"Where are coming from?"

"Ahh! Lis... You scared the nuts out of me, what are you doing in my room?" Maya replied, still holding the window sill, she just jumped in from.

"I couldn't sleep.."

"You should go to your room now, before you wake anyone up..." She said, slowly closing the window, and making way, for a cloth change.

"Where are you coming from?" Lisa asked squinting. Her night dress, was too long, it almost looked like it were her mum's. Maya moved a few steps closer, and heavily placing one hand on her shoulder, she replied.

"Big sis had a lot to do today, and she needs to sleep OK?"

"OK." she lazily replied. Heading towards the door, she took another track, and landed her head on the wall. She must have begun her usual sleep walking. Maya rushed for her, and placed her hand over her head, to prevent further hurt. She led her into her room, and tucked her in. Then switching the lights off, tip toed towards hers. The moonlight, that reflected so brightly while at school, still shone there. Like it followed her. She couldn't help but notice, she also noticed, the crickets were stridulating.

As she turned her door handle, the adenoidal voice of her mum, stopped her dead in motion.

"Where were you?"

Darn it!

"Mum, I can explain. So I snuck into school, and hacked into the Principal's computer, so that our teacher, can finally bring back music." She spoke so fast, so fast that she only took another breath, after she had finished narrating..

"I'm sorry," she concluded.

"Yeah... I think you need to get some sleep, you know what they say, insomnia is a very bad thing... You say all sorts of things and don't even realize what you are saying.." She released an earsplitting laughter.

"Mum, I just told you what happened."

"That you broke into school? Too much movies... Its totally dealing with you... Go to bed and never pass your curfew, ever!"

Phew!

"Yes Mum,"

Dear Diary...you would not beliiiiieeeeeevvvvvvveeeeee the day I had.

"....so I was able to convince Scott, and we went into the Principal's office, and did what we had to do." She stopped, and images of the night before, lingered through.

"Although, at first, it was hard to convince him, that our substitute history teacher, was just a fraud in suit."

"Rock and Roll, is a noble profession." Mr. Drey countered. He wore a white and black checkered shirt, with a black jeans trouser, had his hair roughly combed through, and stood legs slightly ajar. His hands, hugged his elbow so tightly. He was nervous, and excited and the same time. He knew the Principal well enough, to get too excited.

He was proud. He hadn't given them any reason for a trust, but, they were all so supportive. He had however, expected a rebuff, rebuke and a disapproving crowd. He was indeed one proud teacher. He knew they so desperately wanted their lives back... He knew they had talent, He knew he was the one to do that but first, he was to pass through the grumpy Principal.

"Noble?" Allie opposed.

"Noble."

"Noble?"

"Noble."

"Noble?"

"That's enough you two.." Maya stopped the unnecessary controversy that was rising. She was starting to feel diplomatic.

"Is that really what's at stake?"

"She started it," He bent his head in submission, like a dog that just got spanked by his master.

"Well, the good thing is, we succeeded, and we get to sing unmonitored."

"Why do I feel so uneasy, about this." Tess spoke up.

"Because you are pessimistic.."

"The last time I checked, you were the pessimistic one....and besides, this is not pessimism. I work with the student government, and I happen to know that the Principal, called Patricia and Jerome for an impromptu board meeting this morning. I don't know about you, but when I see Principal, impromptu, and board meeting, in the same sentence, I know something is definitely up. So I'm saying, we should have a back up plan, should anything go sour.
"She's right." Lyon commented.

"See.." Tess backed up.

"Uhmm.. We will have someone stand at the entrance, and the exit. It would be rotary, so that everyone gets to take turns."

"Awesome." They uniformly agreed.

"I think I can chip in now, I have some spare guitars and some tambourines, we could start off with those."

They hurriedly got one for themselves, rearranging the classroom fittingly, for a jam session. Jason and Owen, stood at the entrance and exit respectively.

So far, so good.

"All's set up... One, two, three!..."

🎶🎸🎵🎤🎧🎶🎸🎵🎤🎧🎶

"So I called you here, because, the janitor said he heard noise from here, last night. Can you please explain to me why he heard noise from my office last night."

"I have no idea what happened in your office last night." Patricia denied.

"Jerome?" His husky, deep baritone voice, called. He furrowed his brows again.

"I know nothing."

"Hmm.. That's strange and surprising, as the keys to this office, are with the both of you."

"Perhaps it wasn't from this room.. " Patricia replied

"I wanted to believe that, but when I arrived this morning, I realized that, one of my awards, that I placed horizontally on my shelf, was laid vertically. You know how I'm not good with my things being moved."

Yea right.

"You can both exit now, I have some work review to attend to." He said and dismissed them.

Phew! That was close.

"Wait a minute, Patricia, I don't think I've collected the lesson plan from your substitute." He said, running his finger, through a list.

"No, I haven't. Tell him to get that prepared."

Jerome was quite unaware, of the secret, her class hid. So when he saw her steps twice as fast than her usual brisk walk, he stopped her.

"You'll see... Let go of me" She muttered.

She was back in no time.

"Hey, you guys. The principal is coming, get back to position."

The seats, were quickly back into their position, just in time for his arrival.

"...so that is why, there is a statue of liberty. Oh hi Principal!"

"Hi!, I'm so sorry to have barged into your class, and disrupt your teaching in anyway. I just need your lesson plan. I collect that, before every exam...you should have it here." He said, moving closer to the pile of voluminous, stacks of paper; His music notes actually, but the principal, hadn't known that yet.

Drey, whispered a 'Why didn't you tell me about this.' To Maya, who in turn, whispered back a 'I didn't know it was necessary.'

"Ah..uhmm...you see, I had my lesson plan drafted this morning, but my cat, my cat Sparkles, toppled over a honey jar, and spilled it over it... Then he died."

"Oh, I'm sorry, that must have been very terrible for you. I used to have one too, a British Shorthair. So curly, and fluffy. It died too."

"Such a terrible story for our cats." Drey said, placing his right hand, on his chest, and sniffling.

"Please make sure, to get the plan drafted before 12 pm, I need to go through it, as a matter of necessity."

"Sure... On it!"

The Principal, placed his hand, into his black suit pants, and set out to leave, before he swiftly turned back, within the next minute.

"What were you saying, about the statue of liberty, because I have questions."

Oh boy!

Author's note: So, this is the last chapter!! Yay!! 💃

Gotcha!! Just kidding 😂😂😂😂 I was in the mood for that.

Thank you! All of you, for being so supportive. Please feel free to keep correcting, we learn everyday, after all. 😊

So, I have good news, or bad news... Depending on how you choose to see it.

The next chapter, will be the last chapter. I'll try to unravel certain twists in it. Its going to be very long, but if its longer than expected, I'll break it down into two chapters. Thank you, for accompanying me, through this journey... Love you all 😊💜

Next up, we haven't heard from Daniel in a while. We hope he's doing fine. We will surely...well, hopefully hear from him, in the next chapter.

Also, I figured out, that putting pictures, could enable easier assimilation. So, if you are interested, I put a few pictures, in the previous chapters. You can have a look, and see. It might not fit with my exact description, but it would be something close, from my perspective.

So I was thinking of a new book cover, but I figured out, it had to be of her in a uniform, to properly depict highschool... I need you guys, to share your thoughts towards this.

Once again, my favorite part..

#We_rise_by_lifting_others
#Beautiful_things_begin_simple

Its~a~me 😊... It always has been

#Cheeahmahkah

3:14am.