Not on the Books

The fact that I had a wounded hand made aunt less reactive to my colored hair. Moreover , she seemed intrigued by Joonie as he appreciated her paintings and commented on it . I could say she was wishing for him in my place but it don't always happen that way. She have to bear with what she got .

As days passed , me and Joonie became closer to each other. We were the most inseperable friends in the entire school. We stuck to each other as if we've been superglued . He helped me in my studies and my marks changed too. We were each other's comfort zone.

One day as I was going to my second hour class , someone grabbed my arm and pulled me into a class room and shut the door behind me .

"What the fuc ........" I shouted but a hand covered my mouth . I was shocked just to be relieved to see it was none other than Joonie.

"mmmm mmmm mmm mmm ?" I asked in a muffled voice. He giggled and took his hand away letting me speak properly.

"Whats wrong with you? " I asked rubbing my arm which was a bit sore from the sudden pull he gave me .

"We are skipping school today " he said excited .

" Is it really coming from your mouth ?" I gaped at him eyes widening.

" Yes yes " he said still excited.

"But what is it for ?" I asked raising one of my eyebrow up

" You will know " he said .

We waited for a bit long in that room. It seemed as if he was trying so hard to suppress his excitement in . After making sure everybody was in class , we slowly sneaked out of the room and then out of school.

"Where are we going exactly ?" I asked Joon who was jamming to a random song coming from his stereo. He said nothing but smiled. I was so curious but still I try to contain it .

"Now get out " he said parking his car in the side parking in a crowded road .

"Here ?" I asked looking around me in total confusion .

"Just be quick we are already late " he said taking something from the back door .Before even seeing what it was , he took my hand and quickly jostled past the crowd . But i did saw what it was , it was a guitar , it was my guitar .

" How the hell do you have that ?" then I realized where I was , it was the Julliede school of music . They were holding auditions for the next year entrees . I remember casually mentioning to him that I wanted to get in there someday but I frankly never even thought of applying .

"Yes its yours " he said with a happy smile . " Hold this now " he handed it to me while he talked to a lady in a reception table taking out some papers and showing it to her .

" please sign here " she said smiling at me . I took the pen from Namjoon and signed my name there .She handed me a piece of paper in return I was still spaced out . I never even thought I could come here one day . And now . I was suddenly petrified .

" Come this way " a man in black led the way to me . Namjoon was with me as we reached the backstage .

" Next 1098 " I glanced at the paper in my hand and it said 1099 .

I looked at Joonie and he was the happiest of I've ever seen him .

"Joonie , I don't think I can do this " I said nervously.

"What ?" he asked as his face dropped .

" I've never performed for such a big crowd and I don't think I can sing like her " I pointed to the girl who was doing high notes on stage .

He gazed at me for a moment and said ,"Look here , you don't have to sing like her because you are you . You just sing like you . As far as I know, you are an amazing singer and an equally amazing person . Its okay even if you can't get in . We will do it next year . As long as you are there , just have fun and show them what you are . And trust me its going to be incredible. However this is going to go , it doesn't matter .You love performing for crowd don't ya ? Just perform for them , just perform for those people whom you love , perform for yourself " he finished with a touching smile.

Somehow that boosted me up. He always had his way with words that had an empathetic power . I went and hugged him so tight. Even though he hated cuddling and things like that he giggled and hugged me back " You are gonna do great" he said patting me.

"Next up is 1099" my number was called. I took a deep breath and walked up the stairs to the stage .