Charmed, I'm Not | chaelisa

Chapter 7

Chaeyoung was having a hard time concentrating on her piano playing since the girl who was playing the guitar three seats over was distracting her. The last thing Chaeyoung expected was for Lalisa Manoban to step foot in her music class.

She couldn't help but glance over at Lisa who seemed to be avoiding her gaze since she spotted her earlier. Lisa seemed to catch on very quick, glancing only at her music sheet a few times before she memorized how to play the chorus. Chaeyoung was still staring at Lisa when her fingers missed a key and threw off the entire class.

"Sorry," Chaeyoung mumbled turning red. She hated that the piano was the always loudest in the room so it was obvious when she made a mistake.

"It's alright, that's why we practice," Mr. Thompson said raising his baton conducting the class to start again.

Chaeyoung resumed her playing and looked at Lisa again and was surprised to find her looking back. Lisa gave her a little smile before averting her eyes back to her music stand.

The bell rang signaling the end of class and everyone scrambled off desperate to get to lunch. Lisa gathered her things and started to leave the room when Mr. Thompson stopped her.

"Ms. Manoban, can you stay for a while?"

Lisa gripped the strap of her bag impatiently. She wasn't going have time to eat lunch if this took long. 'Um, sure," she said reluctantly.

"Ms. Park, can you stay, too?" he asked before Chaeyoung could leave the classroom.

Chaeyoung looked at the teacher and then at Lisa. She had no idea what he could possibly want from the both of them.

"Yes, Mr. Thompson?" She stood beside Lisa who had once again avoided her gaze.

"As you know, we have a concert in a two weeks-"

Lisa couldn't help but snort and Mr. Thompson narrowed his eyes at her. "Is there a problem, Ms. Manoban?"

Lisa bit her lip guiltily. "Um, no, I just didn't know you guys had concerts."

"Well, we do, and considering you just joined us and are very behind, you have very little time to learn all our songs." He handed her a folder filled with papers. "These are all the songs we're doing but there's a lot of revisions."

Lisa frowned as she flipped through all the music. "I can't learn all these in two weeks," she said.

Mr. Thompson smiled at Chaeyoung who looked at him confused. "This is where Ms. Park comes in."

"Huh?" both girls said surprised.

"Well, Chaeyoung is the only one who knows all the parts considering she plays the piano, I want her to work with you on the songs so you can perform with us at the concert," Mr. Thompson explained.

There were so many things that could go wrong with this that Lisa had no idea where to start. "I think I can learn these songs myself," she said taking a look at the sheets again. "Chaeyoung doesn't have to help me."

Chaeyoung looked at her curiously. She was sure that Lisa would jump at the opportunity to work with her. "I don't mind," Chaeyoung said without thinking and Lisa looked at her surprised. "I mean," she cleared her throat. "If it helps you learn the songs faster, I don't mind helping you out."

"Alright then," Mr. Thompson said while clapping his hands together. "Thank you, Chaeyoung. You girls can go to lunch now."

"So do you want to meet after school?" Lisa asked once they left the classroom.

Suddenly realizing the situation she was thrown in, Chaeyoung became very nervous. "Oh, um, I have a student council meeting after school."

"Oh, right," said Lisa a bit disappointed. "Well, whatever time works for you, just let Jennie know."