"Brela! You ready?" a brunette shouted.
Sticking her head out the window of her apartment, Brela shouted back, "Give me a minute!"
"Hurry up!"
Brela rolled her eyes before closing her suitcase and carrying it down the stairs and in front of her apartment building. Waiting for her was her friends Alex and Nel. Nel is a hyper, green-haired teen with a pink scar across her nose and cheeks. Alex is a crazy brunette with multi-colored streaks in her hair and lots of ear piercings. Brela's a brunette with co-co brown skin and gets bored easily.
"Finally," Nel commented as she walked to the trunk of her Mazda 6 and opening for Brela to put her bags in.
"Oh shut up, ya'll said ya'll were coming later," Brela argued as she put her suitcase in what little room was left in the trunk.
"Sorry, but I told Nel to tell you we were coming early. I should have known to tell you myself," Alex told her.
"Hey!" Nel squeaked as she slammed the trunk closed. Alex and Brela snickered as they climbed into the silver car. Brela put her small backpack in the back beside Alex who was already pulling out her iPod and headphones and stretching out.
Nel came around and slid into the drivers seat. She turned the key in the ignition and drove off.
"So what's this major surprise?" Nel asked Alex who was looking through her songs.
"You'll see when we get there. Just drive to the airport and look for your brother," she told her.
"That's what I don't get. If this is suppose to be a 'oh so amazing surprise' for us, then why is my brother gonna be there?"
"It's because he paid for all this and I love him and don't wanna part with him for to long. Duh," she answered.
"Yeah Nel, duh," Brela mocked, snickering. Alex kicked her seat in retaliation.
"Hey! No damaging Boa-Boa!" Nel reprimanded.
"Sorry Nel. And sowwy to you to Boa-Boa!" Alex baby talked while rubbing the car door.
Brela laughed at them while they bickered back in forth, thinking about when they first met.
They all had Music class together in their freshman year of high school. Their teacher stepped out for a minute and everyone started talking. Being as bored as she was, Brela started to use her pencils as drumsticks and her desk as a drum. A second later, the girl beside her, Alex, grabbed the guitar pick in her pocket and used the metal rings on her notebook as faux guitar strings. Soon they heard humming behind them. Nel who was sitting on the desk behind them was humming loudly with their beat. They continued until the teacher came in and started class. As soon as the bell rang, they started talking and agreed to become a band. They stayed friends all through high school.
Now they were freshly graduated and ready for their freedom from their families. And that's when Alex told them to pack enough clothes for a few weeks or more, warm clothes only, and to be ready for a long vacation. Still confused as to where they were going, Nel drove up to the airport and parked in the middle of the parking lot.
"Seriously, where are we going?" Brela asked.
Alex groaned in frustration and almost yelled, "Do you guys not understand the meaning of surprise!"
"Nope," Nel shrugged.
Groaning again Alex dropped her head on the top of the car. "Just please wait."
After a while, they finally got inside the airport with all their stuff.
Alex jumped up and down to look for a head of blue hair. "There they are!" she shouted when she finally spotted them.
Brela and Nel rolled their eyes as they followed Alex who ran up to the small group of teens. Nels brother, Grimmjow, sat on the end of one of the aisles with a scowl on his face. Nnoitra, a lanky teen with long black hair and an eye patch sat beside him with a DS in his hands. Ulquiorra sat across from him staring out the large windows. And Stark and Tia sat a few seats down from him, whispering to each other.
"Hey Grumpy, what's bothering you now?" Nel asked her brother.
He glared at her and said, "Our flight's delayed."
"Seriously? Damn it," Alex whined.
"Well can you tell us where we are going then since we won't be there for a while?" Nel asked.
Grimmjow looked at Alex and smirked. "You didn't tell them?"
"I told you it was going to be a surprise," she responded. "So don't tell them."
"Ok, I won't tell them that we're getting on a plane to-"
"Shut up!"
Grimmjow chuckled and slouched in his seat with his arms crossed.
Realizing they weren't going to be told the destination Brela and Nel sat down beside Nnoitra. Alex slid down onto the floor beside Grimmjow's chair. He looked at her for a second before asking, "Why are you sitting down there?"
"Cuz I want to."
"And your reason?"
"Those chairs are uncomfortable."
"And the floor is?"
Alex tilted her head back and looked at him, "Why are you so curious?"
"I'm a curious guy," he shrugged.
"Whatever."
He looked down there a while longer before reaching down and wrapping an arm around her waist before lifting her onto his lap. She yelped in surprise as he did this.
Brela who was watching shouted, "Woot!", and pumped her fist in the air.1
"Don't encourage him!" Alex told her. She looked at Grimmjow who was grinning at her. "Why did you do that?"
"Cuz you sitting on the floor was making me feel uncomfortable," he answered.
"So you decided to randomly lift me and put me in your lap?"
"Who's curious now?"
Alex glared at him but her blush dampened the effect.
Brela laughed at them, then pulled out a Naruto manga.
6 HOURS LATER
"Finally! We're here!" Nel shouted.
"Where ever here is," Brela muttered as they climbed out of the cabs.
"Ya'll ready for the surprise?" Alex asked as she blocked them from entering the hotel they were staying at.
"We were ready when you first told us to pack!" Nel whined.
"Well, then I guess I should tell you what I signed us up for," Alex teased.
"Signed us up for? What are you talking about?" Brela asked.
Alex grinned, "This!" She opened the door.
Inside the hotels lobby was a semi-large crowd filled with teens and people in their late twenties. The only sound in the room was the sound of chatter, drums, guitars, and pecking on keyboards. Above them was a huge banner that read:
Our 14th Annual Battle of the Bands!
1 I wrote this on Tuesday when I sat in Denzel's lap, lol.
