I walked out of my Biology lesson clutching my books to my chest when Tara ran towards me at full speed, looking pretty worried "What?" I asked narrowing my eyes. She panted heavily.
"It ain't good Gabby, not good" she said shaking her head.
"What happened?" I asked curiously. Tara glanced around nervously.
"Not here, c'mon" she whispered grabbing my wrist. In less than 10 seconds I found myself in the janitors closet with Tara...something must've been wrong for her to be this frantic.
"What?" I repeated confusedly. She sighed.
"Stacey knows" she said nervously. My eyes widened.
"How? How does Stacey know?" I asked in disbelief. She sighed again.
"I mentioned something yesterday about her being my number one fan as a joke, and then I said it on the show...it's all my fault" she exclaimed shaking her head. I shrugged.
"If she doesn't have proof then what's the big deal? Wait, she doesn't have proof does she?" I asked worriedly. They shook their heads and I sighed in relief "Then what's the problem?" I asked shrugging.
"She's throwing a party for our whole year tonight, and it's the same time as my show. If I don't go she'll know I'm Radio Rebel and she'll tell Moreno, but I can't not do the show! What am I going to do?" she whined. I sighed and nodded in understanding.
"Okay here's what we do. You give Cammi Q a call and explain it to her...and your mom" I instructed. She narrowed her eyes in confusion.
"My mom? How does this help?" she asked. I smirked slightly.
"I may have a plan" I said crossing my arms. She tilted her head with a slightly nervous look.
"Should I be worried?" she asked. My smirk widened.
I walked into Stacey's house with Tara feeling very smug. The plan we'd managed to devise with her mom an' Cammi was definitely going to work...there was no reason it wouldn't. We both looked up to see Stacey and her friend on the balcony "Hi" Tara said loudly gaining their attention. They both looked down at us with annoyed expressions.
"Here we are" I said shrugging and crossing my arms. Tara nodded and clasped her hands behind her back innocently.
"So I see, but I'm still watching you" Stacey said warningly. I rolled my eyes and nodded before closing the front door and heading into the living room. Most of the people from our year were here. Including Audrey, Barry and Larry. We sat down on the couch inbetween the three as Radio Rebel was announced on the radio.
"This is Radio Rebel, comin' atcha live from Slam FM. Tonight is all about you, lines are open you know the number" Radio Rebels voice said. I looked up to see Stacey still on the balcony.
"I'm calling into the show!" She announced pulling out her cell-phone.
"How are you here and there?" Audrey asked curiously. Tara shrugged in response.
"You're on with Radio Rebel" Radio Rebel said through the radio, accepting Stacey's call.
"Do you know that you're a hypocrite?" Stacey asked from the balcony.
"Hi, what's your name caller?"
"Save it! You say you're all about the people, but Morp is all about you. Now you get to lobby for Morp queen votes on the radio every night. Not fair! The other Morp queen nominee should get some air time. Meaning me!" Stacey exclaimed.
"I totally hear you"
"You hear me? I don't think you do"
"Say what you wanna say" I could tell Stacey was getting more and more irritated each time Radio Rebel replied to her insults.
"I think you're using subliminal brain washing to get people to vote for you. So I'm gonna take this opportunity to ask the school to vote for me. Stacey for Morp queen"
"Hi, what's your name caller?"
"You already asked me that!" I flinched at the mess up and sighed nervously.
"Thanks for calling"
"I'm not done with you! Sorry but we can't all be winners. And I'm gonna win, despite the fact that I don't have an entire radio show campaigning for me. Which really makes me the underdog" During Stacey's rant Tara had left the seat and ran off somewhere...I just really hoped she knew what she was doing. Stacey looked down at me looking for Tara, but smirked slightly once she noticed Tara was gone "Why so quiet? Does the truth hurt?"
"You wanna know the truth...?"
"Stop hogging the bathroom!" I chuckled despite my nervous feeling and leaned back into the couch.
"What was that?" Stacey asked. She disappeared from the balcony, probably to go look for Tara.
"I uh...knocked over my chair. Because I wanted to get closer to the mic so that you could hear me clearly"
"Oh I can hear you clearly. I can hear you very clearly. I can hear you so clearly Radio Rebel that we could be in the same building!"
"Same building? What are you crazy? Are you here at Slam Stacey? I don't see you or maybe you're hiding somewhere. I'm just a bit worried about you Stacey, I'm afraid that if I beat you out for Morp queen your fragile ego won't be able to survive" The whole room laughed, me and Audrey included.
"Can you hand me my jacket?"
"What was that?"
"I'm sorry what?"
"Who was that?"
"That was my sound guy, we just got a brand new demo which they called 'my jacket'. We could play it for you"
"I have a better idea! Why don't you come forward and stop hiding like a coward?"
"Would a coward be afraid to go against you for Morp queen? Cuz I'm not. I'll see you there and you'll see that I'm not afraid of anything. Thanks for calling" Radio Rebel said cheerfully. Music flooded through the speakers and I sighed in relief.
"That was the most amazing thing ever" Audrey exclaimed giggling. I smiled and nodded in agreement.