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Katie inserted the tape and pressed Play. She watched herself play parts one, two, and three, pausing in between to signify that there would be a guitar break there. The final break came, and Katie held her breath. This was it. If it wasn't good then there would be no solo.

She stared intently at the screen. Katie saw herself place her fingers in the right positions and she saw herself start to play the notes. The television made the notes explode in her ears. The tape went blank, it was over. And her solo totally rocked!

It had been a long road, and a difficult one too. She'd had help from all her friends, and now, it was finally over. Katie couldn't wait for the next day, because she would get to unveil her solo. She got up from her seat in front of the TV and took her bass upstairs to her room. It was late, so she got in bed, but she had a hard time sleeping.

She kept thinking about the solo, and recording her first album. It hadn't really sunken in yet. She was recording an album tomorrow!!! Katie finally dozed off about an hour later.

The next day at school, everyone probed Katie about her bass solo.

"So how's the solo? is it good?" Summer asked.

"Tell me everything about it!" Zack said.

"Are you gonna eat that sandwich?" Freddy asked.

Katie refused to answer the first two questions, but flung her sandwich at Freddy. "Score!" he screamed. She wouldn't say anything about the solo, making everyone think that it was awful. Soon enough, people stopped asking her questions, except for Freddy, who wanted her pudding as well. She threw it at him, but this time, he didn't catch it. It hit hi square in the face.

Everyone laughed and left him sitting there holding his face as the lunch bell rang. The rest of the day passed excruciatingly slowly for the band, but when the final bell finally rang, they all ran outside, where Dewey was waiting for them with his van. They all hopped in. Their instruments were there too, because they'd put them in their lockers (a/n just pretend they had really big lockers!!!).

Dewey put a tape in the tape player (he didn't have a CD player). The firs song that came on was Substitute by The Who. Dewey sang along the whole time. The next song was, once again, Substitute. "Not again"" Summer yelled. She moved her hand to take the tape out. Dewey slapped it. "Listen up now, this is my car, and we listen to my music! Anyways, it's not even the same song! Well, it is, but it's the cover and it's by The Ramones."

So they listened to Substitute, except it was a much faster version. By now, they were about ten minutes from the recording studio. The opening chords of Substitute came on again. Summer winced and once again moved her hand to turn off the tape, and once again Dewey slapped it. "Ah, ah, ah," he said, "Sex Pistols version!"

By now everyone was tired of the song and listening to Dewey singing it. Katie, Freddy, and Zack started whispering in the back, but Dewey didn't notice. He had one eye on the road and one eye on Summer, which explained why he was driving like a maniac. Katie, Freddy, and Zack snickered in the back and then got really quiet. Freddy put on a really innocent face and then screamed, "STOP THE CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Dewey freaked and slammed on the brakes. Before he could do anything, Zack reached forward and ejected the tape. He then dropped it to the ground and stomped on it as Dewey watched with wide eyes. He appeared to be furious, and he was.

"Freddy! Why the hell did you tell me to stop? And Zack! What the hell was that man?"

Zack smirked. "We can only take so much Substitute."

"Why I oughta-" But they never found out what Dewey oughta do, because he shook his head and started driving again. Summer happily turned the radio on. You Give Love A Bad Name by Bon Jovi was on. Everyone shouted at the top of their lungs, "SHOT THROUGH THE HEART! YOU'RE TO BLAME! DARLIN YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME!!!" while Dewey wore a very sour expression on his face. However, by the time the second verse came on, he was singing too. They passed cars on the road and saw people staring at them like they were crazy.

Finally, they reached the recording studio. It had been quite an eventful twenty-five minute drive. They walked inside, carrying their instruments, and got ready to rock. And it was Katie's time to shine.

Once they were inside and had everything hooked up, Dewey asked Katie to play her solo. She did it with pride, and everyone was smiling when she'd finished. She was smiling too.

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