I look down to the little pamphlet we were given at the beginning. I see next to my brother’s name “Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 23.” My brother is the final act so my mother gets up to run to him. She tells everyone that it was a gift. My brother is smiling on the outside, but I know that it’s for the pictures. He’s like me, tired. But he is always better at disguising it. Especially around the reporters. I take my usual place by my brother for the pictures. We stand up straight, a smile not showing our bottom teeth, our eyes somewhat squinted. We do exactly what we rehearsed. Microphones are soon shoved in my brother’s face after the photos are done. How are we feeling? How long do you two practice? When’s your next performance? What are our plans for the future? Most of these questions are aimed at my brother. I sit there, looking pretty. One of the microphones turned to me. What was it like to live with a prodigy such as my brother? Silence filled the room. I keep smiling, what am I supposed to say to
I look down to the little pamphlet we were given at the beginning. I see next to my brother’s name “Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 23.” My brother is the final act so my mother gets up to run to him. She tells everyone that it was a gift. My brother is smiling on the outside, but I know that it’s for the pictures. He’s like me, tired. But he is always better at disguising it. Especially around the reporters. I take my usual place by my brother for the pictures. We stand up straight, a smile not showing our bottom teeth, our eyes somewhat squinted. We do exactly what we rehearsed. Microphones are soon shoved in my brother’s face after the photos are done. How are we feeling? How long do you two practice? When’s your next performance? What are our plans for the future? Most of these questions are aimed at my brother. I sit there, looking pretty. One of the microphones turned to me. What was it like to live with a prodigy such as my brother? Silence filled the room. I keep smiling, what am I supposed to say to