Singing in Blue by Lauren N. (uplifting book club books .txt) 📖

look back, I see myself left alone. I've come this far..silence of the night is about to erase me. Somebody, answer me, please."

"Sadness like the parted water, I always hear it from somewhere. Obscure and nostalgic melodies...Listen to them so that I won't disappear." They sang together, their voices hummed in perfect harmony.

" Please don't cry, when you're lonely. Strain to hear my voice; even when it rains, even at the dawn, the earth still rotates with us. " Aika's voice sounded louder than the notes on the piano, but she didn't care. She was singing, the one time when she could get away from the world, when everything felt right.


Ichirou's voice carried over the room,"There was a bird was just like me once, lost and lonely, hurting from an unrequited love. Just living day to day despite uncertainty in my life. Even when my meager strength almost dissolves in the night, that bird came to me, stayed to rest his tired wings. And to let his bruised and bleeding heart heal from his broken dreams. I'm so done with tears and fears now, so I'll sing you a song, finally singing out a love that I have had all along."

They sang together again, smiling to each other as they finished the song, "Hey, don't you shed a tear, when you're lonely, I am here. Listen up and hear my voice is calling out to you. Even when it starts to rain, when the sun comes out again, we can make the world go round together, you and I."

The room bursted with applause, people cheered, some people even called for an encore.

"That was great- no! More than grest! Beautiful!" the director cried, throwing his arms in the air.

Ichirou hugged Aika, "You sounded amazing!"

"Nah, not really, but you sounded awesome!" she said, hugging him back, "Hey, could I borrow you're phone for a sec? I'm gonna call on my brothers and see how they're doing."

He reached in his pocket and handed her his cell phone, "Thanks!" she said as she begain to type in her house number. She was about to hit the 'call' button when his phone got a text message, she looked around for Ichirou to tell him his phone went off, but it seemed like he was busy.

I'm sure he wouldn't mind if I checked it, she told herself. She opened the message, it was from his mother.

"The flight changed on us hun," she read aloud, "You're going to have to leave today, I'm going to come and pick you up in a couple of minutes, I have all of your stuff packed. Tell Aika I said hi! See you soon, Mom."

Her happy face turned to a hurt and sad one, she sat in a chair, crying softly. Of course it had to be today! she screamed in her mind. Ichirou saw her crying and he sat next to her.

"What's wrong?" he asked, wrapping his jacket around her, "Are you cold? Did something happen to your brothers?"

"No," she said through tears, "But something else did," she handed him his phone back and he quickly scanned through the message.

"Oh, Aika," his voice sounded sad, "This day was going perfectly too! I'll have to call the school and talk to them."

"Ichirou Cantoa," the principal's voice said from an intercom, "Please bring your things for early dismissle."

Ichirou's face fell, "She's already here?"

More tears fell form Aika's face, "No! I don't want you to go! I don't want to be alone again!"

She sobbed harder and more tears came rushing out, "I'll always be alone! I-I don't want to be alone! I need you here, with me! Please.."

"I would stay with you forever, Aika! But, you need to be strong! I will try to talk to you every day! I love you, Aika, I really really love you!" He squeezed her tightly and kissed her on the lips, she sat there, with Ichirou kissing her, frozen with tears dripping down her cheeks. Ichirou leaned back and wipped the away her tears.

"I really love you, Aika." He hugged her for the last time and exited through the door. Her mind begain to spin as the door swung shut, it was like everything started to slow down, she felt useless and scared.

She looked up at a light in the ceilling and everything faded to black.


Chapter 5

,Little Aika ran towards a playground and her long blue hair swayed in the breeze. Other kids were playing at the park, she went up to a group of girls and asked the girls if she could play dolls with them. They glared at her and walked away, swinging their dolls in the air. Aika begain to cry, running back towards a startled teacher.

Then Aika was 13, her hair was short and blue and she wore a pink uniform,it was late spring and the cherry trees had just started to bloom. She was standing in the school's courtyard when a boy came up to her. He said he had liked her and that they should date, but he was laughing while his friends watched from a distance. She was speechless,but she thought the boy was reckless and stupid,so she delcined. The boy became angry and yelled at her, saying how she'll never get asked out again and that she'll probably die alone, Aika tried to hold in her sadness. She slapped him in the face and ran off with tears slowly flowing off her cheeks.


"Aika...Aika!" a voice called to her, it sounded far away and faint, yet she needed to know who was speaking to her.

She opened her eyes to see some of her classmates hovering over her, she put her hand on her head and sat up. Everything seemed blurry and out of focus, the room filled with concern as Aika tryed to talk, but the only word she could utter was," Ichirou."

"Its okay, Aika!" a girl said as she grabbed and icepack and gave it to a boy, the boy put the icepack on Aika's forehead. "Everything's gonna be a-okay, Aika." he reasured, pushing the icepack gentlily against her head.

Her throat felt dry and she begain to cough heavily, shaking her body as she coughed even harder. Someone tilted her lips towards a glass of water, she gulped it down quickly, it felt cold and refreshing as it trickled down, making her throat feel moist. She muttered a, "Thanks." and sat back down.

"Do you remember what happened?" the boy asked, taking the icepack off her now numb forehead.

She shook her head no, even though she knew exactly what had happened, she didn't want to believe that it was true. Ichirou's here, she told herself, He's still here.

"Ichirou went to leave, I guess he's going to America, and you fainted. Or passed out, you could say." a girl explained, looking at Aika in the eyes, like she was searching for something.

"No." Aika croaked, trying to get up and out of the room, but her classmates slowly pushed her back down.

"You need to rest," a boy said, sitting next to her, "You're obviously not fine that Ichirou left."

She wanted to scream, I love him, duh! but she held it in. She didn't want to embarrass herself anymore than she already did.

A girl came close to her face, chewing gum loudly, "Were you guys like, going out or somethin'?"

Aika didn't answer, her head was pounding against her skull and she began to break out in sweat.

The boy sitting next to her glared at the girl, "Dude, she just woke up! I'm sure she doesn't want to talk to anyone right now, okay?"

The girl seemed shocked but remained calm, "Whatever."

The boy came slightly closer to Aika's face, "Hi Aika, I was a friend of Ichirou's, I'm Makoto."

Aika forced a smile, "Hi Makoto," she choked out, her throat was dry again. She didn't really care about anything right now, other than to get home as soon as she could to make sure her brothers were okay.

She got up, "I...need...to..go home...my brothers..."

Makoto grinned, "It's ok, I called their daycare center and the lady there said she could watch them a little longer."

"Oh," her head started to throb again, she put her hand on her forehead, she winced in pain.

"Does your head hurt?" Makoto asked, sounding concerned as he scooted closer to her.

"Yeah," Aika reponded bluntly, "I guess I hit my head on a chair or something when I fainted."

Makoto looked into her eyes, "I never noticed, but you have really pretty eyes."

"Um, thanks..." she said, feeling ackward as she moved away from him. What the hell?! she yelled in her mind, Is he hitting on me?! After I just regained concusiness?! What the hell?!?

Aika moved her legs so they where hangin off the side of the bed, she rose slowly to her feet. She felt a sudden burst of energy hit her legs and she ran, she ran out of the school's doors, feeling rain hit her cheeks. She ran and ran, her muscles aching as she pumped her legs harder and harder. She was frusterated and mad, her clothes were soaked and her hair flew out of its ponytail.

"What the hell!" she cried as she ran faster, she was completely lost but she didn't care.

"Aika!!!!!" a voice screamed behind her, she turned around, still running, and collided face-first into a street lamp. She flew backwards onto the wet street, she felt blood trickle down her face and flow down her shirt.

"Oh my God, Aika!!" Makoto screamed as he held her bleeding head, he begain to cry softly and his tears fell down, mixing with the rain.

Aika didn't move, her head stung horriblily and she felt scared. She was losing a lot of blood. Little memories started to fade away in her mind, she forgot who was holding her so tightly in his arms.

"Aika, don't leave me! Please!" Makoto screeched, wiping blood from her shcoked face, her eyes started to close and Makoto begain to cry even harder.

Then Aika's world went black.