Chapter 3

"C'mon dude, we've got to figure out what we're playing on Friday. We can't just do our usual stuff. This is a different crowd, people we started out with. Some of 'em have probably heard it a million times already." Jesse explained to Trent.

It was another band practice session at Jesse's house.

"Yeah, I know man. I guess we'll have to do some covers. But which ones?" Trent replied.

"I dunno." Jesse shrugged and scratched his head, thinking.

"Black Hole Sun?"

"Huh? Dude, is there something wrong with the sun?"

"Nah, I'm talking about 'Black Hole Sun' by Sound Garden. We could do that, I still remember the chords and stuff."

"Oh yeah, cool. Hey, what about doing 'Bullet with Butterfly Wings' to open? It kinda ties in with the vampire thing. Well, sorta."

"Sounds good. We still need about another three or four songs."

"Relax dude, one thing at a time."

They jammed for about half an hour, trying to get the chords right.

"Hey man, you ever heard of Our Lady Peace?"

"What, are they some sort of religious group?"

"Dude, no way. They're like a band from Canada who do some pretty heavy stuff, I thought maybe we could do one of their songs."

"Yeah, which one?"

"It's called 'Is Anybody Home?' It's kinda...well you can figure it out when you hear it. I've got the CD so we can have a listen and figure out the chords."

"Cool, crank it."

They listened to the CD for several minutes. After the song had ended, Trent looked a little worried.

"It's a great song. I dunno if I can reach those high notes, though. I don't even know if I can sing it the way they do."

"Dude, you can sing like anyone if you try. I mean, if you're going to sing like Corgan, you can handle this. C'mon, it's like a totally hot song."

"I guess we could try."

"Right on!"

"Well, we'd better get practicing. We've still got to figure out about another two songs that we can play, the sixth one has gotta be something a little special."

"Huh? Special? What's the occasion dude? Other than the party of course."

"You'll see."

"Wait! It's not for...it is!"

Trent just smiled.