-Thank you so much to all my reviewers! I was kind of going for a Tommy thing in the last chapter. Because I'm beyond obsessed with The Who. And I am so happy that I didn't write a longer chapter and watched The Simpsons instead yesterday, because it was the episode with The Who in it! I taped it. Anyways, The Who rock hard, and here's the next chapter!-

Zack and Katie both sat in the backseat, but they didn't say anything. Katie was clutching her bass and staring out the window, while Zack was staring into the seat in front of him. Luckily for them, the drive was very shirt and in no time they had pulled up in front of Zack's house. The two band mates went directly to Zack's room.

He pulled out his Flying V and tuned it while Katie did the same with her bass. Then he pulled out two amps. One had been a gift from Dewey, the other he'd bought himself. Once everything was plugged in and ready, Zack asked Katie to play her solo for him.

She did, and he tried not to groan. Then Zack had Katie write down the tabs for the solo, and he checked them out. He made a few notes, and had her play the solo again. She did, and it sounded worse. "I have a feeling this isn't going to be easy," Zack said.

"Tell me about it."

They decided to start over from scratch. Katie would play a few notes together, and then Zack would give her a thumbs up or a thumbs down. Then he would take his guitar and play the notes, just so she could ear them for real. Katie would tweak the notes and produce a better sound. "Slightly better sounding, it should definitely go in the solo," she said.

"Look, Katie, we only want the best stuff to go in your solo. Don't just take whatever you can get. Your solo needs to be awesome, totally kick ass, not lame."

So they continued to work on it until a littler bit before dinner time, which was when Katie had to go home. She left her bass at Zack's because she would be skipping band practice with him again the next day to work on the solo some more. It really needed work because so far they had only gotten five notes together. Zack had played the notes back to her and she broke out in a smile because even if it was only the start, her solo was rocking!

Katie went home and ate her dinner. After that, she ran up to her room and with renewed energy listened to her Who CD. Her solo was going to be awesome, just like every solo John Entwistle, the best bassist that ever was or ever could be, had had! She went to bed that night with smile on her face.

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The next day at school, everyone was questioning Katie about her solo, but she wouldn't reveal anything. She would just say that it was coming along nicely, and she made sure that Zack knew to keep his lips zipped. He did just that, and the two's silence made everyone else from the band rather curious and pissed off.

Katie was bored all throughout the school day, but when the final bell rang, she practically ran outside to wait with Zack, whose dad was already there.

After the short drive, Katie and Zack were up in his room playing their guitars. They had learned a lot the day before and writing fluent notes for the solo came easier now. That night they were able to get eleven notes, making sixteen in all. They divided the notes for an intercession of guitar playing by Zack. Now Katie only needed one more part and her solo would be completed.

She had memorized the first few notes, but it would take her a day or two to get the rest down pat, and she still had the third and final part. It was only Wednesday, and she was surprised at how quickly things were going.

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At Katie's little session with Zack on Thursday, they played the solo so far for the first time. It didn't sound good, but this time it wasn't the bass that was bad, it was the guitar. The guitar just wasn't complementing the bass. They didn't accomplish any notes for the bass that night because Zack worked the whole time on getting his part right. Katie was left to strumming her bass and playing her part over and over so that Zack could perfect his guitar's part.

Katie was getting a little scared. They couldn't have their practice session the next night because it was a Friday, and they had to play their gig. Zack was busy on the weekend, and they were laying down tracks the whole next week. She was going to have to finish her solo all by herself.

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