Disclaimer: School of Rock and its characters do not belong to me. Neither do any pop culture references I may choose to include.
Author's notes: Thanks reviewers. This chapter will take place at the Hard Rock Hotel, and maybe some of Universal Studios. I own "Waiting (For Her Smile)." Oh yeah, that song is shorter than my others, because I was hit with writers block in the middle of it, but for all purposes of this story, it was meant to be that way. Also, this chapter is a bit shorter, again because of writer's block. Sorry.
Ch18
Katie looked at Summer who was laying on her bed, staring at the ceiling. She was concerned about her friend, who hadn't really spoken since the explanation of what Marta had done, but hadn't said anything up until this point. "Summer? I know that you're not OK, so I'm not gonna ask a stupid question like that, but, do you want to talk?" Summer didn't answer. "Summer, I don't think it's healthy to let whatever your feeling stay inside like that. I know this hasn't happened to me, and I don't know what you are feeling, but I want to try and help."
"You're right, you don't know how I'm feeling." Summer finally spoke. "But I can try to explain, I guess. When that guy kissed me, I was overwhelmed. All these feelings were rushing through me. Disgust, and guilt, fear and weakness. I could hardly figure out what was going on in my head. When the guy left I was angry and frustrated. I had seen Marta, and knew it had been her to set it up. After I told you guys though, I got a good look at Zack's face, and feelings of guilt and sickness came over me and I just freaked out. I had just cheated on my boyfriend."
Katie sat down on her bed, cross legged. "Summer, you didn't cheat on him. He knows that you had no control over the situation, and you did everything to get out of it. You got him off of you, that's the best thing you could have done."
"It still feels like I did. It's hard to explain." There was a knock at the door.
Katie stood and opened it to see Zack, guitar in tow, with Freddy behind him. "Hey, have you gotten her to talk?" Zack wanted to know.
Katie turned back to Summer. "Summer, I'll be back in just a second." She stepped out of the room and closed the door. "She feels like she cheated on you. I tried to explain it to her that you would never think that, but it didn't really work."
"I'm not sure exactly what I can do to convince her I don't feel that way." Zack ran a hand through his hair, sighing.
"Just play her the song." Freddy put a reassuring hand on Zack's shoulder. "That should help."
"Yeah." Katie nodded and opened the door, stepping inside. "Summer, Zack and Freddy are here. Zack has a song he wants to play for you."
Summer pushed herself up so she was sitting. "Hey guys."
Both greeted, Freddy and Katie sat down on Katie's bed, while Zack sat on the end of Summers. He didn't introduce the song before he started playing.
"The world is silent
It seems to have stopped
Our world anyway
The days are violent
Surprises have popped
It's a been a bad day
But I'm waiting for something
That would make things good
It's fabulous and wonderful
Perfect and fantastical
Some would call it Schneebs
This thing would make things beautiful
I have seen it and it's comfortable
But now it's gone
So I guess I'm stuck waiting.
Just waiting for her smile."
It took Summer a moment, but she did smile. "Thanks."
"You're welcome." Zack put his guitar down. "But it was really all to my benefit. I mean now I get to look at that smile of yours again, as much as I want."
"I'm being serious. You always go to all this trouble to cheer me up." Summer looked down at her hands. "I really appreciate it."
"And I really appreciate someone as gorgeous as you giving me the time of day." Zack made his way closer to Summer.
"Good line Slick." Freddy jested, whilst putting his arm around Katie.
Katie swatted at him playfully. "It's not a line. He means it. Maybe you should try it."
"I mean everything I say to you, and you know it, little miss Blacky." Freddy kissed her nose and she giggled.
"Hey." Zack tuned out the now half wrestling couple and looked at Summer. "You know I don't blame you right? I blame the devil child Marta and those creeps who believe everything she says."
"I do now." She hugged him. "You are too good to me."
"You can't be too good to you." Zack left his arm around her. "Remember back in February, on Valentines, when we just stayed up all night and talked?"
"Yeah. Why?" Summer leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Just something about this moment made me think of it. That's one of my favorite dates with you, you know. It was fun, and we didn't do the cliché Valentines Day dinner with flowers and candy and tons of phony hearts. There were no expectations. Just you and me, getting to know each other better."
"It's right up there." Summer agreed. "But my favorite is definitely when you took me to that little sidewalk café downtown and it was snowing. We were the only ones crazy enough to stay outside."
"Yeah. The waitress wasn't that happy with us, but it was really fun."
"Didn't we build a snow man afterwards?"
"Four. We made the Beatles."
"Oh yeah. I have a picture of us with the fab four somewhere."
"We have had our share of unusual dates."
"I like it that way. It shows we're not your usual run of the mill couple."
"That we aren't."
§§§
It was early the next morning when Zack awoke next to Summer, his arm around her shoulder. She was still asleep peacefully so he did his best not to move her. On the bed nearby, Freddy and Katie slept, heads not any where near the pillow. Freddy's arm draped over Katie and the edge of the bed. Slowly and carefully he pulled his arm off and around Summer and got off of the bed, stretching, stiff do to the half sitting position they had slept in.
Summer cracked an eye open slowly. "Good morning." She whispered, half startling Zack. "How long have you been up?"
"Just a minute or two." Zack whispered back. "Sleep well?"
"Yeah."
"Check out Whack and Black over there."
Summer laughed quietly. "Guess they had fun last night."
"I figured as much. Think we should wake them up?"
"Let em sleep. Let's go downstairs and get some breakfast. If they aren't up when we get back, we can wake them up." Summer decided. "Can you bring my chair over here? Thanks." She got herself situated and they made their way downstairs.
In one of the many dining areas, Alicia and Tomika waved them over. "Hey guys. Have a good night?" Tomika asked.
"Pretty much." Both nodded, taking seats.
Alicia looked back and forth between Summer and Zack. "Weren't you wearing those clothes yesterday?"
Well there's chapter 18. It's really kind of boring. Sorry about that.
Random Quote of the Day: "You can't polish a turd." -Eddie Van Halen
Thank You
chocl8chips
InfectedSerenity
SarahLou
rockin awesome x
Author's notes: Thanks reviewers. This chapter will take place at the Hard Rock Hotel, and maybe some of Universal Studios. I own "Waiting (For Her Smile)." Oh yeah, that song is shorter than my others, because I was hit with writers block in the middle of it, but for all purposes of this story, it was meant to be that way. Also, this chapter is a bit shorter, again because of writer's block. Sorry.
Ch18
Katie looked at Summer who was laying on her bed, staring at the ceiling. She was concerned about her friend, who hadn't really spoken since the explanation of what Marta had done, but hadn't said anything up until this point. "Summer? I know that you're not OK, so I'm not gonna ask a stupid question like that, but, do you want to talk?" Summer didn't answer. "Summer, I don't think it's healthy to let whatever your feeling stay inside like that. I know this hasn't happened to me, and I don't know what you are feeling, but I want to try and help."
"You're right, you don't know how I'm feeling." Summer finally spoke. "But I can try to explain, I guess. When that guy kissed me, I was overwhelmed. All these feelings were rushing through me. Disgust, and guilt, fear and weakness. I could hardly figure out what was going on in my head. When the guy left I was angry and frustrated. I had seen Marta, and knew it had been her to set it up. After I told you guys though, I got a good look at Zack's face, and feelings of guilt and sickness came over me and I just freaked out. I had just cheated on my boyfriend."
Katie sat down on her bed, cross legged. "Summer, you didn't cheat on him. He knows that you had no control over the situation, and you did everything to get out of it. You got him off of you, that's the best thing you could have done."
"It still feels like I did. It's hard to explain." There was a knock at the door.
Katie stood and opened it to see Zack, guitar in tow, with Freddy behind him. "Hey, have you gotten her to talk?" Zack wanted to know.
Katie turned back to Summer. "Summer, I'll be back in just a second." She stepped out of the room and closed the door. "She feels like she cheated on you. I tried to explain it to her that you would never think that, but it didn't really work."
"I'm not sure exactly what I can do to convince her I don't feel that way." Zack ran a hand through his hair, sighing.
"Just play her the song." Freddy put a reassuring hand on Zack's shoulder. "That should help."
"Yeah." Katie nodded and opened the door, stepping inside. "Summer, Zack and Freddy are here. Zack has a song he wants to play for you."
Summer pushed herself up so she was sitting. "Hey guys."
Both greeted, Freddy and Katie sat down on Katie's bed, while Zack sat on the end of Summers. He didn't introduce the song before he started playing.
"The world is silent
It seems to have stopped
Our world anyway
The days are violent
Surprises have popped
It's a been a bad day
But I'm waiting for something
That would make things good
It's fabulous and wonderful
Perfect and fantastical
Some would call it Schneebs
This thing would make things beautiful
I have seen it and it's comfortable
But now it's gone
So I guess I'm stuck waiting.
Just waiting for her smile."
It took Summer a moment, but she did smile. "Thanks."
"You're welcome." Zack put his guitar down. "But it was really all to my benefit. I mean now I get to look at that smile of yours again, as much as I want."
"I'm being serious. You always go to all this trouble to cheer me up." Summer looked down at her hands. "I really appreciate it."
"And I really appreciate someone as gorgeous as you giving me the time of day." Zack made his way closer to Summer.
"Good line Slick." Freddy jested, whilst putting his arm around Katie.
Katie swatted at him playfully. "It's not a line. He means it. Maybe you should try it."
"I mean everything I say to you, and you know it, little miss Blacky." Freddy kissed her nose and she giggled.
"Hey." Zack tuned out the now half wrestling couple and looked at Summer. "You know I don't blame you right? I blame the devil child Marta and those creeps who believe everything she says."
"I do now." She hugged him. "You are too good to me."
"You can't be too good to you." Zack left his arm around her. "Remember back in February, on Valentines, when we just stayed up all night and talked?"
"Yeah. Why?" Summer leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Just something about this moment made me think of it. That's one of my favorite dates with you, you know. It was fun, and we didn't do the cliché Valentines Day dinner with flowers and candy and tons of phony hearts. There were no expectations. Just you and me, getting to know each other better."
"It's right up there." Summer agreed. "But my favorite is definitely when you took me to that little sidewalk café downtown and it was snowing. We were the only ones crazy enough to stay outside."
"Yeah. The waitress wasn't that happy with us, but it was really fun."
"Didn't we build a snow man afterwards?"
"Four. We made the Beatles."
"Oh yeah. I have a picture of us with the fab four somewhere."
"We have had our share of unusual dates."
"I like it that way. It shows we're not your usual run of the mill couple."
"That we aren't."
§§§
It was early the next morning when Zack awoke next to Summer, his arm around her shoulder. She was still asleep peacefully so he did his best not to move her. On the bed nearby, Freddy and Katie slept, heads not any where near the pillow. Freddy's arm draped over Katie and the edge of the bed. Slowly and carefully he pulled his arm off and around Summer and got off of the bed, stretching, stiff do to the half sitting position they had slept in.
Summer cracked an eye open slowly. "Good morning." She whispered, half startling Zack. "How long have you been up?"
"Just a minute or two." Zack whispered back. "Sleep well?"
"Yeah."
"Check out Whack and Black over there."
Summer laughed quietly. "Guess they had fun last night."
"I figured as much. Think we should wake them up?"
"Let em sleep. Let's go downstairs and get some breakfast. If they aren't up when we get back, we can wake them up." Summer decided. "Can you bring my chair over here? Thanks." She got herself situated and they made their way downstairs.
In one of the many dining areas, Alicia and Tomika waved them over. "Hey guys. Have a good night?" Tomika asked.
"Pretty much." Both nodded, taking seats.
Alicia looked back and forth between Summer and Zack. "Weren't you wearing those clothes yesterday?"
Well there's chapter 18. It's really kind of boring. Sorry about that.
Random Quote of the Day: "You can't polish a turd." -Eddie Van Halen
Thank You
chocl8chips
InfectedSerenity
SarahLou
rockin awesome x