Hey everyone! I'm back! I know it's been forever, but I have been super busy. Being a senior is tough! Only one more week though. Three more days of school, two days of finals, only one of which I have to take for sure, then Saturday and Sunday is GRADUATION! Awww! Super scary and exciting. Anyways, here all you faithful fans go.
Chapter 4: Flashback
FLASHBACK
It was right after eighth grade; the trip to Rome. Lizzie had just performed live at the IMVAs. And she was being flooded with offers for record deals because of it. She had talent, what could they say? The public loved her. She couldn't go anywhere without being swarmed, making the last few days of the trip a little difficult. She loved the attention and loved to sing, but she knew she wanted to complete school at home in California with all of her friends. She decided that while she would never give up on music, she needed to turn down all of the record deals. She went home and after talking to Miranda about all that had gone on, Miranda gave her the idea to start a band. Lizzie liked the idea right away because even though she loved to sing, she didn't like being alone on stage. As liberating as that was, performing on stage, she was still really scared. Miranda had learned how to play the guitar a few years earlier, her cousin had taught her, and Lizzie knew a little too. She started to take lessons and the three amigos held auditions for a bass player and a drummer. Gordo had no musical talent, except that he seemed to be fairly good at writing song lyrics. He and Lizzie began to write together. By the end of the summer Lizzie had learned how to play guitar pretty well, continuing lessons into the school year, and they had found a bass player and a drummer. They also had a few songs written. There first gig was in September for the Freshman dance. They continued to play all through high school. Lizzie had dated the drummer for awhile but they decided that they were better as friends than as a couple. This fact disturbed Gordo a little at the time, he took this as a sign that friends should never become a couple. Gordo filmed the band, creating several music videos for them, which aired on the local public access channel. The band was gaining quite a following. By senior year they had a earned the reputation in Hillridge as THE band to go see. This was obvious when they were chosen to play at the prom.