A/N: I thought about it a lot when I was on vacation, and I decided to turn this into a CD fic instead of just a song-fic. I might not do all of the songs though, if I can't think of a story line for them. And they won't be in order. This chapter is to "Nothing New", track ten on the album. It's about Zack and his problems with his Dad.

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I still don't own School of Rock, or anything by Ashlee Simpson.

I find myself wrong again

Staring out my window

Wondering what it is I should have said

Fifteen year old Zack Mooneyham sat in his bedroom after yet another fight with his father. He stared out his window, which overlooked the garden, towards the left of his gianormus yard. He had been sent up there to "think about what he said and the choices he had made." This was what always happened, and Zack hated it.

I find myself at home again

Waiting for the after call

From a fall-out that feels like such a mess

Zack absently strummed his guitar, waiting for his dad's holler up the stairs. It was practically routine. Zack and his dad would fight about something (usually the band), Zack would be sent to his room to "think", half an hour later his dad would call him downstairs, ask him if he had learned his lesson, he would say yes, and the next day it would happen all over again.

Oh, I can only be myself

I'm sorry that's hell for you

Why doesn't he just get over it? Zack thought. His dad just couldn't accept the fact that he was in a kick-ass rock band. Dewey had introduced him to a new world, one that he liked much better than his old world. And he realized that this was him, he was being himself. He got it, but his dad didn't. "Fuck him," Zack thought.

Hey, so what's my damage today?

Don't let me get in your way

Let it out like you always do

The trouble between me and you

Is nothing new

Zack just let him get it all out. Let him yell, scream, and shout. He tuned out, most of the time thinking up some new lyrics for the band. He didn't get in his dad's way. All of this, all this trouble, it's nothing new to him.

So I listen to you complain and then

I bite my tongue in vain again

As I let it all just slowly settle in

Zack listened to all of his Dad's complaints, about grades, the band, his friends, everything. He tried to hold his tongue, but most of the time he let out at least one snappy retort. That only made Mr. Mooneyham madder. So Zack just tried to let it settle in.

Such a pretty picture that you paint

I'm so vile while you're a saint

Funny how your eyes see thick not thin

Mr. Mooneyham's words usually painted himself as the epitome of perfection, while they insulted Zack, Dewey, the band, rock music, everything that Zack lived for. It's not like Zack's dad was even nearly close to "perfect". He didn't bother to look at the good things the band did for Zack. It helped him open up, gain friends, and become a better guitarist. Not to mention a record deal and rock-stardom. Well, not rock-stardom yet, but after the album came out... who knows.

Hey, so what's my damage today?

Don't let me get in your way

Let it out like you always do

The trouble between me and you

Is nothing new

Zack hated it. He couldn't stand it. Sitting there, listening to his dad diss basically his whole life, it made him want to slit his wrists. Not that he would ever really do that. But he was used to it. It wasn't anything new.

You know how to give it

But you can't take it

Mr. Mooneyham sure did know how to dish it out, but he most certainly couldn't take it back. Every time Zack tried to explain how utterly useless his arguments were, and how nothing would ever make him stop playing with the band, he blew up even more.

It's all just a waste

Now you can save it

No matter what I do

It's never good enough, never good enough

Nothing Zack ever did was good enough for his dad's expectations. Not his taste in music, who he was friends with, how he dressed, his grades, and most certainly not the band.

Hey, so what's my damage today?

Don't let me get in your way

Let it out like you always do

The trouble between me and you

Is nothing new

But again, the arguments, the trouble the fights, they're nothing new.

Save your breath

'Cause here comes the truth

I'm over the drama of you

And that's something new

Right then Zack made a decision. His dad was not going to dictate his life anymore. He would do what he wanted to do. He would be friends with who he wanted, wear what he wanted, and listen to what he wanted to. Zack was over the drama of his dad, and unlike the arguments, fights, and trouble, that was something new.

Well, I'm staring out my window

Wondering what it is I should have said

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