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-I'm new at this so I'm so sorry if there are any mistakes.Hope you guys will like the story.Please review if you do, kay?Thanx!-

Chapter 1- She's here!

The band were at Zack's place practicing for the upcoming 'Battle of The Bands' next month. They secretly practiced there when Zack's dad was out on a business trip. It's just him in that little quiet house. Not! It's only half way through the summer and everything's turning out to be a disaster for Zack.

"Okay, lets take it from the top," said Zack Mooneyham, the leader.

The other band members started to moan.

"Again! We've done it a million times, Zack! Can we take a break now? Please?" said Katie, his girlfriend.

"Yea, man! We've been at this for too long. Ireally need to go to the toilet!"said Freddy, Zack's best bud.

At once, everyone started giving their excuses for taking a break. "I'm tierd!" "My throat feels dry!" "I wanna have a snack!" "Zack, my fave t.v show's on!"

Zack this! Zack that! Zack couldn't concentrate on what either of them were saying! His head was spinning really fast. – ARGHH! WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS!-

" OKAY! SHUT UP!" Zack barked. He felt like pulling his hair off his head.

Everyone stopped their blabering after Zack burst out in rage. They stared at him.

" Okay. Let's settle this calm and quietly. How many of you wants to take a break now?" Zack asked.

Everybody in the room raised their hands except him.

"But tomorrow all of you--except Freddy--will be going away for your summer holidays! How are we supposed to kickass during the battle if you guys don't put effort into practicing?"said Zack, stressing out.

"Don't worry. We'll practice hard during the holidays,"said Marta.

Everyone in the band started giving the puppy pout.

"Ugh! Fine! 10 minutes!"he replied.

"30!"bargained Freddy with a smirk on his face.

"15!"said Zack.

"45!"said Freddy again.

"30 and that's it!" Zack said, who finally agreed on Freddy.

"YES!" said Alicia, Katie, Marta and Tomika together.

-I always get what I want- thought Freddy to himself.

The band members rushed to the kitchen and some were fighting to use the toilet.

Zack was totally stressed out being the band leader. Dewey temporary handed the band over to him just last week because he wasn't gonna be round' town for a few weeks. Summer was actually supposed to take charged but she had to go visit her grandparents in London for the summer holidays and not long after that, all the back-up singers of the band and the bass player, Katie will leave for their summer holidays. They had to get as much practice before they leave the next day! Not only that.The bands keyboard player, Lawrence has gone to China for his uncle's funeral! How is Zack gonna cope with this situation!

- How could a 17 year old like me handle this?- Zack thought to himself.

"Hey, baby. Are you alright?"

Zack turned to look at Katie.

"Yea, I'm good," lied Zack.

Katie gave out a laugh. "Are you sure?" she asked again.

Zack looked down at his feet and opened his mouth to tell her the truth.

"No. It's hard being the band leader. If only 'Summer' was here, it'll be much easier,"

"Don't worry. Everything's gonna be fine. It's still a few weeks till' the battle. You make a great leader," said Katie but she wasn't saying it honestly and Zack could tell.

"No, I don't make a great leader" he said, glumly.

Katie giggled.

"Don't stress too much bout' it. All we gotta do is have some fun!"

She stroked his back and handed him a glass of orange juice. He took a big gulp of it.

"Are you guys sure you'll be back just in time for the competition?" he asked.

"Yep! I'm Positive bout' it," said Katie with her big smile.

"Yea, me too. I told my mom bout' it already. She said it's fine" said Tomika.

"Mine too!" said Marta who was lying on the couch.

"YEA! MINE TOO!" shouted Alicia from the kitchen.

Zack laughed at their answers. He wasn't so sure bout' it. There was doubt.

"Hey, Zack! I have a few suggestions," Freddy called out from behind him. He just came out from the toilet.

Zack turned around to face his friend.

"Okay. Shoot,"

"You know how ya' said that the band is missing something?" asked Freddy.

Zack nodded yes.

"Well, I figured that we need a new band member. Maybe someone who plays a different instrument," said Freddy again. He was waiting for an answer from Zack but Zack just stared at him.

"I think that's great!"said Alicia from the kitchen who seem to over heard the conversation.

"I think that's great too!"said Katie.

She noticed that Zack was just staring blankly into space.

"Zack?"

Katie started waving her right hand infront of him.He finally snapped out of it.

"A new ba-band member? A new band member?" Zack said repeatedly.

-Uh-oh- thought Freddy.

-I don't think that was a good idea-

"Let me think about it," said Zack.

Freddy and Katie gave out a sigh of relief. They thought he was gonna burst out shouting!

Tomika was staring out the window. She saw a car parked outside the house.

"Hey, Zack.Who's the people out there in your driveway?" she asked.

Panick grew in Zack.

"Oh, no! Oh, shit!"

He ran towards the window where Tomika was. He was shocked when he saw two farmiliar people coming out of a Mercedes Benz.

"Oh,no! I totally forgot! I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead!" said Zack, panicking. He

"Who are they?" asked Katie who also saw the people outside.

"Err…I'll explain later! Everybody, clear up the place! Hide!" he said running around the livingroom.

Everyone started scattering around the place. Putting away instruments and stuff.

Suddenly, the door bell rang 'Ding-Dong'

"Shh…!"

Zack gave a signal for all of them to be quiet.

Everyone kept quiet and stood like statues.

Zack walked slowly towards the door. Before he opened it, he took a deep breath.His hands on the door knob were shaking.

Once he opened the door, there they were. His aunt Lucile and behind her was his cousin, Angel.

"Hey, Zack! How's my favourite nephew doing?" said his aunt while giving him a big hug.

Zack hugged back.

"I'm fine. I'm your only nephew, aunt Lu," he said, laughing.

His aunt laughed at his little joke while letting him go.

"Is your dad home?" she asked.

"Nope. He's on a business trip. He's coming back tomorrow" Zack replied.

"I really hope so. I don't want you kids to be alone for the whole summer!" said his aunt.

Zack smiled.

"Hi, Angel. How are you?" greeted Zack while giving a wave to his shy cousin.

She was just a year older than he was but she's super smart. She and Zack were really close when they were young. She's gonna stay at the Mooneyham residence during the summer holidays. Her mom is a travel show host and traveling was one of her jobs. She travels almost all the time. The busy woman often leaves her daughter at home but rarely with close relatives. So, Angel doesn't see her mother often.

Angel stepped to the front and gave her cousin a big hug.

"Fine, thanks! It's been so long since I saw you," she said, excited to see her cousin.

Zack's aunt wanted to enter the house with Angel's bags.

"Wait!"said Zack, trying to stop her.

"I'll bring in those for Angel. Don't worry," he said, nervously.

There was a suspicious look on both his aunt and cousin's face.

"Okay, if you say so. I'm getting late for my flight to Malaysia anyways. No time for tea and biscuits," said his aunt.

-Wow. Malaysia. That's cool!- thought Zack.

His aunt then gave her daughter a kiss on the forehead and gave one to Zack too.

"Be nice to each other, alright! Take care, " she said again.

Both the kids waved as she walked back to the Mercedes. She took another look at her daughter and blew her a kiss and got into the car.

Both the kids watched as the car drove away.

" Nothing's changed with your mom—and you. She's still that same busy woman and you're still that same naïve girl from 5 years back. Haven't you talked to her? " Zack suddenly said.

" I dunno how. I tried but she never listens," replied Angel.

Zack shook his head in disapointment.

Zack took Angel's bags and brought it into the house. He totally forgoten about the mess the house was in. Angel was there right beside him when she saw all types of instruments and large speakers in the living room.

"I thought you guys were supposed to clear this place up!" said Zack in horror. The place was still the way it was before Angel came. Upside down.

Everyone just kept quiet. They stared at Angel like she was an alien from another planet.

"What's all this, Zack?"whispered Angel.

"Don't tell me you're in a band or something" she said again, confused.

"Well, I am. Please don't tell my dad bout' it. He'll freak if he found out I praticed here," said Zack, almost begging.

Angel nodded

"Yea. Okay,"

She gave out a sigh.

"I'll take it from here. The guestroom is clear, right?" she said to Zack while taking her junk from him. She acted like the band members weren't even there.

"Yep. Err…I'll call you down for dinner later. We're having pizza," said Zack to Angel.

"Erm...Okay," replied Angel.

She walked up the stairs to the guestroom with her bags. The band members watched as she went up.

After she couldn't be seen anymore, there was a long silence among the band members. Then suddenly, Zack broke the silence.

"You guys were suppose to clear up and hide!" said Zack but none of the band members were listening.

" In case you didn't notice, your house has no place that's big enough to hide any of these things!" said Marta.

"Wait. Was that woman who hugged you Lucile Alworth? The show host for that famous travel show 'Getting There & Being There'?" Freddy asked. His eyes were wide while waiting for an answer.

Zack opened his mouth to give him an answer.

"Yea, she's my aunt. Why?"

"She is!" everyone shouted.

"How come you never told us?" asked Katie.

"'Coz you guys never asked," replied Zack with a big grin on his face.

Katie gave him a poke on the ribs.

"Ow!"

"Wait, that girl looks kinda farmiliar too" said Tomika.

"I know! She's that girl from that 'Revlon' lip gloss ad on t.v!"Alicia said.

"Yea, you're right! I didn't know she was Lucile's daughter! She looks much prettier in real life. She looks really nice with black hair than blonde in that ad. I like her bangs. It makes her look Japanese," said Marta.

Freddy and Zack scratched their heads.What the hell were they talking about? "What are you guys saying?"

" You boys wouldn't know. It's a girl thing," joked Katie.

" Oh! She's also that girl on the poster in the mall promoting this new shop," said Alicia.

"Oh! Yea! No wonder she looked really farmiliar," replied Marta.

"So, is she your cousin?" asked Katie, curiously.

"Yea," replied Zack.

"Wow, cool!" said Freddy.

"Why didn't you introduce your aunt and cousin to us just now? That will be awesome!" said Marta.

"You guys didn't ask," Zack replied with another grin on his face.

"Oh, stop with that same old stuff you like to use on us!" said Tomika.

Zack and the rest laughed.

"I'll introduce her later--If she gets down. She's a really shy type of girl and she doesn't like to talk much," explained Zack.

"Oh, that explains why she just passed us just now not even bothering to say 'hi', "said Alicia.

"Don't get her wrong. She's not snobby or anything. She's really a nice person," said Zack.