~*~GREEN EYES~*~
Chapter 35- Jealousy and G-Strings
"Ok, now move your fingers to here and play the chord," said Lauren, showing Lily how to play a simple chord on the guitar. They had been practicing in one of the classrooms that had been set up to accomidate the bands, with sound-proof walls so that no one could hear what was going on. After three days of practicing, they were able to play a song that Lauren had written awhile back.
"Ok, I think I'm ready to play it all the way through. Remind me how it starts though," said Lily, who had proven to be a natural on the guitar.
"Jamie will come in with the first three measures and then you just repeat those three chords and then I will come in after two more measures. Do you get it?"
"Yeah, I think it's simple enough," said Lily. She looked over at Jamie and signaled that she was ready. Jamie held up her drum sticks and clicked them together four times before going into the beat. They played the insturmental part of the song all the way through, and were amazed at how great the song sounded. After it was over, a clap was heard from behind them.
"You guys are totally awesome. All you need is a good singer to win this competition, there are only about three other bands that are as good as you," said Jeanine Anderson, looking up at Lily and her band.
"Thanks," said Lauren and Jamie at the same time.
"Listen, no offense Jeanine but what are you doing here?" asked Lily. Jeanine took out a folded piece of paper from her pocket and showed it to them. It was from the Hogwarts Tribune, the school newspaper.
"It says 'Seeking good female singer for upcoming battle of the bands, age 14 and up. If interested come to our practice 10 am saturday in room 313.' I thought I would try out," said Jeanine. Lily looked over at Jamie and Lauren.
"You guys put an ad out in the paper?" she asked. They nodded.
"None of us can sing, and we want to win right?" said Jamie.
"Yeah I guess. Ok Jeanine, take the mic and show us what you can do," said Lily. Jeanine stepped forward and started singing, perfectly on key, her voice exactly what they wanted. As much as Lily didn't want Jeanine to be in the band, she knew she had to take her.
"You are amazing! You have to be our singer! Oh this is so great!" exclaimed Lauren, running over to Jeanine and giving her a hug.
"Oh my God how come you don't have a record deal yet?" asked Jamie, joining the hug. Lily looked over at the group hug in disgust.
"I guess if no one else is gonna show up to try out..." said Lily. Jamie and Lauren smiled at her, and then she was pulled into the group hug.
"This is gonna be the best band ever! Now all we need is a name," said Lauren. They all looked at each other and then Jeanine opened her mouth.
"What about The Black Cats?" she asked. Jamie and Lauren smiled, and then looked at Lily.
"It's perfect!" she said, and there was another big group hug. Lily couldn't help but smile, she was starting to like this whole band thing.
***
The Black Cats might have been doing a great job, but The Mauraders were having just a bit of trouble. For one thing, Remus and Sirius were having a very hard time learning how to play the guitar, and it seemed that when Peter was bragging about how great of a pianist he was, he had exagerated just a little bit. Actually James was the only one that was really making progress on his drums, with so much free time he had been coming into the practice room constantly and learning how to play with his "Learn the Drums Without Magic" book. It was during one of their very frustrating practice that things took a turn for the worst.
"Sirius, you're sharp! You've been sharp everytime we've played for the past fifteen minutes. How hard is it to tune the guitar?" yelled Remus.
"It's not like you know how to play. Besides the tuner says I'm flat," replied Sirius, adjusting the strings on his guitar. "It says that you're the one that's sharp!"
"Oh it says I'm the one that's sharp," mocked Remus, trying to tune his guitar. He turned what he liked to call the 'little knobby thingys' at the top of the guitar and, not suprisingly, the tiny little E-string could not stand the press and broke, making a loud twang. "Crap."
"Yeah, how hard is it to tune a guitar?" asked Sirius. Remus glared at him.
"Crap, I need a new G-string too. Look at my G-string it's horrible!" said Remus. Sirius and Peter burst into what could only be described as girly giggles.
"Hee hee, you have a G-string and you want us to look at it, dirty!" exclaimed Sirius. Remus obviously didn't get the joke.
"Well I don't have one anymore, it's broken. Maybe Mike has an extra G-string I can borrow," said Remus, the last part directed more towards himself than to Sirius and Peter.
"So since when do you borrow other guys G-strings?" asked Peter.
"Yeah, is there something we should know about you?" chimed in Sirius. Remus had evidently gotten what was so funny about the G-string, and was glaring at Sirius and Peter. They didn't notice him though, they were too busy rolling on the ground laughing.
"Couldn't you guys be a little more mature?" asked Remus.
"Remus, if you don't tell anyone maybe I'll let you use my G-string," said Sirius in his 'sexy voice,' raising his eyebrows provacitivly.
"Can't you guys be quiet for one moment, I'm trying to practices!" yelled James.
"Wow, it speaks!" exclaimed Remus, glad that the attention was being turned away from him.
"Yeah, and it is really annoyed with you and your damn G-strings!" replied James.
"You're just jealous because no one wanted to see your G-string," said Peter.
"No, I'm pissed off because no one is taking this whole band thing seriously. You guys can't play the guitar, and the keyboarding isn't much better," said James.
"No, you're pissed off because Lily has a date to the Halloween ball and you don't," said Sirius. He seemed to have hit a soft spot.
"So what. It's not like I can't get a date. I could date any girl in this school if I wanted to, and I will, just watch me!" said James.
"Ok, then get a damn date. I don't care if you have a date or not," said Remus.
"Well all I care about is that we don't embarass ourselves out there. We need some help," said James. "I'll be right back." And with that, he walked out of the door to the secret headquarters and was out of sight.
***
"Heya Lauren, my favorite person ever!" exclaimed James, sitting down next to her on the couch in the common room.
"What do you want, I don't have any money," she replied, not even looking up from the magazine that she was reading.
"You think I came over here to ask you for something?" asked James, trying to look hurt.
"Yeah, that's what I think," said Lauren.
"Ok then, can you teach Remus and Sirius how to play the guitar? Pretty please? I just don't want to look like an idiot out there in public," said James. Lauren looked up.
"You know, I think I can do that," she said. James started to give her a hug, but she stopped him. "Of course, it will probably take awhile, and it will cost you."
"What will it cost me?" asked James, dissapointed but intruiged.
"See that girl over there? Do you know her?" asked Lauren, pointing at a tall fifth year with long blonde hair.
"Alyssa Stevensen, yeah I know her," said James.
"She's one of my best friends, and she's feeling kinda sad about not having a date to the Halloween ball. You go with her, I teach your friends how to play the guitar," said Lauren. James thought it over.
"Ok," he said.
"Go ask her," said Lauren. James stood up and went over to the corner where Alyssa and her friends were playing chess.
"Hey Alyssa, can I talk to you real quick?" he asked. Alyssa smiled and followed him to a little loveseat that no one was using.
"Listen, I was wondering if you would go to the Halloween Ball with me, that is if you don't already have a date," he said. Alyssa's grin widened.
"Of course I'll go with you!" she exclaimed.
"I'll meet you in the common room at six sharp," said James.
"Sounds great," said Alyssa.
"Ok, see you then," replied James, who then walked over to Lauren and smirked. "It's a done deal. So when do you start?"
A/N- Well this chapter was suprisingly fun and easy to write. I hope you liked it. I just want to say happy new year to everyone! And do you know what your new year's resolution should be? To review more! Oh look, you can do that now, don't you feel special?
Disclaimer- I don't own Harry Potter and co, Hogwarts or a set of drums. Trust me, you don't want to sue.
Chapter 35- Jealousy and G-Strings
"Ok, now move your fingers to here and play the chord," said Lauren, showing Lily how to play a simple chord on the guitar. They had been practicing in one of the classrooms that had been set up to accomidate the bands, with sound-proof walls so that no one could hear what was going on. After three days of practicing, they were able to play a song that Lauren had written awhile back.
"Ok, I think I'm ready to play it all the way through. Remind me how it starts though," said Lily, who had proven to be a natural on the guitar.
"Jamie will come in with the first three measures and then you just repeat those three chords and then I will come in after two more measures. Do you get it?"
"Yeah, I think it's simple enough," said Lily. She looked over at Jamie and signaled that she was ready. Jamie held up her drum sticks and clicked them together four times before going into the beat. They played the insturmental part of the song all the way through, and were amazed at how great the song sounded. After it was over, a clap was heard from behind them.
"You guys are totally awesome. All you need is a good singer to win this competition, there are only about three other bands that are as good as you," said Jeanine Anderson, looking up at Lily and her band.
"Thanks," said Lauren and Jamie at the same time.
"Listen, no offense Jeanine but what are you doing here?" asked Lily. Jeanine took out a folded piece of paper from her pocket and showed it to them. It was from the Hogwarts Tribune, the school newspaper.
"It says 'Seeking good female singer for upcoming battle of the bands, age 14 and up. If interested come to our practice 10 am saturday in room 313.' I thought I would try out," said Jeanine. Lily looked over at Jamie and Lauren.
"You guys put an ad out in the paper?" she asked. They nodded.
"None of us can sing, and we want to win right?" said Jamie.
"Yeah I guess. Ok Jeanine, take the mic and show us what you can do," said Lily. Jeanine stepped forward and started singing, perfectly on key, her voice exactly what they wanted. As much as Lily didn't want Jeanine to be in the band, she knew she had to take her.
"You are amazing! You have to be our singer! Oh this is so great!" exclaimed Lauren, running over to Jeanine and giving her a hug.
"Oh my God how come you don't have a record deal yet?" asked Jamie, joining the hug. Lily looked over at the group hug in disgust.
"I guess if no one else is gonna show up to try out..." said Lily. Jamie and Lauren smiled at her, and then she was pulled into the group hug.
"This is gonna be the best band ever! Now all we need is a name," said Lauren. They all looked at each other and then Jeanine opened her mouth.
"What about The Black Cats?" she asked. Jamie and Lauren smiled, and then looked at Lily.
"It's perfect!" she said, and there was another big group hug. Lily couldn't help but smile, she was starting to like this whole band thing.
***
The Black Cats might have been doing a great job, but The Mauraders were having just a bit of trouble. For one thing, Remus and Sirius were having a very hard time learning how to play the guitar, and it seemed that when Peter was bragging about how great of a pianist he was, he had exagerated just a little bit. Actually James was the only one that was really making progress on his drums, with so much free time he had been coming into the practice room constantly and learning how to play with his "Learn the Drums Without Magic" book. It was during one of their very frustrating practice that things took a turn for the worst.
"Sirius, you're sharp! You've been sharp everytime we've played for the past fifteen minutes. How hard is it to tune the guitar?" yelled Remus.
"It's not like you know how to play. Besides the tuner says I'm flat," replied Sirius, adjusting the strings on his guitar. "It says that you're the one that's sharp!"
"Oh it says I'm the one that's sharp," mocked Remus, trying to tune his guitar. He turned what he liked to call the 'little knobby thingys' at the top of the guitar and, not suprisingly, the tiny little E-string could not stand the press and broke, making a loud twang. "Crap."
"Yeah, how hard is it to tune a guitar?" asked Sirius. Remus glared at him.
"Crap, I need a new G-string too. Look at my G-string it's horrible!" said Remus. Sirius and Peter burst into what could only be described as girly giggles.
"Hee hee, you have a G-string and you want us to look at it, dirty!" exclaimed Sirius. Remus obviously didn't get the joke.
"Well I don't have one anymore, it's broken. Maybe Mike has an extra G-string I can borrow," said Remus, the last part directed more towards himself than to Sirius and Peter.
"So since when do you borrow other guys G-strings?" asked Peter.
"Yeah, is there something we should know about you?" chimed in Sirius. Remus had evidently gotten what was so funny about the G-string, and was glaring at Sirius and Peter. They didn't notice him though, they were too busy rolling on the ground laughing.
"Couldn't you guys be a little more mature?" asked Remus.
"Remus, if you don't tell anyone maybe I'll let you use my G-string," said Sirius in his 'sexy voice,' raising his eyebrows provacitivly.
"Can't you guys be quiet for one moment, I'm trying to practices!" yelled James.
"Wow, it speaks!" exclaimed Remus, glad that the attention was being turned away from him.
"Yeah, and it is really annoyed with you and your damn G-strings!" replied James.
"You're just jealous because no one wanted to see your G-string," said Peter.
"No, I'm pissed off because no one is taking this whole band thing seriously. You guys can't play the guitar, and the keyboarding isn't much better," said James.
"No, you're pissed off because Lily has a date to the Halloween ball and you don't," said Sirius. He seemed to have hit a soft spot.
"So what. It's not like I can't get a date. I could date any girl in this school if I wanted to, and I will, just watch me!" said James.
"Ok, then get a damn date. I don't care if you have a date or not," said Remus.
"Well all I care about is that we don't embarass ourselves out there. We need some help," said James. "I'll be right back." And with that, he walked out of the door to the secret headquarters and was out of sight.
***
"Heya Lauren, my favorite person ever!" exclaimed James, sitting down next to her on the couch in the common room.
"What do you want, I don't have any money," she replied, not even looking up from the magazine that she was reading.
"You think I came over here to ask you for something?" asked James, trying to look hurt.
"Yeah, that's what I think," said Lauren.
"Ok then, can you teach Remus and Sirius how to play the guitar? Pretty please? I just don't want to look like an idiot out there in public," said James. Lauren looked up.
"You know, I think I can do that," she said. James started to give her a hug, but she stopped him. "Of course, it will probably take awhile, and it will cost you."
"What will it cost me?" asked James, dissapointed but intruiged.
"See that girl over there? Do you know her?" asked Lauren, pointing at a tall fifth year with long blonde hair.
"Alyssa Stevensen, yeah I know her," said James.
"She's one of my best friends, and she's feeling kinda sad about not having a date to the Halloween ball. You go with her, I teach your friends how to play the guitar," said Lauren. James thought it over.
"Ok," he said.
"Go ask her," said Lauren. James stood up and went over to the corner where Alyssa and her friends were playing chess.
"Hey Alyssa, can I talk to you real quick?" he asked. Alyssa smiled and followed him to a little loveseat that no one was using.
"Listen, I was wondering if you would go to the Halloween Ball with me, that is if you don't already have a date," he said. Alyssa's grin widened.
"Of course I'll go with you!" she exclaimed.
"I'll meet you in the common room at six sharp," said James.
"Sounds great," said Alyssa.
"Ok, see you then," replied James, who then walked over to Lauren and smirked. "It's a done deal. So when do you start?"
A/N- Well this chapter was suprisingly fun and easy to write. I hope you liked it. I just want to say happy new year to everyone! And do you know what your new year's resolution should be? To review more! Oh look, you can do that now, don't you feel special?
Disclaimer- I don't own Harry Potter and co, Hogwarts or a set of drums. Trust me, you don't want to sue.