€€d€d aπ¥mor€!”ricardo bur$t€d into laught£r in$taπtl¥, €arπiπg a glar£ iπ r€turπ.
He unfold¢d his arm$, and mad£ to tou¢h h£r ch££k, but she $lapp€d hi$ haπd off.
“Doπ’t ¥ou dar£ tou¢h m£, am m*d at ¥ou” he r€tra¢t€d his haπd aπd $tar€d at h£r.
“You’re unr£pla¢£bl£ ok, doπ’t g£t fuππy id£a$ iπ your h£ad. $he’$ ju$t a girl who caught m¥ iπt€r€$t, aπd ¥ou’r€ my b€$ti€, th€¥ ar£ totall¥ two diff€r€πt thiπg$!”she $igh£d $adl¥, wi$hiπg the paiπ in h£r h£art would di$app€ar.
Th£y’v£ b€€π fri€πd$ $in¢€ ¢hildhood, £v£r¥wh£r£ h£ go£$, sh£ wa$ alway$ th£r£ too.
At $ixt€€n, she r£aliz£d she had b€gaπ to d£v£lop f€€liπg$ of lov£ for him, sh£ fe£l d€€pl¥, but he wa$ ju$t too bliπd to s££ it.
She’s never had the courag£ to €xpr€$$ how $h€ f€€l$ about him, it $till r€main$ $o, €v€π πow that the¥’r€ iπ “¢oll€g€“!.
“Th€re€’$ $om€thiπg–“.
“H£r£ ¥ou ar£, have b€€π lookiπg for ¥ou $in¢€ lik£ for£v£r!”a bruπ£tt£ ¢h¡pp€d iπ, walkiπg toward$ Ri¢ardo.
She’s dre$$€d iπ whit£ $hirt with r£d-duπgar€€$, r£d color£d footw£ar to go aloπg, aπd h£r bla¢k hair i$ up iπ two me$$¥ buπ$.
She wrapp£d h£r haπd arouπd hi$ wri$t, aπd pull£d him aloπg with h£r.
“I π€€d ¥ou to help with the proj€¢t, pr£tty plea$€€€€!”she gave him the pupp¥ £^£$ and it was hærd to turπ h£r dowπ.
“Fin£!”she hugg£d him tightl¥, th€π p€¢ked him oπ the ch££k.
“Thaπk ¥ou!, thaπk ¥ou!” he turπ€d hi$ gaz£ to Jung hyun, and wav£d hi$ haπd at h£r, b£for£ walkiπg away with Dawn.
As $ooπ a$ th€¥ w£r£ out of $ight, jung hyun l£t h£r t€ar$ fall fr££ly dowπ h£r fa¢€.
“It hurt$, it hurt$!”she h£ld her ch€$t and got chok£d by her owπ t£ar$.
Wat¢hiπg th£m di$pla¥ “lov£“ aπd “aff€¢tioπ“, mad£ h£r h£art $hatt£r into tiπ¥ pi€¢€$, it’$ πo loπg€r €a$¥ to €πdur€!.
Her phoπ€ b££p£d on th£ tabl£, iπdi¢atiπg she’$ got a m€$$ag€, she star£d at th£ $¢r€€π imm£diat£l¥.
“I WON’T B£ HOME TILL FIV£, IF MUM AND DAD CALL$ TO CH£CK UP ON M£, JUST T£LL TH£M TH£ U$UAL OKA¥?. DON’T A$K M£ WH£R£ I AM, I JU$T N££D $OM£ M£ TIM£, LOV£ ¥OU BIG SIS!”she roll£d h£r €y€$, and tor£ h£r gaz£ awa¥ from th£ phoπ€.
“I’m πot goππa giv£ up right πow, ri¢ardo $s miπe aπd oπl¥ miπ€!. I woπ’t l£t a total $traπg€r ruiπ what w£’v£ built tog£th£r, aπd r£ap from wh£r£ $h€ didπ’t $ow, πo wa¥!”she wip£d at her t€ar$, and w€πt through her proje¢t, that’$ the maiπ r€a$oπ she’$ th£r¢, apart from th£ fa¢t that she was $tarviπg.
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3PM≈BACK AT HIDDEN VILLE HIGH>THE WASHROOM**
Tiny dropl£t$ of wat£r could be h£ard, a$ the tap wa$ $wit¢h€d oπ, b¥ $om€oπ€!.
“Urgh, m¥ h£ad hurt$ lik£ ¢raz¥!”she $pla$h€d wat£r oπ h£r fa¢€ and hair, th€π $wit¢h€d th£ tap off.
Wh€π th£ a¢hiπg $ub$id€d a bit, sh£ walk£d to the door aπd twi$t£d the kπob$.
She walk£d out of the r€$troom, her h£ad bow£d dowπ, pa¥iπg πo att€πtioπ to w£r£ $h£ wa$ goiπg.
“Ou¢h!”she bump£d iπto the wall, at l€a$t that’$ what $he thought, b£for£ $h€ lift£d up h£r h£ad, and m£t with hi$ p€€riπg gaz£
“Am $o $orr¥!,i–” he tou¢h€d her $hould£r, and th£ rat£ at whi¢h h£r h£art wa$ b£atiπg, iπ¢r€a$€d to a “100%“.
It was palpitatiπg uπ¢ontrollabl¥, she’$ n£v£r f£lt that wa¥ b£for£, it’$ $traπg£!.
“You don’t need to apologis$€, am totall¥ at fault for loo$iπg m¥ $eπ$¥ of r€a$oπiπg. I couldπ’t thiπk $traight, a$ i noti¢€d a gorg€ou$ figur£ walkiπg toward$ m¥ dir£¢tioπ!”she blu$h€d, th€π look€d iπ th£ dire¢tioπ of th£ €πtraπ¢€.
“It wa$ πi¢€ m€€tiπg ¥ou, aπd am $orr¥ oπ¢€ agaiπ. I’v£ r£all¥ got to go, m¥ frieπd’$ waitiπg for m£!”she mad£ to l£av£, but h£ lo¢k£d h£r haπd with hi$.
“I didπ’t get ¥our name, would ¥ou be kiπd €πough to $har€ it with m£?”he rai$€d hi$ brow$ and $mil€d at h€r $h€€pi$hl¥.
“Am gracious, and ¥ou ar£?”he $tr£t¢h£d hi$ haπd for a $hak£, lo¢k£d €¥€$ with her, b£for£ partiπg hi$ lip$ to $p€ak.
“Billy Norman!”her lip$ ¢urv€d into a $hort $mil€, th€π sh£ brok£ th£ €¥€ ¢oπta¢t, ¢au$€ it wa$ g£ttiπg @wkward.
TBC
Who lik€$ aiden?, i lov£ him already!…☺️
Amber your match is here!….😝
Gracious has just m£t the D€VIL hims£lf……🥹
Who’s your favorite character?…🤔
Don’t get confu$ed ok!, read $l-ow-ly!…😌