Carryis enjoying the jam session more than anything else. She launches into the next verse of the song, the scrap of paper clipped to the music stand in front of her. Fortunately none of the others can see it, because she's not had time to write the words up in her own handwriting.<br/><br/>She imporovises the scanning and syncopation. Whoever wrote it hadn't finished it and it was a bit rough and raw around the edges...<br/><br/>♪♫We try to say, how much we feel♪♫<br/>♪♫But others never let us♪♫<br/>♪♫All I wanna do is touch you there♪♫<br/>♪♫To kiss you, tell you babe, how much I care♪♫<br/><br/>The third verse flowed naturally. The other two were keeping up, and the harmonies they were adding worked really well. Variations crept in and the tempo changed - without drummer or rhythm guitar it was almost guaranteed to - but on the while, the effect she heard through her fold-back speakers was good.<br/><br/>♪♫I watch you from my window, dear♪♫<br/>♪♫I see your face in shadows♪♫<br/>♪♫Others can say I can't have you♪♫<br/>♪♫But all I know is with you I could fly♪♫<br/><br/>Carry took a deep breath and yelled "<strong>Refrain</strong>", to let the others know the melody was changing, then carried on:<br/><br/>♪♫I want to fly♪♫<br/>♪♫With the wind to carry me♪♫<br/>♪♫I want to fly♪♫<br/>♪♫Knowing that you're there♪♫<br/>♪♫I want to fly♪♫<br/>♪♫With words that say you love me♪♫<br/>♪♫Knowing that your there♪♫<br/>♪♫Just Waiting for me♪♫<br/><br/>She added a little to the refrain, because it didn't work as it was - the number of lines was wrong to bring the phrase to completion.<strong>"Instrumental break! Ash, take the melody!"</strong>She called out, and switched from strumming to plucking - proving once again that she deserved to be the lead guitarist, improvising around Ash's keyboards. Her eyes closed as she<em>saw</em>the music in her mind's eye, taking the harmony into the Strat's descant register the way the old seventies guitar heroes had done, her left hand working right up into the finger cut-out, then right down again into the bass register where she could only make the fingering by shifting the whole Fender to her right.<br/><br/><strong>"Refrain!"</strong><br/><br/>♪♫I want to fly♪♫<br/>♪♫With the wind to carry me♪♫<br/>♪♫I want to fly♪♫<br/>♪♫Knowing that you're there♪♫<br/>♪♫I want to fly♪♫<br/>♪♫With words that say you love me♪♫<br/>♪♫Knowing that your there♪♫<br/>♪♫Just Waiting for me♪♫<br/><br/>She went back to the melody as she started the last verse<br/><br/>♪♫I long to let you know I care♪♫<br/>♪♫But others interfere♪♫<br/>♪♫They keep us from each other dear♪♫<br/>♪♫Prevent our love from being here♪♫<br/><br/>♪♫I watch you and I want you now♪♫<br/>♪♫Together we could fly♪♫<br/><br/>♪♫I want to fly♪♫<br/>♪♫With the wind to carry me♪♫<br/>♪♫I want to fly♪♫<br/>♪♫Knowing that you're there♪♫<br/>♪♫I want to fly♪♫<br/>♪♫With words that say you love me♪♫<br/>♪♫Knowing that your there♪♫<br/>♪♫Just Waiting for me♪♫<br/><br/>♪♫I want to fly♪♫<br/>♪♫With the wind to carry me♪♫<br/>♪♫I want to fly♪♫<br/>♪♫Knowing that you're there♪♫<br/>♪♫I want to fly♪♫<br/>♪♫With words that say you love me♪♫<br/>♪♫Knowing that your there♪♫<br/>♪♫Just Waiting for me♪♫<br/><br/>♪♫Just Waiting for me♪♫<br/>♪♫Just Waiting for me♪♫<br/>♪♫Waiting♪♫<br/><br/>Carry let the last note fade away and took a deep breath. She was bathed in sweat, something that didn't normally happen at rehearsal. She had poured her heart into the song and it had left her feeling drained, but exhilarated.<br/><br/>She took the guitar off and let out a whoop. "WHOOOHOOO! Nice one girls!"