Ok, this is chapter 13 and I really loved writing it. And the OC looks like Drew Roy from Falling Skies and a bunch of other shows he's been in. It's called Band Battles and I hope you guys all like it.
Summary: There's a contest at the mall called Band Battles and Stella wants to enter Lemonade Mouth in it, but when Mo suggests they all enter as their own acts, the rest of the band agrees. Also, Wen is still trying to apologize to Olivia for their fight the night before, but what happens when she meets a new guy?
Pairing: {Romance} OliviaXMystery, MoXCharlie, little WenXOlivia and StellaXLuke.
Warning: It may seem very long because of all the song lyrics but the songs are in italics.
"Hey guys," Stella greeted walking into the Music Hall with a large grin on her face. "Check this out!" She held up a small flyer that read:
Band Battles! A contest where you can test your music skills and compete for the title of a rock stars! Enter as a band or a single act.
Located: By Sam's Old Music Shop inside the mall this Friday!
Prize: A free gift card of $500 to Sam's Shop!
"It's tomorrow."
"So?"
"So, if Lemonade Mouth enters we're a shoo-in! And we could get Lyle to record it so he could put it on the school website, this is a great opportunity!" Stella exclaimed.
Everyone exchanged a glance and Charlie shrugged. "I'm up for a contest. It's almost the end of the year anyway." He stated.
"Yeah, this'll be my first contest in Lemonade Mouth. I'm in." Luke agreed.
"Great, so I'll enter Lemonade Mouth this afternoon after band practice." Stella said proudly. Everyone started getting their instruments ready, but Mo had an odd look on her face, like she was deciding on something.
"Uh, Stella wait a minute," She cut in. Stella turned around to face her. "What if we didn't enter Lemonade Mouth as a whole band?"
"What do you mean?" Stella asked her.
"Well, what if we all entered as individuals?" Mo repeated quietly. She thought she was growing smaller and smaller under Stella hard stare. She was relieved when Wen spoke up.
"I think that's a cool idea. That would let us all do our own songs and it would draw a bigger crowd. And it would get way more views online, Stella this awesome!" He added.
Panic flashed through Stella's eyes as one by one, her band mates all agreed individuality was the best way to go. Even Olivia thought it was for the best. Apparently everyone had their own song they wanted to perform. Stella eventually sighed. "Fine! We can all enter as ourselves, but after this we're a full band." She warned narrowing her eyes.
"Done. So I guess I'll see you guys later then." Mo said grabbing her bass and walking off the stage.
"What, where are you going? We have to practice!" Stella called after her.
"What for? We don't really have anything to practice for and I have to work on my song!" Mo shouted back.
Stella was about to reply, but sighed again when she heard the doors click shut. "Ok, so I guess practice is canceled." Wen stated.
Stella shot him a quick glare. "Thanks for clearing that up Captain Obvious, like we didn't already know that." She snapped.
Wen put his hands up in defense and backed away. "Come on Stells, just because we're not entering together doesn't mean you have to be so bitter." Charlie told her. Stella rolled her eyes and ignored him.
Everyone then started packing their things. "So you guys are going too?" She asked shaking her head in disbelief.
"Stella, the contest is tomorrow. Mo was right; we really didn't have anything to practice for. We all need to work on our songs for awhile and have time to concentrate." Olivia replied.
"So we're not going to write any of our songs together?"
"We're competing against each-other for the first time; I wouldn't want to risk someone stealing my ideas." Charlie answered.
Stella's mouth dropped a little. Did he seriously not trust his own band-mates? Sure it was a reasonable statement, but they were a band, friends, and a family. How could Charlie, out of all people, even say that? "Fine, then I guess I'll just come up with my own song by myself." Stella responded crossing her arms.
Wen chuckled. "Yeah, good luck with that."
And with that, the rest of the band left, leaving Stella alone on the wide stage. She sighed and walked over leaning against the piano with her guitar. "I can write a song, I don't need any help." She muttered to herself.
Stella suddenly started strumming on her guitar and humming a catchy tune.
It's fun to run
It's fun to play
It's fun to make things out of clay
It's fun to fill your car with gas…
It's fun to break things made of glass!
But broken glass can cut your hand
Then you'll bleed across the land
Ask any woman, child, or man
The dangers of broken glass!
Stella groaned and hit her head on the piano repeatedly. "Maybe I do need some help." She mumbled. Then she picked herself up and tried again. But this time the chords from her guitar sounded much better than before. Stella started to softly sing the lyrics that had been stuck in her head for the past few days.
I come home in the morning light
My mother says, "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones
And girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have fun!
Stella loved those lyrics. They went to one of her favorite songs. She knew all the words and the chords were easy to play. All the sudden, Stella got an idea. A sly smile appeared on her face.
..
"It really is a great song Mo." Charlie told her.
Mo had finished her song 2 hours after she left the Music Hall and the exact minute she was sure she was done, she called Charlie. Mo was now sitting at the foot of her bed with phone between her ear and her cheek, holding her bass in her free hands. "Thanks, it just kinda came to me." She replied. "So what about you? Have any outbursts yet?"
"Not really, I guess I'm just not the song writing type." Charlie admitted. Unlike Mo, he was sitting in his little den where his drum set was and sitting on his stool. He has laid his notebook down on one of his drums and was now staring at it, as if the paper would burst into flames under his intense look.
Mo smiled. "Everyone can be a songwriter type Charlie. All you need is some inspiration, maybe your emotions. What are you feeling right now?" She asked him.
"Like I should really go get a sandwich from my fridge."
Mo laughed. "You're such a goof. I'm always laughing when I'm talking to you." She told him.
"That's a good thing right?"
"Yes, that's a very good thing."
"Then what's my prize?"
"What do you want?"
"For you to help me with this song!"
Mo laughed again. "Ok, ok, I'll help you. Tell me what you've got so far."
Charlie took a deep breath. "Here it goes…"
Now Romeo and Juliet You and I, both know it can't work
Bet they could never felt the way we felt
Bonnie and Clyde never had the highlight
We do, we do
It's all fun and games 'til someone gets hurt
And I don't, I won't let that be you.
Charlie then waited for her response nervously. He braced himself for the criticism. "Charlie!" He jumped. "That was great! See I knew you could do it." Mo exclaimed. Charlie sighed with relief and smiled.
"Really? Thanks, but now I'm stuck. I have no idea on what to write next." He confessed.
"Ok, let's see… oh! Here try this." Mo stated sitting up straight with her bass and putting the phone on speaker.
Now you don't wanna let go Now we don't wanna fall
And I don't wanna let you know
There might be something real between us two
Who knew?
But we're tripping in our hearts
And it's reckless and clumsy
'Cause I know you can't love me here!
She sang into the phone strumming on her bass softly. There were a few minutes of silence and that made Mo a bit self-conscious. After a total of 5 minutes, Mo asked Charlie if he was still there.
"Wow." Is all he said.
"What?" Mo wondered.
"Wow!"
"What!"
"You're amazing! You just came up with two whole verses on the top of your head!" Charlie almost shouted. Mo jumped at his sudden outburst, she had forgotten to put the phone off speaker so it was fairly loud and could be heard from three rooms away. She quickly scrambled to get the phone and turned speaker off.
"Not so loud!" She hissed once the phone was next to her ear again.
"Sorry, it's just that is so cool how you did that!" Charlie added.
Mo rolled her eyes. "It's not that amazing." She muttered.
"Are you kidding? It took me three hours to come up with my part and it only took you three seconds! That's awesome Mo!" He complimented.
Mo sighed. "Thanks Charlie, but it's nothing special. It's not like I can write songs like Olivia." She stated.
"What are you talking about?" Charlie asked.
"It's just… I don't know. I'm just not as amazing as you make me out to be. You're always giving me compliments and saying nice things, but then I have to remind myself that you're just being a good friend and none of those things are true." Mo confessed.
Charlie shook his head. "What is it going to take for you to realize that all the things I say about you are true or else I wouldn't say them?" He tried to tell her.
"But I'm not exciting either. I'm not as bold and bad as Stella, and not as cute and quiet as Olivia, I'm not as wild and fun as Luke, I'm just… I don't even know what I am exactly." Mo responded.
There was a few short minutes of their sharp breathing before Charlie actually replied. "You're right, you're not as crazy as Stella, you're not as quiet as Olivia, or as loud as Luke, you're Mohini. And you are so much more." He told her. Instead of his usual soft, sweet and caring voice, it was serious and stern at the moment. Mo was a little taken aback, but she listen to what he had to say.
All the sudden, Charlie's mom walked into his den. "Charlie honey, can you come help set the table?" She asked with a smile on her face. Charlie nodded and gave her a motion that meant he'd get off the phone.
"Look, I gotta go. See you later ok?" He said breaking Mo's thoughts.
"Oh…um ok, sure. See you later." She managed to say. Her voice was choked up and a little shocked. Charlie didn't reply, he just kind of mumbled something and hung up.
Then it was Mo's turn for a parent to talk to her. "Monu, who was that on the phone?" She asked.
"Oh, it was just Charlie." She winced as her voice came out cracking again.
Her mother's eyebrows furrowed in concern. "What were you talking about? Did something happen?" She wondered.
Mo was about to say something, but she suddenly stopped and closed her mouth. "No, it wasn't anything to important."
The Next Day:
"Guys, over here!" Stella waved her friends over toward her. She was sitting on the half-finished with her electric guitar in hand. The band spotted her and started walking. It wasn't too hard to find their way over, considering no-one was there except for the stage-hands, Sam, and a young girl with long, blonde curly hair and the stage wasn't even finished yet. "Hey, you guys ready?" Stella asked. Everyone answered brightly, stating they were all ready, except Olivia. She just looked down at her shoes, biting her bottom lip.
"What about you Liv?" Wen asked smiling. He was trying to be a lot nicer considering what happened last night between them. But Olivia's face quickly darkened.
"Is that really any of your business?" She snapped, brushing past him and stalking away. Wen's face fell and he looked down at the floor.
Mo sighed. "She's still mad." She said.
"Big time." Luke added.
"She'll come around man." Charlie reassured, patting him on the back. Wen smiled weakly. But he knew that was a lie. Not ever, since the day they'd both met in detention, had he seen Olivia this mad.
..
Olivia was sitting back-stage strumming on her dad's old guitar she found in the attic. She remembered when he first taught her how to play, it was a cold, rainy day, and Olivia had nothing to do. Her father smiled and pulled out his guitar. Olivia gasped and ran over to him. It took a good couple hours, but Olivia had learned to play guitar that day. Now she sat back-stage, trying to figure out her song for the Band Battles Contest.
"Now I'm about to give you my heart, but remember this one thing. I've never been in love before so you gotta go easy on me." She softly sang on her sheet music. She was so absorbed in her song, that she didn't even notice the boy behind her setting up the speakers. He heard her sing and glanced toward her. He then looked over her shoulder and read her lyrics.
Olivia went on singing the song until she messed up on a guitar chord. "Ugh!" She grunted. She sighed and rubbed her temples. All the sudden, she heard a deeper voice from behind.
"I heard, love is dangerous. Once you fall, you never get enough. But the thought of you leaving, ain't so easy for me." She turned around to see a tall boy with short, black hair looking over her shoulder. He was wearing a blue tank, black jeans with a chain hanging from his pocket, and a yellow and black scarf around his neck with a small dog-tag under. {Like when Drew was on Hannah Montana.}
"Sorry." He quickly apologized. "I didn't mean to pry, I saw you sitting there and you looked like you needed a little help."
"No, it's fine. I'm just having some problems." Olivia replied.
The boy sat down next to her. "With what?" He asked.
"Oh, um it's nothing. Just some stupid problem I should handle myself." Olivia started to scramble, struggling to grab her things. But the boy stopped her. He gently grabbed her arm and smiled kindly.
"Tell me." He said. Olivia put her things back down. She took a deep breath and explained everything. How her band all entered separately, how she had a fight with their keyboard player, and how she wrote this song.
"So, what you're saying is that you need another set of hands to help you play the song?" The boy wondered. Olivia nodded.
"That's right. I need a guitar player and a piano player." She answered.
"Well then let me help you." The boy offered. Olivia gave him a puzzled look.
"You can play piano?" She asked.
The boy nodded. "Piano, guitar, saxophone, you name it, I can play it." He told her. Olivia laughed.
"Well aren't you the shocker?" She joked. The boy laughed with her.
"All I'm asking is if you'd like me to play the piano for you?" He reminded. Olivia grinned and nodded.
"I'd love that."She replied. The stranger smiled back.
"Great, then I'll see you later." He said standing up and carrying a speaker toward the stage.
Olivia jumped out of her seat."But wait! I don't even know your name!" She called after him.
Then the boy looked over his shoulder."It's Liam." he simply said. Olivia smiled as he walked away.
"Liam, huh?' She whispered to herself. Olivia could see Wen start to make his way over to her; he exchanged a quick glance with Liam, who winked. Wen smiled at him and went on walking toward Olivia.
"Hey," He greeted softly with a smile.
"Hi." Olivia replied flatly.
Wen sighed. "Look Liv, about last night…" He started.
"No Wen, its fine." Olivia cut him off.
"But we need to talk Liv." He tried to tell her.
"There's nothing to talk about. And don't call me Liv, only my really close friends call me that." Olivia answered grabbing her guitar, stuffing her song-book into her bag and quickly walking away.
"Come on Olivia!" Wen called after her. When she was fully around the corner and out of sight, he sighed again. "Just pick yourself up." He told himself.
"And that was Helene Masterson with her song choice of "Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri!" Stephanie Hirsh, the hostess and Sam's niece, announced into the mike. Everyone clapped and Helene jumped of the stage with a small smile. "Now put your hands together for the lead guitarist of Lemonade Mouth, Stella Yamada!"
The crowd cheered loudly. Some of them even held signs up that said: "Be Heard! Be Strong! Be Proud!" and "Lemonade Mouth Forever!" or even "I'm a Freak and I'm Proud!" Stella smiled and Luke put his hand on her shoulder. "Good luck Stells." He whispered in her ear. Stella nodded. Then she stepped on-stage and plugged her guitar into the Amp.
"Hey guys, this song has always kinda caught my attention so it's a little old-school. But feel free to rock out to it!" She said, as she started strumming on her guitar.
I come home in the morning light wanna have fun, Wanna have fun, Wanna have fun The phone rings in the middle of the night That's all they really want Some boys take a beautiful girl
My mother says "when you gonna live your life right?"
Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones
And girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have fun
My father yells what you gonna do with your life
Oh daddy dear you know you're still number one
But girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have
(Some fun)
When the working day (is done)
Girls- they wanna have fun
(Oh girls just wanna have fun)
And hide her away from the rest of the world
I want to be the one to walk in the sun
Oh girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have
That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls-they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun,
They wanna have fun,
They wanna have fun!
The crowd clapped and cheered like crazy! Stella gave quick thanks and then ran behind the huge curtain, where she met her band members. "I had no idea you were a fan of 80's music!" Luke stated.
"I just love that song. It's really upbeat and you can rock out to it every time." Stella replied.
"Well you definitely rocked us that time. I wouldn't be surprised if you won!" Olivia exclaimed.
Stella shook her head. "But all you guys actually wrote your songs." She reminded.
All the sudden, Sophie walked over to everyone. "Sorry to interrupt, but I'm going to be a little held up with my uncle for few minutes, would you guys take care of the next few acts for me?" She wondered. Sophie didn't wait for an answer since Sam was already calling her, so she just handed the clipboard to Olivia. Everyone tried to look over her shoulder.
"Who's next?" Charlie asked.
"Uh, well since we all wanted Lemonade Mouth pretty close together, so Luke you're after Mo, and Wen you're after Charlie, and then comes a girl named Alexis Worth." She explained. She got a lot of confused looks.
"In English please." Stella told her.
Olivia sighed. "Mo you're next." She repeated flatly.
"Tough break Monu!" Luke cried.
"Monu? Isn't that Mo's nickname at home, only her parents call her that right?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah, I went to hang out with Mo and her mom yesterday after we got back from the skate park." Luke replied. Charlie nodded and looked down at his shoes. No one noticed, but Stella and Luke did their handshake they made behind their backs.
"Anyways, unlike all of you," Mo pointed over to Luke, "I'm not dreading being on-stage and I'm not worried."
"Look at Little Miss Confident over here." Olivia joked.
Mo laughed. "I don't mean it like that, it's just I'm not hyperventilating over performing my song." She stated.
"Speaking of songs, I think it's time for yours." Luke said pointing at Sophie who was talking to the crowd.
Mo sighed. "Guess I'll see you guys in the crowd."
"Look for us in the front." Wen told her, walking away with the rest of the band.
..
The rest of Lemonade Mouth watched as Mo made her way onto the stage. But instead of going for the bass, she walked right over to the piano and got settled. "What's she doing?' Stella whispered to Olivia. She shrugged.
"I don't know."
But their questions were answered when Mo started playing the piano and smiling at the sound.
The situations turns around enough to figure out So tell me that you love me yeah Waking up beside yourself and what you feel inside So tell me that you love me yeah Show me look what we found turn it around every day So tell me that you love me yeah
That someone else has let you down
So many times I don't know why
But I know we can make it as long as you say it
And tell me that I take your breath away
And maybe if you take one more than I would know for
sure
There's nothing left to say
Tell me that you love me anyway
Tell me that you love me anyway
Ohhh
Is being shared with someone else
Nowhere to hide I don't know why
But I know we can make it
As long as you say it
And tell me that I take your breath away
And maybe if you take one more than I would know for
sure
There's nothing left to say
Tell me that you love me anyway
I can hear what you say
Now I know why, I know we can make it
If tell me that you love me yeah
And tell me that I take your breath away
And maybe if you take one more
And tell me that I take your breath away
Maybe if you take one more than I would know for sure
There's nothing left to say
Tell me that you love me anyway!
Mo braced herself for the silence and dread of people hating her song, but to her surprise the crowd cheered. She opened her eyes to see all her friends at the front of the stage. Mo laughed as Stella and Olivia threw fake roses up at her. She said her thanks and hurried off the stage to meet her friends.
"You want me to tell you I love you? Fine, I will. I love you, I love you, I love you!" Stella shouted running up to her. Olivia and Stella both hugged until she couldn't breathe.
"Who knew you could play piano?" Wen added. Mo laughed and turned to Charlie. She smiled.
"See, I told you your song was good." He reminded.
"Wait a second; I thought you said we shouldn't share our song ideas for contests." Stella crossed her arms and raised her eye-brows.
"Yeah, but Mo knew I would never steal her idea."
"And I would?"
"Why are you asking me? I don't know!"
"Ugh!"
Sorry it's so long, but the next chapter should be up soon! Love you all!
~Suki17