A/N: Own nothing. Blah Blah Blah. Yeah on to the story.
HANNAH'S POV
My face flushed when Ally said that. "H-how did you know?" I asked her.
"It's really obvious if you watch carefully," Ally stated matter-of- factly.
"D-did you tell mom or dad?" I asked and prayed to God that she didn't.
"No. And I'm not as long as you don't tell them about me and Kevin," she said to me and I was astounded that she was going to keep her mouth shut.
"Fine," I replied grudingly and shook her hand.
The three of us went upstairs and to 'bed'. Well Caitrin and I stayed up gossiping all night.
NORMAL POV
School was on break so Zack and Hannah didn't have to go to school for another week. Zack had to put his amp on Freddy's head to wake him up in the morning. Freddy had to find his drumsticks and Zack had to put his beloved Flying V in its case before they could go. After they got dressed and grabbed some pancakes they went next door to get the girls.
Freddy hadn't bothered changing his clothes the night before so he had on dirty blue jeans, black and white Vans, and a black Element hoodie. He just ran his gelled hand through his hair once to spike it that morning.
Zack's attire was different from his best friends. He was wearing slightly baggy blue jeans, a Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven t-shirt with a white long sleeved shirt underneath, and his faithful black Chuck Taylor Converse. Today he hadn't bothered brushing his hair so it was tangled and matted in his eyes.
"Hey, so when is the performance?" Zack asked as they were waiting on Hannah's porch for the girls to get dressed.
"Uhhh. Tonight I think," Freddy asked with a dazed look on his face as the door opened and Caitrin and Hannah came out dressed either rock or punk.
Caitrin used some odd gel to dye the tips of her hair bright blue. She had on a black tank top that stopped just above her bellybutton, which showed of her tanned stomach. She had on tight blue jeans and many spiked bracelets and chokers.
Hannah had decided to be more rock today. Her hair was parted zigzagged, and her makeup was really dark and somewhat gothic. She had on a Black Sabbath t-shirt and fitted blue jeans.
"Come on, we need to get up to the hotel to get everyone else," Zack said and offered his hand to Hannah who motioned towards the door with her eyes.
Zack nodded in a way that said he understood and Caitrin and Freddy held hands and ran down the street.
Ten minutes later they were sitting in the back of the van with the rest of the band. Eleni Hale's mom had offered to drive the backstage crew around in her minivan. Summer sat up front with Dewey and they were talking about tour dates.
" Ok now it is six thirty, so if we get there by seven, we'll have about an hour to prepare. Then you guys have a six song set. Have you decided which songs yet?" Summer asked Dewey and hoped he listened.
"Yeah. We're going to play 'It's A Long Way To The Top', then 'Bonzo Goes To Bitburg', eh, then we're doing 'Black Dog', 'Edge of Seventeen', and of course we end it with, 'School of Rock'!" he exclaimed.
Everyone in the back snickered.
"What?" he asked as he was very confused.
"Edge of Seventeen? Is your girlfriend going to be there or are you sending her a recording?" Katie asked and started laughing.
" Hey! Don't be talking about her like that. She can expel every last one of you!" Dewey argued defensively.
"Yeah okay man," Freddy said and turned to talk to Katie.
"Damn it. Looks like there's going to be traffic," Dewey muttered under his breath.
Summer and Dewey kept talking about the gig up front until Dewey decided to put on some music. Smoke on the Water came blasting out of the speakers as Dewey turned the volume up against Summer's protesting that it was too loud. Zack joined in on his guitar...
"We all came out to Montreaux From the Lake Geneva shoreline To make records with a mobile We didn't have much time Frank Zappa and the Mothers Were at the best place around But some stupid with a flare gun Burned the place to the ground Smoke on the water A fire in the sky Smoke on the water They burned down the gambling house It died with an awful sound Funky Claude was running in and out Pulling kids out the ground When it all was over We had to find another place But Swiss time was running out It seemed that we would lose the race Smoke on the water A fire in the sky Smoke on the water We ended up at the Grand Hotel It was empty cold and bare But with the rolling truck Stones thing just outside Making our music there With a few red lights and a few old beds We made a place to sweat No matter what we get out of this I know we'll never forget Smoke on the water A fire in the sky Smoke on the water"
When the song ended Summer quickly turned off the cd player and pointed out, "We're there. Okay everyone we have twenty minutes to get ready!"
Everyone unloaded including Hannah who went with them and they all went backstage. Zack, Katie and Caitrin tuned their guitars. Freddy was air drumming and Lawrence was sitting down reading. Hannah went over to the side and started talking to Summer.
"Hi Summer," Hannah said brightly.
"Hi. Excuse me but I have to make sure no one is goofing off," Summer said briskly and walked over to the back up singers.
Hannah shook her head and sat down on the couch next to Zack.
"Hey," she said.
"Hey," he answered, now tuning the fifth string.
"Hey, everyone gather round for the union of rock!" Dewey exclaimed.
"I got to go," Zack said and quickly kissed Hannah on the lips. Hannah watched him go and join the other band members and her smile faltered when she saw Summer glaring at her angrily.
"Let's kick ass!" Dewey yelled a moment later as the announcer called for them to come on stage. Freddy was the first to run out on stage, closely followed by Caitrin, Katie and Dewey. Then the three back up singers sort of skipped on stage and Lawrence walked to his keyboard. Zack stood right next to the stage staring longingly out at the band.
Hannah spotted him and went over and put her arms around him. He turned around and smiled.
"You really miss it," Hannah whispered in his ear as he pulled her into a hug.
"Yeah. I can't wait to go back out there," Zack whispered back longingly with his eyes glistening.
"Well, now's your chance, I love you," Hannah whispered and kissed him passionately before he ran out onstage to play.
He plugged his guitar into the amp and Caitrin ran backstage. Zack turned to face the crowd and gave them all a rock on sign. He said something to Dewey and a look of dawning came over his face and then he grinned.
The guitar playing started and Zack went up to the microphone...
"Baby we was making straight A's,
But we was stuck in the dumb days.
Don't take much to memorize your lies,
I feel like I've been hypnotized.
And then that magic man he come to town,
Woo-wee! He done spun my head around!
He said "Recess is in session,
Two and two make five."
And now baby oh I'm alive!
Ah yeah! I am alive!
And if you wanna be the teacher's pet,
Well baby you just better forget it.
Rock got no reason,
Rock got no rhyme.
You better get me to school on time!
(Dewey took his guitar solo and rocked)
(Tomika took the mike and sang)
Oh you know I was on the honor roll,
Got good grades, ain't got no soul.
Raise my hand before I can speak my mind,
I've been biting my tongue too many times.
(Zack joins)
And then that magic man told you obey.
(Tomika)Uh huh
(Zack)Do what magic man do not what magic man say!
(Tomika leaving)Say what?
(Dewey)Now can I please have the attention of the class...
Today's assignment...
(Zack and Katie) KICK SOME ASS!
(Zack singing)
And if you wanna be the teacher's pet,
Well baby you just better forget it.
Rock got no reason,
Rock got no rhyme.
You better get me to school on time!
This is my final exam,
And you all know who I am.
I might not be that perfect son,
But you'll all be rocking when I'm done!
(Zack solo)"
Everyone in the audience and backstage loved it! There was a roar of applause and as the band ran off stage a few real groupies ran on stage and tried to tackle Freddy.
"That was amazing!" Hannah yelled as she ran up to Zack and hugged him for dear life.
"I haven't played that in two months and I haven't sung it since fifth grade when I wrote it! I can't believe I still remembered!" Zack exclaimed hugging her back and spinning her off the ground.
Everyone stopped when they listened to who the next band on stage was. The announcer announced, "And now for No Vacancy!"
"Come on guys, we're leaving," Dewey ordered and everyone ran out to the van without protest.
Once in the van Summer announced, "I thought we could all go out to eat together since we are leaving tomorrow morning. Sort of a celebrate reuniting thing!"
"Sorry Sum, but my dad will kill me. Besides, I'm not a part of the band anymore," Zack spoke up even though all the band members were nodding.
"Dewey, here's our street, can you drop us off here?" he asked.
"Sure thing Zack Attack!" Dewey said cheerfully, seemingly having forgotten about No Vacancy being there. Zack and Hannah climbed out of the car and Freddy and Caitrin started to follow until Zack protested.
"You guys go and celebrate. Have fun," Zack said. They agreed and went back in the van.
Once the door was shut Zack and Hannah yelled, "Early Merry Christmas!" simultaneausly(sp?) and went inside their own homes.
HANNAH'S POV
My face flushed when Ally said that. "H-how did you know?" I asked her.
"It's really obvious if you watch carefully," Ally stated matter-of- factly.
"D-did you tell mom or dad?" I asked and prayed to God that she didn't.
"No. And I'm not as long as you don't tell them about me and Kevin," she said to me and I was astounded that she was going to keep her mouth shut.
"Fine," I replied grudingly and shook her hand.
The three of us went upstairs and to 'bed'. Well Caitrin and I stayed up gossiping all night.
NORMAL POV
School was on break so Zack and Hannah didn't have to go to school for another week. Zack had to put his amp on Freddy's head to wake him up in the morning. Freddy had to find his drumsticks and Zack had to put his beloved Flying V in its case before they could go. After they got dressed and grabbed some pancakes they went next door to get the girls.
Freddy hadn't bothered changing his clothes the night before so he had on dirty blue jeans, black and white Vans, and a black Element hoodie. He just ran his gelled hand through his hair once to spike it that morning.
Zack's attire was different from his best friends. He was wearing slightly baggy blue jeans, a Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven t-shirt with a white long sleeved shirt underneath, and his faithful black Chuck Taylor Converse. Today he hadn't bothered brushing his hair so it was tangled and matted in his eyes.
"Hey, so when is the performance?" Zack asked as they were waiting on Hannah's porch for the girls to get dressed.
"Uhhh. Tonight I think," Freddy asked with a dazed look on his face as the door opened and Caitrin and Hannah came out dressed either rock or punk.
Caitrin used some odd gel to dye the tips of her hair bright blue. She had on a black tank top that stopped just above her bellybutton, which showed of her tanned stomach. She had on tight blue jeans and many spiked bracelets and chokers.
Hannah had decided to be more rock today. Her hair was parted zigzagged, and her makeup was really dark and somewhat gothic. She had on a Black Sabbath t-shirt and fitted blue jeans.
"Come on, we need to get up to the hotel to get everyone else," Zack said and offered his hand to Hannah who motioned towards the door with her eyes.
Zack nodded in a way that said he understood and Caitrin and Freddy held hands and ran down the street.
Ten minutes later they were sitting in the back of the van with the rest of the band. Eleni Hale's mom had offered to drive the backstage crew around in her minivan. Summer sat up front with Dewey and they were talking about tour dates.
" Ok now it is six thirty, so if we get there by seven, we'll have about an hour to prepare. Then you guys have a six song set. Have you decided which songs yet?" Summer asked Dewey and hoped he listened.
"Yeah. We're going to play 'It's A Long Way To The Top', then 'Bonzo Goes To Bitburg', eh, then we're doing 'Black Dog', 'Edge of Seventeen', and of course we end it with, 'School of Rock'!" he exclaimed.
Everyone in the back snickered.
"What?" he asked as he was very confused.
"Edge of Seventeen? Is your girlfriend going to be there or are you sending her a recording?" Katie asked and started laughing.
" Hey! Don't be talking about her like that. She can expel every last one of you!" Dewey argued defensively.
"Yeah okay man," Freddy said and turned to talk to Katie.
"Damn it. Looks like there's going to be traffic," Dewey muttered under his breath.
Summer and Dewey kept talking about the gig up front until Dewey decided to put on some music. Smoke on the Water came blasting out of the speakers as Dewey turned the volume up against Summer's protesting that it was too loud. Zack joined in on his guitar...
"We all came out to Montreaux From the Lake Geneva shoreline To make records with a mobile We didn't have much time Frank Zappa and the Mothers Were at the best place around But some stupid with a flare gun Burned the place to the ground Smoke on the water A fire in the sky Smoke on the water They burned down the gambling house It died with an awful sound Funky Claude was running in and out Pulling kids out the ground When it all was over We had to find another place But Swiss time was running out It seemed that we would lose the race Smoke on the water A fire in the sky Smoke on the water We ended up at the Grand Hotel It was empty cold and bare But with the rolling truck Stones thing just outside Making our music there With a few red lights and a few old beds We made a place to sweat No matter what we get out of this I know we'll never forget Smoke on the water A fire in the sky Smoke on the water"
When the song ended Summer quickly turned off the cd player and pointed out, "We're there. Okay everyone we have twenty minutes to get ready!"
Everyone unloaded including Hannah who went with them and they all went backstage. Zack, Katie and Caitrin tuned their guitars. Freddy was air drumming and Lawrence was sitting down reading. Hannah went over to the side and started talking to Summer.
"Hi Summer," Hannah said brightly.
"Hi. Excuse me but I have to make sure no one is goofing off," Summer said briskly and walked over to the back up singers.
Hannah shook her head and sat down on the couch next to Zack.
"Hey," she said.
"Hey," he answered, now tuning the fifth string.
"Hey, everyone gather round for the union of rock!" Dewey exclaimed.
"I got to go," Zack said and quickly kissed Hannah on the lips. Hannah watched him go and join the other band members and her smile faltered when she saw Summer glaring at her angrily.
"Let's kick ass!" Dewey yelled a moment later as the announcer called for them to come on stage. Freddy was the first to run out on stage, closely followed by Caitrin, Katie and Dewey. Then the three back up singers sort of skipped on stage and Lawrence walked to his keyboard. Zack stood right next to the stage staring longingly out at the band.
Hannah spotted him and went over and put her arms around him. He turned around and smiled.
"You really miss it," Hannah whispered in his ear as he pulled her into a hug.
"Yeah. I can't wait to go back out there," Zack whispered back longingly with his eyes glistening.
"Well, now's your chance, I love you," Hannah whispered and kissed him passionately before he ran out onstage to play.
He plugged his guitar into the amp and Caitrin ran backstage. Zack turned to face the crowd and gave them all a rock on sign. He said something to Dewey and a look of dawning came over his face and then he grinned.
The guitar playing started and Zack went up to the microphone...
"Baby we was making straight A's,
But we was stuck in the dumb days.
Don't take much to memorize your lies,
I feel like I've been hypnotized.
And then that magic man he come to town,
Woo-wee! He done spun my head around!
He said "Recess is in session,
Two and two make five."
And now baby oh I'm alive!
Ah yeah! I am alive!
And if you wanna be the teacher's pet,
Well baby you just better forget it.
Rock got no reason,
Rock got no rhyme.
You better get me to school on time!
(Dewey took his guitar solo and rocked)
(Tomika took the mike and sang)
Oh you know I was on the honor roll,
Got good grades, ain't got no soul.
Raise my hand before I can speak my mind,
I've been biting my tongue too many times.
(Zack joins)
And then that magic man told you obey.
(Tomika)Uh huh
(Zack)Do what magic man do not what magic man say!
(Tomika leaving)Say what?
(Dewey)Now can I please have the attention of the class...
Today's assignment...
(Zack and Katie) KICK SOME ASS!
(Zack singing)
And if you wanna be the teacher's pet,
Well baby you just better forget it.
Rock got no reason,
Rock got no rhyme.
You better get me to school on time!
This is my final exam,
And you all know who I am.
I might not be that perfect son,
But you'll all be rocking when I'm done!
(Zack solo)"
Everyone in the audience and backstage loved it! There was a roar of applause and as the band ran off stage a few real groupies ran on stage and tried to tackle Freddy.
"That was amazing!" Hannah yelled as she ran up to Zack and hugged him for dear life.
"I haven't played that in two months and I haven't sung it since fifth grade when I wrote it! I can't believe I still remembered!" Zack exclaimed hugging her back and spinning her off the ground.
Everyone stopped when they listened to who the next band on stage was. The announcer announced, "And now for No Vacancy!"
"Come on guys, we're leaving," Dewey ordered and everyone ran out to the van without protest.
Once in the van Summer announced, "I thought we could all go out to eat together since we are leaving tomorrow morning. Sort of a celebrate reuniting thing!"
"Sorry Sum, but my dad will kill me. Besides, I'm not a part of the band anymore," Zack spoke up even though all the band members were nodding.
"Dewey, here's our street, can you drop us off here?" he asked.
"Sure thing Zack Attack!" Dewey said cheerfully, seemingly having forgotten about No Vacancy being there. Zack and Hannah climbed out of the car and Freddy and Caitrin started to follow until Zack protested.
"You guys go and celebrate. Have fun," Zack said. They agreed and went back in the van.
Once the door was shut Zack and Hannah yelled, "Early Merry Christmas!" simultaneausly(sp?) and went inside their own homes.