[Wednesday, Afternoon]I"ve been walking around for some time and I"ve already eaten more bread than I should. The problem is that Lily"s bread stand is too good. The whole corridor was crowded and I had to wait in line for a while but it was worth it. I don"t have any plans for today, I told Ruby I"d see her Music performance and I guess I"ll go see the Drama performance with Kaylee. Both the performances are an hour apart and won"t last longer than 30 minutes so my day isn"t exactly hard.
"Hey, dude. Come to watch?" Outside in the queue for the drama performance, Ethan stood eating some of Lily"s bread.
"You like the bread as well?"
"Of course. I"ve been snacking on it all day. They are expected to perform the best out of everything else." He replied.
"Are you here to support Kaylee?" I asked.
"Stupid question, I"m going to all her shows."
Isn"t that a bit too much? Aren"t they doing this show 5 times today? Will he really be at all of them?
The show started several minutes later, the two of us sat down next to each other at the back. I attempted to talk to Ethan just before the start but was quickly silenced. He even attempted to pull out flags and merchandise with Kaylee"s face on it. Luckily I stopped him before everyone judged me for knowing him. I just wish he would take off the gla.s.ses with Kaylee"s face on the lenses.
The performance started and the crowd watched closely. Kaylee"s acting entranced the audience with ease. It felt so real that she had the whole audience locked onto her. She controlled the stage and her presence felt as if we were watching someone who had spent their whole life on the stage.
It was about a child and his mother. Kaylee played the mother. It shows the life of the two of them dealing with nothing. The child ends up getting bullied and resorts to a life of violence and drugs, destroying his mother emotionally. The relationship built throughout made me feel kinda lonely. Maybe because I"m always alone without my parents. Even now everyone"s parents are at this festival, except mine.
The play ended with an explosive finale. I was trying to hold back the tears but it was useless. Ethan next to me felt the same way. I"d even say he focused more on the performance then he did Kaylee. The amount of effort they put into this was inspiring. It"s a shame I"m good at procrastinating and will never be inspired.
"Man! That was so good!" After the performance, Ethan and I went behind the stage to speak to the lead actress, Kaylee. Were we looking at a future star?
"Thanks, guys! I"m glad you enjoyed it."
"It was amazing. You were amazing, everyone was amazing." I wonder if Ethan thought it was amazing?
"Thanks! My parents should be coming to the next show so I hope they enjoy it."
"P-p-parents?" Ethan said unprepared for this moment.
"Of course! Aren"t yours here." She asked.
I have a feeling Ethan"s parents are here but he has told them nothing about Kaylee.
"Haha, yeah they are," Ethan said. "They seem to be a bit busy so they are coming later, I think."
"Really? Bella told me she was also coming to the next one."
"Wow, isn"t that amazing!" I said. "Both Bella AND your parents? I heard Ethan is also staying for the next one. Maybe you can introduce them?"
"WHAT!?" Ethan screamed. "I-i mean… Sorry, I promised Ruby I"d watch her performance with Owen. Yep, that"s what I did. I"m sorry I won"t be able to meet them this time."
Smooth… Real smooth…
"Come on Owen." He said pushing me away. "Let"s go, We"ll be late. See you around. I"ll be back!"
Jesus when will these two stop flirting. Ethan missed his important opportunity to meet the parents.
"What a coward," I said.
"Shut it. I"m not mentally prepared for this."
We walked to the stage of Ruby"s performance. Although it was expected to do well it seemed rather empty. This room could easily fit around 300 people, but there must be less than 50.
There are still around 10 minutes so hopefully, people will show up.
"Do you think people will show up?" Ethan asked.
"I hope so. Would be upsetting considering she went through the effort to write an original song."
"Wow, A cla.s.sical piece?" He asked.
"Nope, rock I"m guessing."
We both stood at the back in silence, as the timer counted down the numbers started to fill, but it didn"t look like anyone else would show up.
"Hey, Look over there." Ethan pointed to someone who just walked in. "is that her mum?"
"Looks like it," I said making minimal eye contact.
"Is her step-dad going to appear?" Ethan asked.
"Probably not. He isn"t that type of person."
"Oh, I see." Ethan didn"t say anything else. He sat forward and watched as the musicians took to the stage.
Ruby"s group were second. It wasn"t easy going first, especially with this small crowd. The first group needs to try their best to draw the biggest crowd for the following groups, but it looks like that won"t happen. After their performance ended, Ruby came to the front of the stage. Along with her band. She stood in front of the microphone and calmed her nerves.
"You look nervous," Ethan whispered to me.
"Shut up." He wasn"t wrong. I was nervous. I didn"t know what is going to happen. I know she can sing but I don"t know about composing a rock song.
"H-h.e.l.lo, everyone." Ruby began to speak. "We don"t have a band name yet but we are members of the music club."
She didn"t have the attention of the audience, it was painful to watch but there were very few people in this room fully focused.
"We are going to be playing a song I wrote called Troublesome Past. I hope you enjoy it."
The band took a while to get themselves composed before the started. The drummer counted them in whilst the guitarists accompanied. It wasn"t until Ruby started singing, that her powerful voice brought us in. Her voice was raw emotion, and different from what she normally sings. The audience that was half asleep jumped out of their seats The band were perfectly in sync and Ruby"s lyrics had us mesmerized. The whole time the drummer and guitarist were stealing the show, but Ruby wasn"t backing down either. She displayed her talent fully to us today. The audience were all jumping up and down, cheering for more. I didn"t realise until it was over that I turned around to notice a full room behind me.
It was clear Ruby was worn out, her hair was a mess and she was sweating, but her smile when the cheers happened. Was something I don"t think she, or even I, will be forgetting.
"She was so good," Ethan said. "Are you going to go up and talk to her?"
I could hear Ethan talking but part of me didn"t listen. I knew what he said but I was too focused on the song.
"I"m sorry, what did you say?" I asked.
"Are you going to see her?" He repeated.
"Oh, no. I don"t think I will."
"Why not?" Ethan begged. "You have to go see her. She probably wants you to give feedback."
"Hmm. I don"t really have anything to say. Maybe I"ll message her later or something."
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I didn"t do much after the performance, I went home quickly and didn"t think of anything. I texted Ruby that evening congratulating her about the performance. Rumours even began circulating about her song, saying that she"ll form a band and continue writing. I honestly couldn"t say if the rumour will come true. That"s for her to decide. But, if she wished to continue this path, I wouldn"t see anything wrong with it.