Back in Maidenhead, the girls were in the stuido, when the "big boss man", Chic dropped by.
"I've got it!" he annouced. "How about Take Five?"
The girls sighed. "No, that sounds too much like Take That," said Mel B.
"What about High Five?"
There was no response.
"Plus Five? Five Alive?"
They all giggled. Finding a name for the band was proving to be difficult. Bob and Chris, the managers, had initially suggested "Touch," which was okay, but pehaps a little wet.
That night, after Mel C. and Geri got back from an arobics class, rushed into the house, and called up the stairs to the others, "What do you think of Spice Girls? We're all so different." Geri asked.
Mel B. and Serena peered over the banister.
"Yeah, I like it." Mel said.
"Me, too." Added Serena
The band had a name.
5 Months later, the girls had a showcase performance planned for a group of music producers. It ran well, for sucha small crowd, it made a lot of nosie. Christmas was only a couple months away. All the girls, except for Geri and Mel B. went home for it, and New Years.
The day after Christmas…
"Serena, here's a card from….Darien, Luna, and Rini." Paulien said. Serena took them, read each of them, and cried. The all gave her 25 dollars.
"Mum. I miss them so." Serena said, crying into her moms arms.
"Why don't you call them?" Serena asked.
"No. They hurt me too much. I'll never forgive them." Serena said.
Pauline gave her 'the look'.
"well, I'll send them a card then." Serena said, as her mum laughed.
"Hello!" Victoria shouted as her, Serena, and Mel B, and Mel C. walked in the house.
"I wonder where Geri is?" Serena asked.
"Mel, didn't she say she was staying here?" Mel C asked her.
"Yeah. Well, maybe she changed her mind about her family." Mel B said and shrugged it off.
Mel B. soon learend that Geri was in the hospital. Her bulima came back.
In late January, the conracts for the grils came out. Things have changed though. Bob, Chris, and Chic wanted the group to only have one main singer, and then have therm all dress alike. That's not what the "Spice Girls" were about. So, they all decided, in Febuary, to leave Bob and Chris management and look for better mangers.
The girls all moved out of the house. Serena and Victoria went back home, Mel B. and Geri moved in with Mel B.'s boyfreind, Mel. C had her own place.
They girls each had there traits in the songwriting department. Mel B. was very good at the quirky line and coining phrases like "zigzig ha." Geri seemed to come up with thye hook of the play on words that triggered a chorus. Mel C. could fill up a song with harmonies, or take what Geri had done and add vocal flourishes. Serena had an ear for really sweet melodies and ballads, while Victoria would suggest a chant here or there.
In between the studio sessions, they had spent every spare momemt visiting record compaines, music publishers, writers and would-be agaents.
Each morning, they would gather at Serena's home in Finchley and Pauline would make toast and Jam.
"I've got it!" he annouced. "How about Take Five?"
The girls sighed. "No, that sounds too much like Take That," said Mel B.
"What about High Five?"
There was no response.
"Plus Five? Five Alive?"
They all giggled. Finding a name for the band was proving to be difficult. Bob and Chris, the managers, had initially suggested "Touch," which was okay, but pehaps a little wet.
That night, after Mel C. and Geri got back from an arobics class, rushed into the house, and called up the stairs to the others, "What do you think of Spice Girls? We're all so different." Geri asked.
Mel B. and Serena peered over the banister.
"Yeah, I like it." Mel said.
"Me, too." Added Serena
The band had a name.
5 Months later, the girls had a showcase performance planned for a group of music producers. It ran well, for sucha small crowd, it made a lot of nosie. Christmas was only a couple months away. All the girls, except for Geri and Mel B. went home for it, and New Years.
The day after Christmas…
"Serena, here's a card from….Darien, Luna, and Rini." Paulien said. Serena took them, read each of them, and cried. The all gave her 25 dollars.
"Mum. I miss them so." Serena said, crying into her moms arms.
"Why don't you call them?" Serena asked.
"No. They hurt me too much. I'll never forgive them." Serena said.
Pauline gave her 'the look'.
"well, I'll send them a card then." Serena said, as her mum laughed.
"Hello!" Victoria shouted as her, Serena, and Mel B, and Mel C. walked in the house.
"I wonder where Geri is?" Serena asked.
"Mel, didn't she say she was staying here?" Mel C asked her.
"Yeah. Well, maybe she changed her mind about her family." Mel B said and shrugged it off.
Mel B. soon learend that Geri was in the hospital. Her bulima came back.
In late January, the conracts for the grils came out. Things have changed though. Bob, Chris, and Chic wanted the group to only have one main singer, and then have therm all dress alike. That's not what the "Spice Girls" were about. So, they all decided, in Febuary, to leave Bob and Chris management and look for better mangers.
The girls all moved out of the house. Serena and Victoria went back home, Mel B. and Geri moved in with Mel B.'s boyfreind, Mel. C had her own place.
They girls each had there traits in the songwriting department. Mel B. was very good at the quirky line and coining phrases like "zigzig ha." Geri seemed to come up with thye hook of the play on words that triggered a chorus. Mel C. could fill up a song with harmonies, or take what Geri had done and add vocal flourishes. Serena had an ear for really sweet melodies and ballads, while Victoria would suggest a chant here or there.
In between the studio sessions, they had spent every spare momemt visiting record compaines, music publishers, writers and would-be agaents.
Each morning, they would gather at Serena's home in Finchley and Pauline would make toast and Jam.
