Radical Royal: An Enemies to Lovers Boarding School Romance (The Ainsworth Royals: The Next Gen Book 1) by Danielle Keil

Author:Danielle Keil [Keil, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-10-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

Christmas holiday was even lonelier this year. I was the only student from King’s Cottage to stay, and one of six people total in the whole school.

Even Headmistress Tavers left for the first week, coming back the day after Christmas.

Since no one else was in King’s Cottage, they put me into a temporary room in Galesmore House with three other guys, all younger than me. I didn’t even have Mr Todd on my side.

The two girls who stayed were also put up temporarily in a house, with Housemistress Thompson at the helm.

Miss Duphrey stuck around, too; she didn’t have any family to visit this year, and wanted to be here for “her kids”, as she called us. She made an excellent Christmas Eve dinner, a full ham with all the trimmings. It was one of the best meals I had in a long time, and we praised her up, down, and sideways for it.

Every day I went to have tea with her. We talked about everything and nothing, never bringing up any serious topics. She was used to me sticking around for breaks, and we picked up our old habits like nothing had changed.

The headmistress even gave me special allowance to use one of the music rooms in drum hall to practise. She didn’t always allow students access to buildings without staff present, but for me, she made the exception.

Which is what led me here, alone in a drum room, my kit silent in front of me as I contemplated what to play.

Nothing felt quite right. Tapping out a random beat didn’t give me the satisfaction it usually did. The song we played in the band for Waversmore Week wasn’t even fun enough, though it was the most complex solo I ever had to perform.

I didn’t want complex though; I wanted familiarity. I wanted something that would soothe my soul, bring clarity to my foggy mind, and solve all my problems. Not that that was possible, but it was an attempt.

A nagging thought wanted me to practise Ollie’s Song. I hadn’t played it once since that regretful night in the pub. I couldn’t bring myself to even attempt it without trying to fix it in my head first.

And nothing I could think of made it seem right. If I switched the tempo, then the lyrics wouldn’t match. Or I could change the drum section, but the guitar would be off. Every time I thought about it, I grew more and more frustrated.

Maybe today was the day, though. Maybe being alone, having nothing else to worry about would let me concentrate and really sus it out.

I stared at my kit. Stared and stared and stared. I tried squinting, tilting my head, and even standing for a different point of view.

Nothing helped. Not a single idea of how to fix the song came into me. The hamster up top stopped spinning the wheel. I was completely out of solutions.

Sighing, I dropped my sticks onto the music stand with a clatter and crossed the room to where I left my mobile.

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