Chapter 2
Freddy's POV
School had started just over a month ago so Freddy was finally getting used to the idea of having to get up at 7am every morning again. The sound of his alarm pierced the quiet in his room and made him wake with a start. He shut it off and just lay there thinking for a minute, hanging in that state midway between sleep and reality. Lazily he got out of bed and walked to his shower in his adjoining bathroom, tripping over piles of CDs and clothes as he went. When he finally got out 15 minutes later, he pulled on his school uniform, rolled up the sleeves, and squeezed a glob of hair gel out from the almost empty tube on his dresser.
Half an hour later with his hair perfectly spiked, Freddy made his way downstairs to the kitchen where he saw their cook had made him waffles with maple syrup and crispy bacon. Gobbling it up in a matter of seconds he grabbed his lunch money from the counter and his skateboard and set off for school.
At 8:20am he finally reached the huge gates of Horace Green Prep (A/N: the band members now go to the senior part of the school which is grades 9-12). The grounds were empty which was no surprise seeing as winter seemed to be coming early this year and it was already 2°C in October.
Once inside the warm school he went to his locker where he stashed his bag and board before making his way to the cafeteria. The caf was where the rest of his gang hung out every day before school in the winter.
"What's up Jonesy?" Zack yelled at him from the other side of the caf.
Freddy coolly walked over to the table Zack was sitting at and saw that it was the usual people: Zack, Claire, Frankie, Anna, and Leonard.
"Not too much Zack Attack. So we're all good for tonight, right?" he replied to Zack's earlier question.
"Yeah it's all working out. One of Claire's friends I told you about has this older brother who said he'd buy some booze for us. Splitting the cost. That ok?"
"Okay cool. Not too much though, eh? I don't want people barfing all over my house."
"Yea, yea. Not too much. I promise."
"So how's everyone else doing?" Freddy asked as he looked around at the others who were all sitting quietly around the table. Well actually Frankie and Anna were quietly making out in the corner but Claire and Leonard were just sitting there.
"I'm not too bad. Excited for tonight though. Apparently these chicks who are friends with Claire and Anna are pretty hot!" Leonard answered.
"Really? Sweet. I was thinking I'd run out of hot girls to mess around with." Freddy responded with the first crack that came into his head.
"Hey! You better not screw around with my friends. They're not exactly the most... nevermind." Claire said trying to look out for her friends without giving away too much.
"What were you going to say?" Freddy was intrigued now.
"Nothing. Just don't make them do anything they'll regret, ok?"
"No problem. Who could regret doing anything with the Spazmeister???"
"I'm not even going to answer that!"
"Chill out you guys!" was Zack's feeble attempt to prevent a full fledged argument between his best friend and his girlfriend. "We'll all hang out together, nothing bad'll happen, it'll all be good, okay? So can we drop this now?"
"Fine."
"I guess."
Just then the warning bell rang signifying that it was 8:40am.
"Crap. Only 5 minutes to get to class."
Frankie and Anna suddenly came apart and got up to leave together. Zack stood up and bent down to kiss Claire goodbye and Leonard and Freddy were already halfway across the room.
On his way out the door, Freddy saw Katie hurrying to her first class. They both had biology together.
"Katie! Wait up!" he called.
"What? Oh hey Freddy!" she said as she spun around looking to see who had called her name. "So what are you doing tonight after practice? Cause I was thinking we could go catch a movie or something."
"Um... sorry but I'm busy already."
"Oh. Doing what?"
"Ah... I have to do this thing... for my parents... by tomorrow... so... yea. I'll be home all night doing that... thing."
"Right... okay then. What about tomorrow then?"
"Yeah sure. It's a date." Freddy said with a wink as they arrived at their biology class.
"Cool," was the only reply he got.
They walked into the room and sat down at their seats next to each other in the back corner of the room where the idiot teacher had decided they should sit. Bad idea. The two ended up talking all class everyday which was probably the reason they were both barely passing the course.
---------- At Lunch ----------
Katie's POV
As Katie walked to into the huge cafeteria she looked around for somewhere to sit. Unlike the rest of the band, she had never really found her "group" of friends so she usually ended up sitting with a different band member and their friends every day. Summer and Laurence had befriended their fellow so- called nerds and now sat with all the history, science, and math clubs everyday. Marta, Eleni, and Michelle had all made the cheerleading squad and were part of the popular bitches group. Katie made it a point to never sit with them. Tomika and Alicia had formed their own group with a couple other talented singers who were pretty much considered band geeks. Then there were Billy, Marco, and Gordon who and made a bunch of new friends. Their group wasn't that popular but wasn't picked on. They just were who they were. Finally, there was Zack, Frankie, Leonard, and Freddy. They were all part of the super popular bad boys group. There were always dozens of girls around them and the "select few" they chose to fool around with were usually part of the popular bitches group.
Today Summer had a free seat next to her so Katie made her way over there. Actually this wasn't too bad. Katie had probably remained the closest with Summer out of all the band members. Well next to Freddy. She had liked him for nearly four years now and thought she always would. They could always tell what the other was thinking or feeling and had a way of knowing what would make the other feel better. Problem was, Freddy tended to treat her like crap as soon as he was in front of his friends. It was like he had a split personality. Really he was a really sweet guy who cared about her but cared too much about what people thought to show that side in public. Most people at school saw him as the bad boy who was just bad enough to have the brand without actually getting into too much trouble.
Katie was about to sit down next to Summer when some other member of her group plopped herself down in the empty seat. Since Summer had her back to Katie, she didn't even see her there and started up an animated conversation with the girl whose name seemed to be Courtney. Sighing, Katie looked around the caf again until she saw an empty seat next to... crap. None other than Freddy. There was nowhere left to sit and she was starting to feel very self-concious randomly standing in the middle of the room so she slowly started crossing the caf to where he sat.
Freddy's POV
School had started just over a month ago so Freddy was finally getting used to the idea of having to get up at 7am every morning again. The sound of his alarm pierced the quiet in his room and made him wake with a start. He shut it off and just lay there thinking for a minute, hanging in that state midway between sleep and reality. Lazily he got out of bed and walked to his shower in his adjoining bathroom, tripping over piles of CDs and clothes as he went. When he finally got out 15 minutes later, he pulled on his school uniform, rolled up the sleeves, and squeezed a glob of hair gel out from the almost empty tube on his dresser.
Half an hour later with his hair perfectly spiked, Freddy made his way downstairs to the kitchen where he saw their cook had made him waffles with maple syrup and crispy bacon. Gobbling it up in a matter of seconds he grabbed his lunch money from the counter and his skateboard and set off for school.
At 8:20am he finally reached the huge gates of Horace Green Prep (A/N: the band members now go to the senior part of the school which is grades 9-12). The grounds were empty which was no surprise seeing as winter seemed to be coming early this year and it was already 2°C in October.
Once inside the warm school he went to his locker where he stashed his bag and board before making his way to the cafeteria. The caf was where the rest of his gang hung out every day before school in the winter.
"What's up Jonesy?" Zack yelled at him from the other side of the caf.
Freddy coolly walked over to the table Zack was sitting at and saw that it was the usual people: Zack, Claire, Frankie, Anna, and Leonard.
"Not too much Zack Attack. So we're all good for tonight, right?" he replied to Zack's earlier question.
"Yeah it's all working out. One of Claire's friends I told you about has this older brother who said he'd buy some booze for us. Splitting the cost. That ok?"
"Okay cool. Not too much though, eh? I don't want people barfing all over my house."
"Yea, yea. Not too much. I promise."
"So how's everyone else doing?" Freddy asked as he looked around at the others who were all sitting quietly around the table. Well actually Frankie and Anna were quietly making out in the corner but Claire and Leonard were just sitting there.
"I'm not too bad. Excited for tonight though. Apparently these chicks who are friends with Claire and Anna are pretty hot!" Leonard answered.
"Really? Sweet. I was thinking I'd run out of hot girls to mess around with." Freddy responded with the first crack that came into his head.
"Hey! You better not screw around with my friends. They're not exactly the most... nevermind." Claire said trying to look out for her friends without giving away too much.
"What were you going to say?" Freddy was intrigued now.
"Nothing. Just don't make them do anything they'll regret, ok?"
"No problem. Who could regret doing anything with the Spazmeister???"
"I'm not even going to answer that!"
"Chill out you guys!" was Zack's feeble attempt to prevent a full fledged argument between his best friend and his girlfriend. "We'll all hang out together, nothing bad'll happen, it'll all be good, okay? So can we drop this now?"
"Fine."
"I guess."
Just then the warning bell rang signifying that it was 8:40am.
"Crap. Only 5 minutes to get to class."
Frankie and Anna suddenly came apart and got up to leave together. Zack stood up and bent down to kiss Claire goodbye and Leonard and Freddy were already halfway across the room.
On his way out the door, Freddy saw Katie hurrying to her first class. They both had biology together.
"Katie! Wait up!" he called.
"What? Oh hey Freddy!" she said as she spun around looking to see who had called her name. "So what are you doing tonight after practice? Cause I was thinking we could go catch a movie or something."
"Um... sorry but I'm busy already."
"Oh. Doing what?"
"Ah... I have to do this thing... for my parents... by tomorrow... so... yea. I'll be home all night doing that... thing."
"Right... okay then. What about tomorrow then?"
"Yeah sure. It's a date." Freddy said with a wink as they arrived at their biology class.
"Cool," was the only reply he got.
They walked into the room and sat down at their seats next to each other in the back corner of the room where the idiot teacher had decided they should sit. Bad idea. The two ended up talking all class everyday which was probably the reason they were both barely passing the course.
---------- At Lunch ----------
Katie's POV
As Katie walked to into the huge cafeteria she looked around for somewhere to sit. Unlike the rest of the band, she had never really found her "group" of friends so she usually ended up sitting with a different band member and their friends every day. Summer and Laurence had befriended their fellow so- called nerds and now sat with all the history, science, and math clubs everyday. Marta, Eleni, and Michelle had all made the cheerleading squad and were part of the popular bitches group. Katie made it a point to never sit with them. Tomika and Alicia had formed their own group with a couple other talented singers who were pretty much considered band geeks. Then there were Billy, Marco, and Gordon who and made a bunch of new friends. Their group wasn't that popular but wasn't picked on. They just were who they were. Finally, there was Zack, Frankie, Leonard, and Freddy. They were all part of the super popular bad boys group. There were always dozens of girls around them and the "select few" they chose to fool around with were usually part of the popular bitches group.
Today Summer had a free seat next to her so Katie made her way over there. Actually this wasn't too bad. Katie had probably remained the closest with Summer out of all the band members. Well next to Freddy. She had liked him for nearly four years now and thought she always would. They could always tell what the other was thinking or feeling and had a way of knowing what would make the other feel better. Problem was, Freddy tended to treat her like crap as soon as he was in front of his friends. It was like he had a split personality. Really he was a really sweet guy who cared about her but cared too much about what people thought to show that side in public. Most people at school saw him as the bad boy who was just bad enough to have the brand without actually getting into too much trouble.
Katie was about to sit down next to Summer when some other member of her group plopped herself down in the empty seat. Since Summer had her back to Katie, she didn't even see her there and started up an animated conversation with the girl whose name seemed to be Courtney. Sighing, Katie looked around the caf again until she saw an empty seat next to... crap. None other than Freddy. There was nowhere left to sit and she was starting to feel very self-concious randomly standing in the middle of the room so she slowly started crossing the caf to where he sat.