Chapter 4: Adorkable
Nat's POV
Was I mad that they had a food war in my kitchen? Very. Was I even more mad that Rosalina played me? Extremely. I went into the fuzzy room, bouncing my basketball on the ground. I was very hungry, but I did not want to go back into the kitchen. I was looking at the hoop, waiting for the right moment to shoot. I felt arms wrap around me from the back, a head resting on my shoulder. "So are we gonna go practice or are we gonna watch you think about shooting the ball?" I heard Rosalina ask. I chuckled, still looking at the hoop.
"I'm not happy with you," I said. "You tricked me."
"You know I hate seeing you get mad at your friends," she said, threading her fingers through my hair. "You're not as adorkable when your mad."
"Adorkable?" I asked, holding back laughter.
"You are an adorable dork," she explained. "Crazy adorkable."
"You're lucky I love you," I said. "The bass is in one of the couches."
"Can I call Kristina and have her bring me my bass? I just play better when I have my own."
"Sure, but we're not staying here," I said. "I'll tell she the address, you go call the guys in here."
"Sure thing," she said, skipping out the doorway. I let the ball bounce into the corner as I went over to the first row of couches. I pulled the top off of one, dragging out Thomas's cello.
"Help me guys," I said to my friends.
"It's not that heavy," Thomas said, picking it up. He the took the bow and the case, putting them securely inside. Qaasim pulled out his guitar which he stores in my house for some reason, putting it in the case. We walked through the doorway, seeing Rosalina and Alex sitting down at the piano. Rosalina was tying his doe-rag for him.
"Let's go guys," I said. "Don't forget your sticks Al."
"Yea yea," Alex said. "Thank you Rosalina."
"No problem," Rosalina said, getting up.
"So where are we going?" Cooper asked as we headed to the door.
"Just follow me," I said.
We walked in silence for a while until we saw Meghan and her Glitter Girls. They ran up to us, looking extremely excited. "Oh my God, I thought you guys would never show your faces around town anymore," Meghan said.
"Hi Meghan," we said.
"You guys are like, famous!" Meghan said. "Can you sign me? Girls, give them markers."
"Uh sure," I said, taking the marker from one of them.
"So what are you guys calling your band?" Meghan asked as I wrote my name on her arm.
"We're the Naked Brothers Band," Alex said, writing on one of her friends.
"The Naked Brothers Band?" the girls asked.
"The Naked Brothers Band?" The guys asked.
"Alex, I told you it's—" I started.
"Super adorable!" Meghan exclaimed.
"I told you it was good," Rosalina whispered in my ear.
"We're the Naked Brothers Band!" Alex said excitedly.
"So when are you putting out a new song?" Monica asked, earning a glare from Meghan.
"We're performing a whole set or two at the dance on Friday," Rosalina said.
"Oh my God!" Meghan said. "I wasn't planning on going but now I'm so totally going."
"I can't wait to watch," Monica said.
"Shut up Monica," Meghan said. "So where are you guys heading?"
"Rehearsal," Rosalina said.
"Who was talking to you?" Meghan asked.
"You were," Rosalina said, matching her amount of sass.
"I was talking to Nat," Meghan said, crossing her arms.
"Well you never said his name meaning that anyone could answer," Rosalina said. "So next time think about your third grade English class when you try to tell someone off."
She pushed past them, walking off. Holding back laughter we followed her, waiting until we were a block away before laughing. "Goddamn Rosalina," Thomas said. "That was really rude."
"It's true though," Rosalina said.
"That actually second grade English," Alex corrected.
"That's even worse." Rosalina said.
"We're here," I said, gesturing to the front doors. The stopped, staring at me then the building.