Snippet #1759730

Jaswinder's faux pas was interrupted by the ding-ding-ding of his cell phone. He had forgot to turn it off before coming to school. As he pulled it out and looked at it, the evil female left. She mumbled something about complaining to his boss, but he didn't dare listen too closely. The phone was the last straw for her, but at least now he didn't have to apologize to her mother.

On the phone was an e-mail update. The email was from Dark Snow. It was titled Bike Tyre Marks. His hands began to shake and he reached for his anxiety pills, before remembering that he already took them an hour earlier. He wasn't aware of his students now. He just read the e-mail. Every word was a pin in his composure.

Strange.

Antics.


In fear of you.

Telling me.

Why you.

Marks on my desk?

Do not appreciate.

Clean the mess.

Far x

He stuffed his phone away. If he got up now to leave, his students would surely complain to his supervisors. He had to focus on the lesson and go to her later. When their classes were over. Her and him. Alone. The thought made him shudder.

"Um, teacher?" Rainbow girl said. Jas glanced over. "Can we learn something today?"
"Yeah, sure!" He donned his best smile, "LET'S DO THIS!"
He jumped up, grabbed a tuba, and played a hard, victorious note. The sound reverberated down the hall.
"Um do what?" Some students said. Oh, right - the students couldn't read his mind.
"Today we are learning about chaos!"
"But what about the five -"
" - Chaos!" Jas repeated. He forgot that he had already decided to teach them something else today. He didn't want Rainbow Girl reminding everyone else.
"In order to learn anything, one must first be willing to accept mistakes. Music is all about feeling. Feel it, and it will feel you."

He didn't realize how creepy that sounded. Jaswinder circled the students' desk, handing each one a random instrument from the school's collection as he passed. When he was done, and everyone was satisfactorily lost, he sat back down at the piano.
"What I want everyone to do is play," He said. "Yes, rainbow girl?"
"My name isn't rainbow girl," Rainbow girl said, "But um. . .play what?"
"Something! Anything! I want everyone to jump into it!"
"But this isn't my instrument specialty!" One guy said, and the complaints continued as follows:
" - but I'm a cheerleader -"
" - I think that is my violin -"
" - Why is there a creepy skull glued to this thing -"
" - What if the last person who blew into this had syphilis?"
Jas stared blankly at the last boy. He waved his hand delicately and eventually, everyone began to play. They played high notes. They played low notes. They played loud. They played soft. They played quick. They played slow. But everyone was playing some instrument. Jaswinder turned to the keys and played a cheery melody. Then a beautiful sound rung out at the center of the students. Rainbow girl played the saxophone like a god creating earth. She swayed with each note, the notes rising to the ceiling (One could almost see them there!). Then, Jas urged everyone else to rejoin her. Suddenly they were not a cacophony of sound, but a harmonious band of awesomeness!

Jaswinder was really surprised, considering he had no clue what he was doing when he assigned this task. But then he joined in and their masterpiece took over the halls; it took over the floor. The chains of the piano shook and the bicycle danced a little. Jas totally forgot about his previous mistakes. All he knew was the music. All the music knew was him. Maybe he wasn't a failure after all.