Free Dawn's Acapella by Libby Robare Page B

all that was agreed upon.” She was already shaking, and her
cheeks were burning. But Dawn was happy, so Rose didn’t fight too
hard when the freshman snatched the paper out of her hand to
continue the song.
    “ Is the tune the same,
going on?”
    “ I’m not telling! Give
that back!”
    But Dawn had already begun to
sing:
     
    Neither of us thought I
would ever go
    And I thought I was strong
but now it’s hard to hold on
    What do I know?
    I’ve dreamed of a life for
us since so long ago
    And I thought I could stay
but now I’m fading away
    What do I know?
    All these memories, coming
back and haunting me
    I can hear your voice,
saying love please stay with me
    I will be with you, we
will meet again someday
    I will be with you,
always
     
    “ Oh this is sad!” Dawn
said.
    “ Then stop singing,” Rose
smiled, but she had to admit she didn’t mean it anymore. Dawn had a
lovely voice, and she was surprised to find herself enjoying
hearing someone else sing her own words. And just as she suspected,
nothing was going to stop Dawn.
     
    I’m still here, watching
you
    I’ve seen it all from the
start, and it breaks my heart
    Knowing all you’ve been
through
    And I can’t believe,
what’s been done
    I could see it happening
to me
    But your life had just
begun
    All the memories, finally
let them fade away
    I am with you now, open up
your eyes and see
    It’s all over now, lover
you are safe with me
    I will be with you,
always
     
    Dawn put the paper down at last. “Is
that the end?”
    “ It’s past the end,” Rose
giggled.
    “ What’s it
called?”
    “ I just call it ‘The Lost
Girl’s Song.’ What do you think?”
    “ I think I wanna give this
to my choir teacher!”
    “ Don’t you
dare!”
    “ Okay. But I am going to
sing it all day long! Try and stop me!” She skipped away, singing,
“Na na na na na...” to the tune of Rose’s song.
    Rose danced through the rest of the
day, surprised to find herself so excited. She couldn’t get Dawn’s
voice out of her head. She didn’t think anything could bring her
mood down, after all, not even the assignment of a research project
had. But when Lucy came to her table during lunch, her eyes were
red from crying.
    “ Are you okay?”
    “ Yeah, I’m fine, it’s just
Tiffany again…”
    “ Why do you still hang out
with her?”
    “ I know she doesn’t mean to upset me… I like
her, I like them all, I’m just... I don't know.”
    “ Well, do you want my
advice, or do you want to just forget this?”
    “ Just to forget it. I need
cheering up.”
    “ Okay.” Rose tried to hide
her frustration. Somehow, Lucy had fallen into the “popular” group
last year, and still spent time with them often, even though they
treated her horribly. The more they found out about who Lucy really
was, the more they picked on her. But for some reason, Lucy liked
spending time with them. Rose knew she wasn’t about to change her
mind, no matter how hard she tried. Lucy didn’t want Rose’s advice
because she already knew exactly what it was: stop pretending to be
friends with people who don’t care about you.
    “ Have you heard Dawn
sing?” Rose asked.
    “ Oh, yeah I have!” Lucy
laughed. “I’m so proud of you! You shared!”
    “ I did not! She made
me!”
    “ You know she’s singing it
all over the school, right? People are starting to copy
her.”
    “ What? No!”
    “ Calm down, no one knows
it’s your song. This way you’ll get honest feedback.”
    “ Stupid freshman! I’m
gonna kill her!”
    “ Here she comes now,” Lucy
said.
    Dawn danced over to their table. “I
brought cookies!” She dropped a bag of chocolate chip cookies on
the table. “I baked them last night!”
    “ Rose?” Lucy nudged
her.
    “ Fine,” she said, taking
one. “You brought cookies, I won’t kill you.”
    “ Here, take a
bunch!”
    “ Thanks, sunshine, but for
some reason I’m too shaken up to eat.”
    “ Everyone loves the song,
though.”
    “ Shut up with the