Laney's POV

Another day, another gig. This time we'd managed to get a spot playing for some kid's party. Sure, it'd been established that we weren't a birthday band, but a gig was a gig. Even better, we'd managed to get the spot instead of The Newmans, our doppelganger gender-opposites, our mortal enemies.

Me, Kin, Kon, and Core were going for victory food at some fast food place, which we all thought would be fun. Until we walked in and saw our least favorite band ever. Great. What were they doing here?

"What are you doing here?!" Corey echoed my thoughts, staring daggers at The Newman's leader Carrie.

"Um, eating. You don't, like, own the place." Carried responded dismissively, rolling her eyes at him. Kin, Kon, and me stepped forward, standing next to Corey, ready to back him up. Our counterparts stepped forward to stand next to Carrie, each of us glaring at our opposite.

"Well now we're here. So you better leave." Corey crossed his arms. I silently rooted for him, but not daring to take my eyes off of Lenny, or Larry, or whoever he was. I never bothered learning his name.

Carrie sneered "Or what? We aren't afraid of you." The Newmans took a step forward and so did we.

"Well . . . You will be! Once we're done." Corey threatened emptily. We really had nothing we could use against them. But neither did they, so we didn't have to leave. Corey'd never let The Newmans win. He hated them. So did I.

Carrie raised an eyebrow "Really? And what are you gonna do?" She smirked, knowing she was winning. Why did Core always drag me into things like this?

"We're uh . . . Going to um . . Beat you in The Battle Of Bands!" Corey announced. Lenny or Larry, or whoever I was staring down looked the slightest bit unnerved. Hehe. The Battle Of Bands was this generic thing where bands competed against each other. it was the one thing Grojband had never bested The Newmans in.

Carrie's eyes widened "Seriously? I doubt that. Like, you couldn't win a competition for failing. Because you'd fail so badly, that you'd screw everything up. I, like, can't wait to see you lose. Later, Groj-BAD!"

I glared at Lenny(I decided to call him that) as he turned to go "You guys might as well quit while you're behind," I spat angrily.

Lenny glared at me "We'll see about that, Lamey." He muttered as he passed me, following Carrie out the building.

"Later, losers! We'd stay, but you suckiness could be infectious." Carrie cackled. She slammed the door as they left.

I let my worries show, looking at Core worriedly "Core, how are we going to beat them?! The Newmans win every time. we don't have lyrics, or even a song!"

Corey ruffled my hair "Don't worry so much Lanes. We'll think of something." I blushed slightly. Corey was really cute. And nice. And perfect.

"Whatever Core." I sighed. Even if Core was the sweetest guy ever, he got me into some crappy situations. And I knew he'd get me into more. I couldn't resist his face. Nope. Never. Ever.

Skip to night transistioon

We were having a sleepover at Corey's that night. He had some spare mattresses and we dragged them out and slept on them. There was a meteor shower or something that night, but we were too tired to watch it.

Laying in bed, I couldn't seem to go to sleep. I kept turning and shifting, unable to find something comfortable. And I kept thinking about The Newmans. And Corey. How were we going to beat The Newmans in The Battle Of Bands?! And why did Corey say we could?!

I wished The Newmans would just . . . go away. If they hadn't been at the restaurant, we wouldn't of gotten into a fight and Core wouldn't of agree to enter the competition.

I remembered the first time we all met. It was at recess in the 5th grade.

"Hey!" I nudged Core "Who's that girl over there? She's wearing a hat kind of like yours." Core followed my gaze to some girl standing near the wall, alone.

Corey shrugged "I dunno. We should talk to her." We started to approach her. It was just me and Corey, because Kin and Kon were sick or something.

The blue-haired girl glared at us "What are you doing?" She muttered and adjusted her orange beanie. I noticed it had lipstick and eyelashes, a female version of Corey's.

"We're talking to you. What's your name? I'm Corey." He asked, still smiling.

The girl turned away "I'm Carrie. Now . . . go away!" I blinked. Carrie. Corey. They both wore hats, and they both had blue hair. She was like him; but a girl. Maybe we could be friends.

Corey tilted his head "Why? You haven't even met my friend yet," He gestured to me "Her name's Laney." I didn't need him to talk for me, but Corey was better at being friendly then me, so it was probably for the best. I'm great at being sarcastic and grumpy.

"I don't wanna meet her! She'll just call me names, like everyone else!" Carrie snapped defensively, looking around urgently.

"Nu-uh. Lanes is the nicest guy I know!" I smiled awkwardly at Carrie, trying to look nice and stuff. She raised an eyebrow.

"Um, I don't think that your friend is actually a guy." She mumbled, staring at me. I felt my face get really red. It was like everyone but my friends saw me as a girl. Which sucked since I had a tiny tiny crush on Core.

"Hey! What are you doing with Carrie?" A female voice interrupted us, and I saw a boy with red hair, a girl with blonde hair and a girl with black her. All of which looked just like us.

"Who are you?" I started at the three newcomers with wide eyes. They looked at me and Core and had the same reaction.

"Oh, them? That's Lenny, Kim, and Konnie." Okay, this was getting freaky. Four people who looked just like us, and had similar names? How was this a coincidence? This would actually

be pretty cool, but they were all staring daggers at us at it was four to two.

"Carrie, they look just like you and Lenny!" Kin's counterpart, Kim, whispered.

Carrie nodded "Yeah, I know. And they won't leave me alone, either."

Corey opened his mouth to protest "That is so not true-"

Konnie cut him off "Whatever. Just leave her alone, okay?!"

I bit my lip nervously "Um, Corey, I think we should go." These people weren't exactly friendly.

"Fine. But we'll be back. Nobody messes with us!" Corey snapped and stormed off. I started to follow when a foot appeared in front of me and I stumbled to the ground. Carrie and her friends laughed at me.

I picked myself up to see that Lenny had tripped me. My hands and knees throbbed in pain, and I tried my best not to let it show "You'll regret this." I threatened and stamped off. Corey was waiting for me.

Headcannon: Carrie was bullied when she was a kid until she met Kim, Konnie, and Lenny. They were her bodyguards and protected her but soon they all started being mean so no one would mess with them.

This is my first fanfic, so it's probably gonna suck :p