“Did you try out?“ I sighed. “Yes, I did”, I thought as I watched Mr. Hudson spread clear tape onto white paper and slap it to the door. My breath came out in gasps as my golden-brown eyes scanned the eight inch by ten inch sheet of paper. “Symphony Orchestra 2015-2016 Rooster” it read. I was about to read the news I had been insanely worried about. My sister’s and my own name would be under “Cello”. I was so nervous that the text blurred and I had to read one letter at a time. A giant frown spread from my face to my stomach when I noticed that there was only one Miss Giles on the list. My heart sprinted a mile as my eyes flickered over the sickly familiar K-E-L-L-Y. …show more content…
I thought of it as an exciting hour of ABCDEFG and charming music--It was my escape from reality. I would practice everyday, strumming my favorite songs. I was extremely excited to be in symphony orchestra, the EXCLUSIVE, tippety top orchestra class at East Kentwood High School. I restlessly waited for the day the man behind the baton would announce try-outs. When that day came, my hand shot up the exact second “symphony” popped out of the teacher’s mouth. The moment I got home from school that day, I was rehearsing and preparing myself for auditions. Little did I know that I wasn’t allowed to try