"Music Soul Academy is the right school for your child, ma'am. We can guarantee that we can cater to your daughter's talent and really improve it." The school principal said.
"Well, I hope Claire's skills and talent continue to develop and improve. After all, I just want my daughter to have a bright and beautiful future." said Claire's mother.
Claire is a new student at Music Soul Academy. One of her biggest dreams is to study at this prestigious music school. Even though the expensive tuition is not an obstacle, since Claire comes from a wealthy family.
As Claire looks around and explores her new school, she sees a room with a big piano in it. She looked around to see if anyone was there, and then she slowly walked in and touched the piano that was in the middle.
Inside, the room looked like an auditorium, but the room seemed small and it seemed like she wanted to focus solely on learning to become a great and amazing pianist. The environment of the room was so overwhelming and beautiful to Claire that she was amazed when she saw it from inside.
After walking all around the room, Claire's breath was taken away, so she sat down in the middle where the grand piano was placed. Claire could not suppress her curiosity and opened the piano and pressed the keys that produced a sound.
Claire had learned how to play the piano as a child. It was in her nature to have a natural talent for instruments, so her biggest dream was to study at this school.
Claire began to play her favorite song, and she sang. She sang the song with all her heart, feeling the serene moment. When she sings, she can feel herself as the main character of her own story.
"Some people want to have everything
But I don't want anything
If it ain't got you, baby..."
"Umm... Excuse me, Miss Claire, your mother is already looking for you." Said her bodyguard hesitantly.
"Okay." Claire nodded in response to him. She stood up, looked at the piano one last time, then followed her bodyguard.
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Meanwhile, in the other room, class was over.
"Dude, we have practice later, you should come with us after class." said Jack to one of Evan's band mates.
Evan replied to Jack with thumbs up.
"Well, I'll see you later bro, okay?" said Alfred, patting Evan on the shoulders.
"We should probably get some snacks." Andrew added.
"Let's have some girls for snacks." said Jack, winking at them.
"Gross." Andrew added and they all laughed.
Just as a sexy girl walked by. It was the leader of the Cheer team, her name is Jessica and she greeted him.
"Hi, Jack..." said Jessica in a flirty tone.
"Dude, you really are a chick magnet, no wonder, I even wonder why they like you." said Alfred, teasing him.
"I'm the most attractive and hottest creature in the world, you know!"
"Can someone please wake Jack up? I think he's still asleep." Evan and they all laughed.
Evan is part of the marshmallow band. It's the most popular band at their school. And almost all the students at Music Soul Academy know them. Their band consists of four members. Namely, Alfred, Andrew, Jack and Evan.
Alfred is the singer of the band. He is tall, handsome and has a strong attraction to women, which is why his fan base is growing both inside and outside the academy.
Andrew is the drummer of the Marshmallow band. However, the handsome Korean is also a hybrid of the Chinese race. He is one of the quietest and coldest among them, whom the girls also admire for his mysterious aura.
Jack is the bass guitarist of the band. He is the most energetic and hyper among them and also a magnet for girls.
And their lead guitarist is Evan. He is the most popular of all the band members because he is the best looking and most attractive. Evan can be rude sometimes, but most of the time he is a good person. He wanted to be the lead singer, but his voice is not that good to be the singer, so they chose Alfred instead.
After Evan's lesson, he went straight to the band's hideout. As Evan walked down the hall, he heard the beautiful voice of a girl singing "Surrender" by Natalie Taylor.
"Wait a minute." He pauses to listen. He looked around to see where the voice was coming from. He followed the sound of the angelic voice and quickly found himself in the room. He watches and listens intently as he stands by the window.
"We let the water rise,
We let ourselves drift to survive,
I needed you to stay,
But I let you drift away,
My love, where are you?..."
He tried to make out who the girl was singing, but he couldn't even see her face. The girl was so focused on singing and playing the piano.
Evan was really amazed at how soothing and beautiful her voice was while she was playing the piano. Therefore, he couldn't stop himself from listening to the girl who kept singing.
"Who was that?" he said to himself.
"I really need to see who's singing?"
"That voice is just ... really ... beautiful, damn it!"
After the girl finished singing, all of her classmates clapped for her. The girl stood up and Evan noticed that the girl who had just sung was chubby and nerdy, the one who owned the beautiful voice he just heard.
"Oh, is that her? She owns that beautiful voice? Tsk!" asked Evan in the back of his mind.
Evan was dismayed when he saw the girl singing the song, which made him leave as soon as he saw her.
"Unfortunately, her beautiful voice is such a waste because she's fat." Evan whispered to himself as he walked down the hall. But he was still amazed at how beautiful her voice was.
"Well, but still... She has an angelic voice." He said, smiling.
"Jack!"
He saw one of his band mates, so he ran as fast as he could to go with them to their band hideout, since they needed to talk about their rehearsals after class.
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"Thank you, Claire, for your wonderful talent! You can take your seat now." her advisor said, pointing to the seat her teacher was referring to.
She went directly to the seat her teacher had pointed to.
After taking a tour of the school, she went straight to her classroom since it was also her first day at the academy. Even though she was embarrassed, she immediately showed her talent.
Claire is a fat student who was always bullied at her previous school and therefore has no friends. Claire is used to being alone because she is always told she is a nerd and fat. She is also dressed very conservatively, as if she is wearing her grandmother's dress. Also, she wears her glasses not because she has blurry vision, but so people around her don't notice her as quickly.
She transferred to another school because her parents found out that she was being bullied and made fun of by her classmates. So her parents decided to just send her to another school because Claire didn't want to hit anyone or cause trouble just because of her looks. She has a talent and wants to show other people that she is not just a fat or piggish girl, but that she is also a talented person.
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At recess, Claire went to the cafeteria to eat. She sat down in the corner of the cafeteria because she felt that people were looking at her because of her looks and her body. She always looked down, even when she walked or ate.
When she ate her lunch, she was surprised to see someone sharing a seat with her and she shared the food with them. She was often alone.
Suddenly, Evan put his food tray down across from Claire and sat down. Claire was surprised when he suddenly sat down at her table.
"Hi, I'm Evan!" He introduced himself while holding out his hand to Claire.
But Claire didn't speak or answer him, nor did she shake his hand. She noticed that almost all the students in the cafeteria were looking at each other and whispering about her.
"Are you new here?" He asked her next question.
Until she heard that Evan, who was standing in front of her, was one of the members of the famous band at this school. Instead of answering the young man's question, she suddenly stood up and ran to the bathroom.
"What was that?" Claire said, wondering why he was addressing her in front of so many people and wanting to share a table with her for lunch.
"Don't tell me he's interested in me, tsk! I know that's not going to happen with a fat person, and no one likes me." Claire felt sad at the thought.
"Well, I think he's just making fun of me." She said as she remembered the students who bullied her at her last school.
She was very surprised why Evan approached her. He is a handsome and famous member of the band Marshmallow. She didn't understand why he approached her, because she is fat, a nerd and ugly, and it wasn't nice of him to approach her.
"He's weird, you know."
"Whatever! Oh, never mind!" She was really annoyed thinking about what had happened earlier.
In her mind, Evan is just like the other men who had bullied her at her previous school and who also wanted to beat her up. So she decided to avoid him the next time they ran into each other.
