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Chapter Six: The Madness that is Fan Clubs
Katie had lead them to the small, Colonial home that had been used as the School of Rock Fan Club Meeting Place since... well, she didn't know. Ever since there was a School of Rock Fan Club. As far as she knew, the Fan Club Leader, a twenty year old named Hilda who still lived with her Mom, was almost always present there.
"Okay, you guys. No stopping. We're here only for Freddy. No autographs, pictures, or anything. Now, follow the plan. Our goal is to get to Hilda without having all of our clothes ripped off, okay?" Katie prepped them again. Zack and Summer nodded. Katie smiled. It was so great to have friends that stuck by your side even when you started going insane...
Summer walked up to the front, while Zack circled around to the back door. Katie, herself, went around the opposite side as Zack but also to the back door. As members of the band itself, they had each been given a key. Summer would go in from the front- to keep the crowd distracted while Zack and Katie snuck in from the back. Because they were part of the band part of the band, it was always harder to deal with crazed fans than it was for the manager.
Katie's feet padded on the soft grass as she ducked beneath a window and crept like a fox to the back. She saw Zack there and she gave him the "okay" sign. Just as they slunk to the back door- Zack was ready to turn his key- it opened.
"Oh my Gosh! Zack! Katie! So great to have you two drop by- you rarely do! Can you pose for a picture?!" Hilda- with her brown hair with purple streaks and bright green eyes- clapped excitedly. Darn, thought Katie. We had almost gotten in the old fashioned way!
"No. Listen, Hilda. We need to talk. Away from the other members..." Zack muttered.
"Ooh! Okay! Come on in- but stay low. The others are talking to Summer- you wouldn't want them to come after you now, too!" Hilda squealed, leading them through halls filled with pictures of their band on stage, together, and everywhere else. Katie squirmed... this place was creepy... Hilda led them into a small, crammed room, filled with even more 'memorabilia' of the band... Gosh, she thought. Almost makes us sound like we're extinct...
A thought came to her mind. We might not be extinct, but Freddy may soon be... ~*~*~*~*~*~
'Let's get out of here, NOW!' he felt like screaming to Katie, as they sat down across from Hilda at her desk.
"So... are you two planning on an appearance? Autograph signing? What's the deal?" She asked in a too-cheery voice.
"Uh... well, actually, we uh..." Zack began. He was getting distracted from all of the band-related items in the room. Whoa! A picture of him kissing Alicia on the cheek after they won their first Battle of the Bands performance! How had these stalkers taken that?!
"It's about Freddy- our drummer. He's not here, is he?" Katie finished for him, thank the Lord...
"No! Is he?! Ohmigosh! Is he?!" She squealed, making him and Katie push their chairs back a bit.
"That's what we were asking you, Hilda. See... you kind of always know where we are..." Zack shuddered out. "And we were thinking that maybe you knew where Freddy was?"
Hilda bit her lip before ducking down and pulling up a thick, manila folder labeled "FREDDY" in girly, pink writing.
"This is a record of all Freddy Sightings in the last month." She told them with a smile. Zack met Katie's eyes- which showed disgust and fear. She got his message of "God, these people are nutcases, aren't they?" and nodded in reply.
As Hilda leafed through the papers, Zack watched.
"Let's see... the last time any of us saw Freddy... he was eating a blueberry muffin during a rehearsal break of yours!" She chimed.
"I knew it!" Katie gasped with a satisfied gleam. Zack looked at her, puzzled.
"Darn. Well, we have to head out, don't we Zack?" Katie said, getting up quickly, grabbing Zack by the arm.
"Um... yeah. Well, thanks anyway! Wait- you don't have folders like that on all of us, do you?!" He cried as Katie dragged him out of the room, slamming the door shut and running through the hallway back outside.
"Okay. Let's go rescue Summer from that freak show!" Katie ordered, releasing him.
"Yes! Please- let's do!" He exclaimed as they jogged around to the front again. He shuddered once more. "That was the second most creepy time of my life!"
"Second most? What was the first?" Katie inquired.
"Watching Billy stare at me and lick his lips..." Zack admitted.
"Ugh! Too much information, there! Summer-"She called, but was interrupted as Tinkerbelle ran out of the building herself.
"No time! Run!" She cried. Zack glanced up before turning around after Summer. A horde of girls was screaming and chasing them.
"Ah!" He gasped. Running... down the street, behind an alley, down another street, WHOOSH- a car, gasping for air, footsteps echoing through another alley, scrambling, and phew! Finally! Looking from the branch he was sitting upon, he looked at Katie and Summer, who were both panting, with a wild eye.
"Okay. Note to self- NEVER let that happen again!" He exclaimed angrily, hopping down out of the tree and helping Summer and Katie do the same.
"Ugh... did you guys find out anything?" Summer asked.
"Other than the fact that we have personal stalkers, no. Hey... wait a minute. I know where we are." Katie pointed to two a row of similar, plain houses across the street from where their getaway tree was standing.
"Huh?" Zack asked.
"Aren't those two houses Billy's and Marta's?" Katie began to wander across, a dazed look in her eye.
"Yeah... so?" Summer looked around dumbfounded. Zack could relate to the feeling. What was she getting that they weren't?
"Those houses have lights on; and they weren't home earlier. Let's go!"
Chapter Six: The Madness that is Fan Clubs
Katie had lead them to the small, Colonial home that had been used as the School of Rock Fan Club Meeting Place since... well, she didn't know. Ever since there was a School of Rock Fan Club. As far as she knew, the Fan Club Leader, a twenty year old named Hilda who still lived with her Mom, was almost always present there.
"Okay, you guys. No stopping. We're here only for Freddy. No autographs, pictures, or anything. Now, follow the plan. Our goal is to get to Hilda without having all of our clothes ripped off, okay?" Katie prepped them again. Zack and Summer nodded. Katie smiled. It was so great to have friends that stuck by your side even when you started going insane...
Summer walked up to the front, while Zack circled around to the back door. Katie, herself, went around the opposite side as Zack but also to the back door. As members of the band itself, they had each been given a key. Summer would go in from the front- to keep the crowd distracted while Zack and Katie snuck in from the back. Because they were part of the band part of the band, it was always harder to deal with crazed fans than it was for the manager.
Katie's feet padded on the soft grass as she ducked beneath a window and crept like a fox to the back. She saw Zack there and she gave him the "okay" sign. Just as they slunk to the back door- Zack was ready to turn his key- it opened.
"Oh my Gosh! Zack! Katie! So great to have you two drop by- you rarely do! Can you pose for a picture?!" Hilda- with her brown hair with purple streaks and bright green eyes- clapped excitedly. Darn, thought Katie. We had almost gotten in the old fashioned way!
"No. Listen, Hilda. We need to talk. Away from the other members..." Zack muttered.
"Ooh! Okay! Come on in- but stay low. The others are talking to Summer- you wouldn't want them to come after you now, too!" Hilda squealed, leading them through halls filled with pictures of their band on stage, together, and everywhere else. Katie squirmed... this place was creepy... Hilda led them into a small, crammed room, filled with even more 'memorabilia' of the band... Gosh, she thought. Almost makes us sound like we're extinct...
A thought came to her mind. We might not be extinct, but Freddy may soon be... ~*~*~*~*~*~
'Let's get out of here, NOW!' he felt like screaming to Katie, as they sat down across from Hilda at her desk.
"So... are you two planning on an appearance? Autograph signing? What's the deal?" She asked in a too-cheery voice.
"Uh... well, actually, we uh..." Zack began. He was getting distracted from all of the band-related items in the room. Whoa! A picture of him kissing Alicia on the cheek after they won their first Battle of the Bands performance! How had these stalkers taken that?!
"It's about Freddy- our drummer. He's not here, is he?" Katie finished for him, thank the Lord...
"No! Is he?! Ohmigosh! Is he?!" She squealed, making him and Katie push their chairs back a bit.
"That's what we were asking you, Hilda. See... you kind of always know where we are..." Zack shuddered out. "And we were thinking that maybe you knew where Freddy was?"
Hilda bit her lip before ducking down and pulling up a thick, manila folder labeled "FREDDY" in girly, pink writing.
"This is a record of all Freddy Sightings in the last month." She told them with a smile. Zack met Katie's eyes- which showed disgust and fear. She got his message of "God, these people are nutcases, aren't they?" and nodded in reply.
As Hilda leafed through the papers, Zack watched.
"Let's see... the last time any of us saw Freddy... he was eating a blueberry muffin during a rehearsal break of yours!" She chimed.
"I knew it!" Katie gasped with a satisfied gleam. Zack looked at her, puzzled.
"Darn. Well, we have to head out, don't we Zack?" Katie said, getting up quickly, grabbing Zack by the arm.
"Um... yeah. Well, thanks anyway! Wait- you don't have folders like that on all of us, do you?!" He cried as Katie dragged him out of the room, slamming the door shut and running through the hallway back outside.
"Okay. Let's go rescue Summer from that freak show!" Katie ordered, releasing him.
"Yes! Please- let's do!" He exclaimed as they jogged around to the front again. He shuddered once more. "That was the second most creepy time of my life!"
"Second most? What was the first?" Katie inquired.
"Watching Billy stare at me and lick his lips..." Zack admitted.
"Ugh! Too much information, there! Summer-"She called, but was interrupted as Tinkerbelle ran out of the building herself.
"No time! Run!" She cried. Zack glanced up before turning around after Summer. A horde of girls was screaming and chasing them.
"Ah!" He gasped. Running... down the street, behind an alley, down another street, WHOOSH- a car, gasping for air, footsteps echoing through another alley, scrambling, and phew! Finally! Looking from the branch he was sitting upon, he looked at Katie and Summer, who were both panting, with a wild eye.
"Okay. Note to self- NEVER let that happen again!" He exclaimed angrily, hopping down out of the tree and helping Summer and Katie do the same.
"Ugh... did you guys find out anything?" Summer asked.
"Other than the fact that we have personal stalkers, no. Hey... wait a minute. I know where we are." Katie pointed to two a row of similar, plain houses across the street from where their getaway tree was standing.
"Huh?" Zack asked.
"Aren't those two houses Billy's and Marta's?" Katie began to wander across, a dazed look in her eye.
"Yeah... so?" Summer looked around dumbfounded. Zack could relate to the feeling. What was she getting that they weren't?
"Those houses have lights on; and they weren't home earlier. Let's go!"