Michelle POV-

After dealing with Jake's poking for an hour, the bell rang for a free period. I quickly got out of my seat and headed to the bleachers. I sat down and ate a bag of chips, listening to music and looking at the sky. I felt a drop of rain, "This can't be good," I said to myself. I got off the bleachers and felt more rain coming down, this isn't good. If the rain comes down and touches my face, the make-up will come off and reveal my birthmark. I ran to the building, but the door was locked. 

Great, not only the doors are locked, its pouring out. 

I decided to go under the bleachers, at least it will cover me through the rain. I got under, it was dark and I couldn't see a thing. I felt someone grab my arm, I tried fighting back. "Relax, its me," he said. I turned around and see Jake, "Why the heck do you scare me in the dark?" 

"I don't know, it's fun," he grins. I roll my eyes and wring out my hair, my clothes were soaked, my face is wet, and I was shivering. He sees this and takes off his jacket putting it over me, he grabs a towel from his bag and was about to rub my face with it. I flinched and moved back, 

"Don't worry, it's clean," he said, I shook my head stepping back, I had almost tripped over a stud of grass as Jake grabbed me by the wrist to get back to balance. "You okay?"

I nod, he still offered me his towel and I took it, padding my face carefully so none of the make-up doesn't come off. I give him back the towel,"Thank you," 

He grins, "No problem," he gave me a confused look, looking at my face. 

This can't be good, "What's wrong?" I asked him, trying not to panic. 

"Something black is showing on the side of your face," 

Shoot, my birthmark.

"Its probably my make up or something," I said nervously. 

He shook his head and was about to put his hand on my birthmark, "Let me get a closer loo-" Then I hear the sound of thunder and I immediately yelped and covered my ears. I closed my eyes trying to calm down. Jake saw this and held my arms, "Are you okay?"

I nod my head, "I just don't like thunder," She heard another clash of thunder and winced. Jake sighed and looked around.

"Come on, let's go to the music room, its quiet and warm in there," I nodded and he helped me up. we quickly ran through the rain and into the music room. He was right, it was quiet and warm. I took off the jacket and my soaking sweater, leaving me with a shirt and my skirt. 

Jake took off his shirt and I immediately blushed, "W-what are you doing?" I stuttered. 

He looked at me, "My shirt is soaking so I need to put it out to dry," I nod and gave him his jacket.

I went inside one of the music rooms and see the guitar, the bass, the keyboard and the drums. I go to one of the instruments and looked at them. Jake was leaning against the door frame with his jacket on, he didn't zip up the jacket, so his bare chest was showing. "Do you play?" He asked. 

I nodded, "Yes, but only the guitar, I'm still learning about the bass and the keyboard." she runs her fingers through the acoustic guitar. He shrugged, "Play it," 

I looked at him confused, "Excuse me?" He walked to me with his hands in his pockets, "You have been looking at the guitar for five minutes now, play it," he pulls out a chair for me and himself. 

I sat down and sighed, "Alright, but just a few chords, I don't want to get in trouble." 

He rolls his eyes, "How can you get in trouble in playing a guitar," 

I looked at him, "It's disrespect, its like if you lend someone your favorite instrument and they play it better than you," I said, tuning the strings by ear. 

"Oh so you think that you can play the guitar better than the person who owns it?" He raised an eyebrow. 

I sigh, having my gaze at the strings, "I didn't say I that,"

"So you play worse than the owner,"

"I didn't say that either,"

"Then what are you trying to say-"

"Do you want me to play the guitar or not?" I asked, looking at him. 

He raises his hands in defeat, "Rock on," he sighed.

I shook my head and rolled my eyes, I put my fingers on the strings and stretched them out to a specific fret. Since I didn't have my pick on me, the only thing I can to is finger pick. I took a deep breathe and started to play. I was playing Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift. Most of the parts were finger picking then I had to strum for some parts. 

Jake looked at me in amazement, seeing how I was picking and playing, he didn't expect any less from me. I had reached the end of the song and put the guitar down. I haven't played the guitar in a while so my fingers were bleeding a little bit. 

He looked at me in amazement, "Woah," he saw my fingers. "Are you okay?" he asked worriedly. 

"Yeah I'm fine, I just haven't been playing guitar for a long time." I smiled, "I'm glad that I was able to make you smile though," He looked at me like if he was struck, "Um, are you okay?" I wave my hand over his face. 

He came back to realty, "Y-yeah, you just reminded me of the girl I knew from the orphana-" I get a text from my cell. It had stopped raining and the clothes were dried. I took my sweater ad put in on. 

"Sorry, I need to go, my guardians are waiting for me to pick me up." I said as I walked out the door. I got to the bathroom and took off the make-up, the wig and the brown contacts to reveal my pale face with my star birthmark and my silver eyes. I put the hood over my head so no one could see me. 

I got to the car and Jack picked me up, we drove silently to the apartment. 

Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait, I was debating to myself to see if i should take down this story, but I decided not to just for you guys. I'm also going to be updating some of my other stories like the "Generation of a Female Assassin" and "Hidden Scars (A Qrow x Winter fanfic)" Be sure to vote for my stories, thank you!

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