"Zach." Zach heard his name being called "Zach Wait up." He came to a halt
in the hallway and waited for Freddy to catch up with him. Once Freddy was
at his side he started forward again.
"Who is coming tonight?" Freddy asked
"Marta, Tomika, Gordon, Eleni, Marco, Summer, Katie, and Alex." Zach replied.
"Cool." The two boys walked down the front steps of their school and Freddy Waved to his mom who was sitting in the car waiting for him. "See ya tonight man." He said as he got in the car. Zach nodded in response then started walking toward his house. It didn't take him long to get there, since he lived not to far away, so in a few seconds he was he was walking in the front door of his house.
"I'm home." Zach called out. No answer. 'Must not be home yet' he thought. He shrugged and ran up the stairs to his room. Zach changed into a pair of Ginkos and a t-shirt with an x-ray of Homer Simsons head with a brain the size of a pea in it and underneath the picture it said, "This is your brain". He turned his cd player on, put his Green Day cd in and Stared to attempt to do homework. He actually got his English assignment and his math paper finished. It was 5 when he finished and he decided to stop so he could get ready. He went into his bathroom to brush his teeth and stuff like that. He was only 13 so he didn't wear cologne or anything. 5:30 Zach went down stairs and watched a little TV. 6:30 he still had time so he went up stairs and checked his email. 6:45 Zach ran downstairs and wrote a note for his parents when they got home.
He went next door to get Alex. He rang the doorbell. Mrs. Shirey answered the door and Zach said, "Hello Mrs. Shirey is Alex ready?"
"HI Zachary. Come in while I go get her." She said. Zach nodded in response and walked into the nicely furnished house. Mrs. Shirey disappeared upstairs and soon returned.
"She will be down in a minute Zachary."
"Please call me Zach." She nodded and went into the kitchen. Soon Alex was walking down the stairs dressed in a Black T that had "Fiddler on the Roof "on the front and a pair of flairs with and orange and red strip down the side. On her feet were a pair of chucks with writing all over them and on her wrist the usual sweet band and jelly bracelets. She smiled at Zach when she reached the bottom of the stairs and said, "Lets go."
5 minutes later they were at Freddy's house waiting for him to finish spiking up his hair. 5 after that they were stopping at Gordon's house to get him and 5 minutes after that they were in front of their destination. Camerata, a small café down from the entrance from their neighborhood. They walked into the building and saw that Marta, Tomika, and Summer were there sitting at a table in front of the stage. Summer saw us and waved us over. Freddy sat next to Summer. Zach and Alex pulled chairs in between Marta and Tomika. Gordon sat next on Marta's other side.
"So. Where is everyone else?" Tomika asked.
"I was not in charge of telling them the time." Zach paused for a second "Summer was."
"I told them 7 o'clock at Camerata." Summer defended for herself. Just as she finished her sentence in walks Katie, Marco and Eleni looking for seats. Summer shot an 'I told you so' look at Zach then waved really big at Katie and Eleni. Katie sat in-between Tomika and Freddy, and Eleni pulled a chair up beside her. Marco just stood there.
"Guys I think we should get another table." Suggested Eleni.
"Good Idea." Alex said
Everyone pulled their chairs out from the table then the girls looked at the four guys and said, "Girls are not made for heavy lifting." in their sweetest voices. The boys all rolled their eyes and pushed another table next to the one they already had. The new arrangement went like this. Zach sat down first then Alex sat next to Zach. Then Gordon sat next to Alex. Then Marta sat next to Gordon. Next came Tomika and after her is Eleni. Then Marco sat next to Eleni and Freddy was next. Then last but not least Katie sat in-between Freddy and Zach.
"Now that everyone is here I am going to get a smoothie. Anyone else want one?" Gordon eight hands shot up in the air as soon as he said smoothie. The Boy groaned but went to order all the same.
"I will help you." Marta said. Everyone at the table smirked. It was very obvious that Gordon and Marta liked each other a lot.
The owner of the Café Got onto the small stage and started talking. "I would like to welcome everyone to our weekly Open Mic and instrumental night." She paused. "If any of you would like to come up and do a song you are welcome to do so. Enjoy your night."
"I'm going to do something." Stated Alex. All heads turned toward her.
"I didn't know you played an instrument." Zach said. Alex nodded and went up to the stage.
"What should I play?' she asked
"School of Rock." Freddy said.
"I will need another guitarist then." Zach will you do the honors?" Zach nodded indicating that he would play with her.
"I will do the second guitar and you do the first." Zach said. Alex picked up the guitar that was already on the stage and Zach went out into the audience to get a guitar from a guy in the audience the guy finally gave up and Zach took his place on the stage.
"Hey. I'm Alex and this is Zach."
Baby we was makin strait 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. He done spun my head around. He said, "recess is in session, Two and two makes five" And now baby I am alive Oh yeah I am alive.
And if you wanna be the teachers pet Baby you just better forget. Rock got no reason Rock got no rhyme. You better get me to school on time.
Oh you know I was on the honor roll Got good grades, but got no soul. Raise my hand before I can speak my mind I've been biting my tongue too many times And then that magic man he some today Do what magic man do not what magic man say Now may I please have the attention of the class. Today's assignment. Ahem. Kicks the max.
And if you wanna be the teachers pet Baby you just better forget. Rock got no reason Rock got no rhyme. You better get me to school on time.
And if you wanna be the teachers pet Baby you just better forget. Rock got no reason Rock got no rhyme. You better get me to school on time
This is my final exam Now ya'll know who I am I may not be that perfect son But ya'll be rockin when I'm done
Load applause emitted from the audience. "Thanks." Said both Zach and Alex at the same time. Zach returned the guitar to the no longer grumpy man and Alex set her's down in the guitar stand on the stage. They took their seats with their friends.
"You were great guys."
"You make a good team."
"Even without all the instruments it sounded perfect."
"I didn't know you could sing that well."
Everyone was saying how great they did. With all these comments flying around Alex noticed that Katie's face turned really red and steam basically started coming out of her ears.
"Here is your smoothie." Katie said to Alex with pure venom in her voice. Alex just smiled and said thanks.
It was getting close to midnight and Alex and Zach had just said bye to Freddy. Soon one of them talked breaking the comfortable silence in the night air.
"I had fun." The red head said.
"Yeah. Me too."
"Alex can I ask you something?"
"You just did ask me something."
"You know what I mean." Zach said with a roll of his eyes.
"Sure."
"You never mention your old school. What was it?" Zach asked. After a period of silence Zach thought that she wasn't going to answer.
"I was Home Schooled." Came the simple reply yet it sounded forced almost like she didn't want to say anything at all. Zach nodded.
"Was it hard to leave?" He asked.
"Yes." Came another forced answer. Zach dared to ask one more question.
"Do you miss your friends?"
"Yeah but I have made new friends. They might not be The Porches or the Westons but they are very good friends." This sentence didn't sound so forced in fact Alex liked talking about it. "But I will never forget them no matter how hard I try."
"Tell me about them?"
"Well first I have too tell you about the Idiot brothers. Gabe was kind of a pervert and had a sick and twisted mind. Josh was not so much a pervert as he was crazy. We would always joke about the people in the white coats coming to get him." Zach chuckled here. "And then there is Bryony. She has the hugest crush on Josh ever. And then Katie. Man that girl was almost always hyper active. Zach her older brother considered me a cool girl. Tyler their older brother was like my big bro too. Then Maegan the oldest of the four was like one of the big sisters ever." Tears were brought to her eyes from all the great memories with some of the best friends in the world.
"They all sound really nice." Zach said as he put his hand on her shoulder. After a minute he took his down. Alex shivered. It was March and she was stupid enough not to wear a hoodie.
"Here." Said Zach as he took his off and gave it to the shivering girl She smiled and nodded as if saying thanks. Every now and then she would dig her nose into the neck and smell Zach's clean sent. He smelled like soap, not over powering soap but just the right amount. They reached her house and Alex started to give his hoodie back but Zach stopped her and said.
"You can give it back later." The girl nodded and walked up to her house.
"Who is coming tonight?" Freddy asked
"Marta, Tomika, Gordon, Eleni, Marco, Summer, Katie, and Alex." Zach replied.
"Cool." The two boys walked down the front steps of their school and Freddy Waved to his mom who was sitting in the car waiting for him. "See ya tonight man." He said as he got in the car. Zach nodded in response then started walking toward his house. It didn't take him long to get there, since he lived not to far away, so in a few seconds he was he was walking in the front door of his house.
"I'm home." Zach called out. No answer. 'Must not be home yet' he thought. He shrugged and ran up the stairs to his room. Zach changed into a pair of Ginkos and a t-shirt with an x-ray of Homer Simsons head with a brain the size of a pea in it and underneath the picture it said, "This is your brain". He turned his cd player on, put his Green Day cd in and Stared to attempt to do homework. He actually got his English assignment and his math paper finished. It was 5 when he finished and he decided to stop so he could get ready. He went into his bathroom to brush his teeth and stuff like that. He was only 13 so he didn't wear cologne or anything. 5:30 Zach went down stairs and watched a little TV. 6:30 he still had time so he went up stairs and checked his email. 6:45 Zach ran downstairs and wrote a note for his parents when they got home.
He went next door to get Alex. He rang the doorbell. Mrs. Shirey answered the door and Zach said, "Hello Mrs. Shirey is Alex ready?"
"HI Zachary. Come in while I go get her." She said. Zach nodded in response and walked into the nicely furnished house. Mrs. Shirey disappeared upstairs and soon returned.
"She will be down in a minute Zachary."
"Please call me Zach." She nodded and went into the kitchen. Soon Alex was walking down the stairs dressed in a Black T that had "Fiddler on the Roof "on the front and a pair of flairs with and orange and red strip down the side. On her feet were a pair of chucks with writing all over them and on her wrist the usual sweet band and jelly bracelets. She smiled at Zach when she reached the bottom of the stairs and said, "Lets go."
5 minutes later they were at Freddy's house waiting for him to finish spiking up his hair. 5 after that they were stopping at Gordon's house to get him and 5 minutes after that they were in front of their destination. Camerata, a small café down from the entrance from their neighborhood. They walked into the building and saw that Marta, Tomika, and Summer were there sitting at a table in front of the stage. Summer saw us and waved us over. Freddy sat next to Summer. Zach and Alex pulled chairs in between Marta and Tomika. Gordon sat next on Marta's other side.
"So. Where is everyone else?" Tomika asked.
"I was not in charge of telling them the time." Zach paused for a second "Summer was."
"I told them 7 o'clock at Camerata." Summer defended for herself. Just as she finished her sentence in walks Katie, Marco and Eleni looking for seats. Summer shot an 'I told you so' look at Zach then waved really big at Katie and Eleni. Katie sat in-between Tomika and Freddy, and Eleni pulled a chair up beside her. Marco just stood there.
"Guys I think we should get another table." Suggested Eleni.
"Good Idea." Alex said
Everyone pulled their chairs out from the table then the girls looked at the four guys and said, "Girls are not made for heavy lifting." in their sweetest voices. The boys all rolled their eyes and pushed another table next to the one they already had. The new arrangement went like this. Zach sat down first then Alex sat next to Zach. Then Gordon sat next to Alex. Then Marta sat next to Gordon. Next came Tomika and after her is Eleni. Then Marco sat next to Eleni and Freddy was next. Then last but not least Katie sat in-between Freddy and Zach.
"Now that everyone is here I am going to get a smoothie. Anyone else want one?" Gordon eight hands shot up in the air as soon as he said smoothie. The Boy groaned but went to order all the same.
"I will help you." Marta said. Everyone at the table smirked. It was very obvious that Gordon and Marta liked each other a lot.
The owner of the Café Got onto the small stage and started talking. "I would like to welcome everyone to our weekly Open Mic and instrumental night." She paused. "If any of you would like to come up and do a song you are welcome to do so. Enjoy your night."
"I'm going to do something." Stated Alex. All heads turned toward her.
"I didn't know you played an instrument." Zach said. Alex nodded and went up to the stage.
"What should I play?' she asked
"School of Rock." Freddy said.
"I will need another guitarist then." Zach will you do the honors?" Zach nodded indicating that he would play with her.
"I will do the second guitar and you do the first." Zach said. Alex picked up the guitar that was already on the stage and Zach went out into the audience to get a guitar from a guy in the audience the guy finally gave up and Zach took his place on the stage.
"Hey. I'm Alex and this is Zach."
Baby we was makin strait 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. He done spun my head around. He said, "recess is in session, Two and two makes five" And now baby I am alive Oh yeah I am alive.
And if you wanna be the teachers pet Baby you just better forget. Rock got no reason Rock got no rhyme. You better get me to school on time.
Oh you know I was on the honor roll Got good grades, but got no soul. Raise my hand before I can speak my mind I've been biting my tongue too many times And then that magic man he some today Do what magic man do not what magic man say Now may I please have the attention of the class. Today's assignment. Ahem. Kicks the max.
And if you wanna be the teachers pet Baby you just better forget. Rock got no reason Rock got no rhyme. You better get me to school on time.
And if you wanna be the teachers pet Baby you just better forget. Rock got no reason Rock got no rhyme. You better get me to school on time
This is my final exam Now ya'll know who I am I may not be that perfect son But ya'll be rockin when I'm done
Load applause emitted from the audience. "Thanks." Said both Zach and Alex at the same time. Zach returned the guitar to the no longer grumpy man and Alex set her's down in the guitar stand on the stage. They took their seats with their friends.
"You were great guys."
"You make a good team."
"Even without all the instruments it sounded perfect."
"I didn't know you could sing that well."
Everyone was saying how great they did. With all these comments flying around Alex noticed that Katie's face turned really red and steam basically started coming out of her ears.
"Here is your smoothie." Katie said to Alex with pure venom in her voice. Alex just smiled and said thanks.
It was getting close to midnight and Alex and Zach had just said bye to Freddy. Soon one of them talked breaking the comfortable silence in the night air.
"I had fun." The red head said.
"Yeah. Me too."
"Alex can I ask you something?"
"You just did ask me something."
"You know what I mean." Zach said with a roll of his eyes.
"Sure."
"You never mention your old school. What was it?" Zach asked. After a period of silence Zach thought that she wasn't going to answer.
"I was Home Schooled." Came the simple reply yet it sounded forced almost like she didn't want to say anything at all. Zach nodded.
"Was it hard to leave?" He asked.
"Yes." Came another forced answer. Zach dared to ask one more question.
"Do you miss your friends?"
"Yeah but I have made new friends. They might not be The Porches or the Westons but they are very good friends." This sentence didn't sound so forced in fact Alex liked talking about it. "But I will never forget them no matter how hard I try."
"Tell me about them?"
"Well first I have too tell you about the Idiot brothers. Gabe was kind of a pervert and had a sick and twisted mind. Josh was not so much a pervert as he was crazy. We would always joke about the people in the white coats coming to get him." Zach chuckled here. "And then there is Bryony. She has the hugest crush on Josh ever. And then Katie. Man that girl was almost always hyper active. Zach her older brother considered me a cool girl. Tyler their older brother was like my big bro too. Then Maegan the oldest of the four was like one of the big sisters ever." Tears were brought to her eyes from all the great memories with some of the best friends in the world.
"They all sound really nice." Zach said as he put his hand on her shoulder. After a minute he took his down. Alex shivered. It was March and she was stupid enough not to wear a hoodie.
"Here." Said Zach as he took his off and gave it to the shivering girl She smiled and nodded as if saying thanks. Every now and then she would dig her nose into the neck and smell Zach's clean sent. He smelled like soap, not over powering soap but just the right amount. They reached her house and Alex started to give his hoodie back but Zach stopped her and said.
"You can give it back later." The girl nodded and walked up to her house.