Thank you guys for reading and reviewing. Makes me feel cool. Ha ha. It
took a little while, but I got out of school early today and finally had a
chance to work at the computer. I'm still trying to figure out where to go
with this, but I'll get to the end…eventually! :D
. . .
"So my mom thinks I should bring my friends over more often. As if there aren't enough people in that house already."
It was lunch that same day. Grace and Virgo were sitting at a table just talking considering the food wasn't remotely eatable.
"Hmm." Virgo laughed as she smushed the questionable mashed potatoes with the supposed gravy.
"Gross." Grace looked up from some writing she had been absently scribbling. "Anyway." She tried to avert her eyes from Virgo's plate. "So what do you say? You want to come over on Friday?"
"Right on. I'm up for a game of twenty questions! Kidding." Virgo made a face as she spooned some of the potatoes in her mouth. She swallowed, "I love your mom Grace, of course I'll come."
"You don't have to if you don't want to." Grace looked back to her writing and noticed a serious amount of Eli's in the paragraphs spread throughout the page. 'Aaah!" She crumpled up the paper and looked back up at Virgo.
"Why do you look guilty all of a sudden?" Virgo asked with a raised eyebrow.
"What are you talking about?" Grace picked up her book and started to read it. Upside down.
Virgo unfolded the page. "Huh."
"So you'll come then?" Grace ignored her, changing the subject.
"Yeah. I'll bring the movies. You can supply the munchies. We'll go wild."
The bell rang and they gathered their things to head for class. They made their way through the crowded hallway until they reached Grace's locker.
"Well, I've got math this way." Grace pointed down the hall. She pulled out her math book. "You?"
"Yeah, history that way." Virgo pointed in the opposite direction. "What time should I come over tomorrow?"
"Six or seven? We could order pizza to go with those movies. Please tell me they won't all be Jason Lee related." Grace pleaded with a grin.
"Oh ha, ha." Virgo said flatly.
The second bell rang signaling that there was only three minutes left to get to class. Grace closed her locker and leaned against it.
"Another exciting venture into the world of numbers, here I come." She rolled her eyes and Virgo gave her a sympathetic look as they went in either direction.
"Wild!" Virgo yelled. (think Baby in Dirty Dancing. Lol) Grace laughed as a few other straggling students and teachers gave Virgo a disturbed look.
. . .
"Eli, you know I can finish up here. There's no reason for you to stay." Judy was putting some books away on a near by shelf.
"Are you sure? This place is cuh-razy tonight." Judy noted the obvious sarcasm in his voice as Eli grinned. They both looked around at the five or so customers that were there.
Judy smiled. "I think I can handle it. Get out of here."
"Alright. Thanks Judy." Eli grabbed his coat and was out the door.
. . .
It was quarter to six when Eli got home. He entered through the kitchen door to find Jessie on the phone.
"Hey E."
"Jess." He got himself a popsicle out of the freezer. He was about to take a seat in the living room when Jessie called him.
"Huh?"
"Katie can you hold on sec? Eli Coop called, said something about a band meeting at his place."
"When?"
"He said as soon as you get the message. So, now, I guess."
"Thanks." Eli put his jacket back on and left.
"No problem." She smiled. "Katie? So anyway the man is seriously heinous! Five thousand words on the finch."
"The bird?"
"Yeah! I think he's got a disturbing obsession."
. . .
"Hey man. Hey." Eli gave a couple of hand shakes to Wink and Ted. "So what's this about?" He asked them. Coop was in another room.
Ted didn't take his eyes off of the video game he and Wink were playing when he answered, "We don't know man. Coop just called us over. He's got this goofy smile on his face and he won't tell us anything."
"Yet." Wink added as Coop came into the room.
"Well?" Wink, Ted, and Eli echoed as they stared at Coop.
"I may have got us a gig!"
Wink looked at the other guys and then back to Coop. "May have?"
"Well there's some auditioning to do, but I know some guys and we are defiantly in. It's just procedure, you know."
"Rad. So where are we defiantly in?" Ted asked.
"That new club that opened a few weeks ago. Paz. If we get the gig, which we will, we'd be opening for Rufio. But it's not for like a month. Plenty of time to practice, you know, to hone our skills." Coop looked around. "That's it."
"Wow. That's great. I've actually been working on this new song. There are a few kinks, but I think it's turning out alright." Eli sat on one of the chairs and put in another controller on the video game.
"Practice on Saturday?" Wink asked.
There was a collective "Yeah" from all of them.
"Come on restart. I wanna be Yoshi."
"Yoshi is too good for you Eli. You can be Toad." Wink restarted the game.
. . .
"So my mom thinks I should bring my friends over more often. As if there aren't enough people in that house already."
It was lunch that same day. Grace and Virgo were sitting at a table just talking considering the food wasn't remotely eatable.
"Hmm." Virgo laughed as she smushed the questionable mashed potatoes with the supposed gravy.
"Gross." Grace looked up from some writing she had been absently scribbling. "Anyway." She tried to avert her eyes from Virgo's plate. "So what do you say? You want to come over on Friday?"
"Right on. I'm up for a game of twenty questions! Kidding." Virgo made a face as she spooned some of the potatoes in her mouth. She swallowed, "I love your mom Grace, of course I'll come."
"You don't have to if you don't want to." Grace looked back to her writing and noticed a serious amount of Eli's in the paragraphs spread throughout the page. 'Aaah!" She crumpled up the paper and looked back up at Virgo.
"Why do you look guilty all of a sudden?" Virgo asked with a raised eyebrow.
"What are you talking about?" Grace picked up her book and started to read it. Upside down.
Virgo unfolded the page. "Huh."
"So you'll come then?" Grace ignored her, changing the subject.
"Yeah. I'll bring the movies. You can supply the munchies. We'll go wild."
The bell rang and they gathered their things to head for class. They made their way through the crowded hallway until they reached Grace's locker.
"Well, I've got math this way." Grace pointed down the hall. She pulled out her math book. "You?"
"Yeah, history that way." Virgo pointed in the opposite direction. "What time should I come over tomorrow?"
"Six or seven? We could order pizza to go with those movies. Please tell me they won't all be Jason Lee related." Grace pleaded with a grin.
"Oh ha, ha." Virgo said flatly.
The second bell rang signaling that there was only three minutes left to get to class. Grace closed her locker and leaned against it.
"Another exciting venture into the world of numbers, here I come." She rolled her eyes and Virgo gave her a sympathetic look as they went in either direction.
"Wild!" Virgo yelled. (think Baby in Dirty Dancing. Lol) Grace laughed as a few other straggling students and teachers gave Virgo a disturbed look.
. . .
"Eli, you know I can finish up here. There's no reason for you to stay." Judy was putting some books away on a near by shelf.
"Are you sure? This place is cuh-razy tonight." Judy noted the obvious sarcasm in his voice as Eli grinned. They both looked around at the five or so customers that were there.
Judy smiled. "I think I can handle it. Get out of here."
"Alright. Thanks Judy." Eli grabbed his coat and was out the door.
. . .
It was quarter to six when Eli got home. He entered through the kitchen door to find Jessie on the phone.
"Hey E."
"Jess." He got himself a popsicle out of the freezer. He was about to take a seat in the living room when Jessie called him.
"Huh?"
"Katie can you hold on sec? Eli Coop called, said something about a band meeting at his place."
"When?"
"He said as soon as you get the message. So, now, I guess."
"Thanks." Eli put his jacket back on and left.
"No problem." She smiled. "Katie? So anyway the man is seriously heinous! Five thousand words on the finch."
"The bird?"
"Yeah! I think he's got a disturbing obsession."
. . .
"Hey man. Hey." Eli gave a couple of hand shakes to Wink and Ted. "So what's this about?" He asked them. Coop was in another room.
Ted didn't take his eyes off of the video game he and Wink were playing when he answered, "We don't know man. Coop just called us over. He's got this goofy smile on his face and he won't tell us anything."
"Yet." Wink added as Coop came into the room.
"Well?" Wink, Ted, and Eli echoed as they stared at Coop.
"I may have got us a gig!"
Wink looked at the other guys and then back to Coop. "May have?"
"Well there's some auditioning to do, but I know some guys and we are defiantly in. It's just procedure, you know."
"Rad. So where are we defiantly in?" Ted asked.
"That new club that opened a few weeks ago. Paz. If we get the gig, which we will, we'd be opening for Rufio. But it's not for like a month. Plenty of time to practice, you know, to hone our skills." Coop looked around. "That's it."
"Wow. That's great. I've actually been working on this new song. There are a few kinks, but I think it's turning out alright." Eli sat on one of the chairs and put in another controller on the video game.
"Practice on Saturday?" Wink asked.
There was a collective "Yeah" from all of them.
"Come on restart. I wanna be Yoshi."
"Yoshi is too good for you Eli. You can be Toad." Wink restarted the game.