Admiration

The teenager at number forty-two was learning to play the drums.

He wasn’t particularly popular with the rest of his family, although he kept his bedroom door closed whenever he practiced. He had the drum set squeezed into the corner of his room. He always tried to drum softly, but it didn’t always work. His other interest was the Saturday night dance at the village hall. He knew his family appreciated a quiet night. He wasn’t much into dancing and just wasn’t ready for a girlfriend yet. Although he knew the time would come. Anyway, he enjoyed the brief pause during the evening, when the organises put on a sort of talent show. Sometimes two or three acts would get up on the stage, some nights only one.

That was the case this particular evening. It was a boy he remembered from school. He didn’t really know him; only by sight. He’d been told he was learning to play the alto saxophone. The would-be drummer was intrigued.

When the time came, the teenager climbed up onto the small stage carrying his instrument case. Using the chair provided, he sat and took the saxophone out. After jiggling the keys for a bit, he played a version of the Buddy Holly number, ‘Raining in My Heart’. His performance only lasted a couple of minutes. In the hall, it seemed very loud. There were a few wrong notes, but he pressed on regardless. When it was finished, there were a few muffled sniggers, followed by a steady clapping, as he put the instrument back in his case and returned to one of the seats that lined the side wall.

On the opposite side of the room, the would-be drummer sat watching the performer sit himself confidently in the chair with his instrument case slid between his feet.

He was surprised at the profound and quite emotional effect this one incident of listening to the other’s performance had on him.

He wasn’t at all sure which of his feelings was the strongest, his admiration or his envy…

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