A/N: Hey, here's chapter two! I hope you enjoy it and I hope you enjoied chapter number one! Ok, the song doesn't really come into play until a while into the chapter.
Summer stood there and looked at her feet. Chris put his hands in his pockets and looked at his feet. He couldn't believe he was standing there talking to the lead singer of one of his favorite bands. Katie and Eric headed inside, hand in hand, leaving Summer alone with this gorgeous guy.
'So…you're in Eric's band?' Summer said, trying to make small talk.
'Yea, I play the drums. But, wow, I can't believe I'm talking to Summer Hathaway, lead singer of School of Rock,' Chris said, then laughed, 'You're a lot prettier in person.' Summer blushed and laughed.
'Thanks, but it's not that big of a deal,' she said, slightly pushing his arm.
'Yes it is! School of Rock is only one of the greatest rock bands ever,' Chris said, putting his hands on Summer's shoulders and looking into her eyes.
'Yea, ok,' Summer said modestly, 'So how long has Righteously Unknown been together?' Summer asked, motioning for him to start walking with her back inside. Chris walked beside her and Summer noticed what he was wearing: a Guns 'N' Roses T-shirt, jeans, a black SOR wristcuff, and green converse.
'About 3 years. Basically since the beginning of Freshman year,' he said. Summer got excited, he was a junior.
'So, you're a junior then? That's cool. I'm a sophomore,' Summer said, trying not to sounds like a dork.
'Yea, I know,' Chris said. Summer felt her ears blushing. When the 2 had to part ways once they were inside, the stopped and faced each other.
'Well, it was nice meeting you, Chris. Good luck tonight,' Summer smiled and stuck out her hand. Chris smiled and shook her hand.
'Thanks,' he said. Summer turned around, but before she took her first step, Chris said, 'Summer?'
'Yea.' Summer said, turning around. Chris acted a bit nervous. He figured he would ask her, take a risk and see how it went.
'Would you…uh…I don't know…like to go see a movie or somethin with me sometime?' he asked. Summer smiled and pulled out a pen from her pocket.
'Sure, that would be great. Call me sometime and we'll hang,' Summer smiles again and wrote her number on the back of a piece of paper Chris handed her from his wallet. She gave him her cell number and handed the piece of paper back to him. In his mind, Chris was jumping up and down and screaming, and so was Summer in her head.
'Thanks. I'll call you later then,' Chris said. Summer nodded and headed towards the green room while Chris headed to the stage for his sound check. Summer wanted to squeal with happiness until she walked right into Freddy.
Take my photo off the wall
If it just won't sing for you…'Oh, hey Spaz, where're you going? Don't we have a band meeting?' Summer asked, trying to play it cool.
'Who was that?' Freddy said. Summer could tell he seemed upset.
'His name's Chris, why?' Summer said, and started back towards the green room with Freddy right behind her.
'What were you 2 doing?' he asked.
'Just talking, why?' Summer asked again.
'Just wondering. I'll…uh…meet you on in the green room,' he said. Summer nodded and kept walking. It was obvious to her that Freddy seemed mad about something.
'Summer,' Freddy yelled from down the hall. Summer turned around and looked at him, 'Just be careful, ok?' he said. Summer just stood there as Freddy walked away. She was confused and dumbfounded. It was the first time Freddy had ever told Summer to be careful of a guy. She shook it off and headed to the green room.
Once everyone was in the green room, Dewey told them what to do.
'Ok, I have to pick two people as my announcers who won't be judging the competition. The upside, the get to announce each band, get lots of air time, and they get to meet the band Velvet Revolver, as you know, another one of my clients,' Dewey said, brushing his shoulder, 'that's right you little nerds, I'm a pimp.' Everyone burst out laughing at this comment. Dewey quieted them down and continued.
'Ok, everyone's name is on a little piece of paper in this bag, and I'm going to pick 2 names for the announcers,' Dewey reached into the bag, 'ok, the first name is…' everyone leaned forward, 'Tinkerbell,' Summer cheered and everyone moaned, 'and the second name is…' once again, everyone leaned forward, 'Spazzy McGee.' Freddy stood up and did the most ridiculous dance anyone could think of and got about 100 pillows thrown at him.
'Ok, ok. Basically, before each band, you'll be announcing them with one member of Velvet Revolver. All you have to do it look pretty and read off the cue cards,' Dewey said.
'Oh, don't worry Dewey, I can make Freddy look very pretty,' Summer gave an evil laugh, 'isn't that right, McGee?' Everyone looked at Freddy.
'Shut up, Tink!' Freddy said, giving her his death look.
'Shut up Spaz! What do you mean Tink?' Zack piped in. Summer laughed.
'Well, why don't you just look at his toes,' Summer almost couldn't say from laughing too hard. Freddy's ears began to blush and everyone tackled him and fought to get his shoes off. Once they were off, everyone saw his bright pink toe nails.
'Freddy…dude…AHAHAHAHAHA!' Lawrence said. Everyone was laughing, but so was Freddy, who was also yelling, 'She made me do it!' Dewey made them all shut up and made Freddy put his shoes back on.
It was time for the show, and everyone was getting excited. The band was going to open the show with their original hit, School of Rock. When they were done, the crowd went wild. Everyone left the stage except for Summer and Freddy, who were given microphones and were told to stand in the middle of the stage. Summer then began to read her cue card.
'How is everyone doin tonight?' She said into the microphone. The crowd cheered and screamed.
'Ok. Let's get rockin! Welcome to Battle of the Bands 2005!' Summer said, and yet again, the crowd went crazy, 'Battle of the Bands is a competition where, this year, the winner is given a record deal with Business of Rock, Inc. and 100,000 worth of new equipment from MTV, who is here tonight. Anyways, for those of you who don't already know, I'm Summer Hathaway, AKA Tinkerbell from School Of Rock,' the crowd went wild.
'And I'm Freddy Jones, AKA Spazzy McGee, the bad ass drummer also from School of Rock,' Freddy said, reading his cue card, 'Tonight, 9 bands will have 15 minutes each to play original songs, and battle to win the record deal from Dewey Fin's record company. Here tonight to help us announce the first band, is one of the greatest heavy metal guitarists, Slash, formally from Guns 'N' Roses, currently in Velvet Revolver,' Freddy said as Slash walked onto the stage. The crowd went even crazier.
'Hey you guys, what's up?' Slash said, shaking both their hands.
'Nothin man,' Freddy said, 'but I think you already know why you're here. So let's get to announcing the band. Their from Chicago, and it's their second time here,' Freddy put his arm around Summer, and so did Slash.
'Please welcome to the stage…' Slash said. Then, at the same time, they all said, 'last year's second place band, CYNDER!' As the band took the stage, Summer, Freddy, and Slash walked to the backstage area. Once back there, Slash shook both their hands.
'Hey, you guys rock. I own all three of your CDs, I'm a big fan,' Slash said.
'Back at ya, dude,' Freddy said, star struck.
'Thanks, hey, tell the rest of the band they rock too,' Slash said.
'We will, thanks,' Summer said, also star struck. Slash walked away and Summer began to squeal.
'I swear to GOD I'm going to marry him!' Summer said. Freddy just laughed and sat down on a chair.
All the bands had performed except Righteously Unknown. Summer and Freddy announced them on with Scott Weiland, and walked off stage. Summer passed Chris, who smiled at her as he got behind his drum set. He began twirling his drum sticks around and counted the band off. Summer watched Chris play. He looked so focused when he played. He bit his bottom lip and looked at his drums, once in a while glancing into the crowd to give them a perfect smile. Summer was love struck, and Freddy noticed every moment of it. Freddy felt himself become very jealous. Righteously Unknown was a great band, hands down, but Freddy couldn't stand the idea of Summer dating the DRUMMER from ANOTHER band.
When they were done, and School of Rock was done performing, Summer and Freddy walked onto the stage with the envelope.
'So, did everyone have fun?' Summer asked the crowd. They went crazy, again, 'Well, Freddy here has the envelope.'
'Yep, I do. Ok, I won't make you wait any longer. The winner of Battle of the Bands 2005 is…' Freddy opened the envelope and looked at the name. His heart sank into his stomach, 'Righteously Unknown.'
The band ran on the stage cheering and screaming. Chris ran on the stage and Summer handed him the trophy, and Chris hugged her. Summer laughed and hugged him back and said 'Congratulations,' in his ear.
'Thank you,' he whispered back. Summer pulled away and shook everyone else's hands. Freddy was shaking the band's hands, but he saw what went on between them. Freddy felt his heart breaking (a/n: I know…corny, but I thought it would be adorable!). He walked off the stage and headed towards the green room.
Cuz all that's left has gone away
And there's nothing left to prove…
He was walking down the hallway when he heard a voice behind him. He turned around to see Amanda standing right in front of him.
'What do you want Amanda?' Freddy said, shoving his hands deep into his pockets. She walked up right in front of him and smiled. Freddy then remembered the reason he went out with her: she was incredibly hot and popular, despite the whole poser thing.
'Great show tonight Jones,' She said, touching his upper arm.
'Thanks, but, why are you here?' Freddy said.
'I think you know why I'm here. I miss you Freddy. I thought you liked me, I mean, obviously if you liked what we did…' Amanda said, wrapping her arms around Freddy's shoulders. She began kissing him, and Freddy, being the hormonal and heart broken teenager he was, didn't try to pull away. Instantly, his hands were on her hips and he kissed her back. Soon, Amanda's back was against the wall and they were still making out.
'Yea, you REALLY broke up with her Jones,' Freddy heard a pissed voice from behind him. He jumped away from Amanda to see Summer standing right there, her eyes brimmed with tears.
Oh look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well it seems like such fun
Until you lose what you have won…'Tink, I can explain-' Freddy got out before Summer shoved past him towards the green room, tears gently going down her face.
'Don't call me Tink. You lied to me, you said you broke up with that poser,' Summer said, going down the hall, leaving Freddy and Amanda in the hallway.
Give me back my point of view
Cuz I just can't think for you
I can hardly hear you say
What should I do, well you choose…
'Don't worry about her, Freddy,' Amanda said when Summer slammed the door to the Ladies room down the hall. Amanda tried to get back to what they were doing, but Freddy pushed her away.
'Go home Amanda,' he said, and headed to the green room. He walked in, and Summer was there, next to Katie, whispering something in her ear. Freddy knew what they were talking about, and sat next to Zack. Once in a while during the band meeting, Freddy would look up towards Summer and see her glaring at him, then looking at the ground. He realized he had to do something.
Oh look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well it seems like such fun
Until you lose what you have won…
When the meeting was over, he walked out to the car with the rest of the band. This time, Summer made sure she was on the opposite of the car as Freddy. She sat in the front with Katie and Tomika. Summer didn't say anything all the way the Dewey's studio where there was going to be a party for the band.
Take my photo off the wall
If it just won't sing for youCuz all that's left has gone away
And there's nothing there for you to do…Summer left Dewey's when they got there. Dewey was going to be throwing another party the night after at the studio for Righteously Unknown and all the other teen only bands that were in the competition (basically all but 3 of the bands), and Summer wanted to have a good night's sleep before she saw Chris again. She also didn't feel like looking at Freddy any moment more than she had to.
Oh look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well it seems like such fun
Until you lose what you have won…
It was about 1 am and Summer was walking home. The gas station was open, so she stopped in the grab a candy bar. She bought a Twix bar and headed home. When she got to her house she started towards the front door. While she was rummaging through her purse for her key, she heard someone walk up the front steps behind her. She turned around…it was Freddy.