My name is Carrie Beff and I wasn't always a Newman. Surprising right?
I actually use to like Corey Riffin. We were as close as our siblings. Then everything suddenly changed. Our band broke up over something stupid and Laney came along. We were never meant to mention the band again. When their band was created, I was surprised. Cause of what happened. Cause Corey didn't want to play again.
Cause they were called Grojband and we had been called GrojbandMini. Yeah. It was a horrible name, but it worked out for us. See, we were those kids that went around and played. We weren't that great or that popular, but we were cute at least.
Now, I'm a Newman at age seventeen and Corey's in Grojband.
How did everything start, you ask. Well. I guess I'll tell you since I've told you this much.
Trina Riffin and Corey Riffin moved into their house when I was about one. My parents knew Mr. Riffin from his cooking magazines and from other places. A lot of people wanted to be friends with the two siblings. Except me. I was to young to want to be friends with anyone really, but when our parents hung out so did Corey and I. Eventually over the years Corey and I made more friends who would become members in our separate bands. At age nine, Corey popped a question.
By age nine, I was already playing guitar and so was he. I played so we could have something in common. He played because he loved it. Soon after we both started, his friends and mine got to playing something.
Back then they were close. Yeah. Corey was friends with Kon and Konnie. I was friends with Larry, Kim, and Konnie. We were a tight group, at least I thought we were. Who would have known we would be enemies years later?
"Hey Carrie!" Corey said one evening as we hung out together in his garage.
"Yeah?" I questioned as I tried to get a note right on something I was given during lessons. Even after two years of playing, I wasn't the best.
"Do you want to start a band?" I looked at him like he was crazy. Who heard of a bunch of kids starting a band?
"What?" I asked, "Do you think it's a good idea?" Corey nodded.
"You and I can switch out every so often," At this point I could tell he had been thinking over this for a while, "Larry can be the bassist. Kim and Kin can switch out as well! And the same thing for Kon and Konnie!" He was excited. Way to excited at this idea. I had a gut feeling back then that this was going to be a bad idea, but who can say no to Corey Riffin? I sighed and finally got the note right. I smiled and looked at Corey.
"Let's do it!" And that's how we became GrojbandMini. Years later as I look upon that memory, I wish that I would have listened to the gut feeling. Maybe then we could have stayed friends and not be enemies now. Or maybe I'm wrong. Maybe we were meant to become enemies.