A/n: hmm mixed reviews about the last chapter. that was to be expected though! okay so... new chapter... i think you Michelle fans might like this one! And for once i wrote a short authors note. something is wrong with me! ahhhhh... wait... i just have to say that i am mad because FANFICTION DOT NET took off the indents when stories are uploaded...grrrr...
Disclaimer: ah yes, the constant reminder that I am just a loser from a small town with no money and the bitter fact that I do not own School of Rock. Life is grand.
Lilstrummrgrl527: lmao that idea about the wrapping paper made me laugh so hard because I did something like that once when I liked a dude. Anyways moving on… ah yes, I know, Katie was a total w(b)itch in the last chapter but I guess I had to emphasize the point that Michelle/Marta weren't the only ones with sticks up their butts. Not that Katie is a bad character but she does have some faults. I'm sorry about making you hate Marta! She didn't ask the question so that Summer would blab I promise you!
Sonsofpitchesfangirl: Hey there! I just got done reading some of your new one-shots. Very nice ;-). Anywho, yeah I know everybody is mad at me for making the whole Summer/Katie thing happen. But don't worry it will all be settled in this chapter cuz Katie and Summer are cool like that.
Wyverna: I am SO sorry for hurting your Freddy I shall fix that in this chapter. But now at least he can go to you and get some comfort right? Lol jk.
Thedoorsrock: Well I'm glad you liked the S/Z moment! It was really hard to write though because they're only 11 and 10. I can't wait til they're older and I'll have more to work with! Thanks for the smashing review you rock. Just like The Doors!
Curliegurlie687: Yeah I was afraid somebody was going to tell me that… it was hard to write that part in the story but a bunch of people wanted a quality Zack/Summer moment. I tried to make them seem like ten and eleven year olds but it doesn't work all the time. Thanks for your review though =-)
Hopelesslydevoted12: Haha thanks. Lol I'm glad you liked the part about the talk it was something I was dying to write in one of the chapters. OoOh so I guess I'm not the only one who had a wrapping paper incident either eh? Thanks for the review! =-)
Swimmerkitti: I just re-read my story yesterday when I started writing this chapter and I must say I agree with you about them acting older then they should. Lol now I have to think of ideas to use when they actually ARE older. Oh yeah I love the Eagles! (I love The Ataris more though!) lol thanks for the review man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sandy-Pandy: lol you shall get your kiss I promise. I can't promise it's going to be like 'gone with the wind' or anything though. You're just going to have to wait and see…hehe…
HollyGaydos: wow thanks for the compliment!!! Ugh I know I didn't want to make Zack kiss Michelle but I had to do it. I'm sorry =-(. If it makes it any better though, I would say that Michelle was probably a terrible kisser!
Thedoorsrock (again lol): Yeah I know Summer was really stupid for saying that stuff but she's only human. And plus she's trying to fit in. damn peer pressure! That's an awesome idea about the other pov thing but I don't know who's pov it should be in! any suggestions? -
"Before we go in, I wanted to remind you about giving that speech to my parents about The New York Academy for Boys. Can you still do it?" Zack shyly.
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"Of course I can!" Summer said enthusiastically. While she opened the front door.
Summer walked back inside the Hathaway house and saw everybody at the kitchen table getting cake and looking at her. Marta smiled and handed Summer and Zack plates.
"Have some cake you two!" She said fake-cheerily. Summer smiled at Marta uncomfortably and sat down at the kitchen table in-between Katie, who was still avoiding her, and Leonard, who was flinging pieces of cake at Eleni.
"Can we talk?" Summer asked eagerly to Katie. Katie bit her lip, meaning that she was thinking about it.
"I guess we could. After we eat cake though." Katie said. Summer felt immediate relief and nodded her head. Happy that Katie was more forgiving and less stubborn then Marta was.
"So did you two have a nice cozy heart to heart out there?" Michelle asked, lifting an eyebrow and motioning to Zack and Summer. Zack just rolled his eyes while he ate his cake but Summer's cheeks started burning.
"You know Michelle you might want to start focusing on your life and quit digging into everybody else's." Marta said, glaring at Michelle, daring her to say another word. Michelle just shrugged and continued to take the frosting off of her cake and put it in her mouth, leaving the actual cake on the plate. (a/n: lol I do that all the time. I hate cake but I love frosting =-P)
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After cake Zack's parents came in the kitchen and started rambling on and on about how much he was going to love The NYAF, that was when Summer took the golden opportunity to give her speech… ----------------------
"Thanks Zack, have you seen Katie?" Summer asked.
"Yeah she's over by the snack table talking to Freddy." Zack said. While he turned off the c.d. player and went over to the record player and put in the Ramones demo-record that Summer had given him.
"Thanks again!" Summer said brightly as she skipped over to Katie and Freddy who were having a debate over whether Drums followed Bass or the other way around. They had already forgotten the "Truth or Dare kiss." and were back to themselves after some good ole' cake.
"Hi guys!" She said. "Katie, can we have that talk now?"
"Yeah." Katie said. Leading Summer to the basement stairs where nobody was sitting.
"Okay Katie I just wanted to say I am really sorry for what happened and I didn't mean to do it because I remembered how you said that Eleni, Tomika and I weren't supposed to say anything but I was just so sick of Michelle making fun of me and I wanted to prove to her that I had secrets and friends and I just hope you can forgive me because you're one of my best friends!" Summer said, all in one breath. Katie sat there, taking in all of what Summer had just said.
"I accept your apology." Katie said, while Summer notably let out a big breath of relief that she was holding in. "…but" Katie started again. And Summer winced but let her continue. "I think that from now on you shouldn't let what Michelle says bother you, and I think that you should talk to her and get things worked out." Katie finished. Summer's jaw looked like it had dropped to the floor.
"Are you kidding?! That's even harder then asking The Who if they want to listen to a….BWitched c.d. for gosh sakes!" Summer said, standing up and putting her hands on her hips in her usual bossy way.
"Look, I'm not saying that I agree with the way that Michelle is treating you, but I think that we should all stop acting like babies and sort it out. I mean we are going into middle school next year. With a bunch of big kids. So we need to start acting like adults." Katie said, cocking an eyebrow.
"Okay, I'll talk to her, but do I have to do it NOW?" Summer whined.
"No, you can do it on Monday." Katie said. And with that she stood up and joined the rest of the group, who were starting to dance.
"Do you dance?" Katie asked Summer. Who looked nervous.
"Oh uh…yeah… yeah I dance!" Summer said, not sounding too sure of herself.
"Right… I'll be right back." Katie said as she walked over to Freddy and Zack, who were trying to dance.
"Hey dude, put in some dance music. Like a dance routine, that way Summer doesn't feel like such an idiot" Katie said over the music. Zack looked over her shoulder at Summer who was standing in the middle of the crowd of kids and looking around uncomfortably.
"Alright, how about the Macarena?" Zack asked, pulling out a dance c.d. from his parent's collection
"NO! That will make her feel like more of an idiot." Katie said, rolling her eyes.
"Why?"
"Because EVERYBODY knows how to do the Macarena on the face of this planet. We need something more...classic.
"Okay, how about the hussle then." Zack said, smiling."Perfect!" Katie squealed as she went to stand next to Summer. Zack and Freddy followed as the music started.
"Do you know how to do the hussle?" Zack asked Summer.
"N-no. How do you do it?" Summer asked nervously. Zack started moving to the music slowly so that she could see how to do it.
"Okay, first go this way, then clap, then turn this way do that, then clap, go to the back and do that lean forward thing." Zack said, while showing her how to do it.
"I think I got it!" Summer said excitedly as she started doing it as well and maybe even better then some of the other kids. After the song stopped she jumped up and down excitedly.
"I can dance!" She said, doing her own victory dance.
"Whoa, calm down Tinkerbell." Freddy said as she slammed into him accidentally.
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"Alright guys, time for another game." Eleni said, standing on a chair, trying to get everybody's attention. After everybody had come and sat in the middle of the floor in a circle she announced the new game.
"Okay! Time for spin the bottle!" She said, smiling and nodding her head energetically. Katie immediately objected.
"No way!" Katie said, folding her arms and shaking her head. "We are WAY too young to be doing that!" she said, already forgetting her speech to Summer about being 'mature' and hanging out with the 'big kids.'
"I agree." Summer said, feeling the need to back up her friend. "Plus, what if Mrs. Mooneyham catches us." Summer added.
The rest of the kids looked at each other questioningly. Wondering if ten year olds really should be playing spin the bottle.
"I know a game we can all play." Michelle said.
"Oh and what's that?" Summer asked. Not believing that there would be a game that Michelle knew that didn't involve either embarrassing people or getting them into fights.
"Spoons." Michelle said.
"How do we play that?" Zack asked.
"Come on, let's go upstairs and I'll show all of you how to play."
"Maybe I should talk to her." Summer whispered to Katie as they walked up the stairs.
"I told you." She hissed back.
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After about twenty rounds of Spoons it was almost time for everybody to go home. After almost everybody had left only Michelle, Summer, and Freddy remained. Freddy was off playing Zack's Nintendo with him and Summer and Michelle were left in the basement.
"We have to talk." Summer said, sitting on the couch.
"I agree." Michelle said, sitting next to her. There was an awkward silence at first. Then Summer started.
"Look. I don't know how this all started. I guess it just happened at the slumber party a couple weeks ago. I didn't know you were so…angry with me. I still don't know why you don't like me so much, but I think this should stop because I don't want there to be any more fighting between us. And if we're in the same band then I guess we need to learn to get along." Summer said quietly. Chipping the nail polish off of her nails. There was a long silence before Michelle said anything.
"You know, I remember when you came to Horace Green in 1st grade. Everybody was SO excited because a new girl was coming. And all I remember is being upset because instead of people paying attention to my book report on Nancy Drew, they were paying attention to the mysterious new girl who never missed a question and who had a Spice Girls wrist watch that said 'Girl Power.' whenever you pressed a little button." Michelle said, smiling faintly.
"And what does that have to do with our little disagreement?" Summer asked, confused.
"I guess I was feeling the exact same when everybody started excepting you." Michelle said, playing with the hem of her t-shirt. "And I especially got upset when Dewey gave you the job as band manager. Because you ALWAYS have to get your way. And me and Eleni were left as the dumb groupies, who nobody ever really considers. All we do is publicize you guys. It's just kind of annoying to be overlooked. Oh and the thing with Zack. I guess you and Marta weren't the only ones to have a crush on him. I just didn't understand why Zack had to like you and not me, it's just like with being a groupie, 'you're not good enough to be in the band but we'll find something for you'" She finished.
"I guess I never thought of it that way." Summer said, thoughtfully.
"I'm really sorry for all of the things I said about you. And, for making you cry at Deweys, and for getting you in a fight with Katie and Freddy." Michelle said, wincing at all of the horrible things that she had done.
"It's okay, I guess. I just want this whole fight thing to be over with." Summer said.
"Me too." Michelle said, smiling. She held out her hand and said "Friends?" That wasn't good enough for Summer though as she pulled Michelle into a ten-year-old-bear-hug.
"Friends!" Summer said triumphantly.
"So…we got some time, want to play Spoons?" Michelle asked. While her and Summer ran up the stairs.
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"Bye Freddy!" Zack said as Freddy got into his car and left. He walked back into the living-room where Summer was playing cards with Michelle.
"Hey, what'cha ladies playing?" Zack asked as he sat across from them. Michelle dealt him a hand of cards and they started playing.
"Ugh! Where is my mom?!" Summer asked herself as she took a spoon.
"Summer, honey, your mom just called, she won't be here until about nine or ten I hope you don't mind staying a little late." Mrs. Mooneyham said as she passed out milk and cookies to the three kids.
"I hate my mom being a nurse." Summer said under her breath.
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DING DONG.
"That would be my mom." Michelle said as she stood up and yawned.
"Wow it's 9:00 already." She said as she got her coat and mittens. Zack and Summer stood up and walked her to the door.
"Well, it certainly has been an interesting night." Michelle said, lifting an eyebrow as she exited the Mooneyham's house. "Bye you two! Have fun!" She said, waving.
"Bye!" Zack and Summer called out. After Zack closed the door there was an awkward silence.
"So…" he said, looking around.
"So… uh… do you have like any movies we can watch?" Summer asked, trying her best to end the tension.
"Yeah, but probably none that you would like." Zack said as he lead her over to the movie hutch.
"Oh my gosh! You have The Lion King!" Summer squealed.
"You like The Lion King?" Zack asked disbelievingly as he grabbed it from the shelf and put the DVD in the player.
"It's one of my favorites but my parents never bought it for me." Summer said, lying down on the floor. Zack didn't know what to do so he got a blanket off of the couch.
"Here get up for a minute." He said.
"Okay."
Zack put the blanket on the floor and Summer laid back down on it. Zack just stood there awkwardly. Summer rolled her eyes and moved over.
"Well come on! You can't very well stand for the whole movie now can you?" Summer asked.
"What are you guys doing?" Mrs. Mooneyham asked as she walked into the kitchen. Putting some popcorn into the microwave.
"Watching The Lion King." They said simultaneously.
"Ah I see, well I'm sure some popcorn would definitely be good right now." Mrs. Mooneyham said, laughing, as she got out a bowl and poured it in there for the two pre-teens. They took it eagerly and began eating.
"I hate this part!" Summer said as she covered her eyes with her hands. It was the part where Mufasa died.
"Why?" Zack asked, watching the scene with interest. Summer rolled her eyes.
"Because! It's SAD. A normal person would be sad if their parent died!"
"You girls are way to sensitive." Zack said as he got up and got two pillows from the couch. He threw one at Summer and hit her in the head.
"Ouch!" she said, taking the pillow and stuffing it under her head. Zack laughed.
"I'm tired." Summer said quietly.
"Me too." Zack said. Falling asleep
Summer was close behind.
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"I'm sorry I'm so late Pam but the hospital kept me way late. Being a nurse is so hectic sometimes" Mrs. Hathaway whispered as she walked into the Mooneyham's living-room floor where Zack and Summer were sleeping peacefully.
"It's alright Tina. I would have let Summer just stay the night but you were already on your way." Mrs. Mooneyham said as she grabbed the popcorn bowl and put it in the sink. Mrs. Hathaway softly pushed Summer's shoulder to wake her up.
"What time is it?" Summer asked, yawning and stretching.
"Late." Mrs. Hathaway whispered. Helping Summer up.
"Can I just leave a thank-you note before we go?" Summer asked while she put on her coat.
"Of course you can." Mrs. Hathaway said. She got out a pen and paper from her purse. (a/n: moms keep EVERYTHING in their purse.) and Summer ran into the living room and started writing.
"They're going to make a cute couple someday." Mrs. Mooneyham said.
"Yeah…someday…" Mrs. Hathaway said smiling.
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"So, Summer. How was Zack's party?" Mrs. Hathaway asked her daughter who was trying not to fall back asleep in the passengers seat of the car.
"It was a nice." Summer said as she yawned.
"What did you guys do?" Mrs. Hathaway pushed.
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"Morning Sweetie." Mrs. Mooneyham said, washing dishes in the kitchen as Zack walked in from the living room.
"Here, Summer wrote you a note last night before she left."
Zack,
Hey, your party rocked, seriously, it was one of the best parties I've ever been to. You have to have one next year. I think watching The Lion King was the best part though. We should do it next year, kind of like a tradition. Okay well I'm about to fall asleep writing this. G'Night.
--Summer --
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a/n: Yeah. So what did you think. I didn't really mean to make this chapter so long and I was actually going to cut the Zack/ Summer stuff but I just got done watching 'A midsummer night's dream' and it put me into a romantic mood so I just said, "what the heck." and edited it back in. I hope you all liked it. It was one of my favorite chapters to write. Unfortunately there's only one more chapter after this (short) and then an epilogue. ='-( okay well I must be going. P.s. Degrassi DVD actually comes out September 28th. My bad.