Those Misfits

Chapter 4

Eli's POV

I was eating lunch with Clare when Adam ran up to us, out of breath.

"Guys…you'll…never…guess what happened…to me…today!" he wheezed. He was pretty excited.

"What? Did you finally find a girlfriend?" I teased.

"Maybe, but no look at this!" He shoved a poser in my face.

"'Rock Off!'?" Clare asked, saying what we were both thinking. She was obviously confused. "Why are you showing us a poster for a band competition?"

"Isn't it obvious?" he asked.

"Not really dude." I told him.

"We," he started, pointing at Clare and I "are going to be in a band."

"Excuse me?" Clare started. Oh no here we go.

Clare's POV

Adam wants us to be a band! Us! What is he thinking!

"Come on Clare, please! We would be great! I mean I'd play bass, Eli'd play guitar, and you'd sing and play keyboard!" Adam replied. I don't want to let him down because I never see him this passionate about anything other then comics, but a band…seriously!

"Well what? You don't think we'd be a good band Saint Clare?" Eli teased. Oops. I didn't mean to say that out loud. "Is it a sin to be in a band?" Ugh! He's smirking! That stupid smirk!

"No it's just I have to think about it."

"Please Clare!" Adam pleaded. "Grand prize is a recording contract, backstage passes to a concert of your choice and 50,000 dollars!" $50,000 wow! "Do you know what I could do with 50,000 dollars!"

"No Adam what could you do with $50,000?" Eli asked.

"I don't know, anything!" He then looked at me and gave me puppy dog eyes and said, "Please Clare." How can I say no? But I don't know, a band?

"I'll think about it." I left them. I have to think without them distracting me.

Eli's POV

"Well even if Clare's not in, I still am." I told Adam.

"Eli, you have to get Clare to say yes. I don't care what you do or how you do it, just do it!"

"Well, I do have ways to seduce her…" I trailed off and the look on his face was priceless.

"Oh ew! Just, ugh, disgusting!" He walked away and kept looking back at me with a disgusted look on his face. Well that was funny. Now how do I convince Clare? Hmmm.