Post by Michael-Thomas Homewood on Jul 5, 2008 10:23:00 GMT -5
It was and cold and already dark evening in Hogwarts. For Mike a day like everyone lesson-free day: stand up in the morning, breakfast in the great hall, solo Quidditch practice or magic practice, lunch, Quidditch, dinner and the Hufflepuff Common Room. So it was this day, too. It was usual for Mike being alone, but still he wasn´t satisfied with his "underdog"-situation. So he ate, practised and spent time the whole day alone.
Just in moment he entered the Common Room returning from dinner in the Great Hall. It was very cold today, so he was glad about his hot chocolate. And he was glad about the girls in his class who started conversation with Mike. Mike himself was really shy, so starting a conversation is very difficulty for him. So all evening long he thought of the girls (espacially one girl). It made him happy, the first time after moving to England he found people talking normally to him. "Yes" he thought. "Hogwarts is much better than damned primary school". He smiled a bit. Of course he was´t really happy. But the fact that no one wanted to bully him again was in his eyes a quite better situation than usual.
He climbed up the stairs to Hufflepuff Boys Dormitory and opened his cupboard. At once he found what he searched. He grabbed a big bag opened and picked up his acoustic guitar. Normally he practised every evening before sleeping in the empty dormitory. But this time he thought about playing in the Common Room. "Uhm, I don´t know..." he thought. His better situation didn´t changed his attitude towards other people, he remained shy. But he climbed down the stairs and found the Common Room as desolate as the dormitory, no soul was inside. This fact made his decision much easier. He sat down in front of the fireplace. Heat, comfortable heat flooded him like a hot bath. He started to play some different chords. He either play some parts of existing songs or switched some chords and invented new songs this way. Just in moment he played an own song again and he even thought about singing, but he got no text in mind. And he even got in mind that his voice may be not good enough for singing. So he just played some melodies.
Then the door opened and two classmates, both girls, entered the Commom Room. But Mike didn´t noticed the girls and played without break while the girls listened intently. After finishing his song to start another, he got some cheers. The girls clapped their hands and one of them said:
"Wow, Michael! I didn´t knew that you play guitar, too. Just like cute Mike Kelley" The girls giggled.
"Uhm, thanks. My father teached me. By the way...Who is that so-called "cute Mike Kelley"-guy???"
"You don´t know him? He plays guitar everywhere. He´s THE superstar in Hogwarts."
"Everyone know him...."
"And he is sooo cute..."
The girls giggled again and Michael was bothered by jealousy again. A feeling, very familiar for Mike, even in Hogwarts. Can he be a superstar, too?? Like Mike?? At least in Quidditch?
"Do you know whether Mike is in the Quidditch team, too??
"Dunno, I think so....
Mike sighed. He pulled his thumb over all strings of his guitar, lost in thoughts.
"So, Michael, we´re tired. Good night..."
"Good night!"
"You, too!! See yeh tomorrow!!"
"And keep up the good work!!"
Then they vanished behind the staircase wall and walked to the girls dormitory. Mike heard the steps, than a shutting door, then there was silence unless he started to play again. But as long as he thought, he just didn´t got a pretty text in mind. Here and there may appear a sentence in his head, but Michael was unable to build an complete song text to sing. "But it´ll sound awful at all..."
A few minutes later the door opened again, an another Hufflepuff entered the Common Room again. At once Michael stopped playing...
Just in moment he entered the Common Room returning from dinner in the Great Hall. It was very cold today, so he was glad about his hot chocolate. And he was glad about the girls in his class who started conversation with Mike. Mike himself was really shy, so starting a conversation is very difficulty for him. So all evening long he thought of the girls (espacially one girl). It made him happy, the first time after moving to England he found people talking normally to him. "Yes" he thought. "Hogwarts is much better than damned primary school". He smiled a bit. Of course he was´t really happy. But the fact that no one wanted to bully him again was in his eyes a quite better situation than usual.
He climbed up the stairs to Hufflepuff Boys Dormitory and opened his cupboard. At once he found what he searched. He grabbed a big bag opened and picked up his acoustic guitar. Normally he practised every evening before sleeping in the empty dormitory. But this time he thought about playing in the Common Room. "Uhm, I don´t know..." he thought. His better situation didn´t changed his attitude towards other people, he remained shy. But he climbed down the stairs and found the Common Room as desolate as the dormitory, no soul was inside. This fact made his decision much easier. He sat down in front of the fireplace. Heat, comfortable heat flooded him like a hot bath. He started to play some different chords. He either play some parts of existing songs or switched some chords and invented new songs this way. Just in moment he played an own song again and he even thought about singing, but he got no text in mind. And he even got in mind that his voice may be not good enough for singing. So he just played some melodies.
Then the door opened and two classmates, both girls, entered the Commom Room. But Mike didn´t noticed the girls and played without break while the girls listened intently. After finishing his song to start another, he got some cheers. The girls clapped their hands and one of them said:
"Wow, Michael! I didn´t knew that you play guitar, too. Just like cute Mike Kelley" The girls giggled.
"Uhm, thanks. My father teached me. By the way...Who is that so-called "cute Mike Kelley"-guy???"
"You don´t know him? He plays guitar everywhere. He´s THE superstar in Hogwarts."
"Everyone know him...."
"And he is sooo cute..."
The girls giggled again and Michael was bothered by jealousy again. A feeling, very familiar for Mike, even in Hogwarts. Can he be a superstar, too?? Like Mike?? At least in Quidditch?
"Do you know whether Mike is in the Quidditch team, too??
"Dunno, I think so....
Mike sighed. He pulled his thumb over all strings of his guitar, lost in thoughts.
"So, Michael, we´re tired. Good night..."
"Good night!"
"You, too!! See yeh tomorrow!!"
"And keep up the good work!!"
Then they vanished behind the staircase wall and walked to the girls dormitory. Mike heard the steps, than a shutting door, then there was silence unless he started to play again. But as long as he thought, he just didn´t got a pretty text in mind. Here and there may appear a sentence in his head, but Michael was unable to build an complete song text to sing. "But it´ll sound awful at all..."
A few minutes later the door opened again, an another Hufflepuff entered the Common Room again. At once Michael stopped playing...
