-Kye- Rock and Roll. (cont.)

Five skateboards slide to a stop in front of the old water fountain.  This marks the exact middle of downtown square, and this is where they'll set up shop. A small grassy area outlined by pavement and a few rusty wooden benches.  In the center is a greenish bronze fountain that only flows water at random intervals.  It's aged, like everything else around here, like the humble buildings with peeled paint that line the old, cracked streets.
Blake and Warren take the nearest bench, and the other two boys settle on the ground, but Kye perches on the edge of the fountain, even though the water isn't going.  She unpacks her ukulele, and the others follow suit: CJ has his tambourine, Warren his harmonica, Blake his banjo, and Heath a second ukulele.  They all take a minute to tune up, and then Blake starts playing.  Before long everyone joins in.  They know the song; they've been working on it for their next show.
Kye opens her mouth and begins to sing.

There's a wild wind blowing
Down the corner of my street
Every night there the headlights are glowing

Their unique arrangement of instruments actually fits the song well.  She and Blake lead the melody with their strings, and CJ combines the sound of his tambourine with drumming on the bench.  Once the chorus comes around, their music swells into the air.  Blake sings out the words, and Kye lets her voice soar with his:

Oh love, don't let me go

Won't you take me where the streetlights glow?

I could hear it coming

I could hear the sirens sound

Now my feet won't touch the ground

It won't be long now.  Kye closes her eyes and imagines singing the words on a grand stage.  Soon, she tells herself, this will all be worth it.  Soon her feet won't touch the ground.

Soon, she will fly.