'C'mon Josh, just grab your shit and lets go! I don't want another detention from the Childcatcher' Hayley yelled upstairs from the kitchen. She grabbed an apple and bit into it, when Josh came running down the stairs, still getting dressed. His brown hair was still messy from bed, his pants were half way down his ass, and his tie was hung round his neck, but he still made Hayleys stomach flutter. She'd felt this way every time she saw him for the last few months, but he still didn't know. 'Y'know you really shouldn't call her that, she's not that bad.' Josh told her, whilst attempting to tie his school tie. 'Come here' she said grabbing his tie. ' You are totally useless at doing these, and pull up your pants, nobody wants to see your butt.' she told him. 'Oh right, sorry' he said, going a bit pink. ' I think Arnold sat on my alarm again' he frowned. Arnold was Josh's new West highland terrior puppy. Well he was new to Josh, he found him in a trash can on new years eve, and pretty much saved his life. 'You totally need to train him. Maybe we could teach him to ride a skateboard or some shit, that'd be so fucking cool!' Hayley said to Josh.' Lets go, we're gonna miss the bus...again.'
Josh and Hayley snuck through the front door of Parame High School and were about to go into Music class when they heard footsteps behind them. 'Ah, Miss Williams, Mr Franceschi, late again are we?' said a voice they knew all too well. They turned around to find Mrs Luce, the deputy head, staring at them through her chunky brown glasses. Mrs Luce was more commonly known as the Childcatcher because she always caught the kids who were late to school, it was like she had some radar that went off. 'Yeah, sorry Mrs Luce, it was totally my fault, I overslept and made Hayley wait for me..' Josh spat out. 'I highly dout that, Miss Williams has her own mind, she could have chosen to turn up on time but she didn't.' She paused to look at Hayley. 'I expect to see both of you for detention at 3.15, im sure you know where to go by now' Mrs Luce told them, with a wicked smile. 'Yes, Mrs Luce' they both chimed out at the same time. 'Now off to class with you both' she said. Josh and Hayley stalked off to music, with the Childcatcher still watching them.
Josh and Hayley were in almost every class together, including music. It was also their favourite subject. They never worked together though, unless it was a duet. They couldn't play any instruments between them, but boy could they sing. They didn't just like music because they were good at it though, the teacher, Mr. Adkins, was awesome. He could play guitar,sing and he was pretty laid back... most of the time. When Josh and Hayley walked into music and took their seats near the front, Mr Adkins was telling them that they had to work in pairs, to create a piece for their folio, in two week. 'Alright then, im going to pair you up. Gavin and Sean. Taylor and Hayley. Jimmy and Lynz, Josh and Matt, Andy and Ashley, Brendon and Ryan and Jared and Tomo. Everybody happy?'He asked. 'Okay good, get to it.' he said finally.
Josh spotted Matt from across the room and waved him down. Matt was a pretty decent bass player, Josh had heard him practicing a couple of times. They greeted each other with a 'hey.'
'So, got any ideas on what song you wanna cover?' Matt asked Josh quietly.
'Yeah, i was thinking we could do like a Fall Out Boy song? I mean, if you know any of them..' Josh replied awkwardly.
'Yeah! That would be great! I guess, i know a couple of theirs.' Matt squealed.
'Alright, which ones do you know? I'm pretty good at singing Sugar, We're Goin' Down and a couple of others.' Josh laughed.
'I can play pretty much all of their songs, their one of my favourite bands. How about Sugar, We're Goin Down, I know all the chords to that.' Matt gushed.
'Okay, awesome. Fall Out Boy vibes.' Josh said.
'Vibes?' Matt laughed.
'Yeah just trying it out.' Josh replied, actually blushing. 'Okay, let's get started. You get the mic, and i'll get my bass and the sheet music, Y'know just incase.' Matt told him, getting up, he was still smiling when he left the room. As Josh watched him leave, he had a strange realisation, he liked the way Matt walked. He used to think about stuff like that about Hayley,the way she walked,talked,looked and even the way she smelled. He wasn't sure what to make of it. He didn't have much time to ponder over it though, because within two minutes of leaving Matt was back with his bass,sheet music and two amps. Josh grabbed a mic and stand and plugged it into one of the amps. 'Ready?' Matt asked him. Josh looked at him, Matt was beaming with excitement, he could tell. 'Yeah, lets do this!' Josh replied with a wary grin.
Hayley made her way over to Taylors desk. The first thing Hayley noticed about Taylor was his eyes, his beautiful hazel eyes. Taylor was the schools dream guy. Every guy wanted to be him, and every girl wanted..well, him. He had nice hair, a brilliant smile, all the latest clothes and he was really smart, which most guys at Hayleys school wern't (well except josh). Hayley snapped out of her day dream to find him looking at her, with a strange look on his face. She realized she'd been stood gawping at him for the past two minutes without saying a word. 'Um..Hi' he finally said. 'Hey, I'm Hayley Williams' she said, holding out her hand for him to shake. 'Sup, I'm Taylor York.' he replied, totally ignoring her hand. ' Erm, so what instruments do you play Taylor?' Hayley asked nervously. 'Guitar, and drums. You?' He replied. 'I dont play, I sing..' She said, looking at him. She was pretty sure he already knew that. 'Well what kinda stuff do you sing? Pop? Opera? Classical? ' He asked her with a grin. 'No, actually, I like to sing rock. And sometimes punk' she replied sourly. 'Of course.' he said sarcasticly. 'Alright, i already had some ideas for what we could do. I thought i might have gotten a guy partner though. I'd really like to do something by the Kaiser Cheifs, Kings of Leon or Foo Fighters but you probably wont be able to reach the notes..' He told her.
Hayley could feel the anger building up inside of her. She knew there was only one thing she could do to shut him up. So she burst out into the chorus of 'Use Somebody' by the Kings Of Leon. Her eyes were closed but she could feel him staring, she began to smile. She was hitting almost every note! She finished the song and opened her eyes, and looked at him smugly.
'Well, I wasnt expecting that.' He said to her, standing up, so they were only a few inches apart. 'Y'know Hayley, i think this could be the start of a beautiful friendship' Taylor said to her, with a cheeky wink.