I decided to start a new fic. I'm working on the other one, but have a bit of writers block.
(Katie, I finally got the first part out!!!)
Title: Choose Your Friends Carefully
Author: Sweet Lil Goth Gurlie
Disclaimer: Don't own In A Heartbeat, but I thought you already knew that. The following characters are mine: Jenna Iverson, Rio Christianson, and Skye Lopez.
Summary: Drama won't really come till the end. Catie is hanging out with some new friends, but are they really her friends? Do friends.…..I guess you have to read the story. Ok, anyway…
Choose Your Friends Carefully
Lately, Catie Roth had been hanging out with some new friends. She still hung out with Jamie Waite, Val Lanier and the rest of them, but not as much. She didn't really know why she was hanging with different people, she just wanted a little change. Her new friends were these girls who decided to form their own alternative/rock band. Catie had joined when they asked her to be their lead singer for some reason, probably since none of them could really sing that well. 'Like I can sing better?' she thought when they first asked her to join. Catie joined not knowing what to expect from an all-girl band where each member had different color hair, and the colors weren't natural either.
"Earth to Catie," Jenna Iverson said waving her hand in front of Catie's face, "hey, we gotta get started."
"Sorry Jen,"Catie apologized coming out of her daydream. She hadn't talked to Jamie all day and was kinda worried.
"What's the deal?" Rio Christianson asked looking up from her guitar.
"Yeah, you've been kinda spacin' lately," Skye Lopez added. "Something wrong?"
"Huh? No way. I've just been kinda tired lately. That's all." Catie told them.
Catie would have never realized how normal the three girls were seeing that each one had different color hair. Jenna's was short and purple. Rio's was shoulder-length and blue. And Skye's was pixie-cut and bright red. Granted, they weren't like Val or anything, they were just three who had the same taste in clothes as Catie and really liked music. They were, however, a bit wild. A few times, cops came to break up Jenna's parties, Rio had spent the night in jail for some reason, and Skye used to be known at the mall as 'The girl who steals stuff". At least Catie thought it was 'used to'. All in all, Catie liked them and being know as "one of the girls in that alternative band" was kinda fun for her. For once people knew her as more than "that Goth girl Val Lanier, the perfect cheerleader and EMT, is best friends with" and that made her feel good.
"Right, let's get started, how about 'Teenage FBI'?" Rio suggested picking up her guitar. Rio was one of the best bass players Catie had ever seen.
"Great, I love cover songs." Jenna the totally awesome lead guitarist, agreed. "Catie ya ready?"
"Sure" Catie replied.
"Ready. A one, two, three four..." Skye yelled sitting at her drums.
The girls started out with one of their favorite songs from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer album, originally sung by Guided By Voices.
Someone
tell me why I do the things that I don't wanna do, when you're around me, I'm
somebody else,
Someone tell me why, I act like a fool when things don't
go my way when you're around me I'm somebody else…
Oh my goodness! She cried.
Catie stopped not even half way into the song when she noticed Jamie sitting on his bike, parked on the street. She raced
"What are you doing here?" Catie demanded.
"Uh, hello to you too" Jamie replied. "Just came to see my favorite all-girl band rehearse, is that a crime?"
"You tell me, you know more about the law than I do" Catie smirked referring to his rather amusing criminal record.
"Funny, aren't you a comedian?" Jamie said shaking his head. "Um, hey, are you, like, mad at me for something?"
"Why would I be mad at you?" Catie asked confused, "I don't act like I'm mad at you do I?"
"Well, you didn't talk to me all day" Jamie pointed out, " I thought it was something I did" He looked at the ground suddenly embarrassed.
"I've been kinda busy" she replied.
"Okay, usually, rehearsing means we get through more than one song." Rio said aloud putting her guitar down and placing her hands on her hips.
"Chill" Jenna started turning her attention to Jamie and Catie, "Oh, great"
"What?" Rio asked.
"They're at it AGAIN" Jenna informed her rolling her eyes.
"I can't believe she doesn't like him" Skye sounded shocked.
"No, she said they were just friends," Rio corrected her. "She never said she didn't like him"
"Skye, are you getting jealous?" Jenna asked.
"No Way!!!! Jamie Waite? Puh-lease" Skye exclaimed.
"Right." Jenna and Rio replied skeptically.
"So,uh," Jamie stuttered.
"What?" Catie asked her eyes getting wide.
"Since you're not mad at me, are you doing anything Saturday afternoon?"
"Huh?" Catie was shocked by those words, he wasn't asking her on a date, was he?
"Oh, well, you see, I'm supposed to spend quality brother time with Molly and Sami" Jamie told her rolling his eyes. "And they, of course, want to go to the mall and spend all my money. I was wondering if you'd come with me and maybe save my sanity"
"Too late for that." Catie smirked. "So, you want me to help you babysit?
"No, not at all. Well, sorta, it's just that the whole day at the mall with those two is a little much. Since most girls like shopping, I thought maybe you would want to come" Jamie told her putting emphasis on the 'most'
"Hmm, what do I get out of it?" Catie asked.
"I'll buy you anything you want?" Jamie offered hoping that would sound good to her.
"Are you sure you mean 'anything'?" Catie raised an eyebrow looking at Jamie.
"Well, how about anything you know I can afford" Jamie was looking desperate.
"Deal" Catie announced after thinking for a second.
"Great. I'll see you later then. I'm on call tonight" Jamie told her as he headed toward his bike.
Catie watched him leave and when he was out of sight, she turned to the garage to see all three of the girls with their eyebrows raised and ready to blurt out "Just friends, huh?"
Sure enough that was exactly what she heard and all four couldn't help laughing.
"You know we're just friends" Catie tried convincing them and failing miserably.
"Right, if you two are 'just friends' then I'm dating that blonde guy from the Backstreet Boys." Rio announced making a face, everyone knew how much she hated BSB.
"A little confident aren't we, Ree?" Catie asked.
"No, it's just that I'm not totally blind like you are when it comes to quote being just friends with a guy."
"I'm not totally blind, it's just that we really are just friends" Catie defended herself.
"You're just legally blind, then, right?" Rio smirked.
"Bite Me" Catie replied smirking back.
"Hate to break up this bonding thing, but we're supposed to be practicing" Jenna reminded them.
"Right" Catie said
"How about, 'I Wish'?" Rio suggested. "I think we definitely need to write a new song"
"No kidding" everyone agreed. Then Jenna started out, "One, two, three, four"
Rio and Jenna:
I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish
Catie:
I wish I could tell you how I feel
Yeah, how I feel
I love you like crazy, but can't seem to tell you
How I feel
It's okay to tell me
What you think about me
Don't worry, I won't argue
Only cause I love you
Rio and Jenna backup:
I wish I could tell you
I really want to tell you
Don't pretend you don't know
What's going on
And Catie finished it:
Please give me a sign
I'm dying inside
I wish I could tell you how I feel
Wish I could, wish I could, wish I could____________.
"We totally rock!" Jenna exclaimed after the girls finished.
"I know!" Catie agreed.
"Oh, crap!" Rio gasped looking at her watch. "I gotta go, my mom said to be home at 4:30 and it's already 4:25."
"Yeah, I gotta go too" Jenna told them.
"I have to study for that stupid bio test, so I guess I better go to" Skye said as she stood up.
"Right, well, see you guys tomorrow" Catie called as the girls left for their homes.
"Bye Catie!"
"See ya"
"Adios, girl"
The three left, Jenna and Rio both carrying their guitars and Skye leaving with just her backpack. They had decided Skye could leave her drums in Catie's garage since that's the only place they ever practiced and there was no way Skye could take them back and forth each time they rehearsed.
Catie shut the garage door and went inside to start her homework. She couldn't really concentrate since she was too busy thinking about going to the mall and spending the whole day with Jamie. She didn't really mind that Molly and Sami were going, they were so cute. Her and Jamie had been getting really close lately and she was wondering if he felt the same way about her as she felt about him.
Ok, so how was that? I'm trying to think of the sequel to "A Not So Welcome Surprise" I didn't want to leave y'all in tears, so I'm still writing it. Anyway, hope you liked this one so far.