The tale of the shadow phoenixes

Chapter thirteen.

Tom gave James a “I told you so” look. James rolled his eyes. “Who are you playing chess with?” Leah asked James. “Himself.” Tom muttered. James sighed. “Oh brother.” James said. Cole surveyed all the instruments around. “Hey you know what we should do? We should start a band and Arianna and Leah can be the technical team if they don’t want to sing.” Cole said. James leapt to his feet. “Great idea!” Tom shrugged. “I mean…if you want to.” Tom said. “James can play the guitar, Tom can play the drums, and I’ll play the electric piano!” Cole said. The girls reluctantly agreed to be the technical team. And so the boys set off tuning their instruments while the girls set up the “stage”. Finally they were ready. “So…what are we gonna sing? If we’re a band we have to sing.” Tom said. “Hmm…what about “Turn The Music Up”?” James suggested. They got into their places and James began with the guitar. “Red Bull in my hands, feels like I got wings. Lotta people in my face but I can’t feel a thing. It’s like my heads up in the clouds and I ain’t coming down, no.” James sang boldly, strumming the electric guitar. “Just turn the music up, just let me get loud. I swear that I will lose it if somebody turns it off. What are you out your mind? You must be put you’re mind. Just then the music up, turn the music up. Turn the music up. Turn the music up. Turn the music up.” Cole sang. “Snap back on my head, I’m so motivated. Like Nikes on my feet, understand the situation. No this is not a game, this is not a game. You ain’t gonna bring me down.” Tom sung. “Yeah I mean what I say, and I say what I mean. You best whip of that hater look before you make me scream…” They continued like this until they finished the song. Arianna and Leah giggled together. “What’s wrong?” Tom asked disgruntled. “Nothing…hold still for a second.” Arianna said, pulling out a hand camera. She snapped a photo of the boys in stage. “There! Now I’ll have that picture forever.” She giggled. James rolled his eyes. “Girls.” He muttered.

Eventually they all headed home except for Arianna (she was finishing putting away the instruments) “Wait… I forgot my chessboard!” James exclaimed. “Irresponsible.” Tom mumbled under his breath. “I’ll go get it!” James said, hurrying off. “Like I said…irresponsible.” Tom said.

-SunnyFox57.