Freddy.

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Summer was always a crazy chick. Me and her never got along well, you know? Dewey said we were way to opposite. Dude, lemme tell ya, aint it the truth. Whenever I was about to talk back to a teacher, she would throw her pencil at my head. Whatever they say about opposites attracting and all; it's bull.

But, I kinda liked her though, I mean, she was a cool girl. Summer did get us that audition, and we all owe her big for it. I feel like I owe her for a lot of things. I don't really like that feeling, so maybe that's why I tease her about so much random shit that doesn't matter.

When Finn was posing as the teacher, and he tore up the chart, Summer freaked. You could see her twitching all the way in the back of the class. I made fun of her for it. I can still bring it up too. And she'll roll her eyes but endure the humor. She endures a lot, now that I think about it.

When she was all spacey yesterday, I was gonna joke that she got a bad score on a quiz or something. I was gonna try and get her to smile or hit me. Summer's fun to mess around with, when she isn't all about grades or school, which she's not. The late night band practices (before a major gig) are when she gets going. Man, can that girl tell stories. She's the one thing that keep me awake at midnight after about three hours of hard drumming.

That's kinda how it is in our band. We've all got roles that we gotta fall into. Lawrence is the quiet keyboardist, Katie is posh spice, I'm Spazzy McGee, and Summer is Tinker Bell. She's the reliable band manager than can fix anything and everything.

After Dewey told us the truth about what happened, that she had been raped, I was kinda glad that I hadn't poked fun at her. I mean, when something that bad happens, you don't want stupid dudes making fun of you. I can't believe Summer was raped. I can't believe I called myself stupid. I can't believe a lot of things right now.

So much stuff has changed, after what we were told. Katie broke down, Zack freaked, and Alicia cussed out the light fixtures. I really wanted to break something. Something had to be broken to fix Summer.

That's the way it works, right? An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, right? I remember we learned last year that some governments were based on that idea. Someone else said "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." I can kinda see that now. That doesn't change the fact that I want to beat the pervert's head in, mind you. I'm much too stubborn to be swayed by some old guy preaching about eyes and blindness. Who cares? I've got perfect vision!

I wanna beat the crap outta the bastard who did it. Alicia said it was a good thing we didn't know who he was, because we'd kill him. If you think 8th graders are wimps, just wait until we jump you, then we'll see whose crying. It'll probably be your mama, after she sees what we've done to your dead body.

Seriously, no chick deserves to be raped. You can tell that sort of thing just shuts everyone up. Even when 'rents talk about it, they always speak in whispered voices, like it'll dirty our virgin ears. Virginity. That's another one that freaks people out. We learned last year in sexual education that only you can give away your virginity and even if you get forced, you're still a virgin.

I don't think Summer would believe that.

Once, Katie read this book about this girl who got raped, and Katie had to tell the other girls about it. I remember how they talked about it and what they would if they got hurt like that. I remember saying that none of them would get raped, 'cause perverts know better than to mess with the School of Rock. We're tough bitches, man! I was wrong.

Damn, I hate being wrong.

Finn said that there was nothing that we could really do, and to let things be. Someone mentioned a card or something, but that seemed kinda weird. What would we write, anyway?

"Get well soon, we miss you."

Right, rape isn't something you can just get over. They say it lasts forever and it never fades. The memories never go away, that's what we learned in school. It's something that scars you for life. I don't want Summer to be scarred. She's much to pretty for that. And I don't mean pretty like her face or something. I mean pretty in the way that she's smart and she's willing to help people.

There are a few rules, in rock 'n roll... the number one is that we stick together, as a band and as a family. Summer Hathaway just happened to be the glue. Not just because she was the 'band manager', but because she was something else.

And, because of that, we will fight for her. You should know that by now. Band equals family. Family equals if one falls of their face, we all do.

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