short+story

 // Olivia Lambert //  // 1-24-10 //  // Rain and Guitars // // Raven woke up on a cloudy, rainy day during summer vacation, and watched the rain pelt the cars as they zoomed past her house. As she looked out her window, she thought, // // “It’s going to be a terrible day; I have nothing to do.” she frowned “Maybe it won’t be so boring if I play my guitar…” // // With that thought, she bolted down the stairs and grabbed her amp, guitar, and songbook. // // They were down there because she had no space safe enough in her room to store them. //// She hefted the heavy items back up the stairs, and then sat it on her floor. // // She opened the music book to “What’s Left of Me”, a song that she had been trying to master for the last two weeks. //// She plugged her guitar into the amp, sat down, and started to play the first few easy chords, but soon after, she got to the more difficult chords in the song, the fastest ones with the most riffs. She could not remember how her instructor, Mr. Josh, taught her to do them. Therefore, she stopped playing, and she concentrated, “I just can’t remember, I need to master this song so I can learn more.” Then from the back of her mind, she remembered. “I can do this; I will master this song before next week…I hope.” She resumed playing, with a strong determination, she took a shot at what Mr. Josh told her to do, by using her fingers to strum faster, she completed her song. // // “Yes!” she cheered, “yes, yes, yes!” As she resumed playing, she smiled with pride, happy with what she accomplished; she continued playing until her fingers hurt. // // Her mom returned home with her sisters Tina and Paige and yelled, “Raven! Turn that down!” // // Her mothers loud voice scared Raven, who had stopped playing immediately and she jumped, knocking the guitar off her lap. Raven jumped up, ran down the steps, threw her arms around her mother, and says, “I did it mom. I finished the song!” //