Benefit gig

Phil looked at the note pad he had in front of him. He put pen to paper, but pulled it away and scrumpled the paper up. He shouted angrily. Lil had heard this and followed the sound of angry shouting to her brothers room.

"Are you ok Phil?"

"Huh? Oh hey Lil. Sorry I'm trying to write a note to Luci, but..."

"....you don't know what to say?"

"Yeah."

"Well what about the things you said at the funeral"

"To be honest I forgot what I said"

"Why do you need to write a note. I'm sure, wherever she is, she heard you"

"Maybe, but I never said goodbye"

She hugged her brother

"Well the only thing I can think of is to look into your heart"

"And you were making fun of me for being profound"

They shared a laugh

"Thanks sis"

"Hey it's what I'm for. The guys are going over to the Java Lava soon. Wanna come?"

"Yeah. It'll give me the chance to think"

They got out and walked over to the Pickles house. Chuckies van was outside.

"Oh sorry Phil I got something else I just remembered...." Phil looked at his sister then saw the van.

"Ohhh I get it. Come on Lil just coz you have a crush on him doesn't mean you can't be in the same room"

"It's not that. I really do have something to do"

"Ahuh. Well I'll see you later"

Phil watched his sister run back into the house. He entered The Pickles residents

"Knock knock"

"Hey Phil" they all said in unison

"Wheres Lil?" asked Kimi

"She said she had something else to do. What have you done Finster?" he said looking at Chuckie

"I ain't done nothing to nobody" he said in his defence. While going slightly red

"Ooooh" said Tommy and Kimi in unison. They laughed together

"Grow up guys really" he said leaving

"Hey come on Chuck we're only kidding" said Tommy

"I'm not" said Kimi. Tommy grabbed her and wrestled her to the ground. "Hey get off"

"Sorry can't"

"Come on Tommy your hurting me"

"Sorry can't move" She whispered something in his ear which made him blush and get up

"Men. Your all the same" she said knocking him to the ground and jumping on top of him

"Ok we better go before they tag team us" said Phil as he and Dil left to get into Chuckie van

"Hey were did everyone go?" said Tommy looking around the room

"I dunno" she said getting off him. He took this opertunity and wrestled her to the ground again

"You didn't see that coming did you?"

"Your very deviace Thomas" she kissed him

"Don't think you can talk your way out of this" he said putting more pressure on her.

"Your mom's only in the kitchen I could cry rape"

"Fine" he got up and gave her his hand to pull her up. She took his hand, but pulled him on top of her again. They kissed again before getting up and heading to the van.

"You know guys" said Kimi before getting into the van " I think I know what Lil has to do I'll see you later"

"Bye" said Tommy giving her a kiss

As the van pulled away Kimi turned and headed towards Lils house. She rang the door and Lil opened

"Hey Lil" she said smiling

"Hi Kimi, I'm really busy I can't come"

"I know that's why I'm here. The guys are gonna have a band meeting instead. Can I come in?"

"Yeah sure"

"So what you doing?" she asked walking passed her

"I'm err tidying my room"

"Come on whats up. Your room has never been a mess"

"I wan't to tell you but I can't"

"It's about you and Chuckie kissing isn't it?"

"WHAT? How did you know?"

"He talks in his sleep. He really has it bad for you"

"Yeah well it shouldn't of happened."

"Why don't you like him?"

She went red "N-n-no"

"You are worse at lying than Tommy. And thats saying something"

"Well fine I do like him, but I feel wierd since he is your brother"

"What's wrong with that? I mean Tommy is Chuckie best friend, but he's cool with us dating"

"I supose, but because we kissed at a funeral. It feels kinda....morbid"

"From what I understand you wern't at the funeral"

"Yeah, I supose"

"It's Phil isn't it?"

"Well say me and Chuckie did start dating. How would Phil feel? To see me so happy while he is miserable. It's not fair on him, Chuckie or me"

"Who has been the one trying to get you guys together?"

"Phil"

"So what's the problem?"

"It doesn't seem right I dunno"

"Well I'm not gonna pressure you into anything. Wanna go to the mall?"

"Yeah sure. I'll call Susie"

======= Java Lava ========

Tommt, Phil and Dil were sat at a table waiting to be served by Chuckie who was working.

"So hows things with Kimi?" asked Dil

"Great" he said making sure Chuckie was out of earshot. "I think we may be taking the next step soon"

"Well we kinda noticed. All that wrestling you keep doing"

"You should hear the things she whispers to me while were doing it." A smile grew on his face

"You lucky bastard"

Tommy looked over to his other friend who was looking a bit depressed.

"Hey sorry man. We're being really incensitive"

"Hey it's cool. Don't worry about me. I just wish I could have done something"

"Well maybe you still can" said Chuckie who came with their milkshakes

"Thanks man." said Phil taking a shake "What do you mean?"

"Well we could do a gig, but give all the money to the cancer ward"

"Hey that's a great idea Chuck!" said Tommy

"Yeah that would be cool" said Dil

"You are a genius Chuck. This could be the perfect way to say goodbye. Thanks man. I'd kiss you, but my sis would kill me"

Tommy and Dil fell on the floor laughing. Even Chuckie managed a smile

"Ok Ok, your gonna have to pay for these now"

==== School (whenever) ======

"Hi Principal Vaughan me again. We want to do another gig now because of the sucess of our last one."

"That would be great. Same arrangement as last time? 60%?"

"That is the problem. We're hoping we could hire it for free"

"I'm not so sure about that Charles"

"Ahh, we're not taking the money for ourselves. We're gonna give all the money to the Cancer ward at the hospital."

"Oh I see. Is this because of Phillip?"

"Well kind of. While he was ther ehe started dating a girl who was also there, but she died. The same day he was given the all clear."

"Well I wouldn't want to be seen as some kind of ogre. I supose I better let you"

"Thanks Principal Vaughan. We owe you one"

He ran back to the lockers where his friends always hang about.

"Well it's official we are gonna have the gig"

"Yes" said Phil punching the air

"Is it just going to be us playing or are we doing a festival kinda thing?" asked Tommy

"I supose we could, we'll hold some auditions for bands."

"What shall we call the festival?"

"Friendfest?" said Lil

"I don't think so" said the others

"Beerfest?" said Chuckie

"That would be cool if we could have beer on school premises!" said Kimi

"Budfest" said Phil

"Budfest?" said the others

"Yeah it's a mixture of the 2 friend and beer. BUD(weiser incase you didnt get it)"

"That works" said Dil

"BUDFEST. I like it" said Kimi

"Then it is settled" said Tommy hugging Kimi from behind. Who smiled and kissed him on the cheek. "Budfest"

====== Auditions ======

"So how many bands do we have down now?" asked Tommy

"Including us?" asked Chuckie

"Errr...yeah"

"5. Dearest, Cram what, Foster and Forgiven grudge."

"How many more do we need then?"

"Another 5 I'd say"

"How many more for today?"

"20"

"That's not so bad"

===== 20 bands later =====

So who are we choosing then?"

"I liked Captivates Marketing Fiasco" said Dil

"I'd agree with that. What about Executor?" asked Phil

"Yeah I think those 2 are definates. How about Tiniest Camper?"

"Yeah they were ok, but Shiboleth were awesome"

"Right so that's 4 one more"

"I liked Libido Conformaty" said Phil

"Yeah they were ok, but are you just choosing them for their name?" asked Tommy

"Well yeah, but they were still good"

"Ok so we have our festival line up. What order?" asked Dil

"Well we're headlining" said Chuckie

"Obviously" said Tommy

"What about Tiniest Camper, Captivates Marketing Fiasco , Executor, Libido Conformaty, Dearest, Cram what, Foster, Forgiven grudge, Shiboleth, then us." said Dil

"Sounds good well now that is sorted lets start selling tickets." said Chuckie

"Yeah were is Kimi today?" asked Phil

"Somewhere with Lil. I dunno where" said Tommy

"So we gotta sell them by ourselves thats gonna suck"

"Come on then we'll make the tickets now"

They headed over to the computer room and made up some tickets. They were pretty large with BUDFEST written rather large across the top. It had all the bands that were playing and the times on. Just as they were about to leave Kimi and Lil came in

"Hey babe" she said running up to Tommy and hugging him "How did the auditions go?"

"We got 9 other bands to play to"

"Where you gonna play?"

"Depends on how many tickets we sell" said Chuckie "We may play inside the gym. We may even get to do an outdoor concert if we sell enough"

"What are the tickets gonna cost?"

"Somewhere between $30 or $50"

"You really think they'll pay that much?"

"Well it's worth the cost" said Phil

"Yeah I supose" said Lil

"That reminds me Kimi, we need you to do your magic and sell the tickets" said Tommy "But without any flirting"

"Well you won't sell so many tickets then" said Kimi as the others laughed.

A few weeks later and it was the day of the gig. Not only had they sold the tickets to the whole school for $50. They had managed to sell some at local music stores and at the Java Lava. They had sold in excess of 2,000 tickets! This was the biggest gig they may ever play. Definatly the biggest for some of the support bands. Because of that they were playing the concert outdoors on the football field

"I can't believe how much money we have made!" said Phil

"This will make a huge differance at the hospital" said Jimi the singer from Shiboleth

"Yeah we really want to thank you for doing this for free man" said Tommy

"Are you kidding? This is going to give us all media coverage. Maybe even contracts." Kurt from Tiniest Camper

"I never thought of that" said Dil

"Yeah this is huge man" said Scott from Forgiven Grudge

"Well Kurt you guys are on in 5 good luck man" said Chuckie who was working as stage manager that night

"Thanks Chuckie. Come on guys lets warm them up." They headed out and they heard over 2000 people cheer.

"Woah" said Jimi "This is going to be amazing"

======== 3 hours later ==========

Jimi and his bandmates had just come off stage sweat pouring from them.

"Hey guys you were AWESOME!!" said Tommy as Jimi walked passed

"Thanks Tom, but that was nothing you guys are gonna really rock this place"

"Thanks Man. See you after the show" said Tommy as he headed outside on to the stage.

He had never seen anything like it. A sea of faces looking directly at him and cheering. He was speechless. He walked up to the mic

"HOLY FUCK! I've never seen so many people. YOU ENJOYING YOURSELF?"

The reply spoke for itself. Thousands of people screaming and trying to get on stage

"Well that sounded like a yes. The guys will be out soon so get ready to rock" At that the others come on stage. To the cheering of the crowd

"Hey so were Paradise in Anarchy and were gonna start off playing a song, thats close to my heart." said Phil

"So close he's gonna sing it" said Tommy picking up a guitar and start playing along with Chuckie, Dil and Phil. Phil smiled as he walked up to his mic

"The first flush of youth was upon you when our eyes first met

And I knew that to you and into your life I had to get

I felt light-headed at the touch of this stranger's hand

An assault my defences systematically failed to withstand

'Cos you came at a time

When the pursuit of one true love in which to fall

Was the be all and end all

Love is only a feeling

(Drifting away)

When I'm in your arms I start believing

(It's here to stay)

But love is only a feeling

Anyway

The state of elation that this unison of hearts achieved

I had seen, I had touched, I had tasted and I truly believed

That the light of my life

Would tear a hole right through each cloud that scudded by

Just to beam on you and I

Love is only a feeling

(Drifting away)

When I'm in your arms I start believing

(It's here to stay)

But love is only a feeling

Anyway, anyway

Love is only a feeling

(Drifting away)

And we've got to stop ourselves believing

(It's here to stay)

'Cos love is only a feeling

Anyway."

The crowd started screaming out loud. As Tommy walked up to his mic

"So that was good wasn't it?"

The crowd screamed again

After another 30 minutes of songs they tried to get off stage but the other bands came on stage and they sang and played together.

"What you get and what you see

Things that don't come easily

Feeling happy in my vein

Icicles within my brain

(cocain)

Da da da da da da da da da da da da da

Da da da da da da da da da da da da da

Something blowing in my head

Winter's ice, it soon will spread

Death would freeze my very soul

Makes me happy, makes me cold

(cocain)

Da da da da da da da da da da da da da

Da da da da da da da da da da da da da

La da da da

My eyes are blind but I can see

The snowflakes glisten on the tree

The sun no longer sets me free

I feel there's no place freezing me

DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING!

DON'T TELL ME THAT IT'S DOING ME WRONG!

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S REALLY A LOSER!

THIS IS WHERE I FEEL I BELONG!

Da da da da da da da da da da da da da

Da da da da da da da da da da da da da

Crystal world with winter flowers

Turns my day to frozen hours

Lying snowblind in the sun

Will my ice age ever come?

(cocain)

Da da da da da da da da da da da da da

Da da da da da da da da da da da da da

La da da da da

My eyes are blind but I can see

The snowflakes glisten on the tree

The sun no longer sets me free

I feel there's no place freezing me"

When they all finally managed to get off stage they were jumped by groupies and other fans. They took nearly an hour to sign all the autographs.

At the Java Lava were they were holding an 'aftershow party'. Tommy didn't get a chance to see Kimi for the whole time the show was on. When they managed to get together. They kissed and wouldn't of let go if Tommy wasn't so sweaty

"Eeeewwww" said Kimi who noticed how wet her clothes became.

"Come on lets go back to mine. We can get changed and showered"

"That sounds like a good idea."

They headed out of the coffee shop and down town. They came across Kimis house first where she went to get some clothes. They decided they should go to Tommys so he could get changed to. When they got there they saw no one else was home. Tommy took Kimis hand and led her upstairs.

"Well here is my room you know were the bathroom is give me a shout when your finished" said Tommy who was dripping with sweat

Kimi was getting an evil look in her eyes as she grabbed his hand and pulled him into the bathroom. She kissed him pationatly and began to take her clothes off. Tommy didn't need to be told twice. He began taking his clothes off until they were both naked together. She kissed him again and pushed him toward the door. Without him noticing she unlocked the door and pushed him out and locked the door. She couldn't help but laugh

"Ok Kimi that was really harsh you know" he said through the door

"Maybe, but it was funny" she said turning on the shower and getting in. He shrugged his shoulders and walked over to the airing cupboard and got some towels. It wasn't long until Kimi came out of the bathroom wearing a towel just above her breasts and one around her hair.

"I hate you you know?" said Tommy

She kissed him "Yep I know" at that he pulled away her towel, rushed into the bathroom with it and locked the door. He began laughing

"Ok Tommy THAT was harsh"

"Maybe, but it was funny"

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So that's this chapter. Rather interesting. I know I promised more Chuckie Lil stuff, but I thought this was a cool addition. Hope your enjoying. please R/R