-Hey, oh my gosh, thanks for all the great reviews!!! I start school tomorrow, ugh, so I won't be updating as frequently, sorry. If you want to contact me about anything, questions, discussions, my AIM is schoolofrockgal7. And to answer your question, Swimmerkitti, this takes place one year after Battle of the Bands, so they should be around 11/12 years old. Also, Rest In Peace Keith Moon, the greatest drummer the world has ever seen. You made drums sound like a lead instrument. We miss you a lot, and you were really hot when you were 18! Okay, here we go!-
Katie had sat down on the curb and leaned on Summer's shoulder as she cried. She wasn't really crying because the bass solo was bad. Well, yeah, actually, that was part of it. But it was more that she had worked so hard to get a solo and she blew it. She told Summer what she was feeling, and Summer tried to make her feel better.
"It's okay Katie, you heard what Dewey said. You have until next Friday to write a perfect solo, and I'm gonna help you. It's all gonna be okay. Everything's gonna be fine."
Katie looked up through her tears. She'd been out in the street for maybe ten minutes, and now everyone had come down from Dewey's to make sure she was alright. Dewey looked very concerned and told her that she could go home if she wanted. She nodded and he said, "Come inside and you can use my phone to call your mom."
Everyone started walking back to the apartment, with Summer holding Katie's shoulder. Once they were inside, Katie called her mom and then sat down on the sofa. It was an awkward moment for the rest of the band. They couldn't really play without Katie. Well, they could. They had two guitar players, one as lead and one as background rhythm, so they didn't need a bass. But playing without Katie wouldn't really be right when she was sitting right there. So they took their break early.
Zack walked over to where Katie was sitting. "Hey," he said, "I know Summer offered to help you, but she really doesn't know much about writing music. I could help you if you wanted." Katie bit her lip and repressed tears. She didn't know why they were coming, it was probably just the mention of the solo. She nodded. "Okay," Zack said, "You can come over to my house tomorrow after school, my dad will take us home. That is, if you want to." Katie nodded again.
She watched Zack walk off. He didn't part his hair to the side anymore or put gel in it. It had been her idea that he stopped doing that. She remembered after Battle of the Bands, she and Freddy had told him his hair looked dumb, and they told him to change it, so he did. Zack was her third best friend, after Summer and Freddy. Katie was lucky to have such good friends like Summer and Zack that would help her in her time of need. Freddy didn't ever help her, but he never really did much of anything.
There was a knock on the doors and Katie's thoughts were interrupted. Her mom was there, so she said goodbye to everyone and went down the stairs with her mom, out to the car. "What happened?" her mom asked.
"I, uh, felt sick." Katie didn't want to tell her mom what had really happened because her mother didn't like her spending a lot of time on bass. Her mom thought she should be focusing on school work. Katie didn't like lying to her mom, but she needed to nail the solo. Which brought her to another lie. "Mom, I need to go over to Zack's tomorrow after school to work on a project. His dad will pick us up and take us to Zack's house."
Her mom bought it, all of it. They didn't say anything else for the rest of the ride in the car. Katie went up to her room when they got home and picked up her Who CD, but then she put it back down. She didn't want to hear an excellent solo when hers had been so awful. She instead fooled around on her computer, checking out a few websites before she went to bed early.
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