They walked very fast-paced to Freddy's, and made it there around
4:25. His parents weren't home, so Freddy didn't care much about his
entrance, not like he ever did.
"Welcome to Casa de Freddy," Freddy said throwing down his stuff.
It was only Zack's third time at his house. In fact, it would be everyone else's first or second. The only reason it would be ANYONE'S—except Katie and Frankie, of course—second time was because of projects. Sometimes Freddy's parents would invite some of the other kids and their parents over for dinner, so Freddy would threaten whoever was coming over that day. He usually said the same thing; "Since we have to pretend to be friends you'll have to pretend to know something about me. I like Eminem, Skateboarding, and 'Office space' with Ron Livingston. Any questions? Good". He would usually leave it at that and ignore them until they came to dinner that night.
Little did Freddy know, his parents weren't as stupid and oblivious as he thought. One of the main purposes for his friends coming over was for him to somehow spark interests in getting to know his classmates...or—dare anyone say— make a friend.
They went down into the finished basement, which became Freddy's room after a while. It was a big room, possibly bigger than Dewey's entire apartment, but Freddie kept a big open space for his drums and jamming. He had about 3 amps, all Katie's. Her family being loaded, she decided to keep a few spare at Freddy's; sometimes it made her feel like she had more of an obligation to be there when the rest of his friends from the skate-park were over. She knew deep down he'd take her over them any day, but it just wasn't the same.
"I'm almost nervous," Freddy blurted out.
"How come?" Zack asked putting down his guitar case next to Freddy's couch.
"I don't know, just seems like 4 weeks ago, if I asked you to come over my house, you wouldn't be coming back out with both legs. That's not even what it seems like, that's what it is. Ah, I don't know, just bad vibes," Freddy said shrugging it off at his second-thought.
"Yeah it's gonna be fine man don't worry about it,", Zack said agreeing to let it go.
Katie was in the corner hooking up her bass. She managed a G and part of an A chord when the doorbell rang.
"Ah, the doorbell; I will get that", Katie said literally prancing up the stairs.
"Dork," Freddy muttered under his breath.
Zack overheard Freddy and just smiled sweetly. When it came to Freddy and Katie, sometimes he wasn't sure if it was brotherly-sisterly love, or just love.
Katie shuffled down the stairs swiftly, three following behind her. Gordon, Alicia and Marco followed down, looking around Freddy's basement. Unchorused, the three greeted Freddy.
"Hey Freddy what's goin' on," Marco greeted.
"Hey Fred'", Alicia said with a nod.
"What's up Freddy", Gordon said with a polite smile.
"What's goin on guys", Freddy greeted back.
Zack was strumming a little here-and-there to get him going, tuning up and down; trying to get the right sound. "Too flat", Zack muttered under his breath. Katie and Zack knew a decent amount about tuning before the band, from music class. Upon Dewey beginning to explain tuning to Zack and Katie, Zack had said "It's the same thing, tighten for higher, loosen for flatter. Same gig."
Eventually Zack looked up.
"Hey guys," said Zack with a wave. "See the others?"
"Na", Alicia said shrugging, sitting down on the couch.
With that the doorbell rang. Katie ran on cue to get it, and came down with 7 more.
"Hey guys", Freddy said getting up from his drum set. He dropped his sticks down on his snare and walked over to Zack, who had yet to take note of who walked in. Summer, Leonard, Frankie, Tomika, Marta, Lawrence and Billy took random talking circles and seats around the room.
"Hey Billy, what's in the bag?" Freddy asked with a serious curiosity, hoping it wasn't something for him and Katie to have to try on.
"Some patterns and Experimentationals. I have the gorgeous outfits that were rudely rejected from the Battle of the Bands, I've put some more work into them and I think Dewey will like them", Billy replied with a nod and a wink.
'Christ in acrimony', Freddy thought to himself. "You're kidding me," Freddy began. "Right?"
"Huh? What? You think you can dress yourselves better?" Billy began. "You can't even dress yourself! Ugh you can Dewey should get together and form an 'I can't dress myself club'".
"Speaking of which, I have to get dressed," Freddy said quickly. "Katie, can you come upstairs with me?" At that point Oh's and ah's were heard from around the room. "Not funny", Freddy said with a sarcastic, playful face.
"Yeah", Katie replied to his question, putting down her bass. They were heading upstairs to Freddy's real room, and Katie followed shortly behind. "What do you need me for anyway?"
"I don't know, I feel more secure with you around. Problem?", Freddy asked with a fake anger.
"You're such a bad mood-faker," Katie said chuckling. "But no, no problem. I was just asking".
"Alright then," Freddy said bulging his eyes and stopping outside the door.
They entered the room and Katie headed for the bed to sit down.
"Uh-uh", Freddy said grabbing her arm. Katie felt a chill and relaxed her shoulders. "You're going to help me look halfway decent".
Katie rolled her eyes and headed over to the door to Freddy's walk in closet. She walked in and looked around. She grabbed an over-sized gray Rush shirt from the top rack and threw it at him. It landed on his head and she giggled. "Ha-ha," She said teasingly.
Freddy rolled his eyes with a smile and unbuttoned his shirt while Katie was looking for pants. He sloppily pulled the gray one over his head and kicked off his shoes. Katie threw a pair of below the knee length denim shorts on the floor next to him. On that note she grabbed his blue and white Airwalks from the bottom and chucked them next to him.
"Satisfied?", Katie asked smiling and walking away
Freddy shook his head and began to take off his pants. He fell down trying to step out of them. "Fuck," Freddie muttered loud enough for Katie to hear.
Katie ran over. "Dork," she said reaching out her hand.
"Fuck you," Freddy said taking her hand and smiling.
"Right back at ya", she said letting go. Freddy fell again.
"Ouch! Bitch," Freddy said trying to get up.
"That's power," Katie said with a fake hair toss.
"That's being a bitch", Freddy added to her comment and tossed his imaginary hair.
At this point Freddy was still lying down on the floor, and propped himself up on his elbows. Katie realized his pants were at his ankles.
"You're pathetic," she said with a chuckle and helped him up.
'You're beautiful,' he thought to himself. "Oh, right, and you're not," Freddy said kicking off his pants. He picked up his shorts.
"I'm not desperate enough to change in front of my best friend, Katie said laughing
"But you're still desperate," Freddy said stepping into his shorts.
"Am not", Katie said tilting her head
"You said 'not desperate ENOUGH'," Freddie stated cleverly. "But you're still desperate." Freddy ended his statement with an I'm-not-listening look.
"You know what I meant," Katie said playfully pushing him
"And now you're trying to throw me down to the floor again?" Freddie asked playfully. "How can I be so sure Katie?"
"You're so not funny Freddy" Katie said rolling her eyes.
"Is that why you always laugh at every word I say?", Freddy asked, finally pulling up his shorts.
"Yes Freddy, that's EXACTLY why, now that you mention it", Katie said sarcastically.
"I know," Freddy said with a charming smile. "I know everything. Including that I like you", Freddy said buttoning his pants. He quickly realized what he said and corrected himself, "I mean that you like me!", Freddy added with bulging eyes.
---Thanks for ur patience guys I had a lot of shit goin on and I had to stay with my brother. Anyway, I'll post next chapter shortly. If u guys have any suggestions I'm always open.
Falling-leaves – thanks a lot=] SSI – thanks so much I'm glad u like it Nanners77 – thanks verryyy much uve been a relly big help ! Justvisitingukgirl – haha yes that happends to me too .. I'm glad u reviewed and thanks a lot dude ! Katryn-ciardi – Thankx much , wil update veryy soon.
"Welcome to Casa de Freddy," Freddy said throwing down his stuff.
It was only Zack's third time at his house. In fact, it would be everyone else's first or second. The only reason it would be ANYONE'S—except Katie and Frankie, of course—second time was because of projects. Sometimes Freddy's parents would invite some of the other kids and their parents over for dinner, so Freddy would threaten whoever was coming over that day. He usually said the same thing; "Since we have to pretend to be friends you'll have to pretend to know something about me. I like Eminem, Skateboarding, and 'Office space' with Ron Livingston. Any questions? Good". He would usually leave it at that and ignore them until they came to dinner that night.
Little did Freddy know, his parents weren't as stupid and oblivious as he thought. One of the main purposes for his friends coming over was for him to somehow spark interests in getting to know his classmates...or—dare anyone say— make a friend.
They went down into the finished basement, which became Freddy's room after a while. It was a big room, possibly bigger than Dewey's entire apartment, but Freddie kept a big open space for his drums and jamming. He had about 3 amps, all Katie's. Her family being loaded, she decided to keep a few spare at Freddy's; sometimes it made her feel like she had more of an obligation to be there when the rest of his friends from the skate-park were over. She knew deep down he'd take her over them any day, but it just wasn't the same.
"I'm almost nervous," Freddy blurted out.
"How come?" Zack asked putting down his guitar case next to Freddy's couch.
"I don't know, just seems like 4 weeks ago, if I asked you to come over my house, you wouldn't be coming back out with both legs. That's not even what it seems like, that's what it is. Ah, I don't know, just bad vibes," Freddy said shrugging it off at his second-thought.
"Yeah it's gonna be fine man don't worry about it,", Zack said agreeing to let it go.
Katie was in the corner hooking up her bass. She managed a G and part of an A chord when the doorbell rang.
"Ah, the doorbell; I will get that", Katie said literally prancing up the stairs.
"Dork," Freddy muttered under his breath.
Zack overheard Freddy and just smiled sweetly. When it came to Freddy and Katie, sometimes he wasn't sure if it was brotherly-sisterly love, or just love.
Katie shuffled down the stairs swiftly, three following behind her. Gordon, Alicia and Marco followed down, looking around Freddy's basement. Unchorused, the three greeted Freddy.
"Hey Freddy what's goin' on," Marco greeted.
"Hey Fred'", Alicia said with a nod.
"What's up Freddy", Gordon said with a polite smile.
"What's goin on guys", Freddy greeted back.
Zack was strumming a little here-and-there to get him going, tuning up and down; trying to get the right sound. "Too flat", Zack muttered under his breath. Katie and Zack knew a decent amount about tuning before the band, from music class. Upon Dewey beginning to explain tuning to Zack and Katie, Zack had said "It's the same thing, tighten for higher, loosen for flatter. Same gig."
Eventually Zack looked up.
"Hey guys," said Zack with a wave. "See the others?"
"Na", Alicia said shrugging, sitting down on the couch.
With that the doorbell rang. Katie ran on cue to get it, and came down with 7 more.
"Hey guys", Freddy said getting up from his drum set. He dropped his sticks down on his snare and walked over to Zack, who had yet to take note of who walked in. Summer, Leonard, Frankie, Tomika, Marta, Lawrence and Billy took random talking circles and seats around the room.
"Hey Billy, what's in the bag?" Freddy asked with a serious curiosity, hoping it wasn't something for him and Katie to have to try on.
"Some patterns and Experimentationals. I have the gorgeous outfits that were rudely rejected from the Battle of the Bands, I've put some more work into them and I think Dewey will like them", Billy replied with a nod and a wink.
'Christ in acrimony', Freddy thought to himself. "You're kidding me," Freddy began. "Right?"
"Huh? What? You think you can dress yourselves better?" Billy began. "You can't even dress yourself! Ugh you can Dewey should get together and form an 'I can't dress myself club'".
"Speaking of which, I have to get dressed," Freddy said quickly. "Katie, can you come upstairs with me?" At that point Oh's and ah's were heard from around the room. "Not funny", Freddy said with a sarcastic, playful face.
"Yeah", Katie replied to his question, putting down her bass. They were heading upstairs to Freddy's real room, and Katie followed shortly behind. "What do you need me for anyway?"
"I don't know, I feel more secure with you around. Problem?", Freddy asked with a fake anger.
"You're such a bad mood-faker," Katie said chuckling. "But no, no problem. I was just asking".
"Alright then," Freddy said bulging his eyes and stopping outside the door.
They entered the room and Katie headed for the bed to sit down.
"Uh-uh", Freddy said grabbing her arm. Katie felt a chill and relaxed her shoulders. "You're going to help me look halfway decent".
Katie rolled her eyes and headed over to the door to Freddy's walk in closet. She walked in and looked around. She grabbed an over-sized gray Rush shirt from the top rack and threw it at him. It landed on his head and she giggled. "Ha-ha," She said teasingly.
Freddy rolled his eyes with a smile and unbuttoned his shirt while Katie was looking for pants. He sloppily pulled the gray one over his head and kicked off his shoes. Katie threw a pair of below the knee length denim shorts on the floor next to him. On that note she grabbed his blue and white Airwalks from the bottom and chucked them next to him.
"Satisfied?", Katie asked smiling and walking away
Freddy shook his head and began to take off his pants. He fell down trying to step out of them. "Fuck," Freddie muttered loud enough for Katie to hear.
Katie ran over. "Dork," she said reaching out her hand.
"Fuck you," Freddy said taking her hand and smiling.
"Right back at ya", she said letting go. Freddy fell again.
"Ouch! Bitch," Freddy said trying to get up.
"That's power," Katie said with a fake hair toss.
"That's being a bitch", Freddy added to her comment and tossed his imaginary hair.
At this point Freddy was still lying down on the floor, and propped himself up on his elbows. Katie realized his pants were at his ankles.
"You're pathetic," she said with a chuckle and helped him up.
'You're beautiful,' he thought to himself. "Oh, right, and you're not," Freddy said kicking off his pants. He picked up his shorts.
"I'm not desperate enough to change in front of my best friend, Katie said laughing
"But you're still desperate," Freddy said stepping into his shorts.
"Am not", Katie said tilting her head
"You said 'not desperate ENOUGH'," Freddie stated cleverly. "But you're still desperate." Freddy ended his statement with an I'm-not-listening look.
"You know what I meant," Katie said playfully pushing him
"And now you're trying to throw me down to the floor again?" Freddie asked playfully. "How can I be so sure Katie?"
"You're so not funny Freddy" Katie said rolling her eyes.
"Is that why you always laugh at every word I say?", Freddy asked, finally pulling up his shorts.
"Yes Freddy, that's EXACTLY why, now that you mention it", Katie said sarcastically.
"I know," Freddy said with a charming smile. "I know everything. Including that I like you", Freddy said buttoning his pants. He quickly realized what he said and corrected himself, "I mean that you like me!", Freddy added with bulging eyes.
---Thanks for ur patience guys I had a lot of shit goin on and I had to stay with my brother. Anyway, I'll post next chapter shortly. If u guys have any suggestions I'm always open.
Falling-leaves – thanks a lot=] SSI – thanks so much I'm glad u like it Nanners77 – thanks verryyy much uve been a relly big help ! Justvisitingukgirl – haha yes that happends to me too .. I'm glad u reviewed and thanks a lot dude ! Katryn-ciardi – Thankx much , wil update veryy soon.