New Music and a bass player fight

Nat sat down beside Christina outside the apartment. Nat asked "Christina what's life like in the Bronx? You always say that you're from the Bronx and could kick somebody's butt any day of the week."

Christina put her head in her hands and started to cry. Nat put his arm around her and said gently "what did I say that made your eyes a fountain?"

Christina took a pen out of her purse and wrote "shut up you wouldn't understand!"

Nat sighed and he said "I would try if you'd just tell me. Christina what's wrong?"

Christina didn't even look at Nat. She stood up and ran into the apartment crying."

Nat watched Christina run away. He was confused and felt guilty about upsetting her. When Rosalina showed up a few minutes later Nat was still sitting outside. Rosalina said "are you ok Nat?"

Nat looked up and sadly said "I think I upset Christina. I asked her what life in the Bronx was like and she freaked out. She said I wouldn't understand and ran away."

Rosalina sat down on the steps beside Nat and said "do you want me to talk to her?"

Nat said "Rosalina since Christina lost her speech she only communicates with me. I'll talk to her."

Rosalina put her arm around Nat and said "she has to communicate with the rest of us in order for her to be in the band. I think that whole tough girl thing is just an act. After rehearsal last week she locked herself in the bathroom and started crying."

Nat sighed and said "Rosalina she's scared. She's with new people and she can't speak. If you were in her situation I think you'd cry a little bit to."

Rosalina said "Nat I think this needs a girl's touch."

Nat sighed and said "alright but if she tells you to buzz off I'd leave."

Rosalina went inside and asked "Alex have you seen Christina?"

Alex said "she locked herself in the music room. I think she'd had been crying really hard because her eyes were bloodshot."

Rosalina said "Alex does the music room door have a key?"

Alex said "yeah it does. I'll go grab it."

Rosalina knocked softly on the music room door and said "Christina its Rosalina please open the door."

Christina unlocked the door and opened it. Then she threw herself into Rosalina's arms sobbing. Rosalina wrapped her arms around Christina and hugged her close. After Christina stopped crying she wrote "can we go somewhere private and talk?"

Rosalina said "sure Christina. I know where we can go."

Rosalina led Christina outside and on to the roof. Christina wrote on a piece of paper "does Nat hate me?"

Rosalina put her arm around Christina and said "of course he doesn't hate you. Why would Nat hate you?"

Christina sniffled and wrote "I wouldn't tell him about my past. What Nat doesn't understand is that before I moved things weren't easy for me."

Rosalina sighed and said "Nat is very gentle and understanding."

Christina wiped her eyes and wrote "he wouldn't understand this. Some of the things I went through really hurt. My mom died when I was really little. I don't even remember her."

Rosalina spoke gently and said "if anyone can understand what not having a mom is like its Nat and Alex. They went through the same thing when they were little."

Christina sighed and wrote "the way I get around missing her is I write music."

Rosalina said "you should show Nat some of your music when you're feeling better. I think he'd like that."

Christina smiled a small smile and hugged Rosalina. Then she wrote "we need to get ready to go. We should have met Nat in the studio an hour ago."

Rosalina stood up and said "if you're too upset to go Nat will understand. He's skipped out on a few rehearsals himself."

Christina sighed and wrote "I have to go. If I don't go he'll really hate me. He got mad at you when you were late to a couple."

Rosalina sighed and said "why don't you go wash you face and calm down. I'll call Nat and let him know why we're going to be a few hours late."

Christina hugged Rosalina and wrote "alright Rosalina. I'm going to go lay down for a little bit."

Rosalina smiled and said "if you use some cold cream on your face after you wash it he'll never know you were crying. I used to do it all the time."

Christina nodded and went inside the apartment. When she went into the bathroom to wash her face she saw the bottle of cologne that she had put on Nat. Tears filled her eyes when she remembered Nat almost kissing her.

Rosalina came back inside and said "Christina is everything ok?"

Christina shook her head no and started to cry. Rosalina sighed and said "Shh it'll be ok. Christina why don't you show me some of the songs that you wrote for your mom it'll make you feel better."

Christina sighed and hugged Rosalina. The she led her into the music room. Sitting on a music stand was a piece of sheet music. Rosalina asked "Christina do you mind if I read this."

Christina wrote on a pad of paper "you sing I'll play."

Rosalina nodded and sang "dreams come true no matter where you stand. I wish you were still here to hold my hand. Mom I miss you I don't understand why you had to die. You gave me the strength to fly. When I felt strange you told me that the seasons always change. When I was a little girl you said I was your world. Now I feel my heart growing cold. I want to stare into your bright blue eyes. You always had a surprise up your sleeve you made me believe."

Rosalina started to cry she sniffled and said "show this to Nat. He needs to see this. He felt the same way when he was little. After his mom died Nat was heartbroken. You both have so much in common."

Christina wiped her eyes and wrote "I wrote that the night she died. That's why it's so depressing. My other songs are much better."

Rosalina said "Nat needs to hear this. It might make him admit that he still misses his mom. He tries to be strong for Alex but sometimes I can see the pain in his eyes. You know that song I feel alone. Nat wrote that on one of his bad days. He smiles and laughs to keep from crying."

Christina nodded and wrote "I need to lie down. My head feels like a bomb went off."

Rosalina said "crying for a long time does that to you. After I found out the band was replacing me I cried for days. Michel saw me the next day and said I looked like someone punched me in the face. By the time they picked you my head was killing me. I thought my eyes were going to roll off my face."

Christina laughed and wrote "good thing they didn't. Nat really likes your eyes."

Rosalina sighed and said "you need to go lie down. I don't want Nat to think I hit you again. If he thinks I pulled a stunt like that again he'd kick my butt into next week."

Christina wrote "Rosalina I have to go to rehearsal if I don't whose going to play bass?"

Rosalina said "don't worry about that. I've missed playing the bass."

Christina wrote "Rosalina you're such a two faced bitch! You act like you care about me and then you try to get your spot back!"

Rosalina stood up and said "I might have hurt Nat but at least I can talk!"

Christina ran out of the music room and slammed the door. Rosalina sank down onto the couch and cried into her hands. After she had calmed down Rosalina called Nat's cell phone. Nat answered the phone and said "hey Rosalina. Have you been crying? What's wrong?"

Rosalina said "Christina and I had a little fight."

Nat said "what did you say to her?"

Rosalina sniffed and said "I said that I might have hurt you but at least I could talk."

Nat sighed and said "Rosalina what were you thinking? You know she is still struggling with the fact that she can speak. Is she still at the apartment?"

Rosalina said "she and I were in the music room and she left. I'm sorry Nat."

Nat said "Rosalina this is just great! Christina can't speak and she doesn't know the area very well."

Rosalina sobbed "Nat I didn't mean to. Please listen to me for a second. When we were dating you wrote I'll do anything. Those words meant everything to me because I knew you'd always love me."

Nat snapped "Rosalina I used to do anything for you but now you can just shut up! Christina is probably lost and scared."

Rosalina hung up the phone and got off the couch. She had ruined everything and more importantly Nat was mad at her. She wiped the tears from her eyes and went to the studio.