A/N: Yes, you got it right! Not one but two delicious (not really) chapters that I've had sitting on my computer, waiting to be released to the internet for a year. (I'm sorry!)
Read and enjoy. Blah blah, not my characters again etc.
CHAPTER SIX
It was lunchtime and Katie and Freddy were slowly trying to convince Zack to stand up to his dad.
'I can't just stand up and announce to dad that I'm going back to the band and tell him to deal with it.'
'The hell you can't. Zack, we'll be there, to support you.'
'He's not going to listen to me. He'll tell me to shut up and sit down.'
'Well don't take that crap. You just tell him you're back in and he'll just have to accept that.'
'It's not that easy', Zack said mournfully. Freddy and Katie exchanged glances.
'Yes it is, Zack. It's so simple that even a child could do it.'
'I…'
'What, are you scared?' asked Freddy scornfully. Zack's eyes were wide. Yes, he was. 'Man, you're supposed to be a rebel!'
'Zack, we're here for you, ok? And we will be coming home with you, so that's enough of that', said Katie firmly, finally.
'Ok, fine, whatever', said Zack, giving up. He just knew it wasn't going to work, that was all.
'Hurrah, the kid's found a backbone', said Freddy sarcastically. 'Jeez Mooneyham, anyone'd think you didn't want to be back in the band, the way you carry on.'
'Shutup Jones. Just shutup ok. You have no idea what I want, and for the record, fuck you.' Zack stormed off, almost crashing into Lawrence and Tomika who were walking together as he did so. Lawrence raised an eyebrow.
'Is everything ok with Zack?' he asked.
'Yeah, yeah, fine, he's having a tantrum', said Freddy angrily.
'Zack might be coming back to the band!' Katie said, excited. Tomika and Lawrence both grinned widely. It would mean proper band practice again. Though Dewey was playing guitar for the band at the moment, they needed Zack back so he could learn the new songs and so that they could once again get used to playing with him. It was harder playing with Dewey- he tended to make it up as he went along, and he insisted on having twenty-minute guitar solos in every song.
'Yeah well, we're gonna help golden-boy Mooneyham face up to his scary Daddy tonight', Freddy said. He shrugged and walked off, in the opposite direction to Zack. Katie rolled her eyes and joined Tomika and Lawrence.