I sped-walked down the hall with Audrey towards Tara's class. She'd been nominated for prom queen...well, Radio Rebel was voted. But it was still Tara and Audrey and I were very eager to tell her, though Audrey seemed more excited than me. We spotted Tara walking out of class and quickly approached her.

"Tara! We have news" Audrey exclaimed as we reached her. She looked around cautiously "But we can't talk here" she whispered. Tara gave her a look of confusion and Audrey dragged her towards the janitors closet "Excuse me could you give us a minute?" she asked as we found the janitor inside.

"But this is my office" he said in disbelief. She nodded her head towards the door and he reluctantly left. I closed the door as she turned to Tara.

"So...guess who got nominated for Prom Queen" Audrey said nonchalantly. Tara shrugged.

"Stacey?" she asked sighing.

"You did" Audrey squealed. I rolled my eyes.

"Well, not you. Radio Rebel but it's still you" I added shrugging.

"This is horrible. The whole point of Radio Rebel is that she's anonymous remember? What's gonna happen if she wins? Who's gonna go up there and get the crown? I could get expelled. I have to put a stop to this" she said horrified.

"Are you crazy? You can't quit now" Audrey exclaimed shaking her head. The door opened revealing the janitor "Not now Mr Mgowsky" she said.

"But I need the broom" he said. I grabbed the broom and handed it to him before shutting the door.

"You guys, I can't do this anymore" Tara said apologetically.

"You can" Audrey replied.

"I can't"

"You can!" The door opened again and I rolled my eyes.

"Not now" We exclaimed in unison.

"I need the dustpan too" he said. I handed him the dustpan and once again slammed the door shut.

"You're a hero to people and that's why they nominated you. You can't turn your back on them now, this is your time to shine" Audrey exclaimed.

"What if I don't wanna shine? What if shining isn't really my thing?" Tara asked nervously.

"Well as your BFFTLEWE we're legally obligated to make sure you do the show" I replied shrugging innocently.

"Even if we have to drag you there" Audrey added. Tara chuckled and we nodded before leaving the janitors closet.


School was over and I was outside Slam FM, sat in Audrey's car. Tara had decided to bring us to Slam FM to see her during a show and we were pretty excited. Although I was a little confused as to why we had to park so far away from the building, and apparently so was Audrey.

"Remind me again why we had to park so far away" she said as we unplugged the seatbelts.

"Because we can't risk anyone recognizing the car, or us. Wig me" Tara explained. I handed them the wigs from the bag next to me before pulling on my own blonde wig. We zipped up the light brown trench coats before exiting the car.


"And this is where the magic happens" Tara announced as we entered the recording room. I looked around in awe, I never expected it to be so big...and colourful. It was pretty awesome.

"Is this the famous Audrey Sharmah and Gabriella Ramirez?" The famous DJ...Cammi Q, asked entering from a smaller recording room. We nodded and she hugged us both. The door suddenly opened and we all looked back to see Tara's step-dad.

"Could you girls excuse us for a moment?" he asked gesturing to Tara. We all nodded and left the room.


"A lot of you, wanna know who I am. I get that, maybe it would be easier if you could see my face. But that's the thing, guys it's not about me it's about you. So you don't need to know my name. You wanna know who I am? I'm somebody who's tired of being afraid! I know how it can hold you back. So say it out loud, just say what you're afraid of. Call in, I dare you" Tara said from the other room.

Audrey, Cammi Q and I were in the room next door. There was a window so we could see what Tara was up to, we'd also been given a set of headphones so that we could listen in on the show. I still couldn't believe we were actually at Slam FM.

"I guess everyone's too afraid to say what they're afraid of. Maybe this song will inspire you..." Tara paused as Cammi knocked on the window.

"Lines one through twenty" she announced excitedly.

"You're on with Radio Rebel" Tara said accepting one of the calls. I smiled and listened intently.

The Calls:

"One time I accidentally swallowed a piece of tin foil so I'm afraid that if I stand too close to the microwave I'll explode"

"I'm afraid of getting cut from the football team"

"I'm afraid Larry might be losing it!"

"I'm afraid of power outages"

"I'm afraid to do my own thing"

End Calls:

Audrey and I leaned forward, both sharing excited looks...it was Gavin. Tara sat straight in her seat at the sound of his voice slightly surprise "I was too" she admitted.

"Was?" he asked curiously "So what changed?"

"I guess I started doing the show. And I realised you're not as alone as you feel. If you can remember that, it would be easier to take a risk. Do your own thing" she replied shrugging.

"Yeah, thanks" he said before hanging up.

"We're gonna take some more calls in a minute, in the mean time you guys are seriously gonna dig this next song" Tara said. A rock song blasted through the headset and she raised to her feet. Audrey and I took off the headset before entering the main room

"Hey! Where are you going?" Audrey asked curiously. Tara shrugged.

"Just somewhere, to do...something" she replied before leaving the room. I nodded and fell down onto the red leather couch.

"I'm afraid of hyenas" Audrey exclaimed, squealing in delight afterwards. I chuckled and shook my head "What are you afraid of Gabb's?" she asked curiously while falling onto the couch next to me. I shrugged.

"I don't know. I don't think I'm afraid of anything" I lied resting my head on my palm. She tilted her head with a disbelieving expression.

"C'mon, you can tell me" she reassured "I won't tell anyone" she added. I sighed and nodded.

"I'm scared of...losing my friends" I admitted. She nodded and tilted her head once again.

"If you don't mind me asking. Why?" she asked curiously.

"Because before I met you and Tara I was a Queen B. And when I started dating Gabe, he wasn't popular. So Stacey warned me that if I carried on dating a loser then I would be dumped. I carried on and soon enough I fell down the ladder, until I was all alone. But things got better when I met you and Tara, you guys are real friends" I explained shrugging. She smiled and nodded.

"But how were you alone? I thought you had Gabe?" she said confused. I sighed at the memory.

"Yeah, when I became unpopular because of him. He felt as though he had to make it up to me. So we started the band but things became worse. He turned into an egomaniac and he flirted with every girl, he was such a jerk. So when I finally had enough I left the band...and him. I was totally alone after that" I said shaking my head. She nodded with a sympathetic expression.

"Wow, well you don't have to feel alone ever again. You're our best friend, we won't let that happen" she reassured. I smiled and nodded.

"I know" I replied resting my head on the back of the couch.