Twisted Strings [MONSTER EDITING - Read at your own risk]

So long we walked

Chapter 19: So long we Walked

‘’Are you excited?’’ I glanced at Lars whose attention was on the road but a grin played across his lips. I had been thinking along the same lines. Excited wouldn’t even begin to describe the feeling. There was anxiety, curiosity and nervousness. I wouldn’t say that I lacked confidence because we were prepared for this quite well and I had trust on our skills.

Since I missed the last round, playing in front of the judges left me with mixed emotions. They were going to hear us critically, take out our faults and it made me conscious. Even if I thought I was prepared, what if I was wrong? What if I still need improvement?

‘’Of course she’ll be excited you dumbass.’’ He cast a narrowed eyed look in the back view mirror at Rhodes who was squeezed tightly between Lana and Stella pitifully.

‘’This is not fair, I called shotgun.’’ I heard Lana grumble, we were using Lars car, he only offered ride to me but Stella’s chauffeur was on leave so we didn’t have choice. And Rhodes kept reminding me how poor both of us were and how worthless my bike proved to be. All three of them kept throwing nasty glances in our direction. Lars was being biased here but I wouldn’t say I was ungrateful. Sitting in front was better than being crushed on the back seat by two more people.

‘’How much further?’’

‘’Little bit more; they changed the location this time. I don’t get it really, what good would that do?’’

‘’Last time I checked you aren’t the authority here.’’

‘’But I am the authority in this car. And if you utter another word, I will throw you out, and I am not even joking.’’

‘’And how comical is that.’’

‘’I heard that.’’ I put a hand on his shoulder, and gave him a stern look, ‘’Focus on the road, I don’t have intention to die young.’’

‘’Anything for you Violet,’’ he smiled in my direction,’’ but I am serious about throwing him out. It will be a bit exciting for him to hike a bit.’’

‘’Just try it.’’ Lars opened his mouth to speak but I interrupted him, listening to boys bickering was not the best thing in the world and sometimes this reminds me of silly arguments between Brooke and Melissa I used to over hear in class about whose abs (from the school team) are worth licking. It was rather annoying.

‘’Would Mr. Flynn be there as well?’’

‘’He is not exactly a judge Violet,’’ Stella answered, ‘’ He was assigned on this town’s contestants to explain the process of the rounds and help in any way possible.’’

‘’If we get enough marks from all three rounds, we’ll be selected and then we have to battle with some other bands from around the city as a finale.’’ Lars finished, flashing me a reassuring look, ‘’we’ll make it to the end, with all it takes.’’ I nodded in response, my nerves jittering more by every passing second.

By the end of third round, three bands were going to be selected, and how much of a chance was there for us? We had certainly become strong, perhaps one of the best, but we weren’t the only ones.

‘’We will, I don’t wanna lose to those suck ups.’’ I knew well whom Rhodes was referring to and suddenly my palms began to feel clammy.

The memory of the kiss came back to me, heating me all over again. It was hardly believable for me and I hadn’t told about it to anyone. Even Rhodes, whom I would never hide a single thing. But I knew he wouldn’t like me making out with our rival. And it wasn’t like I was the one who made the first move; it was all Oliver’s doing. Not that I regret it either…it was too awesome for that.