Nighttime fell on Peaceville. It had been a week and Grojband hasn't had a gig. The Newmans had been playing them all and getting more famous. "Hey it looks like there's an opening at Town Square and the Newmans aren't playing it," Laney said happily. "Nice!" Kin said. "It's about time we got a gig!" "Bet you're happy right Core-" Kon said but Corey had already left. "He's been really upset about us not getting a gig," Kin said. "I'm worried about him," Laney said and continued reading her favorite book. "What are you reading?" Kin asked. "The Phantom Of The Opera," Laney answered. "I went to see the movie and it was awesome!" Kon said. "Oh yeah now I remember! Mom dragged us to it!" Kin said in annoyance. "Hey it was good," Kon said. "I guess," Kin said. Laney giggled and was at the part were the Christine kisses the Phantom in the end. She sighs and closes the book. "I wish this was real," she said to herself. "We might as well start practicing," Kon said. "But what about Corey? We can't practice without him!" Laney said. "We'll be fine," Kin said. So Kin, Kon, and Laney started to practice. Meanwhile, Corey was on his way to tell the mayor that they wanted to play at Town Square. Right when he got there he saw Carrie talking to the mayor. "My band and I would like to play at town square tomorrow afternoon," she said. "No!" Corey yelled. Carrie saw him and smirked and walked off. He ran after her and pulled on the collar of her shirt. "Why?!" he yelled. "What?" Carrie asked. "Don't give me that crap! Why did you steal our gig?!" Corey asked angrily. "I got there first and you didn't," Carrie said. They both started to argue in the middle of the street. Then Carrie saw a car coming at a very fast speed. She ran away and went home. "Sure run away!" Corey yelled. Then he saw his shadow in the street "Oh crap..." he said and turned around and... BAM! The car hit him and he landed on the windshield. "Oh my god!" It was Laney's mom. His hat was in the middle of the street and Laney's mom called the police to take Corey to the hospital. But when the police got there, he was gone and all they found was his hat. The police assumed Corey was dead so they went to his house to break the news to his friends. Mrs. Penn felt so guilty and sad. Corey managed to get home and before he was going to walk in, he saw the cops coming and he hid in the bushes. "Oh no," Corey said to himself. He heard Laney crying and Kin and Kon looking depressed. Corey felt pain all over one side of his face. He saw Laney run out crying loudly and Kin and Kon walk home with their heads down.
Corey snuck back into his room without anyone noticing. He heard the cops leave and he shut his window. He felt his head and didn't feel his beanie. "Oh crap! My hat!" He said. He went to the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror, the one half of his face with all the pain scared him a little bit. It was swollen and a little red and a little bit of blood dripped. He wiped the blood off with toilet paper, "Oh my god my face," he said to himself. "I can't let anyone see me like this." "They'll freak out because of my face and that I'm alive." Corey walked out of the bathroom but then tripped over Laney's book. He picked it up, "Never knew Lanes was into this stuff," he said. He watched some of the movie on youtube and suddenly felt different. He smiled, "I know what I have to do," he said
