Singing

"So where were you the whole time?" Tessie inquired starring at Rachael,Rachael turned to face her after looking at Patrick.

"I don’t feel comfortable talking here. Let’s go." Rachael said, grabbing her hand.

"Bye baby." Tessie waves at Patrick, and he walks away.

Rachael dragged Tessie to music class and sighted Lisa and her friends in the front row.

"What is she doing here?" Rachael inquired, asking no one in particular.

"Oh, you mean Lisa, who knows?" Tessie muttered, and they both settled into the second row.

"I went to live with Steve." Rachael muttered in a low tone.

"Wow, you mean the most handsome boy in school." Tessie muttered.

"Yes, he saved me when I was trying to commit suicide and he took me home." Rachael replied.

"Awwn, I am so jealous. Why did you go back home?" Tessie asked bluntly.

"It’s because the FBI found me. I have no option but to go back home if I don’t want them to arrest Steve."

"That’s good. I miss you a lot." Tessie muttered, giving her a light hug.

"I miss you too, although I was here the whole time." Rachael mumbled.

"What do you mean by you being here the whole time?"

"Never mind, the teacher is here." Rachael said, adjusting in her seat.

"Music class, it’s our time to shine. We are having a talent show next week." The teacher announced, and all the students started cheering.

Everyone, including Rachael, exclaimed, "Whooo!"

"I wanted to test your singing abilities, I know not all of you can sing, so I will give you the privilege to come out by yourself." The teacher muttered and Rachael stood up from her seat, followed by some other girls and Lisa. There were six in number.

"What are you doing here? I thought you hated singing. " Rachael whispers in Lisa’s ear.

"Who said I hate singing." Lisa muttered rolling her eyes.

"I want all of you to sing for us, and we will decide on the person with the sweetest voice, and that person will become the class captain." The teacher muttered, dragging a chair to the front of the class. She sat on the chair and looked at the girls.

Lisa pushes one of the girls out, and the girl takes the mic from the teacher. She started singing, and all the students put their hands in her ear.

"Get out!!" one of the boys yelled, throwing garbage at her.

"It’s okay, you can go." The teacher said, and the girl closed her face and handed the mic to the teacher.

Lisa pushed the other girls to sing, and it was left to her and Rachael to sing.

The last girl finished singing, and it was their turn.

"Why don’t you sing first." Rachael said, smiling from ear to ear.

"Stop showing me your dirty smile. I will sing." Lisa remarks and takes the mic from the teacher.

Lisa put the mic in her mouth and looked around.

She started singing. It was nothing special, just a girl trying to force her voice to be beautiful.