There are two band rooms in Rock'n Royal's house, one is on the roof next to the pool, it's used whenever it's a nice day and the band is just playing, and the other is in the basement, used mainly for when the band is coming up with new material. This is where the band was currently tuning their instruments, talking among themselves as they worked.
"Courtney, do you have the new song yet?" Erika asked her pink haired friend.
"Almost, I'm stuck on the second verse." Courtney replied grabbing her purple notebook and flipping the pages until she found what she was looking for. "This is what I have so far."
Erika took the notebook and read it slowly, humming as she went. "Wow, this is good. Why don't you do this for the second verse…"
"I still can't believe we won that game." Edmund said, tuning his upright base.
"I know it was totally slammin!" Marcus agreed while Zia and Rayna, who stood nearby, rolled their eyes.
"Boys," Zia said holding her keytar.
"I agree." Rayna said with a strum of her guitar. "Almost ready Aubray?" She asked turning towards her ginger friend.
"Yep!" The princess said playing a quick melody on the keyboard. "Has anyone seen Genevieve? She's not here yet."
"No, and come to think of it she wasn't at breakfast." Zia said, looking worried.
"I thought she was sleeping in." Aubray furrowed her eyebrows, "It's not like her to miss practice."
"She hasn't been acting completely normal lately." Rayna said, "Did anyone notice the way she acted last night?"
"Ya, she's never kept a secret from me. We tell each other everything." Aubray explained.
"Yet she wouldn't tell us who she likes." Zia stated.
"Do you think its one of the band members?" Rayna asked
"I don't know, maybe? I hope it's not Marcus though." Zia said earning smirks from the other two girls. "What?"
"Genevieve honestly doesn't know a whole lot of guys, mainly princes from camp, school, and balls. The guys she's met she doesn't know them all that well, and it's not like her to get a crush without knowing them first." Aubray explained.
"I wish we knew. We could help them get together." Rayna said brushing her bangs out of her face.
The other two nodded as Erika's voice cut into their conversation. "Alright guys, Courtney and I have finished writing the new song." She was interrupted by the cheering of the rest of the band, "Now let's get to rehearsing."
The other girls exchanged glances; the only thing on their mind was Genevieve and her disappearance.
"Um, Erika." Aubray spoke up and Erika turned around, her blue and pink guitar already in place. "Genevieve isn't exactly here yet." She pointed towards a violin case, the contents lying untouched.
"She's skipping practice?" Erika asked, arching an eyebrow. "That's hard to believe."
"I'm not sure that she's skipping…" Aubray tilted her head slightly. "Maybe she forgot."
"Maybe, but we practice everyday after breakfast. It's kind of hard to forget that." Erika said. "First let's try and find her, then we can lecture her about the importance of being on time to rehearsals."
The girls all huddled together discussing where they would go to find their missing band member.
"Uh girls?" Edmund asked, trying to get the chattering group's attention, but with no avail. "Girls?" He tried once more but few things can overcome the noise of girls talking. "Girls!" He shouted, accidentally stepping on the petal controlling the symbols on Marcus' drum set. His shouting and the sudden clang of the symbols made the girls jump and turn around to stare annoyed, at him.
"What is it Edmund? We're kind of talking here." Erika said annoyed, crossing her arms.
"Why don't we just call her?" Edmund asked holding up his cellphone, pained slightly at his crush getting so irritated with him.
"Why didn't we think of that?" Aubray asked.
Edmund smiled and hit a few buttons before raising the phone up to his ear. Almost immediately he heard his friends voice on the other end.
"Hello?" The female British accent came over the line, "Edmund?"
"Genevieve?" The blonde asked, concern in his voice. "Where are you? Are you all right? You sound upset, what happened?" His eyebrows furrowed and he nervously started pacing.
"I'm alright," Genevieve smiled over the phone at his concern. "I just… I don't want to talk about it."
"Oh, okay." Edmund said frowning. "Where are you? Should we come pick you up? Are you hurt?"
Erika and Courtney exchanged glances as Genevieve responded. "No, I'm not hurt, I'm at the park."
"She's at the park." Edmund mouthed and the girls rushed out of the room leaving Edmund and Marcus behind.
"Soccer?" Marcus asked holding up a remote as Edmund nodded, still holding the phone to his ear.
"Do you see her?!" Aubray asked pressing her face against the car window.
"Not yet, sugar cube." Rayna replied looking out her open window.
"You girls sure are determined." Eddie said from behind the wheel.
"Why wouldn't we be? Genevieve is one of us." Zia said before sticking her head out of the skylight. "Nope still don't see her!
"I just don't see why you need my help." Eddie said, turning right. "Isn't Phillip your chauffeur?"
"It's his day off," Courtney explained.
"There she is!" Erika shouted back to the other girls and Eddie hit the brakes, sending them tumbling.
"Hehe, sorry ladies." He said sheepishly as Erika gave him the stink eye.
"Never mind that, let's go get Genevieve." Aubray said scrambling out of the limo.
Genevieve sat on the grass, underneath the shade of a tree; her back was turned to the group. Her knees were pulled up to her chest and her head rested on her knees. As the girls approached they noticed she was staring off into the distance, a far away look in her eyes.
"Hey," Erika broke the silence and Genevieve's headshot up to look at them
"Oh, hello." The brunette half smiled as all the girls crowded around her.
"Okay spill. Why are you out here all alone and during band practice?" Courtney asked kneeling down next to the Brit.
"I- just wasn't feeling up to it." Genevieve explained lowering her gaze.
"But you love making music!" Aubray tried to reason.
"Not today," Genevieve sighed shifting so she was lying on her back in the grass. "What's wrong with me?"
"Maybe you're sick." Aubray suggested placing a hand on her friend's forehead. "Nope."
"Sick or not, you should really tell us if something's going on. We were worried sick about you, sweetheart." Rayna said.
"Sorry," Genevieve said, sitting back up. "I'll make sure it doesn't happen again."
"Don't worry about it, we still have time to practice before lunch." Erika said standing up.
"When Edmund was talking to you, I thought he might pass out he was so worried." Zia laughed as Genevieve blushed.
"Really?" She said hopefully.
"He was as white as the keys on a piano." Rayna said with a smile.
"We should probably get back then, we wouldn't to worry the poor man." Genevieve said, standing up, and walking towards the car, the other girls joining her.
"GOAL!" Edmund and Marcus yelled in unison jumping to their feet.
"Did you see that play?!" Marcus said, throwing his hands up.
"It was absolutely brilliant!" Edmund agreed.
"I can't believe you boys are watching that game." Genevieve said from behind the two, rolling her eyes, a coy smile on her lips. The rest of the girls stood in the doorway laughing.
"Genevieve!" Edmund exclaimed running over to her and enveloping her in a hug. "I'm glad you're alright. You are alright?"
"I'm fine Edmund." The princess said, her voice muffled from the hug.
After a few more moments the two finally broke apart, the long lasting hug not going unnoticed by the others. Edmund looked over the brunette's head at the group of girls who we're currently giving him teasing looks.
"So how about that practice?" He nervously laughed.