ninth grade

in ninth grade is when i get chosen. the band teacher recognizes me and pulls me out to join the senior ensemble. i have to commute early to school an extra day. my father drops me off in his pajamas and i lug my odd-shaped instrument to the band room, where i take my seat as third french horn next to two behemoths, reece and kaoru, the older brother of someone in my grade and a music prodigy from…