"Mixed Emotions"
~ This is my first School of Rock story. I'm sorry if this isn't quite good but I hope you still take time to read it. Thanks!
Freddy/Katie pairing
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Chapter 1: Michael
The summer heat can already be felt this time of year. The kids just finished school and they are now back rehearsing in Dewey's apartment in preparation for the up coming "Summerblast Battle of the Bands." They have done quite a few gigs for the past 2 years since they got together but still Dewey's dream of landing a record deal is still far from becoming reality. Ned was in Mexico, leaving the apartment to Dewey's care. The band practiced harder. Surely they wanted to win this time.
"Good work, guys! That was awesome. Zack, just more practice and you too, Freddy. OK...let's have a break...I'll call for some pizza delivery." Dewey said as he went to the living room dialing the number of the pizza delivery boy on his cordless phone.
"I hope we win this time." Summer said in her usual bossy tone.
"C'mon, Summer. It's not about winning. It's about doing what we love to do." Zack said in his usual happy-go-lucky tone as he sat on the sofa beside Freddy.
"Yeah I know. But we've been...I mean...you guys have been performing for months now but no one seems to be interested."
"Summer...we'll have our day. Trust me. Soon I'll be the greatest drummer there ever was!" Freddy said coolly, flipping his drumsticks with his hands trying to impress everyone.
"In your dreams." Katie told Freddy with great disbelief.
"Oh what? As if you're so good with your bass..."
"I never said I was good." Katie said irritably.
"Hey. . . what's going on here? What's the fight all about huh?" Dewey said coming back from the living room.
"Ask Ms. Confident." Freddy said glancing crossly at Katie.
"Shut up, Freddy."
"Make me..."
"Hey. . .hey. . .guys. . .Freddy, Katie. . .just please, stop arguing alright. Battle of the Bands is a few weeks away and I don't want anyone in our band going to conflicts, okay? C'mon you two." Dewey said giving both of them a peace-out-now-or-else look.
"Fine. Sorry, Freddy." Katie said in a low tone.
"Yeah. I'm sorry too..." Freddy said not looking at Katie.
"That's what I'm talking about! Just make sure you two will be Ok now alright." Dewey said then left the room to answer the door.
"Whatever" Freddy and Katie said almost at the same time.
------------------------------------------------------- The next day Katie and Summer stopped by a grocery store before heading to Dewey's apartment. Dewey asked the girls to do the grocery for him saying that he was too lazy to do it himself.
"Lays?" Katie asked Summer as she was looking at the list of things to buy given to her by Dewey.
"Check." Summer answered, checking the insides of the grocery bag she was carrying.
"Pringles?"
"Check."
"Martini? This too?"
"He's asking us to buy alcoholic drinks? Hello? Imagine what people may think. I'm so not going out this store with that inside this bag." Summer said stubbornly.
"But what would ----"
Katie was cut off mid sentence when someone carelessly bumped into her.
"Ow! Watch it will you!" Katie said.
"I'm sorry"
Katie found herself face to face with a really good-looking guy. He's a few inches taller than she is. He also had black hair. He dressed coolly and by the looks of it he seemed quite in a hurry.
"I'm sorry. I'm in a hurry and I have this family thing I need to attend to and I ---"
"It's alright. No one got hurt." Katie said blushing a bit.
"That's good. I'll see you around." The guy said as he walked quickly out of the store. Katie never felt something like this before. Her heart was beating at a faster pace than the usual. She never had a crush on anyone, not until now. She stared blankly at the store entrance from where she last saw the guy.
"Hello? Katie?" Summer said snapping her fingers hastily, trying to get Katie back to her senses. "Hello? We have to hurry. Dewey's probably waiting..." she pulled Katie in the arm towards the counter, paid their dues then went out of the store.
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Everyone was pretty busy. Zack was practicing his chords while Marta, Alicia and Tomika were making new dance steps for their new song. Finally, Summer and Katie arrived.
"What the hell took you two so long?" Dewey asked.
"Yeah, we're like starving here." Freddy said.
"Dewey, I can't believe you let us buy Martini." Summer said angrily handing the grocery bag to him.
"It's for me not for you."
"I know. But hello? To make minors, not to mention 12 year olds, buy alcoholic drinks without being accompanied by an adult, it's just so ----"
"Summer, were you caught?"
"No. Because we didn't buy any."
"Just be a good girl, Summer and shut your mouth right now." Summer looked at Dewey with narrowed eyes.
"We've been waiting for you. Where have you been?" Freddy said opening a bag of Lays.
"To the grocery store, obviously." Katie said as she sat down on the sofa next to Zack.
"Oh there's this really cute guy who bumped into Katie." Summer said excitedly the feeling of anger she felt a few minutes ago suddenly fades away. "I think Katie likes him."
"Summer, shut up please."
"Oh shoot you weren't able to get his name!" Summer said ignoring Katie.
"I bet he's a loser! Trying to get someone's attention by bumping into someone." Freddy said provokingly.
"He wasn't trying to get someone's attention! Maybe you are. You always want to be cool don't you?" Katie said irritably.
"So what?"
"Hey! I thought we talked about this before. No more fights, time for practice. Let's go." Dewey said as everyone went to his or her respective positions. Katie and Freddy did not talk to each other the whole time. How they just love to infuriate each other, I can tell.
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It was already nighttime when band practice was finally over. Everyone was fetched by their parents except for Katie who had to walk to the grocery store she and Summer went to earlier since that's where her mom was planning to meet her. She sat on the bench in front of the store, laying her bass guitar beside her. She kept herself from being bored stiff by busily watching people going in and out of the store. A few minutes passed and still she was doing the same thing, and there was still no sign of her mom. While she was watching an old man slowly walking out of the store she heard a familiar voice.
"What are you doing here?"
Katie turned her head to see who it was. It was Freddy.
"I'm waiting for my mom." Katie answered shifting her look from Freddy to the taxicab in front of the store.
"Why don't you go inside the store and wait for her there? Aren't you bored out here?" Freddy asked pushing slightly aside Katie's bass and sat down beside her.
"No." Katie answered. "You, what are you doing here?"
"Nothing."
A long silence filled the air for a few minutes. Then suddenly someone approached Katie surprisingly.
"Hi! It's you. The one I bumped into this morning."
Katie started feeling uneasy now that she came face to face once again with this still unnamed guy she met this morning. He was smiling from ear to ear as he offered Katie a friendly handshake.
"I'm Michael."
"Katie." Katie stood up and shyly accepted his hand. Freddy shot a look of annoyance towards Michael.
"I knew I'd see you again."
"Yeah." Katie realized that she was still holding Michael's hand and hastily, she let go of it.
"Is he your friend?" Michael asked pointing at Freddy who was staring blankly on the fire hydrant.
"Er. . . yeah. . . he's Freddy." Katie said as she turned to face Freddy. "Freddy meet Michael. Michael meet Freddy."
"Hey. . ." Michael gave out Freddy a hand.
"Hey." Freddy answered coldly without taking his eyes off the fire hydrant and without accepting Michael's sincere handshake. Katie wanted to choke Freddy so badly for being rude.
"Sorry about him. It's his stomachache. He's suffering from diarrhea these past three days." Katie said provokingly and loudly enough for Freddy to hear.
"Hey don't start it Katie." Freddy said annoyingly as he stood up and stared at Katie.
Suddenly they heard some honking. It was Katie's mom driving a blue Benz.
"I have to go." Katie said carrying her bass over her shoulder. "Bye Michael."
"See ya." Michael smiled gleefully at her as he watched the car move away from them.
Freddy on the other hand walked away furiously. 'I never knew I was invisible. She didn't even say goodbye to me.' Freddy told himself as the bus door swung open allowing him to enter. He climbed up and found himself a seat. He stared outside the window still feeling irritable wishing that the day would just end.
End of Chapter 1
- Er. . . I know. . . it's not good. . . but please review. Thanks.
~ This is my first School of Rock story. I'm sorry if this isn't quite good but I hope you still take time to read it. Thanks!
Freddy/Katie pairing
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Chapter 1: Michael
The summer heat can already be felt this time of year. The kids just finished school and they are now back rehearsing in Dewey's apartment in preparation for the up coming "Summerblast Battle of the Bands." They have done quite a few gigs for the past 2 years since they got together but still Dewey's dream of landing a record deal is still far from becoming reality. Ned was in Mexico, leaving the apartment to Dewey's care. The band practiced harder. Surely they wanted to win this time.
"Good work, guys! That was awesome. Zack, just more practice and you too, Freddy. OK...let's have a break...I'll call for some pizza delivery." Dewey said as he went to the living room dialing the number of the pizza delivery boy on his cordless phone.
"I hope we win this time." Summer said in her usual bossy tone.
"C'mon, Summer. It's not about winning. It's about doing what we love to do." Zack said in his usual happy-go-lucky tone as he sat on the sofa beside Freddy.
"Yeah I know. But we've been...I mean...you guys have been performing for months now but no one seems to be interested."
"Summer...we'll have our day. Trust me. Soon I'll be the greatest drummer there ever was!" Freddy said coolly, flipping his drumsticks with his hands trying to impress everyone.
"In your dreams." Katie told Freddy with great disbelief.
"Oh what? As if you're so good with your bass..."
"I never said I was good." Katie said irritably.
"Hey. . . what's going on here? What's the fight all about huh?" Dewey said coming back from the living room.
"Ask Ms. Confident." Freddy said glancing crossly at Katie.
"Shut up, Freddy."
"Make me..."
"Hey. . .hey. . .guys. . .Freddy, Katie. . .just please, stop arguing alright. Battle of the Bands is a few weeks away and I don't want anyone in our band going to conflicts, okay? C'mon you two." Dewey said giving both of them a peace-out-now-or-else look.
"Fine. Sorry, Freddy." Katie said in a low tone.
"Yeah. I'm sorry too..." Freddy said not looking at Katie.
"That's what I'm talking about! Just make sure you two will be Ok now alright." Dewey said then left the room to answer the door.
"Whatever" Freddy and Katie said almost at the same time.
------------------------------------------------------- The next day Katie and Summer stopped by a grocery store before heading to Dewey's apartment. Dewey asked the girls to do the grocery for him saying that he was too lazy to do it himself.
"Lays?" Katie asked Summer as she was looking at the list of things to buy given to her by Dewey.
"Check." Summer answered, checking the insides of the grocery bag she was carrying.
"Pringles?"
"Check."
"Martini? This too?"
"He's asking us to buy alcoholic drinks? Hello? Imagine what people may think. I'm so not going out this store with that inside this bag." Summer said stubbornly.
"But what would ----"
Katie was cut off mid sentence when someone carelessly bumped into her.
"Ow! Watch it will you!" Katie said.
"I'm sorry"
Katie found herself face to face with a really good-looking guy. He's a few inches taller than she is. He also had black hair. He dressed coolly and by the looks of it he seemed quite in a hurry.
"I'm sorry. I'm in a hurry and I have this family thing I need to attend to and I ---"
"It's alright. No one got hurt." Katie said blushing a bit.
"That's good. I'll see you around." The guy said as he walked quickly out of the store. Katie never felt something like this before. Her heart was beating at a faster pace than the usual. She never had a crush on anyone, not until now. She stared blankly at the store entrance from where she last saw the guy.
"Hello? Katie?" Summer said snapping her fingers hastily, trying to get Katie back to her senses. "Hello? We have to hurry. Dewey's probably waiting..." she pulled Katie in the arm towards the counter, paid their dues then went out of the store.
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Everyone was pretty busy. Zack was practicing his chords while Marta, Alicia and Tomika were making new dance steps for their new song. Finally, Summer and Katie arrived.
"What the hell took you two so long?" Dewey asked.
"Yeah, we're like starving here." Freddy said.
"Dewey, I can't believe you let us buy Martini." Summer said angrily handing the grocery bag to him.
"It's for me not for you."
"I know. But hello? To make minors, not to mention 12 year olds, buy alcoholic drinks without being accompanied by an adult, it's just so ----"
"Summer, were you caught?"
"No. Because we didn't buy any."
"Just be a good girl, Summer and shut your mouth right now." Summer looked at Dewey with narrowed eyes.
"We've been waiting for you. Where have you been?" Freddy said opening a bag of Lays.
"To the grocery store, obviously." Katie said as she sat down on the sofa next to Zack.
"Oh there's this really cute guy who bumped into Katie." Summer said excitedly the feeling of anger she felt a few minutes ago suddenly fades away. "I think Katie likes him."
"Summer, shut up please."
"Oh shoot you weren't able to get his name!" Summer said ignoring Katie.
"I bet he's a loser! Trying to get someone's attention by bumping into someone." Freddy said provokingly.
"He wasn't trying to get someone's attention! Maybe you are. You always want to be cool don't you?" Katie said irritably.
"So what?"
"Hey! I thought we talked about this before. No more fights, time for practice. Let's go." Dewey said as everyone went to his or her respective positions. Katie and Freddy did not talk to each other the whole time. How they just love to infuriate each other, I can tell.
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It was already nighttime when band practice was finally over. Everyone was fetched by their parents except for Katie who had to walk to the grocery store she and Summer went to earlier since that's where her mom was planning to meet her. She sat on the bench in front of the store, laying her bass guitar beside her. She kept herself from being bored stiff by busily watching people going in and out of the store. A few minutes passed and still she was doing the same thing, and there was still no sign of her mom. While she was watching an old man slowly walking out of the store she heard a familiar voice.
"What are you doing here?"
Katie turned her head to see who it was. It was Freddy.
"I'm waiting for my mom." Katie answered shifting her look from Freddy to the taxicab in front of the store.
"Why don't you go inside the store and wait for her there? Aren't you bored out here?" Freddy asked pushing slightly aside Katie's bass and sat down beside her.
"No." Katie answered. "You, what are you doing here?"
"Nothing."
A long silence filled the air for a few minutes. Then suddenly someone approached Katie surprisingly.
"Hi! It's you. The one I bumped into this morning."
Katie started feeling uneasy now that she came face to face once again with this still unnamed guy she met this morning. He was smiling from ear to ear as he offered Katie a friendly handshake.
"I'm Michael."
"Katie." Katie stood up and shyly accepted his hand. Freddy shot a look of annoyance towards Michael.
"I knew I'd see you again."
"Yeah." Katie realized that she was still holding Michael's hand and hastily, she let go of it.
"Is he your friend?" Michael asked pointing at Freddy who was staring blankly on the fire hydrant.
"Er. . . yeah. . . he's Freddy." Katie said as she turned to face Freddy. "Freddy meet Michael. Michael meet Freddy."
"Hey. . ." Michael gave out Freddy a hand.
"Hey." Freddy answered coldly without taking his eyes off the fire hydrant and without accepting Michael's sincere handshake. Katie wanted to choke Freddy so badly for being rude.
"Sorry about him. It's his stomachache. He's suffering from diarrhea these past three days." Katie said provokingly and loudly enough for Freddy to hear.
"Hey don't start it Katie." Freddy said annoyingly as he stood up and stared at Katie.
Suddenly they heard some honking. It was Katie's mom driving a blue Benz.
"I have to go." Katie said carrying her bass over her shoulder. "Bye Michael."
"See ya." Michael smiled gleefully at her as he watched the car move away from them.
Freddy on the other hand walked away furiously. 'I never knew I was invisible. She didn't even say goodbye to me.' Freddy told himself as the bus door swung open allowing him to enter. He climbed up and found himself a seat. He stared outside the window still feeling irritable wishing that the day would just end.
End of Chapter 1
- Er. . . I know. . . it's not good. . . but please review. Thanks.