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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 16, 2007 15:05:38 GMT
I'd read about the fabled Room of Requirement, and heard about it from the house elves too, as the 'come and go' room.
It sounded like the perfect place to play, away from everyone else.
I summon the room and go and sit cross-legged on the floor, placing my guitar on my lap, tuning it.
I could play electric, but I'd always preferred the acoustic.
It was already tuned, like it always was seeing as I hardly set it down apart from when I was sleeping, eating or in class.
But here, I could play without anyone interrupting.
I didn't like to play in front of other people.
I strum the first few bars of a song my father had taught me when I'd first started playing that I'd long since forgotten the name of, and soon lose myself completely in the sound, as I always did.
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 16, 2007 15:12:42 GMT
"Oh sorry I didn't know that some one was in here." I say shyly.
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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 16, 2007 15:14:20 GMT
I jump and drop my guitar, hastily catching it before it hit the ground.
"I'm really sorry." I say quickly. "I'll go if you want. I didn't know someone would be coming to use the room. I'm new here, see, I don't know things yet. Sorry."
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 16, 2007 15:57:27 GMT
"Oh don't worry." I let out a nervous laugh. "I'm here to kick you out, but can I listen?"
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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 16, 2007 15:59:32 GMT
"I...um...I don't really...play very well..." I stammer quickly. "But if you-...if you want to."
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 16, 2007 16:04:14 GMT
I smile nicely. "How about this you play me one song and I'll sing you one song?"
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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 16, 2007 16:11:18 GMT
"Okay," I smile. "That's a deal. I'm Michael, by the way. Mika, to most."
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 16, 2007 16:13:25 GMT
"Hello I'm Rin, can't make it any shorter so people call me Rin." I laugh.
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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 16, 2007 16:14:27 GMT
I laugh. "I can understand that I guess."
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 16, 2007 16:16:16 GMT
"yep there aren't a lot of nice names I get. Except for the Hufflepuff mom."
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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 16, 2007 16:17:41 GMT
I laugh. "Hufflepuff mum? Wow, that's a big responsibility. Mum to all the Hufflepuffs. I'm Mika, or that weird one over there or Oi you or Watkins or...well I could go on but I think I'll spare you that."
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 16, 2007 16:28:23 GMT
"I think I'll stick with Mika."
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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 16, 2007 16:50:00 GMT
"Don't blame you." I smile. "So, you sing?"
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 16, 2007 16:52:00 GMT
"Not in public one or two people are fine, a group on the other hand, oh no I'm terrified."
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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 16, 2007 19:50:21 GMT
"I know what you mean. I don't play for anyone besides myself normally. Not since my sister. I used to play to her all the time. And she'd sing along." I smile weakly.
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 17, 2007 5:21:05 GMT
"Really? If you like we can try to sing and play together."
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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 17, 2007 15:43:04 GMT
"That would be nice." I smile. "You have to bear with me though, I'm not too good when I'm trying to play with someone else."
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 17, 2007 16:06:26 GMT
"Don't worry, practice makes perfect."
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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 17, 2007 17:29:30 GMT
I smile. "Well, I've had a lot of practice. Teaching myself to play probably wasn't such a good idea though." My smile faltered slightly. "My dad started teaching me when I was 7. I picked up on it on my own when I was 9."
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 17, 2007 17:33:07 GMT
"I have had lessons since I was five or six; ballet, violin, piano, drums, voice, and selfdefence." I started listing them off.
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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 17, 2007 17:35:17 GMT
"Wow, multi-talented, huh?"
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 17, 2007 17:41:26 GMT
"Yep, and I don't sing often or dance anymore."
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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 17, 2007 17:45:37 GMT
"I think it's best for the sake of the world if I never even attempt to sing or dance." I laugh slightly.
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 17, 2007 17:47:52 GMT
"Why not? Dance like no one's watching."
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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 17, 2007 17:59:01 GMT
"I played like no one was watching." I laugh. "And it turned out you were."
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 17, 2007 18:13:08 GMT
"And it was good." I smiled. I sat over to the piano that just appeared.
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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 17, 2007 18:18:54 GMT
"Matter of opinion." I shrug, carefully laying my guitar aside and crossing the room to the piano.
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 17, 2007 18:23:58 GMT
I sat there and started to play Moonlight Sonata. It was my favorite song to play on a piano with out singing.
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Post by Michael Watkins on Apr 17, 2007 18:27:37 GMT
"Moonlight sonata." I say immediately, under my breath, recognising the song from the many hours Kia and I had spent by the piano, with my guitar, just playing, singing, laughing.
She could play this song for hours on end.
And she did.
"Oh the irony." I say quietly to myself.
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Post by Rin Lupin on Apr 17, 2007 18:30:14 GMT
"What?" I asked as I stopped playing.
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