Chapter I : Broken Strings

"One,two, three. Pudding, Chicken" I softly chant as I try to calm myself. My hands are sweaty, my knees are shaking. I feel like my soul's gonna run away from me anytime now.

"Hey Prince? You good?" a familiar voice sneaks up behind me.

"Ye..yeah. I'm fine. Just a little anxious . It's our first concert and all. I just.. I just dont wanna mess up you know."

"You'll be fine. Take my word for it" 

It's Theodore, lead vocalist of the band. Despite being two years younger than me, he acts more like an older brother to all of us. Giving us advices, teaching us things about music and life. If it weren't for him, I don't know.. I might be the same robber I used to be years ago. 

"Everyone ready?" 

Everyone shouted in agreement and so do I. 

We've asked and worked sl hard for this. There's just no way we'll mess this up. Or.. So I thought.. 

[ 5hours later ] 

"Maaan I'm beat! We did great! Am I right boys?" Theodore asked. 

" And its all thanks to you " my response as I pat him at the back. 

" Nah man, it's all of us. We did it." his denial

"Do you really think we can pull that off without you there? Of course not" cheerful response of Zack, the band's drummer. 

"Well, its not like any of you can sing anyway" 

Everyone laughed as we made our way back to the dorms. Entering the competition costs us a fortune but now, it's paying off. We got our debut concert and who knows? There's plenty of opportunities ahead for us. It might get a little bumby but we know, we can pull this off. As long as we're together. 

"Anyway, I gotta go check on Samantha. See you morons tomorrow" Theodore softly chuckled as he bid us farewell. 

"Hey Theodore!" I shouted. "Say hi to her for me" 

"Call her yourself" he shouted back "On second thought, no. Don't ruin the night for me" 

I waved my hand also bidding him farewell. He waved his hand back and continued to walk away. As I turn my head around, I've heard a loud, sudden gun shot from behind me. I had a bad and uneasy feeling stirring right in my chest yet I still chose to turn around only to witness Theodore collapsing. I dropped my guitar and rushed unto his side and so is everyone. We cried and tried calling for his name but, but all we heard was nothing. 

" Gino.. Enough.. He's dead, Theodore's dead".. 

Zack tried to pull me away from the Theodore's body but I still wont budge. 

" Come on.. Dont leave us like this".. 

Night falls as I held my bestfriend's corpse in my arms. 

"You can't leave us.. Please.. "

"Theodore..."