A/N: I'm baack!!! Yeah! In the last chapter, Paramore was born. And in this chapter, Paramore will… HAHAHA!! Cliffie in the Author's note? Just scroll down and read it! HAHA!! :D I do not own any characters and songs. :|
Chapter 3- Looking Up
Bella's Point of View
Being in a band is really great. I don't feel alone most of the time. My band mates are there to comfort me. Seth and Jake are there to always make me laugh. Sometimes I wonder if they are really twins. They don't really look alike but the ways they act are almost the same! Sam and Paul are there whenever I need a shoulder to cry on. They give really good advice when I remember Edward and cry my eyes out.
We made several songs already and most of them are made by Jake and me but sometimes Sam will help. Sometimes, I write a song and ask Sam or Jacob to help me finish it. Then, all of us will gather to put melody to it. But most of the time, we gather in a circle and throw ideas at each other until we complete a song. For the past few months, we made at least 10 songs. I still continue to make songs on my own. I tell some songs to my band mates and they help me change some words and to some chords I already assigned. But I keep to myself a lot of my songs which are personal (mostly about Edward). But sooner or later, I know I will be showing these songs to the guys.
Today is Monday. Great. Start of another week. Whoopdeedoo! And to make it worse, it's the week before prom. So my schoolmates are busy going to the malls and picking up dresses, make- up, accessories and shoes. Angela is asking me to go to the prom, but I always say no. She's asking me to change my mind, but I often reply "I'll try" or "I'll see". I just went down to my truck and looked at the car beside me and saw that it's Eric's. I waved hello to him and smiled. But he seemed stressed and not really happy. I'm not surprised, though. He's one of the prom committee and they have been going under a lot of pressure these days. Especially now, since it's the final week of preparation.
'Hey Eric. You seem sad." I told him when he went down his car.
"Hey Bella. Sorry if I greeted you in this kind of mood. You know, prom." He said as he rolled his eyes to the word prom.
"It's okay. So, why are we sad? Anything lacking?" I asked
"Yeah. And what's lacking is the most important." Eric sighed.
"What's missing? DJs?" I asked.
"Actually, either that, or a live band."
"So you're choosing between a DJ and a band?"
"Yup. But no one in Forks I think knows how to DJ and I couldn't find any suitable band for the prom."
"Wait." I told him "I have a band. We would like to perform in our prom."
"BELLA! YOU HAVE A BAND?!?!?!" He whispered- shout at me.
"I do. But keep this a secret. You cannot tell anyone until its prom. I want everyone to be surprised." I said.
"Ok. That's a great idea. Who are your band mates? And why doesn't anyone know this?" He asked.
"I don't know. And my band mates are from La Push." I told him.
"Thank you Bella! You are such a life saver!!" He said as he squeezed my hand.
"No problem. At least, I get to go to prom minus the gowns and the dancing." I pointed out.
"Yes! Thank you so so so so much Bells!!" He said as he went to his next class. I realized I'm almost late too so I went running to Biology. For some reason, I feel like agreeing to perform at prom will be a turning point to Paramore.
Jacob's Point of View
"Jake! Please pass the Lay's here, please." Paul said and took a sip of his soda.
Paul, Sam, Leah and I are waiting for Bella. She called after her classes and told me she's gonna tell us something important.
"What do you think Bella's going to tell us, Jake?" Leah whispered in my ear.
"I don't know too, sweetie. Let's wait for her." I told her and placed a kiss on her cheek.
After several minutes and after 5 empty Lay's bags later, Bella came panting. She sat between Seth and Paul. She took the Coke bottle and drank some straight from the bottle. Leah giggled but Bella continued. When the bottle was almost empty, she finally talked.
"GUYS! WE ARE PERFORMING AT PROM!" Bella told us
"WHAT?!?! Seriously?!?!" Paul stood up and shouted.
"Yes!! Aren't you excited?!?!" She said as she jumped and clapped her hands.
"Bella, I think we're not ready yet." Paul said, bowing his head.
"Paul?!?! Are you insane? You've been practicing for months and you still think you're not ready?!?!" Leah screamed in front of Paul's face.
"Well, I don't think so." Paul confessed.
"Come on guys! We need to go to that prom. Don't tell me we wrote those songs and practiced them for nothing." I pointed out.
"And it may be a good opportunity for us. Come on. We won't lose anything when we perform there." Seth added.
"We'll lose our dignity when we go there." Paul answered. Everyone glared at him. He mouthed a sorry after.
"Paul, don't be a pessimist. Come on. We can do it. It's not as if they're gonna kill us if we made a mistake. Come on!!" Bella pleaded.
"Ok. Fine. If not because of Bella's puppy dog eyes, then you have to literally drag me there to Forks High School." Paul said.
"Bella, when is this?" I asked her.
"Saturday. Around 6PM." She answered. "Make your schedules clear for that date. No one should be missing." Bella warned.
"Yes ma'am." Paul said as he saluted at Bella. Bella rolled her eyes.
"We're going to our first gig!!" Paul said as he raised his hand for us to hit it.
"Yeah! We'll dominate Forks High School!" Sam added.
"Yeah!!! Go Paramore!" Leah said.
"Why don't we start practicing now?" Sam suggested .
"And let's also make the setlist." Paul said.
"Ok. We have to sing something for the slow dance and the other one not for the slow dance whatever it's called." Bella said. I also really don't know how the not-slow-dance is called.
"Ok. Let's do an acoustic version of My Heart for the slow dance." Seth suggested
"Are you sure? That's our song. No one knows that." I frowned.
"Who cares? They'd be dancing. Not singing with us." Bella replied. "And how will they know the awesome-ness of Paramore without hearing one of their originals?" She said, adding a wink.
"Bella's got a point." Paul agreed.
"Fine. My Heart it is." I said
"Ok. Cool cool. And what about Out of My League for another slow dance?" Seth said. Everyone agreed with him. This has been going on for 1 hour. While we were deliberating, Bella asked her friend, Eric how many songs we need to do. He said more or less 8. And after arguing, debating and agreeing, we finally came up with this set list.
Not slow dance
Love Drunk (Boys Like Girls), Starstrukk (3OH!3), Dance Dance (FOB) ,Crushcrushcrush (own), Emergency (own), Here We Go Again (own)
Slow dance:
Out of My League (Stephen Speaks), My Heart Acoustic (own), Right Here Waiting (Richard Marx), Passenger Seat (Stephen Speaks)
Bella left after planning what were going to sing. The rest of us here are talking about what may happen. And we all agreed that we feel that something good is going to happen.
A/N:Paramore landed on their first gig!!! On the next chapter, the PROM! :D
xoxo, HayleyKristen :
