“Can You Be the Drummer?”
By: Autumn Klinger
“I’ll bite your face off! sang Alice Cooper. I admired his spiky top hat ,black jacket, and his jet black eye make up that surrounded his eyes.
I cried from the audience "I love you Alice!". He looked at me and smiled .When the concert ended, every one left but me.
Alice called from the stage "come here." . I was surprised .What did he want from me?
Alice helped me up onto the stage.
He asked "Autumn, your mom sighed you up for drum lessons, am I right?"
"Yes." I replied shyly . "But she couldn't find a teacher." I admitted weakly
"Yes, she actually did " answered Alice.
"What do you mean ?" I asked.
I stared at him waiting for a response.
He replied "She asked me."
"So you're going to teach me!" I exclaimed.
"Yes "he replied.
After three months of teaching, Alice and I met up again .He didn't look too happy.
I questioned him "What's wrong?".
Alice replied "The drummer of my band is sick."
I was shocked. The drummer, sick.
"That's terrible!" I cried. He just looked at me and sighed. For a long while, there was silence . We just stared at each other in the silence .I looked into Alice's eyes and swore I saw a spark of sadness. I was about to say something , but Alice cut me off.
He asked" Can you be the drummer?"
I started the band off with four taps of the drumsticks. Alice began to sing. I felt so proud to be up on stage with Alice Cooper. I pounded at those drums like I meant it and I sounded awesome. It was one powerful moment . It was the time of my life and I will never forget it.