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2 Man Band (I still haven't changed the title!! Grrr! Maybe I won't.)

Chapter 6

Amy sat upon the edge of her bed, her bare feet on the rug. She looked down at them and tried to take in every awkward bump, scratch, and cut, caused by her abusing parents. She stared, until she felt a strange, empty feeling inside of her that made her even more depressed than she already was. With a long sigh Amy reached over to her little bedside table and grabbed a pair of green kid scissors that read "Child-Proof Scissors: Fiskars.

"Child-Proof," Amy thought. "Yeah right." She slowly took the scissors and moved them over to her arm. She took a pinch of her flesh with the scissors, and slowly cut into herself. Instantly, a searing pain went throughout her arm. Amy smiled as the tension in her chest was relieved. She was finally able to feel something. Pain. Amy didn't care that she wasn't able to feel happiness, joy, love, or that blood was now pouring down her arm. Even her drunk, abusing parents seemed to elude her. All that mattered now was that she could feel again.

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Yeah, I finished my homework

Nothing else to do

An entire afternoon ahead of me

Then why am I feeling so blue?

Zack stared at Freddy for a second, and then burst out laughing.

"God, this song sucks!

"Yeah, it's pretty lame," Freddy agreed.

"Were we stoned or something when we wrote this?" asked Zack.

"Hey, don't ask me," Freddy laughed. "This song was your idea.

"Yeah," Zack admitted. "But I only thought of the title! ÔAfterskool' didn't sound so bad then!

"Uh huh. Likely story. How old were we then?" said Freddy.

"I think eleven

"Oh well that explains it all. said Freddy in a sarcastic voice. "You see, Zack, you were a special kid. You didn't grow your brains until you were 13.

"Oh yeah? Well Freddy was a special kid too. A very special kid. His brains haven't even started growing," teased Zack.

"Oh, well do you know what has started growing? My middle finger!!" Freddy gave Zack the finger and started to go out the door.

"Hey, don't forget to think of new song ideas!" Zack called after Freddy.

"I won't!" Freddy called back, right before the door shut.

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Katie, Marta, Alicia, and Tomika sat quietly in Katie's livingroom, surrounded by sleeping bags and pillows.

"Uh, d'you want some ice cream?" asked Katie.

"Dude, Katie, we've already had 3 bowls," said Alicia.

"Yeah, and you've asked at least 5 times in the past minute," said Marta.

"Oh. Sorry." said Katie.

"Hey, it's ok girlfriend," said Alicia. "But I can tell something's on your mind. Spill.

"Well, ok," replied Katie reluctantly. "I'm just really worried about Zack. We just left him stranded there!" She paused. "And Freddy, too" Katie added quickly.

"Oh, come on Katie," said Tomika. "We all know that you like Zack

"You do?" said Katie, with a surprised look on her face.

"Of course. Everyone knows. Heck, even Zack knows," replied Tomika.

"Then why hasn't he ever showed it??" Katie broke down into tears and covered her face with her hands.

"Oh, Katie. It's ok," said Marta in a comforting way, and gave Katie a hug.

""You know how Zack is. He's a shy dude. He'd never tell you straight up front that he like you," said Alicia.

"But what if- *sniff sniff*-he doesn't like me?" sobbed Katie.

"Oh, I think he does, don't worry," Tomika reassured.

""But-*sniff*- I saw him on the bus the other day, and he was drooling over that new girl, Amy!" said Katie.

"He doesn't like her, though" said Marta quickly. "And Amy's not as pretty as you, Katie".

"You're just saying that to make me feel better. And guess what, IT'S GOD DAMN not working!" screamed Katie. She took a bunch of her hair and yanked as hard as she could, causing quite a few pieces to fall out. Tomika and Alicia exchanged looks.

"No, Katie. I'm not just saying that. Don't worry, I would think you're much more appealing to Zack. Did you see that Amy had these creepy scars all up and down her arms? And her nose was off-center. You can't forget that. And she had ugly little brown eyes. I mean-"

"MARTA!! We're not discussing the facial features of some paranoid creepy new girl!! We're helping Katie!" screamed Alicia.

"Oh. Um-sorry. So, Katie, you have cute floppy brown hair and twinkling blue eyes. Any guy would go for that. In other words, you're just plain more attractive. Don't worry." Marta gave Katie a warm smile.

"Thanks guys. Now I have a question for you," said Katie, while she wiped away tears from her bloodshot eyes. "What do you think of Summer's little plan to ditch the band?

"Well . . .um . . .to tell the truth-" Tomika was cut off by Alicia's,

"Well I think it's bullshit.

"Yeah, it's stupid," agreed Marta.

"I know. Summer drives me insane sometimes." said Tomika.

"Well then, who's in for rejoining ÔSchool of Rock'?" asked Katie.

"Me!

"Me too.

"Definitely me." The four girls put their hands in the middle and agreed from now on to be members of the School of Rock.

"Ok, now that that's settled, who's up for some karaoke?" asked Alicia.

"Hey, no fair!" laughed Katie. "You three are singers! Oh well.

Katie was just about to reach for the microphones when she was interrupted by a phone call.

"Katie! It's for you!" called Katie's older sister, Rebecca.

"Thanks Rebbie. Who is it?

"Some kid called Freddy!" Rebbie put the phone down on the table and went back upstairs, her dirty blonde hair bouncing behind her. Katie paused. From Freddy? That was strange. She then held her breath and picked up the phone.

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