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Allstar Weekend's minivan sped down the highway. They were driving back from their rehearsal. It was a warm day in Poway, San Diego.
"What should we do when we get home?" Zach, the band's lead singer asked. He was drving back to the house they had saved up to buy all together. Not only did they receive money from their CDs, but they also got small jobs while they weren't on tour.
"I'm feeling ice cream. It's hot." Cameron said, fanning himself in the passenger seat.
"Sounds good." Zach said, making a quick turn to get to the parlor.
Zach parked in the parking lot, getting out. "I just got a text from Gary. He needs us back at our house in ten."
"We've got enough time." Nathan informed them. The boys walked into the parlor. It was practically empty. When they opened the door, a small ring came from a bell attached to the top. There was a girl, leaning against the back counter, using her cell phone.
"Can I get you guys something?" she mumbled, not looking up from the device. The boys stepped up to the counter, deciding what they wanted.
"Hey, baby girl, I'll get some chocolate." Michael said, leaning up against the counter like he was all that. The girl looked up from her phone for just a moment.
"Oh my gosh. You're Allstar Weekend!" she smiled, snapping a quick photo. The boys smiled, used to their fame. The girl got Michael's ice cream and filled the cup to the very top.
"I'm Terri, by the way." she smiled, holding her hand out. Each boy shook.
"I'll have strawberry." Nathan said, pointing to the big tub of ice cream behind the glass. Terri scooped the ice cream just like she did with Michael's. Filling it up to the top.
"Cookie dough for me." Zach said.
"Can I suggest the giraffe special for you, Cameron?" Terri asked, handing the cup of cookie dough to Zach.
"The what?" Cameron's face lit up with excitement.
"Like a little kid." Zach whispered to Nathan. Nathan nodded, chuckling.
"Yeah, it's chocolate and orange sherbert." she said, putting some on a small tester spoon.
Cameron took the sample, putting it straight in his mouth. "This is delicious. Gimme a cup of that." he said.
Terri eagerly scooped the ice cream, handing the cup to Cameron.
"How much?" the boys said, taking out their wallets.
"Um, $2.00 each." she said, waiting for the cash. The boys each pulled out two dollar bills and gave them to her.
"Thanks, Terri." Cameron said, happily eating his Giraffe Special.
Terri walked out to them. "Would you guys, um, mind signing my shirt?" she said, holding out a sharpie pen.
"Sure. no problem." Nathan said, taking the pen and signing it. Nathan. Each boy signed, waved goodbye to Terri and walked out.
"She was nice." Zach said, unlocking the car.
"And hot." Michael joked.
"We have five minutes, guys." Zach said, quickly getting into the van.
They drove quickly to the house, meeting Gary at the door. "Guys, practice. Now." He told them, opening the door to the garage. They kept all their instruments in there. Michael ran to the drums, warming up. The others did the same.
"La, La, La, La, La, La, La." Zach warmed up his voice.
"You sound so stupid." Nathan laughed.
"Whatever." he said, tapping the mic.
"So why do we have to practice?" Cameron asked Gary, strumming the strings on his bass guitar.
"I'll tell you after. Now, go!" Gary said, leaving the room.
The boys practiced wildly, goofing off most the time. They don't know how it started, but eventually, the boys started wrestle-fighting.
"Take this!" Cameron said, throwing a towel at Nathan.
Nathan held up a guitar, blocking it. "Loser!" he said.
All of a sudden the power went out in the room.
"Whoa." Michael said.
"I can't see anything!" Zach said, almost running into the wall.
Before they could do anything, half of the room burst up in flames.
"Oh!" Nathan said, leaping away. The boys began to panic.
"Is there a fire extinguisher around here?" Michael asked, looking around as well as he could in the dark. Zach took his water bottle off the table and threw the water into it. Nothing happened. By the time the boys found something that could help, the whole wall was engulfed in flames. Cameron started coughing.
"Let's get out of here." he said, over the beeping of the fire alarms.
"Gary! Gary! Are you here?" Zach yelled, running out the door.
"Guys! Why is the wall in flames?" he yelled, grabbing his phone to call the fire department.
"We don't know!" Everyone was yelling, gathering things that were valuable. The sound of fire truck sirens came almost immediately. A few firemen ran in, grabbing the boys. While the firemen worked to put out the fire, the boys and Gary stood outside. In the blink of an eye, their whole house was burning to the ground.