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Disclaimer: I, as I'm sure you all know by now, own nothing that has to do with School of Rock or anything else I decide to include. I want to thank Shimmering Lights for an idea used in this chapter! Enjoy…
The band was at a birthday party at the very end of August, the day before they were to go back to school. It was a birthday party for Summer!
"Aww, thanks so much!" she said as she opened up one huge present from the band. It was a brand new hot pink Gibson SG guitar, a guitar songbook, and lime green guitar picks. They were determined to make Summer less of a stiff, and what better way than to play guitar? She still carried a briefcase, but it was Coach at least!
Which is why she was as mad as ever when, hours later and hopped up on pixi stix and pop, she called her parents to tell them the news about her new guitar.
The band crowded around her as she called her parents on her silver cell phone. "Mom? Hey! It's just me, I have awesome news. The band got me a guitar!" There was silence for a few moments. "What do you mean what for??? It's my birthday, and don't you even try and tell me you didn't know it!" Summer was screaming now. She suddenly stopped and listened for a minute before losing it. "FINE THEN. SEE IF I CARE!" She said and threw her cell phone out the window.
As soon as she heard it hit the ground, she smirked and pulled another cell phone out of her Coach briefcase. "Now then, where were we?" she asked as she pocketed the phone, oblivious to the dumbfoundedness of her fellow bandmates.
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A few blocks away, Summer's mother finished telling her father what happened. "See George, I knew that was a stupid idea!" She said, smacking him across the head with a magazine. She walked away, muttering under her breath. "Acting like we forgot…what a dumb joke…"
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Back to the party. "Okay, settle down and crowd around," Zack said as he popped the finished result of his documentary into Dewey's VCR. They all sat in shock but in admiration for Zack and Freddy's skills as the images of the tour rolled across the screen: Frankie, Gordon, Leonard, and Marco smoking pot, hidden in shadows thankfully; Dewey hitting on the maid; Billy, Eleni, and Michelle all acting extremely out of character, most of all on Billy's part; Katie warbling and beating Freddy with a spatula; Burning down that football stadium; Lawrence in the spa; Tomika in the kitchens ruining her diet; Summer flipping out on Freddy and Zack once again; and ending with Freddy and Marta singing along to Aladdin.
Everyone was in a much better mood about this movie now, they saw there really wasn't any harm in it, it was just a great reminder of all the stuff that had happened after the show.
You ready for this Mr. Clancy? Prepare to be blown out of the water by MY documentary! Zack thought. As he stood up to rewind the tape, he and Freddy exchanged a huge grin and a high-five.
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On the first day of school, Zack strode into his first class, TV Production with Mr. Clancy. Zack was still the only one of his friends in this class, as Freddy had opted to take Art this year. No one really understood why, but if it made him happy….
"Are there any volunteers to go first?" Mr. Clancy drawled. He was as unhappy as anyone to be back in school, except for Zack Mooneyham.
"I'll go first!" Zack said, jumping up from his seat without even waiting for a reply. He was clutching his tape tightly, and he was afraid to play it for fear the ancient VCR player would ruin it.
For the next few minutes, there was complete silence as "After the Show: A School of Rock Tour documentary by Zackary Mooneyham" rolled across the screen.
When it stopped, Zack asked, "Well Mr. Clancy, what did you think?" Zack beamed at the teacher for good measure.
"Zack, I think you need to have a discussion with the principal about the words 'invasion of privacy' and 'disturbing'." Zack's face fell and he retrieved his tape and a hall pass.
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Two classes later, he was in study hall with Freddy. Who of course thought it was hysterical that Zack had gotten kicked out of TV Production and had joined Art instead. They'd be in a class together 7th period.
"You know Zack, we really have some talent here. I heard that in Art today, we get assigned the project of a group portrait! I was thinking we work together to get everyone else in the band, and we can paint each other in. Wait, who said anything about paint? Maybe we can make a sculpture, or a stained glass window, or we could make paper maché, or we could…"
Zack tuned Freddy out and rolled his eyes. "Here we go again…"
Thanks again everyone, I hope you loved it! I'll be writing one more songfic and one more chapter to my other fic before vacation, then I'll be starting something new 2 weeks from now! See you all then!
