A/n- Tee hee. I hope the fact that she's wearing underwear doesn't mess with the rating... ;)
4. Gunshot
CRACK, CRACK, THUMPTHUMP, THUMPTHUMP…. The sounds of a battery warming up shattered the morning air like gunshots. She sat bolt upright in bed, exclaiming "I hear drums!" and shot out of bed and across the hotel room, still in her underwear, to see were the drummers were. Through the curtain, she could see buses and trailers lining the streets next to the junior college. Distant figures in bibs carrying shiny objects twinkled back at her.
"Maddie, what's wrong with you? It's 8 in the morning." Her friend was trying to pull the flung covers back onto the bed.
"Laura, come on! They're warming up! Let's go watch!"