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Chapter 27: Are You as Good as Hunter Said?

It had been a few weeks since Hunter's leaving of the band. Gary had scheduled a concert for the band two weeks after Drew arrived.

Today, was a bright, sunny day. Gary sat in the living room looking over his phone.

"So what's the plan for today?" Ash asked as he entered the living room and plopped down.

"I'll explain when the others are awake." Gary replied not looking up from his phone.

Ash just got up from the chair and went to the kitchen to get some food. He searched for the food he wanted and frowned when he realized there was none left.

"Gary!" Ash yelled after closing the last cabinet.

A sigh of annoyance came from Gary as he walked to the kitchen.

"What?" he asked slightly annoyed.

"We're out of waffle mix!"

Gary face palmed and shook his head.

"You called me in here just to tell me we are out of waffle mix?" he asked emphasizing waffle mix and glaring slightly.

Ash sweat dropped and chuckled.

"When you put it that way it sounds pretty stupid..." he trailed lamely.

Gary just nodded his head and went to go back to the living room when Ash said his name. Gary turned back around and waited.

"What am I supposed to eat?" Ash asked, but it sounded more like whining.

"Just fix some pancakes!" Gary cried and walked back into the living room.

"We're out!" Ash cried when he remembered that he hadn't seen pancake mix either.

Silence followed Ash's cry.

"Tough luck! Fix something else!" Gary cried after a few minutes.

Ash sighed and looked through the cabinets for something to eat.

"Dude why are you yelling?" Jack's voice came from the living room.

"Sorry," Gary said.

Jack wandered into the kitchen and saw Ash at the stove.

"GARY! ASH IS USING THE STOVE!" Jack yelled as his eyes became wide with fear.

Gary ran into the kitchen and saw Ash at the stove.

"How about I cook Ash? As an apology for yelling." Gary said stepping to the stove.

"One time you nearly burn the mansion down and you're never allowed to use the stove! One time!" Ash cried as he walked to the fridge.

"You can use anything else. Be grateful," Gary said.

"Thank you," Ash mocked.

Ash and Jack left the kitchen and found Drew in the living room sitting on the couch.

"So now we wait for TJ." Ash muttered.

Drew was still a little quiet around the others. He knew he couldn't be quiet at the concert tonight though.

Jack flipped on the television and the commercial that was currently playing was showing clips from Ash's and Dawn's concerts.

"This week is Ash's Week! Come see Ash and his band perform tonight at eight!" a voice cried.

"Since when are there weeks that say whose week it is?" Jack asked.

Ash shrugged in response.

"Who all is in Dawn's band again?" Drew asked suddenly.

"Well there's...Dawn the singer and sometimes keyboard player. Alice the keyboard player and sometimes the singer. Abby the bass player. Kat or Kate the drummer. Then the old guitarist Leigh. The newest member and new guitarist is May." Jack said as he counted the names on his fingers.

"Okay,"

"Why?"

"I think I know one of them, but I don't think it's her." Drew replied.

"Oh,"

A door opened from upstairs and footsteps were heard coming down the stairs...well it was footsteps, but then it was tumbling down the stairs. TJ landed at the bottom of the stairs, groaning.

"You okay?" Ash asked as TJ sat up.

"Yeah, just missed a step." TJ said staying sitting.

"HA! It wasn't me!" Jack cried.

"What are you talking about?" Drew asked looking at Jack like he had gone crazy.

"I usually fall down the stairs." Jack stated.

"Oh,"

TJ was now walking to the chair.

"You know Jack karma is going to come and get you." TJ said as he grabbed the remote.

"No it won't. Karma knows to stay away from me." Jack said.

Gary walked into the living room to find all of them awake.

"After breakfast I will tell you what the plan is for today." he said turning around and walking back into the kitchen.

The other four followed him into the kitchen. After about twenty minutes all of them were done eating and were in the living room.

"So what's the plan for today?"

Gary looked at his phone for a second.

"Well today is the day of the concert. Drew this is time to see if you have what it takes to be in the band. You've done good in practice, but will you do good in a concert? You can either practice or it's a free day whatever you guys decide to do is the plan." Gary said and started doing something on his phone.


Alice, Dawn, Kat, and May were currently talking to each other since Abby had left to go look at guitars since she really wants to get a new one.

"So who wants to go?" Alice asked.

She had just asked who wanted to go to Ash's concert tonight.

"I would love to, but tickets are sold out." May said frowning.

"A fan of the rivals?" the other three teased.

"Nooo I just like the music." May said lamely.

"That's how Dawn used to be." Alice muttered.

"If it helps we're fans of them too. Even Abby is. All of us are." Kat said laughing.

"Oh and tickets won't be a problem. I have five tickets. If any of yall don't want to go I can easily sell the extras." Alice said flashing five tickets.

"Alice you're a genius!"

"I know,"

Alice handed May a ticket since she had given a answer.

"Any other takers?" she asked waving the tickets in front of Dawn and Kat.

"Fine," Kat said grabbing a ticket.

Dawn grabbed a ticket too.

"So now we just see if Abby wants to go." Alice said.

"I hope she does...she's still not over the whole Jeff thing." Dawn said frowning.

"I know hopefully she'll come."

"I wish she would've told us what happened." Dawn said frowning.

"Well she told me. I confronted her that night." Kat said quietly.

"What did she say!" Alice cried.

"I can't say. I promised I wouldn't tell."

"We won't tell. Right Dawn, May?"

"Right. Cause you know Alice and I haven't told." Dawn said.

"I'll forget probably," May said sheepishly.

"Short term memory?"

May just shrugged her shoulders.

"Okay fine, but I swear if you tell Abby..." Kat trailed.

"Swearing isn't nice Kat." Alice teased.

"Shut up,"

Kat sat down on her bed since they were in her room. Dawn sat down at the trunk at the foot of her bed, Alice sat at the computer chair, and May laid on her back on the floor.

"Okay, well that night..."


Leigh's POV

After the others were in their rooms I walked out of my room and to Abby's. I knocked and heard her sadden response.

"Hey," I said walking into her room and closing her door softly.

Abby laid on her bed hugging her pillow. Her makeup that she wore was smeared and her mascara had run down her face.

I walked over and sat on her trunk and looked at her bed.

Scattered across her bed were pictures of her and Jeff.

"My mom always said the best way to get rid of them and forget about them was to do this." she said and picked up a picture.

She picked up a lighter and held it to Jeff's side of the picture. The flame burned him from the picture and she pulled the lighter down before she burnt herself out of the picture and blew the flame out too.

"Burning...never seen that one. Usually it's cutting them out of pictures." I said.

"Well by doing it this way it's stylish and you can't see any pieces of them." Abby said as she lit another picture.

"What happened?" I asked.

"What do you mean?" Abby asked paying close attention to the flame on the picture.

When she blew the picture I grabbed the lighter.

"Abby you know what I mean." I said keeping the lighter away from her.

"I'll tell you just please hand that back to me." she said.

I handed her the lighter back.

"Well the day after Kanto Awards I called him. I was going to call him the day of the awards, but I was sooo tired."

I just nodded my head and watched as another picture was burned.

"When he answered the phone he wasn't the slightest of sweet. He was grumpy and mean."

She looked at a picture with a sad smile.

"This was the first picture taken. Back in Johto in Ecruteak City. We were so happy then..." she said before glaring at the picture and lighting it.

"Anyways he asked me stupid questions. He was getting worried and he said..." she trailed choking on her words.

"Abby if you don't want to tell me don't." I said.

"No I need too. If I don't tell someone I'll be a wreck," she said taking a breath.

"He said he fell out of love with me. He said when I first became famous he still loved me, but after the car performance. He saw it and didn't like what I was doing. He started questioning our relationship. He said he fell out of love with me when I started calling and texting him less and less. It wasn't my fault this keeps you so busy that you can't even talk to your family much, let alone your boyfriend." she said as a few tears fell.

"Oh Abby I'm sorry." I said feeling bad for her.

"He just ended it so suddenly that I-I just looked at every picture we had taken. I thought he was kidding, but when he hung up I knew he wasn't kidding that I was officially single. Then I just took it out on yall for no reason."

"Abby, he's stupid for dumping you. I'm sorry," I said hugging her since she didn't have the lighter lit.

"Thanks Kat," she said returning the hug.

"Can I ask why you keep a lighter in your room?" I asked.

"Oh when I'm upset the flame calms me. The flame is just so calm and free. No one can control it unless you aren't pressing the button." she said as she showed me the flame.

"True,"

"I know right? So calm and peaceful,"

I nodded and got off the floor which I had somehow ended up on.


"That's what happened." I said.

"Poor Abby,"

A knock came from outside my door.

"It's opened," I said.

Abby popped her head in.

"Can I come in?" she asked.

"Come on in!"

Abby's eyes showed confusion, but she walked in the room and hopped onto my bed.

"So see any guitar that you liked?" Dawn asked starting a conversation that none of us knew what she would be talking about, except May.

"Yeah I did! It's so pretty. The guitar is a neon green electric guitar with a solid body."

"You know I can play acoustic guitar. It helps me make lyrics sometimes." Dawn said suddenly.

"You can play guitar?" Abby asked shocked.

"Only a little bit. I mainly just strum it not playing notes...well I don't know what the notes are." Dawn said laughing.

"Oh,"

"Hey Abby wanna go to a concert?" Kat asked.

"Ash's concert?" she asked.

"Yeah all of us are going. There's one ticket left, you gotta come."

"Sure,"

"Then it's settled! We leave at seven thirty since the concert starts at eight."

Seven came and the five girls were making sure Tessa wasn't going to question them again.

Abby wore a light purple tank top with a white v neck shirt over it, white skinny jeans, and white flats with a purple ribbon on them. Her hair was pulled into two small pigtails and she also wore some black sunglasses to complete the look.

Alice wore a white camisole with a jean jacket that ended at her stomach with long sleeves, black hiphuggers, and some plain black sneakers. She had pulled her hair into two high side ponytails. She also attached a bracelet Jack had given her.

Dawn wore a denim vest over a dark gold short sleeve shirt, denim short shorts, and some plain flip flops. Her hair was in a braid down her back. She also wore the necklace Ash gave her like she did all the time.

Kat wore a pink short sleeve shirt that read "Taken ;)", a white miniskirt, and pink fats. Her hair was curled and falling in ringlets on her head. She also added a pink headband to keep her hair from her face.

May wore a dark blue short sleeve shirt, black skin tight knee length shorts, and black and blue sneakers. Her hair was down and falling over her shoulders. She also wore two fingerless black gloves on her hands.

They had to dress so they weren't recognizable cause last time they got noticed and had to sign autographs and sing.

They left the mansion and headed to the concert hall.


"Who's all ready to see Ash and his band?" the announcer asked as his voice was blasted through the concert hall.

Many people screamed and fan girls screamed loudly.

"Well please give a big welcome Ash Ketchum and his band!" the announcer yelled and jumped off the stage.

"I need a beat, a little guitar, and a bass"

A steady drum beat was heard followed by the guitar and then the bass guitar.

"I'll show you how to..."

The lights started blinking multicolor across the stage so you could see the four teenagers if the lights hit them just right.

"Show you how to!"

The song ended and the lights came on so you could see the band now.

"What's up Kanto?" Ash asked as his voice blasted through the concert hall.

Screams filled the building.

"We hope you all liked our new song "Show You How To". So did yall like it?"

Many screams filled the building again.

"I'll take that as a yes." Ash joked.

Some laughter came from the crowd.

"Now I want you all to meet our newest member to the band. He is Hunter's cousin and I think he's doing pretty good. Please welcome Drew Hayden our new drummer!" Ash announced.

Drew stood up from his stool and gave a small wave and flipped his bangs. The flipping of his bangs caused many girls to scream.

"Now the next song that we're going to perform is..." Ash said and suddenly stopped his sentence.

It's like he had forgotten what song was next.

"Sorry about that, mind went blank. The next song is "That You're With Me"."

"She's fun

She's sweet

Her eyes are blue

She's cool

She's hot

She's all I need

Means a lot

Everything to me

That you're with me

Just one problem

I can't even breath

You got me so

Confused! Con-Confused

(Con-Confused)

Girl you got my

Hypnotized Ti-tized

Come on baby

Tell me whatcha thinkin' OH~

She's fun

She's sweet

Her eyes are blue

She's cool

She's hot

She's all I need

Means a lot

Everything to me

That you're with me

Another problem

I can't even tell ya

You're so~

Baby why

Can't ya see

I want ya

Scannin' the crowd

See her smiling up

At me~

She's fun

She's sweet

Her eyes are blue

She's cool

She's hot

She's all I need

Means a lot

Everything to me

That you're with me

Baby you're all I

Need N-need

So tell me

Whatcha thinkin'

Whatcha thinkin'

Baby? Ba-B-Baby~

She's all I need

Means a lot

Everything to me

That you're

With me~ W-With m-m-me~"

The concert continued with another new song called "Party" then followed by another new song called "Roller Coaster".

"Thank you and goodnight!" Ash cried as the stage lights shut off.


After the concert, Alice, Dawn, and Kat hurried off so they could go and see their boyfriends.

Once backstage they saw the room where the band was staying at, but a security guard stood in their way.

"What do we do now?" Kat asked.

"We are famous..." Dawn trailed.

"...And we're going to use it." Alice said smiling evilly.

"Ali-" Dawn started, but her cousin put her hand over her mouth.

"Shh I know what I'm doing." Alice said and with that she turned the corner and headed to the security guard.

"You can't be back here." the security guard said.

"Hmm well I wonder how my manager would react if I told her that..." Alice trailed and looked at the name tag. "That Steven the security guard for Ash and his band wouldn't let me through. I have permission to see them. After all I am from Dawn Berlitz and her band." Alice said snobbishly.

"Oh well let me tell them that you are here."

"No! I just need to see Jack Harris the bassist."

Steven nodded and knocked on the door. The door opened and Jack was the one who opened it.

"What?" he asked.

"You got a chick here who wants to see you."

"Look none of us are taking pictures or signing autographs. It's your job to keep fans away." Jack said going to close the door.

"Jack~" Alice sang.

Jack looked over Steven's shoulder and saw Alice.

"Oh,"

Jack stepped out of the room and walked back to where the others were with Alice.

"Go and get Ash and TJ," Alice instructed.

"But,"

"Jack,"

"Okay,"

Jack walked back off.

"Way to go Alice," Kat said.

"You are too good a lying." Dawn said shaking her head slightly.

"Ehh when you have a mom like mine or yours you learn that you gotta do it." Alice said shrugging.

"Alice!"

"Shh,"

Jack came back with Ash and TJ.

Kat tackled TJ into a hug, while Ash and Jack looked shocked and confused.

"They date?" Jack asked.

Alice and Dawn just remained silent.

"Good concert. The new songs were amazing. Those are so gonna be party tunes." Dawn said smiling sweetly at Ash.

"Thanks Dawn," Ash said seeing where Kat and TJ were before grabbing her hand.

"So when's the next free day?" Jack asked Alice.

"Don't know," Alice replied with a shrug.

"You don't know much do you?"

Alice smacked Jack's arm.

"Ow," Jack said faking pain.

"Where did they go?" Gary's voice asked.

"Uh oh,"

Ash and Jack looked around the corner and saw Gary talking to Steven. Steven pointed towards the corner and they quickly pulled back.

"Yall gotta go before Gary sees you." Jack said.

"I really hate getting our time cut." Alice whined.

"I know. I'm really sorry." he said giving Alice a quick kiss.

"This gets annoying," Dawn muttered.

"I know and sorry." Ash said giving Dawn a quick kiss.

"Now go cause Gary's coming this way."

"Make sure Steven doesn't say I was here. If Tessa finds out I'm dead." Alice said.

"Will do,"

Alice and Dawn hurried down the hall and grabbed Kat along the way since she was heading back the way she had come from.

"What's going on?" Kat asked as she ran with the other two.

"Oh you know manager asking where the guys were." Alice said like it was no big deal.

"Great,"

The three made it to the car and found Abby and May standing there waiting.

"Where did yall go?" May asked.

"Bathroom," Kat said.

"Funny we were just there." Abby said.

"Fine I went to see TJ and asked if Alice and Dawn would come with me. Happy?" Kat asked climbing into the car.

"Knew it,"

Please R&R