Musical Meetings (Cilla)

[Ashton Harper]

Maybe it was an obsession, but there was nothing wrong with being so into music. Ash spent almost all of his free time in the music store at the mall. It was Heaven to Ash. Guitars, keyboards, mic equipment, and tab books all at his disposal. He liked fantasizing about his next guitar. He already had a Yamaha acoustic at his parents' house. He had a cherry wood finished Gibson SG in his dorm with a Vox amp. Yes, he had one of each, but he was dying to get his hands on a Les Paul. One to be exact.

This Les Paul had the original finish. Ash had been eyeing it for weeks now. All he needed was 100 more dollars. That was nothing compared to the price. He stood there staring at the guitar like a kid in a candy store. He wanted it. Badly.

Ash came to the music store every day at 4:00 sharp. Obsessed? Yes. He grabbed the guitar and hooked it up to a nearby amp. Then he sat down on a stool and started playing. He knew a few songs here and there. None of his own, but covers he liked. It differed between Johnny Cash to My Chemical Romance and As I Lay Dying. He had quite an interesting taste in music. He wasn't a fan of pop or country, strictly a rock boy. Was that so bad? He didn't think so.

Ash went into a guitar rip of The Sharpest Lives by MCR and closed his eyes as he played. This was his sanctuary. His blond hair fell in his eyes as he hung his head and tapped his foot to the music. He was wearing his usual clothing. Dark wash jeans, an ACDC shirt and a blue-black plaid flannel. His leather jacket was laying beside him on the floor. Unusual anywhere else, but in this store, the jacket was nothing to him. All that mattered were the guitars.

[Cilla Lynch]

As Cilla's previous guitar was broken in a very unfortunate event that included her transforming into something very heavy and breaking her guitar, she needed a new one. Her last one had been a very simple acoustic guitar and she decided she was looking for the same kind of thing now. Nothing too fancy, just a guitar. And well, maybe a new capo as she lost her old one during her transfer to Hammel.

After her last class of the day Cilla made her way to the Pilot Ridge mall where, according to some other students and the internet, a music store should be located. Cilla hadn't been here yet since arriving here, so she took her time to look at things and to try and find her way. That last one was the most difficult part because of course, she had no measurable sense of direction.

Cilla became distracted when passing a Starbucks: that just deserved a stop now didn't it? She quickly walked in, waited for her turn and ordered a white hot chocolate. Yes she loved coffee as well, but this was just one of the best things Starbucks had.

After her little stop Cilla walked further and believe it or not, she actually made her way to the music store and entered with a proud smile. And that with only buying a white hot chocolate on her way! She straightened her peach coloured top and looked around while she walked in. She was dressed rather boring today in her opinion - just a peach coloured top, some simple skinny jeans and a couple of black ballerinas. Cilla had slept in late and therefore didn't have the time to dress up nice as she normally did. Slowly she looked around the music store. It wasn't awfully big, but she immediately noticed the guitar section and walked over there.

She immediately noticed some guy playing a song which sounded quite nice. Curious Cilla walked over and listened for a little while, smiling and wishing she could play like that. Cilla wasn't the worst player in the world, but certainly not the best either. She waited for him to stop.

"You're a good player!" Cilla smiled, complimenting the guy. He couldn't be much younger than she was.

ooc: oh bad post. had a little lack of inspiration, sorry! I suck at first posts :')

[Ashton Harper]

Ash had glanced up briefly when he heard the chime of someone coming into the music store. He noticed a girl, object mimic. That's how he notified people. Usually by their power. She didn't look much older than he was which meant she was most likely a student at Hammel. Ash hadn't seen her around, but he figured that was from his lack of socializing with many people. It was hard being social when one had a stuttering problem. Especially with girls. Which was why Ash would not talk to her. At all....Or so he thought.

He continued playing bits of songs here and there. Sure he knew all of the music for the songs, he just liked playing his favorite parts. Mostly solo sections. He enjoyed his fingers running along the strings quickly making different noises each time he bent a string down. This was how he relaxed. He sat in the music store for hours upon hours just playing songs that popped into his head. And every now and then he'd experiment with something he thought would sound cool. Writing his own stuff wasn't very easy though. It always seemed to turn out bad when he played it.

As he was jamming, he heard a voice. It was that girl again! He glanced up and cleared his throat, "Um thanks." Ash said quietly and a little shyly. He wasn't really one to make conversation, not unless he knew the person and they knew that he had a speech impediment. Only when he was really nervous at least.

He didn't want to be rude, so he decided to take a chance and talk, "Do you play?" Ash asked looking up at her and strumming up and down with his 'lucky' pick.

ooc: It's okay, my posts are usually short and bad so it's fine.