Happy Place

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"Good afternoon. Those who are from my previous class, welcome back. Today, as a celebration for your first week back in school or your first time in this school. Let's have some music fun." Ms. Li announced as smiles and cheers were shared around the class. "I would like you to find a partner, choose a song to present up here in front. And also I would like to remind you all about the upcoming Music Festival by the end of the month. If you'd like to have your own show set, please approach me and we can discuss about it."

Students begin to push and shove others to find someone they want to be partners with. Mika sat on her chair at the corner of the room by the window, scared that she might get lost in the sea of students if she stands up to find a partner. She saw JiJi already paired up with John and Ryan was nowhere to be seen She sighed, thinking she will just accept the last partner that will be left behind.

"Oh please, oh please Ryan?" Mika looked up hearing a girl's voice not too far from her right. She looked up and saw three girls crowding over Ryan. A blonde was pushing herself up against the poor boy. "Please be my partner."

"No, be MY partner." A girl with glasses beside the blonde exclaimed.

"Girls, please." Ryan tried to speak up.

"I am worth to be your partner Ryan." Another girl with a French braid batted her lashes at him. Ryan sighed.

"Sorry, girls. But I already have a partner." Ryan said with a smirk.

"Really? Where are they then?" The one with a French braid asked.

"She's basically waiting for me and you three are in my way, so if you will please excuse me." Ryan slipped through between the girl with glasses and the blonde. "Thank you, don't want to keep m'lady waiting." Ryan walked away and approached Mika, who heard the whole conversation and was blushing like crazy. The three girls were shocked to see who Ryan's partner was. They scoffed and dissmised it then went to look for other people to be their partners.

"Hey guys!" John greeted as he and JiJi approached us. "So what are you guys going to sing?"

"Working on it." Mika said hiding her face behind her phone trying to unblush herself. "How about you guys?"

"We're doing Roger Rabbit." JiJi replied.

"Ooh that's nice." Ryan commented quietly. Then he started thinking, squinting his eyes as he hummed when a song came and popped into his mind. "How about I Wouldn't Mind, what do you think?"

"Oh I love that song!" Mika said, taking her head out from behind her phone.

"Great!" Ryan grinned. "I'll guitar."

"Okay then." Mika smiled.

"Excuse me class, if you have now decided what to perform, please come here and write down your names and the song you are going to sing." Ms. Li announced.

The students immediately made a line in front of the teacher's desk to write their names. The four waited until there aren't anymore people crowding over before they took their turn to write down their names and presentation.

"Okay, may I call on the first pair: Sherlock and Christa, please step forward." Ms. Li smiled fondly looking at the list.

The class went on and on but it wasn't really that boring. The students who tried their best to do a great presentation, failed miserably but they just laughed it off accepting the fact that they aren't fit for this kind of art. The students in ms. Li's class bonded very well, sharing the same interests in mind: music and having fun.

"Okay thank you Darien." Ms. Li said and the students clapped and cheered as Darien went back to his seat. "May I call on our second to the last performers: John and Jimimah."

"JiJi, just JiJi. Don't strain yourself ma'am. It's long way to say my full first name." JiJi said making the others laugh.

"It's not even that long but okay, fine." Ms. Li rolled her eyes playfully with a smirk. "John and JiJi."

"Ooh wish us luck." JiJi squealed as she stood up and John stretched. The students clapped as they walked up to the front. John took a beat box while JiJi scanned the many variety of colored guitars. "I'm gonna use this black one cause why not." JiJi mumbled to herself but the class was quiet enough to hear her grumbling about her color black aesthetic is going to be the cause of her death someday. The class giggled as the duo set themselves in front of the class.

"Hi! Okay!" JiJi laughed as she have settled the guitar and herself on a stool, her huge smile made the rest of the class smile and giggle. "Okay, so we'll be presenting Roger Rabbit by Sleeping With Sirens." The class clapped again and when they stopped, they started playing.

(JiJi ☆ both)

Is there a right way for how this goes?
You've got your friends
And you've got your foes
They want a piece of something hot
Forget your name like they forgot

Oh, ain't that something?

Some wanna see you crash and burn
And criticize your every word
I'm trying to keep from going insane
Ain't that the way of this whole damn thing

Oh, trying to be something more

Nobody's gonna love you if
You can't display a way to capture this
Nobody's gonna hold your hand
And guide you through
No it's up for you to understand
Nobody's gonna feel your pain
When all is done
And it's time for you to walk away
So when you have today
You should say all that you have to say

Say all that you have to say

Is there a right way for being strong?
Feels like I'm doing things all wrong
Still I'm here just holding on
Confess my heart and forgive my wrongs.

Oh, just trying to show you something more

Nobody's gonna love you if
You can't display a way to capture this
Nobody's gonna hold your hand
And guide you through
It's up for you to understand
Nobody's gonna feel your pain
When all is done
And it's time for you to walk away
When you have today
You should say all that you have to say

Don't point the blame when you can't find nothing
Look to yourself and you might find something
It's time that we sorted out
All of the things we complain about

So listen close to the sound of your soul
Take back a life we led once before
If it ain't you then who?...
If it ain't you then who's gonna love you?

Nobody's gonna love you if
You can't display a way to capture this
Nobody's gonna hold your hand
And guide you through
It's up for you to understand
Nobody's gonna feel your pain
When all is done
And it's time for you to walk away
When you have today
You should say all that you have to say

So when you have today
Say all that you have to say