Matters of the Heart
Katie woke up feeling all crappy and tired.
'hah' she thought 'a perfectly normal wake up.'
It was Wednesday and she had just remembered she had a party to get ready for. Naturally it would be in the rehearsal hall. It was hot outside and there was nothing for her to do that morning. She decided to chill at the rehearsal hall. Even if it meant that Matt and his friends would be there.
She grabbed a slice of bread and wrote her parents a note. She grabbed her bass and was out the door ASAP. Once she reached the door of the house she looked at her watched.
'Holy Shit, its only six in the morning!'
She didn't want to wake anybody so she headed to the playground which she passed the night before. Katie began to write in her diary when she heard the quiet sobbing of a young girl.
Katie couldn't leave the sound alone so she walked to the direction of which the sobbing was coming from. She heard the sound though, but she couldn't see anyone.
"Hello?
Hello...
Is anybody there?"
A little blond head peeked out from behind the slide.
"Hewwo Miz Lady."
"Oh, that's who was crying. Why are you crying?"
"I'm (sob) cwying becoz I wan away fwom howm."
"Why?"
"Mommy made me go to my woom (sniffle, sniffle)"
'I think we were all like this when we were kids.'
"Well, why don't you go back, I'm sure she misses you."
"Now she don't" "Oh yeah? Well, wouldn't you rather go to sleep in a nice warm bed rather then the cold hard ground."
"well, can you take me thewe. Only coz of da bed."
"Of course. Call me Katie."
"Owkay, my name is Tati, short fow Tatiana."
"That's a nice name."
So Katie brought Tati home. Tati was the first to hug her mom.
'I thought so.' Katie thought. And before any of Tati's family members could see her she had left.
She checked her watch again, its now 6:30 she thought. 'I'll go there at around 7...now what?'
KATIE'S POV
......I went back to the playground......I swung, I slid, and I seesawed. Of course it was pretty lonely when no body was on the other end. I checked my watch. Okay, 6:59. Time to go.
Okay, there's no one here either. I'm bored beyond my wits. Well, last time we were here I think the boys put Gordon's PS2 and Xbox here. Hmmm...perhaps its something to do.
I'll play PS2...games...games...games...
Mary Kate and Ashley? Gordon's sister's probably. Still, I'm not playing.
Star Craft? Nah.
Blade? Nope.
...more war games...
...Crash Bandicoot...
ah, here ya go! The Simpsons Road Rage. Yay! So I put the game in and just as I'm about to start suddenly...
"Katie! I didn't know you'd be here."
"Blur?"
"Yeah. So, what're ya doin here?"
"Killing time before the party."
"The party?"
"Yeah, well, I suppose you guys can come. After all, its not invites only."
"Well, I'll try. We'll try I mean."
"Kay. Thanks. Why are you here you here?"
"Chillin'"
"Oh. Well, wanna play? I, Katerina Santa Maria Reese Brown challenge you um..."
He laughed. "Blur or rather Blair Kagan Samara Bradshaw."
"yeah. Blair Kagan Samara Bradshaw to a game of Simpsons: Road Rage."
"I accept."
So we played and raced until around nine in the morning and so I said that I'd leave and be back later. So I left him there. Well, at least he wouldn't have to be so lonely coz Ezra was coming up the driveway along with Matt. I wonder where they slept last night and where the hell was Sam.
Sam...ooooohhh shit. Zack would be crushed.
I left to go to Freddy's house. It was pretty early for him but I'm pretty sure he'd be awake. Normally he'd be bangin' on those drums like there's no tomorrow...
Sure enough he was. I rang the doorbell and he answered it. He was still wearing his pjs which looked weird on him coz they were a tad big.
"Hey whatsup?"
"Well, first I helped some poor lost kid find its way back home then I headed for the RH (A/N: well, now I hope ya'll know what that means) and saw Blur. We played a few games on the PS and then I came here."
"Well, that's good for you. So why're ya here. No offense."
"None taken. Well, I'm here coz I wanted to talk."
"Sure, what about?"
"Zack and Summer."
"Yeah?"
"Well, its getting annoying. And if we try to make them friends again well...its not exactly interfering right?"
"I guess not. So whaddya wanna do? Scheme?"
"No, just convince em, that's all."
"aright. So, its still pretty early for the party. What now?"
"How bout...we crash at Zack's place."
"Sure."
We loved his house. Since his family was rich he was spoiled to no extent. Okay, so when the band formed he led a basically simple life. Then his dad strikes it big, I mean real big. So now he's super rich! I mean, he has a DVD player, widescreen TV, his own PC, Cellphone (okay, we all have a cellphone, but his is more hi-tech), Satellite Cable, An I-Pod, DSL, practically everything he wanted plus an awesome room. The only bad thing about it was that we couldn't jam in his room.
Don't get me wrong but his room was huge! It was way spacious despite all the stuff in it. Still, his parents were cool most of the time but they were amazingly strict, especially about the whole rock band thing. I've slept in his room a few times. Not alone of course, we had just come home form a party and then it got stormy and we slept there. Of course by we, I mean Freddy and Summer included.
His room is part of 5 room house. Two guest rooms, Three rooms for the family. Zack's room was the second largest room. His dog, a husky named Demon slept in his room too. He was named after one of the dogs in the Snow Dogs movie.
So Freddy changed into a black top and black jeans. Basically black everything. Me? I was in a Black top with a plaid skirt. My shoes were red chucks. So we walked over there in like fifteen minutes. He was awake already. We made a quick good morning to his parents and walked up to his room. We would have gotten up there fast if weren't stopped by Zack's twin kid siblings.
As I stated, Zack had two twin kid sibs. Their names were Jesse and Hunter. Hunter was a girl who sorta hated me because she has this huge crush on Freddy. Jesse on the other hand has a crush on Summer was mad at Zack. Well at least he used to be.
"Hi Freddy!!" started Hunter. She always liked Freddy so often she tried to dress like me coz she thought that's what he likes.
"Hey Hunter." I replied.
"I'm not talking to you. Freddy's just pretending to be your girlfriend so's you won't get hurt. But he really, really likes me."
I raised an eyebrow at Freddy, he smirked back. What a dreamer. Just as I was supposed to go ahead to Zack's room I felt Jesse tugging at my pant leg. I bent down and he whispered in my ear
"Where's Summer?"
"She's resting from her trip to California."
"Okay."
So then I grabbed Freddy's hand and brought him to the far side of the hall where the twins followed us. So we ran, banged on Zack's door and once he opened it we ran in. We were exhausted, but yeah, we were laughing. After all, its not everyday that you get chased by lovesick ten year olds.
Don't get me wrong and all, but Hunter's truly annoying. She's bossy, mean, but she's cute...sometimes. I don't hate her, sometimes I do want to pull that long black hair of hers. Zack and Freddy agree. Jesse's the sweeter kid between the two but he lives in his own little world.
"Hunter and Jesse are chasing you two again I presume?"
I was about to reply when I was interrupted from outside the door by a screaming Hunter.
"Hey what are you talking about. I wanna know. Lemme in! I should be included coz Freddy's my boyfriend (we all laughed at this.) Come on. I wanna! I wanna! I wanna! I wanna!! ZAAAAAAAACCCCCCKKKKKK!!!!! I'm teeeeeeeeellllllliiiiiiinnnnnnggggg!!!!! Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy!! C'mon Jesse. Mommy, Mommy, MOOOOOMMMMYYYY!!!!"
We heard her run down the stairs with Jesse following after her. We were silent...for about three seconds...
"So, why are you guys here?"
"Just needed some place to crash that's got all the amenities."
"Yup. Like he said"
"Freeloaders."
"Hahaha. Thanks!"
Soon after that we heard Mrs. Mooneyham talking to Hunter.
"Mommy, Zack won't let me into his room."
"You should respect their privacy sweetie, they're his friends and it's his room. He can do anything he wants."
"But, they're my bestest friends too!!!!"
"Ask Zack first, its his privacy."
"Well, I should be let in because I'm part of a Rock band too!"
Zack called form inside of his room,
"Yeah Right! Its not a rock band its Britney Spears' music you play, that's not rock! Its pop! In fact you don't even play an instrument, you and your bratty, poseur friends sing and dance to it. And its not even in tune!"
"Zack!" their mom scolded.
"Whatever. I'm still not letting them in my room."
"Mommy!!!"
"You have your own room."
"I don't wanna go there I wannna hang out with 'my' friends!"
It had always been Hunter's dream to be one of us, the cool kids.
"Hunter, enough. Take off that silly outfit and put on your decent clothes. You can invite Chelsea and Kaye over if you want."
"Zack's wearing these kind of clothes."
"He's been wearing them since the fifth grade."
"I'm in the fifth grade."
"I don't want you to end up like him."
"I RESENT THAT."
"Sorry Zack. I want you to be something different."
"Oookaaay..." she said finally and she changed and retreated to her room. We knew this would go on until we all graduated, or longer. We read her diary once, it had all her silly fantasies about Freddy.
We kept one secret from her. Jesse, since he rarely had any friends over spent time with us. We really didn't mind coz he didn't act so...feeling. Understand? Another big secret was when we said we would bring Jesse to the park with us when Hunter was with her friends we'd smuggle him to Dewey's apartment and Freddy would teach him how to play drums.
We all liked Jesse, and occasionally liked Hunter. Most of the time though, she's a brat. She almost figured out our secret when she and her friends decided that they would follow us in hopes that they'd gain coolness or something. Fortunately, we were on our way home before they could catch up to us. And we'd say that we were at the park. Clever ey?
Not today though. We had some party preparations to do. We let Jesse in the room for a while and Zack lent him his I-Pod. So we talked while Jesse headbanged.
"Well, who's in charge of the guest list?" Freddy asked
"I'll do that." I replied.
"Food?" Zack asked
"Moi." (Freddy)
"So I guess its music for me." said Zack.
We talked some more about music, how bratty Hunter was and how cool it would be if Jesse became a great rock star with some famous people who play like Kurt Cobain and stuff. Soon we decided to leave.
The three of us invited Jess to come along with us to prepare. He declined so we left without him. We said a quick good bye to Zack's parents and we were out the door in no time. We headed for the mall in the city. Of course it was a pretty long walk but what the hell.
We had time to kill.
"So Freddy," I started "Whats on our menu?"
"Chips, soda, whatever."
"hel-lo, you're in charge of the food!"
"What? We'll just let everybody bring what they will, I'll just bring the chips and soda and whatever. Kay?"
I looked back at him skeptically.
So we bought what we needed and then we hung out at this new place called "Ice Monster" It served some yummy ice treats like this Strawberry ice thing which was milk, crushed ice and strawberry. That was good!
We ended this at around one (we took a long time there...) and then we all headed home. So then I called everybody. But then I remembered I had to call Matt, I did...
"Hello?"
"Hey Sam. Where's Matt?"
"Behind me...here."
"Hey Matt."
"Sup? Why'd ya call?"
"Well just wanted to say that you guys are invited to a party tonight at the PR."
"Okay, sounds good, wait...HEY GUYS, PARTY AT THE PR! YA'LL COMING???!!!"
I heard sounds of sure, cool, a'ight.
"Katie, we'll be there."
"Thanks, is Dewey there yet?"
"Yeah. He's here with Summer."
"Lemme talk to him, or Summer, whoever."
"Kay, DEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWEEEEEEY!!! ITS KAAAAAYYYYYTTTTEEEE!!!!!"
"Just a minute, ya don't have to shout...Hey Posh, wazzup?"
"Well, I heard from Summer that we got the gig with Metallica and then there's a party blablabla."
"Yeah so?"
"So we're throwing a party. Duh."
"A party! Cool. We'll be there."
"Yeah See Ya."
"A'ight bye."
I put down the phone and retreated to my room. I wanted to take a loooong nap.
.............
When I woke uo I looked at my watch. It was 5:37. I had to pick up Vaneza at 6:45 and be there at 7:00. (groan.) Okay, so not to panic...I pulled out my outfit and stared at it. It was a black denim jacket with our band's logo sewn onto the back and a red shirt that said "Bite Me". I was wearing a faux fur cow print skirt and black Chucks. Boy would I look like a fashion doofus. I took a shower and changed into my outfit for that night.
I dabbed on some make up, lip gloss and I put my haor up in that hairdo I had during the first BotB I competed in and I spritzed on some cologne. I figured I had time to kill since it was only 6:15. No one had called to cancel, which was good. So I lay down on my bed and grabbed a magazine.
It was one of my my old "Total Girl" mags. I stopped reading it when I was around 11. This was like my Cosmo, I wanted to be like these girls. Now, its like the opposite of what I like. I don't know why I still kept this. Well, it's a part of my childhood. I didn't think I would but I sorta enjoyed it. I read a little longer than I grabbed my bag and left for Vaneza's house.
"Oh, you came. I thought you'd never make it!" Vaneza said. She looked cute, her hair was in this bun/ponytail thing with chopsticks in her hair. She had a blue Chinese style shirt which had red flowers on one side. She was also wearing these black capris and lace up sandals.
"Of course I'd come. I'm not rude. So, thats a nice outfit, why are you dressed like that?"
"Well coz I like this outfit, and I'm trying to impress a certain guy. Also coz I like dressing up in...how do you say...erm, costumes. Its cute, but nothing overboard."
"Oh, well, yah it looks cute on you, as for the impressing thing well...you might end up impressing someone else?" Someone like Zack, but I didn't say that.
"Yeah. Anyway, how 'bout you? I like your outfit too, its so creative. Where'd ya get the idea."
"I like dressing like this. Its just really my style to wear totally contrasting outfits."
"Well, it suits you."
"Thanks."
We walked to the party in silence. I could here music playing from around 15 feet away. I recognized one of the songs as one of hours. It sounded like Dewey's song about his being kicked out of No Vacancy. Boy that was a weird song. That song was followed by our theme song.
"Hey, is that your song playing?" Vaneza asked.
"Yup. We played that during the Battle of the Bands. We didn't exactly win but we got an encore."
"That's good."
"Well are you ready to party."
"Yeah. I also want to speak to Sam, see if he's really the guy who is perfect for me."
"Yeah." I pray to god if he exists (A/N: She's practically religionless, chap.3) that its not Sam who's her perfect guy. She hoped that it would be Zack. I mean after all, he was perfect boyfriend material. He was smart, sincere, funny, he listened, he was cute (but of course not as cute as Freddy, but that's my opinion.), he was sweet. In fact if I wasn't with Freddy he'd be my next candidate.
So we went up to the front door and unlocked it. It looked like a rockin' party! Most of the people were dancing. But Zack, Freddy, and Summer were talking. Okay, Zack and Summer were arguing so I had to cut in.
"Guys, hey, this is Vaneza."
"Vaneza meet Freddy, Summer and Zack."
They all waved and I pulled Freddy out of that scene for a while.
"Freddy, we have a few problems with this scene."
"What?"
"Well, two of our best friends are fighting and one of our best friends is in an awkward position."
"Well, what do you want us to do."
"Okay, I'd hate to drag you into this but I want Summer and Zack friends again."
"So..."
"Well, like I said earlier, no freaky schemes but I'd like it if you know we could how do you say, talk them into being friends again. You know convince them."
"Oookaaay...so then what?"
"Well that's all."
"What about Zack and Vaneza?"
"Well, can't they work it out on their own. Its not ours to meddle in."
"Yeah but it seems that Vaneza likes someone else though."
How right you are...
"Look, we'll just wait. I mean things aren't always as they seem."
"I guess so."
"C'mon lets just enjoy the party. Talk, whatever."
"Alright."
So I led him back to where we were sitting. Dewey was socializing with everyone and Summer was gone. I saw her talking to Gordon. Oh well, Zack was having a conversation with Vaneza about...well everything or so it seemed.
They were both having a good time. That's good and she hasn't looked for Sam once. Hah. Their relationship might actually bloom without our playing matchmaker. I'll be so proud.
I left the three of them for a while but not before telling Freddy to try and convince Zack that befriending Summer would be a good idea. Vaneza stood up when I left, she had a smile on her face. That was a good sign.
I saw Summer also deep in conversation with Gordon. They were seated in that love seat near the couches. Oooooohhhh...
"Uh, hey Gordon may I borrow Summer for a while?"
"Sure Katie."
"Thanks."
Once we were gone I dragged her off to a corner.
"Hey, whatcha want?"
"To talk."
"Talk about what?"
"Wait, before we get to that Sum this is Vaneza, V this is Summer."
Polite hellos were exchanged.
"Okay, so this is about you and Zack."
"Zack? Don't even talk to me about that slimeball!"
"Summer, its been ten friggin' months. Don't you think you should bury the hatchet already?"
I was speaking calmer than I felt.
"No...I'd use the hatchet on him first. Besides its his fault!"
"You know, its not his fault! Its your friggin fault! He loved you, note, he doesn't anymore, anyway its you who started all this, aren't you being immature?!"
"Me? Immature!!! Hell no!"
"Oh yeah? Well this fight sounds pretty stupid! Like I said its been ten months! I mean it wasn't even that big of a fight. You're the one acting like a child!!! Godammit!"
I really hadn't meant to say that. But I just had to fire back in my best friend's defense.
"You're always telling us to grow up! You're the mature one, you're the one I expected to try to stop this fight. But no, you Summer Cordelia Andrea Romano Hathaway, the most reasonable person I know, are acting like a brat! Unless you're willing to change I refuse to talk to you. Come on Vaneza.." and we left her looking stunned.
"Katie?"
"Yes?"
"We're still friends right?"
"Of course Vaneza."
"Well, I have to go over to Zack for a while. Just to cheer him up."
I looked in his direction, he looked pretty huffy as well. Well Freddy didn't look so mad, but I'd talk to him later. I plunked down next to Tomika.
"Hey Katie."
"Hi Tomika, how are you enjoying the party?"
"Oh its great, I'm just taking a rest from all that dancing. Notice anything new about me?"
I looked at her, Omigod, she slimmed down. Not much but she certainly looked better.
"Tomika! You look so much better now! How'd you do it?"
"Thanks! Yoga with my mom, daily jogs, eating healthy, gym food. So why do you look so down?"
"I'm just angry that Summer's acting like an immature brat."
"Zack I suppose?"
"Well yeah, but enough about them, you? How's your love life?"
"Hmmm, well promise you won't tell?"
"Not a soul."
"Well, I like Matt."
"Matt? Matt Finn?"
"Yeah, I talked to him a few times, he's pretty cool."
"Yeah."
So we talked some more then I left her coz Freddy had came over and asked me to slow dance with him. He pointed behind me and Vaneza and Zack were doing the same thing. Hehehehehehehehehehehehe... so they are doin it without our help. The party ended at around 2:00, Gordon walked Sumer home. Zack walked Vaneza home, and of course Freddy walked me home.
"Freddy..."
"Hmmm?"
"How'd it go with Zack?"
"Well he wasn't what you'd call open to the idea."
"Oh well neither was Summer. Well are you guys still friends?"
"Of course we are."
"Oh."
"Well here you are milady."
"Thanks kind sir."
He dropped me off at the house and kissed me softly on the cheek.
'Well,' I thought, 'At least it ended perfectly.' And I walked upstairs.
Suddenly my phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Katie?"
"Vaneza! Hi! How'd it go with Zack?"
"Well..."
-TBC-
(A/N: So well? Whatcha think? Will Zack and Summer be friends again? Will Katie and Summer be friends again? Will Summer make it with Gordon? Does Vaneza like Zack? Find out in the next chapter. Boy am I sleepy.)
Katie woke up feeling all crappy and tired.
'hah' she thought 'a perfectly normal wake up.'
It was Wednesday and she had just remembered she had a party to get ready for. Naturally it would be in the rehearsal hall. It was hot outside and there was nothing for her to do that morning. She decided to chill at the rehearsal hall. Even if it meant that Matt and his friends would be there.
She grabbed a slice of bread and wrote her parents a note. She grabbed her bass and was out the door ASAP. Once she reached the door of the house she looked at her watched.
'Holy Shit, its only six in the morning!'
She didn't want to wake anybody so she headed to the playground which she passed the night before. Katie began to write in her diary when she heard the quiet sobbing of a young girl.
Katie couldn't leave the sound alone so she walked to the direction of which the sobbing was coming from. She heard the sound though, but she couldn't see anyone.
"Hello?
Hello...
Is anybody there?"
A little blond head peeked out from behind the slide.
"Hewwo Miz Lady."
"Oh, that's who was crying. Why are you crying?"
"I'm (sob) cwying becoz I wan away fwom howm."
"Why?"
"Mommy made me go to my woom (sniffle, sniffle)"
'I think we were all like this when we were kids.'
"Well, why don't you go back, I'm sure she misses you."
"Now she don't" "Oh yeah? Well, wouldn't you rather go to sleep in a nice warm bed rather then the cold hard ground."
"well, can you take me thewe. Only coz of da bed."
"Of course. Call me Katie."
"Owkay, my name is Tati, short fow Tatiana."
"That's a nice name."
So Katie brought Tati home. Tati was the first to hug her mom.
'I thought so.' Katie thought. And before any of Tati's family members could see her she had left.
She checked her watch again, its now 6:30 she thought. 'I'll go there at around 7...now what?'
KATIE'S POV
......I went back to the playground......I swung, I slid, and I seesawed. Of course it was pretty lonely when no body was on the other end. I checked my watch. Okay, 6:59. Time to go.
Okay, there's no one here either. I'm bored beyond my wits. Well, last time we were here I think the boys put Gordon's PS2 and Xbox here. Hmmm...perhaps its something to do.
I'll play PS2...games...games...games...
Mary Kate and Ashley? Gordon's sister's probably. Still, I'm not playing.
Star Craft? Nah.
Blade? Nope.
...more war games...
...Crash Bandicoot...
ah, here ya go! The Simpsons Road Rage. Yay! So I put the game in and just as I'm about to start suddenly...
"Katie! I didn't know you'd be here."
"Blur?"
"Yeah. So, what're ya doin here?"
"Killing time before the party."
"The party?"
"Yeah, well, I suppose you guys can come. After all, its not invites only."
"Well, I'll try. We'll try I mean."
"Kay. Thanks. Why are you here you here?"
"Chillin'"
"Oh. Well, wanna play? I, Katerina Santa Maria Reese Brown challenge you um..."
He laughed. "Blur or rather Blair Kagan Samara Bradshaw."
"yeah. Blair Kagan Samara Bradshaw to a game of Simpsons: Road Rage."
"I accept."
So we played and raced until around nine in the morning and so I said that I'd leave and be back later. So I left him there. Well, at least he wouldn't have to be so lonely coz Ezra was coming up the driveway along with Matt. I wonder where they slept last night and where the hell was Sam.
Sam...ooooohhh shit. Zack would be crushed.
I left to go to Freddy's house. It was pretty early for him but I'm pretty sure he'd be awake. Normally he'd be bangin' on those drums like there's no tomorrow...
Sure enough he was. I rang the doorbell and he answered it. He was still wearing his pjs which looked weird on him coz they were a tad big.
"Hey whatsup?"
"Well, first I helped some poor lost kid find its way back home then I headed for the RH (A/N: well, now I hope ya'll know what that means) and saw Blur. We played a few games on the PS and then I came here."
"Well, that's good for you. So why're ya here. No offense."
"None taken. Well, I'm here coz I wanted to talk."
"Sure, what about?"
"Zack and Summer."
"Yeah?"
"Well, its getting annoying. And if we try to make them friends again well...its not exactly interfering right?"
"I guess not. So whaddya wanna do? Scheme?"
"No, just convince em, that's all."
"aright. So, its still pretty early for the party. What now?"
"How bout...we crash at Zack's place."
"Sure."
We loved his house. Since his family was rich he was spoiled to no extent. Okay, so when the band formed he led a basically simple life. Then his dad strikes it big, I mean real big. So now he's super rich! I mean, he has a DVD player, widescreen TV, his own PC, Cellphone (okay, we all have a cellphone, but his is more hi-tech), Satellite Cable, An I-Pod, DSL, practically everything he wanted plus an awesome room. The only bad thing about it was that we couldn't jam in his room.
Don't get me wrong but his room was huge! It was way spacious despite all the stuff in it. Still, his parents were cool most of the time but they were amazingly strict, especially about the whole rock band thing. I've slept in his room a few times. Not alone of course, we had just come home form a party and then it got stormy and we slept there. Of course by we, I mean Freddy and Summer included.
His room is part of 5 room house. Two guest rooms, Three rooms for the family. Zack's room was the second largest room. His dog, a husky named Demon slept in his room too. He was named after one of the dogs in the Snow Dogs movie.
So Freddy changed into a black top and black jeans. Basically black everything. Me? I was in a Black top with a plaid skirt. My shoes were red chucks. So we walked over there in like fifteen minutes. He was awake already. We made a quick good morning to his parents and walked up to his room. We would have gotten up there fast if weren't stopped by Zack's twin kid siblings.
As I stated, Zack had two twin kid sibs. Their names were Jesse and Hunter. Hunter was a girl who sorta hated me because she has this huge crush on Freddy. Jesse on the other hand has a crush on Summer was mad at Zack. Well at least he used to be.
"Hi Freddy!!" started Hunter. She always liked Freddy so often she tried to dress like me coz she thought that's what he likes.
"Hey Hunter." I replied.
"I'm not talking to you. Freddy's just pretending to be your girlfriend so's you won't get hurt. But he really, really likes me."
I raised an eyebrow at Freddy, he smirked back. What a dreamer. Just as I was supposed to go ahead to Zack's room I felt Jesse tugging at my pant leg. I bent down and he whispered in my ear
"Where's Summer?"
"She's resting from her trip to California."
"Okay."
So then I grabbed Freddy's hand and brought him to the far side of the hall where the twins followed us. So we ran, banged on Zack's door and once he opened it we ran in. We were exhausted, but yeah, we were laughing. After all, its not everyday that you get chased by lovesick ten year olds.
Don't get me wrong and all, but Hunter's truly annoying. She's bossy, mean, but she's cute...sometimes. I don't hate her, sometimes I do want to pull that long black hair of hers. Zack and Freddy agree. Jesse's the sweeter kid between the two but he lives in his own little world.
"Hunter and Jesse are chasing you two again I presume?"
I was about to reply when I was interrupted from outside the door by a screaming Hunter.
"Hey what are you talking about. I wanna know. Lemme in! I should be included coz Freddy's my boyfriend (we all laughed at this.) Come on. I wanna! I wanna! I wanna! I wanna!! ZAAAAAAAACCCCCCKKKKKK!!!!! I'm teeeeeeeeellllllliiiiiiinnnnnnggggg!!!!! Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy!! C'mon Jesse. Mommy, Mommy, MOOOOOMMMMYYYY!!!!"
We heard her run down the stairs with Jesse following after her. We were silent...for about three seconds...
"So, why are you guys here?"
"Just needed some place to crash that's got all the amenities."
"Yup. Like he said"
"Freeloaders."
"Hahaha. Thanks!"
Soon after that we heard Mrs. Mooneyham talking to Hunter.
"Mommy, Zack won't let me into his room."
"You should respect their privacy sweetie, they're his friends and it's his room. He can do anything he wants."
"But, they're my bestest friends too!!!!"
"Ask Zack first, its his privacy."
"Well, I should be let in because I'm part of a Rock band too!"
Zack called form inside of his room,
"Yeah Right! Its not a rock band its Britney Spears' music you play, that's not rock! Its pop! In fact you don't even play an instrument, you and your bratty, poseur friends sing and dance to it. And its not even in tune!"
"Zack!" their mom scolded.
"Whatever. I'm still not letting them in my room."
"Mommy!!!"
"You have your own room."
"I don't wanna go there I wannna hang out with 'my' friends!"
It had always been Hunter's dream to be one of us, the cool kids.
"Hunter, enough. Take off that silly outfit and put on your decent clothes. You can invite Chelsea and Kaye over if you want."
"Zack's wearing these kind of clothes."
"He's been wearing them since the fifth grade."
"I'm in the fifth grade."
"I don't want you to end up like him."
"I RESENT THAT."
"Sorry Zack. I want you to be something different."
"Oookaaay..." she said finally and she changed and retreated to her room. We knew this would go on until we all graduated, or longer. We read her diary once, it had all her silly fantasies about Freddy.
We kept one secret from her. Jesse, since he rarely had any friends over spent time with us. We really didn't mind coz he didn't act so...feeling. Understand? Another big secret was when we said we would bring Jesse to the park with us when Hunter was with her friends we'd smuggle him to Dewey's apartment and Freddy would teach him how to play drums.
We all liked Jesse, and occasionally liked Hunter. Most of the time though, she's a brat. She almost figured out our secret when she and her friends decided that they would follow us in hopes that they'd gain coolness or something. Fortunately, we were on our way home before they could catch up to us. And we'd say that we were at the park. Clever ey?
Not today though. We had some party preparations to do. We let Jesse in the room for a while and Zack lent him his I-Pod. So we talked while Jesse headbanged.
"Well, who's in charge of the guest list?" Freddy asked
"I'll do that." I replied.
"Food?" Zack asked
"Moi." (Freddy)
"So I guess its music for me." said Zack.
We talked some more about music, how bratty Hunter was and how cool it would be if Jesse became a great rock star with some famous people who play like Kurt Cobain and stuff. Soon we decided to leave.
The three of us invited Jess to come along with us to prepare. He declined so we left without him. We said a quick good bye to Zack's parents and we were out the door in no time. We headed for the mall in the city. Of course it was a pretty long walk but what the hell.
We had time to kill.
"So Freddy," I started "Whats on our menu?"
"Chips, soda, whatever."
"hel-lo, you're in charge of the food!"
"What? We'll just let everybody bring what they will, I'll just bring the chips and soda and whatever. Kay?"
I looked back at him skeptically.
So we bought what we needed and then we hung out at this new place called "Ice Monster" It served some yummy ice treats like this Strawberry ice thing which was milk, crushed ice and strawberry. That was good!
We ended this at around one (we took a long time there...) and then we all headed home. So then I called everybody. But then I remembered I had to call Matt, I did...
"Hello?"
"Hey Sam. Where's Matt?"
"Behind me...here."
"Hey Matt."
"Sup? Why'd ya call?"
"Well just wanted to say that you guys are invited to a party tonight at the PR."
"Okay, sounds good, wait...HEY GUYS, PARTY AT THE PR! YA'LL COMING???!!!"
I heard sounds of sure, cool, a'ight.
"Katie, we'll be there."
"Thanks, is Dewey there yet?"
"Yeah. He's here with Summer."
"Lemme talk to him, or Summer, whoever."
"Kay, DEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWEEEEEEY!!! ITS KAAAAAYYYYYTTTTEEEE!!!!!"
"Just a minute, ya don't have to shout...Hey Posh, wazzup?"
"Well, I heard from Summer that we got the gig with Metallica and then there's a party blablabla."
"Yeah so?"
"So we're throwing a party. Duh."
"A party! Cool. We'll be there."
"Yeah See Ya."
"A'ight bye."
I put down the phone and retreated to my room. I wanted to take a loooong nap.
.............
When I woke uo I looked at my watch. It was 5:37. I had to pick up Vaneza at 6:45 and be there at 7:00. (groan.) Okay, so not to panic...I pulled out my outfit and stared at it. It was a black denim jacket with our band's logo sewn onto the back and a red shirt that said "Bite Me". I was wearing a faux fur cow print skirt and black Chucks. Boy would I look like a fashion doofus. I took a shower and changed into my outfit for that night.
I dabbed on some make up, lip gloss and I put my haor up in that hairdo I had during the first BotB I competed in and I spritzed on some cologne. I figured I had time to kill since it was only 6:15. No one had called to cancel, which was good. So I lay down on my bed and grabbed a magazine.
It was one of my my old "Total Girl" mags. I stopped reading it when I was around 11. This was like my Cosmo, I wanted to be like these girls. Now, its like the opposite of what I like. I don't know why I still kept this. Well, it's a part of my childhood. I didn't think I would but I sorta enjoyed it. I read a little longer than I grabbed my bag and left for Vaneza's house.
"Oh, you came. I thought you'd never make it!" Vaneza said. She looked cute, her hair was in this bun/ponytail thing with chopsticks in her hair. She had a blue Chinese style shirt which had red flowers on one side. She was also wearing these black capris and lace up sandals.
"Of course I'd come. I'm not rude. So, thats a nice outfit, why are you dressed like that?"
"Well coz I like this outfit, and I'm trying to impress a certain guy. Also coz I like dressing up in...how do you say...erm, costumes. Its cute, but nothing overboard."
"Oh, well, yah it looks cute on you, as for the impressing thing well...you might end up impressing someone else?" Someone like Zack, but I didn't say that.
"Yeah. Anyway, how 'bout you? I like your outfit too, its so creative. Where'd ya get the idea."
"I like dressing like this. Its just really my style to wear totally contrasting outfits."
"Well, it suits you."
"Thanks."
We walked to the party in silence. I could here music playing from around 15 feet away. I recognized one of the songs as one of hours. It sounded like Dewey's song about his being kicked out of No Vacancy. Boy that was a weird song. That song was followed by our theme song.
"Hey, is that your song playing?" Vaneza asked.
"Yup. We played that during the Battle of the Bands. We didn't exactly win but we got an encore."
"That's good."
"Well are you ready to party."
"Yeah. I also want to speak to Sam, see if he's really the guy who is perfect for me."
"Yeah." I pray to god if he exists (A/N: She's practically religionless, chap.3) that its not Sam who's her perfect guy. She hoped that it would be Zack. I mean after all, he was perfect boyfriend material. He was smart, sincere, funny, he listened, he was cute (but of course not as cute as Freddy, but that's my opinion.), he was sweet. In fact if I wasn't with Freddy he'd be my next candidate.
So we went up to the front door and unlocked it. It looked like a rockin' party! Most of the people were dancing. But Zack, Freddy, and Summer were talking. Okay, Zack and Summer were arguing so I had to cut in.
"Guys, hey, this is Vaneza."
"Vaneza meet Freddy, Summer and Zack."
They all waved and I pulled Freddy out of that scene for a while.
"Freddy, we have a few problems with this scene."
"What?"
"Well, two of our best friends are fighting and one of our best friends is in an awkward position."
"Well, what do you want us to do."
"Okay, I'd hate to drag you into this but I want Summer and Zack friends again."
"So..."
"Well, like I said earlier, no freaky schemes but I'd like it if you know we could how do you say, talk them into being friends again. You know convince them."
"Oookaaay...so then what?"
"Well that's all."
"What about Zack and Vaneza?"
"Well, can't they work it out on their own. Its not ours to meddle in."
"Yeah but it seems that Vaneza likes someone else though."
How right you are...
"Look, we'll just wait. I mean things aren't always as they seem."
"I guess so."
"C'mon lets just enjoy the party. Talk, whatever."
"Alright."
So I led him back to where we were sitting. Dewey was socializing with everyone and Summer was gone. I saw her talking to Gordon. Oh well, Zack was having a conversation with Vaneza about...well everything or so it seemed.
They were both having a good time. That's good and she hasn't looked for Sam once. Hah. Their relationship might actually bloom without our playing matchmaker. I'll be so proud.
I left the three of them for a while but not before telling Freddy to try and convince Zack that befriending Summer would be a good idea. Vaneza stood up when I left, she had a smile on her face. That was a good sign.
I saw Summer also deep in conversation with Gordon. They were seated in that love seat near the couches. Oooooohhhh...
"Uh, hey Gordon may I borrow Summer for a while?"
"Sure Katie."
"Thanks."
Once we were gone I dragged her off to a corner.
"Hey, whatcha want?"
"To talk."
"Talk about what?"
"Wait, before we get to that Sum this is Vaneza, V this is Summer."
Polite hellos were exchanged.
"Okay, so this is about you and Zack."
"Zack? Don't even talk to me about that slimeball!"
"Summer, its been ten friggin' months. Don't you think you should bury the hatchet already?"
I was speaking calmer than I felt.
"No...I'd use the hatchet on him first. Besides its his fault!"
"You know, its not his fault! Its your friggin fault! He loved you, note, he doesn't anymore, anyway its you who started all this, aren't you being immature?!"
"Me? Immature!!! Hell no!"
"Oh yeah? Well this fight sounds pretty stupid! Like I said its been ten months! I mean it wasn't even that big of a fight. You're the one acting like a child!!! Godammit!"
I really hadn't meant to say that. But I just had to fire back in my best friend's defense.
"You're always telling us to grow up! You're the mature one, you're the one I expected to try to stop this fight. But no, you Summer Cordelia Andrea Romano Hathaway, the most reasonable person I know, are acting like a brat! Unless you're willing to change I refuse to talk to you. Come on Vaneza.." and we left her looking stunned.
"Katie?"
"Yes?"
"We're still friends right?"
"Of course Vaneza."
"Well, I have to go over to Zack for a while. Just to cheer him up."
I looked in his direction, he looked pretty huffy as well. Well Freddy didn't look so mad, but I'd talk to him later. I plunked down next to Tomika.
"Hey Katie."
"Hi Tomika, how are you enjoying the party?"
"Oh its great, I'm just taking a rest from all that dancing. Notice anything new about me?"
I looked at her, Omigod, she slimmed down. Not much but she certainly looked better.
"Tomika! You look so much better now! How'd you do it?"
"Thanks! Yoga with my mom, daily jogs, eating healthy, gym food. So why do you look so down?"
"I'm just angry that Summer's acting like an immature brat."
"Zack I suppose?"
"Well yeah, but enough about them, you? How's your love life?"
"Hmmm, well promise you won't tell?"
"Not a soul."
"Well, I like Matt."
"Matt? Matt Finn?"
"Yeah, I talked to him a few times, he's pretty cool."
"Yeah."
So we talked some more then I left her coz Freddy had came over and asked me to slow dance with him. He pointed behind me and Vaneza and Zack were doing the same thing. Hehehehehehehehehehehehe... so they are doin it without our help. The party ended at around 2:00, Gordon walked Sumer home. Zack walked Vaneza home, and of course Freddy walked me home.
"Freddy..."
"Hmmm?"
"How'd it go with Zack?"
"Well he wasn't what you'd call open to the idea."
"Oh well neither was Summer. Well are you guys still friends?"
"Of course we are."
"Oh."
"Well here you are milady."
"Thanks kind sir."
He dropped me off at the house and kissed me softly on the cheek.
'Well,' I thought, 'At least it ended perfectly.' And I walked upstairs.
Suddenly my phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Katie?"
"Vaneza! Hi! How'd it go with Zack?"
"Well..."
-TBC-
(A/N: So well? Whatcha think? Will Zack and Summer be friends again? Will Katie and Summer be friends again? Will Summer make it with Gordon? Does Vaneza like Zack? Find out in the next chapter. Boy am I sleepy.)