 For Violet Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?
Despite her father's apparent hatred of music, he had insisted Ash play piano. She didn't know why. She didn't care why. She liked piano anyway. Father especially hated a specific musical artist, which was incidentally the one he made sure he knew how to play. It didn't make any sense. But then again, nobody in their family made sense. You just had to deal with their personalities. No mirrors near Ash. No art or music near Father unless he requested it. No throwing things near Megan Olivia. Brandon wanted the house to be perfectly clean at all times. Nobody allowed in Alex's room. No unnecessary yelling at Dustin. Charlie didn't like fighting. Etcetera. Her 'family' was weird.
At the moment, Ash was practicing a song she didn't often play, for reasons she didn't really get. She still knew it by heart somehow. The words and the notes. It was called... what was it called? Love Me Now. Hmm.
"...Girl, I don't need you
To tell me that you'll never leave, no
When we've done all that we could
To turn darkness into light, turn evil to good
Even when we try so hard
For that perfect kind of love, it could all fall apart..."
She stopped. She hadn't played it wrong... in fact she was playing it very well. Same with the singing. But she just couldn't continue somehow. Not until... something. Something something something.
She did the entire verse again from the beginning, better this time. Something inside us... to It could all fall apart... She tried it with just singing. She tried it with just playing the piano. It still didn't help.
Ash needed something. |