Chapter 6: A Rocking Night
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Cody rushed to One of a Kind to pick up Bailey after her shift was over so they could make it to the Air Band Competition. They bumped into Ralph and Daphne who were also on their way to the competition. Bailey was still confused as to why Daphne was in the shop earlier.
"So Ralph, Daphne. How are you guys adjusting to being on board?" asked Cody.
"Well, it was hard sleeping at first with the boat rocking and whatnot, but it's not so bad, now. " said Ralph.
"So, Daphne, what have you been up to lately?" said Bailey trying to get Daphne to tell her what she was doing in the store.
"Oh, nothing." said Daphne.
Bailey, not wanting to sound too nosey, decided to leave it at that. Then she turned to Cody. "So, how's Zack been doing?"
"Well, since he's been spending a large amount of his time practicing, I haven't seen him so often besides class. However, I did see him once. I asked him what he thought of Ralph and Daphne, and he got all nervous and blushed a bit. I…figured…I didn't want to know at the time so I just decided to ask him about it later." said Cody.
"Why don't you ask him after the show?" Bailey pressed.
Cody was confused. Bailey had never taken such an interest in Zack before, and it seemed she was trying to get Daphne to reveal a secret or something. He pulled Bailey aside, letting Ralph and Daphne walk ahead. "Bails, is something going on?"
"I saw Daphne in the shop today and Zack in the window, looking at something. I may be thinking too much of this, but Zack never comes to One of a Kind, and when he noticed that I saw him, he bolted. I think, maybe he's hiding something."
"Yeah, it seemed like he was hiding something when I asked him about Ralph and…Daphne…" Cody got a look of realization on his face and smiled a sly smile. "I'll talk to him tonight." he told Bailey before they headed off to catch up to Ralph and Daphne.
The four got to the Skydeck a few minutes early. They were all wearing shorts so they decided to watch the competition from the hot tub with their feet in the water.
The competition had some good acts and some pretty bad ones. Cody and Bailey remembered getting boo'd off the stage last time when they watched a group doing some pretty pathetic break dancing and getting boo'd off in a similar fashion.
Finally, Mr. Moseby came onto the stage. "Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you've enjoyed our annual Air Band Competition. Before our winner is named, please put your hands together for last year's competition, the Power Duo who has, now become a Power Trio. How exciting. So I hope you enjoy the fake musical styles of Smash, Trash and Crash."
All of the lights went out as a drum solo could be heard. As the beat went on, the lights slowly came on revealing Woody sitting there 'playing his drums'. Almost out of nowhere, the spotlight shone on the top of the stairs where Zack emerged and a guitar riff could be heard. He pointed to the hot tub where he could see his friends and winked at them. He slid down the rail 'playing his guitar' as the fans of the Power Duo cheered. He quickly got to the stage to avoid being mobbed. As the two 'played their instruments' a silhouette of Marcus dancing appeared behind the sheet of glass. And finally, the glass sheet tipped over and Marcus emerged from behind it. Woody jumped out from behind his 'drum set' and took out his 'guitar'. Zack and Woody got on both sides of Marcus and 'played their guitars' as he did some Li'l Little moves on the stage. The crowd roared with excitement. Finally Marcus did a backwards flip and posed as Zack and Woody did one last chord and posed as well.
Mr. Moseby gave Zack, Marcus and Woody the envelope containing the name of the winner. They announced the winners which were actually the runner-ups from last year. Once that was over, and the Skydeck was empty Cody went to Zack to talk to him.
