"We
rocked the house!" Shane said jumping up and down, "There's
no way we can lose!"
"Yeah!" Katelyn said giving
him a high five.
"Would you two settle down and stop acting
like dorks," you said plopping down in a chair seated by the
entrance to the stage.
"Oh c'mon Jade, we're definitely gonna
win! Aren't you even a little excited!?"
You answered him by
taking Jacob's iPod and turning up the volume all the way.
The
truth was, Shane was right. Quiet Suffering had brought down the
house. Even the other bands knew it by the way they were giving you
all dirty looks.
You felt somewhat satisfied. You knew what the
prize was...and it was all yours.
"She's not even gonna know
we won with that music blasting in her ears!" Shane
exclaimed.
"Chill Shane," Caleb said, "If Jade
isn't worried, then we definitely shouldn't be."
Jacob nodded
in agreement.
"Now it's time to award the prizes! Are you
ready!" came Max's voice over the mic.
While the runner ups
were being announced you noticed your band mates were clearly
nervous.
Katelyn started dong the 'I gotta pee' dance, Shane was
cracking his knuckles every five seconds, Caleb was uncontrollably
bouncing his leg, Jacob was the only one who seemed unnerved although
you could tell he was paying close attention to what was going on,
and you, you were tapping your foot to the beat of Paramore.
"And
now to announce the winner who will receive a recording contract and
a national tour with Escape The Fate and the winner is...,"
Ronnie Radke said into the mic, "thenoise!"
The crowd
went wild, as did your band mates. They all were jumping around
hugging each other as they stumbled on stage.
"Congratulations,
how do you feel?" Ronnie said holding the mic up to
Katelyn.
"Bitchin man! This is the best!" Katelyn said
still jumping up and down slightly, "But I have to thank
someone. Jade, if it wasn't for her, we would have never made
it."
"Jade, and who is that?" Ronnie said slightly
laughing at her hyper state.
"Our lead guitarist," she
said pointing at you.
Seeing you that had been pointed out you hit
the mute button on Jacob's ipod to see what was going on.
"But
she can't hear you right now," Shane said still smiling
goofily.
"Why is she deaf?" Ronnie said laughing.
"No
dumbass," you said yanking the earphones from your ears and
holding them up in front of you.
"Sorry ma'm didn't mean to
offend," Ronnie said quickly, "But again congratulations
and we hope all of you will come to the after party at our suite
tonight. See you all there!"
The crowd went wild once again
and the curtains closed on the stage.
The rest of your band
quickly started up a conversation with the members of Escape the
Fate. You picked up your guitar, slung it over you, around to your
back, and walked offstage.
"Hey!" a voice called after
you.
You turned around to see Ronnie Radke running towards
you.
"Need something?" you said raising an eyebrow.
"Are
you coming to the after party?" he said staring right at
you.
"I'll pass."
"Why not? The rest of your
band is coming."
"First of all, parties are just an
excuse for people to get together and act like idiots and second me
and Jacob won't be there. So all of thenoise will not be
there."
"Jacob? You mean your bassist? He just told
Robbie he was coming."
You squinted your eyes at the singer
and walked past him towards Jacob.
"Jacob, tell me your not
going to this party," you said with your eyes closed.
"Well...I
thought it might be okay, he said looking at the ground.
You let
out a sigh and opened your eyes.
"Well Mr. Radke," you
said turning around to face Ronnie, "I guess we'll be there.
C'mon guys."
You walked past him and the rest of your band
followed.
Ronnie watched you as you left.
"Looking forward
to it."