A/N: Not too much to really say since this one is right after the last one. This chapter isn't really a chapter. It's more a song. Yeah.

Song not mine. But song = good. But, I do own Fruit Cup Savior. Note to all Poolside Interests fans: Gordo is not in this band. I just stole the name because I love it. And so do you, no need to lie.

Chapter 2: Change

! That Night !

~Veruca~

"Mom, Larry and I are going to a Battle of the Bands tonight!" I yelled down from my room.

"Too see that Jell-O band again?"

"Fruit Cup Savior, Ma!"

"Right. Right. I knew that, dear."

I laughed to myself. Jell-O band. Heh.

A few minutes late, my mom called back up, "Sweetheart, Larry's in the driveway."

"Coming!" I took one last glance at myself in my full-length mirror and left the room.

"Curfew, Veruca!" My dad yelled to my back as I was walking out the door towards Larry.

"Right. Bye."

I got into the car. "Veruca." Larry said nodding to me as a form of hello.

"Larry." I nodded back.

"Let's go." He pulled out of my driveway and on we went to the high school.

# Battle of the Bands #

"Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome!" A loud uproarious sound emitted from the audience. "We're going to kick things right off with the first band. Here is Fruit. Cup. Savior!" More loud screaming and clapping.

"Alright, what's up, guys?" Noise. "We're going to start off with a cover that we just learned. Right. Here we go."

# Shake down, you make me break,

for goodness sake I think I'm on the edge of something new with you.

Shout out, don't drown the sound, I'll drown you out,

you'll never scream so loud as I want to scream with you.

Standing there with your smile blinding your eyes

from seeing my face as I'm dying to figure out a girl.

But she drifts so far away,

I'm on her coast, so maybe I should stay and map around her world.

So Don't Say "These currents are still killing me"

and you can't explain how the wind went and pulled you into the hurricane.

Stand up don't make a sound, your ears might bleed.

There are sweet fluorescent enemies that live inside of me.

The world moves faster than I knew,

not fast enough to not creep up on you and the space we put between.

So pull me under your weather patterns,

your cold fronts and the rain don't matter,

because a sun burns what I needed.

You don't do it on purpose

but you make me shake now I count the hours 'til you wake.

With your babies breath, breathe symphonies, come on sweet catastrophe.

Maybe this time I can follow through, I can feel complete, stop paying dues.

Stop the rain from falling keep my oceans calm this time I know nothings wrong. #

Everyone erupted with noise once the band finished. They won the battle. Which isn't too much of a surprise, I can honestly say they are the best band we have in our school.

Larry drove me home afterwards.

And I told him. I flat out said, "Larry, I like you. Meaning, I have a crush on you." I stopped myself, because I knew I was starting to ramble and I really didn't want to ramble.

The response I got never even crossed my mind as plausible.

A/N: A slight cliffhanger. Oh well.