Megan yawned, starting up her computer. Life had become oddly monotonous recently; it made her very sad. However, there wasn't much she could do about it. Or so she thought.

Once her computer was started, she immediately opened up the internets. And…wow….for once she was shocked to find that she had an email. It was from Paul, a very good friend of hers whom she met at summer camp. She hadn't spoken to him recently, but that was because he and his new band were having issues.

She opened the email. It said:

HEY! Sorry I haven't written in ages. How's it going? What's uni like? I hope all's well.

I know it's random that I emailed you, but I had to tell you this. I was at work today and I saw a leaflet for a battle of the bands. I think you should try it out. That friend of yours I met was wicked on guitar. And I know you have enough friends to form a band.

At that point, Megan stopped reading. Battle of the bands? Sounds like a GREAT idea! Immediately, she called up Karen and June and Ali, while typing an email to Paul asking for the information.

"GUYS! I HAVE THE BEST IDEA EVER!!"

"What is it?" June asked.

Karen was quiet. As was Ali. Megan was afraid they had poofed. "Paul said that he saw a thing for a battle of the bands, and…we should make a band!" It worked too; Karen could play guitar, June could play bass, and Ali could play drums. That would be totally perfect.

Of course, the other three LOVED the idea. Megan felt brilliant, and was really excited to forward Paul's reply to her to her friends. The next few months were going to be incredible; Megan could tell.

(A month or so later…)

"Guys, this is the best song," said Karen one day at band practice.

"It doesn't make any sense," said Ali.

"Does that matter?" asked June.

"The point is, we are master songwriters," commented Megan.

The girls were very proud of themselves because they had a couple of songs written, they could play lots of cover songs, and they had a name: Restless Winds. It didn't sound to girly, and it was from a Beatles song, of course. The girliest part of the band was Karen's black-with-white-polka-dots guitar, and that was kind of irony mixed with Bowie and punk.

"So, we play that song for the Battle of the Bands, and what else? We need two covers," said Ali. "I think we should play 'Misery Business' by Paramore."

"Yeah, that," said Megan. "And I hope you guys don't mind, but I really wanna play McFly song."

"That sounds good," said June.

"Something off Wonderland, maybe?" asked Karen.

"We can't play anything from that album," Ali pointed out.

"Right…" said Karen.

"Aaaah!" said Megan.

"What?" asked June.

"'Met This Girl!'"

"That's good," said Ali.

"Love that song," said Karen.

"And we know it, too," said June.

"We just have to practice it like our lives depend on it," said Megan.

"Well…they sort of do," said Karen.

Everyone laughed.