Squinting open my tightly shut eyes, I saw my friends all standing in their glory around me, defending me as if I was a damsel. I let a light laugh suppress my lips as I saw the guys struggling to ‘escort’ Khuslen away. I felt a hand on my shoulder. “You okay?” Adi asked me with concern, I nodded swiftly, trying not to raise anymore trouble than I had already caused for the night.
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The rest of the night was calm, I mean, there were a couple drinks shared here and there but nothing too major. We sang, laughed, and danced....but not too extreme, I didn’t want to get kicked out just because of my silly friends.
I had a smile pasted on my lips almost the whole night, then that happened... Mrs.Sunnidey headed to our stage and announced that kids were able to come up and perform, allowing her to choose the ‘Night’s Queen and King’ my heart crashed almost as fast as the corners of my lips dropped into a frown. My face flushed red, leaving my mind in a cluster of everything.
I raised my eyes to see that Prisha wasn’t doing any better–in fact, I think she was actually panicking more than I was– I know we didn’t HAVE to perform, but the guys were jerks and kept shouting and pointing to us like there was literally no tomorrow. I shouted at them to piss off but they didn’t care. Matters were made worse when she looked at us with hope in her eyes through the crowds of unbothered students.
“Clarissa DS?” My name rang through my ears like a bullet. I wanted to just fall back and hide in a hole. “Prisha Naidu” I almost choked out a sarcastic laugh but I held back. She beckoned is over and assured us to leave our shy shells and take a deep breath. I looked at her as she trembled in fear. My face washed over with pity as I tugged on her blouse. “Pwisha!” I squeaked out, her eyes quivered towards me.
“Guitar??” I asked her, watching her calm down in an instant. I smiled warmly at her and turned to our Co-ordinator. “Miss? Do you have a guitar?” I think we have a song” She nodded swiftly and turned on her heel to grab the instrument. She soon returned with a beautiful and glossy guitar. It was blood-shot red with a white line through the middle. She handed it to Prisha as I googled the lyrics for our song. Sharp and quick tunes erupted from her guitar as she adjusted it.
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We were both ready to perform. I held the lyrics in my left hand and a mic in my right. Slowly Prisha began and I followed suit:
((Bold is Clar, Italics is Prisha))
La da da da da484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWLy88O8IV
I'm gonna bury you in the ground484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1D2dOAMhH
La da da da da484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKb48UnzSSl
I'm gonna bury you with my sound484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSg94GwZ6K
I'm gonna, drink the red484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vzzhssvJz
From your pretty pink face484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlxjFQbRbE
I'm gonna
Oh,you don't like that?484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdv0yeUdLc
Or you just not like me?
Sorry I don't treat you like a God484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJlR0hIPpx
Is that what you want me to do?484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreGrCNKlE7
Sorry I don't treat you like you're perfect484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxsCpmA8Tg
Like all you little loyal subjects do484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAR1UNGgRbk
Sorry I'm not made of sugar484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6XxySdv5C
Am I not sweet enough for you?
Is that why you always avoid me?484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuLNUzcmd3
I must be such an inconvenience to you!484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6hlRvAZ0a
Well, I'm just your problem!484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstnzMI6AMp
Well, I'm just your problem484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4MV0ufavt
It's like I'm not even a person, am I?484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZTZ3fxzhz
I'm just your problem484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3d0N3eNbyL
I shouldn't have to justify what I do484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlvwRDlbFQ
I shouldn't have to prove anything to you
I'm sorry that I exist484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhDYfdBfCS
I forget what landed me on your black list but484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpsdPSSCXR
I shouldn't have to be the one484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugjTilX8YH
Who makes up with you, so484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTsy3ySIb6
Why do I want to?484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMAtNfiR2E
Why do I want to?
I don't have a clue484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjf865Xhgar
I'm asking you, so484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0LCmYlJMq
Why do I want to?
And I guess that's why484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXy7NETO6W
I gonna bury you in the ground484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsR37EAjdf
And baby that's, why484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdekzTFHFr6
I wanna bury you with my sound
I'm sorry that it's this way484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpbJKDIaQC
I don't know what to else to say484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5tlw0swc3
'Cause I didn't mean to push all my friends away
'Cause I'm just your problem484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3LPx9nh0P
And, I'm just your problem
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We finished the song with our faces scarlet as if we had just finished a marathon of some sort. We headed off the stage with our steaming faces glowing like lightbulbs through the crowds of whistles and claps. I hid my face from the others and sat with Prisha.
“Prisha can we go home?” I nudged her, she nodded and we headed back to our dorm with sleepy eyes. I smiled lazily at her as she did too, “We did good” she admitted, I nodded, “I wanna sleep” I yawned, “Yeah, and I want cookies” she pouted. I laughed at her childishness as I dialled in to our group for them to get some cookies on their way back.
I carried myself upstairs where I plugged in my earphones, poking them in my ears and playing some music that I soon drifted off to.
Tonight was fun...
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