Chapter 29:
Auditions and Headaches
Raye fidgets in her chair as they got closer to the nightclub a friend of their brothers owned called The Smokey Fox. The friend had agreed to let them hold auditions there in return for free promotion for his bar. She looked out the window as they got close."Em, so many people"
Emma looked over to where Raye was looking and felt her eyes widen. "Holy crap." Standing right in front of the double doors, was a line of people that seemed like it went on forever.
"I didn't think this many people would come. I only posted to my limited following on facebook, tumblr and youtube." Said Raye.
"Well, we did make that youtube video on my channel. And I posted it on my twitter and I'm pretty sure that Matt and Jeff both mentioned it on their twitters too." Emma turner her head back towards her sister.
"How are we going to audition all these people? We only have two days." Said Raye. She looked anxious because she hated to turn people away.
"We're either going to have to make the audition times smaller or not everyone is going to get to auditioned." Matt replies from the front seat.
"I guess we could shorten each guys time to about a minute." Said Raye.
"We're gonna have to." Emma replies.
Raye nods and lets Jeff help her out of the van once they were parked. She looked nervous.
As Emma opened the door so she could get out of the van, there was a large group of fans that just came rushing at them.
Raye goes wide eyed and freezes up. Her breathing comes in small hiccups as the fans rush at them.
Emma is startled by this but she doesn't seem to notice her sister at first, as she is too busy trying not to freak out.
The boys try to get between the group and the girls." Em, get your sister inside now." Said Matt as he holds back a fan from getting to the frozen Raye.
Emma nods her head, somehow manages to make her way over to her sister to grab the handles to her wheelchair and pushes her into the nearest bathroom and locks the door behind them.
Raye looked terrified as Em pushes her into the bathroom and locked the door. She lets out small sobs of fear.
Emma turns to her sister and without saying a word, she leans down and gives her a giant bear hug.
Raye hugged back and cried. She shook from the pure terror she had felt when the fans had rushed them."There were so many."
"I don't even know where they came from. They just appeared out of nowhere."
"Like a bad case of the hiccups, they came out of nowhere." Said Raye, slightly joking. She was still shaking.
Emma chuckles at that little declaration as she squeezes her sister just a little tighter.
"Umm..Sis?" Raye squeaks as the hug gets tighter. "Can't….Breath"
"Oh, sorry." Emma quickly lets go of her sister and stands up straight.
"You got a strong hug there, sis." Raye said with a slight smirk.
"Yeah sorry about that. I've kind of been working out with Jeff lately. Just because." Emma grinned slightly.
"Training to be a bouncer?" Raye joked as she got adjusted in her chair.
Emma laughed loudly as she ran her fingers through her hair. "No."
"Ready to go out and see if we can find the newest members of our band."
"Yeah. As ready as I'll ever be anyway." Emma sighed.
"Push me." Raye said.
Emma didn't say a word as she actually listened for once and did what her sister told her to do.
Raye smiled as Emma wheeled her out of the bathroom. She froze when she saw some fans coming toward them.
Emma tensed up a little bit as she saw them. It was like she was getting ready to bolt at a moment's notice.
"Can we help you?" Raye asked the group as calmly as she could.
One of the guys in the group walked up to them slowly. "Yeah, we just wanted to apologize for rushing at you guys like that. We just got excited because we saw you. We didn't realize that it would freak you guys out so much."
Raye looked up at Emma and then back at the guy."It's okay. We are just a bit jumpy is all." Raye said.
"Well, we're still sorry."
Raye nods and smiles.
"Okay so let's do this then!" Emma smiles brightly as she springs up in the air a little bit with excitement.
Raye wheels herself down to the table in front of the stage.
Emma follows her and plops down in a folding chair next to her.
"Ready sis?" Raye asked as she looks over the clipboard with everyone's names on it.
"Yeah. Lets try to get as many done as possible today, I guess."
Raye nods and calls up the first guy. "Rudy Travors"
They watched as this really skinny ginger walk up on stage. He was the typical nerd/geek. The braces, pimples, glasses and all.
"So, Rudy. What brings you here today?" Raye asked.
"I'm gonna play the guitar." Rudy lifted up the guitar that he was holding slightly.
"Okay. You have one minute. What will you be playing?" Raye asked.
Rudy was getting the strap all straightened out when he answered, "Oh, um a part in the song Coffin."
"You have one minute. Start when you are ready"
He nodded his head and started playing the guitar. Emma had to stop herself from winching.
Raye politely smiled as he butchered the song. She wanted to put her headphones in her ears and play the real thing to drown him out.
After the minute was up, the girls smiled politely as he walked off the stage. Once Emma was sure that he was gone, she turned to her sister with a look that very clearly said 'that was freaking terrible.'
Raye nodded and marked his name off the list. She prayed the next one wasn't so bad."Skylar Monroe?"
A brunette girl walked up on stage. She was wearing all black and her hair was up in a ponytail.
"You have one minute. What will you be playing for us?" Raye asked.
"A part of the song If You Can't Hang."
"Guitar or drums?" Raye asked as she took notes.
"Guitar."
"Let's hear what you have."
The girl grinned as she started. As luck would have it (well not so much luck, just bad timing) she was just as bad as the last. She was just absolutely butchering the song to no end. That was disappointing to Emma because Sleeping With Sirens was one of her favorite bands.
Raye smiled politely as Skylar left the stage. In truth, she wanted to bang her head on the table to make her forget what had just happened.
"Oh my god. That was terrible." Emma whispered as she leaned towards Raye.
"Please tell me it gets better" Raye whispered back.
"Oh god I hope so. I'm not gonna be able to deal with it if they all freaking suck like that."
Raye nods and sighs as the next person came onto the stage to try the drums. Raye silently groaned as each person seemed to get worse and worse. As lunch time came about, Raye wanted to pull her hair out and scream to the high heavens.
Emma wasn't doing much better. As mean spirited as it sounded, she kind of wished that she was just deaf or really hard of hearing; or insane. Most of them had thought that they sounded so amazing. She figured that they were just ignorant or whoever they played their instruments for lied to them and told them they sounded good. By the time lunch had rolled around, Emma just wished she could scratch her own eardrums out of her head.
Raye rested her head on the table after scribbling out another name. "So bad." She whispered, mostly to herself. She looked over to her sister. "Can you go ask Matt to go get us Taco Bell? I crave a bean burrito, a mexican pizza and a supreme taco without tomatoes."
"Alright. I've been craving Taco Bell for weeks now." Emma replies before getting up out of her chair. She makes sure to grab her purse before she walks over to her brother.
Matt was sitting at a table in the back of the club. He had a bottle of water in his hand and two pieces of cotton. One piece was stuffed was stuffed in each ear. He pulls them out as she saw Em walk up."Hey Kiddo"
Emma laughs as she sees him pull the cotton out of his ears but decides not to mention it because she pretty much wanted to do the same thing. "Hey. So Raye wanted to know if you could go get us some Taco Bell. We've both kind of been craving it since forever." She gives him a sweet smile after she asks, knowing that he'll more than likely say yes.
Matt stood and stretched. "Sure kiddo. Anything in particular you two want?" He asked and looked around for Jeff."I have to see what Jeff wants to."
"Oh you know, just the usual. You know what we normally get." Emma smiles at him as she rocks a little bit on her heels. She adjusts the strap from her purse while Matt looks around looking for their brother.
He nods and ruffles her hair before going to get Jeff to go get the food. Raye had her head resting on the table and her chest rose and fell gentle. She had fallen asleep not long after her sister had walked off.
Emma walked back over to the table and snickered quietly when she saw her sister. She jotted down a quick note for her sister that she was going to be in the bathroom so Raye wouldn't come looking for her. Emma didn't want to risk getting caught.
Raye slept on, used to napping at about this time everyday. She looked very peaceful as she slept before lunch.
Meanwhile in the bathroom, Emma locked herself in one of the stalls. She knew that she only had about half an hour, so she had to make this quick. Emma was fully aware that her dose couldn't be too big or she would be in the bathroom too long, which would make everyone suspicious enough to look for her.
No one came in to bother her. Everyone was either at lunch or hanging out with their friends.
By the time that Emma had gotten out of the bathroom and Matt and Jeff had come back from Taco Bell with the food, Raye was awake and alert; and starving.
Raye was eyeing the food Matt and Jeff brought like a rabid dog that needed to be fed. She pays all her attention on the food.
During lunch Emma tried to not pay attention to Raye scarfing her food down like a starving person. It was actually kind of grossing her out.
Raye ate her food before looking at her sister's. She slowly reached over to try and take one of her sisters burritos. She tried to be stealthy.
Except it didn't work. Emma saw what her sister was doing from her peripheral vision and moved her food away.
Raye pouts and keeps trying, even resorting to the puppy face. "We always share sis."
"Most of the time. But not right now. I'm hungry too. And you know I don't like sharing my burritos." Emma wasn't going to give in to the puppy dog face. Most of the time she didn't.
Raye pouted and looked at Matt who was sitting next to her. She slowly reach over and tried to snatch a nacho or two from her oldest brother.
He ended up letting her grab a couple of them just so she wouldn't start whining but that was all she was going to get. He wanted to finish his food off.
Raye was content when she got the food from her brother. She then goes to sipping her soda. She looked bored.
Luckily for her, their lunch break was only for about another five minutes, then it was back to listening to more people audition. And hopefully they didn't all suck ass like the did before. Emma wasn't sure if she could take much more of that before she would start screaming bloody murder.
Raye sighed as they listened to more auditions, but tried to keep a smile on her face. She would mark a hopeful every now and again.
By the end of the day, there had been a few hopefuls, but most of them didn't do too well. Emma couldn't wait until this was all said and done.
Raye was glad when it was over. She rubbed her temples and looked over the list."Seems we have a few good candidates. Should we have them come back tomorrow?" She asked her sister.
"Yeah we might as well. We'll have to make them audition again after everyone else though. There's still a bunch of people left that we have to listen too." Emma rubbed her forehead lightly, as if that was going to help the oncoming headache that she had.
"Should we call it here for today? We need to get home and stuff." Raye said, taking a deep drink from her water bottle.
"Yeah we're done for the day." Matt interjects. After they've made sure that they have everything together and not forgotten anything, they all leave and head home.
***************Authors Note*************
I guess we have some explaining to do. For me, The Heartbreak Girl,I had medical issues come up. Lost my job and having to deal with a bad bout of depression. I am sorry it took so long for this to come out.
For me, StephanieLockedInTheTARDIS, I ended up getting a job (at a hellhole) and then losing it after almost a year. Then there was that period of time before that I didn't have a laptop. Then I just got lazy and didn't feel like writing, so sorry for that one.
But we do plan to keep making this story till the very end. Please stay with us till the end. We have so much planned for this story.
The only thing to figure out is how to actually get them down on paper and figure out how to incorporate them into the story. So that'll be fun (!).
But we can figure it out. Because we are smart. Right Steph? Do you know where I parked the TARDIS?
Um I thought you hid it so that the doctor couldn't find it again. Besides it shouldn't be that hard to find. It's a giant blue police box.
I know that but look at how cluttered this author's room is. Old pizza boxes, food wrappers, drink containers and so much other stuff. How did this place get so cluttered?
That definitely wasn't me. You know how much of a clean freak I am.
I know the pizza boxes are mine and some of the drinks, but where did the rest come from? Wait, do you hear that?
Uh, no. The only thing I hear is your voice.
*Shuts up and listens. Faint squeaking can be heard* that.
*quiets down and hears the noise* Aw, crap. I know what that is. TEN! GET BACK HERE! *takes off in the direction of the noise*
*Sighes* This is StephanieLockedInTheTARDIS and Heartbreakgirl signing out. *Chases after them.*
