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OR IS IT

Freddy tapped out a tune on the seat in front of him.

"Freddy go to sleep. I'm tired and you're seriously bugging me man."

"'K dude." And so he reclined in his Sky Bed.

The whole School of Rock was flying back from their tour in England. After the amazing coverage of the Dewey fiasco, and the fact that they won Battle of the Bands the next year, the band had become famous (a/n surprise surprise) and began getting record deals from all over the globe.

Freddy and Zack were awoken later by a kind looking lady, asking them to "Please put their seats in an upright position." That was a long flight." They thought.

Katy shook her head to wake herself up as they slowly trudged out of the aeroplane at New York airport. Being 3am none of the band members paid much attention to their surroundings until............

"Flight 157 ..... New York, now boarding."

"Hey did you hear that? I'm sure it said departing to New York." exclaimed Summer.

"No, it just said departing New York." Reassured Dewey. Summer was too tired to argue so she let it drop.

They walked blindly past stores with toy animals holding little flags with the Stars and Stripes. Or was it?

When School of Rock arrived home, they had to be dragged up to their beds where they flopped. It wasn't that 3:30 was that bad, they had been up later than that, its just that the night before they hadn't slept at all (well maybe an hour) and for the other three days before that they had been going to bed at 12:00 and getting up at 5:30.

Summer's last thoughts before she fell asleep were 'Why the hell is Katy here?' we can only guess.

Lawrence and Gordon, who were sharing a room, wandered downstairs that night trying to find out what was going on, only to find the rest of the band waiting impatiently, tapping their feet

Dewey stood nervously.

"Ummmm, well, now that you're all here, there's something I would like to announce. Ahem, you see, since you became famous, you've been doing tours, making records and all that, and that's okay, except you haven't been able to attend school. You must understand little dudes, you're only a kid once, and we don't want to take that away from you. I was approached and it was suggested that maybe we should, ummm..." he trailed off.

"You're not saying we should break up the band!" sobbed Michelle. Dewey stared at her as if she was an alien. "God no! I was just leading up to saying that you're in AUSTRALIA! All you have to do is spend some time in a state school in sunny Queensland and Bob's you auntie's livin' lover." And with that thunder rumbled and it began pouring with rain.

"What?!" yelled Alicia along with other protests from the rest of the band. "You meanin' to say that we're in Australia! Why weren't we told?"

"Because we knew that you would protest." said a man in a black suit. "This is a good experience and great for publicity."

"Look on the greener side, it's a few less international flights before you Aussie tour." added Dewey. He laughed trying to make it sound better.

"So where are we exactly?" asked Summer, "And who is that guy?"

"You're in a house that we have rented in the suburb Wilston, 29 Laurel Street in the North Side of Brisbane. Which is the capital of Queensland."

"We know that." interrupted Freddy.

"You will be attending to Wilston State School for three to four weeks in Year Seven. (A/N high schools are too hard to write about) Whilst you are there, there will be no special considerations, that means no limos, autograph signing, or even acknowledging the press just to prove you are famous, you will be acting like normal children. You peers will know who you are but will treat you no differently.

"The school uniform arrived while you were sleeping, and your first day is tomorrow." The man in the suit concluded. He didn't explain who he was. (a/n Actually, I don't know who he is)

"Tomorrow!" screamed everyone. Freddy and Zack stepped forward, glaring at the man. They had become good friends since the band began and now they always join forces to outnumber people like Summer, or this man.

"Listen dude," spat Freddy angrily, "What if we don't want to spend time here. I don't know about the rest of the band, but I sure don't."

"Tough." said suit man, and he strode out the door. Freddy went to follow him but Dewey shook his head. "He's powerful. He can even stop you playing drums." Freddy stormed off.

"What happened to sticking it to The Man? No one can stop me play the drums." He shouted.

After dinner, the children went back to bed. Katy and Summer, who were sharing a room, and Zack and Freddy, who were also sharing a room, sat together for a while, chatting about what had happened.

Suddenly Freddy started crying. Not loudly sobbing or anything, just a few tears running down his face. "I miss being bloody normal. I just want to go home. That stupid guy thinks he can run our lives!" His friends stared at him. They had never seen him cry, not even Zack who had known him since kindergarten.

Summer spoke up. "Then why are you still with the band?" she choked.

"Oh no, I love the band. Music is my life, a way to get away from stupid people, I would never want to quit the band. It's just, I miss being able to jam in the class room without TV cameras and reporters listening to see if you're writing a new song. I miss flirting with girls without,"

"Freddy!" Katy interrupted, "That's just sad, you were in fifth grade." He grinned sadly,

"You know what I mean, you can't just talk to someone without them trying to be your friend just because you're 'famous'. I just want a few weeks where everything goes back to normal." He wiped his eyes. "Has anyone noticed how serious Dewey's become lately?"

"Yeah," agreed Katy, "And what about that man in the suit. I mean, won't we be as popular here as we are back home. Why will it be any different?"

"Has anyone bothered to check if we really are in Australia? I don't want to be Punk'd or anything." Said Zack. Summer dashed to the window and strained her head to try and see the street sign.

"Its too dark," she said, "but I think it says Laurel St.' Just then a car drove past. "Wait a sec, yep, it says 'Queensland – The Sunshine State' on the number plate."

She plonked herself back down. "So whaddaya think?" Shall we take on this new school, or absolutely refuse to move?" They all looked at each other.

"Let's do it."

The girls tiptoed back into their room. "I hope everything's gonna work out." said Katy before she fell asleep.

In the boys' room, Zack was about to fall asleep when Freddy's voice said quietly. "You don't think I'm a lame-ass or anything for crying 'cause, you know..." he trailed off.

"Of course not." Zack yawned. Freddy didn't know that a tear was rolling down Zacks face.

From the Author: SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY. I didn't want to make him cry but I needed someone to be all emotional, it wont happen again. Anyway, in case you didn't realise, the Stars and Stripes at the start were the Aussie flag. We do have stars and stripes on ours as well. Yes, I know they don't live in New York but TOUGH!

IM AUSTRALIAN!

Please review, I'm not that bad. Its my first fanfic