Game of Chance [josh dun]

Twenty | edited

"Teach me Car Radio," Charlotte said, sitting on the stool in front of Josh's drum set, bouncing up and down slightly.

"That one is just ride cymbal and hi-hat, with a bit of snare and bass," Josh says.

"Aren't they all?"

"That's fair," Josh laughed. "First of all, you need to know what each of the drums and cymbals here are called."

"Bass or 'kick' drum, snare drum, hi-hat, high tom, mid tom, low or 'floor' tom, crash cymbal, splash cymbal, ride cymbal, flat ride cymbal, and effects cymbal," Charlie said, pointing to each.

Josh raised an eyebrow at her, questioning how she knew that.

"I was an auxiliary and mallet percussionist for high school marching band," Charlie blushed. "My closest friends were on drumline and frontline."

"Okay, okay, I see you," he nods. "But I usually don't use flat ride or mid tom."

(a/n: guys this could be wrong, I had to go off of what I saw in pictures of his drum sets and I just wrote what I saw not that any of you care but)

"Be impressed with me."

"I am, I'm very impressed."

"Good," Charlie smiles. "Now teach me."

"Okay, it's in four-four time," Josh says.

"Got it," Charlie nods.

"And the first thirty-two measures are just ride cymbal in quarter notes."

Charlie wrinkles her nose.

"Wait, really?"

"Yeah," Josh nods, handing her a pair of drumsticks. "It's a hundred beats per minutes, so here.."

Josh snaps his fingers, giving her tempo.

"Wait, but can we skip the first thirty-two measures?"

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"It's official," Charlotte throws herself on the couch across from Tyler, Josh standing behind her with a grin on his face.

"What's official?" Tyler furrows his eyebrows.

"I do not have the coordination it takes to play trap set," Charlotte crossed her arms in defeat.

"We finally found an instrument she can't play," Josh said.

"I can play each of those instruments," Charlie pouts. "It's just playing them all at the same time that messes me up."

"Okay, babe. Whatever you say," Josh puts his hand on her shoulder.

"I don't like you," Charlotte grumbles.

"Someone is grumpy," he responds. "Should I get the chocolate milk?"

Instantly, Charlie brightens.

"Okay, then," Josh laughed.