"For the last time no!" Pangborn shouted angrily, walking out of his office.
"why not?" Lil asked.
"Because he doesn't have the qualifications!"
'he studied music in college for four years! he's qualified to teach!"
"I don't care Ms. Deville!" Pangborn shouted angrily.
"come on, I've been needing someone to help me, and he connects with the students!"
"Turning six misfits into a band that doesn't even perform barely counts!"
"they're performing at the talent show tomorrow," she said, "I'm sure you're going to be surprised."
"I highly doubt it Ms. Deville." Pangborn muttered.
"Then how about you go, I know you barely ever pay attention to any extra-curricular activities other than the sports, so come, and if you still don't think he does good with the students, then I won't bring it up again."
"Fine." He growled and walked away.
Lil smiled and walked to the choir room, "do good tomorrow guy's." she said.
"I-I-I-I'm n-n-n-not t-t-t-to sure a-a-about t-this now…" Twitch whispered, waiting to walk on stage with the others."
"Don't sweat it twitch, we go out, we sing the two songs, and then we get of." Jessie said, "it ain't going to be that bad." He looked at his band mates, they were all dressed pretty much the same as always, Jessie and Emma in there dark clothes, Andre in his wifebeater, Diane was in a cowgirl get up and Twitch was dressed as normal as ever, the only difference now was that they had bandana's around their neck.
"B-b-b-b-but t-t-this t-t-t-t-time we're in f-f-f-front of people. Front of people."
"now he's repeating the words."Andre said ,"he's too nervous, how about you sing the lead Jessie."
"na man, it's twitches time." Jessie said, looking out from behind the curtains, seeing how many people were there.
"you can do it twitch," Emma said, 'just don't puss out like a little bitch."
Diane looked up from tuning the guitar she was going to play, "yeah Twitch, you'll do great.' Diane said warmly.
Twitch took a deep breath and nodded.
"and the next performers a group that doesn't have a name…" the announcer said, "give them a round of applause."
The five walked out, a few clapped, but most of the student body started to boo them.
"they already hate us." Andre muttered.
"calm down Andre." Emma said, "lets prove um wrong."
Twitch walked up to the mike and looked up, "i-I'm Twitch…and w-w-we're going t-t-to sing a f-f-few s-s-songs."
"get off the damn stage!" someone shouted.
'you guy's suck!" another shouted.
Twitch started to shake, he looked around, trying to find a friendly face, he looked to the side of the stage and saw Tommy standing where they had stood not too long ago, Elizabeth in his arms, he nodded to Twitch, and held up three fingers.
"close the curtains on them!"
"turn the lights off!"
"kick them off the stage!"
Twitch looked ahead and shook his head, the lights turned off and the student body cheered, thinking that was it, suddenly a guitar started the beginning of 'Holiday' by green day, when the drums came in strobe lights lit up with it, twitch could be seen smiling as the beginning continued, "Here the sound of the pouring rain, comin' down like an Armageddon flame."
The crowd watched in awe, and soon started to cheer, jumping up and down to the music.
Up in the sound booth George sat with his feet propped up on a desk, every now and then messing with the settings for the sound or the lights, "best idea we came up with." He said, flicking a lighter on and off.
When the song finished, Twitch stepped back and Jessie stepped up, "how'd you like that!" he shouted, and was greeted with cheers, 'that was just the beginning," he said, "we got one more song for you."
"who are you guy's!" someone shouted, "What's your bands name."
Jessie smiled a little, "this next song kinda explains our name." he said, and started playing his guitar softly, doing the intro to 'Outsiders' by Eric Church "they're the in crowd, we're the other ones, it's a different kinda cloth that we're cut from, we let our colors show, where the numbers ain't, we're the paint where their ain't supposed to be paint, that's who we are…that's how we roll!"
Everyone cheered, jumping up and down.
Tommy watched them with a smile, "how do you like them Elizabeth?"
"they're awesome!" Elizabeth shouted gleefully, "can I be in a band when I grow up?"
"you can be whatever you want baby." Tommy said.
The band walked off the stage, with hundreds of people cheering for them.
"you guy's did awesome!" George said running over.
"hell yeah we did!" Andre shouted, "now that's what's up."
"we rocked the house!" emma said, high-fiving Diane and Twitch and pulling Jessie in for a deep kiss.
"no PDA!" Andre shouted at them, making everyone laugh.
"well I'm proud of you guy's," Tommy said with a smile, "I think you made this school look at you in a different light."
"hell yeah we did, we kicked ass!"
"PICKLES!" Pangborn shouted, stomping over to him.
"yeah?" he asked.
He glared at him, "Good job with these kids." He muttered, "you did good with them, for a good for nothing punk."
"uh…thanks?"
"now…we have a position opened at the highschool…joint choir teacher…if you want the job…"
"sounds like a good gig." He said with a grin.
"eh." He grunted, walking away.
"alright Tommy!" the band cheered.
"Yay! Daddy got a new job!" Elizabeth squealed, making everyone laugh.
Tommy turned around, suddenly Lil jumped on him, crashing her lips into his, "I knew you could do it!" she shouted.
"easy," Tommy said with a smile, holding her with one hand, his other hand was holding Elizabeth.
"can you believe it? You get to work along side me!"
"I know right."
"Get some Tommy!" Andre shouted, earning him a punch from Emma and a slap from Diane.
Tommy and Lil jumped back away from each other, scratching their heads.
Sean snuck into tommy's house, the entire house was dark, must still be out, he thought, he walked into Tommy's room and went to the bedside drawer, he picked the lock and opened it, he pulled a few bags out of his pocket and dropped it into the drawer, then closed it and locked it, "Next time that child services agent looks through here, Tommy's going to lose his precious daughter, and whatever job he has." He said with a small laugh, he then snuck out quietly, making sure to lock the door behind him.
Tommy sat at the bar in Phil's restaurant, Elizabeth had gone to stay over at Alyssa's hous for the night so Tommy had decided to go get a drink.
"Tommy!" Z shouted, 'how's it goin'?"
"it's going good Z,' Tommy said, "Kiko! Another one of your beers for my friend, put it on me."
"sí señor" he said, pouring Z a mug.
"thanks," he said, "So T, I heard you're getting an awesome job as a choir teacher."
"yeah, I get to teach kids how to rock."
"Awesome!" Z said with a smile, "hey, you know what we should do? For old time sake…"
"Stop," Tommy said, 'I'm not doing it, I'm clean."
"Come on man, you haven't done it since about four years ago, you need to have some fun!"
"I had enough fun in college." Tommy muttered, 'I've been four years clean Z, almost five now, I'm not going to break that just so you can have some fun."
"come on man, I know you wanted to get clean because of Elizabeth, but she's got Dil and your mom, probably Lil too, she'll be fine."
Tommy stood up, "Z, don't try and make it seem like my daughter doesn't need me." He growled, "I'll see ya," he turned and walked away, flashbacks going through his mind.
Tommy waited outside the delivery room, waiting for news to come of Rachel's condition, he sat in his chair, absentmindedly turning his wedding ring on his finger
"T!" Dil shouted running in, angelica, chuckie, Z and Kimi behind him, "We're here, how's she doing?"
"she's giving birth right now." Tommy muttered, "doctors haven't told me anything else."
"who's here for Rachel Pickles?" The doctor said.
Tommy jumped up, "we are." He said, "I'm her husband."
"well Mr. Pickles, your daughter was just born, she's as healthy as any baby can be."
Everyone started to congradulate tommy, until the doctor continued with a saddened expression, "but…something went wrong during the delivery…"
Tommy walked into the delivery room, Rachel was lying on the bed holding a small little baby, "she's beautiful…" Rachel whispered.
"Yeah…she really is." Tommy murmured, his heart heavy.
"the doctor said she cried louder then any other baby that he delivered." She whispered, "said she was strong."
"of course she's strong." Tommy said, "she's your daughter." He looked down at his feet, "T-the doctor said…that you would be just fine…that you could leave tomorrow morning."
Rachel looked up at him and smiled, "liar…" she whispered, "the doctor told me already…I know what's wrong…"
Tommy couldn't bring himself to speak, a lump getting caught in his throat.
"Tommy…" Rachel whispered, 'you need to protect our daughter…I'm not going to be there to help you…"
"Rachel… please…"
"Tommy… don't fight it…I love you…and I always will." Rachel whispered, her breath getting more and more faint.
Tommy kissed her, as her breathing stopped, "Rachel…" he whispered, "Rachel…" he started sobbing, holding her dead body, "Rachel!"
The baby started to cry, knowing something was wrong, but not knowing what it was.
Nine months later.
Tommy opened his eyes as the sun shone onto his face, "Z!" he groaned, "why didn't you close the damn blinds…"
"Z's not here Tommy," Dil said, making tommy look up at him, "I came to bring you home."
"I don't need to go home." He mumbled, 'I'm perfectly fine here."
"tommy your passed out on the floor with the damn needle still in your arm!" Dil shouted, pulling the needle out of Tommy's arm, "come on man, you haven't worked since Rachel died!"
"don't say her name!" Tommy spat at him, standing up, swaying a little, "Don't even think about saying her name!"
"it's true tommy, and you haven't even gone to see your daughter,you don't know her name!
"Sure I do!" Tommy said, 'It's…Bethany!"
"it's Elizabeth!" Dil shouted, "you barely know anything about her, like did you know that she's already crawling around?"
"she is?" Tommy asked, then shook her head, "she don't need me." He mumbled, "I'm not worthy of being a dad." He picked up a bottle of scotch and drank it.
"tommy…"
"I said she's better off without me!" Tommy snarled turning around.
"this isn't what Rachel wanted."
"what I say about saying her name!" He shouted, throwing the bottle into the wall, smashing it to pieces.
"it's true Tommy! She wanted you to take care of your kid, she trusted you to make sure her daughter won't get hurt."
"shut up…"
"and yet here you are nine months later, doing meth, drinking scotch and not even giving a damn about your daughter!"
"Shut up!" he shouted, picking up another bottle, this time throwing it at Dil, who ducked,Tommy fell back into the couch, sobbing, "what am I doing…" he sobbed, "why the hell am I even here."
Dil walked over and held a hand out for Tommy, "come on," Dil said, "it's not too late to make this right.'
Tommy walked into his house, sitting on the couch, he looked at the simple necklace he had around his neck, a small metal disk with "4 yrs" scratched on it, he remembered the three months it took for him to get clean, and the meeting of the daughter that he barely knew, but he had tried his best to do what he could for his daughter, "I'm not falling off the wagon…" he mumbled, "I made a promise not too."
Whelp chapter took me a while to do, dont know if it's my best work though.
hoping for some good feedback from you guy's, and before i forget, thanks to everyone who's been reviewing, you guy's have been helping me a lot.