Chapter 50: The Studio
The crew were sitting in Joe's Bar drinking some beverages at noon, when Ezra suddenly said "Hey, do y'all mind if I come home at 4:00, I have to meet up with some of my old friends." The crew were taken back by the statement.
'Since when did he have friends?Or ask to go out for that matter.'
Kanan nodded, "Ok but please be back by then or you'll be grounded." Ezra smiled and nodded at him. He suddenly got up from the stool and leaned over the counter with his hand out, "Joe, keys!" Joe grabbed a pair of keys off the wall and threw them. Ezra caught them easily and slide over the bar and left through the back door, not noticing the staring crew.
After a few minutes, The crew called Joe over, "Can you show us where Ezra went?" Kanan asked quietly. Joe nodded and said "Go through the back door but go down the hallway and the third door on the right." They nodded and followed his instructions.
Going down the metal path, they arrived at the door and entered. The room was a sitting room with a one way mirror going across the entire wall with chairs on the other side of the room. Inside the room, there were instruments set up everywhere and a piano in the corner along with a small recording booth. They each spotted Ezra sitting at piano with a microphone set up and on the side was a box with buttons. He started warming up by playing little songs and chords but after a while, he pressed a button on the box and said "Hallelujah, take 1" He stared playing and singing a song that was so beautiful to The crew, nothing like anything they've ever heard.
After he was finished, he re hit that button and got up. He hummed a song in his head while grabbing a cello and bow off the wall and grabbing a chair from the side. He plugged in the cello and sat down. He repeatedly played a tune and recorded it. Transferring that to the red booth and leaving his cello out on a stand, he got in and hit a button on another box set up inside. The music played throughout the speakers and he sang another song that The crew could tell meant something to him.
After he was done, he grabbed a rainbow ball off a table and sat back down in his chair while throwing it up and catching it. He was facing the mirror making the others feel uncomfortable. "Think he can see us?" Zeb asked but as he said that, a tall boy, more like man, with brown hair and eyes dressed in brown pants and a blue T shirt, came smiling through the door Ezra used. Ezra rolled his eyes and threw the ball at him. Catching it perfectly, he threw it back and said with open arms, "Miss me, Little Bro?" Ezra smirked and stood up.
"Nope, Big Bro. Just mad your late. So to make up, we're going to battle." The stranger, now identified as Big Bro, dropped his arms and pouted but still went off to the wall and grabbed another cello and bow. He plugged it in and sat down on another chair from the wall. The crew watched intently from their chairs wondering what was happening but they certainly didn't expect both of them to play like they did.
The crew noticed halfway through the performance, two girls walked in quietly, one with black hair and hazel eyes dressed in a white summer dress and the other with strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes dressed in a black skirt with a white crop top, and went to the back not to disturb the battle.
After they finished and the girls finished clapping, Ezra looked down at Big Bro and said " Get your ass off the floor" Big Bro jumped off the floor and slapped Ezra up the side of his blue head. Ezra rubbed the spot while glaring at him, "What was that for?!?" Big Bro glared back just as hard, "You watch your language, your new or old Mum wouldn't want you saying that" Ezra looked down sadly at the name and nodded, not rubbing his head anymore. The strawberry stepped forward and said smirking, "Now you have to sing us a song." Ezra frowned obviously not wanting to but nodded anyway. The girl hit a button from the box on the piano and a song started playing. The brunette handed him a microphone and he stood awkwardly in front of them ,who were all in chairs by now, with his back to the mirror. He quietly sang into the microphone making the kids smile at his angelic voice.
After he was finished, the girls and the boy went up to him and bent down to hug him, making Zeb snicker. They let go and Ezra said slowly "Sorry Big Sissies." They smiled and nodded. Big Bro put his hand on Ezra's shoulder and said "When do you have to get home to your new family?" The crew smiled at what they called them and were even more happy when Ezra accepted it and replied, "At 4:00 or else I'm grounded." They all chuckled and The brunette Big Sis said "Well its 3:00 and I'd like to watch them try. You've escaped every prison and room we know." Ezra grinned, happy for the praise but his face dropped into the serious face, "I really wouldn't want to escape though because the mother figure of the ship, Hera, is scary. And then the father figure, Kanan, would hunt me down with his lightsaber which I honestly don't want."
The crew laughed at his seriousness but were saddened when Big Bro said "But it must be nice to have those kinds of figure around" Ezra nodded and said happily "It really is. I've gained weight and have had only one panic attack too." They all smiled, including The crew, at the teen. The Big Bro smiled and said while slapping Ezra on the back making him stumble, "How about we do one more song together before we go?" They all nodded. Each going to any instrument with a microphone and played a song that they each held in their hearts.
(Ezra, Big Bro, Brunette, Strawberry, Brunette and Big Bro)
You and I, we're like fireworks and symphonies
Exploding in the sky
With you, I'm alive
Like all the missing pieces of my heart,
They finally collide
So stop time right here in the moonlight
Cause I don't ever want to close my eyes
Without you, I feel broke
Like I'm half of a whole
Without you, I've got no hand to hold
Without you, I feel torn
Like a sail in a storm
Without you, I'm just a sad song
I'm just a sad song.
With you, I fall
It's like I'm leaving all my past and silhouettes up on the wall
With you, I'm a beautiful mess
It's like we're standing hand and hand
with all our fears up on the edge
So stop time right here in the moonlight
Cause I don't ever want to close my eyes
Without you, I feel broke
Like I'm half of a whole
Without you, I've got no hand to hold
Without you, I feel torn
Like a sail in a storm
Without you, I'm just a sad song
You're the perfect melody
The only harmony I wanna hear
Your my favorite part of me
With you standing next to me
I've got nothing to fear
Without you, I feel broke
Like I'm half of a whole
Without you, I've got no hand to hold
Without you, I feel torn
Like a sail in a storm
Without you, I'm just a sad song
(Without you, I feel broke)
Like I'm half of a whole
Without you, I've got no hand to hold
Without you, I feel torn
Like a sail in a storm
Without you, I'm just a sad song,
I'm just a sad song
They all smiled and hugged each other. Big Bro kissed each of their heads and the girls waved by and walked out. The crew decided to ask questions so they followed after them and found them outside of Joe's Bar. They turned to them after Kanan put a hand on the Burnette.
"May we ask you some questions about Ezra?" Hera asked sweetly. The girls smiled and the Strawberry said "So your the new family Ezra speaks of" They smiled and nodded "Ok what do you want to know. But we get to ask something in returned" She said.
"How do you know him?" Sabine asked. "He was in my abusive orphanage home for a year where we all met and he started calling us those names. My turn now, What roles do y'all play?" Hera started "My names Hera and I'm a pilot. He's Kanan-" "No, she meant as a family." The brunette cut in. "Oh um I guess I play the mother, Kanan the father, and Zeb and Sabine as the siblings." They smiled and said in unison "Y'all are perfect for Ezra" They chuckled and Zeb said "What do you mean?" They immediately stopped and the Strawberry said "Ok as a child, Ezra wasn't the easiest. After seeing his parents... um murdered, he would have a lot of panic attacks which didn't make the person who owned the orphanage very happy. He would beat us if we did one thing wrong which cause Ezra's attacks to worsen. The beatings also caused night terrors which were also very bad so after a year, we all ran away. We stayed together a year but Big Bro and Sis met someone who turned out to be the love of their lives so we all split up. We occasionally met up and since he was only 9 when we left, he had to fend for himself even though I offered to keep him. He was getting skinnier and it was horrible. That's how we know each other."
The crew stood there for a few minutes taking in the information. Hera nodded, the first to do anything, "Thank you so much for that information, it will help a lot now that we know." The girls smiled sadly and walked away.
Sabine quickly said "We need to go to the Ghost before Ezra gets out." They nodded and left, not knowing the boy they were waiting for was already there.
After walking back to the Ghost they went to their bedrooms but as they passed the fresher, they heard Ezra quietly singing. They waited outside till he was done but when he came out they didn't expect to see him in only his pants and a bunched up jumper around his waist. But his clothes weren't the thing that caught their eyes. It was the scares covering his skin. From short and clean to long and jagged.
He had his eyes closed while he was scrubbing his hair with the towel. When he stopped his hair stuck straight up. He fished around his pocket before pulling out a hair tie and doing a little bun. He quickly left, still not looking at the prying eyes, and said "Goodnight family"
They all smiled and went until their rooms but not before saying "Goodnight Brother" "and "Goodnight Son"
Hello Peeps! I finally found a name to call y'all! Anyway I wanted to say I'm officially 13! And I will be updating soon!! Hope you enjoyed!! Don't forget comments!!
Bye Bye!!☺️☺️
-Momo
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