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Where She Belongs
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Part Three: Talent Show Reluctance
By: KaoriNeko
Kaori picked up her pink guitar while Kiari climbed behind her pink drum set.
"Manny, do you play any instruments…like the bass?" Kaori asked, handing Manny the pink bass. They were in Kaori and Kiari's luxurious garage. It was like an apartment! Manny stood there in awe.
"Oh, uh, yeah. I went to music camp a while ago, I can play anything." Manny threw the strap over her head and onto her shoulder. She strummed a few chords, she sounded perfect.
"We need a name…" Kiari said, fiddling with her cymbals. Manny and Kaori shrugged.
"It has to be 'Pink' something, I mean look at our instruments." Manny said, pointing out the bright instruments.
"Yeah, we bought them that way purposely!" Kaori giggled. "Oh, how about Pink Panther!"
"Wasn't that a movie in, like, the '80's?"Manny said laughing. "I have one, how about Pink Tramps?"
Kiari burst out laughing behind her drum set, banging her head against the drums. "That one is too obvious, how about…Pink Poison?" Manny and Kaori clapped.
"Finally, a name for our band." Kaori playfully bowed towards Kiari. Suddenly the door to the garage swung up, Craig, Jimmy, and Spinner stood smiling.
"Hello boys, wouldn't you girlfriends be mad if they saw you here?" Manny said, the boys walked in and looked at their setup.
"So, you girls signing up for the Talent Show?" Spinner asked.
"Obviously…" Kiari said, giving him a kiss on the cheek. Jimmy leaned in to give Manny a kiss on the lips but Manny gave him a kiss on the cheek instead. She hoped Jimmy didn't think she liked him, he was just her friend. Craig kissed Kaori fully on the lips.
"Can we hear one of your songs…what's your band's name," he asked.
"Pink Poison." she replied. He smiled his mega-watt smile once again.
"Can we hear on of Pink Poison's songs?" She nodded. Kiari began pounding her drums. She slapped her sticks on the drums, doing her drum solo at the beginning of their song, 'Unnoticed'.
Ashley rang Paige's doorbell, the door swung open revealing Hazel and Paige. Ashley proceeded in and followed the three girls to Paige's bedroom.
"Girls, I wrote a new song." Ashley said as they walked into Paige's room. On the left wall was a small makeshift stage with a guitar, microphone, and keyboard.
"My dad set that up, I think it's sturdy," Paige said, not realizing Ashley's statement. Suddenly she perked up. "I bet you have a new song for us like you always do!" Hazel giggled while Ashley rolled her eyes.
"Here, your sheet music," Ashley said, handing the paper to the two girls. They climbed onto the stage and got behind their respective instruments. Paige began to strum her guitar while Hazel tapped the keys on the keyboard. After the little practice, Hazel and Paige were ready to go.
"So, what's the song called?" Hazel questioned, Ashley turned around and smiled.
"It's called 'Girl on the Side'…"
The three stunning girls strutted down the hallways, most girls stared at them in disgust, fear, or obsession. Kaori opened the door to the main office and waved to Ms. Jenkins, the secretary.
"Um, Lola, do you have the sign-up sheet?" Kaori said calling the secretary by her first name. Lola nodded while chewing a wad of gum. She grabbed a clipboard and handed it to Kaori.
"Sign under 'Song Solo', if you are singing alone, sign under 'Solo act' if you are doing something alone, sign under 'Multiple Act' if your doing something with two or more people, and sign under 'Bands' so we can enter you in the Battle of the Bands." Manny smiled her cute dimpled smile.
"Battle of the Bands?" Lola nodded.
"This'll be really fun…" Kiari said rubbing her hands together deviously, mocking the cartoon villains of the 1920's.
Today the trio had on retro satin 'Members Only' jackets from the 80's and low-ride designer jeans with their names bejeweled in rhinestones on the left side.
"Craig and the guys loved our song last night, I think we'll do well." Kaori said confidently, they entered Kwan's homeroom class and sat in their usual seats in the back of the room. Two boys dressed in gangsta clothes and a girl dressed in all black sat in the back also. The girls never noticed them before.
"Hey cuties…" the black guy said, slapping Kiari on the butt. Kiari stood up abruptly, she raised her fist to the sky.
"Back off before I rearrange your face…" The boy giggled.
"Hey, guys, stop," A voice said, it was deep and sexy. The three girls looked up and saw Sean coming to sit down. "Hey, I'm Sean." He sat down on Kaori's right side, Manny who was sitting in front of Kaori turned around to watch the scene. Kiari, who was sitting in back of her, craned her neck so her chin was resting on Kaori's shoulder.
"I-I'm Kaori…" Kaori said at a loss for words. Craig entered homeroom when he saw Kaori chatting with Sean, she was blushing and he was smiling brightly. Oh God No! Craig thought. He began to walk quickly towards Kaori but Mrs. Kwan came in and ordered the class to be seated. Reluctantly, Craig sat down at the nearest desk, a desk nine chairs away from Kaori and Sean's interesting conversation.
"So, you girl's sign up yet?" Craig asked, as he and the three girls walked out of Armstrong's algebra class.
"Yeah, did you hear, there's a Battle of the Bands." Manny said to her ex. Craig didn't look surprised like the girls hoped.
"Yeah, I know…"
"How do you know when they only released that to people who were signing up?" Kiari questioned. Craig smiled innocently and tried to get out of answering.
"So, girls, I loved your song! It was grea-"
"Don't change the subject! How do you know?" Kiari asked again, more aggressively this time.
"Well, actually Spin, Marco, Jimmy, and I have a band, we've signed up too…" Kaori stopped dead in her tracks.
"You mean to tell me that you are going up against us? Why didn't you say anything?"
"Well, I didn't think it mattered…"
"Hell yeah it matters! How am I supposed to enter a competition and compete against my boyfriend?" Craig smiled at the word 'boyfriend'.
"It's okay, really, we can just compete. Whoever wins, wins…"
"No, it's not okay, I'm not one of those kinds of girls who competes with her man. I like my boyfriend to be on the sidelines cheering me on! And if you don't then we're dropping out!" Kaori screamed. Kiari and Manny looked surprised, they'd drop out because of that?
"No, don't drop out!" Craig said. "You girls are really good, me and the guys just enter for fun. We never won once!" Kaori giggled.
"You suck that bad, eh?" Craig nodded, he got down on his knees in front of Kaori.
"Please will you stay in the competition?" Kaori smiled.
"Sure, whatever…"
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