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Chapter Eleven: Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
Some were leaving from cars. Others by plane. It didn't matter. They were sticking together until every last one left. Summer could not believe it. She didn't want to say goodbye to her best friends- not for the second time in her life!
True, she'd still have Zack and Freddy- she was going to be staying with them at their apartment thing until she could "get her act together" and try out for another college next term.
"You guys," She stated, before Marta, Tomika, Alicia, Billy, Marco, and Michelle and Eleni drove off. Tears were stinging her eyes as she choked out, "You all have to promise me that we'll stay in touch before next year's reunion- there will be one, don't you worry. And I mean it this time! I missed you guys so, so much! I don't want to lose you guys again- ever! Ever!"
As tears ran like streams down her face, she felt Zack put her arm around her. More teary eyes greeted Summer's, as they all rushed into a big group hug.
"I will!"
"Me too!"
"I'm gonna miss you guys so much!"
"I love you all so much! If you ever need ANYTHING- just call me..."
As they all chorused their goodbyes, Summer smiled. They were going to keep their promises now, she knew they would... They broke out of the hug to say their personal goodbyes.
"Summer... look." Zack spoke, turning her around to face him. As she looked into his eyes- she could it was something important. "I don't know how or why, but somehow... I-I think I have fallen in love with you over these past few days... I don't know if it was from spending time with you, talking to you, or..."
"Just my wonderful new, sexy looks?" Summer finished boldly for him. Zack looked at her, stunned and confused. Summer smiled, tears still in her eyes and beamed, "Thank you so much, Zack. For everything. And don't worry... the feeling's mutual..."
With that she pulled him into a kiss...
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Tomika hugged Alicia and Marta tightly. "Ooh, girls! The Three Musketeers ain't gonna be broken up- none of us are! Listen- when I make it big, you'll know; cause I'll try my hardest to get you two your own record deals yourselves!"
"Aw, Tomika. I'd be happier singing backup for you any day than bein' all rich and lonely, girl! All for one, one for all!" Alicia smiled. Marta, too.
"Good luck- both of you! We had better get together before the next reunion!" Marta shook out.
"No problem, no problem..."
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"I'm starting to wonder if this reunion was a good idea or not," Freddy stated to Zack and Summer as he drove the three of them as well as Lawrence, Frankie, and Gordon to the airport.
"What do you mean?" Zack asked, wild-eyed. The others returned the look.
"Now we're all gonna miss each other more than we would have if we hadn't gotten together in the first place." He said, staring blankly at the highway.
"Dude- shut up!" Frankie ordered.
"Yeah- this was awesome! You guys got to perform again, we got to catch up! Even if I never got to tell Marta that I liked her..." Gordon added, smiling weakly.
"We had such a great time!" Lawrence chimed.
"Yeah, Spazzy!," Summer looked at him confused and pitifully, "Plus... can you imagine what I'd still be in if we hadn't gotten together? I wouldn't have my wonderful Zack Attack here to take the place of my beloved Charlie- Marta wouldn't be her perky self, and-"
"And me and Katie never would be this mad at each other." Freddy interrupted her. The others were silent. He knew they knew he was right. Zack spoke first after a pause before pulling into the airport.
"Dude- there's still time."
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This is it, thought Katie, as she hugged Summer goodbye, and told the others the same for the quadrillionth time. She was going back home to California- back to USC and Greg...
"Rows 30-40 please come aboard." The voice for her plane trip echoed over the intercom. Katie was in row 15. She looked at her friends- who were either waving goodbye, parting for their own gates, or waving goodbye, standing in the midst of the ones leaving.
As she looked at their faces, she thought to herself. She would miss them so much- there was no way she was giving up on bass and them now! They had brought back her musical soul- her past soul... Any regrets, Katie? A voice asked as rows 25-40 were called. Yeah... another voice replied, Freddy...
Speaking of the blonde drummer, where was he? She did not see his face among Summer's and Zack's- which was pretty weird, because they were together- same car, same apartment and all.
"Rows 20-40..."
Before she knew what was coming over her, thoughts of Freddy were flooding through her. She felt so bad leaving him like this- mad, hateful, angry, confused, and hurt... She hadn't even gotten to say goodbye...
"Rows 15-40..." She sadly smiled and waved, before joining the line of boarding passengers.
"Katie! Wait!!!" A familiar voice called to her. She turned around and was greeted by Freddy, hugging her tightly. She dropped her carry on bag and hugged him back, pulling him aside of the other disgruntled passengers-to-be. Tears were running down her face now.
"Freddy," She sobbed. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean any of it! I was mad and I'm sorry I lead you on and I'm sorry I yelled at you and I'm just so freakin sorry for everything!"
Freddy stood, back- looking her hardly yet sincerely in the eye. "Don't be. You were right. I'm the one who should apologize- it was all my fault in the first place- all the way back then before college."
"But-"
"Shh... Katie. I know you have a boyfriend and all- and I respect that now. I know you have a life other than with me and the band and I'm happy for you. Undyingly happy that you are happy. I know we can't be boyfriend and girlfriend or anything-yet- but I just want to let you know that I will always love you. Always... and even if it isn't in the way I do now, I will always love you as my best friend, Katie."
"All rows, please board!"
"Me, too, Freddy... me too...You don't know how much you mean to me- how this means to me..."
"Oh trust me, Posh... I do. Look... tell this Greg guy... that I said that he is the luckiest guy on earth- ever- and that if he doesn't treat you with the love, respect, and happiness you deserve... he'll be hearing from me, got that?"
"Final boarding call for Los Angeles airport... Final boarding call..."
Katie looked up into his deep brown eyes, a smile on her face and warmth in her heart. "I will, don't worry... I love you Freddy Jones!"
As she turned and walked away, finally truly happy for the first time in ages, down the terminal, after showing security her ticket She heard a voice call after her.
"I love you, too, Katie Brown!..."
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Dewey smiled the next morning. Freddy had called him. Zack had called him. Marta had called him. Every member of the band had called giving him a report on their trips home. He couldn't be happier.
He stared at two framed photographs he had just put up on his dresser- in front of a The Who poster...
The same picture of the band when they had first started as they had projected up last night, and a picture taken last night- exactly the same, yet different...
As he stared at the smiling faces in both pictures, he whispered, "Rock the world, my star little dudes, rock it..."
((Sooo... whadya think?? Huhhuhhuh?? Remember, 1-10 in your review, peeze!! You know what I'm thinking... I'm thinking Epilogue, what about you all out there reading this?? I mean- it would be nice to know how everyone is fairing in five years or so, but this is a pretty okay ending, I hope. Epilogue, no epilogue, epilogue, no epilogue- vote in your review! :) Thanks a million to all my reviewers and readers- I'd be nothing and nowhere without you all!!!! Peace out and save the llamas!!! –Kelsey :) :) :) ))
Chapter Eleven: Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
Some were leaving from cars. Others by plane. It didn't matter. They were sticking together until every last one left. Summer could not believe it. She didn't want to say goodbye to her best friends- not for the second time in her life!
True, she'd still have Zack and Freddy- she was going to be staying with them at their apartment thing until she could "get her act together" and try out for another college next term.
"You guys," She stated, before Marta, Tomika, Alicia, Billy, Marco, and Michelle and Eleni drove off. Tears were stinging her eyes as she choked out, "You all have to promise me that we'll stay in touch before next year's reunion- there will be one, don't you worry. And I mean it this time! I missed you guys so, so much! I don't want to lose you guys again- ever! Ever!"
As tears ran like streams down her face, she felt Zack put her arm around her. More teary eyes greeted Summer's, as they all rushed into a big group hug.
"I will!"
"Me too!"
"I'm gonna miss you guys so much!"
"I love you all so much! If you ever need ANYTHING- just call me..."
As they all chorused their goodbyes, Summer smiled. They were going to keep their promises now, she knew they would... They broke out of the hug to say their personal goodbyes.
"Summer... look." Zack spoke, turning her around to face him. As she looked into his eyes- she could it was something important. "I don't know how or why, but somehow... I-I think I have fallen in love with you over these past few days... I don't know if it was from spending time with you, talking to you, or..."
"Just my wonderful new, sexy looks?" Summer finished boldly for him. Zack looked at her, stunned and confused. Summer smiled, tears still in her eyes and beamed, "Thank you so much, Zack. For everything. And don't worry... the feeling's mutual..."
With that she pulled him into a kiss...
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Tomika hugged Alicia and Marta tightly. "Ooh, girls! The Three Musketeers ain't gonna be broken up- none of us are! Listen- when I make it big, you'll know; cause I'll try my hardest to get you two your own record deals yourselves!"
"Aw, Tomika. I'd be happier singing backup for you any day than bein' all rich and lonely, girl! All for one, one for all!" Alicia smiled. Marta, too.
"Good luck- both of you! We had better get together before the next reunion!" Marta shook out.
"No problem, no problem..."
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"I'm starting to wonder if this reunion was a good idea or not," Freddy stated to Zack and Summer as he drove the three of them as well as Lawrence, Frankie, and Gordon to the airport.
"What do you mean?" Zack asked, wild-eyed. The others returned the look.
"Now we're all gonna miss each other more than we would have if we hadn't gotten together in the first place." He said, staring blankly at the highway.
"Dude- shut up!" Frankie ordered.
"Yeah- this was awesome! You guys got to perform again, we got to catch up! Even if I never got to tell Marta that I liked her..." Gordon added, smiling weakly.
"We had such a great time!" Lawrence chimed.
"Yeah, Spazzy!," Summer looked at him confused and pitifully, "Plus... can you imagine what I'd still be in if we hadn't gotten together? I wouldn't have my wonderful Zack Attack here to take the place of my beloved Charlie- Marta wouldn't be her perky self, and-"
"And me and Katie never would be this mad at each other." Freddy interrupted her. The others were silent. He knew they knew he was right. Zack spoke first after a pause before pulling into the airport.
"Dude- there's still time."
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This is it, thought Katie, as she hugged Summer goodbye, and told the others the same for the quadrillionth time. She was going back home to California- back to USC and Greg...
"Rows 30-40 please come aboard." The voice for her plane trip echoed over the intercom. Katie was in row 15. She looked at her friends- who were either waving goodbye, parting for their own gates, or waving goodbye, standing in the midst of the ones leaving.
As she looked at their faces, she thought to herself. She would miss them so much- there was no way she was giving up on bass and them now! They had brought back her musical soul- her past soul... Any regrets, Katie? A voice asked as rows 25-40 were called. Yeah... another voice replied, Freddy...
Speaking of the blonde drummer, where was he? She did not see his face among Summer's and Zack's- which was pretty weird, because they were together- same car, same apartment and all.
"Rows 20-40..."
Before she knew what was coming over her, thoughts of Freddy were flooding through her. She felt so bad leaving him like this- mad, hateful, angry, confused, and hurt... She hadn't even gotten to say goodbye...
"Rows 15-40..." She sadly smiled and waved, before joining the line of boarding passengers.
"Katie! Wait!!!" A familiar voice called to her. She turned around and was greeted by Freddy, hugging her tightly. She dropped her carry on bag and hugged him back, pulling him aside of the other disgruntled passengers-to-be. Tears were running down her face now.
"Freddy," She sobbed. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean any of it! I was mad and I'm sorry I lead you on and I'm sorry I yelled at you and I'm just so freakin sorry for everything!"
Freddy stood, back- looking her hardly yet sincerely in the eye. "Don't be. You were right. I'm the one who should apologize- it was all my fault in the first place- all the way back then before college."
"But-"
"Shh... Katie. I know you have a boyfriend and all- and I respect that now. I know you have a life other than with me and the band and I'm happy for you. Undyingly happy that you are happy. I know we can't be boyfriend and girlfriend or anything-yet- but I just want to let you know that I will always love you. Always... and even if it isn't in the way I do now, I will always love you as my best friend, Katie."
"All rows, please board!"
"Me, too, Freddy... me too...You don't know how much you mean to me- how this means to me..."
"Oh trust me, Posh... I do. Look... tell this Greg guy... that I said that he is the luckiest guy on earth- ever- and that if he doesn't treat you with the love, respect, and happiness you deserve... he'll be hearing from me, got that?"
"Final boarding call for Los Angeles airport... Final boarding call..."
Katie looked up into his deep brown eyes, a smile on her face and warmth in her heart. "I will, don't worry... I love you Freddy Jones!"
As she turned and walked away, finally truly happy for the first time in ages, down the terminal, after showing security her ticket She heard a voice call after her.
"I love you, too, Katie Brown!..."
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Dewey smiled the next morning. Freddy had called him. Zack had called him. Marta had called him. Every member of the band had called giving him a report on their trips home. He couldn't be happier.
He stared at two framed photographs he had just put up on his dresser- in front of a The Who poster...
The same picture of the band when they had first started as they had projected up last night, and a picture taken last night- exactly the same, yet different...
As he stared at the smiling faces in both pictures, he whispered, "Rock the world, my star little dudes, rock it..."
((Sooo... whadya think?? Huhhuhhuh?? Remember, 1-10 in your review, peeze!! You know what I'm thinking... I'm thinking Epilogue, what about you all out there reading this?? I mean- it would be nice to know how everyone is fairing in five years or so, but this is a pretty okay ending, I hope. Epilogue, no epilogue, epilogue, no epilogue- vote in your review! :) Thanks a million to all my reviewers and readers- I'd be nothing and nowhere without you all!!!! Peace out and save the llamas!!! –Kelsey :) :) :) ))