Dinner at Freddy's was pretty good. His mom came home and made salmon. I was stuffed from all the cookie dough we made and I gave half of my fish to Freddy. He took it willingly. God! That boy can put it away!
Mrs. Jones noted that we had made cookies. Luckily we had cleaned up all the mess before she came home. She would've been really mad. She didn't mind that we had baked. She was surprised when I had mentioned that Freddy had helped. I liked Mrs. Jones. She was really nice. Freddy would beg to differ. I guess all kids think that their parents are mean.
After dinner we stuck to our original plan and went up to Freddy's room to listen to CDs.
"So what should we do?" he asked me as he lied on his floor and stood up at the ceiling.
"Well you're tight with Zack right?"
"Yeah."
"And Summer is one of my pals. If anything they're as determined as we are."
"So..."
"SO...we could team up with them and I know Summer has to have some ideas to help get us back together."
"Yeah, I guess that makes sense," he said as continued to stare at the ceiling.
I looked down at him. He looked...gorgeous. His was solid with gel...as always, he was wearing the grey shirt with a large red lighting bolt I gave him for his birthday ((A/N: It was the shirt that Gus wore in the last scene of catch that kid. I figured that it looked like something Freddy would wear.))His face was full of concentration. At that moment I knew that he wanted the band to get back together as I did. I didn't know why yet but I'd know soon.
"What was the band to you? I mean it was my refuge but what was it to you?" I asked him.
"Well, I guess it was the place where I wasn't just a punk. I was part of a team. I had real friends. Friends who didn't like me because I was in a band or because I'm hot. I guess it was a place where I just had to be...me, ya know? I could say the most retarded things and no one would care. You'd just laugh and blow it off."
I looked at him thoughtfully. He was a very intelligent person deep down. "That's a smart answer," I said playfully. "I agree though."
"Surprised you huh?" he said as he took his eyes off the ceiling and directed them at me.
I rolled my eyes. "Is drumming hard?" I asked trying to make conversation.
"Not really, if you have rhythm."
"Oh, do you want to teach me? I'm curious."
He raised one eyebrow. "You want me to teach you to play drums?"
"Yeah, if you want to."
"Okay."
I followed him down into his basement. It wasn't finished but his parents had it sound-proofed. He had a drum set down there. He motioned for me to sit down on the stool. I slowly walked over and sat down.
"What do you want to learn?" he asked me.
"To play drums…duh."
"No, let me be more specific. What do you want to learn how to play?" he said as he handed me a set of drumsticks.
"Oh, I dunno. What do you like? Or better yet what's good for beginners?"
"I can teach you a simple drum riff."
"Whatever."
He carefully grabbed my wrists and guided them to do a short rhythm. I tried to concentrate on what he was teaqching me but the cautious way he held my hands...let's just say it was difficult.
"Now you try," he said after he finished.
"Okay." I concentrated and tried to carefully recall what he did. Slowly I began to tap on the drums. I sucked. I majorly sucked.
"Wow, I'm like really, really bad," I said as I stood up.
"No offense but yeah…you could say that."
"You're not supposed to agree with me!" I said as I lightly punched him in the arm.
Freddy's PoV
I cautiously grabbed her hands. I wasn't sure if she'd allow me to do this. I used her hands to tap out a rhythm. After I finished I really didn't want to let go. I knew I had to though. She looked up at me I told her to go and then badly repeated what I had guided her to do.
"Wow, I'm like really, really bad," she said as she stood up.
"No offense but yeah…you could say that," I laughed. At least she could admit it.
"You're not supposed to agree with me!" she scolded as she punched me.
"You're a dork, Katie."
"Well you're a loser, Fred. I have to go. I'll talk to Summer. Bye, man."
"Bye, Kitty-Katie," I teased as she went upstairs.
"I HATE THAT NICKNAME!!!!!!" she shouted from upstairs.
I gave a laugh as I flopped on the couch.
Katie's PoV
When I got home I signed on to AOL Instant Messenger. I typed in my username, pUnKrOcKpRiNcEsS452 and signed on. I saw that xsummerxnightsx ((Summer)) was on, as was yngbl00d2476 ((Zack)) ((A/N: I dunno if he'll read this but I stole Albert's screen name because it was so cool…I really, really like it.)) I invited both of them to a private chat room. They agreed and met me there.
pUnKrOcKpRiNcEsS452: how have you guys been?
yngbl00d2476: ok. dealin wit the breakup but ok.
xsummerxnightsx: i've been kinda depressed lately but it's cool.
pUnKrOcKpRiNcEsS452: well i was talkin wit freddy today and we were "scheming"…thats fun wurd…on ways to get the band back together…we figured you guys might have some ideas.
xsummerxnightsx: i've been thinking non-stop but i dunno…i guess first we'd have to patch up the feuds…cough zack and dewey cough
yngbl00d2476: HEY! i wasn't the only one fighting with someone!
pUnKrOcKpRiNcEsS452: take a chill pill man…OOH!!!! freddy just signed on…ill go get him…brb
KiCkAsSdRuMmEr316: who here knew that katie is the worst drummer EVER?!
yngbl00d2476: huh?
pUnKrOcKpRiNcEsS452: shut up stupid…freddy tried to teach me to play drums today.
xsummerxnightsx: o…lol
yngbl00d2476: so…back to the band.
KiCkAsSdRuMmEr316: yea…u should try to make up with dewey.
yngbl00d2476: THAT RUDE SON OF A BITCH?! NO FUCKING WAY!
xsummerxnightsx: calm down…if you want the band to get back together it has to happen.
pUnKrOcKpRiNcEsS452: i agree with sum…dude it's the only way.
yngbl00d2476: …i guess…i still think that that bastard has control issues.
KiCkAsSdRuMmEr316: no…summer has control issues.
xsummerxnightsx: HEY!!!! at least I'm not a slob who only lives to stuff his face!
KiCkAsSdRuMmEr316: hey! i drum too!
xsummerxnightsx: im sooooooo srry…you bang on things too…how could i have forgotten that you enjoy hitting things at a quick pace.
pUnKrOcKpRiNcEsS452: calm urselves down.
yngbl00d2476: gtg…i have to eat dinner talk to you l8r.
pUnKrOcKpRiNcEsS452: same here…bye!
xsummerxnightsx: im leavin too…bye
A/N: I know how happy I am to see my name in a fic so here you go. These are my reviewers:
t.i.n.k.a.h.b.e.l.l.- Thanks...it's not a problem...it's a fun fic to write.
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kay 3x mac- Thanks...I hoped that she'd sound cute.
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