Piano

[RuetheDay]

The big oak boor stood desolate as, Rue could practically feel the derelict of the old room. She reached for the brass knob carefully, grasping it tightly she shoved the door open as to reveal the dark forlorn haven. String, brass, woodwinds lined the room in various corners, music sheets, stands but the first to catch her eye was the grad piano in a lone corner. It stood in solitary, a fine work of craftsmanship, carved so skillfully, its detail extravagant, perhaps, a Steinway?

She wandered toward it thoughtlessly leaving the door ajar... running her hand over the smooth dark wood, she couldn't help but wonder if she still remembered that song...

It was one of the few fragments of her past that returned to her over time... That kind and gentle voice, and that song... Rue smiled fondly at the instrument, running her hand across it till she reached the bench. Slipping herself onto it as she flattened out her dress over her legs, she lifted the fall delicately as if not to harm it or leave trace of her entrance.

She smiled with blithe for the first time in what seemed the longest time. Resting her fingerless gloved hands on the key board she began with the first note, the gentle notes of the old song flowed so easily...

"There'll be girls across the nation that will eat this up. Babe, I know that it's your soul but could you bottle it up and get down to the heart of it. No it's my heart you're **** out of your luck..." She sang clearly, her voice rang through the room's amazing acoustics, she smiled as she sang. "Don't make me tell you again... My love, love, love, love... Love, love, love, love..."

She couldn't remember a name, not a face, not a clue... all she could remember was the song he used to love, such a beautiful song...

"I am aiming to be somebody this somebody trusts with her delicate soul, I don't claim to know much. Except soon as you start to make room for the parts that aren't you it gets harder to bloom in a garden of..."

It wasn't his but in a way it was the only thing she had to identify him with...

"Love, love, love, love... Love, love, love, love...."

It was the most treasured memory of hers but the heavy grief it brought by her longing for more of it...

"Only thing I ever could need, only one good thing worth trying to be and it's..."

Such tainting that she wished she could remember... remember the rest...

"Love, love, love... l-love..." She murmured the last as she stopped playing she starred at the keyboard, the melancholy longing for a fleeting memory... if she could find that person perhaps... The tears began to seep slowly, mucking her vision, ruing her eye liner which now streaked her pale face... Her expression solemn as she knew she would never find that person. Not a chance...

[shade]

As she was slowly walking down the hallway Shade noticed a strange melody simply dancing from the band room with short pauses here and there as if the player had forgotten part of the music. Shade peered curiously around the thick wooden door to see the source of the song that had entranced her. Her large browns eyes that seemed to have a light of their own pierced the dark dust filled room as her large purple top hat fell askew showing for a moment the very thing that brought her here.
Quickly righting her hat, Shade crept into the room like a wolf stalking prey so as not to alarm the new girl sitting at the piano. Shade quietly lowered herself onto a small dusty chair with an even dustier violin beside it. She sat a listened to the song unnoticed by the pianist that Shade recognized as Rue who insisted on being called Rue the Day.
Shade’s ADD mind quickly wandered to other thoughts as she sat such as why was this band room empty? Why didn’t anyone have band class that she had met yet? And why on earth did her hat keep falling off?! Still as quiet as a mouse Shade slipped her large top hat off quickly to adjust the band on it, so that it would stay on better. Once the hat, which Shade had named Marcie, was safely back on her head Shade noticed that the music had stopped and stood abruptly accidently knocking the music stand beside her down. With expert hands Shade grabbed the music stand before it fell and Rue seemed to notice nothing. Shade crept over to the girl on the piano bench and lightly put her hand on the girl’s shoulder.

[RuetheDay]

When a hand fell upon Rue's shoulder she jumped, looking up at the girl. She hadn't realised there to be any spectators.

"Hi, um, Shade right?" Rue murmured, her gray eyes still fixated on the keyboard.

She was only half conscious to what was happening, losing herself in her thoughts once more, the endless daze. She hated how weak she was, one of her greatest problems, she would cry so easily over the simplest things.

[shade]

“That was pretty” murmured Shade a little taken aback by the fact that she had frightened the girl slightly. Shade’s ADD kick started again and she started wondering why the girl had tears on her cheeks and why she was so pale. Shade who felt a little uncomfortable in the awkward silence sat down in her violin chair and shifted uncomfortably. “um…” started Shade “did you write it?”

[RuetheDay]

Rue became quiet with that question, she wished she knew whom had wrote it. If she had written something like that, what an acomplishment. Rue never wrote any songs worth actually playing, she could even read notes well.

"No..." Rue murmured, letting her red hair fall around her face as se continued to bore her eyes into the keyboard. "I'm honestly not sure..."

[shade]

“Hhmmm…..” Shade sat quietly thinking of how to make conversation with the girl with such pretty red hair…… “Crap!! Focus you stupid girl! There has to be something to talk about! Maybe I can teach something pretty like the dancing butterfly or….hey! I wonder if she can read music that would be great then may….Focus focus focus! OH I know what to say!” “Um… Rue? Do you know… oomph!” Shade stood up uncertainly to walk over to the girl and forgot about the music stand in front of her and painfully tripped over it and landed thoroughly embarrassed in front of Rue the Day.

[RuetheDay]

Rue sighed standing up, pushing the stool back beneath piano and walked over to where Shade lie on the floor and extended a hand.

"Ca va?" Rue asked stifling a giggle.

[shade]

Shade blushed an extremely bright shade of red and she could feel her ears burn as they always got hot when she was embarrassed. Looking into Rue’s pretty grey eyes she thought about taking the hand. “hmmm if I take her hand it might mean that we would be friends but if I didn’t take her hand would it be considered a threat? And what does Ca va mean? Was she making fun of me? Am I being silly for questioning her? Her hair is really pretty! Heck yes I’m being too silly!!” after a few awkward minutes Shade smiled and giggled at her silliness and took Rue’s hand with an iron grip and pulled herself up using Rue’s weight to counter her own weight. With a huge stupid smile on her face Shade finaly could hold it no longer. “your hair is pretty!”

[RuetheDay]

Rue raised an eyebrow to this statement. Wtf? That's a strange thing to say to someone when you first meet... and its apparent she doesn't speak French.

This girl scares me. Leave. Rei warned.

Rue ignored Rei. Rei was scared by lots of people, didn't quite matter but by far this girl was strange.

"Um... right then." Rue answered a bit confused. Perhaps the girl hit her head too hard when she fell. Oh well.

[shade]

“Umm…” Shade was at a lose of words even in her head which for her was a very strange thing. Shade started looking at her feet it wasn’t every day somebody had decided to talk to her and this girl seemed nice she didn’t want to ruin her chance at getting a friend. But what was she to say? ”ummmm” Shade was staling until she found something to say but at that very moment she saw what she dreaded most at this moment. Shade’s eyes widened quickly as she took a glimpse at the window and be held what she had not seen for months. Of course she was grateful to see it was al right but in front of Rue?! Shade knew she would be in big trouble if anyone found out so she quickly turned Rue away from the window and grimaced almost painfully.

[RuetheDay]

Rue stood staring at the girl in confusion.

"Are you okay...?"

Her empathy began to pick up on the waves the girl was sending, pain, intense pain, Rue winced.

Rue!!! What's going on?????? Rei squealed.

[shade]

“um ya fine!” Shade said hastily while forcing a empathy link to the creature outside. “go away go away! Someone else is in hear with me!”. The creature apparently got the message and left quickly and Shade forced herself to relax at least a fraction. Shade smiled uncertainly at Rue. “um you look really sick. Are you ok?”

[RuetheDay]

The random surge of pain stopped and Rue looked around in confusion. Where did that come from...?

"Um, I look sick...?" Rue asked. "i'm normally this pale if that's what you mean... I'm fine."

Rue, that came from her. I don't know why but it did. I don't know what it is but something is up here. Get out. Hurry, Rue! Now! Rei yelled.

Rue continued to stare at Shade in utter confusion probing her with her skeptical, critic's look for an answer. Drawing none. This troubled her greatly.

[shade]

“What’s wrong?” Shade gave Rue a long confused look and hoped to any god that out there that Rue would not be her room mate. Shade had a very suspicious feeling that her brain was being probed a feeling that she had gotten before and Shade’s feelings were usually right. “What’s going on Rue?” Asked Shade as she put on her I’m not silly anymore I mean business now look.

[RuetheDay]

Rue's eyes flashed red in an almost playful manor, she tilted her head cluelessly and smiled in the most suspicious of ways.

"Oh, nothing." She said still smiling. "Nothing at all."

Rue's steps were light on the wood floor as she wandered toward the door. Rei remained quiet as even she was confused by what Rue was thinking.