Now I'm eighteen. My dreams I had when I was a kid are gone and now I have new dreams. I sometimes lie in bed and wish none of that had ever happened. Then I start to think and remember that if it didn't, I wouldn't be a Newman today. All this had been haunting me over the years. It's finally out and now I feel free.
Seeing Corey tomorrow during our shared gig might not be to bad anymore. He's good at playing his guitar and never lost his greatness. I sometimes feel proud of where he is today. Yeah, his sister is a jerk and has changed for the worst but at least everything has almost worked out. Maybe one day a boy will whoosh Mina off her feet and take her away from Trina. Then we can be free of the Riffins.
My parents aren't as close to their father anymore, due to Trina's attitude and how I act around Corey. I hate that I ruined their friendship just because I don't like him anymore. He accused me of something I didn't do and wouldn't listen to me.
Kim's here to pick me up. I can't drive yet because I'm not really in a rush to drive. Mostly because of Trina's driving. I wave bye to my parents before leaving to join the twins in the band's van. We pick up Larry and get our instruments from his home. Then we leave to our gig. As we get closer, I get nervous. I have no reason to be nervous, so I don't know why I am.
Grojband's already there and they make a comment about us being late. I roll my eyes and help the others get everything out. We then head inside with Grojband. We've got five minutes until they go on stage. Corey looks really nervous. Laney tries to calm him down and she does. He looks at her with this weird expression. I glance at my band mates to see something I rarely see on Kim's face. She misses them.
"Go ahead," I hear myself speak, "If you miss being friends with them, we can try to end the rivalry," The three look at me, shocked. I smile at them, "It's getting tiring," Kim smiles back at me and takes the first step forward. Kin looks up from messing with something on his keyboard. It's like he knows something's up. He looks at us, shrugs, and then goes back to his keyboard. Kim heads over to him and knells next to him to help with his keyboard. He seems surprised and his face turns slightly red. I smile. Corey and the others look shocked. Before he can remove Kim from where she is, I step forward, "Riffin! This rivalry is over!" He looks shocked again.
"W-What?" He asks and I smile.
"It's over. I'm done competing against you because of the past. The Newmans are not going to back down from gigs, but we're not your enemies anymore," This was the start of a great team up.
Corey nodded.
"Okay," He said, "We can try to be friends," Laney looked shocked and so did the other members. He held out his fist for a fist-bump. I hit mine against his.