The list was posted outside the auditorium. There was a huge crowd around it. Siena could tell by the many angry people or sobbing teens that many didn't make it. Mackenzie pushed their way through the crowd. Siena could see Chen and his friends high-fiveing. Siena immediately realized they had been chosen. Great.

Mackenzie suddenly snatched Siena's wrist and shoved her through the last few people to the sheet. "Oh my gosh!" She squealed.

"What?" Siena looked at her. Her friend grabbed her chin and directed it to the sheet of paper sticking clumsily by duck tape to the door. Siena turned to look at it. At the very top of the list on bolted letters was her name. Siena.

She felt numb. She couldn't think or speak. Mackenzie was hugging her and jumping up and down but she hardly noticed it. She didn't even register that someone was talking to her until Mackenzie roughly elbowed her. Siena blinked and saw Cole standing right in front of her.

"That was a pretty solid audition Siena." Cole smiled.

Siena just nodded, speechless. Mackenzie laughed. Zane appeared. "Is your voice box disabled?"

Cole laughed and propped his elbow on his shoulder. "No Zane, she's just surprised." He looked at her out of the corner of his eye.

  "Band practice after school today, you good?" He asked flicking his index finger at her. She nodded again. "Great." He gave her a thumbs up before Kai pulled him through the crowd.

*****

  Siena pushed open the doors to the music room. It was where the practice would be set. She could see Chen and the cheerleaders laughing together and some other kids she knew off to the side. Cole was right in the centre talking with a girl named Quinn. When he heard the door slam he glanced up  and his face split into a grin.

  "Great! Everyone's here!" He raised his palms in the air. Siena gave a nervous smile and stepped in, setting her guitar case down.

  They all gathered around, there was seven people in the band, which was a lot, but the cheerleaders sometimes see,Ed to mend into the same person technically there's five. As Siena moved in a guy smashed into her.

  "Oh sorry." He said. His brow furrowed when he got a good look at her. "Who are you?" Cole cleared his throat.

  "Why don't we all introduce ourselves?" He suggested. "I'm Cole."

  Quinn rumbled up. "I'm Quinn."

  The cheerleaders went next. "Chen, Josie, and Miranda."

Then it was the guy that bumped into Siena. "Paul."

  Siena straightened her glasses. "Uh....my names Siena."

  Paul looked at her. "Are you new?" Siena gave him the stink eye.

  "I've been here since freshman year." She told him stiffly.

  He looked confused. "Maybe I never had you in any of my classes."

  "Freshman year I was your lab partner, Sophomore I was in Math and English, and this year I'm in your study group for history." She said raising an eyebrow.

  "Oh." Cole looked at them.

  "Okay...well, maybe we should start on a name!" He suggested. "Any ideas?"

  "The Deathly Plague." Quinn growled.

  Cole made a funny look, he slowly lowered his index finger. "Anything but that."

  "Cheerleaders?" Josie asked. "C-H-E-E-R! That is who we really are! L-E-A-D-E-R-S! All you have to say is yes!"

  "No." Paul groaned.

"The Incredible Earth Ninja?" Cole put in with a small smirk.

Siena snapped her fingers. "Yes!" Everyone looked at her like she was crazy. She shrunk back at their stares. "Um not the earth ninja thing but we can do a play on earth-nature stuff. Like...Mountain Melody?" She thought randomly.

"Mountain Melody." Cole tested the words. He slowly smiled. "Yeah I kind like that."

"Mountains can be inactive volcanoes that kill millions in seconds." Quinn added with a tone of satisfaction. Siena couldn't decide if she viewed that as a complement or not.

The cheerleaders shrugged. "Okay, M-O-U-"

"SHUT UP!" Paul interrupted. They stuck their tongues out at him.

"Alright," Cole quickly grabbed everyone's attention before fists went flying. "We better get started. The Musically Me Showcase is in four weeks, that gives us a month to rehearse and figure out a song."

Miranda groaned. "You mean work?"

They all ignored her. "I'll set up a group chat and then we can work on songs and roles." Cole said. "What instrument does everyone play?"

"Anything percussion, like drums or xylophone." Quinn growled darkly. "And the electric guitar. I like maracas. They sound great smashing into someone's skull."

Cole blinked a few times. "Oka-ay." He drew out the word.

"We can dance." Chen told him.

"But what instrument do you play?"

"Instrument?" Josie asked blankly.

Cole pinched the bridge of his nose. "I can teach you how to shake a tambourine or something."

Paul picked something out if his teeth with a toothpick. Everyone was waiting for him to say what instrument he played. "What?" But since a toothpick was in his mouth it came out as "Whaft?"

  Cole glanced at Siena. "What instrument do you play?"

  She twisted her hands nervously. "Um....I do piano and guitar...and I know some flute and a couple other stuff."

Cole muttered something under his breath that sounded similar to 'at least we have one normal person here'. He then moved to his turn tables. "Let's try some free style to get to know everyone's style."

  Siena took a seat. "What do you want me to play?"

   He shrugged as he slipped on his headphones. Quinn went to the drums the cheerleaders examined some drumsticks and recorders like foreign objects before putting them down to begin a cheer. Paul picked up a trumpet and cleaned the mouthpiece before placing his hands correctly on the instrument.

  Siena readied her guitar and glanced at Cole. He held his fist up before counting to three, raising a finger with each number.

  At three Cole started a song. He placed a record on his turn table and the song booked through the room. Quinn listened to it for a moment before adding in her drums. Paul came in soon after. The cheerleaders began singing and dancing to the music. Siena closed her eyes. There were the drums. There was the trumpet. Then she began to play, her guitar radiated the last thing it needed in their odd mix of rhythms and tunes. She saw Cole smile a little as he pressed a few buttons, adding in new computerized sounds.

  Siena smiled too. They got music.

  A/N
Hey, I'm thinking of renaming the chapters with names of sings like some people do since its a book about music, what do you think? If you think I should keep the names I have now please let me know. But if you think I should do names of songs then....also let me know. ;)

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P.S Coles facial expression in the picture up top is awesome

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