"Blondie?" Patsy called into the girls bathroom in the backstage of the Toronto Theatre.
No answer.
"Blondie?"
Still no answer.
"SADIE!! KARMA!! Jude's being a butthead and isn't answering!" Patsy screamed at the top of her lungs to Sadie, Jude's sister, and her half- sister, Karma.
"Quit down, Patsy! You'll disturb everyone!" Karma snapped to Patsy.
"More like you," Patsy grumbled inaudibly.
"What?" Karma asked, not fully hearing what Patsy said to her.
"Nothing. Never- mind. I'll go talk to Jude," Patsy replied, shoving the swinging bathroom door open, to find Jude hunched over the bathroom sink.
"Blondie?" Patsy questioned the mop of blond hair with red highlights.
"Mut?" Jude asked, grabbing two paper towels from the dispenser, but not standing up fully.
"... Are you... okay...?" Patsy asked her best friend, not really sure what to say.
Patsy wasn't really comfortable doing these types of things, and she wasn't use to seeing her usually very confident friend so nervous.
"No," Jude admitted to Patsy, as she spat into the sink. "I can't do this, Pats!"
Patsy didn't answer at first.
"Yes you can, Blondie. You HAVE to do this. Otherwise, Malibu Barbie and her skinny ass b!tches will win!" Patsy told, or more like instructed Jude.
Jude pushed the water faucet pump down, cupped her hands, and put her mouth in her hands, and drank the water.
Suddenly, Sadie burst through the door.
"Jude!" Sadie called.
Jude turned towards her older sister.
"I run home for fifteen minutes to get earrings for Karma, and return to find you hunched over the sink in the ladies room!" Sadie exclaimed, rushing over to Jude.
"I'm fine, Sadie, Honest to G-d," Jude told Sadie.
"Did you take yours meds?" Sadie questioned Jude, a worried expression on her face.
"All medicated! So medicated, in fact, that I think I'm high!" Jude grinned, and fake laughed.
"Honest?"
"I swear on Patti Smith's grave," Jude joked.
"Jude..." Sadie warned.
"Yes, sheesh. It's just the side-effects, Sadie."
Karma and Patsy watched the two with interest, when another blonde girl strutted into the bathroom.
"Side- effects? What?" The girl asked with interest.
"None of concern, Eden," Jude spat with disgust.
"Ooh. I'm so scare. Hey Jude; is little Jude no feeling well?" Eden asked, pointing to Jude's stomach.
"You can't possibly think Jude's... pregnant?" Sadie wondered out loud.
Eden laughed, as she applied a fresh layer of lipgloss on in the mirror.
"Tootles!" Eden scoffed, giving a "hand- wave", and strutting out of the bathroom, her stilettos clicking against the cool, tile floor.
"The FireBirds in two!" A voice called over the loudspeaker.
"That's us, girls," Karma told Jude, Sadie, and Patsy.
"So, you're okay? You should have Mom call Doctor Madison, tomorrow. She's been really helping me cope with not being able to sing. I don't see why you won't leave Doctor MacKennick," Sadie told Jude, as she handed Karma the pair of earrings to put on.
"Yes, Mother," Jude rolled her eyes.
The four girls made their way to the stage.
"The FireBirds is thirty seconds!" The same voice as before called through the loudspeaker.
Jude grabbed her electric Stratocaster guitar, Karma grabbed her Gibson Bass, Patsy grabbed her drumsticks, and Sadie stretched her fingers.
"Please help me welcome back The FireBirds!" Ryan Yorke, the host of "Band Bash" called to the live audience.
The audience screamed and cheered. The band even saw several posters routing for them.
The band made their way on stage, and in
"Hey Toronto!" Jude screamed into the microphone. "We're The FireBirds, and this song is called 'Since U Been Gone'!"
Karma and Jude began to play a simple, steady beat on their guitars, and soon Jude started singing.
Here's the thing
We started out friends
It was cool, but it was all pretend
Yeah, yeah, since you been gone
You're dedicated, you took the time
Wasn't long 'til I called you mine
Yeah, yeah, since you been gone
And all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I picture me with you
That's all you'd ever hear me say
But since you been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin' on, yeah yeah
Thanks to you, now I get what I want
Since you been gone
How can I put it, you put me on
I even fell for that stupid love song
Yeah, yeah, since you been gone
How come I'd never hear you say
I just wanna be with you
Guess you never felt that way
But since you been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin' on, yeah, yeah
Thanks to you, now I get, I get what I want
Since you been gone
You had your chance, you blew it
Out of sight, out of mind
Shut your mouth, I just can't take it
Again and again and again and again
Since you been gone (since you been gone)
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin' on, yeah yeah
Thanks to you (thanks to you)
Now I get, I get what I want
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin' on, yeah yeah
Thanks to you (thanks to you)
Now I get (I get)
You should know (you should know) that I get
I get what I want
Since you been gone
Since you been gone
Since you been gone
The crowd screamed, and applauded.
"Thank you!" Jude called, before they all bowed, and exited stage right.
"We were awesome!" Sadie squealed.
"Yeah, but if we wanna get anywhere, we'll have to keep getting better," Karma noted.
"Alright. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls... It's time to announce the winning band of..." Ryan Yorke screamed.
"BAND BASH!" The audience screamed.
"Drum roll, please..."
The audience 'drummed'.
"THE... FIIIIIIIIREBIIRRDDS!"
Jude, Sadie, Patsy, and Karma all ran on stage.
"And our runner's up is The Pretties In Pink!" Ryan screamed.
Eden, and her band strutted onto the stage in their 'outfits'.
Meanwhile...
"Who's THAT?" Tommy asked his friend, pointing to Jude.
"Jude Harrison, she's the guitarist and singer for 'The Firebirds'. And WAY off limits," Kwest told Tommy coolly.
"Who says that?" Tommy demanded to know.
"She does." Kwest said, glancing at Sadie.
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