Darius's Audition

[Darius Cromwell]

Walking down the hallways of Dalton Academy Darius was glad that the newbie stares were finally starting to come to a stop. For it wasn’t because Darius was terribly shy and hated being in the spotlight considering he was on his way to try out for the Warblers the school glee club. One thing Darius wasn’t to happy about was the fact that this might be a zero-tolerance bullying school, but it didn’t seem to be stopping any gossip about him being here considering the only thing that many people knew about him was that he was born and raised in Los Angels and his parents had sent him here even thought they had no plans to move here themselves. Finally stopping in front of the choir room double doors Darius took a deep breath as he fixed his tie before putting on his usual straight face and entered the room once he was announced.

Standing in the middle of the room Darius ignored the curious looks he got from the other Warblers who had thought from the beginning he was just some shy new guy who would never break out of shell. Turning towards the three main Warblers he nodded when the one in the middle said “Mr. Cromwell you may start when you’re ready.” Walking across the room Darius grabbed his electric guitar not knowing how the others were going to like his taste of music. For he knew full well that this was an acapella group who mostly did songs from the top forties, but things could always be arranged. Finally giving himself the confidence he needed he turned back around and began to play his guitar and then began to sing

“Got my back against the wall
Tried to scream - there's no sound at all
I'm stuck with nowhere to turn but I'm trying
Trying hard not to be the one
Left behind to become undone
You can't stop what's already begun
Hear the turning on
I'm not giving up
I won't let go
Cause I am here till I'm done
This time I've hard enough
I'm on my own
But I am back where I belong
You stand closer but you're far away
Seems like it's further everyday
The feelings never go away but I'm trying
At the end of a losing race
Time passes me without a trace
Trying hard just to find a place
Now that I'm onto you
I'm not giving up
I won't let go
Cause I am here till I'm done
This time I've hard enough
I'm on my own
But I am back where I belong
Memories, they hold a place
Just in time to go to waste
And they all become replaced
I'm not giving up
I won't let go
Cause I am back where I belong
I'm not giving up
I won't let go
Cause I am here till I'm done
This time I've hard enough
I'm on my own
But I am back where I belong.”

With the song coming to an end Darius turned back to the main three Warblers and ignored the even more shocked looks around him. Just by the way the three Warblers were looking at each other Darius already knew they where unsure about him considering they weren’t exactly use to his style of music. Finally coming to a decision they each nodded towards each other before turning towards Darius and said “Welcome to the Warblers Mr. Cromwell.”