Brotherhood: Guiding Lights in Life's Tunnels

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Bright lights, cameras, and thousands of people surrounded us, well, maybe not. One spotlight rested on the dirty cafeteria floor with a couple rows of people. Whoops! I meant parents. My brother, our friend Alex, and I stood on the tiny stage with our lustrous instruments. The crowd began clapping, and I ran like the wind off the stage. While I stood backstage with my hands shaking, I realized that my brother had led me through thick and thin. He always led me to the light at the end of every tunnel.
Ages ago, my brother and I would do everything together. He hated pizza, so I hated pizza. He loved Star Wars, so I loved Star Wars. He loved playing with the rowdy neighborhood boys, so I loved playing with the rowdy neighborhood boys. We developed …show more content…

However, one song stood out from all the rest of them. The talent show at Hart came about and our guts knew we needed to sign up. The one song that stood out would lead us to either a disaster or a success.
The night of the talent show finally came around. I picked out my favorite black headband, slick black dress pants, and a sharp blazer. The boys went in classy suits with red ties. Nevertheless, Alex had a tie with a polar bear on it drinking a coca-cola.
Once we arrived at the school, butterflies fluttered in my stomach. I paced back and forth, while waiting for our time to shine. My time's up, and I trembled up the stairs to the stage. As I walked out, I felt my heart pounding through my chest. My mind raced back and forth from I can to I can’t. While my head still spun, the sound of claps roared through. Anxiety blurred my vision to an illusion of a thousand people with lights shining through. Oddly, it appeared as a nightmare instead of a dream come true. My eyes watered up, and I ran off the stage with my hands trembling. I backstage, and my brother bowing before the crowd showed a new perspective of our bond. We looked up to each other so much as musicians. We never actually made one thing, we always remained as two different things that connected through envy of one another. My brother and I led each other along to the light at the end of every tunnel, still from that moment on everything

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