A change of heart?

I'm not sure that I stated this in my first post, but I play the french horn. I am in wind symphony on that, and in marching band on its counterpart, the mellophone.
But not anymore.

I am the newest member of, that's right, the tenor sax section. Yes, the one with Kyle in it. The section with my new good friend Amanda in it. I'm really excited about this, but I'm really nervous about it, too.

Because what if my section hates me after this switch? I mean, I'm doing it to get away from most of them, but what about Nikki? And Kendra? And Shelby? They all like me. A lot! I mean, I'm Shelby's favorite! I'm actually someone's favorite for once in my life! But if I switch, will she ever forgive me?
It's true too that the two sections sit right next to each other. So I'm worried that Erin and Amy will... I don't know... shun me? And Emily! I have to sit next to her in Wind Symphony! She's insufferable as it is, but now? I just don't even know if I could handle that.

Well, here is the story of how it happened, if you care. Which you SHOULD!

Amanda, my floor mate, and I were at the soccer game. Well, the pre-soccer game. Most of the band just stayed long enough to finish playing, then left. That's what Amanda and I did.
I followed her, because, you know, we're neighbors! I figured we'd be walking home together like we did after every band occasion. She went to talk to the rest of her tenor sax buddies, so I went with her. I wasn't really listening to what they were saying; I was focusing too intently on my lack of blood sugar.

They started walking off the field, and I followed, figuring Amanda and I would go home. We didn't. Losing three members of the original group of seven, we walked to her section mate's car. That felt like it took forever. I know, it was me being dramatic and hungry. But still!

Then I figured that Jeff would drive us home, but we ended up going to Denny's, where the three members of the section we had lost joined us again. I was okay with this. I was thirsty and hungry, and I just couldn't take it any longer! I ordered food.
Over the meal, we discussed many things; historical figures, racism, food, fake coconut and why is it blue? And, most importantly, the fact that I just fit in a lot better with them than with my section.

"Why don't you switch?" Austin, one of the section leaders, asked.

"Me? Switch from mellophone to tenor sax? Is that even possible?" I was incredulous. Switch from a brass instrument that I played impeccably to a woodwind that I had never even touched before? I couldn't.

"Yeah, why not?" Jeff asked, "I mean, there were five people who didn't know how to play last year."

"Two of them are back this year." Austin added.

"I did play clarinet for three-and-a-half years..." I mused.

"See? You've got a leg up on those guys. It's pretty much the same, except for one fingering." Austin said.

"So you guys really want me to do this?" I asked. No one else had really been participating in the conversation, only watching. But then Kyle spoke up. Not the Kyle I had mentioned previously, a different Kyle in the same section. That Kyle was at the soccer game still.

"Dude, yeah. You're pretty cool."

"And it's always been a dream of ours to have our own tenor bus." Austin thought out loud. "This would put us one person closer!"

"I don't know, let me think about it." I said. I didn't want to betray my mellophone section just like that.

"Fine. But think fast." Jeff warned.

I laughed. "I'll try."

We talked about more things for another fifteen minutes or so, when the topic came up again.

"When would I even start? I can't really on this game, can I?" I speculated, more to myself than anyone else.

"No, but we could ask Chris for an instrument. Don will be fine with it as long as you're actually staying in the band. They'd hate you if you quit. But you're not even considering that." Austin answered. "You'd probably start at the next game."

"And my pre-game spot? I'd have to stay there, wouldn't I?"

"Unfortunately, yes. We can't exactly write a new pre-game show." Jeff answered for me.

"I just feel like the mellophones would hate me for it." I said.

"So?" said Jeff, Kyle, and Austin together.

"They're all drama anyway," Austin said. "Next thing you know, they'll all be dating each other then hating each other because of it."

"There IS a lot of drama with them..." I admitted. One of the reasons I liked the tenors much better.

We started another new topic after my admission. Though not long after another thought occurred to me.

"Dude. I'd be making my dad's lifelong dream of me playing the saxophone come true!" I exclaimed. I hadn't meant to, but it was true. My dad had always wanted me to play the saxophone, and by switching, even in marching band, I would be realizing that dream.

Everyone looked back at me, puzzled.

"Sorry... I think out loud sometimes." I stated, somewhat timidly.

"We noticed." Jeff said, though not meanly, as others in my current section probably would have.

"That's cool, though," Austin said, suddenly seeing that he could use this to his advantage. "You should make your dad proud."

And that was it. It was decided.
I will be switching from mellophone to tenor sax officially next week.

I'm still really nervous about my section, though. I just don't want Kendra, Nikki, or Shelby to lose respect for me. I want to stay Shelby's favorite, and Kendra's good friend.

But I want more to do my father proud.