Race: I still want real food!!
Here, Race! **hands Race the tofu from Spitball**
Race: **holding it up** What is this? **takes a bite** Mmmm, yummy! I like it. **grins**
Really? I never knew you liked tofu!
Race: **turns green**
Hey Race, why don't you explain to our lovely audience what Hump Day is?
Race: **chokes** There's people that don't know what Hump Day is? **faints**
Oops.. Well... Anyone else care to explain what it is to my dear readers?
Mush: **raises his hand** Oooh! Oooh! I will! Pick me!
Alright... go ahead....
Mush: Okay, there's a saying that Wednesday is "over the hump" day, because it's right smack dab in the middle of the week. Well... some people in our band take it a bit too literally. They go around, humping people and just being generally insane.
It's fun! But sadly, I only have one hump day left, for next year I will be a senior. **sniff sniff**
Okay, on to the story... *dun dun DUUUUUN*
~~~
Woodwind Arc
1:20 PM
Back Patio
"So, Petals," Jeska whispered, "what's going on with you and Snoddy?"
Petals' eyes widened. "Why? What? Have you heard something?"
Jeska giggled softly. "I've heard a few things..." she said, raising her eyebrows.
Petals stared intently at her music, trying to hide the blush creeping across her face. She played a few bars of "King of New York" before asking, "What, exactly, have you heard?"
"Oh nothing... just that you're flirting, dating, married..."
Petals looked over at Jeska quickly. "MARRIED?"
Jeska responded with playing the end of "Seize the Day" on her clarinet.
~~~
Brass Arc
Same time
Just a few feet away.
"So, Snoddy, I hear you and Petals are gettin together!" Jake said to his friend.
Snoddy blushed. "Where'd ya hear that from?"
"A little bird told me..."
"Don't you start acting like Spot, now!"
Emi tooted a few notes on her trumpet, trying to look like she was practicing. She pretended to stare intensely at her music, but her eyes diverted to where Blink was explaining something to another trombone player.
"I really should work on this," she mumbled to herself. She started reviewing the lick she was having trouble with in "Carrying the Banner." After working on it for about ten minutes, she finally got the hang of it. To reward herself, she glanced around, trying to catch a sight of Blink. 'Where is he?' she thought to herself. Her question was soon answered.
"Boo!" Blink said as he grabbed Emi by the shoulders.
Emi jumped three feet into the air. "BLINK!" she screamed. She turned around, giggling. Blink stood there, smirking. Emi grinned as she lunged towards him. She knew his ticklish spot.
"Yaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!" Blink squealed girlishly as he squirmed away. "I hate you!"
Emi rolled her eyes. "I'm so sure."
"Sparks..." he mumbled.
"What?" she asked, her hands resting on her hips.
"Oh, nothing," he muttered, staring at the ground.
~~~
Dinner Break
6:30 PM
Instrument Room
Kaelie punched the vending machine. "Stupid piece of crap!" she yelled. Suddenly, the vending machine started to shake. Kaelie looked over to see Dutchy with his hands against the side of the machine, rocking it back and forth. She smiled as she watched her long-awaited chips fall out of the evil clutches of the rings that were holding it in.
"Thanks, Dutch," she said with a smile as she reached down to grab her chips.
"No problemo, chica!" he grinned.
"So, you're speaking Spanish now?" she asked. "Should we change your name to 'Spanishy'?"
Dutchy raised his eyebrows in interest. "You're a weird one, MacGilther," he said.
"I know," she said with an impish gleam in her eye.
Dutchy laughed softly as he threw his arm over her shoulder as they exited the instrument room.
~~~
Same bat time
Auditorium
"I cannn't thrrrooowww riiiifflleeeeee!" Becca said in a singsong voice as she dropped another quad. "Grah!" she exclaimed.
"Simmah down, doll!"
Becca jumped, startled. She thought she was alone. She whipped around to see who the intruder was. "Race, darling!" she greeted him.
"Darling?" he asked curiously.
Becca giggled as she threw her arms around him. "Yep! Gotta problem with it?"
Race grinned slyly. "Nah," he said as he leaned in for a kiss.
After few long minutes, the couple was interrupted by Eli bursting through the door. "Flit!" she called, "I need help with the flag ensemble!"
Becca grumbled as she pulled away from Race's embrace. "I gotta help 'er," she mumbled apologetically.
Race was crestfallen. "Fine," he muttered as he slouched into the band hallway.
"Eliiiiiii!" Becca whined, "I was having fuuun!"
"Oh, please!" Eli said as she rolled her eyes, "You'll have plenty more opportunities for that! Now, how do you do that 45 toss?"
Becca sighed as she started to explain.
~~~
"Inky-dink!" Duck called happily.
Ink turned from the bulletin board, looking at her strangely. "What did you just call me?"
"Inky-dink. You know, like..." Duck started to sing, "Skidamarinkydinkidink, skidamarinkydoo, I loooove yoooooou!"
Ink backed away slowly. "Ducky... you're scarin' me."
"Awww, come here!" Duck cooed as she chased after Ink.
Ink took off down the hallway. "Get away, you freak!" she called teasingly.
"But Iiiiiink!" Duck called after her.
Ink veered around a corner, but was stopped when she collided with a tall, dark, handsome figure.... Okay, it was Davey.
"What do you think you're doing?" David asked playfully.
Ink grinned widely at him. "Runnin!" she exclaimed as she began to take off again.
David caught her by the waist before she could get past. "Uh-uh," he warned.
"What?" she whined.
He motioned towards his cheek.
Ink rolled her eyes. "Fine," she surrendered as she gave him a peck on the cheek.
"That's better," David said with a smile as he watched his girlfriend take off down the hallway, with Duck following closely behind.
~~~
Evening Ensemble Practice
7:40 PM
Baseball field
Flora bit her lip as she played a few chords on her keyboard. Deep in concentration, she didn't realize that the instructors had given them a water break. Her engrossment was disturbed shortly, however, by a pair of hands covering her eyes.
"Guess who!" a male voice sang.
Flora thought hard, trying to place the voice, hands, and very sexy cologne. "Mush!" she proclaimed after a few seconds.
"Ding ding ding!" he said cheerily as he took his hands off of her face, letting them slide down to her arms as she turned around. "How are ya, doll?" he asked.
Flora blushed wildly. "Ummm.. I'm alright, I guess," she stuttered.
"The keyboard parts sound great tonight!" Mush said a little too enthusiastically.
Flora giggled. "Mush... I haven't played anything with you guys yet tonight... You've been doing King of New York, and I don't have any parts for that."
Now it was Mush's turn to blush. "Oh... um... well they sounded great when you were practicing on your own!"
Flora smiled. "Thanks!"
"Everybody back on the field!" Nick called out.
Mush gave Flora's hand a quick squeeze. "Gotta go! Talk to ya later!" Mush said as he ran off to join the alto saxes.
Flora let out a soft squeal of delight as she turned back to her keyboard.
~~~
Wow, this chapter took forever. Stupid writer's block gremlins. *curses gremlins*
Ah, yes, a question for my lovely cast: All of you in a relationship (or future relationship), would you be willing to give up your Newsie eventually? Not right away, don't worry, you'll get some quality time with your newsie, but it would make for a very boring story (not to mention very un-band-like) if everyone lived happily ever after. You know?
And those of you not in a relationship (Glitz, Hotshot, Spitball, Jeska, Eli, Fluke, and Java)... anyone want Race? Because I'm staging a break-up for me and him later on.
And to the first three reviewers... copies of slow-motion pelvic thrusts!! (As I've mentioned to some of you already... I just realized that my DVD player has a slow-motion feature (but sadly no zoom) and let's just say I had some quality time with those pelvic thrust scenes a few days ago.)
Here, Race! **hands Race the tofu from Spitball**
Race: **holding it up** What is this? **takes a bite** Mmmm, yummy! I like it. **grins**
Really? I never knew you liked tofu!
Race: **turns green**
Hey Race, why don't you explain to our lovely audience what Hump Day is?
Race: **chokes** There's people that don't know what Hump Day is? **faints**
Oops.. Well... Anyone else care to explain what it is to my dear readers?
Mush: **raises his hand** Oooh! Oooh! I will! Pick me!
Alright... go ahead....
Mush: Okay, there's a saying that Wednesday is "over the hump" day, because it's right smack dab in the middle of the week. Well... some people in our band take it a bit too literally. They go around, humping people and just being generally insane.
It's fun! But sadly, I only have one hump day left, for next year I will be a senior. **sniff sniff**
Okay, on to the story... *dun dun DUUUUUN*
~~~
Woodwind Arc
1:20 PM
Back Patio
"So, Petals," Jeska whispered, "what's going on with you and Snoddy?"
Petals' eyes widened. "Why? What? Have you heard something?"
Jeska giggled softly. "I've heard a few things..." she said, raising her eyebrows.
Petals stared intently at her music, trying to hide the blush creeping across her face. She played a few bars of "King of New York" before asking, "What, exactly, have you heard?"
"Oh nothing... just that you're flirting, dating, married..."
Petals looked over at Jeska quickly. "MARRIED?"
Jeska responded with playing the end of "Seize the Day" on her clarinet.
~~~
Brass Arc
Same time
Just a few feet away.
"So, Snoddy, I hear you and Petals are gettin together!" Jake said to his friend.
Snoddy blushed. "Where'd ya hear that from?"
"A little bird told me..."
"Don't you start acting like Spot, now!"
Emi tooted a few notes on her trumpet, trying to look like she was practicing. She pretended to stare intensely at her music, but her eyes diverted to where Blink was explaining something to another trombone player.
"I really should work on this," she mumbled to herself. She started reviewing the lick she was having trouble with in "Carrying the Banner." After working on it for about ten minutes, she finally got the hang of it. To reward herself, she glanced around, trying to catch a sight of Blink. 'Where is he?' she thought to herself. Her question was soon answered.
"Boo!" Blink said as he grabbed Emi by the shoulders.
Emi jumped three feet into the air. "BLINK!" she screamed. She turned around, giggling. Blink stood there, smirking. Emi grinned as she lunged towards him. She knew his ticklish spot.
"Yaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!" Blink squealed girlishly as he squirmed away. "I hate you!"
Emi rolled her eyes. "I'm so sure."
"Sparks..." he mumbled.
"What?" she asked, her hands resting on her hips.
"Oh, nothing," he muttered, staring at the ground.
~~~
Dinner Break
6:30 PM
Instrument Room
Kaelie punched the vending machine. "Stupid piece of crap!" she yelled. Suddenly, the vending machine started to shake. Kaelie looked over to see Dutchy with his hands against the side of the machine, rocking it back and forth. She smiled as she watched her long-awaited chips fall out of the evil clutches of the rings that were holding it in.
"Thanks, Dutch," she said with a smile as she reached down to grab her chips.
"No problemo, chica!" he grinned.
"So, you're speaking Spanish now?" she asked. "Should we change your name to 'Spanishy'?"
Dutchy raised his eyebrows in interest. "You're a weird one, MacGilther," he said.
"I know," she said with an impish gleam in her eye.
Dutchy laughed softly as he threw his arm over her shoulder as they exited the instrument room.
~~~
Same bat time
Auditorium
"I cannn't thrrrooowww riiiifflleeeeee!" Becca said in a singsong voice as she dropped another quad. "Grah!" she exclaimed.
"Simmah down, doll!"
Becca jumped, startled. She thought she was alone. She whipped around to see who the intruder was. "Race, darling!" she greeted him.
"Darling?" he asked curiously.
Becca giggled as she threw her arms around him. "Yep! Gotta problem with it?"
Race grinned slyly. "Nah," he said as he leaned in for a kiss.
After few long minutes, the couple was interrupted by Eli bursting through the door. "Flit!" she called, "I need help with the flag ensemble!"
Becca grumbled as she pulled away from Race's embrace. "I gotta help 'er," she mumbled apologetically.
Race was crestfallen. "Fine," he muttered as he slouched into the band hallway.
"Eliiiiiii!" Becca whined, "I was having fuuun!"
"Oh, please!" Eli said as she rolled her eyes, "You'll have plenty more opportunities for that! Now, how do you do that 45 toss?"
Becca sighed as she started to explain.
~~~
"Inky-dink!" Duck called happily.
Ink turned from the bulletin board, looking at her strangely. "What did you just call me?"
"Inky-dink. You know, like..." Duck started to sing, "Skidamarinkydinkidink, skidamarinkydoo, I loooove yoooooou!"
Ink backed away slowly. "Ducky... you're scarin' me."
"Awww, come here!" Duck cooed as she chased after Ink.
Ink took off down the hallway. "Get away, you freak!" she called teasingly.
"But Iiiiiink!" Duck called after her.
Ink veered around a corner, but was stopped when she collided with a tall, dark, handsome figure.... Okay, it was Davey.
"What do you think you're doing?" David asked playfully.
Ink grinned widely at him. "Runnin!" she exclaimed as she began to take off again.
David caught her by the waist before she could get past. "Uh-uh," he warned.
"What?" she whined.
He motioned towards his cheek.
Ink rolled her eyes. "Fine," she surrendered as she gave him a peck on the cheek.
"That's better," David said with a smile as he watched his girlfriend take off down the hallway, with Duck following closely behind.
~~~
Evening Ensemble Practice
7:40 PM
Baseball field
Flora bit her lip as she played a few chords on her keyboard. Deep in concentration, she didn't realize that the instructors had given them a water break. Her engrossment was disturbed shortly, however, by a pair of hands covering her eyes.
"Guess who!" a male voice sang.
Flora thought hard, trying to place the voice, hands, and very sexy cologne. "Mush!" she proclaimed after a few seconds.
"Ding ding ding!" he said cheerily as he took his hands off of her face, letting them slide down to her arms as she turned around. "How are ya, doll?" he asked.
Flora blushed wildly. "Ummm.. I'm alright, I guess," she stuttered.
"The keyboard parts sound great tonight!" Mush said a little too enthusiastically.
Flora giggled. "Mush... I haven't played anything with you guys yet tonight... You've been doing King of New York, and I don't have any parts for that."
Now it was Mush's turn to blush. "Oh... um... well they sounded great when you were practicing on your own!"
Flora smiled. "Thanks!"
"Everybody back on the field!" Nick called out.
Mush gave Flora's hand a quick squeeze. "Gotta go! Talk to ya later!" Mush said as he ran off to join the alto saxes.
Flora let out a soft squeal of delight as she turned back to her keyboard.
~~~
Wow, this chapter took forever. Stupid writer's block gremlins. *curses gremlins*
Ah, yes, a question for my lovely cast: All of you in a relationship (or future relationship), would you be willing to give up your Newsie eventually? Not right away, don't worry, you'll get some quality time with your newsie, but it would make for a very boring story (not to mention very un-band-like) if everyone lived happily ever after. You know?
And those of you not in a relationship (Glitz, Hotshot, Spitball, Jeska, Eli, Fluke, and Java)... anyone want Race? Because I'm staging a break-up for me and him later on.
And to the first three reviewers... copies of slow-motion pelvic thrusts!! (As I've mentioned to some of you already... I just realized that my DVD player has a slow-motion feature (but sadly no zoom) and let's just say I had some quality time with those pelvic thrust scenes a few days ago.)
