//Cue da music later(when i say)//

Kendra's POV

So I guess today is the day. The day when parents will attend to watch us embarrass ourselves. Speaking of parents, I missed them. I guess this year's Assembly won't have that much meaning to me.

"Oi! Kendra!" Shawn called me. "It's practice time!"

Hearing that, I stood up, grab my guitar and walked up to them. We still have the half the day for preparations before 1pm. We just finished checking our attendance and it's a fine day. So what could possibly go wrong?

...

.....

"Eh?"

"EH!!!???"

"What do you mean Seb was absent?!" I shouted, confused of the situation.

"He's absent meaning he's not here." Glasses guy (Shawn) explained.

"Then who shall sing his part?" Rufino asked, with a hint of worriedness in his voice.

"Well..." Scapream's placed his hand under his chin as he began thinking. "If I sing that, I would have 3 solos already which I thought was unfair. Rufino and Ethan doesn't like singing too much and they now have their own part. Cydney and Sarge doesn't know how to sing and I agree on that since they kinda sounds horrible."

"Oi!" a shout of Cyd's was heard from the background.

"And all that's left is no other than..." 4-eyes then faced me. Followed by the rest of the members.

"What? Why are you all looking at me?" questioning the look on their faces which is turning into an akward silence... Then that's when it hits me. "Oh no... Oh no, no, no, no, no! There's no way I'm going to sing!"

"But you had no choice." Shawn said. "Besides, mostly everyone here have high hopes for you."

"That's one reason why I don't wanna." I signed, remembering an encounter with someone when I was little.

"Looks like I'm taking it." the leader gave up. "But please reconsider."

*12:00pm*

'🎶Sweep... Sweep... Sweep. Sweep... Sweep...🎶'

I volunteered in helping with the cleaning 'cuz it's not like I had something better to do than just sitting outside the classroom. Using this time to think, I thought of the events that happens on the practice days.

*Maynard had trouble with the mic since we can't hear a from him even if he uses it. It works fine when Zyanna handles it though.

*Sean being a showoff.

*Punched Seb on the stomach, causing him to cry a 'bit. (True event) I wasn't in the mood that time 'till I hit him. I still felt guilty actually. It's probably the reason why he's absent.

*Saw Halia after quite a while now. Also learning that she could play the ukulele.

*Jill nearly choked me... I think. It doesn't feel like a choke at all but it does felt painful to to neck.

*And lastly, caught Diane staring at me for 3 times even if tried escaping eye contact. Also, she was rarely quiet for some reason when she suddenly dropped in front of me her 1/4 pad paper with written love quotes on the 1st page. I was very confused of her behavior last time. She didn't even said anything when I returned it to her after I red it (assuming she lend it to me). Also, I never knew she was interested in those.

"All right! That's enough of cleaning!" Mrs. Sancho yelled. "Go call the others to line up outside for their places of the stage!"

I returned the broom and the dustpan in the cabinet beside the blackboard then went to join my mates.

*Timeskip*

We're sitting Indian style on the floor and infront of us are our empty chairs. We have 3 rows of lines and my position is at the very (my) right of the 3rd row. The hosts are at the side (left) ready with their speech.

"Let's do one last round before the final presentation." our teacher requested.

Everything seems to go well and we don't have any trouble. Maybe.

As for my observations, the mic still won't work for Maynard, the Quote Boys are not giving too much effort, Jill is speaking a bit too fast on her poem. I don't even understand a thing!

Welp. At least it won't be problematic like last time.

*1:00 pm*

We're all in our places, waiting patiently for the parents to come over. This should take a while.

*Timeskip to 5 minutes*

It's taking quite some time, ey? I wanna go home now and play VG's. This will not be giving me any "fun" anyhow.

"Kendra" says a soul. I looked to my right and ther's our teach. The door is open if you ever wonder. "I need you to pass this roses to everyone. Including the MC's."

"Ok..?" Then, she left the roses outside and went. I watched her leave and faced at the flowers. They're tied together inside a half - cut plastic container filled with water.

I grabbed them.

...

...and...

...

...accidentally fell the container.

"Ah..." I daze at the water as it flows. "Oops..."

My seatmates saw it coming towards them and quickly stood. I, too did, running to the bathroom to look for the mop. Unfortunately, there isn't. Dashing back, I came up with a method. I took the papers that lie by the wall and placed it at the water. Good thing they're scraps.

As the papers are doing it's job on absorbing the liquid, I picked up the flowers. It caused my jeans to get wet a bit.

When that's done, I sat back down later than the rest. Since the roses are tied together, and I can't take it off, I thought of someone.

"Yo! Scissorgirl!" whispering loudly at Jill. "Scissorgirl!"

She still can't hear me.

"Jill!" I called her out again. "Jill S. Windstorm!"

She then faced at me. Finally! I showed her a hand sign of scissors. She understood but answered that her scissors are in her bag. Eh?! For the 1st record in history, the Scissorgirl doesn't have her scissors with her!

I asked Yasmine, the Scissorgirl #2, if she has, and luckily, yes. But she's unsure if she'll pass it or not since I didn't answer her because I already found a pair of scissors hiding behind the container.

I passed the roses to everyone once the tie was cut. We stayed a bit silent while parents and guardians came in the room.

*Timeskip to another 5 minutes again*

"Okay, everyone." Zyanna catches our attention. "Please settle down for the assembly to start."

(Am'ma skip mostly everything)

Now that all is ready, it shall begin. Maynard and Zyanna gave a greeting to the parents, Jess leads the opening prayer followed by the opening remarks which was prepared by Athena.

Before the groups would start performing, we'll start with our opening song, "Salamat" by Yeng Constantino. Shawn, Rufino, Maynard, Cydney, Sarge and me stood to get our instruments. We sat in front of the audience for them to watch our mates. They stood up too once we're ready setting. Once we played, they begun singing.

There are actions but very simple. Like stepping forward then backward. Sometimes, it was alternate.

After we're done with that, the 1st group then went and dance a BTS song. Andrew can't follow the steps very much as for Aquila, she has a bit less energy on dancing. The 2nd dancing group is fine too, just that Rob has very less energy on performing. And nest is... us...

Me, together with my group mates stood again to get our instruments and fixed ourselves on the stage.

When we're all settled, our lead singer started.

//Cue da music//

Shawn:
🎶Loving can hurt, loving can hurt sometimes
But it's the only thing that I know
When it gets hard, you know it can get hard sometimes
It is the only thing makes us feel alive🎶

🎶We keep this love in a photograph
We made these memories for ourselves
Where our eyes are never closing
Hearts are never broken
And time's forever frozen still🎶

All:
🎶So you can keep me
Inside the pocket of your ripped jeans
Holding me closer 'til our eyes meet
You won't ever be alone, wait for me to come home🎶

Well, well, well... Everything seems to be great... for now.

Rufino:
🎶Loving can heal, loving can mend your soul
And it's the only thing that I know, know
I swear it will get easier
Remember that with every piece of you
Hm, and it's the only thing we take with us when we die🎶

Shawn: 🎶Hmm...🎶

Ethan:
🎶We keep this love in this photograph
We made these memories for ourselves
Where our eyes are never closing
Hearts were never broken
And time's forever frozen still🎶

All:
🎶So you can keep me
Inside the pocket of your ripped jeans
Holding me closer 'til our eyes meet
You won't ever be aloneAnd if you hurt me
That's okay baby, only words bleed
Inside these pages you just hold me
And I won't ever let you go
Wait for me to come home
Wait for me to come home🎶

🎶(Wait for me to come home)🎶
Everyone looks like they're enjoying themselves now. However; will they be surprised later?... I
🎶(Wait for me to come home)🎶
don't wanna know.

All:
🎶Oh, you can fit me
Inside the necklace you got when you were sixteen
Next to your heartbeat where I should be
Keep it deep within your soul🎶

🎶And if you hurt me
Well, that's okay baby, only words bleed
Inside these pages you just hold me
And I won't ever let you go🎶

After a while, the music stopped and no one's singing. Alright... here goes.

Me/Kendra:
🎶When I'm away, I will remember how you kissed me
Under the lamppost back on Sixth street
Hearing you whisper through the phone
"Wait for me to come home"🎶

Then I ended the song with a simple outro. (slow D strum)

'Whoo! That ended better than I thought' talking in my mind.

We finished our performance with a bow, returned the instruments on the sides and went back to our seats. The next group is the Boys' dance group followed by the Gay's (not really saying it as a mean way) dance group. Though I'm not sure if Jay is one. The singing group #2 (Jam's group) then the (Love) Quote Boys and lastly, the poem by (nervous) Jill. She memorized it but a 'bit too fast on speaking. I don't really get a single word coming from her. Well, if she's like this, it means she's nervous.

Once tha's done, it's time to hand out our cards together with the roses. Also with the background music, "Lego House" by Ed Sheeran.

🎶"I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
I'll pick you up when you're getting down
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now🎶

🎶I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now"🎶

Man. That song is catchy. I gave my card and rose to my grandfather and patted my brother's head. After everyone's done, we calmed down as Mrs. Sancho gave out short announcements (I think).

Then we're dismissed.