Broken Silence by Jarica James

Author:Jarica James [James, Jarica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-25T16:00:00+00:00

15

“You are going to be amazing, Charlie girl,” Cole gives me his last bit of encouragement as we walk out of the instrument room to perform our song in front of the class. Mr. Hill moved the piano and violin into the main classroom for us. It's the first time I've ever done any sort of performance, and I'm practically bouncing on my feet with anxiety.

Cole situates himself at the piano, and I sit on my stool with the violin. We start playing our song. I can see the smiles on some of the students’ faces as they recognize the song. Once we find our pace, I go into my music trance and tune out the rest of the world except the sound of the piano and my violin. It sounds really different being played this way. We finish the last few notes, and the classroom bursts into applause. I can't keep the grin off of my face as I pull my violin away.

“Fantastic work!” Mr. Hill praises as he ushers us back to our seats. We listen to the other group who does a classical piece. It's really well practiced, but it's not as exciting as ours. They also get applause, though not as enthusiastically as we did. It's the perfect end of the semester.

“What should we do during break?” Cole asks as he holds my hand. I mime sleep, and he laughs. “That does sound nice, but not very exciting,” he jokes.

“Really, Cole? You're with the mute?” Jessica’s awful high pitched voice practically screeches. I roll my eyes and keep walking, but Cole stops. He does a slow turn and glares at her.

“She's beautiful and twice as genuine as you could even dream of being. And yes, Jessica, she’s my girlfriend now. Don’t be jealous that I wouldn’t give you a chance and Adam doesn’t want you anymore,” he says, his voice icy and low. I'm thankful I'm not in her shoes. I give a smug smile as he turns back around to me. “Ready, beautiful?” he asks as he leads me away. I take my hand out of his and lean my head on his shoulder. He wraps his arm around my waist and leads me outside.

I pull out my phone, so I can type for him. ‘Want to ride with me and Sophia? We can head over to the coffee shop or something?’ I turn my screen around for him to read.

“Sounds good,” he says with his signature half grin. When Sophia pulls up, I gesture to Cole, and she smiles and waves him in. We're about halfway home when Cole speaks up to save me from typing out a message.

“She wants to go grab a coffee, and I want to hit up the music store, is that cool?” he asks Sophia. Her smile grows wider, and she winks at me in the rearview mirror.

“That’s fine. I have a lot of work to do tonight anyway, You can hang out at home afterward and order in dinner if you want,” she suggests.

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